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2020–21 San Jose Sharks season

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2020–21 San Jose Sharks
Division 7th West
2020–21 record 21–28–7
Home record 11–13–4
Road record 10–15–3
Goals for 151
Goals against 199
Team information
General manager Doug Wilson
Coach Bob Boughner
Captain Logan Couture
Alternate captains Brent Burns
Tomas Hertl
Erik Karlsson
Patrick Marleau
Arena SAP Center
Average attendance 1,011
Minor league affiliate(s) San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals Evander Kane (22)
Assists Evander Kane (27)
Points Evander Kane (49)
Penalty minutes Kurtis Gabriel (55)
Plus/minus Kurtis Gabriel
Tomas Hertl (+1)
Wins Martin Jones (15)
Goals against average Josef Korenar (3.17)

The 2020–21 San Jose Sharks season was the 30th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.[1]

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Sharks will play this season in the West Division and will play games against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.[2]

Due to Santa Clara County banning all contact sports in response to a local rise of COVID-19 cases, the Sharks began the season on an extended road trip.[3] Their first two home games on February 1 and 3 against the Vegas Golden Knights were to have been held at Gila River Arena, the home of division rival Arizona Coyotes,[4] but ended up being postponed due to a COVID outbreak among the Golden Knights.[5] On January 25, Santa Clara County health officials announced that they were lifting the ban,[6] and the Sharks returned to SAP Center on February 13.[7]

On May 3, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–4 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche.[8]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of San Jose Sharks draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26 and 27, 2020, at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, to October 6 and 7, 2020. It was instead held virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)
1 31 Ozzy Wiesblatt[9] RW  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 381 Thomas Bordeleau C  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 56 Tristen Robins RW  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4 762 Danil Gushchin LW  Russia Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
4 98 Brandon Coe RW  Canada North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 196 Alex Young C  Canada Colgate (ECAC)
7 201 Adam Raska RW  Czech Republic Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
7 206 Linus Oberg C  Sweden Örebro HK (SHL)
7 210 Timofey Spitserov RW  Russia Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

Notes:

  1. The Buffalo Sabres traded their 38th and 100th selection in this years' draft for the 34th pick from the Sharks.
  2. The Sharks traded their 100th and 126th selection in this years' draft for the 76th pick to the Edmonton Oilers.

Current roster[]

Updated August 20, 2010.[10]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
22 Flag of Canada Boyle, DanDan Boyle

 (A)

D R 48 2008 Ottawa, Ontario
29 Flag of Canada Clowe, RyaneRyane Clowe

LW L 42 2001 Fermeuse, Newfoundland
39 Flag of Canada Couture, LoganLogan Couture

C L 35 2007 Guelph, Ontario
60 Flag of Canada Demers, JasonJason Demers

D L 36 2008 Dorval, Quebec
1 Flag of Germany Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss

G L 39 2004 Füssen, West Germany
15 Flag of Canada Heatley, DanyDany Heatley

RW L 44 2009 Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
40 Flag of Canada Huskins, KentKent Huskins

D L 45 2009 Almonte, Ontario
28 Flag of the United States Leach, JayJay Leach

D L 45 2009 Syracuse, New York
12 Flag of Canada Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau

C/LW L 45 1997 Aneroid, Saskatchewan
— Flag of Canada Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers

C R 50 2010 Toronto, Ontario
43 Flag of the United States McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy

LW L 38 2006 Boston, Massachusetts
64 Flag of Canada McGinn, JamieJamie McGinn

LW L 36 2006 Fergus, Ontario
68 Flag of Canada McLaren, FrazerFrazer McLaren

LW L 37 2007 Winnipeg, Manitoba
17 Flag of Canada Mitchell, TorreyTorrey Mitchell

C R 40 2004 Greenfield Park, Quebec
3 Flag of Sweden Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray

D L 45 1999 Stockholm, Sweden
21 Flag of Canada Nichol, ScottScott Nichol

C R 50 2009 Edmonton, Alberta
30 Flag of Finland Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki

G L 44 2010 Turku, Finland
41 Flag of the United States Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer

 (UFA)

RW R 46 2009 Omaha, Nebraska
8 Flag of the United States Pavelski, JoeJoe Pavelski

C R 40 2003 Plover, Wisconsin
16 Flag of Canada Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi

RW R 38 2005 Taber, Alberta
19 Flag of Canada Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton

 (A)

C L 45 2005 London, Ontario
44 Flag of Canada Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic

D L 37 2005 Montreal, Quebec
7 Flag of Sweden Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin

D L 50 2010 Boden, Sweden

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

West Division
Pos Team
[v • d • e]
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche 56 39 13 4 35 197 133 +64 82
2 x – Vegas Golden Knights 56 40 14 2 30 191 124 +67 82
3 x – Minnesota Wild 56 35 16 5 27 181 160 +21 75
4 x – St. Louis Blues 56 27 20 9 19 169 170 −1 63
5 e – Arizona Coyotes 56 24 26 6 19 153 176 −23 54
6 e – Los Angeles Kings 56 21 28 7 19 143 170 −27 49
7 e – San Jose Sharks 56 21 28 7 15 151 199 −48 49
8 e – Anaheim Ducks 56 17 30 9 11 126 179 −53 43
Source: National Hockey League[11]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

The schedule was announced on December 23, 2020.[12]

2020–21 game log 21–28–7 (Home: 11–13–4 ; Road: 10–15–3)

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)       Postponement

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Regular season[19][20]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Kane, EvanderEvander Kane 56 22 27 49 −1 42
Hertl, TomasTomas Hertl 50 19 24 43 +1 27
Couture, LoganLogan Couture 53 17 14 31 −10 25
Meier, TimoTimo Meier 54 12 19 31 −7 22
Burns, BrentBrent Burns 56 7 22 29 −12 36
Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc 55 12 16 28 −9 31
Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson 52 8 14 22 −18 18
Donato, RyanRyan Donato 50 6 14 20 −10 10
Balcers, RudolfsRudolfs Balcers 41 8 9 17 −6 16
Ferraro, MarioMario Ferraro 56 1 16 17 −6 22
Leonard, JohnJohn Leonard 44 3 10 13 −7 2
Gambrell, DylanDylan Gambrell 49 5 7 12 −18 13
Knyzhov, NikolaiNikolai Knyzhov 56 2 8 10 −10 39
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau 56 4 5 9 −9 10
Nieto, MattMatt Nieto 28 5 2 7 −5 4
Barabanov, AlexanderAlexander Barabanov 
† || 9 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 0 || 2
Gregor, NoahNoah Gregor 30 5 1 6 −16 6
Simek, RadimRadim Simek 40 2 4 6 −9 15
Vlasic, Marc-EdouardMarc-Edouard Vlasic 51 1 5 6 −7 8
Sorensen, MarcusMarcus Sorensen 29 1 4 5 −5 16
Kellman, JoelJoel Kellman 7 1 1 2 −1 6
Chmelevski, SashaSasha Chmelevski 5 0 2 2 −2 2
Blichfeld, JoachimJoachim Blichfeld 5 1 0 1 −2 12
Handemark, FredrikFredrik Handemark 8 1 0 1 −3 2
Meloche, NicolasNicolas Meloche 7 0 1 1 +1 0
Pateryn, GregGreg Pateryn

† || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || +1 || 2

True, AlexanderAlexander True 7 0 1 1 +1 6
Chekhovich, IvanIvan Chekhovich 4 0 1 1 −3 0
Jaros, ChristianChristian Jaros 7 0 1 1 −4 2
Claesson, FredrikFredrik Claesson

‡ || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0

Gabriel, KurtisKurtis Gabriel 11 0 0 0 +1 55
Suomela, AnttiAntti Suomela

‡ || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Noesen, StefanStefan Noesen

‡ || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2

Pasichnuk, BrinsonBrinson Pasichnuk 4 0 0 0 −1 2
Bergmann, LeanLean Bergmann 1 0 0 0 −1 4
Middleton, JacobJacob Middleton 1 0 0 0 −2 2
Viel, JeffreyJeffrey Viel 11 0 0 0 −7 23

Goaltenders[]

Regular season[19][21]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jones, MartinMartin Jones 34 34 1,868 15 13 4 102 3.28 980 .896 1 0 0 0
Korenar, JosefJosef Korenar 10 7 492 3 5 0 26 3.17 258 .899 0 0 0 0
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk 17 13 888 3 9 2 47 3.18 462 .898 1 0 0 2
Melnichuk, AlexeiAlexei Melnichuk 3 2 131 0 1 1 11 5.05 81 .864 0 0 0 0

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

Transactions[]

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Buffalo Sabres
2nd-round pick in 2020 		To San Jose Sharks
2nd-round pick in 2020
4th-round pick in 2020 		[22]
To Edmonton Oilers
4th-round pick in 2020
5th-round pick in 2020 		To San Jose Sharks
3rd-round pick in 2020 		[23]
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-round pick in 2021 		To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2020 		[24]
To New York Rangers
5th-round pick in 2020 		To San Jose Sharks
Two 7th-round picks in 2020 		[25]
January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27) To Anaheim Ducks
Trevor Carrick 		To San Jose Sharks
Jack Kopacka 		[26]
To Ottawa Senators
Jack Kopacka 		To San Jose Sharks
Christian Jaros
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10) To Colorado Avalanche
Devan Dubnyk 		To San Jose Sharks
Greg Pateryn
5th-round pick in 2021 		[27]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Cash considerations 		To San Jose Sharks
Nick Foligno 		[28]
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Stefan Noesen
Nick Foligno 		To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2021
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Fredrik Claesson 		To San Jose Sharks
Magnus Chrona 		[29]
To Chicago Blackhawks
Cash considerations 		To San Jose Sharks
Mattias Janmark 		[30]
To Vegas Golden Knights
Mattias Janmark
Nick DeSimone 		To San Jose Sharks
BUF 5th-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Antti Suomela 		To San Jose Sharks
Alexander Barabanov 		[31]

Free agents[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Anthony Greco to New York Rangers 2-year [32]
Brandon Davidson to Buffalo Sabres 1-year [33]
Jonny Brodzinski to New York Rangers 1-year [34]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Patrick Marleau from Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year [35]
Matt Nieto from Colorado Avalanche 1-year [36]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Aaron Dell to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [37]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Joe Thornton to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [38]
November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02) Kurtis Gabriel from Minnesota Wild 1-year [39]
January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01) Tristen Robins from Saskatoon Blades 1-year [40]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) Fredrik Claesson from New Jersey Devils 1-year [41]

Waivers[]

Date Player Team Ref
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12) Rudolfs Balcers from Ottawa Senators [42]

Signings[]

Date Player Contract term Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) Jayden Halbgewachs 2-year [43]
Nicolas Meloche 1-year [44]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) Antti Suomela 1-year [45]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Stefan Noesen 1-year [46]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Kevin Labanc 4-year [47]
April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) Scott Reedy 2-year [48]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) Zach Sawchenko 2-year [49]
May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12) Alexander Barabanov 1-year [50]
Santeri Hatakka 3-year [51]
Adam Raska 3-year [52]
May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21) Daniil Gushchin 3-year [53]

Contract terminations[]

Date Player Via Ref
December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) Danil Yurtaikin Waived [54]

Awards[]

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Logan Couture West Star of the Month[55] March 2, 2021
Martin Jones Second Star of the Week[56] April 5, 2021

Notes[]

  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc., 117. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3. 
  2. ↑ NHL season to start Jan. 13, play 56 games in agreement with NHLPA (December 20, 2020).
  3. ↑ Sharks to open February at home, but will they be able to play in San Jose? (December 23, 2020).
  4. ↑ Sharks to play first two 'home' games of 2021 season in Arizona (January 23, 2021).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Golden Knights-Sharks games next week postponed because of COVID-19 (January 29, 2021).
  6. ↑ COVID Restrictions: Santa Clara County Lifts Ban On Team Sports; Sharks To Return To SAP Center (January 25, 2021).
  7. ↑ Sharks Will Return to San Jose for Home Games on February 13 and 15 (January 27, 2021).
  8. ↑ Sharks eliminated from playoff contention with OT loss to Avalanche (May 4, 2021).
  9. ↑ Sharks Sign Center Ozzy Wiesblatt. National Hockey League (October 16, 2020).
  10. ↑ Sharks Roster. sj-sharks.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-04.
  11. ↑ NHL Hockey Standings. National Hockey League.
  12. ↑ 2020–21 NHL schedule announced. National Hockey League (December 23, 2020).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 NHL Announces Changes to Sharks 2020–21 Schedule (February 1, 2021).
  14. ↑ NHL Announces Change to Sharks Schedule (February 16, 2021).
  15. ↑ San Jose Sharks Schedule Update (February 25, 2021).
  16. ↑ NHL Announces Change to Sharks Schedule (March 12, 2021).
  17. ↑ Golden Knights-Sharks game April 23 rescheduled to May 10 (April 14, 2021).
  18. ↑ NHL Announces Change to Sharks Schedule (April 21, 2021).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 San Jose Sharks Stats – 2020–2021. National Hockey League. Retrieved on May 13, 2021.
  20. ↑ 2020–21 Regular season − San Jose Sharks Stats − Skaters. Retrieved on May 13, 2021.
  21. ↑ 2020–21 Regular season − San Jose Sharks Stats − Goalies. Retrieved on May 13, 2021.
  22. ↑ @BuffaloSabres (October 7, 2020). We have acquired the 34th pick from the @SanJoseSharks in exchange for the 38th pick and the 100th pick in the 2020 #NHLDraft..
  23. ↑ @SanJoseSharks (October 7, 2020). We swapped the 100th and 126th picks with the Oilers for the 76th pick..
  24. ↑ @CanadiensMTL (October 7, 2020). The Canadiens have traded the 98th-overall pick (4th round) in 2020 to San Jose for Washington’s 3rd-round pick (previously acquired) in 2021..
  25. ↑ @NYRangers (October 7, 2020). Trade.
  26. ↑ Sharks Acquire Defenseman Christian Jaros (January 27, 2021).
  27. ↑ Sharks Acquire 2021 Draft Pick, Defenseman Greg Pateryn for Devan Dubnyk (April 10, 2021).
  28. ↑ Sharks Acquire 2021 Draft Pick from Toronto in Three-Way Trade (April 11, 2021).
  29. ↑ Sharks Acquire Goaltender Magnus Chrona (April 12, 2021).
  30. ↑ Sharks Acquire 2022 Fifth-Round Draft Pick from Vegas in Three Team Trade (April 12, 2021).
  31. ↑ Sharks Acquire Forward Alexander Barabanov from Toronto for Antti Suomela (April 12, 2021).
  32. ↑ Rangers Announce Six Free Agent Signings. New York Rangers (October 9, 2020).
  33. ↑ Sabres sign Davidson to one-year deal. Buffalo Sabres (October 9, 2020).
  34. ↑ Rangers announce six free agent signings. New York Rangers (October 9, 2020).
  35. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Patrick Marleau. National Hockey League (October 13, 2020).
  36. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Matt Nieto. National Hockey League (October 13, 2020).
  37. ↑ Maple Leafs Sign Goaltender Aaron Dell. National Hockey League (October 13, 2020).
  38. ↑ Maple Leafs Sign Joe Thornton. National Hockey League (October 16, 2020).
  39. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Kurtis Gabriel. National Hockey League (November 2, 2020).
  40. ↑ Sharks Sign Center Tristen Robins. National Hockey League (January 1, 2021).
  41. ↑ Sharks Sign Defenseman Fredrik Claesson. National Hockey League (January 11, 2021).
  42. ↑ Sharks Claim Forward Rudolfs Balcers off Waivers (January 12, 2021).
  43. ↑ Sharks Re-sign Forward Jayden Halbgewachs. National Hockey League.
  44. ↑ Sharks Re-sign Defenseman Nicolas Meloche. National Hockey League.
  45. ↑ Sharks Issue Qualifying Offers, Sign Two Players. National Hockey League.
  46. ↑ Sharks Re-Sign Forward Stefan Noesen. National Hockey League.
  47. ↑ Sharks Re-Sign Forward Kevin Labanc. National Hockey League.
  48. ↑ Sharks Sign Center Scott Reedy. National Hockey League.
  49. ↑ Sharks Sign Goaltender Zach Sawchenko to Entry-Level Contract. National Hockey League.
  50. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Alexander Barabanov. National Hockey League.
  51. ↑ Sharks Sign Defenseman Santeri Hatakka. National Hockey League.
  52. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Adam Raska. National Hockey League.
  53. ↑ Sharks Sign Forward Daniil Gushchin. National Hockey League.
  54. ↑ Danil Yurtaikin: Waived unconditionally. cbssports.com (December 25, 2020).
  55. ↑ Kane, Pastrnak, Matthews, Couture named NHL Stars of Month. NHL.com (March 2, 2021). Retrieved on March 2, 2021.
  56. ↑ Barzal of Islanders, Long Island registered nurse NHL First Stars of Week (April 5, 2021).

References[]

San Jose Sharks
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Division titles2001–02 • 2003–04 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11
AffiliatesWorcester Sharks (AHL) • Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) • Stockton Thunder (ECHL)
San Jose Sharks Seasons
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2000's1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10
2010's2010–2011 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19
2020-21 NHL season
NorthCalgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - Montreal Canadiens - Ottawa Senators - Toronto Maple Leafs - Vancouver Canucks - Winnipeg Jets
WestAnaheim Ducks - Arizona Coyotes - Colorado Avalanche - Los Angeles Kings - Minnesota Wild - San Jose Sharks - St. Louis Blues - Vegas Golden Knights
CentralCarolina Hurricanes - Chicago Blackhawks - Columbus Blue Jackets - Dallas Stars - Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - Nashville Predators - Tampa Bay Lightning
EastBoston Bruins - Buffalo Sabres - New Jersey Devils - New York Islanders - New York Rangers - Philadelphia Flyers - Pittsburgh Penguins - Washington Capitals
See alsoDraft - NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe - Stanley Cup playoffs - Stanley Cup Finals - Transactions - Three Star Awards - Suspensions and fines


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