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.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	
1 	October 18 	San Jose 	5 – 6 	Los Angeles 	SO 	Patzold 	9,258 	0–0–1 	
2 	October 19 	San Jose 	1 – 0 	Anaheim 	 	Greiss 	16,498 	1–0–1 	
3 	October 21 	Anaheim 	1 – 3 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	14,837 	2–0–1 	
4 	October 22 	Canucks 	1 – 3 	San Jose 	 	Patzold 	13,179 	3–0–1 	
5 	October 25 	San Jose 	2 – 3 	Calgary 	SO 	Nabokov 	19,289 	3–0–2 	
6 	October 25 	Canucks 	3 – 4 	San Jose 	SO 	Greiss 	 	4–0–2 	
7 	October 29 	Calgary 	1 – 2 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	14,579 	5–0–2 	
*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 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.Anaheim 4, San Jose 3, OT
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.Cheechoo, Thornton, Michalek Shine in 4-3 Win; 500th NHL Victory for Wilson
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.
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
===Game log===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 4 	San Jose 	2–3 	Edmonton 	SO 	Nabokov 	16,839 	0 – 0–1 	1
2 	October 5 	San Jose 	3–1 	Vancouver 	 	Nabokov 	18,630 	1–0–1 	3
3 	October 7 	San Jose 	2–6 	Colorado 	 	Nabokov 	15,876 	1–1–1 	3
4 	October 10 	San Jose 	2–1 	Chicago 	 	Nabokov 	10,122 	2–1–1 	5
5 	October 13 	Boston 	2–1 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 15 	San Jose 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Nabokov 	18,630 	3–2–1 	7
7 	October 18 	Detroit 	4–2 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 20 	Nashville 	0–3 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	4–3–1 	9
9 	October 22 	San Jose 	4–1 	Calgary 	 	Nabokov 	19,289 	5–3–1 	11
10 	October 26 	San Jose 	1–5 	Detroit 	 	Nabokov 	18,289 	5–4–1 	11
11 	October 27 	San Jose 	1–2 	Columbus 	 	Nabokov 	13,234 	5–5–1 	11
12 	October 29 	San Jose 	4–2 	Dallas 	 	Nabokov 	17,546 	6–5–1 	13
* 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 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.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	
1 	April 9 	Calgary 	3–2 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	0–1 	
2 	April 10 	Calgary 	0–2 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	1–1 	
3 	April 13 	San Jose 	3–4 	Calgary 	 	Nabokov 	19,289 	1–2 	
4 	April 15 	San Jose 	3–2 	Calgary 	 	Nabokov 	19,289 	2–2 	
5 	April 17 	Calgary 	3–4 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	3–2 	
6 	April 20 	San Jose 	0–2 	Calgary 	 	Nabokov 	19,289 	3–3 	
7 	April 22 	Calgary 	3–5 	San Jose 	 	Nabokov 	17,496 	4–3 	
* Green background indicates a win.
* Red background indicates a loss.
==Player stats==
===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 1300th 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 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2009
January 29, 2008 	To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th round pick in 2009 	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	To San Jose Sharks Brian Campbell 7th round pick in 2008
February 26, 2008	To New York Islanders Rob Davison 	To San Jose Sharks 7th round pick in 2008
===Free agents signed===
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Player 	Former team
Alexei Semenov 	Florida Panthers
Jeremy Roenick 	Phoenix Coyotes
Sandis Ozolinsh	New York Rangers
Brian Boucher 	Columbus Blue Jackets
===Free agents lost===
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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 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
1 	28 	Nick Petrecki 	Defender 	 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
3 	83 	Timo Pielmeier 	Goaltender	 	Kölner Haie (DEL)
3 	91 	Tyson Sexsmith 	Goaltender	 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
6 	165	Patrik Zackrisson	Left Wing 	 	Rögle BK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
6 	173	Nick Bonino 	Center 	 	Avon Old Farms (Connecticut HS)
7 	201	Justin Braun 	Defender 	 	University of Massachusetts Amherst
7 	203	Frazer McLaren 	Left Wing 	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
==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.
==See also==
* 2007–08 NHL season
==References==
Category:San Jose Sharks seasons
Category:2007 in hockey
Category:2008 in hockey