The 2018–19 San Jose Sharks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The Sharks clinched a playoff spot on March 19, 2019, when the Minnesota Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Sharks advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues in six games.

As of 2025, this represents the most recent season making the playoffs for the Sharks.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018. 2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Anaheim 1–4 San Jose Bibeau — 1–0–0 2 September 20 San Jose 7–3 Anaheim Dell 15,065 2–0–0 3 September 22 Vegas 5–4 San Jose SO Jones — 2–0–1 4 September 25 San Jose 5–7 Calgary Bibeau 17,584 2–1–1 5 September 27 Calgary 4–3 San Jose Jones 13,999 2–2–1 6 September 30 San Jose 2–5 Vegas Jones 17,958 2–3–1

Regular season The regular season schedule was released in June 2018. 2018–19 game log 46–27–9 (Home: 25–11–5; Road: 21–16–4)October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Anaheim 5–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles OT Jones 18,230 1–1–0 2 3 October 8 San Jose 0–4 NY Islanders Jones 8,790 1–2–0 2 4 October 9 San Jose 8–2 Philadelphia Dell 19,133 2–2–0 4 5 October 11 San Jose 2–3 NY Rangers OT Dell 17,004 2–2–1 5 6 October 14 San Jose 2–3 New Jersey Jones 13,809 2–3–1 5 7 October 18 Buffalo 1–5 San Jose Jones 17,389 3–3–1 7 8 October 20 NY Islanders 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,414 4–3–1 9 9 October 23 San Jose 5–4 Nashville Jones 17,159 5–3–1 11 10 October 26 San Jose 3–4 Carolina SO Dell 12,311 5–3–2 12 11 October 28 San Jose 4–3 Anaheim OT Jones 17,099 6–3–2 14 12 October 30 NY Rangers 4–3 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 6–3–3 15 November: 6–6–2 (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Columbus 4–1 San Jose Dell 15,879 6–4–3 15 14 November 3 Philadelphia 3–4 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 7–4–3 17 15 November 6 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose Jones 15,853 8–4–3 19 16 November 8 San Jose 3–4 Dallas Jones 18,137 8–5–3 19 17 November 9 San Jose 0–4 St. Louis Dell 17,032 8–6–3 19 18 November 11 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 9–6–3 21 19 November 13 Nashville 4–5 San Jose Jones 16,654 10–6–3 23 20 November 15 Toronto 5–3 San Jose Jones 17,011 10–7–3 23 21 November 17 St. Louis 0–4 San Jose Dell 17,417 11–7–3 25 22 November 20 Edmonton 4–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 11–7–4 26 23 November 23 Vancouver 0–4 San Jose Dell 17,056 12–7–4 28 24 November 24 San Jose 0–6 Vegas Dell 18,252 12–8–4 28 25 November 27 San Jose 2–3 Buffalo OT Jones 19,070 12–8–5 29 26 November 28 San Jose 3–5 Toronto Dell 19,362 12–9–5 29 December: 9–4–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 San Jose 2–6 Ottawa Jones 17,531 12–10–5 29 28 December 2 San Jose 3–1 Montreal Jones 20,301 13–10–5 31 29 December 5 Carolina 1–5 San Jose Jones 17,119 14–10–5 33 30 December 7 San Jose 2–3 Dallas Jones 18,342 14–11–5 33 31 December 8 San Jose 5–3 Arizona Dell 13,780 15–11–5 35 32 December 10 New Jersey 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,097 16–11–5 37 33 December 13 Dallas 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,185 17–11–5 39 34 December 16 San Jose 7–3 Chicago Dell 21,237 18–11–5 41 35 December 18 San Jose 4–0 Minnesota Jones 18,870 19–11–5 43 36 December 20 Winnipeg 5–3 San Jose Jones 17,213 19–12–5 43 37 December 22 Los Angeles 3–2 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 19–12–6 44 38 December 23 Arizona 4–3 San Jose SO Dell 17,325 19–12–7 45 39 December 27 Anaheim 2–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 20–12–7 47 40 December 29 San Jose 7–4 Edmonton Jones 18,347 21–12–7 49 41 December 31 San Jose 5–8 Calgary Dell 19,289 21–13–7 49 January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 San Jose 5–4 Colorado Jones 17,891 22–13–7 51 43 January 5 Tampa Bay 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 23–13–7 53 44 January 7 Los Angeles 1–3 San Jose Jones 15,447 24–13–7 55 45 January 8 Edmonton 2–7 San Jose Dell 17,320 25–13–7 57 46 January 10 San Jose 3–2 Vegas Jones 18,367 26–13–7 59 47 January 12 Ottawa 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 27–13–7 61 48 January 15 Pittsburgh 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,292 28–13–7 63 49 January 16 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Dell 13,342 28–14–7 63 50 January 19 San Jose 3–6 Tampa Bay Jones 19,092 28–15–7 63 51 January 21 San Jose 2–6 Florida Jones 14,014 28–16–7 63 52 January 22 San Jose 7–6 Washington OT Jones 18,506 29–16–7 65 February: 8–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Arizona 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,227 30–16–7 67 54 February 5 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg OT Jones 15,321 31–16–7 69 55 February 7 San Jose 5–2 Calgary Jones 18,748 32–16–7 71 56 February 9 San Jose 5–2 Edmonton Dell 18,347 33–16–7 73 57 February 11 San Jose 7–2 Vancouver Jones 18,576 34–16–7 75 58 February 14 Washington 5–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 34–17–7 75 59 February 16 Vancouver 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 35–17–7 77 60 February 18 Boston 6–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 35–17–8 78 61 February 21 San Jose 4–0 Pittsburgh Jones 18,362 36–17–8 80 62 February 23 San Jose 0–4 Columbus Jones 19,025 36–18–8 80 63 February 24 San Jose 5–3 Detroit Dell 19,515 37–18–8 82 64 February 26 San Jose 1–4 Boston Jones 17,565 37–19–8 82 March: 7–7–1 (Home: 5–6–0; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Colorado 3–4 San Jose Jones 17,351 38–19–8 84 66 March 3 Chicago 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,252 39–19–8 86 67 March 7 Montreal 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,471 40–19–8 88 68 March 9 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 41–19–8 90 69 March 11 San Jose 3–0 Minnesota Jones 18,907 42–19–8 92 70 March 12 San Jose 5–4 Winnipeg Dell 15,321 43–19–8 94 71 March 14 Florida 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,388 43–20–8 94 72 March 16 Nashville 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 43–21–8 94 73 March 18 Vegas 7–3 San Jose Dell 17,487 43–22–8 94 74 March 21 San Jose 2–4 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 43–23–8 94 75 March 22 San Jose 3–4 Anaheim OT Dell 17,174 43–23–9 95 76 March 25 Detroit 3–2 San Jose Jones 17,393 43–24–9 95 77 March 28 Chicago 5–4 San Jose Jones 17,364 43–25–9 95 78 March 30 Vegas 3–4 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 44–25–9 97 79 March 31 Calgary 5–3 San Jose Dell 17,313 44–26–9 97 April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 San Jose 2–4 Vancouver Jones 18,524 44–27–9 97 81 April 4 San Jose 3–2 Edmonton Dell 18,347 45–27–9 99 82 April 6 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 46–27–9 101 Legend:

Playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's second seed and faced the third seed of the same division, the Vegas Golden Knights, defeating them in seven games.

In the Second Round, the Sharks faced the Colorado Avalanche, defeating them in seven games.

In the Conference Finals, the Sharks faced the St. Louis Blues, and lost in six games.

2019 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Vegas 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 2 April 12 Vegas 5–3 San Jose Dell 17,562 1–1 3 April 14 San Jose 3–6 Vegas Jones 18,461 1–2 4 April 16 San Jose 0–5 Vegas Jones 18,567 1–3 5 April 18 Vegas 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 2–3 6 April 21 San Jose 2–1 Vegas 2OT Jones 18,458 3–3 7 April 23 Vegas 4–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 4–3 Western Conference Second Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: San Jose won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 2 April 28 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–1 3 April 30 San Jose 4–2 Colorado Jones 18,106 2–1 4 May 2 San Jose 0–3 Colorado Jones 18,110 2–2 5 May 4 Colorado 1–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 3–2 6 May 6 San Jose 3–4 Colorado OT Jones 18,098 3–3 7 May 8 Colorado 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 4–3 Western Conference Finals vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 11 St. Louis 3–6 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 2 May 13 St. Louis 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–1 3 May 15 San Jose 5–4 St. Louis OT Jones 18,360 2–1 4 May 17 San Jose 1–2 St. Louis Jones 18,496 2–2 5 May 19 St. Louis 5–0 San Jose Jones 17,562 2–3 6 May 21 San Jose 1–5 St. Louis Jones 18,684 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 16 67 83 +13 34 77 35 39 74 +5 18 81 27 43 70 −6 22 78 30 36 66 +9 55 75 38 26 64 −4 22 75 30 26 56 −4 153 82 17 39 56 −1 36 73 16 35 51 +8 20 53 3 42 45 +6 22 80 14 23 37 +10 10 80 17 13 30 +10 23 72 3 22 25 −6 10 82 1 21 22 +19 61 82 7 10 17 +4 76 79 12 4 16 −1 26 78 2 14 16 −14 35 37 2 11 13 9 10 36 7 4 11 7 6 † 19 6 5 11 +1 4 41 1 8 9 7 8 27 3 5 8 1 4 44 0 7 7 −1 15 † 19 1 2 3 0 45 13 1 0 1 −5 2 3 0 1 1 −1 2 8 0 0 0 1 2

Playoffs Player 20 14 6 20 +3 6 20 5 11 16 +2 6 19 2 14 16 −3 8 19 10 5 15 +2 4 20 5 10 15 +3 34 20 1 10 11 +1 0 19 4 6 10 −6 6 13 4 5 9 −3 4 20 4 5 9 −7 14 18 3 5 8 +6 4 20 2 6 8 −4 61 18 0 5 5 −3 2 12 1 2 3 +1 4 20 2 0 2 −3 22 20 0 2 2 −2 4 20 0 2 2 −8 24 2 1 0 1 0 2 20 0 1 1 −2 0 20 0 1 1 −3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 −1 0 11 0 0 0 −1 18

Goaltenders Regular season Player 62 62 3,598 36 19 5 176 2.94 1699 .896 3 0 1 2 25 20 1,324 10 8 4 70 3.17 613 .886 2 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 20 20 1154 10 9 58 3.02 567 .898 0 0 2 0 2 0 90 0 1 5 3.35 36 .861 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. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Arizona Coyotes4th-round pick in 20185th-round pick in 2018To San Jose SharksTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018 To Montreal CanadiensVGK's 4th-round pick in 2018FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018To San Jose SharksEDM's 4th-round pick in 2018 To Ottawa SenatorsRudols BalcersDylan DeMeloJosh NorrisChris Tierney2nd-round pick in 20191st-round pick in 2020To San Jose SharksErik KarlssonFrancis Perron To Florida PanthersVincent PraplanTo San Jose SharksFuture considerations To Detroit Red WingsConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020To San Jose SharksGustav Nyquist To Vancouver CanucksLinus KarlssonTo San Jose SharksJonathan Dahlen To Philadelphia FlyersJustin BraunTo San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 20193rd-round pick in 2020

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Eric Fehr to Minnesota Wild 1-year Vladislav Kotkov from Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QJMHL) 3-year Alexander True from San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 3-year Jannik Hansen to CSKA Moscow (KHL) 1-year Andrew Shortridge from Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey) 1-year Joel Kellman from Brynäs IF (SHL) 1-year Danil Yurtaikin from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 2-year Tony Sund from Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 1-year Lean Bergmann from Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) 1-year Jeffrey Viel from San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 2-year

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Paul Martin Buyout Noah Rod Mutual termination Filip Sandberg Mutual termination

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Micheal Haley from Florida Panthers

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Logan Couture 8-year Tomas Hertl 4-year Joe Thornton 1-year Dylan DeMelo 2-year Ryan Merkley 3-year Chris Tierney 2-year Jake McGrew 3-year Barclay Goodrow 2-year Lukas Radil 1-year Marcus Sorensen 2-year Mario Ferraro 3-year Zachary Emond 3-year Erik Karlsson 8-year

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.