2019–20 San Jose Sharks season

The 2019–20 San Jose Sharks season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Sharks missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2014–15 season, and only the second time since 2002–03.

Regular season The Sharks lost their season opener 4–1 to the Vegas Golden Knights on October 2. Erik Karlsson missed the game due to the birth of his daughter. They fired Peter DeBoer and hired Bob Boughner on December 11, 2019.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

Tiebreaking procedures Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number of total wins (including shootouts). 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. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against). Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on June 17, 2019.

2019 preseason game log: 1–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Anaheim 4–3 San Jose Korenar 12,981 0–1–0 2 September 18 San Jose 4–6 Calgary Bibeau 17,348 0–2–0 3 September 21 Vegas 3–1 San Jose Jones 15,052 0–3–0 4 September 24 San Jose 1–4 Anaheim Dell 13,566 0–4–0 5 September 26 Calgary 1–4 San Jose Jones 12,433 1–4–0 6 September 29 San Jose 1–5 Vegas Jones 18,131 1–5–0

Regular season The schedule was announced on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log 29–36–5 (Home: 17–17–2; Road: 12–19–3)October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 San Jose 1–4 Vegas Jones 18,588 0–1–0 0 2 October 4 Vegas 5–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 0–2–0 0 3 October 5 San Jose 1–3 Anaheim Dell 15,795 0–3–0 0 4 October 8 San Jose 2–5 Nashville Jones 17,251 0–4–0 0 5 October 10 San Jose 5–4 Chicago Dell 21,455 1–4–0 2 6 October 13 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Jones 16,250 2–4–0 4 7 October 16 Carolina 2–5 San Jose Jones 15,143 3–4–0 6 8 October 19 Buffalo 4–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 3–5–0 6 9 October 22 San Jose 3–4 Buffalo OT Jones 15,876 3–5–1 7 10 October 24 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Dell 21,052 4–5–1 9 11 October 25 San Jose 1–4 Toronto Jones 19,102 4–6–1 9 12 October 27 San Jose 2–5 Ottawa Dell 9,740 4–7–1 9 13 October 29 San Jose 1–5 Boston Jones 17,193 4–8–1 9 November: 11–4–0 (Home: 7–4–0; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Winnipeg 3–2 San Jose Jones 15,117 4–9–1 9 15 November 2 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Dell 16,480 4–10–1 9 16 November 5 Chicago 2–4 San Jose Jones 16,087 5–10–1 11 17 November 7 Minnesota 5–6 San Jose Jones 15,764 6–10–1 13 18 November 9 Nashville 1–2 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 7–10–1 15 19 November 12 Edmonton 3–6 San Jose Jones 15,567 8–10–1 17 20 November 14 San Jose 5–3 Anaheim Jones 16,007 9–10–1 19 21 November 16 Detroit 3–4 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 10–10–1 21 22 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,147 10–11–1 21 23 November 21 San Jose 2–1 Vegas OT Dell 18,275 11–11–1 23 24 November 23 NY Islanders 1–2 San Jose OT Jones 16,471 12–11–1 25 25 November 25 San Jose 4–3 Los Angeles OT Jones 16,927 13–11–1 27 26 November 27 Winnipeg 5–1 San Jose Dell 16,008 13–12–1 27 27 November 29 Los Angeles 1–4 San Jose Jones 16,893 14–12–1 29 28 November 30 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Jones 15,485 15–12–1 31 December: 2–9–2 (Home: 2–5–1; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 3 Washington 5–2 San Jose Jones 15,762 15–13–1 31 30 December 5 San Jose 2–3 Carolina SO Dell 14,275 15–13–2 32 31 December 7 San Jose 1–7 Tampa Bay Jones 19,092 15–14–2 32 32 December 8 San Jose 1–5 Florida Jones 11,340 15–15–2 32 33 December 10 San Jose 1–3 Nashville Jones 17,160 15–16–2 32 34 December 12 NY Rangers 6–3 San Jose Jones 16,381 15–17–2 32 35 December 14 Vancouver 2–4 San Jose Dell 16,242 16–17–2 34 36 December 17 Arizona 3–2 San Jose Dell 16,076 16–18–2 34 37 December 21 St. Louis 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,065 16–19–2 34 38 December 22 Vegas 3–1 San Jose Dell 17,015 16–20–2 34 39 December 27 Los Angeles 3–2 San Jose OT Dell 16,610 16–20–3 35 40 December 28 Philadelphia 1–6 San Jose Jones 16,819 17–20–3 37 41 December 31 San Jose 0–2 Detroit Jones 19,515 17–21–3 37 January: 5–5–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 San Jose 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Dell 18,620 18–21–3 39 43 January 4 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Dell 18,874 19–21–3 41 44 January 5 San Jose 4–5 Washington OT Jones 18,573 19–21–4 42 45 January 7 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Dell 18,096 19–22–4 42 46 January 9 Columbus 1–3 San Jose Dell 17,085 20–22–4 44 47 January 11 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Dell 17,562 21–22–4 46 48 January 14 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Dell 14,716 21–23–4 46 49 January 16 San Jose 0–4 Colorado Jones 18,014 21–24–4 46 50 January 18 San Jose 1–4 Vancouver Dell 18,786 21–25–4 46 51 January 27 Anaheim 2–4 San Jose Dell 16,571 22–25–4 48 52 January 29 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,024 22–26–4 48 February: 6–7–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Tampa Bay 3–0 San Jose Dell 17,562 22–27–4 48 54 February 4 San Jose 3–1 Calgary Dell 18,131 23–27–4 50 55 February 6 San Jose 6–3 Edmonton Dell 17,175 24–27–4 52 56 February 10 Calgary 6–2 San Jose Dell 17,101 24–28–4 52 57 February 14 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg Dell 15,325 25–28–4 54 58 February 15 San Jose 2–0 Minnesota Jones 18,611 26–28–4 56 59 February 17 Florida 5–3 San Jose Dell 16,510 26–29–4 56 60 February 20 San Jose 1–2 New Jersey Jones 13,941 26–30–4 56 61 February 22 San Jose 2–3 NY Rangers Dell 18,006 26–31–4 56 62 February 23 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Jones 13,917 26–32–4 56 63 February 25 San Jose 2–4 Philadelphia Dell 18,290 26–33–4 56 64 February 27 New Jersey 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 16,913 27–33–4 58 65 February 29 Pittsburgh 0–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 28–33–4 60 March: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3 Toronto 2–5 San Jose Jones 16,129 29–33–4 62 67 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 San Jose Jones 14,517 29–34–4 62 68 March 7 Ottawa 2–1 San Jose OT Dell 16,018 29–34–5 63 69 March 8 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Jones 14,694 29–35–5 63 70 March 11 San Jose 2–6 Chicago Dell 21,275 29–36–5 63 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 San Jose St. Louis 72 March 14 San Jose Dallas 73 March 17 San Jose Colorado 74 March 19 Montreal San Jose 75 March 21 Boston San Jose 76 March 23 San Jose Calgary 77 March 25 San Jose Vancouver 78 March 27 San Jose Edmonton 79 March 29 Arizona San Jose 80 March 31 San Jose Los Angeles 81 April 2 Dallas San Jose 82 April 4 Anaheim San JoseLegend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 70 22 27 49 −22 42 64 26 21 47 −12 122 70 12 33 45 −22 34 56 6 34 40 −15 16 52 16 23 39 0 18 48 16 20 36 −18 16 70 14 19 33 −33 38 70 7 24 31 −19 34 ‡ 62 8 16 24 −8 80 ‡ 58 10 10 20 −5 12 66 7 11 18 −12 26 70 5 10 15 −10 10 ‡ 59 1 13 14 0 83 61 6 6 12 −7 20 50 5 6 11 −8 17 61 2 9 11 −15 30 48 2 7 9 −13 14 † 34 6 2 8 −1 32 31 3 4 7 −1 4 20 1 6 7 4 4 28 3 2 5 −5 8 38 1 4 5 −10 2 12 0 4 4 1 2 10 0 2 2 −2 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 1 1 −6 4 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 † 5 0 0 0 −1 0 4 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 −1 2 3 0 0 0 −2 2 14 0 0 0 −3 8

Goaltenders Regular season Player 41 40 2,360 17 21 2 118 3.00 1,139 .896 2 0 1 0 33 30 1,835 12 15 3 92 3.01 986 .907 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 2019–20 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Vegas Golden KnightsPHI 2nd-round pick in 2019To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 2019WPG 3rd-round pick in 2019 To New Jersey DevilsWPG 3rd-round pick in 20193rd-round pick in 2019To San Jose SharksNSH 2nd-round pick in 2019 To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2020To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2019 To Vancouver CanucksFrancis Perron7th-round pick in 2019To San Jose SharksTom Pyatt6th-round pick in 2019 To Washington Capitals5th-round pick in 2019To San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 20197th-round pick in 2020 To Pittsburgh PenguinsWSH 7th-round pick in 2019To San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 2020 To Carolina HurricanesKyle WoodTo San Jose SharksTrevor Carrick To Colorado AvalancheAntoine BibeauTo San Jose SharksNicolas Meloche To Washington CapitalsBrenden DillonTo San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 20203rd-round pick in 2020 or 2021 To Pittsburgh PenguinsPatrick MarleauTo San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 2021 To Tampa Bay LightningBarclay Goodrow 3rd-round pick in 2020To San Jose SharksAnthony Greco 1st-round pick in 2020 To Calgary FlamesFuture considerationsTo San Jose SharksBrandon Davidson To Minnesota Wild5th-round pick in 2022To San Jose SharksDevan Dubnyk7th-round pick in 2022 To Minnesota Wild3rd-round pick in 2021To San Jose SharksRyan Donato

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Joonas Donskoi to Colorado Avalanche 4-year Gustav Nyquist to Columbus Blue Jackets 4-year Joe Pavelski to Dallas Stars 3-year Joakim Ryan to Los Angeles Kings 1-year Dalton Prout from Calgary Flames 1-year Nikolai Knyzhov from SKA-Neva (VHL) 3-year Jonny Brodzinski from Los Angeles Kings 1-year Zachary Gallant from Toledo Walleye (ECHL) 3-year Tom Pyatt to Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 1-year Jon Martin to Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) 1-year Cody Donaghey to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) 1-year Micheal Haley to New York Rangers 1-year Patrick Marleau from Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Michael Brodzinski to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) 1-year Lukas Radil to Spartak Moscow (KHL) 1-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Stefan Noesen from Pittsburgh Penguins

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref Lukas Radil Waived

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Timo Meier 4-year Tim Heed 1-year Artemi Kniazev 3-year Kevin Labanc 1-year Dylan Gambrell 2-year Antti Suomela 1-year Nick DeSimone 2-year Maxim Letunov 1-year Kyle Wood 1-year Joe Thornton 1-year Dillon Hamaliuk 1-year Radim Simek 4-year Fredrik Handemark 1-year Alexei Melnichuk 2-year Joel Kellman 2-year

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2019 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)2481 Artemi Kniazev D Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)2552 Dillon Hamaliuk LW Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)41083 Yegor Spiridonov C Stalnye Lisy (MHL)61644 Timur Ibragimov LW SKA-1946 (MHL)6184 Santeri Hatakka D Jokerit U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) Notes: The Vegas Golden Knights' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2019 (41st overall) to Vegas in exchange for Winnipeg's third-round pick in 2019 (82nd overall) and this pick. The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Winnipeg's third-round pick in 2019 (82nd overall) and a third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.