2018–19 San Jose Sharks season

The 2018–19 San Jose Sharks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The Sharks clinched a playoff spot on March 19, 2019, when the Minnesota Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche.
The Sharks advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018.
2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Anaheim 	1–4 	San Jose 	 	Bibeau 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	San Jose 	7–3 	Anaheim 	 	Dell 	15,065 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 22 	Vegas 	5–4 	San Jose 	SO 	Jones 	— 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 25 	San Jose 	5–7 	Calgary 	 	Bibeau 	17,584 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 27 	Calgary 	4–3 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	13,999 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	September 30 	San Jose 	2–5 	Vegas 	 	Jones 	17,958 	2–3–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released in June 2018.
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October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2) 	October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–2)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Anaheim 	5–2 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	San Jose 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Jones 	18,230 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 8 	San Jose 	0–4 	NY Islanders 	 	Jones 	8,790 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 9 	San Jose 	8–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Dell 	19,133 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 11 	San Jose 	2–3 	NY Rangers 	OT 	Dell 	17,004 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap
6 	October 14 	San Jose 	2–3 	New Jersey 	 	Jones 	13,809 	2–3–1 	5 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Buffalo 	1–5 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,389 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 20 	NY Islanders 	1–4 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,414 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 23 	San Jose 	5–4 	Nashville 	 	Jones 	17,159 	5–3–1 	11 	Recap
10 	October 26 	San Jose 	3–4 	Carolina 	SO 	Dell 	12,311 	5–3–2 	12 	Recap
11 	October 28 	San Jose 	4–3 	Anaheim 	OT 	Jones 	17,099 	6–3–2 	14 	Recap
12 	October 30 	NY Rangers 	4–3 	San Jose 	SO 	Jones 	17,562 	6–3–3 	15 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's second seed and faced the third seed of the same division, the Vegas Golden Knights, defeating them in seven games.
In the Second Round, the Sharks faced the Colorado Avalanche, defeating them in seven games.
In the Conference Finals, the Sharks faced the St. Louis Blues, and lost in six games.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 10 	Vegas 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 12 	Vegas 	5–3 	San Jose 	 	Dell 	17,562 	1–1 	Recap
3 	April 14 	San Jose 	3–6 	Vegas 	 	Jones 	18,461 	1–2 	Recap
4 	April 16 	San Jose 	0–5 	Vegas 	 	Jones 	18,567 	1–3 	Recap
5 	April 18 	Vegas 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	2–3 	Recap
6 	April 21 	San Jose 	2–1 	Vegas 	2OT 	Jones 	18,458 	3–3 	Recap
7 	April 23 	Vegas 	4–5 	San Jose 	OT 	Jones 	17,562 	4–3 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	16	67	83	+13	34
 	77	35	39	74	+5 	18
 	81	27	43	70	−6 	22
 	78	30	36	66	+9 	55
 	75	38	26	64	−4 	22
 	75	30	26	56	−4 	153
 	82	17	39	56	−1 	36
 	73	16	35	51	+8 	20
 	53	3 	42	45	+6 	22
 	80	14	23	37	+10	10
 	80	17	13	30	+10	23
 	72	3 	22	25	−6 	10
 	82	1 	21	22	+19	61
 	82	7 	10	17	+4 	76
 	79	12	4 	16	−1 	26
 	78	2 	14	16	−14	35
 	37	2 	11	13	9 	10
 	36	7 	4 	11	7 	6
† 	19	6 	5 	11	+1 	4
 	41	1 	8 	9 	7 	8
 	27	3 	5 	8 	1 	4
 	44	0 	7 	7 	−1 	15
† 	19	1 	2 	3 	0 	45
 	13	1 	0 	1 	−5 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	20	14	6 	20	+3	6
 	20	5 	11	16	+2	6
 	19	2 	14	16	−3	8
 	19	10	5 	15	+2	4
 	20	5 	10	15	+3	34
 	20	1 	10	11	+1	0
 	19	4 	6 	10	−6	6
 	13	4 	5 	9 	−3	4
 	20	4 	5 	9 	−7	14
 	18	3 	5 	8 	+6	4
 	20	2 	6 	8 	−4	61
 	18	0 	5 	5 	−3	2
 	12	1 	2 	3 	+1	4
 	20	2 	0 	2 	−3	22
 	20	0 	2 	2 	−2	4
 	20	0 	2 	2 	−8	24
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	20	0 	1 	1 	−2	0
 	20	0 	1 	1 	−3	8
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−1	18
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	62	3,598	36	19	5	176	2.94	1699	.896	3	0	1	2
 	25	20	1,324	10	8 	4	70 	3.17	613 	.886	2	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	20	20	1154	10	9	58	3.02	567	.898	0	0	2	0
 	2 	0 	90 	0 	1	5 	3.35	36 	.861	0	0	0	0
 
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Transactions==
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Arizona Coyotes4th-round pick in 20185th-round pick in 2018 	To San Jose SharksTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensVGK's 4th-round pick in 2018FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018 	To San Jose SharksEDM's 4th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsRudols BalcersDylan DeMeloJosh NorrisChris Tierney2nd-round pick in 20191st-round pick in 2020	To San Jose SharksErik KarlssonFrancis Perron 	
 	To Florida PanthersVincent Praplan 	To San Jose SharksFuture considerations 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 	To San Jose SharksGustav Nyquist 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksLinus Karlsson 	To San Jose SharksJonathan Dahlen 	
 	To Philadelphia FlyersJustin Braun 	To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 20193rd-round pick in 2020	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Eric Fehr 	to Minnesota Wild 	1-year 	
 	Vladislav Kotkov 	from Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QJMHL) 	3-year 	
 	Alexander True 	from San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 	3-year 	
 	Jannik Hansen 	to CSKA Moscow (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Andrew Shortridge	from Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey)	1-year 	
 	Joel Kellman 	from Brynäs IF (SHL) 	1-year 	
 	Danil Yurtaikin 	from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 	2-year 	
 	Tony Sund 	from Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 	1-year 	
 	Lean Bergmann 	from Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) 	1-year 	
 	Jeffrey Viel 	from San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 	2-year 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Paul Martin 	Buyout 	
 	Noah Rod 	Mutual termination	
 	Filip Sandberg	Mutual termination	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Micheal Haley	from Florida Panthers	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Logan Couture 	8-year 	
 	Tomas Hertl 	4-year 	
 	Joe Thornton 	1-year 	
 	Dylan DeMelo 	2-year 	
 	Ryan Merkley 	3-year 	
 	Chris Tierney 	2-year 	
 	Jake McGrew 	3-year 	
 	Barclay Goodrow	2-year 	
 	Lukas Radil 	1-year 	
 	Marcus Sorensen	2-year 	
 	Mario Ferraro 	3-year 	
 	Zachary Emond 	3-year 	
 	Erik Karlsson 	8-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	21 	Ryan Merkley 	D 	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3 	871 	Linus Karlsson 	C 	 	Karlskrona HK J20 (SuperElit)
4 	1022	Jasper Weatherby	C 	 	Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)
6 	176 	Zachary Emond 	G 	 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
6 	1823	John Leonard 	LW 	 	UMass Amherst (Hockey East)
Notes:
# The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fourth and fifth-round pick both in 2018 (114th and 145th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
# The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Vegas' fourth-round pick and Florida's fifth-round pick both in 2018 (123rd and 139th overall) to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
# The Nashville Predators' sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on February 25, 2018, that sent Brandon Bollig and Troy Grosenick to Nashville in exchange for this pick.
==Awards==
Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded
Brent Burns 	All-StarSecond Star of the Week 	January 2, 2019January 7, 2019
Erik Karlsson	All-Star 	January 2, 2019
Joe Pavelski 	Third Star of the WeekAll-StarSecond Star of the Week	November 19, 2018January 2, 2019January 28, 2019
==References==
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