2020–21 San Jose Sharks season

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2020–21 San Jose Sharks
Division 7th West
2020–21 record 21–28–7
Home record 11–13–4
Road record 10–15–3
Goals for 151
Goals against 199
Team information
General Manager Doug Wilson
Coach Bob Boughner
Captain Logan Couture
Alternate captains Brent Burns
Tomas Hertl
Erik Karlsson
Patrick Marleau
Arena SAP Center
Average attendance 1,011
Minor league affiliations San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals Evander Kane (22)
Assists Evander Kane (27)
Points Evander Kane (49)
Penalties in minutes Kurtis Gabriel (55)
Plus/minus Kurtis Gabriel
Tomas Hertl (+1)
Wins Martin Jones (15)
Goals against average Josef Korenar (3.17)
<2019–20 2021–22>

The 2020–21 San Jose Sharks season was the 30th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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,[4] but ended up being postponed due to a COVID outbreak among the Golden Knights.[5] On January 25, Santa Clara County health officials announced that they were lifting the ban,[6] and the Sharks returned to SAP Center on February 13.[7]

On May 3, the Sharks were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–4 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche.[8]

Draft picks

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See also: List of San Jose Sharks 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[9] RW  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 381 Thomas Bordeleau C  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 56 Tristen Robins RW  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4 762 Danil Gushchin LW  Russia Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
4 98 Brandon Coe RW  Canada North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7 196 Alex Young C  Canada Colgate (ECAC)
7 201 Adam Raska RW  Czech Republic Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
7 206 Linus Oberg C  Sweden Örebro HK (SHL)
7 210 Timofey Spitserov RW  Russia Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

Notes:

  1. The Buffalo Sabres traded their 38th and 100th selection in this years' draft for the 34th pick from the Sharks.
  2. The Sharks traded their 100th and 126th selection in this years' draft for the 76th pick to the Edmonton Oilers.

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division
Pos Team
GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche 56 39 13 4 35 197 133 +64 82
2 x – Vegas Golden Knights 56 40 14 2 30 191 124 +67 82
3 x – Minnesota Wild 56 35 16 5 27 181 160 +21 75
4 x – St. Louis Blues 56 27 20 9 19 169 170 −1 63
5 e – Arizona Coyotes 56 24 26 6 19 153 176 −23 54
6 e – Los Angeles Kings 56 21 28 7 19 143 170 −27 49
7 e – San Jose Sharks 56 21 28 7 15 151 199 −48 49
8 e – Anaheim Ducks 56 17 30 9 11 126 179 −53 43
Source: National Hockey League[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 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 (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The schedule was announced on December 23, 2020.[11]

2020–21 game log 21–28–7 (Home: 11–13–4; Road: 10–15–3)

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)       Postponement

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[74][75]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Evander Kane 56 22 27 49 −1 42
Tomas Hertl 50 19 24 43 +1 27
Logan Couture 53 17 14 31 −10 25
Timo Meier 54 12 19 31 −7 22
Brent Burns 56 7 22 29 −12 36
Kevin Labanc 55 12 16 28 −9 31
Erik Karlsson 52 8 14 22 −18 18
Ryan Donato 50 6 14 20 −10 10
Rudolfs Balcers 41 8 9 17 −6 16
Mario Ferraro 56 1 16 17 −6 22
John Leonard 44 3 10 13 −7 2
Dylan Gambrell 49 5 7 12 −18 13
Nikolai Knyzhov 56 2 8 10 −10 39
Patrick Marleau 56 4 5 9 −9 10
Matt Nieto 28 5 2 7 −5 4
Alexander Barabanov† 9 3 4 7 0 2
Noah Gregor 30 5 1 6 −16 6
Radim Simek 40 2 4 6 −9 15
Marc-Edouard Vlasic 51 1 5 6 −7 8
Marcus Sorensen 29 1 4 5 −5 16
Joel Kellman 7 1 1 2 −1 6
Sasha Chmelevski 5 0 2 2 −2 2
Joachim Blichfeld 5 1 0 1 −2 12
Fredrik Handemark 8 1 0 1 −3 2
Nicolas Meloche 7 0 1 1 +1 0
Greg Pateryn† 2 0 1 1 +1 2
Alexander True 7 0 1 1 +1 6
Ivan Chekhovich 4 0 1 1 −3 0
Christian Jaros 7 0 1 1 −4 2
Fredrik Claesson‡ 4 0 0 0 +1 0
Kurtis Gabriel 11 0 0 0 +1 55
Antti Suomela‡ 4 0 0 0 0 0
Stefan Noesen‡ 5 0 0 0 0 2
Brinson Pasichnuk 4 0 0 0 −1 2
Lean Bergmann 1 0 0 0 −1 4
Jacob Middleton 1 0 0 0 −2 2
Jeffrey Viel 11 0 0 0 −7 23

Goaltenders

Regular season[74][76]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Martin Jones 34 34 1,868 15 13 4 102 3.28 980 .896 1 0 0 0
Josef Korenar 10 7 492 3 5 0 26 3.17 258 .899 0 0 0 0
Devan Dubnyk 17 13 888 3 9 2 47 3.18 462 .898 1 0 0 2
Alexei Melnichuk 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 Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Buffalo Sabres
2nd-round pick in 2020		 To San Jose Sharks
2nd-round pick in 2020
4th-round pick in 2020		 [77]
To Edmonton Oilers
4th-round pick in 2020
5th-round pick in 2020		 To San Jose Sharks
3rd-round pick in 2020		 [78]
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-round pick in 2021		 To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2020		 [79]
To New York Rangers
5th-round pick in 2020		 To San Jose Sharks
Two 7th-round picks in 2020		 [80]
January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27) To Anaheim Ducks
Trevor Carrick		 To San Jose Sharks
Jack Kopacka		 [81]
To Ottawa Senators
Jack Kopacka		 To San Jose Sharks
Christian Jaros
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10) To Colorado Avalanche
Devan Dubnyk		 To San Jose Sharks
Greg Pateryn
5th-round pick in 2021		 [82]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Cash considerations		 To San Jose Sharks
Nick Foligno		 [83]
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Stefan Noesen
Nick Foligno		 To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2021
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Fredrik Claesson		 To San Jose Sharks
Magnus Chrona		 [84]
To Chicago Blackhawks
Cash considerations		 To San Jose Sharks
Mattias Janmark		 [85]
To Vegas Golden Knights
Mattias Janmark
Nick DeSimone		 To San Jose Sharks
BUF 5th-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Antti Suomela		 To San Jose Sharks
Alexander Barabanov		 [86]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Anthony Greco to New York Rangers 2-year [87]
Brandon Davidson to Buffalo Sabres 1-year [88]
Jonny Brodzinski to New York Rangers 1-year [89]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Patrick Marleau from Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year [90]
Matt Nieto from Colorado Avalanche 1-year [91]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Aaron Dell to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [92]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Joe Thornton to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [93]
November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02) Kurtis Gabriel from Minnesota Wild 1-year [94]
January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01) Tristen Robins from Saskatoon Blades 1-year [95]
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) Fredrik Claesson from New Jersey Devils 1-year [96]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12) Rudolfs Balcers from Ottawa Senators [97]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) Jayden Halbgewachs 2-year [98]
Nicolas Meloche 1-year [99]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) Antti Suomela 1-year [100]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Stefan Noesen 1-year [101]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Kevin Labanc 4-year [102]
April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) Scott Reedy 2-year [103]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) Zach Sawchenko 2-year [104]
May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12) Alexander Barabanov 1-year [105]
Santeri Hatakka 3-year [106]
Adam Raska 3-year [107]
May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21) Daniil Gushchin 3-year [108]
June 14, 2021 (2021-06-14) Jeffrey Viel 2-year [109]
Jonathan Dahlen 1-year [110]
Nicolas Meloche 1-year [111]
June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21) Matt Nieto 2-year [112]
July 13, 2021 (2021-07-13) Josef Korenar 1-year [113]
July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15) Dylan Gambrell 1-year [114]

Contract terminations

Date Player Via Ref
December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) Danil Yurtaikin Waived [115]

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Logan Couture West Star of the Month[116] March 2, 2021
Martin Jones Second Star of the Week[117] April 5, 2021

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The game originally scheduled for February 1 was postponed due to several players from Vegas in the COVID-19 protocol.[5][20]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The game originally scheduled for February 3 was postponed due to several players from Vegas in the COVID-19 protocol.[5][20]
  3. ↑ The game originally scheduled for April 23 was moved forward due to COVID-related issues by the Wild.[29]
  4. ↑ The game originally scheduled for February 3 and rescheduled to February 25, was postponed due to a player from San Jose in the COVID-19 protocol.[31]
  5. ↑ The game, originally scheduled for February 26, was postponed due to schedule adjustments.[20]
  6. ↑ The game, originally scheduled for February 13, was postponed due to schedule adjustments.[20]
  7. ↑ The game, originally scheduled for February 25, was postponed due to a San Jose player in the COVID-19 protocol.[20]
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The game, originally scheduled for February 25 and rescheduled to April 23, was then rescheduled to May 10 and later moved to May 12.[61][62][63]

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