2016–17 San Jose Sharks season

The 2016–17 San Jose Sharks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The Sharks failed to repeat their success of winning the Western Conference in 2016 after losing to Edmonton in the first round in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule==
===Pre-season===
The preseason schedule was announced on June 16, 2016.
Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)	Pre-season game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 27 	Vancouver 	2–3 	San Jose 	OT 	Armalis 	14,865 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 30 	Arizona 	2–3 	San Jose 	OT 	Dell 	15,985 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	October 2 	San Jose 	3–2 	Vancouver 	OT 	Jones 	17,301 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	October 5 	Anaheim 	2–0 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	16,207 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	October 7 	San Jose 	1–3 	Arizona 	 	Jones 	7,235 	3–2–0 	Recap
6 	October 9 	San Jose 	2–3 	Anaheim 	OT 	Dell 	16,444 	3–2–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
The schedule was announced on June 21, 2016.
Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)	Game log 46–29–7 (Home: 26–11–4 ; Road: 20–18–3)
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October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) 	October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 12 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 15 	San Jose 	3–2 	Columbus 	 	Jones 	16,546 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 17 	San Jose 	4–7 	NY Rangers 	 	Jones 	18,200 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 18 	San Jose 	3–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Dell 	10,772 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 20 	San Jose 	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Jones 	18,511 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 22 	San Jose 	0–3 	Detroit 	 	Jones 	20,027 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 25 	Anaheim 	1–2 	San Jose 	OT 	Jones 	17,562 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 27 	Columbus 	1–3 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,229 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 29 	Nashville 	1–4 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	6–3–0 	12 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and will face the second seed of the same division, the Edmonton Oilers.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won series 4–2	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 12 	San Jose 	3–2 	Edmonton 	OT 	Jones 	18,347 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 14 	San Jose 	0–2 	Edmonton 	 	Jones 	18,347 	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	April 16 	Edmonton 	1–0 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	April 18 	Edmonton 	0–7 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	April 20 	San Jose 	3–4 	Edmonton 	OT 	Jones 	18,347 	2–3 	Recap 	
6 	April 22 	Edmonton 	3–1 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	2–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	29	47	76	+19	40
 	81	29	39	68	+11	34
 	73	25	27	52	+11	12
 	79	7 	43	50	+7 	51
 	82	27	19	46	+4 	28
 	78	10	19	29	−2 	30
 	75	6 	22	28	+4 	35
 	81	10	16	26	0 	10
 	81	4 	22	26	+10	20
 	80	11	12	23	0 	6
 	67	11	11	22	+7 	22
 	49	10	12	22	−8 	14
 	55	8 	12	20	+9 	22
 	62	2 	16	18	+4 	14
 	61	6 	11	17	−5 	10
 	81	4 	9 	13	+1 	28
 	58	2 	10	12	+6 	128
 	81	2 	8 	10	−2 	60
‡ 	37	5 	3 	8 	−2 	15
 	25	1 	7 	8 	+2 	14
† 	15	2 	5 	7 	0 	7
 	34	3 	3 	6 	+1 	10
 	11	2 	2 	4 	+5 	4
 	19	1 	3 	4 	−1 	4
 	4 	1 	1 	2 	+2 	0
‡ 	16	0 	2 	2 	−3 	4
 	3 	1 	0 	1 	−2 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
‡ 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	3	1	4	−1	0
 	6	2	2	4	−1	0
 	6	1	3	4	0 	4
 	6	2	1	3	−1	0
 	6	2	1	3	+2	2
 	6	0	3	3	−1	2
 	6	0	3	3	−1	6
 	4	1	1	2	0 	2
 	6	1	1	2	+1	0
 	5	0	2	2	−3	0
 	6	0	2	2	0 	2
 	4	0	2	2	−1	0
 	6	1	0	1	−1	4
 	6	1	0	1	0 	6
 	6	0	1	1	+1	4
 	6	0	1	1	0 	0
 	6	0	1	1	−1	0
 	6	0	1	1	0 	0
 	5	0	0	0	0 	2
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	65	3800:21	35	23	6	152	2.40	1725	.912	2	0	0	0
 	20	17	1110:33	11	6 	1	37 	2.00	533 	.931	1	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	377:01	2	4	11	1.75	168	.935	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
==Roster==
Updated March 1, 2017.
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==Transactions==
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Ottawa Senators Tommy Wingels 	To San Jose Sharks Buddy RobinsonZack Stortini7th-round pick in 2017	
 	To Vancouver Canucks Nikolay Goldobinconditional 4th-round pick in 2017	To San Jose Sharks Jannik Hansen 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	David Schlemko	New Jersey Devils 	4 years, $8.4 million 	
 	Mikkel Boedker	Colorado Avalanche 	4 years, $16 million 	
 	Dan Kelly 	Albany Devils 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Tim Clifton 	Quinnipiac University	2 years, $1,300,000 	
 	Nick DeSimone 	Union College 	2 years, $1,850,000 	
 	Radim Šimek 	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	1 year, $830,000 	
 	Filip Sandberg	HV71 	2 years, $1.5 million 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	James Reimer 	Florida Panthers 	5 years, $17 million 	
 	Roman Polak 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $2.25 million 	
 	Matt Tennyson	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $675,000 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Matt Nieto	Colorado Avalanche	January 5, 2017
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Tomas Hertl 	2 years, $6 million 	
 	Micheal Haley 	1 year, $625,000 	
 	Aaron Dell 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
 	Dylan DeMelo 	2 years, $1.3 million 	
 	Ryan Carpenter 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Matt Nieto 	1 year, $735,000 	
 	Brent Burns 	8 years, $64 million contract extension 	
 	Noah Rod 	3 years, $2.43 million entry-level 	
 	Manuel Wiederer	3 years, $2.21 million entry-level 	
 	Joonas Donskoi 	2 years, $3.8 million contract extension	
 	Melker Karlsson	3 years, $6 million contract extension 	
 	Troy Grosenick 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	
 	Joakim Ryan 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	
 	Ryan Carpenter 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	
 	Tim Heed 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension	
==Draft picks==
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24 and 25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 	60 	Dylan Gambrell 	C 	 	Denver Pioneers (NCHC)
4 	111	Noah Gregor 	C 	 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5 	150	Manuel Wiederer 	C 	 	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6 	180	Mark Shoemaker 	D 	 	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 	210	Joachim Blichfeld	W 	 	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
==Awards==
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Third Star of the WeekAll-StarNHL Third Star of the Month	November 28, 2016January 1, 2017February 1, 2017
 	NHL Third Star of the WeekAll-Star 	December 5, 2016January 1, 2017
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	January 30, 2017
 	All-StarNHL First Star of the Week 	January 1, 2017March 13, 2017
==References==
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