# 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season

The 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League.

## Off-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. The Sharks also acquired John Scott and Tye McGinn.

## Regular season

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. 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).

## Standings

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 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was announced on June 19.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was announced on June 22.
Game log 40–33–9 (home: 19–17–5; road: 21–16–4) :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Final statistics.
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 |

### Goaltenders

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

## Notable occurrences
### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| C. Tierney | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 8, 2014 |
| M. Muller | 1st career NHL game | October 8, 2014 |
| S. Hannan | 1,000th career NHL game | October 14, 2014 |
| L. Couture | 300th career NHL game | October 14, 2014 |
| M. Muller | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 16, 2014 |
| J. Thornton | 1,200th career NHL point | October 21, 2014 |
| P. Marleau | 500th career NHL assist | October 23, 2014 |
| B. Burns | 100th career NHL goal | October 26, 2014 |
| B. Burns | 300th career NHL point | October 28, 2014 |
| M. Muller | 1st career NHL goal | October 30, 2014 |
| B. Goodrow | 1st career NHL game | October 30, 2014 |
| B. Burns | 200th career NHL assist | October 30, 2014 |
| T. Grosenick | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL win 1st career NHL shutout | November 16, 2014 |
| B. Goodrow | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 16, 2014 |
| J. Demers | 300th career NHL game | November 20, 2014 |
| J. Pavelski | 200th career NHL goal | November 22, 2014 |
| B. Goodrow | 1st career NHL goal | December 9, 2014 |
| M. Karlsson | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 9, 2014 |
| A. Niemi | 300th career NHL game | December 18, 2014 |
| M. Karlsson | 1st career NHL goal | December 22, 2014 |
| J. Pavelski | 600th career NHL game | January 3, 2015 |
| T. Wingels | 200th career NHL game | January 10, 2015 |
| M. Nieto | 100th career NHL game | January 13, 2015 |
| P. Marleau | 1,300th career NHL game | February 5, 2015 |
| D. Tarasov | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | February 5, 2015 |
| C. Tierney | 1st career NHL goal | February 5, 2015 |
| T. Hertl | 100th career NHL game | February 28, 2015 |
| B. Burns | 700th career NHL game | March 9, 2015 |
| J. Thornton | 900th career NHL assist | April 6, 2015 |
| B. Lerg | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | April 9, 2015 |

### Awards

| Recipient | Award(s) |
| Brent Burns | All-Star Game participant |

### Suspensions and fines

| 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 |
| John Scott | Punching an unsuspecting Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman | 4 games | $34,146.36 | December 24, 2014 |
| Logan Couture | Slew-footing Detroit Red Wings defensman Brendan Smith | — | $5,000.00 | February 27, 2015 |

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 27, 2014 | To Chicago Blackhawks1st-round pick in 2014 NYR's 6th-round pick in 2014 | To San Jose Sharks1st-round pick in 2014 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014 |
| June 28, 2014 | To Nashville Predators2nd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2015 | To San Jose SharksDET's 2nd-round pick in 2014 |
| June 28, 2014 | To Nashville PredatorsFLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014 | To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| July 1, 2014 | To Colorado AvalancheBrad Stuart | To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017 |
| July 2, 2014 | To Philadelphia Flyers3rd-round pick in 2015 | To San Jose SharksTye McGinn |
| November 21, 2014 | To Dallas StarsJason Demers 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To San Jose SharksBrenden Dillon |
| February 9, 2015 | To Tampa Bay LightningFuture considerations | To San Jose SharksEvgeni Nabokov |
| March 1, 2015 | To New York RangersJames Sheppard | To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2016 |
| March 2, 2015 | To Colorado AvalancheFreddie Hamilton | To San Jose SharksKarl Stollery |
| March 2, 2015 | To Chicago BlackhawksAndrew Desjardins | To San Jose SharksBen Smith Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 |
| March 2, 2015 | To New York IslandersTyler Kennedy | To San Jose SharksConditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 |

### Players released

| Date | Player | Via | Ref |
| June 27, 2014 | Martin Havlat | Compliance buyout | |

### Lost via retirement

| Date | Player | Ref |
| February 11, 2015 | Evgeni Nabokov | |

### Player signings

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

## Draft picks

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 | Nikolay Goldobin | Left wing | Russia | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
| 2 | 46 | Julius Bergman | Left wing | Sweden | Frölunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit) |
| 2 | 53 | 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 | 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.
* $^b$ 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* $^c$ 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
** Condition – If Stuart re-signs with Sharks. Converted on June 18, 2012.