# 2012–13 San Jose Sharks season

The 2012–13 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Anaheim Ducks | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 140 | 118 | +22 | 66 |
| 2 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 133 | 118 | +15 | 59 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 124 | 116 | +8 | 57 |
| 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 51 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 130 | 142 | −12 | 48 |
Western Conference :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | p – Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 155 | 102 | +53 | 77 |
| 2 | PA | y – Anaheim Ducks | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 140 | 118 | +22 | 66 |
| 3 | NW | y – Vancouver Canucks | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 127 | 121 | +6 | 59 |
| 4 | CE | x – St. Louis Blues | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 129 | 115 | +14 | 60 |
| 5 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 133 | 118 | +15 | 59 |
| 6 | PA | x – San Jose Sharks | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 124 | 116 | +8 | 57 |
| 7 | CE | x – Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 124 | 115 | +9 | 56 |
| 8 | NW | x – Minnesota Wild | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 55 |
| 9 | CE | Columbus Blue Jackets | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 120 | 119 | +1 | 55 |
| 10 | PA | Phoenix Coyotes | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 51 |
| 11 | PA | Dallas Stars | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 130 | 142 | −12 | 48 |
| 12 | NW | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 125 | 134 | −9 | 45 |
| 13 | NW | Calgary Flames | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
| 14 | CE | Nashville Predators | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 111 | 139 | −28 | 41 |
| 15 | NW | Colorado Avalanche | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 116 | 152 | −36 | 39 |

## Regular season
### January

The Sharks started the 2012–13 season with a perfect record; getting 14 out of 14 possible points in their seven January games. Patrick Marleau scored the Sharks first goal of the season, in the second period of the regular season opener against the Calgary Flames.

### February

February would however be troublesome – in 12 games the Sharks would only get two wins and a total of eight points.

### March

The Sharks were successful at home in March, with five wins and a loss in overtime. On the road, they had less success – registering three wins, five losses and an overtime loss. After eight seasons with the Sharks, Douglas Murray was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 25.

### April

The Sharks were active around the trade deadline; Ryane Clowe, who also played with the Sharks for eight seasons, was traded to the New York Rangers, Michal Handzus was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks, Raffi Torres was acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes and Scott Hannan was acquired from the Nashville Predators. This is Hannan's second stint with San Jose.
On April 23, 2013, in the final home game of the regular season, the Sharks defeated the Stars 3–2 to clinch a playoff berth. The Sharks finished with a home record of 17–2–5 and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.

## Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log: 25–16–7 (Home: 17–2–5; Road: 8–14–2) :
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

## Playoffs

The San Jose Sharks enters the playoffs as the Western Conference's sixth seed. They swept the Vancouver Canucks in the first round, but were knocked out of the playoffs in a 4–3 series loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the second round.
2013 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Joe Thornton | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | +6 | 26 |
| Logan Couture | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | +7 | 4 |
| Patrick Marleau | 48 | 17 | 14 | 31 | −2 | 24 |
| Joe Pavelski | 48 | 16 | 15 | 31 | +2 | 10 |
| Brent Burns | 30 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Dan Boyle | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +3 | 27 |
| Martin Havlat | 40 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +7 | 30 |
| Scott Gomez | 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −10 | 22 |
| TJ Galiardi | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +1 | 14 |
| Tommy Wingels | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −9 | 26 |
| Matt Irwin | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 10 |
| Ryane Clowe$^‡$ | 28 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −4 | 79 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 29 |
| Justin Braun | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −5 | 6 |
| Raffi Torres$^†$ | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Brad Stuart | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +4 | 25 |
| James Sheppard | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 12 |
| Andrew Desjardins | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 61 |
| Adam Burish | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 25 |
| Jason Demers | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 10 |
| Douglas Murray$^‡$ | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −8 | 26 |
| Tim Kennedy | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
| Michal Handzus$^‡$ | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 12 |
| Matt Tennyson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| Scott Hannan$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| Matt Pelech | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bracken Kearns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Petrecki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Joe Pavelski | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Couture | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
| Joe Thornton | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +5 | 2 |
| Patrick Marleau | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Dan Boyle | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| Brent Burns | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
| Scott Hannan | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Brad Stuart | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| TJ Galiardi | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Tommy Wingels | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Scott Gomez | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Raffi Torres | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Justin Braun | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Matt Irwin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
| Andrew Desjardins | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 |
| James Sheppard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| Adam Burish | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bracken Kearns | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Tim Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Havlat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Demers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Antti Niemi | 43 | 43 | 2580:46 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 93 | 2.16 | 1220 | .924 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Greiss | 6 | 5 | 308:12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2.53 | 153 | .915 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Stalock | 2 | 0 | 41:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.86 | 13 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Antti Niemi | 11 | 11 | 673:07 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 1.87 | 298 | .930 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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

## Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 23, 2012 | To Chicago Blackhawks7th-round pick in 2012 4th-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2012 |
| January 16, 2013 | To New York RangersBrandon Mashinter | To San Jose SharksTommy Grant Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 25, 2013 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDouglas Murray | To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 |
| April 1, 2013 | To Chicago BlackhawksMichal Handzus | To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To New York RangersRyane Clowe | To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Nashville PredatorsConditional 6th- or 7th-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose SharksScott Hannan |
| April 3, 2013 | To Phoenix Coyotes3rd-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose SharksRaffi Torres |
Lost via retirement
Player
Players' signings
PlayerDateContract terms
Justin BraunJune 26, 20123 years, $3.75 million
Andrew DesjardinsJune 26, 20121 year, $640,000
Brad StuartJune 26, 20123 years, $10.8 million
Tommy WingelsJune 26, 20122 years, $1.55 million
Matt IrwinJuly 2, 20121 year, $650,000
Alex StalockJuly 2, 20121 year, $687,500
Marc-Edouard VlasicJuly 11, 20125 years, $21 million contract extension
TJ GaliardiJuly 12, 20121 year, $950,000
Frazer McLarenJuly 12, 20121 year, $632,500
John McCarthyJuly 12, 20122 years, $1.225 million
Matt PelechJuly 16, 20121 year, $577,500
Nick PetreckiJanuary 18, 20131 year, $650,000
James SheppardJanuary 18, 20131 year, $825,000
Tim KennedyJanuary 23, 20131 year, $675,000
Chris TierneyApril 2, 20133 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract
Christopher CraneApril 2, 20132 years, $1.2 million entry-level contract
Matt NietoApril 2, 20133 years, $2.0775 million entry-level contract
Matt IrwinApril 3, 20132 years, $2 million contract extension
Tomas HertlJune 3, 20133 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Raffi TorresJune 20, 20133 years, $6 million
Andrew DesjardinsJune 26, 20132 years, $1.5 million
James SheppardJune 26, 20131 year, $830,000
Jason DemersJune 27, 20131 year, $1.5 million
Brodie ReidJune 27, 20131 year :

## Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 17 | Tomas Hertl | Center | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Extraliga) |
| 2 | 55 | Chris Tierney | Center | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 4 | 109 | Christophe Lalancette | Right wing | Canada | Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 138 | Daniel O'Regan | Center | Germany | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA) |
| 6 | 168 | Clifford Watson | Defence | United States | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
| 7 | 198 | Joakim Ryan | Defence | United States | Cornell University (ECAC) |

### Draft notes

* The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a February 18, 2011, trade that sent Ian White to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.
* $^a$ San Jose Sharks awarded 25th pick in second-round on August 16, 2011, as compensation for not signing 2007 first-round pick Patrick White.
* The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 25, 2011, trade that sent a 2011 second-round pick to the Sharks in exchange for a 2011 second-round pick and this pick.
* The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a March 4, 2009, trade that sent Travis Moen and Kent Huskins to the Sharks in exchange for Nick Bonino, Timo Pielmeier and this pick.
* $^b$ The Chicago Blackhawks' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2012 seventh-round pick and a 2013 fourth-round pick to the Blackhawks in exchange for this pick.