2020–21 San Jose Sharks season

The 2020–21 San Jose Sharks season was the 30th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.
On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Sharks will play this season in the West Division and will play games against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Due to Santa Clara County banning all contact sports in response to a local rise of COVID-19 cases, the Sharks began the season on an extended road trip. Their first two home games on February 1 and 3 against the Vegas Golden Knights were to have been held at Gila River Arena, the home of division rival Arizona Coyotes, but ended up being postponed due to a COVID outbreak among the Golden Knights. On January 25, Santa Clara County health officials announced that they were lifting the ban, and the Sharks returned to SAP Center on February 13.
On May 3, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–4 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
==Draft picks==
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26 and 27, 2020, at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, to October 6 and 7, 2020. It was instead held virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
1 	31 	Ozzy Wiesblatt 	RW 	 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 	381	Thomas Bordeleau 	C 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 	56 	Tristen Robins 	RW 	 	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4 	762	Danil Gushchin 	LW 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
4 	98 	Brandon Coe 	RW 	 	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 	196	Alex Young 	C 	 	Colgate (ECAC)
7 	201	Adam Raska 	RW 	 	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
7 	206	Linus Oberg 	C 	 	Örebro HK (SHL)
7 	210	Timofey Spitserov	RW 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
Notes:
# The Buffalo Sabres traded their 38th and 100th selection in this years' draft for the 34th pick from the Sharks.
# The Sharks traded their 100th and 126th selection in this years' draft for the 76th pick to the Edmonton Oilers.
==Current roster==
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The schedule was announced on December 23, 2020.
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January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0) 	January: 3–5–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 3–5–0)
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	OT 	Decision 	Arena 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	@ Arizona 	4–3 	SO 	Jones 	Gila River Arena 	2,274 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	January 16 	@ Arizona 	3–5 	 	Jones 	Gila River Arena 	2,384 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	January 18 	@ St. Louis 	4–5 	 	Dubnyk 	Enterprise Center 	0 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	January 20 	@ St. Louis 	2–1 	SO 	Jones 	Enterprise Center 	0 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	January 22 	@ Minnesota 	1–4 	 	Dubnyk 	Xcel Energy Center 	0 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	January 24 	@ Minnesota 	5–3 	 	Jones 	Xcel Energy Center 	0 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	January 26 	@ Colorado 	3–7 	 	Jones 	Ball Arena 	0 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap
8 	January 28 	@ Colorado 	0–3 	 	Dubnyk 	Ball Arena 	0 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	56	22	27	49	−1 	42
 	50	19	24	43	+1 	27
 	53	17	14	31	−10	25
 	54	12	19	31	−7 	22
 	56	7 	22	29	−12	36
 	55	12	16	28	−9 	31
 	52	8 	14	22	−18	18
 	50	6 	14	20	−10	10
 	41	8 	9 	17	−6 	16
 	56	1 	16	17	−6 	22
 	44	3 	10	13	−7 	2
 	49	5 	7 	12	−18	13
 	56	2 	8 	10	−10	39
 	56	4 	5 	9 	−9 	10
 	28	5 	2 	7 	−5 	4
† 	9 	3 	4 	7 	0 	2
 	30	5 	1 	6 	−16	6
 	40	2 	4 	6 	−9 	15
 	51	1 	5 	6 	−7 	8
 	29	1 	4 	5 	−5 	16
 	7 	1 	1 	2 	−1 	6
 	5 	0 	2 	2 	−2 	2
 	5 	1 	0 	1 	−2 	12
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	−3 	2
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	0
† 	2 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	2
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	6
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	−3 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−4 	2
‡ 	4 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	+1 	55
‡ 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
‡ 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−7 	23
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	34	34	1,868	15	13	4	102	3.28	980	.896	1	0	0	0
 	10	7 	492 	3 	5 	0	26 	3.17	258	.899	0	0	0	0
 	17	13	888 	3 	9 	2	47 	3.18	462	.898	1	0	0	2
 	3 	2 	131 	0 	1 	1	11 	5.05	81 	.864	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 2020–21 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Buffalo Sabres2nd-round pick in 2020 	To San Jose Sharks2nd-round pick in 20204th-round pick in 2020	
 	To Edmonton Oilers4th-round pick in 20205th-round pick in 2020	To San Jose Sharks3rd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Montreal Canadiens3rd-round pick in 2021 	To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To New York Rangers5th-round pick in 2020 	To San Jose SharksTwo 7th-round picks in 2020 	
 	To Anaheim DucksTrevor Carrick 	To San Jose SharksJack Kopacka 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsJack Kopacka 	To San Jose SharksChristian Jaros 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheDevan Dubnyk 	To San Jose SharksGreg Pateryn5th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsCash considerations 	To San Jose SharksNick Foligno 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsStefan NoesenNick Foligno 	To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2021 	
 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Fredrik Claesson 	To San Jose SharksMagnus Chrona 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksCash considerations 	To San Jose SharksMattias Janmark 	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsMattias JanmarkNick DeSimone 	To San Jose SharksBUF 5th-round pick in 2022 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAntti Suomela 	To San Jose SharksAlexander Barabanov 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Anthony Greco 	to New York Rangers 	2-year 	
 	Brandon Davidson	to Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Jonny Brodzinski	to New York Rangers 	1-year 	
 	Patrick Marleau 	from Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year 	
 	Matt Nieto 	from Colorado Avalanche 	1-year 	
 	Aaron Dell 	to Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Joe Thornton 	to Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Kurtis Gabriel 	from Minnesota Wild 	1-year 	
 	Tristen Robins 	from Saskatoon Blades 	1-year 	
 	Fredrik Claesson	from New Jersey Devils 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Rudolfs Balcers	from Ottawa Senators	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Jayden Halbgewachs 	2-year 	
 	Nicolas Meloche 	1-year 	
 	Antti Suomela 	1-year 	
 	Stefan Noesen 	1-year 	
 	Kevin Labanc 	4-year 	
 	Scott Reedy 	2-year 	
 	Zach Sawchenko 	2-year 	
 	Alexander Barabanov	1-year 	
 	Santeri Hatakka 	3-year 	
 	Adam Raska 	3-year 	
 	Daniil Gushchin 	3-year 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Danil Yurtaikin	Waived	
==Awards==
Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded
Logan Couture	West Star of the Month 	March 2, 2021
Martin Jones 	Second Star of the Week	April 5, 2021
==Notes==
==References==
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