2014–15 San Jose Sharks season

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2014–15 San Jose Sharks
Division5th Pacific
Conference12th Western
2014–15 record40–33–9
Home record19–17–5
Road record21–16–4
Goals for228
Goals against232
Team information
General managerDoug Wilson
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsPatrick Marleau
Joe Pavelski
Joe Thornton
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
ArenaSAP Center
Average attendance18,707[1]
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Pavelski (37)
AssistsJoe Thornton (49)
PointsJoe Pavelski (70)
Penalty minutesJohn Scott (87)
Plus/minusJoe Pavelski
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (+12)
WinsAntti Niemi (31)
Goals against averageTroy Grosenick (1.53)

The 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League.[2] The Sharks did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, thus ending their ten-season playoff streak. This is the only season in the span between the 2003–04 and 2018–19 seasons in which the Sharks missed the playoffs (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season).

Off-season

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On May 15, 2014, following a first round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings, General Manager Doug Wilson made known his intentions to build a "younger, more aggressive team", announcing that the team would retain Head Coach Todd McLellan, but will move 33-year-old winger Martin Havlat, who still had one year remaining on his contract, and would not re-sign 37-year-old impending unrestricted free agent defenceman Dan Boyle.[3] The Sharks also acquired John Scott and Tye McGinn.[4]

Regular season

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The Sharks did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002–03, ending the second-longest active NHL playoff appearance streak at ten seasons.

Standings

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Pacific Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Anaheim Ducks 82 51 24 7 43 236 226 +10 109
2 x – Vancouver Canucks 82 48 29 5 42 242 222 +20 101
3 x – Calgary Flames 82 45 30 7 41 241 216 +25 97
4 Los Angeles Kings 82 40 27 15 38 220 205 +15 95
5 San Jose Sharks 82 40 33 9 36 228 232 −4 89
6 Edmonton Oilers 82 24 44 14 19 198 283 −85 62
7 Arizona Coyotes 82 24 50 8 19 170 272 −102 56
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Minnesota Wild 82 46 28 8 42 231 201 +30 100
2 CE x – Winnipeg Jets 82 43 26 13 36 230 210 +20 99
3 PA Los Angeles Kings 82 40 27 15 38 220 205 +15 95
4 CE Dallas Stars 82 41 31 10 37 261 260 +1 92
5 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 39 31 12 29 219 227 −8 90
6 PA San Jose Sharks 82 40 33 9 36 228 232 −4 89
7 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 24 44 14 19 198 283 −85 62
8 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 24 50 8 19 170 272 −102 56
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Pre-season

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The pre-season schedule was announced on June 19.[5]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was announced on June 22.[6]

Game log 40–33–9 (home: 19–17–5; road: 21–16–4)

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

Player statistics

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Skaters

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Final statistics.[7]

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Joe Pavelski 82 37 33 70 +12 29
Logan Couture 82 27 40 67 −6 12
Joe Thornton 78 16 49 65 −4 30
Brent Burns 82 17 43 60 −9 65
Patrick Marleau 82 19 38 57 −17 12
Tommy Wingels 75 15 21 36 −7 40
Tomas Hertl 82 13 18 31 −5 16
Matthew Nieto 72 10 17 27 −12 20
Melker Karlsson 53 13 11 24 −3 20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic 70 9 14 23 +12 23
Justin Braun 70 1 22 23 +8 48
Chris Tierney 43 6 15 21 +3 6
Matt Irwin 53 8 11 19 +3 18
James Sheppard‡ 57 5 11 16 −3 28
Barclay Goodrow 60 4 8 12 −1 35
Tyler Kennedy‡ 25 4 5 9 +1 8
Brenden Dillon† 60 2 7 9 −11 54
Andrew Desjardins‡ 56 5 3 8 −2 50
Matt Tennyson 27 2 6 8 0 16
Scott Hannan 58 2 5 7 0 26
Ben Smith 19 2 3 5 +3 0
Tye McGinn‡ 33 1 4 5 +1 11
John Scott 38 3 1 4 0 87
Mirco Mueller 39 1 3 4 −8 10
Taylor Fedun 7 0 4 4 0 4
Adam Burish 20 1 2 3 −6 33
Jason Demers‡ 20 0 3 3 −6 8
Bryan Lerg 2 1 0 1 −1 0
Daniil Tarasov 5 0 1 1 +2 0
Mike Brown 12 0 0 0 0 22
Micheal Haley 4 0 0 0 −1 11
Eriah Hayes 4 0 0 0 −2 2
Karl Stollery 5 0 0 0 −4 4
Freddie Hamilton‡ 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

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Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Antti Niemi 61 61 3587:54 31 23 7 155 2.59 1811 .914 5 0 3 0
Alex Stalock 22 19 1236:30 8 9 2 54 2.62 553 .902 2 0 0 2
Troy Grosenick 2 2 118:22 1 1 0 3 1.53 58 .948 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
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Notable occurrences

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Milestones

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Awards

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Recipient Award(s)
Brent Burns All-Star Game participant[8]

Suspensions and fines

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Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
John Scott Leaving the bench to start an altercation with Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman 2 games $17,073.18 October 27, 2014[9]
John Scott Punching an unsuspecting Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman 4 games $34,146.36 December 24, 2014[10]
Logan Couture Slew-footing Detroit Red Wings defensman Brendan Smith — $5,000.00 February 27, 2015[11]

Transactions

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The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

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Date
Details
June 27, 2014
[12] 		To Chicago Blackhawks
1st-round pick in 2014
NYR's 6th-round pick in 2014 		To San Jose Sharks
1st-round pick in 2014
FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014
[13][14] 		To Nashville Predators
2nd-round pick in 2014
4th-round pick in 2015 		To San Jose Sharks
DET's 2nd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014
[13][14] 		To Nashville Predators
FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014 		To San Jose Sharks
3rd-round pick in 2014
4th-round pick in 2014
July 1, 2014
[15] 		To Colorado Avalanche
Brad Stuart 		To San Jose Sharks
2nd-round pick in 2016
6th-round pick in 2017
July 2, 2014
[16] 		To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 2015 		To San Jose Sharks
Tye McGinn
November 21, 2014
[17] 		To Dallas Stars
Jason Demers
3rd-round pick in 2016 		To San Jose Sharks
Brenden Dillon
February 9, 2015
[18] 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Future considerations 		To San Jose Sharks
Evgeni Nabokov
March 1, 2015
[19] 		To New York Rangers
James Sheppard 		To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015
[20] 		To Colorado Avalanche
Freddie Hamilton 		To San Jose Sharks
Karl Stollery
March 2, 2015
[21] 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Andrew Desjardins 		To San Jose Sharks
Ben Smith
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017
March 2, 2015
[22] 		To New York Islanders
Tyler Kennedy 		To San Jose Sharks
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016

Players released

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Date Player Via Ref
June 27, 2014 Martin Havlat Compliance buyout [32]

Lost via retirement

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Date Player Ref
February 11, 2015 Evgeni Nabokov [33]

Player signings

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Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 27, 2014 Travis Oleksuk 1 year, 550,000 [34]
July 8, 2014 Tommy Wingels 3 years, $7.425 million [35]
July 8, 2014 James Sheppard 1 year, $1.3 million [36]
July 10, 2014 Scott Hannan 1 year, $1 million [37]
July 10, 2014 Matt Tennyson 2 years, $1.25 million [38]
July 16, 2014 Taylor Doherty 1 year, $675,000 [39]
July 16, 2014 Jason Demers 2 years, $6.8 million [40]
September 17, 2014 Justin Braun 5 years, $19 million contract extension [41]
September 26, 2014 Julius Bergman 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [42]
September 26, 2014 Nikolay Goldobin 3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract [43]
December 31, 2014 Rourke Chartier 3 years, entry-level contract [44]
March 26, 2015 Joakim Ryan 2 years, entry-level contract [45]

Draft picks

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See also: List of San Jose Sharks draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
1 27[a] Nikolay Goldobin Left wing  Russia Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 46 Julius Bergman Left wing  Sweden Frölunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit)
2 53[b] Noah Rod Right wing   Switzerland Geneve-Servette HC U20 (CH-U20)
3 72 Alex Schoenborn Right wing  United States Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3 81 Dylan Sadowy Left wing  Canada Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4 102 Alexis Vanier Defence  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5 149[c] Rourke Chartier Centre  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6 171 Kevin Labanc Right wing  United States Barrie Colts (OHL)
Draft notes
  • a The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and this pick.[46]
  • b The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 25, 2013, that sent Douglas Murray to the Penguins in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#58–Tyler Bertuzzi) and this conditional pick.[47]
    • Condition – Second-round pick if Penguins advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Murray re-signs with Penguins for 2013–14 season, else third-round pick. Converted to third-round pick when Penguins were eliminated in second-round of 2013 playoffs and Murray signed with the Montreal Canadiens on August 22, 2013.[48]
  • The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on October 21, 2013, that sent Mike Brown to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.[49]
  • c The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013, that sent Ryan Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#49–Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau), a 2013 third-round pick (#62–Yan-Pavel Laplante) and this conditional pick.[50]
    • Condition – Second round if Rangers advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Clowe re-signs with Rangers after 2013 season, else fifth round. Converted on July 5, 2013.[51]
  • The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2013, and a fifth-round pick in 2013 to the Sharks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 and this pick.[52]
  • The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 10, 2012, that sent Brad Stuart to the Sharks in exchange for Andrew Murray, and this conditional pick.[53]
    • Condition – If Stuart re-signs with Sharks. Converted on June 18, 2012.[54]

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