2021–22 San Jose Sharks season

The 2021–22 San Jose Sharks season was the 31st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.

General manager Doug Wilson took medical leave beginning on November 26, 2021, and would resign from the role on April 7, 2022, ending a 19-season tenure with the team. Assistant general manager Joe Will had already been serving as acting general manager since Wilson took medical leave, and will continue to do so until the team finds a permanent candidate for the role. On April 14, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results Preseason The schedule was announced on August 4, 2021.

2021 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 @ Anaheim 3–6 Sawchenko Honda Center N/A 0–1–0 2 September 26 @ Vegas 4–2 Hill T-Mobile Arena 17,077 1–1–0 3 September 28 Los Angeles 3–4 Reimer SAP Center 6,837 1–2–0 4 September 30 @ Anaheim 3–1 Reimer Honda Center N/A 2–2–0 5 October 4 Anaheim 2–3 SO Reimer SAP Center 6,192 2–2–1 6 October 9 Vegas 4–0 Hill SAP Center N/A 3–2–1

Regular season The schedule was announced on July 22, 2021, and was tentative pending on whether the league and the International Olympic Committee reach a deal to send players to the 2022 Winter Olympics. If no deal would have been reached, then an alternative schedule without an Olympics break would have been released and up to 16 of the team's home dates would have been rescheduled. An agreement was made on September 3, 2021. However, on December 22, 2021, the NHL decided to skip the Olympics due to a rise of COVID-19 cases. In place of missing the Olympics, the NHL used that time to reschedule postponed regular season games.

2021–22 game log: 32–37–13 (home: 18–18–5; road: 14–19–8)October: 5–3–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 16 Winnipeg 4–3 Hill SAP Center 16,137 1–0–0 2 2 October 19 @ Montreal 5–0 Hill Bell Centre 16,095 2–0–0 4 3 October 21 @ Ottawa 2–1 Reimer Canadian Tire Centre 8,994 3–0–0 6 4 October 22 @ Toronto 5–3 Hill Scotiabank Arena 18,603 4–0–0 8 5 October 24 @ Boston 3–4 Hill TD Garden 17,850 4–1–0 8 6 October 26 @ Nashville 1–3 Reimer Bridgestone Arena 16,395 4–2–0 8 7 October 28 Montreal 0–4 Hill SAP Center 11,463 4–3–0 8 8 October 30 Winnipeg 2–1 OT Reimer SAP Center 11,845 5–3–0 10 November: 7–6–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Buffalo 5–3 Reimer SAP Center 10,059 6–3–0 12 10 November 4 St. Louis 3–5 Hill SAP Center 11,816 6–4–0 12 11 November 6 New Jersey 2–3 SO Reimer SAP Center 12,019 6–4–1 13 12 November 9 @ Calgary 4–1 Hill Scotiabank Saddledome 14,960 7–4–1 15 13 November 11 @ Winnipeg 1–4 Reimer Canada Life Centre 14,229 7–5–1 15 14 November 13 @ Colorado 2–6 Hill Ball Arena 18,015 7–6–1 15 15 November 16 @ Minnesota 4–1 Reimer Xcel Energy Center 15,367 8–6–1 17 16 November 18 @ St. Louis 1–4 Reimer Enterprise Center 16,953 8–7–1 17 17 November 20 Washington 0–4 Hill SAP Center 16,527 8–8–1 17 18 November 22 Carolina 2–1 OT Reimer SAP Center 10,970 9–8–1 19 19 November 24 Ottawa 6–3 Reimer SAP Center 10,076 10–8–1 21 20 November 26 Toronto 1–4 Reimer SAP Center 14,068 10–9–1 21 21 November 28 @ Chicago 2–0 Reimer United Center 17,663 11–9–1 23 22 November 30 @ New Jersey 5–2 Reimer Prudential Center 13,492 12–9–1 25 December: 5–5–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 @ NY Islanders 2–1 OT Hill UBS Arena 17,255 13–9–1 27 24 December 3 @ NY Rangers 0–1 Hill Madison Square Garden 16,726 13–10–1 27 25 December 5 @ Columbus 4–6 Hill Nationwide Arena 16,824 13–11–1 27 26 December 7 Calgary 5–3 Hill SAP Center 10,534 14–11–1 29 27 December 9 Minnesota 2–5 Hill SAP Center 10,782 14–12–1 29 28 December 11 Dallas 2–1 Reimer SAP Center 14,145 15–12–1 31 29 December 14 Seattle 1–3 Reimer SAP Center 12,403 15–13–1 31 30 December 16 Vancouver 2–5 Hill SAP Center 10,340 15–14–1 31 – December 21 Vancouver Postponed. – December 23 Edmonton Postponed. – December 27 @ Anaheim Postponed. 31 December 28 Arizona 8–7 SO Reimer SAP Center 11,450 16–14–1 33 32 December 30 Philadelphia 3–2 OT Reimer SAP Center 12,540 17–14–1 35 January: 5–6–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–4–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 2 @ Pittsburgh 5–8 Reimer PPG Paints Arena 18,066 17–15–1 35 34 January 4 @ Detroit 2–6 Reimer Little Caesars Arena 14,524 17–16–1 35 35 January 6 @ Buffalo 3–2 Hill KeyBank Center 8,117 18–16–1 37 36 January 8 @ Philadelphia 3–2 OT Hill Wells Fargo Center 15,600 19–16–1 39 37 January 11 Detroit 3–2 OT Hill SAP Center 10,489 20–16–1 41 38 January 13 NY Rangers 0–3 Hill SAP Center 10,919 20–17–1 41 39 January 15 Pittsburgh 1–2 OT Hill SAP Center 13,686 20–17–2 42 40 January 17 Los Angeles 6–2 Reimer SAP Center 10,705 21–17–2 44 41 January 20 @ Seattle 2–3 Hill Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 21–18–2 44 42 January 22 Tampa Bay 1–7 Reimer SAP Center 14,193 21–19–2 44 43 January 26 @ Washington 4–1 Reimer Capital One Arena 18,573 22–19–2 46 44 January 29 @ Florida 4–5 OT Reimer FLA Live Arena 18,152 22–19–3 47 45 January 30 @ Carolina 1–2 Reimer PNC Arena 15,975 22–20–3 47 February: 2–3–3 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–0–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 46 February 1 @ Tampa Bay 2–3 OT Reimer Amalie Arena 19,092 22–20–4 48 47 February 14 Edmonton 0–3 Reimer SAP Center 11,513 22–21–4 48 48 February 17 Vancouver 4–5 OT Reimer SAP Center 10,608 22–21–5 49 49 February 20 Vegas 1–4 Reimer SAP Center 11,504 22–22–5 49 50 February 22 @ Anaheim 3–4 SO Reimer Honda Center 13,288 22–22–6 50 51 February 24 NY Islanders 4–3 SO Reimer SAP Center 11,283 23–22–6 52 52 February 26 Boston 1–3 Reimer SAP Center 17,260 23–23–6 52 53 February 27 Seattle 3–1 Reimer SAP Center 13,171 24–23–6 54 March: 5–7–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–5–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 @ Vegas 1–3 Sawchenko T-Mobile Arena 17,819 24–24–6 54 55 March 5 Nashville 0–8 Stalock SAP Center 13,936 24–25–6 54 56 March 6 @ Anaheim 2–3 OT Sawchenko Honda Center 12,183 24–25–7 55 57 March 10 @ Los Angeles 4–3 OT Sawchenko Crypto.com Arena 14,228 25–25–7 57 58 March 12 Los Angeles 5–0 Hill SAP Center 13,821 26–25–7 59 59 March 15 Florida 2–3 OT Reimer SAP Center 12,276 26–25–8 60 60 March 17 @ Los Angeles 0–3 Reimer Crypto.com Arena 13,137 26–26–8 60 61 March 18 Colorado 3–5 Sawchenko SAP Center 13,022 26–27–8 60 62 March 20 Arizona 4–2 Reimer SAP Center 13,349 27–27–8 62 63 March 22 @ Calgary 4–3 Reimer Scotiabank Saddledome 15,594 28–27–8 64 64 March 24 @ Edmonton 2–5 Kahkonen Rogers Place 16,740 28–28–8 64 65 March 26 Anaheim 4–1 Reimer SAP Center 14,161 29–28–8 66 66 March 30 @ Arizona 2–5 Reimer Gila River Arena 9,949 29–29–8 66 67 March 31 @ Colorado 2–4 Kahkonen Ball Arena 18,013 29–30–8 66 April: 3–7–5 (home: 2–4–1; road: 1–3–4) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 April 2 Dallas 4–5 Reimer SAP Center 14,021 29–31–8 66 69 April 5 Edmonton 1–2 OT Reimer SAP Center 12,046 29–31–9 67 70 April 7 Calgary 2–4 Reimer SAP Center 11,426 29–32–9 67 71 April 9 @ Vancouver 2–4 Kahkonen Rogers Arena 18,607 29–33–9 67 – April 10 Vegas Rescheduled. 72 April 12 @ Nashville 0–1 OT Kahkonen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 29–33–10 68 73 April 14 @ Chicago 4–5 SO Reimer United Center 19,501 29–33–11 69 74 April 16 @ Dallas 1–2 Kahkonen American Airlines Center 18,532 29–34–11 69 75 April 17 @ Minnesota 4–5 OT Reimer Xcel Energy Center 19,029 29–34–12 70 76 April 19 Columbus 3–2 Kahkonen SAP Center 11,894 30–34–12 72 77 April 21 St. Louis 1–3 Reimer SAP Center 12,136 30–35–12 72 78 April 23 Chicago 4–1 Kahkonen SAP Center 17,562 31–35–12 74 79 April 24 @ Vegas 5–4 SO Reimer T-Mobile Arena 18,367 32–35–12 76 80 April 26 Anaheim 2–5 Kahkonen SAP Center 13,378 32–36–12 76 81 April 28 @ Edmonton 4–5 OT Reimer Rogers Place 16,692 32–36–13 77 82 April 29 @ Seattle 0–3 Kahkonen Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 32–37–13 77 Legend:

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 77 35 41 76 −3 54 82 30 34 64 −9 30 77 23 33 56 −11 18 82 10 44 54 −15 42 70 10 29 39 −5 14 50 10 25 35 −14 14 80 16 10 26 −25 18 61 11 12 23 −3 20 63 8 15 23 −21 25 61 12 10 22 −25 12 70 6 11 17 −20 19 ‡ 56 4 11 15 −16 12 75 3 11 14 −22 18 63 2 12 14 −5 16 50 5 6 11 −14 18 35 7 2 9 −8 10 ‡ 45 3 6 9 +3 69 44 2 6 8 −1 16 19 0 8 8 +2 4 50 2 5 7 −17 39 21 3 3 6 −4 6 39 1 5 6 −10 8 34 3 2 5 −2 114 8 0 5 5 −1 0 9 0 4 4 −3 2 9 1 2 3 −2 0 43 1 2 3 −9 74 14 1 1 2 −5 0 36 1 1 2 −13 8 9 0 2 2 −5 2 29 0 2 2 −16 10 † 6 1 0 1 −2 0 3 0 1 1 +1 4 5 0 0 0 +1 7 1 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 46 2672:41 19 17 10 129 2.90 1,450 .911 1 0 0 0 25 22 1375:57 10 11 1 61 2.66 648 .906 2 0 2 0 † 11 10 565:59 2 6 1 27 2.86 322 .916 0 0 0 0 7 3 268:58 1 2 1 15 3.35 151 .901 0 0 0 0 † 1 1 46:07 0 1 0 6 7.81 28 .786 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 2021–22 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Arizona CoyotesJosef Korenar2nd-round pick in 2022To San Jose SharksAdin Hill7th-round pick in 2022 To New Jersey DevilsChristian JarosTo San Jose SharksNick Merkley To Arizona Coyotes4th-round pick in 2024To San Jose SharksLane Pederson To Ottawa SenatorsDylan GambrellTo San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 2022 To Edmonton OilersFuture considerations To San Jose SharksAlex Stalock To Minnesota WildJacob Middleton To San Jose SharksKaapo Kahkonen5th-round pick in 2022 To New York RangersNick Merkley To San Jose SharksAnthony Bitetto To Colorado AvalancheAndrew Cogliano To San Jose Sharks5th-round pick in 2024 To Tampa Bay LightningAlexei MelnichukTo San Jose SharksAntoine Morand

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Nick Bonino Minnesota Wild 2-year Free agency Andrew Cogliano Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency James Reimer Carolina Hurricanes 2-year Free agency Jaycob Megna San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 1-year Free agency Jonah Gadjovich Vancouver Canucks Waivers Ryan Dzingel Arizona Coyotes Waivers Nick Cicek San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 2-year Free agency Max Veronneau Leksands IF (SHL) 1-year Free agency Strauss Mann Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 1-year Free agency Mitchell Russell North Bay Battalion (OHL) 3-year Free agency Gannon Laroque Victoria Royals (WHL) 3-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Alexander True Seattle Kraken Expansion draft Lean Bergmann Contract termination Adler Mannheim (DEL) 2-year Free agency Martin Jones Buy-out Kurtis Gabriel Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Martin Jones Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Greg Pateryn Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency Maxim Letunov Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency Ivan Chekhovich Contract termination Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) Unknown Free agency Marcus Sorensen Djurgårdens IF (SHL) 4-year Free agency Vladislav Kotkov Contract termination Ryan Donato Seattle Kraken 1-year Free agency Vladislav Kotkov CSKA Moscow (KHL) 2-year Free agency Joel Kellman Contract termination Växjö Lakers (SHL) 2-year Free agency Evander Kane Contract termination Joachim Blichfeld Växjö Lakers (SHL) 2-year Free agency

Signings