2014–15 San Jose Sharks
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2014–15 record	40–33–9
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	21–16–4
Goals for	228
Goals against	232
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Patrick Marleau Joe Pavelski Joe Thornton Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Arena	SAP Center
Average attendance	18,707[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Pavelski (37)
Assists	Joe Thornton (49)
Points	Joe Pavelski (70)
Penalty minutes	John Scott (87)
Plus/minus	Joe Pavelski Marc-Edouard Vlasic (+12)
Wins	Antti Niemi (31)
Goals against average	Troy Grosenick (1.53)
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The 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League.^[2] The Sharks did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, thus ending their ten-season playoff streak. This is the only season in the span between the 2003–04 and 2018–19 seasons in which the Sharks missed the playoffs (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season).

On May 15, 2014, following a first round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings, General Manager Doug Wilson made known his intentions to build a "younger, more aggressive team", announcing that the team would retain Head Coach Todd McLellan, but will move 33-year-old winger Martin Havlat, who still had one year remaining on his contract, and would not re-sign 37-year-old impending unrestricted free agent defenceman Dan Boyle.^[3] The Sharks also acquired John Scott and Tye McGinn.^[4]

The Sharks did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002–03, ending the second-longest active NHL playoff appearance streak at ten seasons.

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Anaheim Ducks	82	51	24	7	43	236	226	+10	109
2	x – Vancouver Canucks	82	48	29	5	42	242	222	+20	101
3	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	30	7	41	241	216	+25	97
4	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
5	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
7	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
5	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
8	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

The pre-season schedule was announced on June 19.^[5]

Pre-season game log: 3–2–2 (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[a]	September 23	Vancouver	2–5	San Jose		Grosenick	6,810	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 23	San Jose	2–4	Vancouver		Stalock	13,650	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 26	Arizona	2–1	San Jose	SO	Niemi	15,452	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 27	Anaheim	1–3	San Jose		Stalock	16,248	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 30	Los Angeles	4–1	San Jose		Niemi	16,251	2–2–1	Recap
6	October 3	San Jose	3–1	Arizona		Stalock	7,873	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 4	San Jose	1–2	Anaheim	OT	Niemi	13,682	3–2–2	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.

The regular season schedule was announced on June 22.^[6]

Game log 40–33–9 (home: 19–17–5; road: 21–16–4)
October: 6–4–2 (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 5–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 San Jose 4–0 Los Angeles Niemi 18,514 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 Winnipeg 0–3 San Jose Stalock 17,562 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 14 San Jose 6–5 Washington SO Niemi 18,506 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 16 San Jose 3–4 NY Islanders SO Stalock 11,248 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 18 San Jose 4–2 New Jersey Niemi 16,592 4–0–1 9 Recap 6 October 19 San Jose 0–4 NY Rangers Stalock 18,006 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 21 San Jose 3–5 Boston Niemi 17,565 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 23 Columbus 5–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 25 Buffalo 2–1 San Jose Stalock 17,370 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 26 San Jose 4–1 Anaheim Niemi 16,954 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 28 San Jose 3–2 Colorado SO Niemi 14,552 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 30 San Jose 3–4 Minnesota SO Niemi 18,633 6–4–2 14 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (home: 2–2–2 ; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 NY Islanders 1–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 7–4–2 16 Recap 14 November 6 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 8 San Jose 5–3 Dallas Stalock 17,023 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 9 San Jose 2–5 Chicago Niemi 21,489 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 11 San Jose 1–4 Florida Niemi 8,075 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 13 San Jose 2–1 Tampa Bay Niemi 19,004 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 15 San Jose 1–2 Columbus Niemi 15,950 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 16 San Jose 2–0 Carolina Grosenick 12,784 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 18 San Jose 1–4 Buffalo Grosenick 17,435 10–9–2 22 Recap 22 November 20 Florida 3–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,331 10–9–3 23 Recap 23 November 22 Arizona 4–3 San Jose SO Niemi 17,297 10–9–4 24 Recap 24 November 26 Calgary 2–0 San Jose Niemi 17,353 10–10–4 24 Recap 25 November 29 Anaheim 4–6 San Jose Niemi 17,352 11–10–4 26 Recap
December: 10–3–1 (home: 8–1–0 ; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Philadelphia 1–2 San Jose Niemi 17,159 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 December 4 Boston 4–7 San Jose Niemi 17,404 13–10–4 30 Recap 28 December 6 San Jose 3–2 Calgary Niemi 18,818 14–10–4 32 Recap 29 December 7 San Jose 1–2 Edmonton Stalock 16,839 14–11–4 32 Recap 30 December 9 Edmonton 2–5 San Jose Stalock 17,007 15–11–4 34 Recap 31 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 San Jose Stalock 17,097 16–11–4 36 Recap 32 December 13 Nashville 0–2 San Jose Niemi 17,059 17–11–4 38 Recap 33 December 18 Edmonton 3–4 San Jose Niemi 17,399 18–11–4 40 Recap 34 December 20 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Niemi 17,562 19–11–4 42 Recap 35 December 22 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim OT Niemi 17,405 19–11–5 43 Recap 36 December 27 San Jose 1–3 Los Angeles Niemi 18,451 19–12–5 43 Recap 37 December 30 Vancouver 3–1 San Jose Stalock 17,562 19–13–5 43 Recap 38 December 31 San Jose 3–0 Anaheim Niemi 17,174 20–13–5 45 Recap
January: 7–4–1 (home: 4–3–1 ; road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 St. Louis 7–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 20–14–5 45 Recap 40 January 5 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg Niemi 15,016 21–14–5 47 Recap 41 January 6 San Jose 4–3 Minnesota OT Stalock 19,043 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 8 San Jose 2–7 St. Louis Niemi 19,220 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 10 NY Rangers 3–1 San Jose Niemi 17,562 22–16–5 49 Recap 44 January 13 San Jose 3–2 Arizona Niemi 10,631 23–16–5 51 Recap 45 January 15 Toronto 1–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 24–16–5 53 Recap 46 January 17 Calgary 4–3 San Jose OT Niemi 17,562 24–16–6 54 Recap 47 January 19 New Jersey 5–2 San Jose Stalock 17,562 24–17–6 54 Recap 48 January 21 Los Angeles 2–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 25–17–6 56 Recap 49 January 29 Anaheim 3–6 San Jose Niemi 17,562 26–17–6 58 Recap 50 January 31 Chicago 0–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 27–17–6 60 Recap
February: 3–7–2 (home: 0–5–2 ; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Edmonton 5–4 San Jose SO Niemi 17,376 27–17–7 61 Recap 52 February 4 San Jose 1–3 Calgary Stalock 18,781 27–18–7 61 Recap 53 February 5 San Jose 5–1 Vancouver Niemi 18,508 28–18–7 63 Recap 54 February 7 Carolina 5–4 San Jose Niemi 17,139 28–19–7 63 Recap 55 February 9 Calgary 4–1 San Jose Niemi 17,010 28–20–7 63 Recap 56 February 11 Washington 5–4 San Jose OT Niemi 16,956 28–20–8 64 Recap 57 February 13 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Niemi 16,713 29–20–8 66 Recap 58 February 15 Tampa Bay 5–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 29–21–8 66 Recap 59 February 17 San Jose 1–5 Nashville Stalock 16,206 29–22–8 66 Recap 60 February 19 San Jose 5–2 Dallas Niemi 17,568 30–22–8 68 Recap 61 February 21 (outdoor game) Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose Niemi 70,205 (at Levi's Stadium) 30–23–8 68 Recap 62 February 26 Detroit 3–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 30–24–8 68 Recap 63 February 28 Ottawa 4–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 30–25–8 68 Recap
March: 7–5–1 (home: 3–2–0 ; road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Montreal 0–4 San Jose Stalock 17,236 31–25–8 70 Recap 65 March 3 San Jose 6–2 Vancouver Niemi 18,535 32–25–8 72 Recap 66 March 7 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 32–26–8 72 Recap 67 March 9 Pittsburgh 1–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,336 33–26–8 74 Recap 68 March 12 Nashville 0–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 34–26–8 76 Recap 69 March 14 Chicago 6–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 34–27–8 76 Recap 70 March 17 San Jose 2–5 Winnipeg Niemi 15,016 34–28–8 76 Recap 71 March 19 San Jose 4–1 Toronto Niemi 18,926 35–28–8 78 Recap 72 March 21 San Jose 0–2 Montreal Niemi 21,286 35–29–8 78 Recap 73 March 23 San Jose 2–5 Ottawa Niemi 18,193 35–30–8 78 Recap 74 March 26 San Jose 6–4 Detroit Niemi 20,027 36–30–8 80 Recap 75 March 28 San Jose 3–2 Philadelphia SO Stalock 18,783 37–30–8 82 Recap 76 March 29 San Jose 2–3 Pittsburgh SO Stalock 18,620 37–30–9 83 Recap
April: 3–3–0 (home: 2–1–0 ; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Colorado 1–5 San Jose Stalock 17,562 38–30–9 85 Recap 78 April 3 Arizona 1–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 39–30–9 87 Recap 79 April 4 San Jose 3–5 Arizona Niemi 14,752 39–31–9 87 Recap 80 April 6 Dallas 5–1 San Jose Stalock 17,562 39–32–9 87 Recap 81 April 9 San Jose 3–1 Edmonton Niemi 16,839 40–32–9 89 Recap 82 April 11 San Jose 1–4 Los Angeles Stalock 18,230 40–33–9 89 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Final statistics.^[7]

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Joe Pavelski	82	37	33	70	+12	29
Logan Couture	82	27	40	67	−6	12
Joe Thornton	78	16	49	65	−4	30
Brent Burns	82	17	43	60	−9	65
Patrick Marleau	82	19	38	57	−17	12
Tommy Wingels	75	15	21	36	−7	40
Tomas Hertl	82	13	18	31	−5	16
Matthew Nieto	72	10	17	27	−12	20
Melker Karlsson	53	13	11	24	−3	20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	70	9	14	23	+12	23
Justin Braun	70	1	22	23	+8	48
Chris Tierney	43	6	15	21	+3	6
Matt Irwin	53	8	11	19	+3	18
James Sheppard‡	57	5	11	16	−3	28
Barclay Goodrow	60	4	8	12	−1	35
Tyler Kennedy‡	25	4	5	9	+1	8
Brenden Dillon†	60	2	7	9	−11	54
Andrew Desjardins‡	56	5	3	8	−2	50
Matt Tennyson	27	2	6	8	0	16
Scott Hannan	58	2	5	7	0	26
Ben Smith	19	2	3	5	+3	0
Tye McGinn‡	33	1	4	5	+1	11
John Scott	38	3	1	4	0	87
Mirco Mueller	39	1	3	4	−8	10
Taylor Fedun	7	0	4	4	0	4
Adam Burish	20	1	2	3	−6	33
Jason Demers‡	20	0	3	3	−6	8
Bryan Lerg	2	1	0	1	−1	0
Daniil Tarasov	5	0	1	1	+2	0
Mike Brown	12	0	0	0	0	22
Micheal Haley	4	0	0	0	−1	11
Eriah Hayes	4	0	0	0	−2	2
Karl Stollery	5	0	0	0	−4	4
Freddie Hamilton‡	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Antti Niemi	61	61	3587:54	31	23	7	155	2.59	1811	.914	5	0	3	0
Alex Stalock	22	19	1236:30	8	9	2	54	2.62	553	.902	2	0	0	2
Troy Grosenick	2	2	118:22	1	1	0	3	1.53	58	.948	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Recipient	Award(s)
Brent Burns	All-Star Game participant[8]

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
John Scott	Leaving the bench to start an altercation with Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman	2 games	$17,073.18	October 27, 2014[9]
John Scott	Punching an unsuspecting Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman	4 games	$34,146.36	December 24, 2014[10]
Logan Couture	Slew-footing Detroit Red Wings defensman Brendan Smith	—	$5,000.00	February 27, 2015[11]

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Date	Details
June 27, 2014 [12]	To Chicago Blackhawks 1st-round pick in 2014 NYR's 6th-round pick in 2014	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2014 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014 [13][14]	To Nashville Predators 2nd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2015	To San Jose Sharks DET's 2nd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014 [13][14]	To Nashville Predators FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2014
July 1, 2014 [15]	To Colorado Avalanche Brad Stuart	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017
July 2, 2014 [16]	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2015	To San Jose Sharks Tye McGinn
November 21, 2014 [17]	To Dallas Stars Jason Demers 3rd-round pick in 2016	To San Jose Sharks Brenden Dillon
February 9, 2015 [18]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations	To San Jose Sharks Evgeni Nabokov
March 1, 2015 [19]	To New York Rangers James Sheppard	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015 [20]	To Colorado Avalanche Freddie Hamilton	To San Jose Sharks Karl Stollery
March 2, 2015 [21]	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Desjardins	To San Jose Sharks Ben Smith Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017
March 2, 2015 [22]	To New York Islanders Tyler Kennedy	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016

Date	Player	Via	Ref
June 27, 2014	Martin Havlat	Compliance buyout	[32]

Date	Player	Ref
February 11, 2015	Evgeni Nabokov	[33]

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2014	Travis Oleksuk	1 year, 550,000	[34]
July 8, 2014	Tommy Wingels	3 years, $7.425 million	[35]
July 8, 2014	James Sheppard	1 year, $1.3 million	[36]
July 10, 2014	Scott Hannan	1 year, $1 million	[37]
July 10, 2014	Matt Tennyson	2 years, $1.25 million	[38]
July 16, 2014	Taylor Doherty	1 year, $675,000	[39]
July 16, 2014	Jason Demers	2 years, $6.8 million	[40]
September 17, 2014	Justin Braun	5 years, $19 million contract extension	[41]
September 26, 2014	Julius Bergman	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	[42]
September 26, 2014	Nikolay Goldobin	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract	[43]
December 31, 2014	Rourke Chartier	3 years, entry-level contract	[44]
March 26, 2015	Joakim Ryan	2 years, entry-level contract	[45]

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	27[a]	Nikolay Goldobin	Left wing	Russia	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2	46	Julius Bergman	Left wing	Sweden	Frölunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	53[b]	Noah Rod	Right wing	Switzerland	Geneve-Servette HC U20 (CH-U20)
3	72	Alex Schoenborn	Right wing	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	81	Dylan Sadowy	Left wing	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4	102	Alexis Vanier	Defence	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5	149[c]	Rourke Chartier	Centre	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	171	Kevin Labanc	Right wing	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)

Draft notes

• ^a The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and this pick.^[46]
• ^b The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 25, 2013, that sent Douglas Murray to the Penguins in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#58–Tyler Bertuzzi) and this conditional pick.^[47]
  • Condition – Second-round pick if Penguins advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Murray re-signs with Penguins for 2013–14 season, else third-round pick. Converted to third-round pick when Penguins were eliminated in second-round of 2013 playoffs and Murray signed with the Montreal Canadiens on August 22, 2013.^[48]
• The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on October 21, 2013, that sent Mike Brown to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.^[49]
• ^c The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013, that sent Ryan Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#49–Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau), a 2013 third-round pick (#62–Yan-Pavel Laplante) and this conditional pick.^[50]
  • Condition – Second round if Rangers advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Clowe re-signs with Rangers after 2013 season, else fifth round. Converted on July 5, 2013.^[51]
• The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2013, and a fifth-round pick in 2013 to the Sharks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 and this pick.^[52]
• The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 10, 2012, that sent Brad Stuart to the Sharks in exchange for Andrew Murray, and this conditional pick.^[53]
  • Condition – If Stuart re-signs with Sharks. Converted on June 18, 2012.^[54]

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