2018–19 San Jose Sharks season

The 2018–19 San Jose Sharks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.^[2] The Sharks clinched a playoff spot on March 19, 2019, when the Minnesota Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche.^[3]

2018–19 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2018–19 record	46–27–9
Home record	25–11–5
Road record	21–16–4
Goals for	289
Goals against	261
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Joe Pavelski
Alternate captains	Logan Couture Joe Thornton
Arena	SAP Center
Average attendance	17,266[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Pavelski (38)
Assists	Brent Burns (67)
Points	Brent Burns (83)
Penalty minutes	Evander Kane (153)
Plus/minus	Brenden Dillon (+19)
Wins	Martin Jones (36)
Goals against average	Martin Jones (2.94)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The Sharks advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues in six games.

As of 2025, this represents the most recent season making the playoffs for the Sharks.

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Calgary Flames	82	50	25	7	50	289	227	+62	107
2	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	27	9	46	289	261	+28	101
3	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	32	7	40	249	230	+19	93
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
6	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
8	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018.^[5]

2018 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Anaheim	1–4	San Jose		Bibeau	—	1–0–0	[6]
2	September 20	San Jose	7–3	Anaheim		Dell	15,065	2–0–0	[7]
3	September 22	Vegas	5–4	San Jose	SO	Jones	—	2–0–1	[8]
4	September 25	San Jose	5–7	Calgary		Bibeau	17,584	2–1–1	[9]
5	September 27	Calgary	4–3	San Jose		Jones	13,999	2–2–1	[10]
6	September 30	San Jose	2–5	Vegas		Jones	17,958	2–3–1	[11]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released in June 2018.^[12]

2018–19 game log 46–27–9 (Home: 25–11–5; Road: 21–16–4)
October: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Anaheim 5–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 0–1–0 0 [13] 2 October 5 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles OT Jones 18,230 1–1–0 2 [14] 3 October 8 San Jose 0–4 NY Islanders Jones 8,790 1–2–0 2 [15] 4 October 9 San Jose 8–2 Philadelphia Dell 19,133 2–2–0 4 [16] 5 October 11 San Jose 2–3 NY Rangers OT Dell 17,004 2–2–1 5 [17] 6 October 14 San Jose 2–3 New Jersey Jones 13,809 2–3–1 5 [18] 7 October 18 Buffalo 1–5 San Jose Jones 17,389 3–3–1 7 [19] 8 October 20 NY Islanders 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,414 4–3–1 9 [20] 9 October 23 San Jose 5–4 Nashville Jones 17,159 5–3–1 11 [21] 10 October 26 San Jose 3–4 Carolina SO Dell 12,311 5–3–2 12 [22] 11 October 28 San Jose 4–3 Anaheim OT Jones 17,099 6–3–2 14 [23] 12 October 30 NY Rangers 4–3 San Jose SO Jones 17,562 6–3–3 15 [24]
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 0–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Columbus 4–1 San Jose Dell 15,879 6–4–3 15 [25] 14 November 3 Philadelphia 3–4 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 7–4–3 17 [26] 15 November 6 Minnesota 3–4 San Jose Jones 15,853 8–4–3 19 [27] 16 November 8 San Jose 3–4 Dallas Jones 18,137 8–5–3 19 [28] 17 November 9 San Jose 0–4 St. Louis Dell 17,032 8–6–3 19 [29] 18 November 11 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 9–6–3 21 [30] 19 November 13 Nashville 4–5 San Jose Jones 16,654 10–6–3 23 [31] 20 November 15 Toronto 5–3 San Jose Jones 17,011 10–7–3 23 [32] 21 November 17 St. Louis 0–4 San Jose Dell 17,417 11–7–3 25 [33] 22 November 20 Edmonton 4–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 11–7–4 26 [34] 23 November 23 Vancouver 0–4 San Jose Dell 17,056 12–7–4 28 [35] 24 November 24 San Jose 0–6 Vegas Dell 18,252 12–8–4 28 [36] 25 November 27 San Jose 2–3 Buffalo OT Jones 19,070 12–8–5 29 [37] 26 November 28 San Jose 3–5 Toronto Dell 19,362 12–9–5 29 [38]
December: 9–4–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 San Jose 2–6 Ottawa Jones 17,531 12–10–5 29 [39] 28 December 2 San Jose 3–1 Montreal Jones 20,301 13–10–5 31 [40] 29 December 5 Carolina 1–5 San Jose Jones 17,119 14–10–5 33 [41] 30 December 7 San Jose 2–3 Dallas Jones 18,342 14–11–5 33 [42] 31 December 8 San Jose 5–3 Arizona Dell 13,780 15–11–5 35 [43] 32 December 10 New Jersey 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,097 16–11–5 37 [44] 33 December 13 Dallas 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,185 17–11–5 39 [45] 34 December 16 San Jose 7–3 Chicago Dell 21,237 18–11–5 41 [46] 35 December 18 San Jose 4–0 Minnesota Jones 18,870 19–11–5 43 [47] 36 December 20 Winnipeg 5–3 San Jose Jones 17,213 19–12–5 43 [48] 37 December 22 Los Angeles 3–2 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 19–12–6 44 [49] 38 December 23 Arizona 4–3 San Jose SO Dell 17,325 19–12–7 45 [50] 39 December 27 Anaheim 2–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 20–12–7 47 [51] 40 December 29 San Jose 7–4 Edmonton Jones 18,347 21–12–7 49 [52] 41 December 31 San Jose 5–8 Calgary Dell 19,289 21–13–7 49 [53]
January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 San Jose 5–4 Colorado Jones 17,891 22–13–7 51 [54] 43 January 5 Tampa Bay 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 23–13–7 53 [55] 44 January 7 Los Angeles 1–3 San Jose Jones 15,447 24–13–7 55 [56] 45 January 8 Edmonton 2–7 San Jose Dell 17,320 25–13–7 57 [57] 46 January 10 San Jose 3–2 Vegas Jones 18,367 26–13–7 59 [58] 47 January 12 Ottawa 1–4 San Jose Jones 17,562 27–13–7 61 [59] 48 January 15 Pittsburgh 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,292 28–13–7 63 [60] 49 January 16 San Jose 3–6 Arizona Dell 13,342 28–14–7 63 [61] 50 January 19 San Jose 3–6 Tampa Bay Jones 19,092 28–15–7 63 [62] 51 January 21 San Jose 2–6 Florida Jones 14,014 28–16–7 63 [63] 52 January 22 San Jose 7–6 Washington OT Jones 18,506 29–16–7 65 [64]
February: 8–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Arizona 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,227 30–16–7 67 [65] 54 February 5 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg OT Jones 15,321 31–16–7 69 [66] 55 February 7 San Jose 5–2 Calgary Jones 18,748 32–16–7 71 [67] 56 February 9 San Jose 5–2 Edmonton Dell 18,347 33–16–7 73 [68] 57 February 11 San Jose 7–2 Vancouver Jones 18,576 34–16–7 75 [69] 58 February 14 Washington 5–1 San Jose Jones 17,562 34–17–7 75 [70] 59 February 16 Vancouver 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 35–17–7 77 [71] 60 February 18 Boston 6–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 35–17–8 78 [72] 61 February 21 San Jose 4–0 Pittsburgh Jones 18,362 36–17–8 80 [73] 62 February 23 San Jose 0–4 Columbus Jones 19,025 36–18–8 80 [74] 63 February 24 San Jose 5–3 Detroit Dell 19,515 37–18–8 82 [75] 64 February 26 San Jose 1–4 Boston Jones 17,565 37–19–8 82 [76]
March: 7–7–1 (Home: 5–6–0; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Colorado 3–4 San Jose Jones 17,351 38–19–8 84 [77] 66 March 3 Chicago 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,252 39–19–8 86 [78] 67 March 7 Montreal 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,471 40–19–8 88 [79] 68 March 9 St. Louis 2–3 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 41–19–8 90 [80] 69 March 11 San Jose 3–0 Minnesota Jones 18,907 42–19–8 92 [81] 70 March 12 San Jose 5–4 Winnipeg Dell 15,321 43–19–8 94 [82] 71 March 14 Florida 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,388 43–20–8 94 [83] 72 March 16 Nashville 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 43–21–8 94 [84] 73 March 18 Vegas 7–3 San Jose Dell 17,487 43–22–8 94 [85] 74 March 21 San Jose 2–4 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 43–23–8 94 [86] 75 March 22 San Jose 3–4 Anaheim OT Dell 17,174 43–23–9 95 [87] 76 March 25 Detroit 3–2 San Jose Jones 17,393 43–24–9 95 [88] 77 March 28 Chicago 5–4 San Jose Jones 17,364 43–25–9 95 [89] 78 March 30 Vegas 3–4 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 44–25–9 97 [90] 79 March 31 Calgary 5–3 San Jose Dell 17,313 44–26–9 97 [91]
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 San Jose 2–4 Vancouver Jones 18,524 44–27–9 97 [92] 81 April 4 San Jose 3–2 Edmonton Dell 18,347 45–27–9 99 [93] 82 April 6 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 46–27–9 101 [94]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's second seed and faced the third seed of the same division, the Vegas Golden Knights, defeating them in seven games.^[95]

In the Second Round, the Sharks faced the Colorado Avalanche,^[96] defeating them in seven games.^[97]

In the Conference Finals, the Sharks faced the St. Louis Blues,^[98] and lost in six games.^[99]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Vegas Golden Knights: San Jose won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Vegas 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 [100] 2 April 12 Vegas 5–3 San Jose Dell 17,562 1–1 [101] 3 April 14 San Jose 3–6 Vegas Jones 18,461 1–2 [102] 4 April 16 San Jose 0–5 Vegas Jones 18,567 1–3 [103] 5 April 18 Vegas 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 2–3 [104] 6 April 21 San Jose 2–1 Vegas 2OT Jones 18,458 3–3 [105] 7 April 23 Vegas 4–5 San Jose OT Jones 17,562 4–3 [106]
Western Conference Second Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: San Jose won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 [107] 2 April 28 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–1 [108] 3 April 30 San Jose 4–2 Colorado Jones 18,106 2–1 [109] 4 May 2 San Jose 0–3 Colorado Jones 18,110 2–2 [110] 5 May 4 Colorado 1–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 3–2 [111] 6 May 6 San Jose 3–4 Colorado OT Jones 18,098 3–3 [112] 7 May 8 Colorado 2–3 San Jose Jones 17,562 4–3 [113]
Western Conference Finals vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 11 St. Louis 3–6 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–0 [114] 2 May 13 St. Louis 4–2 San Jose Jones 17,562 1–1 [115] 3 May 15 San Jose 5–4 St. Louis OT Jones 18,360 2–1 [116] 4 May 17 San Jose 1–2 St. Louis Jones 18,496 2–2 [117] 5 May 19 St. Louis 5–0 San Jose Jones 17,562 2–3 [118] 6 May 21 San Jose 1–5 St. Louis Jones 18,684 2–4 [119]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[120] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Brent Burns 82 16 67 83 +13 34 Tomas Hertl 77 35 39 74 +5 18 Logan Couture 81 27 43 70 −6 22 Timo Meier 78 30 36 66 +9 55 Joe Pavelski 75 38 26 64 −4 22 Evander Kane 75 30 26 56 −4 153 Kevin Labanc 82 17 39 56 −1 36 Joe Thornton 73 16 35 51 +8 20 Erik Karlsson 53 3 42 45 +6 22 Joonas Donskoi 80 14 23 37 +10 10 Marcus Sorensen 80 17 13 30 +10 23 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 72 3 22 25 −6 10 Brenden Dillon 82 1 21 22 +19 61 Barclay Goodrow 82 7 10 17 +4 76 Melker Karlsson 79 12 4 16 −1 26 Justin Braun 78 2 14 16 −14 35 Tim Heed 37 2 11 13 9 10 Lukas Radil 36 7 4 11 7 6 Gustav Nyquist† 19 6 5 11 +1 4 Radim Simek 41 1 8 9 7 8 Antti Suomela 27 3 5 8 1 4 Joakim Ryan 44 0 7 7 −1 15 Micheal Haley† 19 1 2 3 0 45 Rourke Chartier 13 1 0 1 −5 2 Jacob Middleton 3 0 1 1 −1 2 Dylan Gambrell 8 0 0 0 1 2

Playoffs[121] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Logan Couture 20 14 6 20 +3 6 Brent Burns 20 5 11 16 +2 6 Erik Karlsson 19 2 14 16 −3 8 Tomas Hertl 19 10 5 15 +2 4 Timo Meier 20 5 10 15 +3 34 Gustav Nyquist 20 1 10 11 +1 0 Joe Thornton 19 4 6 10 −6 6 Joe Pavelski 13 4 5 9 −3 4 Kevin Labanc 20 4 5 9 −7 14 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 18 3 5 8 +6 4 Evander Kane 20 2 6 8 −4 61 Marcus Sorensen 18 0 5 5 −3 2 Joonas Donskoi 12 1 2 3 +1 4 Barclay Goodrow 20 2 0 2 −3 22 Melker Karlsson 20 0 2 2 −2 4 Brenden Dillon 20 0 2 2 −8 24 Dylan Gambrell 2 1 0 1 0 2 Joakim Ryan 20 0 1 1 −2 0 Justin Braun 20 0 1 1 −3 8 Tim Heed 3 0 0 0 0 0 Lukas Radil 6 0 0 0 −1 0 Micheal Haley 11 0 0 0 −1 18

Goaltenders

Regular season^[120]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin Jones	62	62	3,598	36	19	5	176	2.94	1699	.896	3	0	1	2
Aaron Dell	25	20	1,324	10	8	4	70	3.17	613	.886	2	0	0	0

Playoffs^[121]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Martin Jones	20	20	1154	10	9	58	3.02	567	.898	0	0	2	0
Aaron Dell	2	0	90	0	1	5	3.35	36	.861	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 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Arizona Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2018 5th-round pick in 2018	To San Jose Sharks TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018	[122]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Montreal Canadiens VGK's 4th-round pick in 2018 FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018	To San Jose Sharks EDM's 4th-round pick in 2018	[122]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	To Ottawa Senators Rudols Balcers Dylan DeMelo Josh Norris Chris Tierney 2nd-round pick in 2019 1st-round pick in 2020	To San Jose Sharks Erik Karlsson Francis Perron	[123]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	To Florida Panthers Vincent Praplan	To San Jose Sharks Future considerations	[124][125]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	To San Jose Sharks Gustav Nyquist	[126]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Vancouver Canucks Linus Karlsson	To San Jose Sharks Jonathan Dahlen	[127]
June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18)	To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Braun	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020	[128]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Eric Fehr	to Minnesota Wild	1-year	[129]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Vladislav Kotkov	from Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QJMHL)	3-year	[130]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	Alexander True	from San Jose Barracuda (AHL)	3-year	[131]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)	Jannik Hansen	to CSKA Moscow (KHL)	1-year	[132]
April 3, 2019 (2019-04-03)	Andrew Shortridge	from Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey)	1-year	[133]
April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)	Joel Kellman	from Brynäs IF (SHL)	1-year	[134]
April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)	Danil Yurtaikin	from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	2-year	[135]
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	Tony Sund	from Vaasan Sport (Liiga)	1-year	[136]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)	Lean Bergmann	from Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	1-year	[137]
May 29, 2019 (2019-05-29)	Jeffrey Viel	from San Jose Barracuda (AHL)	2-year	[138]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	Paul Martin	Buyout	[139]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	Noah Rod	Mutual termination	[140]
November 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)	Filip Sandberg	Mutual termination	[141]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	Micheal Haley	from Florida Panthers	[142]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Logan Couture	8-year	[143]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Tomas Hertl	4-year	[144]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Joe Thornton	1-year	[145]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Dylan DeMelo	2-year	[146]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	Ryan Merkley	3-year	[147]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	Chris Tierney	2-year	[148]
September 23, 2018 (2018-09-23)	Jake McGrew	3-year	[149]
October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)	Barclay Goodrow	2-year	[150]
January 6, 2019 (2019-01-06)	Lukas Radil	1-year	[151]
January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	Marcus Sorensen	2-year	[152]
April 29, 2019 (2019-04-29)	Mario Ferraro	3-year	[153]
May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)	Zachary Emond	3-year	[154]
June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17)	Erik Karlsson	8-year	[155]

Draft picks

See also: List of San Jose Sharks draft picks

Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2018 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Ryan Merkley[156]	D	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	871	Linus Karlsson	C	Sweden	Karlskrona HK J20 (SuperElit)
4	1022	Jasper Weatherby	C	United States	Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)
6	176	Zachary Emond	G	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
6	1823	John Leonard	LW	United States	UMass Amherst (Hockey East)

Notes:

1. The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fourth and fifth-round pick both in 2018 (114th and 145th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.^[122]
2. The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Vegas' fourth-round pick and Florida's fifth-round pick both in 2018 (123rd and 139th overall) to Montreal in exchange for this pick.^[122]
3. The Nashville Predators' sixth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on February 25, 2018, that sent Brandon Bollig and Troy Grosenick to Nashville in exchange for this pick.^[157]

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Brent Burns	All-Star[158] Second Star of the Week[159]	January 2, 2019 January 7, 2019
Erik Karlsson	All-Star[158]	January 2, 2019
Joe Pavelski	Third Star of the Week[160] All-Star[158] Second Star of the Week[161]	November 19, 2018 January 2, 2019 January 28, 2019