2024–25 San Jose Sharks season

The 2024–25 San Jose Sharks season was the 34th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. Ryan Warsofsky is the new head coach, starting with this season.

On March 16, 2025, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention for the sixth consecutive season after the St. Louis Blues defeated the Anaheim Ducks.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on June 20, 2024.

Preseason game log2024 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (home: 0–2–1; away: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Vegas 4–2 San Jose Romanov 9,049 0–1–0 2 September 24 Anaheim 4–3 San Jose Carriere 9,462 0–2–0 3 September 26 San Jose 3–2 Anaheim OT Romanov 10,683 1–2–0 4 October 1 Utah 3–1 San Jose Blackwood 8,562 1–3–0 5 October 4 Anaheim 3–2 San Jose SO Vanecek 9,552 1–3–1 6 October 5 San Jose 6–5 Vegas Blackwood 17,590 2–3–1 Legend:

Regular season The schedule was announced on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log: 20–50–12 (home: 12–27–2; away: 8–23–10)October: 3–7–2 (home: 2–2–1; away: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 St. Louis 5–4 San Jose OT Blackwood 17,435 0–0–1 1 2 October 12 Anaheim 2–0 San Jose Vanecek 17,016 0–1–1 1 3 October 15 San Jose 2–3 Dallas SO Blackwood 18,532 0–1–2 2 4 October 17 San Jose 2–4 Chicago Vanecek 19,056 0–2–2 2 5 October 18 San Jose 3–8 Winnipeg Blackwood 13,422 0–3–2 2 6 October 20 Colorado 4–1 San Jose Vanecek 14,125 0–4–2 2 7 October 22 San Jose 1–3 Anaheim Blackwood 17,174 0–5–2 2 8 October 24 San Jose 2–3 Los Angeles Blackwood 18,146 0–6–2 2 9 October 26 San Jose 3–7 Vegas Vanecek 17,686 0–7–2 2 10 October 28 San Jose 5–4 Utah OT Blackwood 11,131 1–7–2 4 11 October 29 Los Angeles 2–4 San Jose Vanecek 10,818 2–7–2 6 12 October 31 Chicago 2–3 San Jose Blackwood 10,315 3–7–2 8 November: 6–6–3 (home: 4–4–0; away: 2–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 3–8–2 8 14 November 5 Columbus 1–2 San Jose OT Vanecek 10,376 4–8–2 10 15 November 7 Minnesota 5–2 San Jose Vanecek 10,526 4–9–2 10 16 November 10 San Jose 1–0 New Jersey Blackwood 16,514 5–9–2 12 17 November 11 San Jose 3–4 Philadelphia SO Vanecek 18,706 5–9–3 13 18 November 14 San Jose 2–3 NY Rangers Blackwood 18,006 5–10–3 13 19 November 16 San Jose 3–4 Pittsburgh SO Blackwood 18,194 5–10–4 14 20 November 18 Detroit 4–5 San Jose OT Blackwood 11,180 6–10–4 16 21 November 20 San Jose 2–5 Dallas Blackwood 18,532 6–11–4 16 22 November 21 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis SO Askarov 17,273 6–11–5 17 23 November 23 Buffalo 4–2 San Jose Blackwood 17,435 6–12–5 17 24 November 25 Los Angeles 2–7 San Jose Askarov 10,713 7–12–5 19 25 November 27 Ottawa 4–3 San Jose Blackwood 10,778 7–13–5 19 26 November 29 Seattle 5–8 San Jose Vanecek 14,795 8–13–5 21 27 November 30 San Jose 4–2 Seattle Blackwood 17,151 9–13–5 23 December : 2–10–1 (home: 0–6–0; away: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 San Jose 2–1 Washington OT Blackwood 17,859 10–13–5 25 29 December 5 San Jose 1–8 Tampa Bay Vanecek 19,092 10–14–5 25 30 December 7 San Jose 1–3 Florida Blackwood 18,646 10–15–5 25 31 December 10 San Jose 2–3 Carolina Vanecek 18,700 10–16–5 25 32 December 12 San Jose 4–3 St. Louis Georgiev 18,096 11–16–5 27 33 December 14 Utah 4–3 San Jose Vanecek 17,213 11–17–5 27 34 December 17 Winnipeg 4–3 San Jose Georgiev 10,958 11–18–5 27 35 December 19 Colorado 4–2 San Jose Georgiev 12,517 11–19–5 27 36 December 21 San Jose 2–3 Edmonton OT Askarov 18,347 11–19–6 28 37 December 23 San Jose 3–4 Vancouver Askarov 18,791 11–20–6 28 38 December 27 Vegas 6–3 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 11–21–6 28 39 December 28 Calgary 3–1 San Jose Askarov 17,435 11–22–6 28 40 December 31 Philadelphia 4–0 San Jose Georgiev 14,816 11–23–6 28 January: 4–9–0 (home: 3–4–0; away: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Tampa Bay 1–2 San Jose Askarov 11,103 12–23–6 30 42 January 4 New Jersey 2–3 San Jose Askarov 17,435 13–23–6 32 43 January 7 Vegas 4–2 San Jose Georgiev 10,802 13–24–6 32 44 January 10 San Jose 1–2 Utah Georgiev 11,131 13–25–6 32 45 January 11 Minnesota 3–1 San Jose Askarov 17,435 13–26–6 32 46 January 14 San Jose 6–3 Detroit Georgiev 19,515 14–26–6 34 47 January 16 San Jose 1–4 Columbus Georgiev 15,943 14–27–6 34 48 January 18 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Georgiev 17,255 14–28–6 34 49 January 20 San Jose 3–6 Boston Askarov 17,850 14–29–6 34 50 January 21 San Jose 5–7 Nashville Georgiev 17,159 14–30–6 34 51 January 23 Nashville 6–5 San Jose Askarov 11,292 14–31–6 34 52 January 25 Florida 7–2 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 14–32–6 34 53 January 27 Pittsburgh 1–2 San Jose Askarov 11,625 15–32–6 36 54 January 30 San Jose 2–6 Seattle Askarov 17,151 15–33–6 36 February: 0–2–3 (home: 0–1–1; away: 0–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 4 Montreal 4–3 San Jose Georgiev 11,215 15–34–6 36 56 February 6 Vancouver 2–1 San Jose OT Vanecek 11,509 15–34–7 37 57 February 8 Dallas 8–3 San Jose Vanecek 17,435 15–35–7 37 58 February 23 San Jose 2–3 Calgary Georgiev 17,686 15–36–7 37 59 February 24 San Jose 1–2 Winnipeg OT Vanecek 13,801 15–36–8 38 60 February 27 San Jose 3–4 Montreal OT Georgiev 21,105 15–36–9 39 March: 5–7–0 (home: 3–4–0; away: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 San Jose 3–5 Ottawa Vanecek 18,602 15–37–9 39 62 March 3 San Jose 3–2 Toronto SO Georgiev 18,884 16–37–9 41 63 March 4 San Jose 6–2 Buffalo Georgiev 14,741 17–37–9 43 64 March 6 San Jose 3–7 Colorado Georgiev 18,077 17–38–9 43 65 March 8 NY Islanders 4–2 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 17–39–9 43 66 March 11 Nashville 3–2 San Jose Georgiev 10,523 17–40–9 43 67 March 13 Chicago 2–4 San Jose Georgiev 13,546 18–40–9 45 68 March 15 Washington 5–1 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 18–41–9 45 69 March 20 Carolina 3–1 San Jose Romanov 11,373 18–42–9 45 70 March 22 Boston 1–3 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 19–42–9 47 71 March 27 Toronto 5–6 San Jose SO Georgiev 15,514 20–42–9 49 72 March 29 NY Rangers 6–1 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 20–43–9 49 73 March 30 San Jose 1–8 Los Angeles Romanov 18,145 20–44–9 49 April: 0–6–3 (home: 0–4–0; away: 0–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 San Jose 3–4 Anaheim SO Georgiev 15,208 20–44–10 50 75 April 3 Edmonton 3–2 San Jose Romanov 14,152 20–45–10 50 76 April 5 Seattle 5–1 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 20–46–10 50 77 April 7 Calgary 3–2 San Jose Romanov 12,654 20–47–10 50 78 April 9 San Jose 7–8 Minnesota OT Georgiev 18,675 20–47–11 51 79 April 11 San Jose 2–4 Edmonton Romanov 18,347 20–48–11 51 80 April 13 San Jose 2–5 Calgary Romanov 17,232 20–49–11 51 81 April 14 San Jose 1–2 Vancouver OT Georgiev 18,908 20–49–12 52 82 April 16 Edmonton 3–0 San Jose Georgiev 17,435 20–50–12 52 Legend:

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 70 25 38 63 −31 20 77 17 41 58 −7 29 78 30 24 54 −21 14 74 18 27 45 −15 18 ‡ 52 15 30 45 −8 20 ‡ 64 17 19 36 +8 10 77 10 25 35 −21 14 ‡ 50 6 26 32 −1 36 ‡ 63 11 7 18 −24 46 † 67 6 11 17 −25 36 78 5 12 17 −25 53 ‡ 54 4 11 15 −9 14 ‡ 47 7 6 13 −4 13 † 29 3 9 12 −2 6 60 2 10 12 −23 30 33 5 6 11 −4 8 31 4 6 10 −9 10 54 3 6 9 −3 28 56 3 6 9 −21 24 30 2 7 9 −7 8 77 5 3 8 −37 75 68 1 7 8 −31 59 35 1 6 7 −6 27 13 1 3 4 −2 14 11 2 1 3 −10 4 27 1 2 3 −10 2 8 2 0 2 −5 0 6 0 2 2 −4 8 8 1 0 1 −2 0 6 1 0 1 −2 2 3 0 1 1 −1 2 12 0 1 1 −3 6 † 12 0 1 1 −9 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 † 7 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 −1 0 6 0 0 0 −1 10 13 0 0 0 −1 19 8 0 0 0 −2 0 1 0 0 0 −2 0 ‡ 7 0 0 0 −5 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player ‡ 18 17 972 3 10 3 63 3.88 533 .882 0 0 1 1 † 13 12 716 4 6 2 37 3.10 357 .896 0 0 1 1 † 31 30 1,730 7 19 4 112 3.88 896 .875 0 0 0 0 ‡ 19 17 1,058 6 9 3 53 3.00 583 .909 0 0 0 0 8 6 416 0 6 0 27 3.89 219 .877 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 2024–25 season.

Key Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 29, 2024To New Jersey DevilsTBL 3rd-round pick in 2024 (#85 overall)6th-round pick in 2025To San Jose SharksWSH 3rd-round pick in 2024 (#82 overall) August 18, 2024To Edmonton OilersTy EmbersonTo San Jose SharksCody CeciEDM 3rd-round pick in 2025 August 23, 2024To Nashville PredatorsMagnus ChronaDavid EdstromVGK 1st-round pick in 2025To San Jose SharksYaroslav AskarovNolan BurkeCOL 3rd-round pick in 2025 To Toronto Maple LeafsMatt Benningconditional 3rd-round pick in 20256th-round pick in 2026 To San Jose SharksTimothy Liljegren To Colorado AvalancheMackenzie BlackwoodGivani Smith5th-round pick in 2027 To San Jose SharksAlexandar GeorgievNikolai Kovalenkoconditional 5th-round pick in 20252nd-round pick in 2026 To Anaheim DucksJustin Bailey To San Jose SharksPavol Regenda To Dallas StarsMikael GranlundCody Ceci To San Jose Sharks1st-round pick in 2025conditional 3rd-round pick in 2025 To Florida PanthersVitek Vanecek To San Jose SharksPatrick Giles To Pittsburgh Penguins5th-round pick in 2028 To San Jose SharksVincent Desharnais To Florida PanthersNico Sturm7th-round pick in 2027 To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2026 To Edmonton OilersJake Walman To San Jose SharksCarl Berglundconditional 1st-round pick in 2026 To Ottawa SenatorsFabian ZetterlundTristen Robins4th-round pick in 2025 To San Jose SharksZack OstapchukNoah Gregor2nd-round pick in 2025 To Columbus Blue JacketsLuke Kunin To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2025

Notes Toronto will receive the earliest of two picks that San Jose owns.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Lucas Carlsson Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency Tyler Toffoli Winnipeg Jets 4-year Free agency Alexander Wennberg New York Rangers 2-year Free agency Jimmy Schuldt Seattle Kraken 1-year Free agency Andrew Poturalski 2-year Free agency Walker Duehr Calgary Flames 1-year Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Devin Cooley Calgary Flames 2-year Free agency Jacob MacDonald Colorado Avalanche 2-year Free agency Jack Studnicka Los Angeles Kings 2-year Free agency Ryan Carpenter San Diego Gulls (AHL) 2-year Free agency Jacob Peterson Rögle BK (SHL) 3-year Free agency Egor Afanasyev CSKA Moscow (KHL) 3-year Free agency Alexander Barabanov Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 3-year Free agency Filip Zadina HC Davos (NL) 2-year Free agency Eetu Makiniemi Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Kevin Labanc Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency Calen Addison Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) 1-year Free agency Carl Berglund BK Mladá Boleslav (ELH) 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Justin Bailey 1-year Luke Kunin 1-year Ty Dellandrea 2-year Carl Grundstrom 2-year Macklin Celebrini 3-year Sam Dickinson 3-year Ty Emberson 1-year Brandon Coe 1-year Henry Thrun 2-year Thomas Bordeleau 2-year Igor Chernyshov 3-year Yaroslav Askarov 2-year Colin White 1-year Mattias Hävelid 3-year Egor Afanasyev 1-year Shakir Mukhamadullin 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, in Paradise, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)11 Macklin CelebriniC Boston University Terriers (HE)11 Sam DickinsonD London Knights (OHL)233 Igor ChernyshovLW Dynamo Moscow (KHL)53 Leo Sahlin WalleniusD Växjö U20 (J20 Nationell)382 Carson WetschRW Calgary Hitmen (WHL)4116 Christian KirschG EV Zug Jr. (Swiss Jr.)5131 Colton RobertsD Vancouver Giants (WHL)143 Nate MisskeyD Victoria Royals (WHL)7194 Yaroslav KorostelyovG Saint Petersburg Jr. (Russia Jr.) Notes

Awards