2019–20 San Jose Sharks
Division	8th Pacific
Conference	15th Western
2019–20 record	29–36–5
Home record	17–17–2
Road record	12–19–3
Goals for	182
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Peter DeBoer (Oct. 2 – Dec. 11) Bob Boughner (interim, Dec. 11 – Mar. 12)
Captain	Logan Couture
Alternate captains	Brent Burns Tomas Hertl Erik Karlsson Joe Thornton
Arena	SAP Center
Average attendance	16,427 [1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Jose Barracuda ( AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Evander Kane (26)
Assists	Erik Karlsson (34)
Points	Timo Meier (49)
Penalty minutes	Evander Kane (122)
Plus/minus	Antti Suomela (+4)
Wins	Martin Jones (17)
Goals against average	Martin Jones (3.00)
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The 2019–20 San Jose Sharks season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990. ^[2]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[3] [4]} On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Sharks missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2014–15 season, and only the second time since 2002–03. ^[5]

Regular season

The Sharks lost their season opener 4–1 to the Vegas Golden Knights on October 2. Erik Karlsson missed the game due to the birth of his daughter. ^{[6] [7]}

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament [9]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round [9]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on June 17, 2019. ^[11]

2019 preseason game log: 1–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Anaheim	4–3	San Jose		Korenar	12,981	0–1–0	[12]
2	September 18	San Jose	4–6	Calgary		Bibeau	17,348	0–2–0	[13]
3	September 21	Vegas	3–1	San Jose		Jones	15,052	0–3–0	[14]
4	September 24	San Jose	1–4	Anaheim		Dell	13,566	0–4–0	[15]
5	September 26	Calgary	1–4	San Jose		Jones	12,433	1–4–0	[16]
6	September 29	San Jose	1–5	Vegas		Jones	18,131	1–5–0	[17]

Regular season

The schedule was announced on June 25, 2019. ^[18]

2019–20 game log 29–36–5 (Home: 17–17–2 ; Road: 12–19–3)
October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 San Jose 1–4 Vegas Jones 18,588 0–1–0 0 [19] 2 October 4 Vegas 5–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 0–2–0 0 [20] 3 October 5 San Jose 1–3 Anaheim Dell 15,795 0–3–0 0 [21] 4 October 8 San Jose 2–5 Nashville Jones 17,251 0–4–0 0 [22] 5 October 10 San Jose 5–4 Chicago Dell 21,455 1–4–0 2 [23] 6 October 13 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Jones 16,250 2–4–0 4 [24] 7 October 16 Carolina 2–5 San Jose Jones 15,143 3–4–0 6 [25] 8 October 19 Buffalo 4–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 3–5–0 6 [26] 9 October 22 San Jose 3–4 Buffalo OT Jones 15,876 3–5–1 7 [27] 10 October 24 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Dell 21,052 4–5–1 9 [28] 11 October 25 San Jose 1–4 Toronto Jones 19,102 4–6–1 9 [29] 12 October 27 San Jose 2–5 Ottawa Dell 9,740 4–7–1 9 [30] 13 October 29 San Jose 1–5 Boston Jones 17,193 4–8–1 9 [31]
November: 11–4–0 (Home: 7–4–0 ; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Winnipeg 3–2 San Jose Jones 15,117 4–9–1 9 [32] 15 November 2 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Dell 16,480 4–10–1 9 [33] 16 November 5 Chicago 2–4 San Jose Jones 16,087 5–10–1 11 [34] 17 November 7 Minnesota 5–6 San Jose Jones 15,764 6–10–1 13 [35] 18 November 9 Nashville 1–2 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 7–10–1 15 [36] 19 November 12 Edmonton 3–6 San Jose Jones 15,567 8–10–1 17 [37] 20 November 14 San Jose 5–3 Anaheim Jones 16,007 9–10–1 19 [38] 21 November 16 Detroit 3–4 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 10–10–1 21 [39] 22 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,147 10–11–1 21 [40] 23 November 21 San Jose 2–1 Vegas OT Dell 18,275 11–11–1 23 [41] 24 November 23 NY Islanders 1–2 San Jose OT Jones 16,471 12–11–1 25 [42] 25 November 25 San Jose 4–3 Los Angeles OT Jones 16,927 13–11–1 27 [43] 26 November 27 Winnipeg 5–1 San Jose Dell 16,008 13–12–1 27 [44] 27 November 29 Los Angeles 1–4 San Jose Jones 16,893 14–12–1 29 [45] 28 November 30 San Jose 4–2 Arizona Jones 15,485 15–12–1 31 [46]
December: 2–9–2 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 3 Washington 5–2 San Jose Jones 15,762 15–13–1 31 [47] 30 December 5 San Jose 2–3 Carolina SO Dell 14,275 15–13–2 32 [48] 31 December 7 San Jose 1–7 Tampa Bay Jones 19,092 15–14–2 32 [49] 32 December 8 San Jose 1–5 Florida Jones 11,340 15–15–2 32 [50] 33 December 10 San Jose 1–3 Nashville Jones 17,160 15–16–2 32 [51] 34 December 12 NY Rangers 6–3 San Jose Jones 16,381 15–17–2 32 [52] 35 December 14 Vancouver 2–4 San Jose Dell 16,242 16–17–2 34 [53] 36 December 17 Arizona 3–2 San Jose Dell 16,076 16–18–2 34 [54] 37 December 21 St. Louis 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,065 16–19–2 34 [55] 38 December 22 Vegas 3–1 San Jose Dell 17,015 16–20–2 34 [56] 39 December 27 Los Angeles 3–2 San Jose OT Dell 16,610 16–20–3 35 [57] 40 December 28 Philadelphia 1–6 San Jose Jones 16,819 17–20–3 37 [58] 41 December 31 San Jose 0–2 Detroit Jones 19,515 17–21–3 37 [59]
January: 5–5–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 San Jose 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Dell 18,620 18–21–3 39 [60] 43 January 4 San Jose 3–2 Columbus Dell 18,874 19–21–3 41 [61] 44 January 5 San Jose 4–5 Washington OT Jones 18,573 19–21–4 42 [62] 45 January 7 San Jose 2–3 St. Louis Dell 18,096 19–22–4 42 [63] 46 January 9 Columbus 1–3 San Jose Dell 17,085 20–22–4 44 [64] 47 January 11 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Dell 17,562 21–22–4 46 [65] 48 January 14 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Dell 14,716 21–23–4 46 [66] 49 January 16 San Jose 0–4 Colorado Jones 18,014 21–24–4 46 [67] 50 January 18 San Jose 1–4 Vancouver Dell 18,786 21–25–4 46 [68] 51 January 27 Anaheim 2–4 San Jose Dell 16,571 22–25–4 48 [69] 52 January 29 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Jones 16,024 22–26–4 48 [70]
February: 6–7–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Tampa Bay 3–0 San Jose Dell 17,562 22–27–4 48 [71] 54 February 4 San Jose 3–1 Calgary Dell 18,131 23–27–4 50 [72] 55 February 6 San Jose 6–3 Edmonton Dell 17,175 24–27–4 52 [73] 56 February 10 Calgary 6–2 San Jose Dell 17,101 24–28–4 52 [74] 57 February 14 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg Dell 15,325 25–28–4 54 [75] 58 February 15 San Jose 2–0 Minnesota Jones 18,611 26–28–4 56 [76] 59 February 17 Florida 5–3 San Jose Dell 16,510 26–29–4 56 [77] 60 February 20 San Jose 1–2 New Jersey Jones 13,941 26–30–4 56 [78] 61 February 22 San Jose 2–3 NY Rangers Dell 18,006 26–31–4 56 [79] 62 February 23 San Jose 1–4 NY Islanders Jones 13,917 26–32–4 56 [80] 63 February 25 San Jose 2–4 Philadelphia Dell 18,290 26–33–4 56 [81] 64 February 27 New Jersey 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 16,913 27–33–4 58 [82] 65 February 29 Pittsburgh 0–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 28–33–4 60 [83]
March: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3 Toronto 2–5 San Jose Jones 16,129 29–33–4 62 [84] 67 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 San Jose Jones 14,517 29–34–4 62 [85] 68 March 7 Ottawa 2–1 San Jose OT Dell 16,018 29–34–5 63 [86] 69 March 8 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Jones 14,694 29–35–5 63 [87] 70 March 11 San Jose 2–6 Chicago Dell 21,275 29–36–5 63 [88]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 San Jose St. Louis 72 March 14 San Jose Dallas 73 March 17 San Jose Colorado 74 March 19 Montreal San Jose 75 March 21 Boston San Jose 76 March 23 San Jose Calgary 77 March 25 San Jose Vancouver 78 March 27 San Jose Edmonton 79 March 29 Arizona San Jose 80 March 31 San Jose Los Angeles 81 April 2 Dallas San Jose 82 April 4 Anaheim San Jose
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season ^{[89] [90]}

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Timo Meier	70	22	27	49	−22	42
Evander Kane	64	26	21	47	−12	122
Brent Burns	70	12	33	45	−22	34
Erik Karlsson	56	6	34	40	−15	16
Logan Couture	52	16	23	39	0	18
Tomas Hertl	48	16	20	36	−18	16
Kevin Labanc	70	14	19	33	−33	38
Joe Thornton	70	7	24	31	−19	34
Barclay Goodrow‡	62	8	16	24	−8	80
Patrick Marleau‡	58	10	10	20	−5	12
Marcus Sorensen	66	7	11	18	−12	26
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	70	5	10	15	−10	10
Brenden Dillon‡	59	1	13	14	0	83
Melker Karlsson	61	6	6	12	−7	20
Dylan Gambrell	50	5	6	11	−8	17
Mario Ferraro	61	2	9	11	−15	30
Radim Simek	48	2	7	9	−13	14
Stefan Noesen†	34	6	2	8	−1	32
Joel Kellman	31	3	4	7	−1	4
Antti Suomela	20	1	6	7	4	4
Noah Gregor	28	3	2	5	−5	8
Tim Heed	38	1	4	5	−10	2
Alexander True	12	0	4	4	1	2
Jacob Middleton	10	0	2	2	−2	9
Maxim Letunov	3	1	0	1	0	0
Jonny Brodzinski	3	0	1	1	0	0
Lean Bergmann	12	0	1	1	−6	4
Trevor Carrick	3	0	0	0	0	5
Dalton Prout	2	0	0	0	0	7
Brandon Davidson†	5	0	0	0	−1	0
Danil Yurtaikin	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Nikolai Knyzhov	3	0	0	0	−1	2
Joachim Blichfeld	3	0	0	0	−2	2
Lukas Radil	14	0	0	0	−3	8

Goaltenders

Regular season ^{[89] [91]}

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin Jones	41	40	2,360	17	21	2	118	3.00	1,139	.896	2	0	1	0
Aaron Dell	33	30	1,835	12	15	3	92	3.01	986	.907	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 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Vegas Golden Knights PHI 2nd-round pick in 2019	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 WPG 3rd-round pick in 2019	[92]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To New Jersey Devils WPG 3rd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2019	To San Jose Sharks NSH 2nd-round pick in 2019	[92]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2019	[92]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Vancouver Canucks Francis Perron 7th-round pick in 2019	To San Jose Sharks Tom Pyatt 6th-round pick in 2019	[93]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2019	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2019 7th-round pick in 2020	[92]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Pittsburgh Penguins WSH 7th-round pick in 2019	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2020	[92]
August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06)	To Carolina Hurricanes Kyle Wood	To San Jose Sharks Trevor Carrick	[94]
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)	To Colorado Avalanche Antoine Bibeau	To San Jose Sharks Nicolas Meloche	[95]
February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)	To Washington Capitals Brenden Dillon	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2020 3rd-round pick in 2020 or 2021	[96]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Marleau	To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2021	[97]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Barclay Goodrow 3rd-round pick in 2020	To San Jose Sharks Anthony Greco 1st-round pick in 2020	[98]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Calgary Flames Future considerations	To San Jose Sharks Brandon Davidson	[99]
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2022	To San Jose Sharks Devan Dubnyk 7th-round pick in 2022	[100]
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2021	To San Jose Sharks Ryan Donato	[101]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joonas Donskoi	to Colorado Avalanche	4-year	[102]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Gustav Nyquist	to Columbus Blue Jackets	4-year	[103]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joe Pavelski	to Dallas Stars	3-year	[104]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joakim Ryan	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[105]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Dalton Prout	from Calgary Flames	1-year	[106]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Nikolai Knyzhov	from SKA-Neva ( VHL)	3-year	[107]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jonny Brodzinski	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[108]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Zachary Gallant	from Toledo Walleye ( ECHL)	3-year	[109]
July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)	Tom Pyatt	to Skellefteå AIK ( SHL)	1-year	[110]
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Jon Martin	to Tucson Roadrunners ( AHL)	1-year	[111]
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)	Cody Donaghey	to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)	1-year	[112]
October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01)	Micheal Haley	to New York Rangers	1-year	[113]
October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)	Patrick Marleau	from Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	[114]
October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	Michael Brodzinski	to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)	1-year	[115]
June 9, 2020 (2020-06-09)	Lukas Radil	to Spartak Moscow ( KHL)	1-year	[116]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
December 19, 2019 (2019-12-19)	Stefan Noesen	from Pittsburgh Penguins	[117]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)	Lukas Radil	Waived	[118]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Timo Meier	4-year	[119]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tim Heed	1-year	[120]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Artemi Kniazev	3-year	[121]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Kevin Labanc	1-year	[122]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Dylan Gambrell	2-year	[123]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Antti Suomela	1-year	[124]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Nick DeSimone	2-year	[125]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Maxim Letunov	1-year	[126]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Kyle Wood	1-year	[127]
September 6, 2019 (2019-09-06)	Joe Thornton	1-year	[128]
October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)	Dillon Hamaliuk	1-year	[129]
March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)	Radim Simek	4-year	[130]
May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)	Fredrik Handemark	1-year	[131]
May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)	Alexei Melnichuk	2-year	[132]
August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31)	Joel Kellman	2-year	[133]

Draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	481	Artemi Kniazev	D	Russia	Chicoutimi Saguenéens ( QMJHL)
2	552	Dillon Hamaliuk	LW	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds ( WHL)
4	1083	Yegor Spiridonov	C	Russia	Stalnye Lisy ( MHL)
6	1644	Timur Ibragimov	LW	Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)
6	184	Santeri Hatakka	D	Finland	Jokerit U20 ( Nuorten SM-liiga)

Notes:

1. The Vegas Golden Knights' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Philadelphia's second-round pick in 2019 (41st overall) to Vegas in exchange for Winnipeg's third-round pick in 2019 (82nd overall) and this pick. ^[134]
2. The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Winnipeg's third-round pick in 2019 (82nd overall) and a third-round pick in 2019 (91st overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick. ^[134]
3. The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2020 to Montreal in exchange for this pick. ^[135]
4. The Vancouver Canucks' sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Francis Perron and a seventh-round pick in 2019 (215th overall) to Vancouver in exchange for Tom Pyatt and this pick. ^[134]

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Tomas Hertl	All-Star [136]	January 10, 2020
Martin Jones	Third Star of the Week [137]	December 2, 2019

Hertl replaced Logan Couture, who was unable to participate in the All-Star Game due to an injury. ^[138]

References