2015–16 San Jose Sharks season

The 2015–16 San Jose Sharks season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. The team began its regular season on October 7, 2015 against the Los Angeles Kings. The Sharks reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history, ultimately losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 6 games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule==
===Pre-season===
Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)	Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 21 	San Jose 	0–1 	Vancouver 	OT 	Dell 	2,800 (approx.) 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 22 	San Jose 	4–0 	Vancouver 	 	Jones 	–– 	1–0–1 	Recap
3 	September 25 	Arizona 	1–4 	San Jose 	 	Stalock 	14,048 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 26 	Anaheim 	2–1 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	14,722 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 29 	Vancouver 	1–2 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	14,165 	3–1–1 	Recap
6 	October 2 	San Jose 	3–0 	Arizona 	 	Jones 	9,530 	4–1–1 	Recap
7 	October 3 	San Jose 	1–5 	Anaheim 	 	Stalock 	17,174 	4–2–1 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).	
Notes:
Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).
===Regular season===
Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)	Game Log 46–30–6 (Home: 18–20–3 ; Road: 28–10–3)
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October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) 	October: 5–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 7 	San Jose 	5–1 	Los Angeles 	 	Jones 	18,230 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Anaheim 	0–2 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 13 	San Jose 	5–0 	Washington 	 	Jones 	18,506 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 16 	San Jose 	2–1 	New Jersey 	SO 	Jones 	12,464 	4–0–0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 17 	San Jose 	3–6 	NY Islanders 	 	Stalock 	11,577 	4–1–0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 19 	San Jose 	0–4 	NY Rangers 	 	Jones 	18,006 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 22 	Los Angeles 	4–1 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	16,797 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 24 	Carolina 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	15,814 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 28 	Nashville 	2–1 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	15,219 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 31 	San Jose 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Stalock 	18,178 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's third seed and faced the second seed of the same division, the Los Angeles Kings, winning 4–1. In the second round they faced the Nashville Predators and advanced in seven games. In the Conference Finals, the Sharks met the St. Louis Blues, winning the series 4–2 and advancing to their first Stanley Cup final in history, where they lost in six games against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (P2) Los Angeles Kings: San Jose won 4–1	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 14 	San Jose 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	 	Jones 	18,230 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 16 	San Jose 	2–1 	Los Angeles 	 	Jones 	18,230 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 18 	Los Angeles 	2–1 	San Jose 	OT 	Jones 	17,562 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	April 20 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	San Jose 	 	Jones 	17,562 	3–1 	Recap 	
5 	April 22 	San Jose 	6–3 	Los Angeles 	 	Jones 	18,543 	4–1 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	19	63	82	+25	54
 	82	38	40	78	+25	30
 	82	27	48	75	−5 	53
 	82	25	23	48	−22	10
 	81	21	25	46	+16	26
 	79	21	22	43	−15	28
 	67	8 	31	39	+15	48
 	52	15	21	36	+2 	20
 	76	11	25	36	+4 	20
 	80	4 	19	23	+11	36
 	79	7 	13	20	−16	20
 	78	3 	17	20	+13	22
 	65	10	9 	19	+5 	16
 	68	7 	11	18	−10	63
 	67	8 	9 	17	−8 	10
 	76	2 	9 	11	+8 	61
 	50	3 	4 	7 	+4 	20
† 	23	2 	4 	6 	+5 	6
 	45	2 	2 	4 	0 	14
 	29	1 	3 	4 	+1 	0
‡ 	44	1 	2 	3 	−3 	63
 	14	0 	3 	3 	+1 	16
† 	24	0 	3 	3 	−2 	16
 	9 	1 	1 	2 	+1 	0
 	16	1 	0 	1 	−2 	48
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−4 	7
‡ 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	24	10	20	30	+5 	8
 	24	7 	17	24	+11	12
 	24	14	9 	23	+1 	4
 	24	3 	18	21	+2 	10
 	24	7 	6 	13	+2 	16
 	24	5 	8 	13	+4 	8
 	24	6 	6 	12	0 	4
 	24	1 	11	12	+14	12
 	20	6 	5 	11	+8 	4
 	24	5 	4 	9 	+8 	6
 	24	5 	3 	8 	+3 	10
 	24	2 	5 	7 	+7 	6
 	24	0 	5 	5 	+8 	6
 	16	1 	2 	3 	+2 	8
 	22	2 	0 	2 	+4 	21
 	14	1 	1 	2 	+1 	6
 	24	0 	2 	2 	−5 	11
 	24	0 	1 	1 	+1 	6
 	24	0 	0 	0 	−5 	15
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	65	3785:52	37	23	4	143	2.27	1734	.918	6	0	0	0
 	8 	8 	481:26 	6 	2 	0	13 	1.62	208 	.938	3	0	0	0
‡ 	13	9 	674:08 	3 	5 	2	33 	2.94	285 	.884	0	0	1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	24	24	1473:18	14	6	4	53	2.16	684	.923	3	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	29:05 	0 	0	0	1 	2.06	7 	.857	0	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 May 9, 2016.
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==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	November 23, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	October 7, 2015
 	700th career NHL game 	October 13, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	October 16, 2015
N. Goldobin	1st career NHL goal1st Career NHL point 	October 17, 2015
 	100th Career NHL goal 	October 24, 2015
 	100th Career NHL point 	October 31, 2015
 	300th career NHL game 	November 5, 2015
N. Goldobin	1st career NHL assist 	November 5, 2015
 	1,300th career NHL game 	November 10, 2015
 	500th career NHL point 	November 14, 2015
 	10th career NHL shutout 	November 19, 2015
 	1,000th career NHL point 	November 21, 2015
===Suspensions and fines===
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Raffi Torres	Illegal check to the head of Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg	41 games	$440,860.29	October 5, 2015
==Transactions==
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Dallas StarsAntti Niemi (rights) 	To San Jose Sharks7th-round pick in 2015 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksTBL's 7th-round pick in 2015 	To San Jose SharksPatrick McNally 	
 	To Colorado Avalanche2nd-round pick in 2015 COL's 2nd-round pick in 2016 6th-round pick in 2017	To San Jose SharksBUF's 2nd-round pick in 2015 	
 	To St. Louis Blues Konrad Abeltshauser 	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly1st-round pick in 2016 	To San Jose Sharks Martin Jones 	
 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Raffi Torres2nd-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2018 	To San Jose Sharks Roman PolakNick Spaling 	
 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex StalockBen Smithconditional 4th-round pick in 2018 	To San Jose Sharks James ReimerJeremy Morin 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy 	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Arizona Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2016DET's 3rd-round pick in 2017 	To San Jose Sharks Maxim Letunov6th-round pick in 2017	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Paul Martin 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4 years, $19.4 million 	
 	Mark Cundari 	Adirondack Flames 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Joel Ward 	Washington Capitals 	3 years, $9.825 million 	
 	Frazer McLaren	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Dainius Zubrus	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jon Martin 	Swift Current Broncos	entry-level contract 	
 	Mantas Armalis	Djurgarden 	entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Taylor Fedun	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Matt Irwin 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	John Scott 	Arizona Coyotes 	1 year, $575,000 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Mike BrownCanadiens Claim Mike Brown On Waivers	Montreal Canadiens	February 29, 2016
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Melker Karlsson 	2 years, $3.25 million 	
 	Jeremy Langlois 	1 year, $610,000 	
 	Petter Emanuelsson	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Karl Stollery 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Troy Grosenick 	2 years, $1.2 million 	
 	Brenden Dillon 	5 years, $16.35 million 	
 	John McCarthy 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Micheal Haley 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Bryan Lerg 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Patrick McNally 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Timo Meier 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Jeremy Roy 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Adam Helewka 	entry-level contract 	
 	Kevin Labanc 	entry-level contract 	
 	Alex Schoenborn 	entry-level contract 	
 	Danny O'Regan 	entry-level contract 	
 	Michael Brodzinski	entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	9 	Timo Meier 	RW 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 	31 	Jeremy Roy 	D 	 	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
3 	86 	Mike Robinson 	G 	 	Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA)
4 	106	Adam Helewka 	LW 	 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5 	130	Karlis Cukste 	D 	 	HK Riga (MHL)
5 	142	Rudolfs Balcers	LW 	 	Stavanger Oilers (GET-ligaen)
6 	160	Adam Parsells 	D 	 	Wausau West High School (USHS–WI)
7 	190	Marcus Vela 	C 	 	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)
7 	193	John Kupsky 	G 	 	Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)
;Draft notes
* The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick (from Colorado) went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015, a second-round pick in 2016 and a sixth-round pick in 2017 to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
* The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that a second-round pick in 2015 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016, a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on July 2, 2014 that sent Tye McGinn to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
* The St. Louis Blues' third-round pick (from Edmonton) went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of compensation for Head Coach Todd McLellan.
* The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent Detroit's second-round pick in 2014 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
* The Calgary Flames' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on July 2, 2013 that sent TJ Galiardi to Calgary in exchange for this pick.
* The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 5, 2014 that sent Dan Boyle to New York in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – San Jose will receive a fifth-round pick in 2015 if Boyle is not re-signed by the Islanders for the 2014–15 NHL season – was converted on July 1, 2014.
* The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent the rights to Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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Category:Western Conference (NHL) championship seasons
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