2008–09 San Jose Sharks season

The 2008–09 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2008–09 San Jose Sharks
Presidents' Trophy winners
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st Western
2008–09 record	53–18–11
Home record	32–5–4
Road record	21–13–7
Goals for	257
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Patrick Marleau
Alternate captains	Mike Grier Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	17,488 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Marleau (38)
Assists	Joe Thornton (61)
Points	Joe Thornton (86)
Penalty minutes	Jody Shelley (116)
Plus/minus	Devin Setoguchi Patrick Marleau Joe Thornton (+16)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (41)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (2.18)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Season events

See also: 2008–09 NHL season

Pre-season

On June 12, the San Jose Sharks named Todd McLellan their new head coach.^[1]

The Sharks traded for defensemen Dan Boyle and Brad Lukowich from the Tampa Bay Lightning and signed Rob Blake.

Former Shark Jeff Friesen tried out for a spot on the team, but the team released him before the season opener.

Kyle McLaren was placed on waivers, just before the regular season began. He was not claimed by any NHL team and was thus sent down to the Sharks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, to receive more playing time and so that the Sharks could play under the salary cap.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	Anaheim Ducks	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
3	Dallas Stars	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	34	37	11	207	234	79

^[2]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
8.5
9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Schedule and results

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log
October: 9–2–0 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Anaheim 1 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 1–0–0 2 2 October 11 Los Angeles 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 2–0–0 4 3 October 12 San Jose 1 – 0 Los Angeles Boucher 18,118 3–0–0 6 4 October 14 Columbus 2 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 4–0–0 8 5 October 17 San Jose 0 – 4 Anaheim Nabokov 17,174 4–1–0 8 6 October 18 Philadelphia 4 – 5 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 5–1–0 10 7 October 22 San Jose 7 – 6 Philadelphia SO Nabokov 19,072 6–1–0 12 8 October 24 San Jose 3 – 4 Florida Nabokov 15,232 6–2–0 12 9 October 25 San Jose 3 – 0 Tampa Bay Boucher 16,831 7–2–0 14 10 October 28 Pittsburgh 1 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 8–2–0 16 11 October 30 Detroit 2 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 9–2–0 18
November: 11–1–1 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 San Jose 5 – 3 Colorado Nabokov 15,452 10–2–0 20 13 November 4 Minnesota 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,183 11–2–0 22 14 November 6 St. Louis 4 – 5 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 12–2–0 24 15 November 8 Dallas 1 – 2 San Jose Boucher 17,496 13–2–0 26 16 November 9 San Jose 2 – 4 Phoenix Boucher 15,056 13–3–0 26 17 November 11 Nashville 4 – 3 San Jose OT Boucher 17,496 13–3–1 27 18 November 13 Calgary 1 – 6 San Jose Boucher 17,496 14–3–1 29 19 November 16 San Jose 6 – 5 Chicago Boucher 21,181 15–3–1 31 20 November 17 San Jose 4 – 1 Nashville Boucher 13,312 16–3–1 33 21 November 22 Washington 2 – 7 San Jose Boucher 17,496 17–3–1 35 22 November 26 Chicago 2 – 3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 18–3–1 37 23 November 28 San Jose 6 – 2 Dallas Nabokov 18,532 19–3–1 39 24 November 29 San Jose 3 – 2 Phoenix Nabokov 14,007 20–3–1 41
December: 8–1–4 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 2–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Toronto 2 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 21–3–1 43 26 December 4 Columbus 2 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 22–3–1 45 27 December 6 Edmonton 3 – 2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 22–3–2 46 28 December 11 Anaheim 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 23–3–2 48 29 December 13 St. Louis 4 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 24–3–2 50 30 December 15 San Jose 3 – 2 Los Angeles SO Boucher 16,005 25–3–2 52 31 December 17 San Jose 1 – 2 Columbus OT Nabokov 13,884 25–3–3 53 32 December 18 San Jose 0 – 6 Detroit Nabokov 19,507 25–4–3 53 33 December 20 NY Rangers 2 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 26–4–3 55 34 December 23 Vancouver 0 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 27–4–3 57 35 December 27 San Jose 2 – 3 St. Louis SO Nabokov 19,150 27-4-4 58 36 December 29 San Jose 3 – 1 Dallas Nabokov 18,532 28-4-4 60 37 December 31 San Jose 2 – 3 Minnesota OT Nabokov 18,568 28-4-5 61
January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 NY Islanders 3 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 29-4-5 63 39 January 6 San Jose 2 – 5 Calgary Nabokov 18,289 29-5-5 63 40 January 9 San Jose 4 – 1 Edmonton Nabokov 16,839 30-5-5 65 41 January 10 San Jose 4 – 2 Vancouver Boucher 18,360 31-5-5 67 42 January 13 Tampa Bay 1 – 7 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 32-5-5 69 43 January 15 Calgary 3 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 32-6-5 69 44 January 17 Detroit 5 – 6 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 33-6-5 71 [3] 45 January 20 Vancouver 1 – 2 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 34-6-5 73 46 January 27 San Jose 3 – 0 Colorado Nabokov 14,592 35-6-5 75 47 January 29 Phoenix 0 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 36-6-5 77 48 January 31 Chicago 4 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 36-7-5 77
February: 6–3–4 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–3–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 5 Carolina 4 – 3 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 36-7-6 78 50 February 7 San Jose 2 – 3 Columbus OT Nabokov 18,144 36-7-7 79 51 February 10 San Jose 5 – 2 Boston Nabokov 17,565 37-7-7 81 52 February 11 San Jose 1 – 2 Pittsburgh SO Boucher 17,034 37-7-8 82 53 February 13 San Jose 5 – 6 Buffalo SO Nabokov 18,690 37-7-9 83 54 February 15 San Jose 5 – 6 New Jersey Nabokov 17,625 37-8-9 83 55 February 17 Edmonton 2 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 38-8-9 85 56 February 19 Los Angeles 2 – 4 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 39-8-9 87 57 February 21 Atlanta 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 40-8-9 89 58 February 23 San Jose 1 – 0 Dallas Nabokov 17,988 41-8-9 91 59 February 25 San Jose 1 – 4 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 41-9-9 91 60 February 26 San Jose 2 – 1 Ottawa Boucher 17,791 42-9-9 93 61 February 28 San Jose 3 – 2 Montreal Boucher 21,273 42-10-9 93
March: 8–5–2 (Home: 5-1-1; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 3 Dallas 4 – 1 San Jose Boucher 17,496 42-11-9 93 63 March 5 Minnesota 4 – 3 San Jose OT Boucher 17,496 42-11-10 94 64 March 7 San Jose 1 – 3 Vancouver Boucher 18,630 42-12-10 94 65 March 10 San Jose 5 – 4 Minnesota OT Boucher 18,568 43-12-10 96 66 March 12 San Jose 1 – 3 St. Louis Boucher 19,150 43-13-10 96 67 March 14 Los Angeles 1 – 2 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 44-13-10 98 68 March 15 San Jose 1 – 0 Anaheim Nabokov 17,511 45-13-10 100 Clinch Playoff spot 69 March 17 San Jose 3 – 4 Phoenix Boucher 15,563 45-14-10 100 Clinch Pacific Division 70 March 19 Nashville 2 – 3 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 46-14-10 102 71 March 21 Dallas 2 – 5 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 47-14-10 104 72 March 22 Colorado 1 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 48-14-10 106 73 March 25 San Jose 5 – 6 Chicago SO Nabokov 21,812 48-14-11 107 74 March 26 San Jose 2 – 3 Nashville Nabokov 16,568 48-15-11 107 75 March 28 Phoenix 2 – 3 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 49-15-11 109 76 March 30 San Jose 2 – 1 Calgary Nabokov 19,289 50-15-11 111
April: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 San Jose 2 – 1 Edmonton Nabokov 16,839 51-15-11 113 78 April 4 Anaheim 5 – 2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 51-16-11 113 79 April 5 San Jose 3 – 2 Anaheim Boucher 17,398 52-16-11 115 80 April 7 Colorado 0 – 1 San Jose SO Nabokov 17,496 53-16-11 117 Clinch President's Trophy 81 April 9 Phoenix 4 – 1 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 53-17-11 117 82 April 11 San Jose 3 – 4 Los Angeles Nabokov 18,118 53–18–11 117

Playoffs

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Anaheim Ducks # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Anaheim 2–0 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 0–1 Recap 2 April 19 Anaheim 3–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,496 0–2 Recap 3 April 21 San Jose 4–3 Anaheim Nabokov 16,277 1–2 Recap 4 April 23 San Jose 0–4 Anaheim Nabokov 16,830 1–3 Recap 5 April 25 Anaheim 2–3 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,496 2–3 Recap 6 April 27 San Jose 1–4 Anaheim Nabokov 17,174 2–4 Recap

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joe Thornton 82 25 61 86 +16 56 Patrick Marleau 76 38 33 71 +16 18 Devin Setoguchi 81 31 34 65 +16 25 Joe Pavelski 80 25 34 59 +5 46 Dan Boyle 77 16 41 57 +6 52 Milan Michalek 77 23 34 57 +11 52 Ryane Clowe 71 22 30 52 +8 51 Rob Blake 73 10 35 45 +15 110 Christian Ehrhoff 77 8 34 42 -12 63 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 82 6 30 36 +15 42 Jonathan Cheechoo 66 12 17 29 -3 59 Mike Grier 62 10 13 23 +8 25 Jeremy Roenick 42 4 9 13 -1 24 Tomas Plihal 64 5 8 13 -4 22 Marcel Goc 55 2 9 11 -6 18 Brad Lukowich 58 0 8 8 +5 12 Alexei Semenov 47 1 7 8 +3 57 Douglas Murray 75 0 7 7 +6 38 Jamie McGinn 35 4 2 6 -6 2 Travis Moen† 19 3 2 5 -1 14 Jody Shelley 70 2 2 4 -6 116 Lukas Kaspar 13 1 2 3 0 76 Brad Staubitz 35 1 2 3 0 76 Tom Cavanagh 17 1 1 2 -2 4 Claude Lemieux 18 0 1 1 -5 21 Riley Armstrong 2 0 0 0 -1 2 Ryan Vesce 10 0 0 0 -2 4 Derek Joslin 12 0 0 0 -3 6

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joe Thornton 6 1 4 5 -3 5 Rob Blake 6 1 3 4 -5 4 Dan Boyle 6 2 2 4 -1 8 Patrick Marleau 6 2 1 3 0 8 Devin Setoguchi 6 1 2 3 -1 2 Jonathan Cheechoo 6 1 1 2 +1 4 Ryane Clowe 6 1 1 2 -4 8 Jeremy Roenick 6 0 1 1 -1 12 Milan Michalek 6 1 0 1 -3 2 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 6 0 1 1 -6 0 Joe Pavelski 6 0 1 1 -3 9 Mike Grier 6 0 0 0 -2 6 Claude Lemieux 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Lukowich 6 0 0 0 +1 0 Jody Shelley 1 0 0 0 0 0 Marcel Goc 6 0 0 0 -2 2 Christian Ehrhoff 6 0 0 0 -2 2 Travis Moen 6 0 0 0 -4 2 Douglas Murray 6 0 0 0 -1 9 Torrey Mitchell 4 0 0 0 -1 2

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Evgeni Nabokov 62 3686 41 12 8 150 2.44 1663 1513 .910 7 Brian Boucher 22 1291 12 6 3 47 2.18 563 516 .917 2

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Evgeni Nabokov 6 361 2 4 17 2.82 155 138 .890 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Sharks. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards

Pacific Division Champions
President's Trophy

Records

• Most points by one team in Pacific Division history (117)

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Sharks acquired defensemen Dan Boyle and Brad Lukowich for defenseman Matt Carle, defensive prospect Ty Wishart, a first-round-pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft and a fourth-round-pick in the 2010 NHL entry draft.

Traded defenseman Craig Rivet to Buffalo Sabres for a second-round pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft and a second-round-pick in the 2010 NHL entry draft.

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms Rob Blake Los Angeles Kings 1 year, US$5 million Brendan Buckley Iserlohn Roosters 1 year, US$500,000, two-way contract

Player New team Contract Terms Brian Campbell Chicago Blackhawks 8 years, US$56.8 million

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	62	Justin Daniels (C)	United States	Kent School (USHS-CT)
4	92	Samuel Groulx (D)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	106	Harri Sateri (G)	Finland	Tappara (Finland Jr.)
5	146	Julien Demers (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	177	Tommy Wingels (C)	United States	Miami University (CCHA)
7	186	Jason Demers (D)	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	194	Drew Daniels (RW)	United States	Kent School (USHS-CT)

Farm teams

The Sharks affiliate in the American Hockey League was the Worcester Sharks. The Worcester club finished in fourth place in the AHL's Atlantic Division with 42 wins and 35 losses.^[4] Worcester's leading scorer was Mike Iggulden with 29 goals and 66 points.^[5]