The 2026–27 San Jose Sharks season is the 36th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.
Standings Divisional standings
Conference standings
Schedule Preseason The preseason schedule was announced on June 22, 2026.
Preseason game log2026 preseason game log: 2–1–1 (home: 1–0–1; away: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 20 San Jose 2–6 Anaheim Comrie 10,000 0–1–0 2 September 22 Vegas 2–1 San Jose SO Askarov 11,573 0–1–1 3 September 24 Anaheim 0–10 San Jose Nedeljkovic 11,678 1–1–1 4 September 26 San Jose 4–2 Vegas Askarov 17,264 2–1–1 Legend:
Regular season The schedule was announced on July 16, 2026.
2026–27 game log: 2–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; away: 0–1–0)October: 2–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; away: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 1 Florida 3–4 San Jose OT Askarov 17,435 1–0–0 2 2 October 3 Los Angeles 4–5 San Jose OT Askarov 17,435 2–0–0 4 3 October 5 San Jose 0–5 Dallas Askarov 18,532 2–1–0 4 4 October 8 San Jose St. Louis 5 October 10 Edmonton San Jose 6 October 13 Boston San Jose 7 October 15 San Jose Nashville 8 October 17 San Jose Detroit 9 October 19 San Jose Toronto 10 October 20 San Jose Montreal 11 October 22 San Jose Ottawa 12 October 24 San Jose Boston 13 October 27 Buffalo San Jose 14 October 29 Vancouver San Jose 15 October 31 Ottawa San Jose November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 16 November 2 Calgary San Jose 17 November 4 San Jose Los Angeles 18 November 6 San Jose Minnesota 19 November 7 San Jose Dallas 20 November 9 NY Islanders San Jose 21 November 11 Pittsburgh San Jose 22 November 14 San Jose Utah 23 November 15 Nashville San Jose 24 November 17 Calgary San Jose 25 November 21 Seattle San Jose 26 November 23 Minnesota San Jose 27 November 25 San Jose Anaheim 28 November 27 Vegas San Jose 29 November 28 San Jose Colorado December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 1 San Jose New Jersey 31 December 3 San Jose NY Rangers 32 December 4 San Jose NY Islanders 33 December 6 San Jose Pittsburgh 34 December 8 Seattle San Jose 35 December 9 San Jose Los Angeles 36 December 11 Los Angeles San Jose 37 December 14 Vancouver San Jose 38 December 16 San Jose Vegas 39 December 19 San Jose Vancouver 40 December 22 San Jose Seattle 41 December 26 Vegas San Jose 42 December 28 San Jose Winnipeg 43 December 29 San Jose Calgary January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 January 1 Philadelphia San Jose 45 January 2 Toronto San Jose 46 January 4 New Jersey San Jose 47 January 6 Dallas San Jose 48 January 8 Washington San Jose 49 January 9 NY Rangers San Jose 50 January 13 San Jose Edmonton 51 January 14 San Jose Calgary 52 January 16 San Jose Seattle 53 January 18 Utah San Jose 54 January 23 Edmonton San Jose 55 January 28 Nashville San Jose 56 January 30 Chicago San Jose February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 10 Chicago San Jose 58 February 13 Detroit San Jose 59 February 15 Winnipeg San Jose 60 February 19 San Jose Washington 61 February 21 San Jose Florida 62 February 23 San Jose Tampa Bay 63 February 25 San Jose Carolina 64 February 27 San Jose Philadelphia March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Montreal San Jose 66 March 3 Columbus San Jose 67 March 5 Colorado San Jose 68 March 6 Tampa Bay San Jose 69 March 9 San Jose Vegas 70 March 11 San Jose St. Louis 71 March 13 San Jose Colombus 72 March 15 San Jose Buffalo 73 March 16 San Jose Chicago 74 March 18 San Jose Winnipeg 75 March 20 Carolina San Jose 76 March 22 San Jose Anaheim 77 March 24 Anaheim San Jose 78 March 26 San Jose Utah 79 March 29 Colorado San Jose 80 March 31 San Jose Edmonton April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 81 April 3 San Jose Vancouver 82 April 4 St. Louis San Jose 83 April 8 Minnesota San Jose 84 April 10 Anaheim San Jose Legend:
Roster
Player statistics Updated to games played October 1, 2026 Skaters Regular season Player 2 0 5 5 +2 0 3 2 1 3 +2 0 3 2 1 3 -2 0 3 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 +1 2 3 1 0 1 +1 4 3 1 0 1 -4 2 3 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 0 0 -3 7 3 0 0 0 -4 0
Goaltenders Regular season Player 3 3 186:21 2 1 0 12 3.86 87 .862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 .00 0 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 2026–27 season.
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Entry-Level Contract Contract initially takes effect in the 2027–28 season
Trades Date Details Ref July 1, 2026 To Edmonton OilersShakir MukhamadullinZack Sharp To San Jose SharksDarnell Nurse
Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Eric Comrie Winnipeg Jets 2-year Free agency Mason Marchment Columbus Blue Jackets 5-year Jacob Trouba Anaheim Ducks 4-year Alex Barré-Boulet Colorado Eagles (AHL) 2-year Tye Felhaber 1-year Kyle Keyser Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) 1-year Brett Leason Hershey Bears (AHL) 1-year
Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Laurent Brossoit Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency Vincent Desharnais Washington Capitals 4-year Mario Ferraro Winnipeg Jets 3-year Jett Woo Anaheim Ducks 2-year John Klingberg colspan="2" Retirement Ryan Reaves colspan="2" Retirement Pavol Regenda HV71 (SHL) 1-year Free agency
Signings Date Player Term Ref Zack Ostapchuk 4-year Michael Kesselring 3-year Andre Gasseau 2-year Ivar Stenberg 3-year Libor Hájek 1-year Macklin Celebrini 5-year Collin Graf 3-year Ilya Samsonov 1-year
Draft picks
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2026 NHL entry draft, which will be held on June 26 and 27, 2026, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)12 Ivar StenbergLW Sweden Frölunda HC (SHL)9 Keaton Verhoeff D Canada North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC)21 Ryan Lin D Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)4127 Brady KnowlingG Canada Saginaw Spirit (OHL)6174 Jake GustafsonC United States Portland Winterhawks (WHL)7201 Alexander KarmanovD Moldova North Bay Battalion (OHL) Notes
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