2014–15 San Jose Sharks season

The 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Sharks did not qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, thus ending their ten-season playoff streak.
==Off-season==
On May 15, 2014, following a first round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings, General Manager Doug Wilson made known his intentions to build a "younger, more aggressive team", announcing that the team would retain Head Coach Todd McLellan, but will move 33-year-old winger Martin Havlat, who still had one year on remaining his contract, and would not re-sign 37-year-old impending unrestricted free agent defenceman Dan Boyle. The Sharks also acquired John Scott and Tye McGinn.
==Regular season==
The Sharks did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002–03, ending the second-longest active NHL playoff appearance streak at ten seasons.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was announced on June 19.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 23 	Vancouver 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Grosenick 	6,810 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 23 	San Jose 	2–4 	Vancouver 	 	Stalock 	13,650 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 26 	Arizona 	2–1 	San Jose 	SO 	Niemi 	15,452 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 27 	Anaheim 	1–3 	San Jose 	 	Stalock 	16,248 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 30 	Los Angeles 	4–1 	San Jose 	 	Niemi 	16,251 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	October 3 	San Jose 	3–1 	Arizona 	 	Stalock 	7,873 	3–2–1 	Recap
7 	October 4 	San Jose 	1–2 	Anaheim 	OT 	Niemi 	13,682 	3–2–2 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
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Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.	
Notes:
Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was announced on June 22.
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October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2) 	October: 6–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–2)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	San Jose 	4–0 	Los Angeles 	 	Niemi 	18,514 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 11 	Winnipeg 	0–3 	San Jose 	 	Stalock 	17,562 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 14 	San Jose 	6–5 	Washington 	SO 	Niemi 	18,506 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 16 	San Jose 	3–4 	NY Islanders 	SO 	Stalock 	11,248 	3–0–1 	7 	Recap
5 	October 18 	San Jose 	4–2 	New Jersey 	 	Niemi 	16,592 	4–0–1 	9 	Recap
6 	October 19 	San Jose 	0–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Stalock 	18,006 	4–1–1 	9 	Recap
7 	October 21 	San Jose 	3–5 	Boston 	 	Niemi 	17,565 	4–2–1 	9 	Recap
8 	October 23 	Columbus 	5–4 	San Jose 	 	Niemi 	17,562 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 25 	Buffalo 	2–1 	San Jose 	 	Stalock 	17,370 	4–4–1 	9 	Recap
10 	October 26 	San Jose 	4–1 	Anaheim 	 	Niemi 	16,954 	5–4–1 	11 	Recap
11 	October 28 	San Jose 	3–2 	Colorado 	SO 	Niemi 	14,552 	6–4–1 	13 	Recap
12 	October 30 	San Jose 	3–4 	Minnesota 	SO 	Niemi 	18,633 	6–4–2 	14 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Final statistics.
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	37	33	70	+12	29
 	82	27	40	67	−6 	12
 	78	16	49	65	−4 	30
 	82	17	43	60	−9 	65
 	82	19	38	57	−17	12
 	75	15	21	36	−7 	40
 	82	13	18	31	−5 	16
 	72	10	17	27	−12	20
 	53	13	11	24	−3 	20
 	70	9 	14	23	+12	23
 	70	1 	22	23	+8 	48
 	43	6 	15	21	+3 	6
 	53	8 	11	19	+3 	18
‡ 	57	5 	11	16	−3 	28
 	60	4 	8 	12	−1 	35
† 	60	2 	7 	9 	−11	54
‡ 	25	4 	5 	9 	+1 	8
‡ 	56	5 	3 	8 	−2 	50
 	27	2 	6 	8 	0 	16
 	58	2 	5 	7 	0 	26
 	19	2 	3 	5 	+3 	0
‡ 	33	1 	4 	5 	+1 	11
 	38	3 	1 	4 	0 	87
 	39	1 	3 	4 	−8 	10
 	7 	0 	4 	4 	0 	4
 	20	1 	2 	3 	−6 	33
‡ 	20	0 	3 	3 	−6 	8
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	0
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	0
 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	22
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	11
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	4
‡ 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	61	61	3587:54	31	23	7	155	2.59	1811	.914	5	0	3	0
 	22	19	1236:30	8 	9 	2	54 	2.62	553 	.902	2	0	0	2
 	2 	2 	118:22 	1 	1 	0	3 	1.53	58 	.948	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
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Notable occurrences==
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	October 8, 2014
 	1st career NHL game 	October 8, 2014
 	1,000th career NHL game 	October 14, 2014
 	300th career NHL game 	October 14, 2014
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 16, 2014
 	1,200th career NHL point 	October 21, 2014
 	500th career NHL assist 	October 23, 2014
 	100th career NHL goal 	October 26, 2014
 	300th career NHL point 	October 28, 2014
 	1st career NHL goal 	October 30, 2014
 	1st career NHL game 	October 30, 2014
 	200th career NHL assist 	October 30, 2014
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL win1st career NHL shutout 	November 16, 2014
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	November 16, 2014
 	300th career NHL game 	November 20, 2014
 	200th career NHL goal 	November 22, 2014
 	1st career NHL goal 	December 9, 2014
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	December 9, 2014
 	300th career NHL game 	December 18, 2014
 	1st career NHL goal 	December 22, 2014
 	600th career NHL game 	January 3, 2015
 	200th career NHL game 	January 10, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	January 13, 2015
 	1,300th career NHL game 	February 5, 2015
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	February 5, 2015
 	1st career NHL goal 	February 5, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	February 28, 2015
 	700th career NHL game 	March 9, 2015
 	900th career NHL assist 	April 6, 2015
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	April 9, 2015
===Awards===
Recipient 	Award(s)
Brent Burns	All-Star Game participant
===Suspensions and fines===
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
John Scott 	Leaving the bench to start an altercation with Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman	2 games	$17,073.18	October 27, 2014
John Scott 	Punching an unsuspecting Anaheim Ducks forward Tim Jackman 	4 games	$34,146.36	December 24, 2014
Logan Couture	Slew-footing Detroit Red Wings defensman Brendan Smith 	— 	$5,000.00 	February 27, 2015
==Transactions==
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 27, 2014 	To Chicago Blackhawks1st-round pick in 2014NYR's 6th-round pick in 2014	To San Jose Sharks1st-round pick in 2014FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014 	To Nashville Predators2nd-round pick in 20144th-round pick in 2015 	To San Jose SharksDET's 2nd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014 	To Nashville PredatorsFLA's 3rd-round pick in 2014 	To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 20144th-round pick in 2014
July 1, 2014 	To Colorado AvalancheBrad Stuart 	To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 20166th-round pick in 2017
July 2, 2014 	To Philadelphia Flyers3rd-round pick in 2015 	To San Jose SharksTye McGinn
November 21, 2014	To Dallas StarsJason Demers3rd-round pick in 2016 	To San Jose SharksBrenden Dillon
February 9, 2015 	To Tampa Bay LightningFuture considerations 	To San Jose SharksEvgeni Nabokov
March 1, 2015 	To New York RangersJames Sheppard 	To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015 	To Colorado AvalancheFreddie Hamilton 	To San Jose SharksKarl Stollery
March 2, 2015 	To Chicago BlackhawksAndrew Desjardins 	To San Jose SharksBen SmithConditional 7th-round pick in 2017
March 2, 2015 	To New York IslandersTyler Kennedy 	To San Jose SharksConditional 3rd-round pick in 2016
===Free agents acquired===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	John Scott 	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, $750,000 	
July 1, 2014 	Taylor Fedun 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 10, 2014 	Bryan Lerg 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year, $575,000 	
July 10, 2014 	Micheal Haley	New York Rangers 	1 year, $600,000 	
March 26, 2015	Joel Rumpel 	University of Wisconsin–Madison	1 year, entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Dan Boyle 	New York Rangers 	2 years, $9 million 	
July 1, 2014	Martin Havlat	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $1.5 million 	
July 8, 2014	John McCarthy	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $600,000 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Tye McGinnCoyotes Claim McGinn & Cunningham off Waivers	Arizona Coyotes	March 2, 2015
===Players released===
Date 	Player 	Via 	Ref
June 27, 2014	Martin Havlat	Compliance buyout	
===Lost via retirement===
Date 	Player 	Ref
February 11, 2015	Evgeni Nabokov	Evgeni Nabokov Announces his Retirement (NHL.com)
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
June 27, 2014 	Travis Oleksuk 	1 year, 550,000 	
July 8, 2014 	Tommy Wingels 	3 years, $7.425 million 	
July 8, 2014 	James Sheppard 	1 year, $1.3 million 	
July 10, 2014 	Scott Hannan 	1 year, $1 million 	
July 10, 2014 	Matt Tennyson 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
July 16, 2014 	Taylor Doherty 	1 year, $675,000 	
July 16, 2014 	Jason Demers 	2 years, $6.8 million 	
September 17, 2014	Justin Braun 	5 years, $19 million contract extension 	
September 26, 2014	Julius Bergman 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
September 26, 2014	Nikolay Goldobin	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract	
December 31, 2014 	Rourke Chartier 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
March 26, 2015 	Joakim Ryan 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	27 	Nikolay Goldobin	Left Wing 	 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 	46 	Julius Bergman 	Left Wing 	 	Frölunda HC U20 (J20 SuperElit)
2 	53 	Noah Rod 	Right Wing	 	Geneve-Servette HC U20 (CH-U20)
3 	72 	Alex Schoenborn 	Right Wing	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3 	81 	Dylan Sadowy 	Left Wing 	 	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4 	102	Alexis Vanier 	Defence 	 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5 	149	Rourke Chartier 	Centre 	 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6 	171	Kevin Labanc 	Right Wing	 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
;Draft notes
*The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and the Rangers sixth-round pick in 2014 (179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (20th overall) and this pick.
*The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 25, 2013, that sent Douglas Murray to the Penguins in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#58–Tyler Bertuzzi) and this conditional pick.
**Condition – Second-round pick if Penguins advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Murray re-signs with Penguins for 2013–14 season, else third-round pick. Converted to third-round pick when Penguins were eliminated in second-round of 2013 playoffs and Murray signed with the Montreal Canadiens on August 22, 2013.
*The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on October 21, 2013, that sent Mike Brown to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.
*The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013, that sent Ryan Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick (#49–Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau), a 2013 third-round pick (#62–Yan-Pavel Laplante) and this conditional pick.
**Condition – Second round if Rangers advance to third round of 2013 playoffs or if Clowe re-signs with Rangers after 2013 season, else fifth round. Converted on July 5, 2013.
*The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2013, and a fifth-round pick in 2013 to the Sharks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
*The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 10, 2012, that sent Brad Stuart to the Sharks in exchange for Andrew Murray, and this conditional pick.
**Condition – If Stuart re-signs with Sharks. Converted on June 18, 2012.
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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