2009–10 San Jose Sharks season

The 2009–10 San Jose Sharks season was the team's 19th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2009–10 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st Western
2009–10 record	51–20–11
Home record	27–6–8
Road record	24–14–3
Goals for	264
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Dan Boyle Joe Thornton
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Off-season

At the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Sharks picked William Wrenn in the second round with their first choice. The Sharks had traded their first-round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of the trade to acquire defenseman Dan Boyle.

Forward Patrick Marleau was replaced as team captain by defenseman Rob Blake.

Season events

See also: 2009–10 NHL season

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 17 (in Ontario, CA)	San Jose Sharks	2-1	Los Angeles Kings	SO	Greiss	1-0-0
2	September 18	Vancouver Canucks	6-2	San Jose Sharks		Greiss	1-1-0
3	September 19	Phoenix Coyotes	4-5	San Jose Sharks	OT	Nabokov	2-1-0
4	September 21	San Jose Sharks	2-3	Anaheim Ducks		Nabokov	2-2-0
5	September 23	San Jose Sharks	3-4	Vancouver Canucks	SO	Nabokov	2-2-1
6	September 25	Anaheim Ducks	0-6	San Jose Sharks		Nabokov	3-2-1
7	September 26	San Jose Sharks	0-2	Phoenix Coyotes		Greiss	3-3-1

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division^[1]

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
3	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
4	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
5	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88

Conference standings

Western Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	CE	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
8.5
9	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and 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).

2009–10 Game Log
October: 9–4–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 1 San Jose Sharks 2-5 Colorado Avalanche Nabokov 18,007 0-1-0 0 2 October 3 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 17,281 1-1-0 2 3 October 6 San Jose Sharks 4-6 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 15,053 1-2-0 2 4 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 3-6 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 2-2-0 4 5 October 10 Minnesota Wild 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 3-2-0 6 6 October 12 Phoenix Coyotes 1-0 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 3-2-1 7 7 October 15 San Jose Sharks 1-4 Washington Capitals Nabokov 18,277 3-3-1 7 8 October 17 San Jose Sharks 4-1 New York Islanders Nabokov 11,287 4-3-1 9 9 October 19 San Jose Sharks 7-3 New York Rangers Nabokov 18,200 5-3-1 11 10 October 22 San Jose Sharks 2-5 Tampa Bay Lightning Nabokov 13,343 5-4-1 11 11 October 24 San Jose Sharks 4-3 Atlanta Thrashers Nabokov 14,945 6-4-1 13 12 October 25 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Philadelphia Flyers Greiss 19,126 7-4-1 15 13 October 28 Los Angeles Kings 1-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 8-4-1 17 14 October 30 Colorado Avalanche 1-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 9-4-1 19
November: 9–2–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 6–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 1 San Jose Sharks 5-1 Carolina Hurricanes Nabokov 15,089 10-4-1 21 16 November 4 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Nabokov 13,401 11-4-1 23 17 November 5 San Jose Sharks 1-2 Detroit Red Wings SO Nabokov 19,558 11-4-2 24 18 November 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 0-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 12-4-2 26 19 November 10 Nashville Predators 3-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 13-4-2 28 20 November 12 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 13-4-3 29 21 November 14 San Jose Sharks 3-1 St. Louis Blues Nabokov 19,150 14-4-3 31 22 November 15 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Chicago Blackhawks OT Nabokov 21,130 14-4-4 32 23 November 17 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Nashville Predators Greiss 13,324 14-5-4 32 24 November 20 Philadelphia Flyers 3-6 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 15-5-4 34 25 November 21 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 15,066 16-5-4 36 26 November 25 Chicago Blackhawks 7-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 16-6-4 36 27 November 27 San Jose Sharks 5-4 Edmonton Oilers SO Nabokov 16,839 17-6-4 38 28 November 29 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Vancouver Canucks Nabokov 18,810 18-6-4 40
December: 8–2–3 (Home: 5–1–3; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 1 Ottawa Senators 2-5 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 19-6-4 42 30 December 3 St. Louis Blues 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,424 19-6-5 43 31 December 5 Calgary Flames 2-1 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 19-7-5 43 32 December 9 Los Angeles Kings 5-4 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 19-7-6 44 33 December 11 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 19-7-7 45 34 December 12 San Jose Sharks 1-2 Phoenix Coyotes Greiss 10,650 19-8-7 45 35 December 17 Anaheim Ducks 1-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 20-8-7 47 36 December 21 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Dallas Stars Nabokov 18,532 21-8-7 49 37 December 22 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Chicago Blackhawks Nabokov 21,614 22-8-7 51 38 December 26 Anaheim Ducks 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 23-8-7 53 39 December 28 Phoenix Coyotes 2-3 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 24-8-7 55 40 December 30 Washington Capitals 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 25-8-7 57 41 December 31 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Phoenix Coyotes SO Greiss 12,472 26-8-7 59
January: 10–2–2 (Home: 7–2–2; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Edmonton Oilers 1-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 27-8-7 61 43 January 4 Los Angeles Kings 6-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 27-9-7 61 44 January 6 St. Louis Blues 1-2 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 28-9-7 63 45 January 9 Detroit Red Wings 4-1 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 28-10-7 63 46 January 11 San Jose Sharks 2-1 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 17,821 29-10-7 65 47 January 12 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Phoenix Coyotes Nabokov 9,248 30-10-7 67 48 January 14 Boston Bruins 2-1 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 30-10-8 68 49 January 16 Edmonton Oilers 2-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 31-10-8 70 50 January 18 Calgary Flames 1-9 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 32-10-8 72 51 January 19 San Jose Sharks 5-1 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 16,212 33-10-8 74 52 January 21 Anaheim Ducks 1-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 34-10-8 76 53 January 23 Buffalo Sabres 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 35-10-8 78 54 January 28 Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 35-10-9 79 55 January 30 Minnesota Wild 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 36-10-9 81
February: 4–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Detroit Red Wings 4-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 36-11-9 81 57 February 4 San Jose Sharks 4-2 St. Louis Blues Greiss 19,150 37-11-9 83 58 February 6 San Jose Sharks 4-3 Nashville Predators Nabokov 16,007 38-11-9 85 59 February 8 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Toronto Maple Leafs Nabokov 19,460 39-11-9 87 60 February 10 San Jose Sharks 0-3 Columbus Blue Jackets Greiss 15,234 39-12-9 87 61 February 11 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Detroit Red Wings SO Nabokov 20,066 40-12-9 89 62 February 13 San Jose Sharks 1-3 Buffalo Sabres Nabokov 18,690 40-13-9 89
March: 7–7–1 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 New Jersey Devils 4-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 40-14-9 89 64 March 4 Montreal Canadiens 2-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 41-14-9 91 65 March 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 1-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 42-14-9 93 66 March 11 Nashville Predators 5-8 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 43-14-9 95 67 March 13 Florida Panthers 3-2 San Jose Sharks OT Greiss 17,562 43-14-10 96 68 March 14 San Jose Sharks 2-4 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 16,317 43-15-10 96 69 March 16 San Jose Sharks 2-8 Dallas Stars Nabokov 18,532 43-16-10 96 70 March 18 San Jose Sharks 2-3 Vancouver Canucks Nabokov 18,810 43-17-10 96 71 March 19 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Calgary Flames Nabokov 19,289 43-18-10 96 72 March 21 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Edmonton Oilers Nabokov 16,839 43-19-10 96 73 March 23 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Minnesota Wild Nabokov 18,551 44-19-10 98 74 March 25 Dallas Stars 0-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 45-19-10 100 75 March 27 Vancouver Canucks 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 46-19-10 102 76 March 28 Colorado Avalanche 3-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 47-19-10 104 77 March 31 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Dallas Stars Nabokov 17,263 47-20-10 104
April: 4–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Minnesota Wild Nabokov 18,584 48-20-10 106 79 April 4 San Jose Sharks 4-5 Colorado Avalanche OT Nabokov 12,893 48-20-11 107 80 April 6 San Jose Sharks 2-1 Calgary Flames Nabokov 19,289 49-20-11 109 81 April 8 Vancouver Canucks 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 50-20-11 111 82 April 10 Phoenix Coyotes 2-3 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 51-20-11 113

Playoffs

Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Colorado Avalanche # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Colorado 2–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 0–1 2 April 16 Colorado 5–6 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,562 1–1 3 April 18 San Jose 0–1 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 1–2 4 April 20 San Jose 2–1 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 2–2 5 April 22 Colorado 0–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 3–2 6 April 24 San Jose 5–2 Colorado Nabokov 18,007 4–2 Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 29 Detroit 3–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 1–0 2 May 2 Detroit 3–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 2–0 3 May 4 San Jose 4–3 Detroit OT Nabokov 20,066 3–0 4 May 6 San Jose 1–7 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 3–1 5 May 8 Detroit 1–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 4–1 Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 16 Chicago 2–1 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 0–1 2 May 18 Chicago 4–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 0–2 3 May 21 San Jose 2–3 Chicago OT Nabokov 22,311 0–3 4 May 23 San Jose 2–4 Chicago Nabokov 22,224 0–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Updated September 18, 2010.^[3]

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joe Thornton 79 20 69 89 17 54 Patrick Marleau 82 44 39 83 21 22 Dany Heatley 82 39 43 82 14 54 Dan Boyle 76 15 43 58 6 70 Ryane Clowe 82 19 38 57 0 131 Joe Pavelski 67 25 26 51 1 26 Devin Setoguchi 70 20 16 36 0 19 Manny Malhotra 71 14 19 33 17 41 Rob Blake 70 7 23 30 14 60 Kent Huskins 82 3 19 22 6 47 Jason Demers 51 4 17 21 5 21 Scott Nichol 79 4 15 19 0 72 Jed Ortmeyer 76 8 11 19 4 37 Douglas Murray 79 4 13 17 3 66 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 64 3 13 16 21 33 Jamie McGinn 59 10 3 13 -3 38 Torrey Mitchell 56 2 9 11 6 27 Logan Couture 25 5 4 9 4 6 Frazer McLaren 23 1 5 6 6 54 Brad Staubitz 47 3 3 6 0 110 Ryan Vesce 9 3 2 5 -1 0 Benn Ferriero 24 2 3 5 4 8 Derek Joslin 24 0 3 3 1 12 Jody Shelley‡ 36 0 3 3 1 78 Niclas Wallin† 23 0 2 2 0 23 Jay Leach† 28 1 1 2 3 20 Joe Callahan 1 0 1 1 1 0 Dwight Helminen 4 1 0 1 -1 0 Steven Zalewski 3 0 0 0 -2 0 John McCarthy 4 0 0 0 -3 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joe Pavelski 15 9 8 17 6 6 Dan Boyle 15 2 12 14 -1 8 Patrick Marleau 14 8 5 13 -3 8 Dany Heatley 14 2 11 13 -7 16 Joe Thornton 15 3 9 12 -11 18 Ryane Clowe 15 2 8 10 4 28 Devin Setoguchi 15 5 4 9 3 6 Douglas Murray 15 1 6 7 -1 8 Jason Demers 15 1 4 5 0 8 Logan Couture 15 4 0 4 1 4 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 15 0 3 3 0 4 Rob Blake 15 1 1 2 0 10 Scott Nichol 15 1 1 2 -1 17 Torrey Mitchell 15 0 2 2 -5 2 Manny Malhotra 15 1 0 1 -1 0 Dwight Helminen 7 1 0 1 0 4 Jed Ortmeyer 4 0 1 1 -1 0 Kent Huskins 15 0 0 0 -5 6 Niclas Wallin 6 0 0 0 -3 2 Jamie McGinn 15 0 0 0 1 8

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Evgeni Nabokov 71 4194 44 16 10 170 2.43 2168 .922 3 0 0 6 Thomas Greiss 16 782 7 4 1 35 2.69 399 .912 0 0 0 2

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Evgeni Nabokov 15 890 8 7 38 2.56 407 .907 1 0 0 0 Thomas Greiss 1 40 0 0 2 3.00 28 .929 0 0 0 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

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Dany Heatley[4]	NHL First Star of the Week	October 12, 2009
Patrick Marleau[5]	NHL Third Star of the Week	October 26, 2009
Evgeni Nabokov[6]	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 2, 2009
Evgeni Nabokov[7]	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 9, 2009
Joe Thornton[8]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 23, 2009
Joe Thornton[9]	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 2009

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2009[10]	To Dallas Stars 6th-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick (189th overall) in 2009
August 28, 2009[11]	To Vancouver Canucks Christian Ehrhoff Brad Lukowich	To San Jose Sharks Patrick White Daniel Rahimi
September 12, 2009[12]	To Ottawa Senators Jonathan Cheechoo Milan Michalek 2nd-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks Dany Heatley 5th-round pick in 2010
February 7, 2010[13]	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2010	To San Jose Sharks Niclas Wallin 5th-round pick in 2010
February 12, 2010[14]	To New York Rangers Jody Shelley	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 6th-round pick in 2011[a]

Condition satisfied. Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Scott Nichol[15] Nashville Predators 1 year, $750,000 Joe Callahan[16] New York Islanders 1 year Danny Groulx[16] Rockford IceHogs 1 year Dwight Helminen[16] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year Jed Ortmeyer[16] Nashville Predators 1 year Henrik Karlsson[17] Malmo Redhawks 1 year Benn Ferriero[18] Boston College 2 years Manny Malhotra[19] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $700,000 Thomas Heemskerk[20] Everett Silvertips entry-level contract Nick Schaus[21] University of Massachusetts Lowell entry-level contract Matt Irwin[22] University of Massachusetts Amherst entry-level contract James Marcou[23] University of Massachusetts Amherst entry-level contract Cam MacIntyre[24] Princeton University entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Brian Boucher[25] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $1.85 million Travis Moen[26] Montreal Canadiens 3 years, $4.5 million Lukas Kaspar[27] Philadelphia Flyers 1 year Riley Armstrong[28] Calgary Flames undisclosed Mike Grier[29] Buffalo Sabres 1 year Marcel Goc[30] Nashville Predators 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract Alexei Semenov[31] Dynamo Moscow 2 years, $1.5 million

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Jay Leach[32] Montreal Canadiens December 1, 2009

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Player Claude Lemieux[33] Jeremy Roenick[34] Players re-signed Player Contract terms Rob Blake[35] 1 year, $3.5 million Kent Huskins[36] 2 years, $3.4 million Ryane Clowe[37] 4 years, $14 million Ryan Vesce[16] 1 year Thomas Greiss[17] 2 years Torrey Mitchell[38] 3 years, $4.1 million Brad Staubitz[39] 1 year, $500,000 Tony Lucia[40] entry-level contract Justin Braun[41] entry-level contract

Draft picks

San Jose's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	43 (from Buffalo)	William Wrenn	(D)	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2	57	Taylor Doherty	(D)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5	147	Phil Varone	(C)	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
7	189 (from Dallas)	Marek Viedensky	(C)	Slovakia	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	207	Dominik Bielke	(D)	Germany	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)

Farm teams

The Sharks' affiliate in the American Hockey League is the Worcester Sharks.