2021–22 San Jose Sharks season

The 2021–22 San Jose Sharks season was the 31st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.
General manager Doug Wilson took medical leave beginning on November 26, 2021, and would resign from the role on April 7, 2022, ending a 19-season tenure with the team. Assistant general manager Joe Will had already been serving as acting general manager since Wilson took medical leave, and will continue to do so until the team finds a permanent candidate for the role. On April 14, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the Chicago Blackhawks.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The schedule was announced on August 4, 2021.
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# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	OT 	Decision 	Arena 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 26 	@ Anaheim 	3–6 	 	Sawchenko 	Honda Center 	N/A 	0–1–0 	
2 	September 26 	@ Vegas 	4–2 	 	Hill 	T-Mobile Arena 	17,077 	1–1–0 	
3 	September 28 	Los Angeles 	3–4 	 	Reimer 	SAP Center 	6,837 	1–2–0 	
4 	September 30 	@ Anaheim 	3–1 	 	Reimer 	Honda Center 	N/A 	2–2–0 	
5 	October 4 	Anaheim 	2–3 	SO 	Reimer 	SAP Center 	6,192 	2–2–1 	
6 	October 9 	Vegas 	4–0 	 	Hill 	SAP Center 	N/A 	3–2–1 	
===Regular season===
The schedule was announced on July 22, 2021, and was tentative pending on whether the league and the International Olympic Committee reach a deal to send players to the 2022 Winter Olympics. If no deal would have been reached, then an alternative schedule without an Olympics break would have been released and up to 16 of the team's home dates would have been rescheduled. An agreement was made on September 3, 2021. However, on December 22, 2021, the NHL decided to skip the Olympics due to a rise of COVID-19 cases. In place of missing the Olympics, the NHL used that time to reschedule postponed regular season games.
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October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0) 	October: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	OT 	Decision 	Arena 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 16 	Winnipeg 	4–3 	 	Hill 	SAP Center 	16,137 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 19 	@ Montreal 	5–0 	 	Hill 	Bell Centre 	16,095 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 21 	@ Ottawa 	2–1 	 	Reimer 	Canadian Tire Centre 	8,994 	3–0–0 	6 	
4 	October 22 	@ Toronto 	5–3 	 	Hill 	Scotiabank Arena 	18,603 	4–0–0 	8 	
5 	October 24 	@ Boston 	3–4 	 	Hill 	TD Garden 	17,850 	4–1–0 	8 	
6 	October 26 	@ Nashville 	1–3 	 	Reimer 	Bridgestone Arena 	16,395 	4–2–0 	8 	
7 	October 28 	Montreal 	0–4 	 	Hill 	SAP Center 	11,463 	4–3–0 	8 	
8 	October 30 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	OT 	Reimer 	SAP Center 	11,845 	5–3–0 	10 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	77	35	41	76	−3 	54
 	82	30	34	64	−9 	30
 	77	23	33	56	−11	18
 	82	10	44	54	−15	42
 	70	10	29	39	−5 	14
 	50	10	25	35	−14	14
 	80	16	10	26	−25	18
 	61	11	12	23	−3 	20
 	63	8 	15	23	−21	25
 	61	12	10	22	−25	12
 	70	6 	11	17	−20	19
‡ 	56	4 	11	15	−16	12
 	75	3 	11	14	−22	18
 	63	2 	12	14	−5 	16
 	50	5 	6 	11	−14	18
 	35	7 	2 	9 	−8 	10
‡ 	45	3 	6 	9 	+3 	69
 	44	2 	6 	8 	−1 	16
 	19	0 	8 	8 	+2 	4
 	50	2 	5 	7 	−17	39
 	21	3 	3 	6 	−4 	6
 	39	1 	5 	6 	−10	8
 	34	3 	2 	5 	−2 	114
 	8 	0 	5 	5 	−1 	0
 	9 	0 	4 	4 	−3 	2
 	9 	1 	2 	3 	−2 	0
 	43	1 	2 	3 	−9 	74
 	14	1 	1 	2 	−5 	0
 	36	1 	1 	2 	−13	8
 	9 	0 	2 	2 	−5 	2
 	29	0 	2 	2 	−16	10
† 	6 	1 	0 	1 	−2 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	4
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	7
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	48	46	2672:41	19	17	10	129	2.90	1,450	.911	1	0	0	0
 	25	22	1375:57	10	11	1 	61 	2.66	648 	.906	2	0	2	0
† 	11	10	565:59 	2 	6 	1 	27 	2.86	322 	.916	0	0	0	0
 	7 	3 	268:58 	1 	2 	1 	15 	3.35	151 	.901	0	0	0	0
† 	1 	1 	46:07 	0 	1 	0 	6 	7.81	28 	.786	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.
==Transactions==
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Arizona CoyotesJosef Korenar2nd-round pick in 2022	To San Jose SharksAdin Hill7th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To New Jersey DevilsChristian Jaros 	To San Jose SharksNick Merkley 	
 	To Arizona Coyotes4th-round pick in 2024 	To San Jose SharksLane Pederson 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsDylan Gambrell 	To San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Edmonton OilersFuture considerations 	To San Jose SharksAlex Stalock 	
 	To Minnesota WildJacob Middleton 	To San Jose SharksKaapo Kahkonen5th-round pick in 2022	
 	To New York RangersNick Merkley 	To San Jose SharksAnthony Bitetto 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheAndrew Cogliano 	To San Jose Sharks5th-round pick in 2024 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningAlexei Melnichuk 	To San Jose SharksAntoine Morand 	
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Nick Bonino 	Minnesota Wild 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Andrew Cogliano	Dallas Stars 	1-year	Free agency	
 	James Reimer 	Carolina Hurricanes 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Jaycob Megna 	San Jose Barracuda (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jonah Gadjovich	Vancouver Canucks 	 	Waivers 	
 	Ryan Dzingel 	Arizona Coyotes 	 	Waivers 	
 	Nick Cicek 	San Jose Barracuda (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	
 	Max Veronneau 	Leksands IF (SHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Strauss Mann 	Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Alexander True 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft 	
 	Lean Bergmann 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Lean Bergmann 	Adler Mannheim (DEL) 	2-year 	Free agency 	
 	Martin Jones 	 	 	Buy-out 	
 	Kurtis Gabriel 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Martin Jones 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Greg Pateryn 	Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Maxim Letunov 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Ivan Chekhovich 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Ivan Chekhovich 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)	Unknown	Free agency 	
 	Marcus Sorensen 	Djurgardens IF (SHL) 	4-year 	Free agency 	
 	Vladislav Kotkov	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Ryan Donato 	Seattle Kraken 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Vladislav Kotkov	CSKA Moscow (KHL) 	2-year 	Free agency 	
 	Joel Kellman 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Joel Kellman 	Vaxjo Lakers (SHL) 	2-year 	Free agency 	
 	Evander Kane 	 	 	Contract termination	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Rudolfs Balcers 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Joachim Blichfeld	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Nick Merkley 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Adin Hill 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	William Eklund 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Jasper Weatherby 	2-year	Entry-level 	
 	Noah Gregor 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Brandon Coe 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Tomas Hertl 	8-year	Extension 	
 	Nikolai Knyzhov 	1-year	Extension 	
 	Thomas Bordeleau 	3-year	Entry-level 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It will be held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
1 	7 	William Eklund 	LW 	 	Djurgardens IF (SHL)
3 	812 	Benjamin Gaudreau	G 	 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
4 	103 	Gannon Laroque 	D 	 	Victoria Royals (WHL)
4 	1213	Ethan Cardwell 	C 	 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
5 	135 	Artem Guryev 	D 	 	Lindsay Muskies (OJHL)
5 	1564	Max Mccue 	C 	 	London Knights (OJL)
6 	167 	Liam Gilmartin 	LW 	 	London Knights (OJL)
6 	1772	Theo Jacobsson 	C 	 	Modo Jr. (SWE)
7 	199 	Evgenii Kashnikov	D 	 	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
Notes:
# The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators as the result of a trade on September 13, 2018, that sent Erik Karlsson and Francis Perron to San Jose in exchange for Chris Tierney, Dylan DeMelo, Josh Norris, Rudolfs Balcers, a conditional second-round pick in 2019, a conditional l first-round pick in 2019 or 2020, a conditional first-round pick no later than 2022, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Ottawa will receive a second-round pick in 2021 if Karlsson re-signs with the Sharks for the 2019–20 NHL season and the Sharks do not make the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals – was converted on June 17, 2019, when Karlsson re-signed with San Jose for the 2019–20 NHL season.
# The St. Louis Blues' third and sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent the Sharks' third-round pick to the Blues.
# The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a trade on April 11, 2021, that sent Nick Foligno to Toronto.
# The Colorado Avalanche's fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a trade on April 10, 2021, that sent Devan Dubnyk to Colorado in exchange for Greg Pateryn.
==Awards==
Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded
Tomas Hertl	Third star of the week 	January 10, 2022
Timo Meier 	All-StarThird star of the week	January 13, 2022January 24, 2022
==Notes==
==References==
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