2016–17 San Jose Sharks season

2016–17 San Jose Sharks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
2016–17 record	46–29–7
Home record	26–11–4
Road record	20–18–3
Goals for	221
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Joe Pavelski
Alternate captains	Logan Couture Joe Thornton
Arena	SAP Center
Average attendance	17,506
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Jose Barracuda (AHL) Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brent Burns Joe Pavelski (29)
Assists	Brent Burns (47)
Points	Brent Burns (76)
Penalty minutes	Micheal Haley (128)
Plus/minus	Brent Burns (+19)
Wins	Martin Jones (35)
Goals against average	Aaron Dell (2.00)

The 2016–17 San Jose Sharks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The Sharks failed to repeat their success of winning the Western Conference in 2016 after losing to Edmonton in the first round in six games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99
4	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
6	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
3	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
4	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
5	CE	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
6	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69
8	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Schedule

Pre-season

The preseason schedule was announced on June 16, 2016.

Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Vancouver	2–3	San Jose	OT	Armalis	14,865	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 30	Arizona	2–3	San Jose	OT	Dell	15,985	2–0–0	Recap
3	October 2	San Jose	3–2	Vancouver	OT	Jones	17,301	3–0–0	Recap
4	October 5	Anaheim	2–0	San Jose		Jones	16,207	3–1–0	Recap
5	October 7	San Jose	1–3	Arizona		Jones	7,235	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 9	San Jose	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Dell	16,444	3–2–1	Recap

Regular season

The schedule was announced on June 21, 2016.

Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)
October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Los Angeles 1–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Jones 16,546 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 17 San Jose 4–7 NY Rangers Jones 18,200 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 18 San Jose 3–2 NY Islanders Dell 10,772 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 20 San Jose 2–3 Pittsburgh Jones 18,511 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 22 San Jose 0–3 Detroit Jones 20,027 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 25 Anaheim 1–2 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 27 Columbus 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,229 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 29 Nashville 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 6–3–0 12 Recap
November: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 San Jose 2–3 Arizona Jones 11,046 6–4–0 12 Recap 11 November 3 Calgary 3–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 6–5–0 12 Recap 12 November 5 Pittsburgh 5–0 San Jose Jones 17,562 6–6–0 12 Recap 13 November 8 San Jose 3–0 Washington Jones 18,506 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 10 San Jose 4–2 Florida Jones 11,703 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 12 San Jose 3–1 Tampa Bay Jones 19,092 9–6–0 18 Recap 16 November 15 San Jose 0–1 Carolina Dell 8,932 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 17 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Jones 17,618 9–8–0 18 Recap 18 November 19 San Jose 2–3 Arizona OT Jones 13,148 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 21 New Jersey 0–4 San Jose Jones 17,286 10–8–1 21 Recap 20 November 23 Chicago 1–2 San Jose Jones 17,501 11–8–1 23 Recap 21 November 25 NY Islanders 2–3 San Jose Dell 17,562 12–8–1 25 Recap 22 November 26 Anaheim 3–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 12–9–1 25 Recap 23 November 29 Arizona 1–2 San Jose OT Jones 17,377 13–9–1 27 Recap 24 November 30 San Jose 4–1 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 14–9–1 29 Recap
December: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Montreal 1–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 15–9–1 31 Recap 26 December 7 Ottawa 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,349 15–10–1 31 Recap 27 December 9 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim Jones 17,174 15–11–1 31 Recap 28 December 10 Carolina 3–4 San Jose Dell 17,562 16–11–1 33 Recap 29 December 13 San Jose 3–2 Toronto SO Jones 19,380 17–11–1 35 Recap 30 December 14 San Jose 4–3 Ottawa SO Jones 17,273 18–11–1 37 Recap 31 December 16 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Jones 21,288 19–11–1 39 Recap 32 December 18 San Jose 1–4 Chicago Jones 22,027 19–12–1 39 Recap 33 December 20 Calgary 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 20–12–1 41 Recap 34 December 23 Edmonton 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 21–12–1 43 Recap 35 December 27 San Jose 3–2 Anaheim OT Jones 17,403 22–12–1 45 Recap 36 December 30 Philadelphia 0–2 San Jose Dell 17,562 23–12–1 47 Recap 37 December 31 San Jose 2–3 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 23–13–1 47 Recap
January: 9–4–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 23–13–2 48 Recap 39 January 5 Minnesota 5–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 23–14–2 48 Recap 40 January 7 Detroit 3–6 San Jose Jones 17,562 24–14–2 50 Recap 41 January 10 San Jose 5–3 Edmonton Jones 18,347 25–14–2 52 Recap 42 January 11 San Jose 2–3 Calgary Dell 18,912 25–15–2 52 Recap 43 January 14 St. Louis 4–0 San Jose Jones 17,562 25–16–2 52 Recap 44 January 16 Winnipeg 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,479 26–16–2 54 Recap 45 January 18 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 27–16–2 56 Recap 46 January 19 Tampa Bay 1–2 San Jose Dell 17,387 28–16–2 58 Recap 47 January 21 Colorado 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 29–16–2 60 Recap 48 January 23 San Jose 5–2 Colorado Jones 13,803 30–16–2 62 Recap 49 January 24 San Jose 4–3 Winnipeg Dell 15,294 31–16–2 64 Recap 50 January 26 Edmonton 4–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 31–17–2 64 Recap 51 January 31 Chicago 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,424 32–17–2 66 Recap
February: 5–1–5 (Home: 1–0–3 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Jones 18,865 33–17–2 68 Recap 53 February 4 Arizona 3–2 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 33–17–3 69 Recap 54 February 7 San Jose 4–5 Buffalo OT Jones 18,462 33–17–4 70 Recap 55 February 9 San Jose 3–6 Boston Dell 17,565 33–18–4 70 Recap 56 February 11 San Jose 1–2 Philadelphia OT Dell 19,910 33–18–5 71 Recap 57 February 12 San Jose 4–1 New Jersey Jones 16,514 34–18–5 73 Recap 58 February 15 Florida 6–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 34–18–6 74 Recap 59 February 18 San Jose 4–1 Arizona Dell 17,446 35–18–6 76 Recap 60 February 19 Boston 2–1 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 35–18–7 77 Recap 61 February 25 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Jones 18,139 36–18–7 79 Recap 62 February 28 Toronto 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,515 37–18–7 81 Recap
March: 6–10–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Vancouver 1–3 San Jose Dell 17,488 38–18–7 83 Recap 64 March 5 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Jones 19,168 38–19–7 83 Recap 65 March 6 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg Dell 15,294 39–19–7 85 Recap 66 March 9 Washington 2–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 40–19–7 87 Recap 67 March 11 Nashville 3–1 San Jose Jones 17,497 40–20–7 87 Recap 68 March 12 Dallas 1–5 San Jose Dell 17,442 41–20–7 89 Recap 69 March 14 Buffalo 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,386 42–20–7 91 Recap 70 March 16 St. Louis 4–1 San Jose Dell 17,402 42–21–7 91 Recap 71 March 18 Anaheim 2–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 42–22–7 91 Recap 72 March 20 San Jose 0–1 Dallas Dell 17,687 42–23–7 91 Recap 73 March 21 San Jose 2–3 Minnesota Jones 19,104 42–24–7 91 Recap 74 March 24 San Jose 1–6 Dallas Dell 17,265 42–25–7 91 Recap 75 March 25 San Jose 2–7 Nashville Jones 17,282 42–26–7 91 Recap 76 March 28 NY Rangers 4–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 43–26–7 93 Recap 77 March 30 San Jose 2–3 Edmonton Jones 18,347 43–27–7 93 Recap 78 March 31 San Jose 2–5 Calgary Jones 19,289 43–28–7 93 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 San Jose 3–1 Vancouver Jones 18,295 44–28–7 95 Recap 80 April 4 Vancouver 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,459 45–28–7 97 Recap 81 April 6 Edmonton 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 45–29–7 97 Recap 82 April 8 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Dell 17,562 46–29–7 99 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and will face the second seed of the same division, the Edmonton Oilers.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Burns, BrentBrent Burns 82 29 47 76 +19 40 Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski 81 29 39 68 +11 34 Couture, LoganLogan Couture 73 25 27 52 +11 12 Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 79 7 43 50 +7 51 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 82 27 19 46 +4 28 Ward, JoelJoel Ward 78 10 19 29 −2 30 Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 75 6 22 28 +4 35 Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker 81 10 16 26 0 10 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 81 4 22 26 +10 20 Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney 80 11 12 23 0 6 Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson 67 11 11 22 +7 22 Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 49 10 12 22 −8 14 Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc 55 8 12 20 +9 22 Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko 62 2 16 18 +4 14 Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 61 6 11 17 −5 10 Braun, JustinJustin Braun 81 4 9 13 +1 28 Haley, MichealMicheal Haley 58 2 10 12 +6 128 Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 81 2 8 10 −2 60 Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels ‡ || 37 || 5 || 3 || 8 || −2 || 15 DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo 25 1 7 8 +2 14 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen † || 15 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 0 || 7 Meier, TimoTimo Meier 34 3 3 6 +1 10 Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter 11 2 2 4 +5 4 Sörensen, MarcusMarcus Sörensen 19 1 3 4 −1 4 Müller, MircoMirco Müller 4 1 1 2 +2 0 Nieto, MattMatt Nieto ‡ || 16 || 0 || 2 || 2 || −3 || 4 O'Regan, DanielDaniel O'Regan 3 1 0 1 −2 0 Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow 3 0 1 1 0 0 Heed, TimTim Heed 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin ‡ || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −1 || 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 6 3 1 4 −1 0 Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski 6 2 2 4 −1 0 Ward, JoelJoel Ward 6 1 3 4 0 4 Couture, LoganLogan Couture 6 2 1 3 −1 0 Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko 6 2 1 3 +2 2 Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 6 0 3 3 −1 2 Burns, BrentBrent Burns 6 0 3 3 −1 6 Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker 4 1 1 2 0 2 Sörensen, MarcusMarcus Sörensen 6 1 1 2 +1 0 Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 5 0 2 2 −3 0 Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 6 0 2 2 0 2 Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 4 0 2 2 −1 0 Martin, PaulPaul Martin 6 1 0 1 −1 4 Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson 6 1 0 1 0 6 Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 6 0 1 1 +1 4 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 6 0 1 1 0 0 Braun, JustinJustin Braun 6 0 1 1 −1 0 Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney 6 0 1 1 0 0 Meier, TimoTimo Meier 5 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	65	65	3800:21	35	23	6	152	2.40	1725	.912	2	0	0	0
Dell, AaronAaron Dell	20	17	1110:33	11	6	1	37	2.00	533	.931	1	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	6	6	377:01	2	4	11	1.75	168	.935	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Roster

Updated March 1, 2017.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
—	Lithuania	Armalis, MantasMantas Armalis	1.0 G	L	24	2016	Plungė, Lithuania
89	Denmark	Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker	6.0 LW	L	27	2016	Brøndby, Denmark
61	United States	Braun, JustinJustin Braun	2.0 D	R	30	2007	St. Paul, Minnesota
88	Canada	Burns, BrentBrent Burns	2.0 D	R	32	2011	Barrie, Ontario
40	United States	Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter	4.3 C/RW	R	26	2014	Oviedo, Florida
39	Canada	Couture, LoganLogan Couture  (A)	4.0 C	L	28	2007	Guelph, Ontario
30	Canada	Dell, AaronAaron Dell	1.0 G	L	27	2015	Airdrie, Alberta
74	Canada	DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo	2.0 D	R	23	2011	London, Ontario
4	Canada	Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon	2.0 D	L	26	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia
27	Finland	Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi	7.0 RW	R	25	2015	Raahe, Finland
23	Canada	Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow	7.0 RW	L	24	2014	Toronto, Ontario
34	United States	Grosenick, TroyTroy Grosenick	1.0 G	L	27	2013	Brookfield, Wisconsin
38	Canada	Haley, MichealMicheal Haley	6.0 LW	L	31	2014	Guelph, Ontario
36	Denmark	Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	7.0 RW	R	31	2017	Herlev, Denmark
72	Sweden	Heed, TimTim Heed	2.0 D	R	26	2016	Gothenburg, Sweden
48	Czech Republic	Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl	6.0 LW	L	23	2012	Prague, Czech Republic
31	Canada	Jones, MartinMartin Jones	1.0 G	L	27	2015	North Vancouver, British Columbia
68	Sweden	Karlsson, MelkerMelker Karlsson	4.3 C/RW	R	26	2014	Lycksele, Sweden
62	United States	Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc	7.0 RW	R	21	2014	Staten Island, New York
12	Canada	Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	6.0 LW	L	37	1997	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
7	United States	Martin, PaulPaul Martin	2.0 D	L	36	2015	Elk River, Minnesota
28	Switzerland	Meier, TimoTimo Meier	6.0 LW	L	20	2015	Herisau, Switzerland
41	Switzerland	Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller	2.0 D	L	22	2013	Winterthur, Switzerland
8	United States	Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski  (C)	4.0 C	R	32	2003	Plover, Wisconsin
5	Canada	Schlemko, DavidDavid Schlemko	2.0 D	L	29	2016	Edmonton, Alberta
20	Sweden	Sorensen, MarcusMarcus Sorensen	7.0 RW	L	25	2016	Södertälje, Sweden
19	Canada	Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton  (A)	4.0 C	L	37	2005	London, Ontario
50	Canada	Tierney, ChrisChris Tierney	4.0 C	L	22	2012	Keswick, Ontario
44	Canada	Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic	2.0 D	L	30	2005	Montreal, Quebec
42	Canada	Ward, JoelJoel Ward	7.0 RW	R	36	2015	North York, Ontario

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	To Ottawa Senators Tommy Wingels	To San Jose Sharks Buddy Robinson Zack Stortini 7th-round pick in 2017
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)	To Vancouver Canucks Nikolay Goldobin conditional 4th-round pick in 2017	To San Jose Sharks Jannik Hansen

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) David Schlemko New Jersey Devils 4 years, $8.4 million July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mikkel Boedker Colorado Avalanche 4 years, $16 million July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Dan Kelly Albany Devils 1 year, $575,000 March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17) Tim Clifton Quinnipiac University 2 years, $1,300,000 March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) Nick DeSimone Union College 2 years, $1,850,000 May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) Radim Šimek HC Bílí Tygři Liberec 1 year, $830,000 May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) Filip Sandberg HV71 2 years, $1.5 million

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) James Reimer Florida Panthers 5 years, $17 million July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Roman Polak Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $2.25 million July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03) Matt Tennyson Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $675,000

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Matt Nieto	Colorado Avalanche	January 5, 2017

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Tomas Hertl	2 years, $6 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Micheal Haley	1 year, $625,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Aaron Dell	2 years, $1.25 million
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	Dylan DeMelo	2 years, $1.3 million
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Ryan Carpenter	1 year, $600,000
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Matt Nieto	1 year, $735,000
November 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)	Brent Burns	8 years, $64 million contract extension
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23)	Noah Rod	3 years, $2.43 million entry-level
May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)	Manuel Wiederer	3 years, $2.21 million entry-level
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Joonas Donskoi	2 years, $3.8 million contract extension
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	Melker Karlsson	3 years, $6 million contract extension
June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05)	Troy Grosenick	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Joakim Ryan	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Ryan Carpenter	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Tim Heed	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of San Jose Sharks draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24 and 25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	60	Dylan Gambrell	C	United States	Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
4	111	Noah Gregor	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	150	Manuel Wiederer	C	Germany	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6	180	Mark Shoemaker	D	Canada	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7	210	Joachim Blichfeld	W	Denmark	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Burns, BrentBrent Burns	NHL Third Star of the Week All-Star NHL Third Star of the Month	November 28, 2016 January 1, 2017 February 1, 2017
Jones, MartinMartin Jones	NHL Third Star of the Week All-Star	December 5, 2016 January 1, 2017
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 30, 2017
Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski	All-Star NHL First Star of the Week	January 1, 2017 March 13, 2017