# 2007–08 San Jose Sharks season

The 2007–08 San Jose Sharks season began on October 4, 2007. It was the San Jose Sharks' 17th season in the National Hockey League. The Sharks finished the season as the Pacific Division champions, and second in the Western Conference and the entire league with a 49–23–10 record for a total of 108 points.

## Preseason

During the pre-season, the 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23. Additionally, the free agency period began on July 1.
* Green background indicates a win.
* Red background indicates a loss.

## Regular season

The Sharks began a win streak of road games on November 14, 2007, when they beat the Dallas Stars with a shootout win. The Sharks went on to win nine more consecutive road games, which gave them 10 straight wins on the road. The streak ended when the Sharks lost to the Anaheim Ducks on January 13, 2008. This was also the game where Head Coach Ron Wilson gave the Sharks' backup goaltender, Thomas Greiss, his first start and rested Evgeni Nabokov, who was the starting goaltender for all the other Sharks games played up until the All-Star break.
The Sharks' streak of ten-straight road wins was second to the 12 road game win streak posted by the Detroit Red Wings in 2006.
Jonathan Cheechoo earned his first hat-trick of the season on February 9, 2008 at the HP Pavilion against the Nashville Predators. This was the ninth time that Cheechoo earned a hat-trick in his career. The Sharks won the game 4–3 and gave Ron Wilson his 500th win as an NHL coach, the 11th coach in League history to reach the milestone.
The Sharks have continued with another win streak of 11 games at home and on the road. Since February 21, when the Sharks played the Philadelphia Flyers away in Philadelphia and won the game 3–1, they started their lengthy winning streak. On February 29, 2008, the Sharks played the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit and came across a 3–2 win on a controversial goal by Devin Setoguchi to push the winning streak to four consecutive games. San Jose played the Montreal Canadiens on March 3 in San Jose and pulled away with a 6–4 win to push their winning streak to six games. On March 5 in San Jose, they played the Ottawa Senators and pulled away with a winner in overtime by Patrick Marleau to push their winning streak to seven games. The Sharks won the Pacific Division and finished second in the Western Conference.
The Sharks finished the regular season having allowed the fewest power-play goals, with 44, and with the best penalty-kill percentage (85.81%).

### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 49 | 23 | 10 | 222 | 193 | 108 |
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 205 | 191 | 102 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 242 | 207 | 97 |
| 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 214 | 231 | 83 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 231 | 266 | 71 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 257 | 184 | 115 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 49 | 23 | 10 | 222 | 193 | 108 |
| 3 | y – Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 223 | 218 | 98 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 205 | 191 | 102 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 242 | 207 | 97 |
| 6 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 231 | 219 | 95 |
| 7 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 229 | 227 | 94 |
| 8 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 230 | 229 | 91 |
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| 9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 235 | 251 | 88 |
| 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 239 | 235 | 88 |
| 11 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 213 | 215 | 88 |
| 12 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 214 | 231 | 83 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 193 | 218 | 80 |
| 14 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 205 | 237 | 79 |
| 15 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 231 | 266 | 71 |
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

## Schedule and results

2007–08 Game Log :
* Green background indicates win.
* Red background indicates regulation loss.
* White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

## Playoffs

On March 28, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title with a 3–1 win at Anaheim. The Sharks finished the regular season as the 2nd seed in the Western Conference. The Sharks began their first series, the Western Conference Quarter-finals, against the 7th seed Calgary Flames, losing the first game 3–2 but winning the second 2–0, tying the series at 1 win each. In the third game, the Sharks lost by a score of 4–3, falling back by 2 games to 1 game in the series. Game 4 saw Jonathan Cheechoo score the tying goal with just under five minutes to play in the third, and Joe Thornton scoring the game-winner with 9.4 seconds remaining in regulation to send the series back to San Jose tied at two games apiece. Back in San Jose for Game 5, the Flames' Jerome Iginla scored a 2nd period, 5-on-3 goal to give Calgary the first goal of the game, but the Sharks would score the next 4 goals and hang on for a 4–3 win for a 3–2 series lead. The Sharks showed poorly in Game 6, losing to Calgary in a shut-out, 2 -0, forcing Game 7. The Sharks played with Jeremy Roenick scoring twice and adding two assists to power the Sharks in a decisive 5–3 win over Calgary, clinching the series. The Sharks advanced to meet the Dallas Stars in Round 2 (Western Conference Semifinals) of the playoffs. In Game 1 of the Semifinals, the Sharks had a strong defensive showing at home, but lost in overtime to the Stars, 3–2, on a Brenden Morrow goal. After losing Games 2 & 3 and falling to a 3–0 deficit in the series, the Sharks won Game 4 in Dallas and Game 5 at home to force a Game 6 in Dallas. After playing into a fourth overtime period in the longest game in Sharks history (and 8th longest NHL game of all time), the Sharks season ended on a power play goal by the Stars' Brenden Morrow.

## Playoffs

2008 Stanley Cup playoffs :
* Green background indicates a win.
* Red background indicates a loss.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Joe Thornton | 82 | 29 | 67 | 96 | 18 | 59 |
| Brian Campbell | 83 | 8 | 54 | 62 | 8 | 20 |
| Milan Michalek | 79 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 19 | 47 |
| Patrick Marleau | 78 | 19 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 33 |
| Joe Pavelski | 82 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 1 | 28 |
| Jonathan Cheechoo | 69 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 11 | 46 |
| Craig Rivet | 74 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 104 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 69 | 14 | 19 | 33 | −8 | 26 |
| Christian Ehrhoff | 77 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 72 |
| Mike Grier | 78 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −8 | 24 |
| Torrey Mitchell | 82 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −3 | 50 |
| Patrick Rissmiller | 79 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 30 |
| Devin Setoguchi | 44 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 8 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | 39 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −11 | 24 |
| Matt Carle | 62 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −8 | 26 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 82 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −12 | 24 |
| Kyle McLaren | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 84 |
| Douglas Murray | 66 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 98 |
| Curtis Brown | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Ryane Clowe | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −1 | 22 |
| Marcel Goc | 51 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −15 | 12 |
| Jody Shelley | 62 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −4 | 135 |
| Alexei Semenov | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −8 | 36 |
| Tomas Plihal | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Tom Cavanagh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lukas Kaspar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Mike Iggulden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

#### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 77 | 4561 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 163 | 6 | 0.910 | 2.14 |
| Brian Boucher | 5 | 238 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0.932 | 1.76 |
| Thomas Greiss | 3 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.860 | 3.26 |
| Dimitri Patzold | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.800 | 5.45 |

### Playoffs
#### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Joe Thornton | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Ryane Clowe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 12 |
| Joe Pavelski | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Patrick Marleau | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Cheechoo | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Brian Campbell | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Craig Rivet | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| Jeremy Roenick | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Ehrhoff | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Milan Michalek | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Torrey Mitchell | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
| Douglas Murray | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Setoguchi | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Mike Grier | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Matt Carle | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| Kyle McLaren | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| Jody Shelley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Alexei Semenov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcel Goc | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tomas Plihal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Rissmiller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |

#### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 13 | 853 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 0.907 | 2.18 |
| Brian Boucher | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |

## Awards and records

The Sharks did not win any awards during the 2007–2008 NHL season.

### Records

* Longest winning steak: 11 games
* Most PIM, single regulation game: Jody Shelley, 41
* Most points, single playoff game: Jeremy Roenick, 4
* Most games played: Evgeni Nabokov, 77
* Most goaltending wins: Evgeni Nabokov, 46
* Most consecutive starts: Evgeni Nabokov, 43

### Milestones

* Jeremy Roenick played his 1,300th game.
* Ron Wilson won his 500th game as a coach.

## Transactions

The Sharks were involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

### Trades

| June 22, 2007 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Vesa Toskala Mark Bell | To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2007 – Lars Eller 2nd-round pick in 2007 – Aaron Palushaj 4th-round pick in 2009 – Craig Smith |
| January 29, 2008 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th-round pick in 2009 – David Pacan | To San Jose Sharks Jody Shelley |
| February 7, 2008 | To Carolina Hurricanes Future considerations | To San Jose Sharks J. D. Forrest |
| February 26, 2008 | To Buffalo Sabres Steve Bernier 1st-round pick in 2008 – Tyler Ennis | To San Jose Sharks Brian Campbell 7th-round pick in 2008 – Drew Daniels |
| February 26, 2008 | To New York Islanders Rob Davison | To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2008 – Jason Demers |

### Free agents signed

| Player | Former team |
| Alexei Semenov | Florida Panthers |
| Jeremy Roenick | Phoenix Coyotes |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | New York Rangers |
| Brian Boucher | Columbus Blue Jackets |

### Free agents lost

| Player | New team |
| Scott Hannan | Colorado Avalanche |
| Mathieu Darche | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Bill Guerin | New York Islanders |

## Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 9 | Logan Couture | Center | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 1 | 28 | Nick Petrecki | Defender | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 3 | 83 | Timo Pielmeier | Goaltender | Germany | Kölner Haie (DEL) |
| 3 | 91 | Tyson Sexsmith | Goaltender | Canada | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 6 | 165 | Patrik Zackrisson | Left wing | Sweden | Rögle BK (HockeyAllsvenskan) |
| 6 | 173 | Nick Bonino | Center | Canada | Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT) |
| 7 | 201 | Justin Braun | Defender | United States | University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East) |
| 7 | 203 | Frazer McLaren | Left wing | Canada | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |

## Farm teams
### Worcester Sharks

The Worcester Sharks were the San Jose Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate.

### Phoenix RoadRunners

The Phoenix RoadRunners were the Sharks affiliate in the ECHL.