2022–23 San Jose Sharks season

The 2022–23 San Jose Sharks season was the 32nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.

Bob Boughner was fired on July 1, 2022, and replaced by David Quinn. Mike Grier also joined as general manager, replacing Doug Wilson.

On March 14, 2023, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after an overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on July 6, 2022.

Preseason game log2022 preseason game log: 5–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; away: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Los Angeles 2–3 San Jose OT Kahkonen 9,042 1–0–0 2 September 27 Anaheim 4–5 San Jose Reimer 8,030 2–0–0 3 September 28 San Jose 3–1 Los Angeles Dell 3–0–0 4 September 30 San Jose 1–4 Anaheim Kahkonen 13,616 3–1–0 5 September 30 San Jose 7–3 Las Vegas Reimer 17,446 4–1–0 6 October 4 San Jose 3–1 Eisbären Berlin Reimer 12,013 5–1–0 Legend: – Split squad game – International game

Regular season The regular season schedule was announced on July 6, 2022, and began with two games against the Nashville Predators at O2 Arena in Prague for the NHL Global Series.

2022–23 game log: 22–44–16 (home: 8–22–11; away: 14–22–5) October: 3–8–0 (home: 1–5–0; away: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 San Jose 1–4 Nashville Reimer 16,648 0–1–0 0 2 October 8 Nashville 3–2 San Jose Kahkonen 17,023 0–2–0 0 3 October 14 Carolina 2–1 San Jose Reimer 17,562 0–3–0 0 4 October 15 Chicago 5–2 San Jose Kahkonen 15,219 0–4–0 0 5 October 18 San Jose 2–5 NY Islanders Reimer 13,892 0–5–0 0 6 October 20 San Jose 3–2 NY Rangers OT Reimer 17,083 1–5–0 2 7 October 22 San Jose 1–2 New Jersey Kahkonen 11,037 1–6–0 2 8 October 23 San Jose 3–0 Philadelphia Reimer 14,512 2–6–0 4 9 October 25 Vegas 4–2 San Jose Reimer 12,003 2–7–0 4 10 October 27 Toronto 3–4 San Jose OT Kahkonen 12,507 3–7–0 6 11 October 29 Tampa Bay 4–3 San Jose Reimer 15,122 3–8–0 6 November: 5–6–4 (home: 1–3–4; away: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Anaheim 6–5 San Jose SO Kahkonen 10,058 3–8–1 7 13 November 3 Florida 4–3 San Jose SO Reimer 10,182 3–8–2 8 14 November 5 Anaheim 5–4 San Jose SO Reimer 17,562 3–8–3 9 15 November 10 San Jose 3–5 St. Louis Kahkonen 18,096 3–9–3 9 16 November 11 San Jose 5–4 Dallas Reimer 18,532 4–9–3 11 17 November 13 San Jose 3–2 Minnesota SO Reimer 17,105 5–9–3 13 18 November 15 San Jose 5–2 Vegas Reimer 17,899 6–9–3 15 19 November 17 Detroit 7–4 San Jose Reimer 14,134 6–10–3 15 20 November 19 NY Rangers 2–1 San Jose Reimer 17,562 6–11–3 15 21 November 21 Ottawa 1–5 San Jose Kahkonen 11,295 7–11–3 17 22 November 23 San Jose 5–8 Seattle Kahkonen 17,151 7–12–3 17 23 November 25 Los Angeles 5–2 San Jose Reimer 17,562 7–13–3 17 24 November 27 Vancouver 4–3 San Jose OT Kahkonen 11,307 7–13–4 18 25 November 29 San Jose 4–0 Montreal Kahkonen 21,105 8–13–4 20 26 November 30 San Jose 1–3 Toronto Dell 18,679 8–14–4 20 December: 3–6–3 (home: 2–2–2; away: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 3 San Jose 2–5 Ottawa Kahkonen 17,101 8–15–4 20 28 December 4 San Jose 3–6 Buffalo Dell 13,655 8–16–4 20 29 December 7 Vancouver 6–5 San Jose OT Makiniemi 11,492 8–16–5 21 30 December 9 San Jose 6–1 Anaheim Makiniemi 14,487 9–16–5 23 31 December 13 Arizona 2–3 San Jose Reimer 10,462 10–16–5 25 32 December 17 San Jose 2–3 Los Angeles SO Reimer 18,230 10–16–6 26 33 December 18 Calgary 5–2 San Jose Kahkonen 14,207 10–17–6 26 34 December 20 Calgary 7–3 San Jose Reimer 10,431 10–18–6 26 35 December 22 Minnesota 2–5 San Jose Reimer 13,128 11–18–6 28 36 December 27 San Jose 2–6 Vancouver Reimer 18,875 11–19–6 28 37 December 29 Philadelphia 4–3 San Jose OT Kahkonen 17,562 11–19–7 29 38 December 31 San Jose 2–5 Dallas Reimer 18,532 11–20–7 29 January: 4–5–4 (home: 1–2–1; away: 3–3–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 San Jose 5–2 Chicago Kahkonen 19,047 12–20–7 31 40 January 6 San Jose 4–5 Anaheim OT Kahkonen 16,281 12–20–8 32 41 January 7 Boston 4–2 San Jose Reimer 17,562 12–21–8 32 42 January 10 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Kahkonen 4,600 13–21–8 34 43 January 11 San Jose 3–4 Los Angeles Reimer 16,717 13–22–8 34 44 January 13 Edmonton 7–1 San Jose Kahkonen 15,887 13–23–8 34 45 January 16 New Jersey 4–3 San Jose SO Reimer 13,293 13–23–9 35 46 January 18 Dallas 3–5 San Jose Reimer 12,315 14–23–9 37 47 January 21 San Jose 3–5 Columbus Kahkonen 18,807 14–24–9 37 48 January 22 San Jose 0–4 Boston Reimer 17,850 14–25–9 37 49 January 24 San Jose 2–3 Detroit OT Reimer 19,515 14–25–10 38 50 January 27 San Jose 4–5 Carolina OT Reimer 18,780 14–25–11 39 51 January 28 San Jose 6–4 Pittsburgh Kahkonen 18,417 15–25–11 41 February: 3–6–1 (home: 1–4–1; away: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 7 San Jose 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Kahkonen 19,092 16–25–11 43 53 February 9 San Jose 1–4 Florida Kahkonen 15,183 16–26–11 43 54 February 12 San Jose 4–1 Washington Kahkonen 18,573 17–26–11 45 55 February 14 Pittsburgh 3–1 San Jose Dell 13,534 17–27–11 45 56 February 16 San Jose 1–2 Vegas Kahkonen 17,544 17–28–11 45 57 February 18 Buffalo 4–2 San Jose Kahkonen 17,562 17–29–11 45 58 February 20 Seattle 0–4 San Jose Reimer 13,445 18–29–11 47 59 February 23 Nashville 6–2 San Jose Reimer 11,320 18–30–11 47 60 February 25 Chicago 5–4 San Jose SO Kahkonen 17,562 18–30–12 48 61 February 28 Montreal 3–1 San Jose Kahkonen 11,470 18–31–12 48 March: 3–8–3 (home: 2–4–2; away: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 St. Louis 6–3 San Jose Reimer 12,290 18–32–12 48 63 March 4 Washington 8–3 San Jose Kahkonen 17,562 18–33–12 48 64 March 6 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg OT Reimer 13,026 19–33–12 50 65 March 7 San Jose 0–6 Colorado Kahkonen 18,092 19–34–12 50 66 March 9 San Jose 2–4 St. Louis Kahkonen 18,096 19–35–12 50 67 March 11 Minnesota 5–2 San Jose Reimer 17,562 19–36–12 50 68 March 14 Columbus 6–5 San Jose OT Kahkonen 10,127 19–36–13 51 69 March 16 Seattle 2–1 San Jose OT Reimer 11,720 19–36–14 52 70 March 18 NY Islanders 4–1 San Jose Kahkonen 16,880 19–37–14 52 71 March 20 San Jose 4–5 Edmonton OT Reimer 18,347 19–37–15 53 72 March 23 San Jose 2–7 Vancouver Reimer 18,919 19–38–15 53 73 March 25 San Jose 3–5 Calgary Kahkonen 18,153 19–39–15 53 74 March 28 Winnipeg 0–3 San Jose Reimer 10,387 20–39–15 55 75 March 30 Vegas 3–4 San Jose OT Reimer 15,232 21–39–15 57 April: 1–5–1 (home: 0–2–1; away: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 San Jose 7–2 Arizona Kahkonen 4,600 22–39–15 59 77 April 4 Colorado 4–3 San Jose OT Kahkonen 11,067 22–39–16 60 78 April 6 Colorado 6–2 San Jose Kahkonen 12,772 22–40–16 60 79 April 8 Edmonton 6–1 San Jose Reimer 17,562 22–41–16 60 80 April 10 San Jose 2–6 Winnipeg Reimer 13,428 22–42–16 60 81 April 12 San Jose 1–3 Calgary Kahkonen 17,211 22–43–16 60 82 April 13 San Jose 2–5 Edmonton Reimer 18,347 22–44–16 60 Legend:

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 82 25 76 101 −26 36 82 27 40 67 −30 19 79 22 41 63 −36 42 ‡ 57 31 21 52 −19 25 68 15 32 47 −30 20 72 15 18 33 −17 36 74 14 12 26 −13 23 77 1 23 24 −18 26 ‡ 59 10 9 19 −6 28 80 10 9 19 −18 16 78 1 17 18 −14 16 57 10 7 17 −9 32 ‡ 45 8 7 15 −22 8 73 6 9 15 −16 18 59 8 6 14 −6 26 31 5 8 13 −9 42 ‡ 48 1 11 12 +6 21 72 4 7 11 −31 24 †‡ 20 3 5 8 +1 34 † 11 2 6 8 −10 4 35 3 4 7 −3 57 ‡ 28 1 6 7 −7 8 † 25 1 5 6 −11 12 † 9 3 2 5 −2 0 16 0 4 4 −7 15 8 2 1 3 −5 6 4 1 2 3 −1 0 44 1 2 3 −13 29 † 11 0 3 3 −6 6 † 22 0 3 3 −10 8 2 1 1 2 −1 0 8 0 2 2 −1 6 8 0 2 2 −3 0 8 0 2 2 −3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 1 0 1 −13 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 43 41 2,358:00 12 21 8 147 3.48 1,335 .890 3 0 0 2 37 37 2,106:15 9 20 7 135 3.85 1,149 .883 1 0 0 0 2 1 84:20 1 0 1 3 2.13 32 .906 0 0 0 0 4 3 199:17 0 3 0 9 2.71 103 .913 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 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level.

Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Arizona Coyotes1st-round pick in 2022 To San Jose SharksCAR 1st-round pick in 20222nd-round pick in 2022NYI 2nd-round pick in 2022 To Nashville PredatorsJohn Leonard3rd-round pick in 2023 To San Jose SharksLuke Kunin To Columbus Blue JacketsBUF 5th-round pick in 2022 To San Jose Sharks5th-round pick in 2023 To Arizona Coyotes7th-round pick in 2022 To San Jose SharksVAN 7th-round pick in 2023 To Carolina HurricanesBrent BurnsLane Pederson To San Jose SharksSteven LorentzEetu MakiniemiConditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 To Vegas Golden KnightsAdin Hill To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2024 To Detroit Red WingsJasper Weatherby To San Jose SharksKyle Criscuolo To Colorado AvalancheRyan MerkleyMatt Nieto To San Jose SharksMartin KautJacob MacDonald To Seattle KrakenJaycob Megna To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2023 To New Jersey DevilsZachary EmondScott HarringtonSanteri HatakkaTimur IbragimovTimo Meier5th-round pick in 2024 To San Jose SharksAndreas JohnssonShakir MukhamadullinNikita OkhotiukFabian Zetterlund1st-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 20247th-round pick in 2024 To Anaheim Ducks3rd-round pick in 2024 To San Jose SharksHenry Thrun To Tampa Bay LightningMikey Eyssimont To San Jose SharksVladislav Namestnikov To Pittsburgh PenguinsNick BoninoTo San Jose SharksArvid HenrikssonConditional 5th-round pick in 2024PIT 7th-round pick in 2023To Montreal CanadiensTony SundSJS 5th-round pick in 2024 To Winnipeg JetsVladislav Namestnikov To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2025 To Dallas StarsScott Reedy To San Jose SharksJacob Peterson To Anaheim DucksAndrew Agozzino To San Jose SharksAndrej Sustr To New Jersey Devils6th-round pick in 2023 To San Jose SharksMackenzie Blackwood Notes: San Jose retains 34% of Burns' remaining contract. San Jose will receive the lower of either Carolina's or Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 2023. San Jose retains 50% of Meier's remaining contract in 2023. Tampa Bay retains 50% of Namestnikov's remaining contract in 2023.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Andrew Agozzino Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency Matt Benning Nashville Predators 4-year Free agency Aaron Dell Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Oskar Lindblom Philadelphia Flyers 2-year Free agency Markus Nutivaara Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency Nico Sturm Colorado Avalanche 3-year Free agency C. J. Suess Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency Evgeny Svechnikov 1-year Free agency Scott Harrington Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency Mikey Eyssimont Winnipeg Jets Waivers Derrick Pouliot San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 1-year Free agency Valtteri Pulli TPS (Liiga) 2-year Free agency Georgi Romanov Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) 2-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Anthony Bitetto Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency Nicolas Meloche Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency Alex Stalock Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Rudolfs Balcers Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency Zach Sawchenko Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency Ryan Dzingel 1-year Free agency Sasha Chmelevski Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) 1-year Free agency Antoine Morand Augsburger Panther (DEL) N/A Free agency Jonathan Dahlen Timrå IK (SHL) 5-year Free agency Jayden Halbgewachs Växjö Lakers (SHL) 1-year Free agency Jake McGrew AIK IF (HockeyAllsvenskan) 1-year Free agency Max Veronneau Leksands IF (SHL) 1-year Free agency

Signings