2023–24 San Jose Sharks season

The 2023–24 San Jose Sharks season was the 33rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.

On March 12, 2024, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season with their 3–2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers and a 5–4 overtime win by the Vegas Golden Knights over the Seattle Kraken. The Sharks finished with a total of 47 points, the lowest ever total for an 82-game season with one point awarded for an overtime or shootout loss.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule

Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on June 27, 2023.

Preseason game log2023 preseason game log: 2–2–2 (home: 1–1–1; away: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 24 Vegas 2–5 San Jose Kahkonen 9,785 1–0–0 2 September 26 Anaheim 4–2 San Jose Blackwood 7,448 1–1–0 3 September 27 San Jose 2–4 Anaheim Romanov 10,486 1–2–0 4 September 30 Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose OT Chrona 9,728 1–2–1 5 October 3 San Jose 2–0 Vegas Kahkonen 17,406 2–2–1 6 October 5 San Jose 3–4 Los Angeles OT Kahkonen 8,550 2–2–2 Legend:

– Frozen Fury Played at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

Regular season The schedule was announced on June 27, 2023.

2023–24 game log: 19–54–9 (home: 11–25–5; away: 8–29–4)October: 0–8–1 (home: 0–3–1; away: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Vegas 4–1 San Jose Kahkonen 17,435 0–1–0 0 2 October 14 Colorado 2–1 San Jose SO Blackwood 17,435 0–1–1 1 3 October 17 Carolina 6–3 San Jose Blackwood 10,378 0–2–1 1 4 October 19 Boston 3–1 San Jose Kahkonen 12,501 0–3–1 1 5 October 21 San Jose 1–5 Nashville Blackwood 17,222 0–4–1 1 6 October 24 San Jose 1–3 Florida Blackwood 16,142 0–5–1 1 7 October 26 San Jose 0–6 Tampa Bay Blackwood 19,092 0–6–1 1 8 October 27 San Jose 0–3 Carolina Kahkonen 18,700 0–7–1 1 9 October 29 San Jose 1–3 Washington Blackwood 15,856 0–8–1 1 November: 5–8–1 (home: 5–3–1; away: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Vancouver 10–1 San Jose Kahkonen 10,719 0–9–1 1 11 November 4 Pittsburgh 10–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 0–10–1 1 12 November 7 Philadelphia 1–2 San Jose Blackwood 10,074 1–10–1 3 13 November 9 Edmonton 2–3 San Jose Blackwood 12,206 2–10–1 5 14 November 10 San Jose 0–5 Vegas Kahkonen 18,423 2–11–1 5 15 November 12 San Jose 1–4 Anaheim Blackwood 16,471 2–12–1 5 16 November 14 Florida 5–3 San Jose Blackwood 10,108 2–13–1 5 17 November 16 St. Louis 1–5 San Jose Kahkonen 10,452 3–13–1 7 18 November 20 San Jose 1–3 Vancouver Blackwood 18,718 3–14–1 7 19 November 22 San Jose 1–7 Seattle Kahkonen 17,151 3–15–1 7 20 November 24 Montreal 3–2 San Jose SO Blackwood 16,897 3–15–2 8 21 November 25 Vancouver 3–4 San Jose Kahkonen 15,538 4–15–2 10 22 November 27 Washington 1–2 San Jose Blackwood 10,759 5–15–2 12 23 November 30 San Jose 0–3 Boston Blackwood 17,850 5–16–2 12 December: 4–9–1 (home: 1–3–0; away: 3–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 San Jose 6–3 New Jersey Kahkonen 16,528 6–16–2 14 25 December 3 San Jose 5–6 NY Rangers Blackwood 18,006 6–17–2 14 26 December 5 San Jose 5–4 NY Islanders OT Kahkonen 14,244 7–17–2 16 27 December 7 San Jose 6–5 Detroit OT Kahkonen 19,515 8–17–2 18 28 December 10 San Jose 4–5 Vegas SO Kahkonen 17,849 8–17–3 19 29 December 12 Winnipeg 1–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,849 9–17–3 21 30 December 15 San Jose 0–1 Arizona Kahkonen 4,600 9–18–3 21 31 December 17 San Jose 2–6 Colorado Blackwood 18,093 9–19–3 21 32 December 19 Los Angeles 4–1 San Jose Blackwood 11,593 9–20–3 21 33 December 21 Arizona 5–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 9–21–3 21 34 December 23 San Jose 4–7 Vancouver Blackwood 18,875 9–22–3 21 35 December 27 San Jose 1–5 Los Angeles Kahkonen 18,145 9–23–3 21 36 December 28 Edmonton 5–0 San Jose Chrona 17,435 9–24–3 21 37 December 31 San Jose 1–3 Colorado Kahkonen 18,140 9–25–3 21 January: 5–7–2 (home: 3–4–0; away: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Detroit 5–3 San Jose Kahkonen 12,195 9–26–3 21 39 January 4 Winnipeg 2–1 San Jose Blackwood 10,521 9–27–3 21 40 January 6 Toronto 4–1 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 9–28–3 21 41 January 9 San Jose 1–7 Toronto Kahkonen 18,364 9–29–3 21 42 January 11 San Jose 3–2 Montreal Blackwood 21,105 10–29–3 23 43 January 13 San Jose 4–5 Ottawa Blackwood 18,764 10–30–3 23 44 January 15 San Jose 0–3 Buffalo Kahkonen 16,186 10–31–3 23 45 January 16 San Jose 1–2 Chicago SO Blackwood 16,401 10–31–4 24 46 January 20 Anaheim 3–5 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 11–31–4 26 47 January 22 San Jose 4–3 Los Angeles SO Kahkonen 18,145 12–31–4 28 48 January 23 NY Rangers 2–3 San Jose OT Blackwood 12,892 13–31–4 30 49 January 27 Buffalo 5–2 San Jose Kahkonen 17,435 13–32–4 30 50 January 30 Seattle 0–2 San Jose Blackwood 10,988 14–32–4 32 51 January 31 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim OT Kahkonen 15,654 14–32–5 33 February: 1–6–0 (home: 0–5–0; away: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 14 San Jose 0–1 Winnipeg Kahkonen 13,786 14–33–5 33 53 February 15 San Jose 6–3 Calgary Blackwood 16,852 15–33–5 35 54 February 17 Columbus 4–3 San Jose Kahkonen 17,435 15–34–5 35 55 February 19 Vegas 4–0 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 15–35–5 35 56 February 24 Nashville 4–2 San Jose Kahkonen 15,919 15–36–5 35 57 February 27 New Jersey 7–2 San Jose Kahkonen 10,982 15–37–5 35 58 February 29 Anaheim 6–4 San Jose Kahkonen 10,537 15–38–5 35 March: 2–10–3 (home: 1–3–2; away: 1–7–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 2 San Jose 2–3 Dallas SO Chrona 18,532 15–38–6 36 60 March 3 San Jose 3–4 Minnesota Kahkonen 18,879 15–39–6 36 61 March 5 Dallas 7–6 San Jose OT Kahkonen 10,070 15–39–7 37 62 March 7 NY Islanders 7–2 San Jose Chrona 10,077 15–40–7 37 63 March 9 Ottawa 1–2 San Jose Chrona 17,008 16–40–7 39 64 March 12 San Jose 2–3 Philadelphia Chrona 18,289 16–41–7 39 65 March 14 San Jose 3–6 Pittsburgh Chrona 17,027 16–42–7 39 66 March 16 San Jose 2–4 Columbus Chrona 16,967 16–43–7 39 67 March 17 San Jose 2–5 Chicago Cooley 18,426 16–44–7 39 68 March 19 San Jose 2–8 Nashville Chrona 17,159 16–45–7 39 69 March 21 Tampa Bay 4–1 San Jose Blackwood 10,315 16–46–7 39 70 March 23 Chicago 5–4 San Jose OT Cooley 17,435 16–46–8 40 71 March 26 Dallas 6–3 San Jose Blackwood 12,208 16–47–8 40 72 March 28 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Blackwood 18,589 16–48–8 40 73 March 30 San Jose 4–0 St. Louis Blackwood 18,096 17–48–8 42 April: 2–6–1 (home: 1–4–1; away: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Seattle 4–2 San Jose Blackwood 11,559 17–49–8 42 75 April 4 Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose Blackwood 12,266 17–50–8 42 76 April 6 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Cooley 15,603 18–50–8 44 77 April 7 Arizona 5–2 San Jose Blackwood 11,938 18–51–8 44 78 April 9 Calgary 3–2 San Jose OT Blackwood 11,031 18–51–9 45 79 April 11 San Jose 3–1 Seattle Cooley 17,151 19–51–9 47 80 April 13 Minnesota 6–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 19–52–9 47 81 April 15 San Jose 2–9 Edmonton Cooley 18,347 19–53–9 47 82 April 18 San Jose 1–5 Calgary Cooley 17,946 19–54–9 47 Legend:

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 69 12 48 60 −23 32 80 16 29 45 −45 30 82 24 20 44 −34 33 ‡ 48 15 19 34 −26 22 ‡ 56 16 11 27 −12 28 72 13 10 23 −44 18 66 10 13 23 −21 20 78 3 18 21 −38 36 69 5 14 19 −21 38 77 11 7 18 −30 83 59 5 9 14 −15 6 63 5 8 13 −25 12 46 4 9 13 −24 12 57 6 6 12 −27 26 62 5 7 12 −16 6 † 60 1 11 12 −35 66 27 6 5 11 −18 18 51 3 8 11 −22 16 † 19 5 5 10 −10 15 30 1 9 10 −4 6 34 7 2 9 −14 23 46 2 7 9 −27 16 73 2 6 8 −42 71 ‡ 43 1 7 8 −22 44 36 1 3 4 −13 40 4 1 1 2 −2 0 7 0 2 2 −4 0 14 0 2 2 −5 14 6 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 4 10 0 1 1 −6 6 1 0 0 0 −1 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 † 2 0 0 0 −2 0 6 0 0 0 −3 2 † 17 0 0 0 −14 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 44 41 2,437 10 25 4 140 3.45 1,383 .899 2 0 0 2 ‡ 31 27 1,651 6 20 3 105 3.81 996 .895 0 0 1 4 6 6 301 2 3 1 25 4.98 192 .870 0 0 0 0 9 8 471 1 6 1 37 4.71 262 .859 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 0 0 0 1 1.01 30 .967 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 2023–24 season.

Key

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 29, 2023To Carolina HurricanesCAR 3rd-round pick in 20234th-round pick in 2023To San Jose SharksPHI 3rd-round pick in 2023 June 29, 2023To Washington Capitals7th-round pick in 2023To San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 2025 July 1, 2023To Florida PanthersSteven Lorentz5th-round pick in 2025To San Jose SharksAnthony Duclair July 2, 2023To Winnipeg JetsArtemi KniazevTo San Jose SharksLeon Gawanke August 6, 2023 To Pittsburgh PenguinsDillon HamaliukErik Karlsson*3rd-round pick in 2026 To San Jose SharksMikael GranlundMike HoffmanJan Ruttaconditional 1st-round pick in 2024 or     1st-round pick in 2025 November 8, 2023To Minnesota WildAdam Raska5th-round pick in 2026To San Jose SharksCalen Addison December 15, 2023To Vancouver CanucksNick Cicek6th-round pick in 2024To San Jose SharksJack Studnicka March 8, 2024To Tampa Bay LightningAnthony DuclairTo San Jose SharksJack Thompson3rd-round pick in 2024 March 8, 2024To Detroit Red WingsRadim Simek7th-round pick in 2024To San Jose SharksKlim Kostin March 8, 2024To Calgary FlamesNikita OkhotiukTo San Jose Sharks5th-round pick in 2024 March 8, 2024To Buffalo Sabres7th-round pick in 2024To San Jose SharksDevin Cooley March 8, 2024To New Jersey DevilsKaapo KahkonenTo San Jose SharksVítek Vanecek7th-round pick in 2025 March 8, 2024To Vegas Golden KnightsTomas Hertl (17% retained)3rd-round pick in 20253rd-round pick in 2027To San Jose SharksDavid Edstrom1st-round pick in 2025 June 19, 2024To Dallas Stars4th-round pick in 2025To San Jose SharksTy Dellandrea June 23, 2024To Nashville PredatorsOzzy WiesblattTo San Jose SharksEgor Afanasyev June 25, 2024To Detroit Red WingsFuture considerationsTo San Jose SharksJake WalmanTBL 2nd-round pick in 2024 June 27, 2024To Buffalo Sabres1st-round pick in 20242nd-round pick in 2024To San Jose Sharks1st-round pick in 2024 June 27, 2024To Los Angeles KingsKyle BurroughsTo San Jose SharksCarl Grundstrom

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Kyle Burroughs Vancouver Canucks 3-year Free agency Ryan Carpenter New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Scott Sabourin Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency Givani Smith Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency Nathan Todd Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) 2-year Free agency Filip Zadina Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Ty Emberson New York Rangers Waivers Justin Bailey Edmonton Oilers 1-year Free agency Barclay Goodrow New York Rangers Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Kyle Criscuolo New Jersey Devils 1-year Free agency James Reimer Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Jeffrey Viel Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency Jonah Gadjovich Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year Free agency Strauss Mann Laval Rocket (AHL) 1-year Free agency Derrick Pouliot Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency Martin Kaut HC Dynamo Pardubice (ELH) 2-year Free agency Andreas Johnsson Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency Andrej Sustr Kölner Haie (DEL) 1-year Free agency C. J. Suess Manitoba Moose (AHL) 2-year Free agency Evgeny Svechnikov Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 2-year Free agency Noah Gregor Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Leon Gawanke Contract termination Noah Gregor Brynäs IF (SHL) 2-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Eetu Makiniemi 1-year Jacob Peterson 1-year Mackenzie Blackwood 2-year Fabian Zetterlund 2-year Leon Gawanke 1-year Kasper Halttunen 3-year Quentin Musty 3-year Jake Furlong 3-year Collin Graf 3-year Luca Cagnoni 3-year Will Smith 3-year

Draft picks