# 2017–18 San Jose Sharks season

The 2017–18 San Jose Sharks season was the 27th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 272 | 228 | +44 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 40 | 235 | 216 | +19 | 101 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 252 | 229 | +23 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 8 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on June 15, 2017.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was announced on June 22, 2017.
Game log: 45–27–10 (Home: 25–13–3; Road: 20–14–7) :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and faced the second seed of the same division, the Anaheim Ducks. The Sharks swept the Ducks and were then defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights in six games in the conference semifinals.
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Brent Burns | 82 | 12 | 55 | 67 | −16 | 46 |
| Joe Pavelski | 82 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 0 | 41 |
| Logan Couture | 78 | 34 | 27 | 61 | −2 | 18 |
| Tomas Hertl | 79 | 22 | 24 | 46 | −2 | 41 |
| Chris Tierney | 82 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0 | 8 |
| Kevin Labanc | 77 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −6 | 32 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 74 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 12 |
| Timo Meier | 81 | 21 | 15 | 36 | +2 | 51 |
| Joe Thornton | 47 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −9 | 38 |
| Justin Braun | 81 | 5 | 28 | 33 | +7 | 28 |
| Joonas Donskoi | 66 | 14 | 18 | 32 | +10 | 26 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 81 | 11 | 21 | 32 | +9 | 34 |
| Brenden Dillon | 81 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −7 | 60 |
| Dylan DeMelo | 63 | 0 | 20 | 20 | −1 | 34 |
| Melker Karlsson | 71 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −5 | 26 |
| Evander Kane$^†$ | 17 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +5 | 25 |
| Barclay Goodrow | 47 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +1 | 28 |
| Jannik Hansen | 46 | 2 | 12 | 14 | +2 | 15 |
| Joel Ward | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −2 | 20 |
| Joakim Ryan | 62 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +13 | 8 |
| Tim Heed | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| Marcus Sorensen | 32 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 5 |
| Eric Fehr$^†$ | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +7 | 0 |
| Danny O'Regan$^‡$ | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Martin | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
| Ryan Carpenter$^‡$ | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
| Dylan Gambrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Logan Couture | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Tomas Hertl | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +2 | 8 |
| Joe Pavelski | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −3 | 8 |
| Brent Burns | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 6 |
| Mikkel Boedker | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| Marcus Sorensen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| Evander Kane | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −5 | 23 |
| Timo Meier | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
| Kevin Labanc | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Joonas Donskoi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
| Brenden Dillon | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 32 |
| Melker Karlsson | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
| Eric Fehr | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Tierney | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Justin Braun | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Dylan DeMelo | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| Barclay Goodrow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joakim Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Paul Martin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Martin Jones | 60 | 60 | 3,416 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 145 | 2.55 | 1,699 | .915 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Dell | 29 | 22 | 1,522 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 2.64 | 775 | .914 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Martin Jones | 10 | 10 | 585 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 2.26 | 304 | .928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Dell | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.55 | 28 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only. $^‡$Traded/Waived mid-season

## Transactions
### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20) | To Toronto Maple Leafs7th-round pick in 2020 | To San Jose SharksEric Fehr |
| February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) | To Nashville PredatorsBrandon Bollig Troy Grosenick | To San Jose Sharks6th-round pick in 2018 |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Buffalo SabresDanny O'Regan Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020 | To San Jose SharksEvander Kane |
| June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14) | To Arizona CoyotesAdam Helewka | To San Jose SharksKyle Wood |
| June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) | To Ottawa SenatorsMikkel Boedker Julius Bergman 6th-round pick in 2020 | To San Jose SharksMike Hoffman Cody Donaghey 5th-round pick in 2020 |
| June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) | To Florida PanthersMike Hoffman 7th-round pick in 2018 | To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 2019 4th-round pick in 2018 5th-round pick in 2018 |

### Lost via waivers

| Player | New team | Date claimed off waivers |
| Ryan Carpenter | Vegas Golden Knights | December 13, 2017 |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Martin Jones | 6-year, $34.5 million contract extension |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 8-year, $56 million contract extension |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Joe Thornton | 1-year, $8 million |
| July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10) | Chris Tierney | 1-year, $735,000 |
| July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) | Rudolfs Balcers | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) | Marcus Sorensen | 2-year, $1.4 million |
| August 7, 2017 (2017-08-07) | Barclay Goodrow | 1-year, $650,000 |
| December 28, 2017 (2017-12-28) | Joachim Blichfeld | 3-year, $2.4 million entry-level contract |
| February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28) | Aaron Dell | 2-year, $3.8 million contract extension |
| March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13) | Antoine Bibeau | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) | Maxim Letunov | 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract |
| March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26) | Dylan Gambrell | 2-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract |
| April 3, 2018 (2018-04-03) | Sasha Chmelevski | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) | Noah Gregor | 3-year, $2.55 million entry-level contract |
| April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20) | Ivan Chekhovich | 3-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract |
| April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28) | Radim Simek | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| May 24, 2018 (2018-05-24) | Evander Kane | 7-year, $49 million contract extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 19 | Josh Norris | C | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 2 | 49$^1$ | Mario Ferraro | D | Canada | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
| 4 | 102$^2$ | Scott Reedy | C | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
| 6 | 159$^3$ | Jacob McGrew | RW | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 6 | 185$^4$ | Alexander Chmelevski | C | United States | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 7 | 212$^5$ | Ivan Chekhovich | LW | Russia | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
Notes:
* The Boston Bruins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017 that sent Mirco Mueller and a fifth-round pick in 2017 to New Jersey in exchange for Nashville's fourth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent Nashville's fourth-round pick and a sixth-round pick both in 2017 (123rd and 174th overall) to the New York Rangers in exchange for this pick.
* The Arizona Coyotes' sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent a fourth-round pick in 2016 and Detroit's third-round pick in 2017 to Arizona in exchange for Maxim Letunov and this pick.
* The Nashville Predators' sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent San Jose and Ottawa's seventh-round picks in 2017 (205th and 214th overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.
* The Chicago Blackhawks' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Andrew Desjardins to Chicago in exchange for Ben Smith and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – San Jose will receive a seventh-round pick in 2017 if Chicago wins the Stanley Cup in 2015 – was converted on June 15, 2015.

## Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Brent Burns | All-Star | January 10, 2018 |
| Logan Couture | Third Star of the Week | October 23, 2017 |
| Martin Jones | Third Star of the Week | November 6, 2017 |