2007 – 08 San Jose Sharks season The 2007 – 08 San Jose Sharks season began on October 4 , 2007 . It was the San Jose Sharks ' 16th season in the National Hockey League . The Sharks were the Pacific Division champions , and second in the Western Conference . They finished the season with a 49 – 23 – 10 record . Preseason . During the preseason , the 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus , Ohio on June 22 – 23 . Also the free agency period began on July 1 . 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 coach , Ron Wilson , gave the Sharks ’ backup goaltender , Thomas Greiss , his first start , and rested Evgeni Nabokov , who was the starting goalie for all the other Sharks games played up until the All - Star break . The Sharks ’ streak of 10 straight road wins is second to the 12 road game win streak posted by the Detroit Red Wings in 2006 . Jonathan Cheechoo earned his first hat trick for the season on February 9 , 2008 at HP Pavilion at San Jose against the Nashville Predators . This is the ninth time that Cheechoo has 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 . Wilson is the 11th coach in NHL history to win 500 games . 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 in Philadelphia and won the game 3 – 1 they started their big 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 4 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 6 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 7 games . The Sharks won the Pacific Division and finished 2nd in the Western Conference . 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 points 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 Semi - finals ) of the playoffs . In Game 1 of the Semi - finals , 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 . Player stats . Regular Season . Skaters . " Note : GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / - = Plus / Minus ; PIM = Penalty Minutes " 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 " Playoffs . Skaters . " Note : GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / - = Plus / Minus ; PIM = Penalty Minutes " 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 " Awards and records . The Sharks did not win any awards during the 2007 – 2008 NHL season . Transactions . The Sharks were involved in the following transactions during the 2007 – 08 season . Draft picks . San Jose ' s picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus , Ohio . Farm teams . Worcester Sharks . The Worcester Sharks are the San Jose Sharks ' American Hockey League affiliate . Phoenix RoadRunners . The Phoenix RoadRunners are the Sharks affiliate in the ECHL .