2013–14 San Jose Sharks season

The 2013–14 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 23rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the tenth consecutive season,^[1] but lost in the first round to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in seven games after being up 3–0 in the series.

2013–14 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	4th Western
2013–14 record	51–22–9
Home record	29–7–5
Road record	22–15–4
Goals for	249
Goals against	200
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Joe Thornton
Alternate captains	Dan Boyle Patrick Marleau
Arena	SAP Center at San Jose
Average attendance	17,562
Minor league affiliate(s)	Worcester Sharks (AHL) San Francisco Bulls (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Pavelski (41)
Assists	Joe Thornton (65)
Points	Joe Pavelski (79)
Penalty minutes	Andrew Desjardins (86)
Plus/minus	Marc-Edouard Vlasic (+31)
Wins	Antti Niemi (39)
Goals against average	Alex Stalock (1.87)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	54	20	8	51	266	209	+57	116
2	x – San Jose Sharks	82	51	22	9	41	249	200	+49	111
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	46	28	8	38	206	174	+32	100
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
6	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–0–1; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	San Jose	3–2	Vancouver		Stalock	18,910	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 20	Anaheim	3–2	San Jose	OT	Niemi	15,760	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 21	Phoenix	2–3	San Jose	OT	Sateri	15,841	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 24	Vancouver	0–5	San Jose		Niemi	15,149	3–0–1	Recap
5	September 27	San Jose	1–2	Phoenix		Stalock	7,757	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 28	San Jose	6–5	Anaheim		Niemi	15,746	4–1–1	Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log 51–22–9 (Home: 30–7–5; Road: 21–15–4)
October: 10–1–2 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 5–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Vancouver 1–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Phoenix 1–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 8 NY Rangers 2–9 San Jose Niemi 17,562 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 10 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Niemi 18,910 4–0–0 8 Recap 5 October 12 Ottawa 2–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 5–0–0 10 Recap 6 October 15 San Jose 6–2 St. Louis Niemi 14,503 6–0–0 12 Recap 7 October 17 San Jose 3–4 Dallas SO Niemi 14,898 6–0–1 13 Recap 8 October 19 Calgary 3–6 San Jose Niemi 17,562 7–0–1 15 Recap 9 October 21 San Jose 1–0 Detroit SO Niemi 20,066 8–0–1 17 Recap 10 October 24 San Jose 1–2 Boston Niemi 17,565 8–1–1 17 Recap 11 October 26 San Jose 2–0 Montreal Niemi 21,273 9–1–1 19 Recap 12 October 27 San Jose 5–2 Ottawa Stalock 17,145 10–1–1 21 Recap 13 October 30 San Jose 3–4 Los Angeles OT Niemi 18,118 10–1–2 22 Recap
November: 8–2–3 (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 Phoenix 3–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 10–1–3 23 Recap 15 November 5 Buffalo 5–4 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 10–1–4 24 Recap 16 November 7 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 10–2–4 24 Recap 17 November 10 San Jose 4–5 Winnipeg SO Niemi 15,004 10–2–5 25 Recap 18 November 12 San Jose 3–2 Calgary OT Stalock 19,289 11–2–5 27 Recap 19 November 14 San Jose 2–1 Vancouver OT Niemi 18,910 12–2–5 29 Recap 20 November 15 San Jose 3–1 Edmonton Stalock 16,839 13–2–5 31 Recap 21 November 17 San Jose 1–5 Chicago Niemi 21,434 13–3–5 31 Recap 22 November 21 Tampa Bay 1–5 San Jose Niemi 17,562 14–3–5 33 Recap 23 November 23 New Jersey 1–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 15–3–5 35 Recap 24 November 27 Los Angeles 2–3 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 16–3–5 37 Recap 25 November 29 St. Louis 3–6 San Jose Niemi 17,562 17–3–5 39 Recap 26 November 30 Anaheim 3–4 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 18–3–5 41 Recap
December: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 3–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 3 San Jose 4–2 Toronto Niemi 19,360 19–3–5 43 Recap 28 December 5 San Jose 1–5 Pittsburgh Niemi 18,522 19–4–5 43 Recap 29 December 6 San Jose 3–5 Carolina Stalock 14,553 19–5–5 43 Recap 30 December 8 San Jose 1–3 Minnesota Niemi 18,411 19–6–5 43 Recap 31 December 10 NY Islanders 3–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 19–6–6 44 Recap 32 December 12 Minnesota 1–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 20–6–6 46 Recap 33 December 14 San Jose 2–3 Nashville Niemi 16,243 20–7–6 46 Recap 34 December 17 San Jose 4–2 St. Louis Niemi 16,323 21–7–6 48 Recap 35 December 19 San Jose 1–4 Los Angeles Niemi 18,118 21–8–6 48 Recap 36 December 21 Dallas 2–3 San Jose SO Stalock 17,562 22–8–6 50 Recap 37 December 23 Colorado 4–5 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 23–8–6 52 Recap 38 December 27 San Jose 4–3 Phoenix SO Niemi 17,125 24–8–6 54 Recap 39 December 29 Anaheim 1–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 25–8–6 56 Recap 40 December 31 San Jose 3–6 Anaheim Niemi 17,424 25–9–6 56 Recap
January: 9–6–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Edmonton 1–5 San Jose Niemi 17,562 26–9–6 58 Recap 42 January 4 San Jose 3–4 Colorado Stalock 17,154 26–10–6 58 Recap 43 January 5 San Jose 3–2 Chicago SO Stalock 21,599 27–10–6 60 Recap 44 January 7 San Jose 2–3 Nashville Niemi 15,016 27–11–6 60 Recap 45 January 9 Detroit 1–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 28–11–6 62 Recap 46 January 11 Boston 1–0 San Jose Niemi 17,562 28–12–6 62 Recap 47 January 14 San Jose 2–1 Washington SO Niemi 18,506 29–12–6 64 Recap 48 January 16 San Jose 3–0 Florida Stalock 13,149 30–12–6 66 Recap 49 January 18 San Jose 5–4 Tampa Bay Niemi 19,204 31–12–6 68 Recap 50 January 20 Calgary 2–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 32–12–6 70 Recap 51 January 23 Winnipeg 0–1 San Jose Stalock 17,562 33–12–6 72 Recap 52 January 25 Minnesota 2–3 San Jose OT Niemi 17,562 34–12–6 74 Recap 53 January 27 Los Angeles 1–0 San Jose Stalock 17,562 34–13–6 74 Recap 54 January 29 San Jose 0–3 Edmonton Niemi 16,839 34–14–6 74 Recap 55 January 30 San Jose 1–4 Calgary Stalock 19,289 34–15–6 74 Recap
February: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 1 Chicago 1–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 35–15–6 76 Recap 57 February 3 Philadelphia 5–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 35–16–6 76 Recap 58 February 5 Dallas 1–2 San Jose OT Stalock 17,562 36–16–6 78 Recap 59 February 7 Columbus 2–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 37–16–6 80 Recap 60 February 27 San Jose 7–3 Philadelphia Stalock 19,879 38–16–6 82 Recap 61 February 28 San Jose 2–4 Buffalo Niemi 19,070 38–17–6 82 Recap
March: 9–3–3 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 San Jose 4–2 New Jersey Stalock 16,012 39–17–6 84 Recap 63 March 4 Carolina 3–2 San Jose OT Stalock 17,562 39–17–7 85 Recap 64 March 6 Pittsburgh 3–5 San Jose Niemi 17,562 40–17–7 87 Recap 65 March 8 Montreal 0–4 San Jose Niemi 17,562 41–17–7 89 Recap 66 March 11 Toronto 2–6 San Jose Niemi 17,562 42–17–7 91 Recap 67 March 13 San Jose 4–3 Columbus SO Stalock 13,851 43–17–7 93 Recap 68 March 14 San Jose 4–3 NY Islanders Niemi 13,128 44–17–7 95 Recap 69 March 16 San Jose 1–0 NY Rangers Niemi 18,006 45–17–7 97 Recap 70 March 18 Florida 3–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 45–18–7 97 Recap 71 March 20 Anaheim 2–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 46–18–7 99 Recap 72 March 22 Washington 3–2 San Jose SO Niemi 17,562 46–18–8 100 Recap 73 March 24 San Jose 1–2 Calgary SO Stalock 19,829 46–18–9 101 Recap 74 March 25 San Jose 5–2 Edmonton Niemi 16,839 47–18–9 103 Recap 75 March 27 Winnipeg 4–3 San Jose Niemi 17,562 47–19–9 103 Recap 76 March 29 San Jose 2–3 Colorado Stalock 18,077 47–20–9 103 Recap
April: 4–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Edmonton 4–5 San Jose Niemi 17,562 48–20–9 105 Recap 78 April 3 Los Angeles 1–2 San Jose Niemi 17,562 49–20–9 107 Recap 79 April 5 Nashville 3–0 San Jose Niemi 17,562 49–21–9 107 Recap 80 April 9 San Jose 2–5 Anaheim Niemi 17,322 49–22–9 107 Recap 81 April 11 Colorado 1–5 San Jose Stalock 17,562 50–22–9 109 Recap 82 April 12 San Jose 3–2 Phoenix Niemi 15,438 51–22–9 111 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Sharks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's second seed. They faced the Los Angeles Kings in the first round. With a 5–1 Game 7 loss, the Sharks became the fourth team in NHL history to lose a series when initially holding a 3–0 series lead.^[2]

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings: Los Angeles won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Los Angeles 3–6 San Jose Niemi 17,562 1–0 Recap 2 April 20 Los Angeles 2–7 San Jose Niemi 17,562 2–0 Recap 3 April 22 San Jose 4–3 Los Angeles OT Niemi 18,390 3–0 Recap 4 April 24 San Jose 3–6 Los Angeles Niemi 18,376 3–1 Recap 5 April 26 Los Angeles 3–0 San Jose Niemi 17,562 3–2 Recap 6 April 28 San Jose 1–4 Los Angeles Stalock 18,384 3–3 Recap 7 April 30 Los Angeles 5–1 San Jose Niemi 17,562 3–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats.^[3]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Joe Pavelski 82 41 38 79 +23 32 Joe Thornton 82 11 65 76 +20 32 Patrick Marleau 82 33 37 70 0 18 Logan Couture 65 23 31 54 +21 20 Brent Burns 69 22 26 48 +26 34 Tommy Wingels 77 16 22 38 +11 35 Dan Boyle 75 12 24 36 −8 32 Jason Demers 75 5 29 34 +14 30 Tomas Hertl 37 15 10 25 +11 4 Matthew Nieto 66 10 14 24 −4 16 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 81 5 19 24 +31 38 Martin Havlat 48 12 10 22 +14 10 James Sheppard 67 4 16 20 +3 35 Matt Irwin 62 2 17 19 +5 35 Justin Braun 82 4 13 17 +19 20 Tyler Kennedy 67 4 13 17 −10 34 Andrew Desjardins 81 3 14 17 −8 86 Scott Hannan 56 3 9 12 +1 55 Brad Stuart 61 3 8 11 +4 35 Bracken Kearns 25 3 2 5 −2 6 Raffi Torres 5 3 2 5 +4 7 Mike Brown† 48 2 3 5 −10 75 John McCarthy 36 1 1 2 −11 4 Matt Pelech 6 1 0 1 +1 22 Eriah Hayes 15 1 0 1 −2 2 Adam Burish 15 0 0 0 −4 6 Freddie Hamilton 11 0 0 0 −5 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Patrick Marleau 7 3 4 7 0 2 Joe Pavelski 7 2 4 6 −3 2 James Sheppard 7 2 4 6 +3 6 Matthew Nieto 7 2 3 5 +3 0 Tomas Hertl 7 2 3 5 −3 2 Dan Boyle 7 0 4 4 −1 8 Joe Thornton 7 2 1 3 −6 8 Raffi Torres 7 2 1 3 +3 18 Brent Burns 7 2 1 3 −5 23 Marc-Edouard Vlasic 5 1 2 3 0 0 Logan Couture 7 1 2 3 0 7 Tommy Wingels 7 0 3 3 −2 4 Mike Brown 6 1 1 2 +1 26 Justin Braun 7 1 1 2 +1 7 Scott Hannan 7 0 2 2 +1 0 Andrew Desjardins 7 0 2 2 0 31 Matt Irwin 2 1 0 1 −1 0 Jason Demers 7 0 1 1 −4 12 Brad Stuart 7 0 0 0 +1 0 Martin Havlat 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Antti Niemi	64	64	3740:17	39	17	7	149	2.39	1705	.913	4	0	2	0
Alex Stalock	24	18	1251:43	12	5	2	39	1.87	571	.932	2	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Antti Niemi	6	6	304:44	3	3	19	3.74	164	.884	0	0	0	0
Alex Stalock	3	1	117:02	0	1	4	2.05	56	.929	0	0	0	0

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

Transactions

The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 30, 2013[4]	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-round pick in 2013	To San Jose Sharks Tyler Kennedy
June 30, 2013[5]	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick (20th overall) in 2013 PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2013	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick (18th overall) in 2013
June 30, 2013[5]	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick (111th overall) in 2013 5th-round pick in 2014	To San Jose Sharks ANA's 4th-round pick (117th overall) in 2013 5th-round pick in 2013
June 30, 2013[6]	To Calgary Flames TJ Galiardi[a]	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2015
July 6, 2013[7]	To Edmonton Oilers Lee Moffie	To San Jose Sharks Kyle Bigos
October 21, 2013[8]	To Edmonton Oilers 4th-round pick in 2014	To San Jose Sharks Mike Brown
February 5, 2014[9]	To Minnesota Wild Curt Gogol	To San Jose Sharks Chad Rau
March 5, 2014[10]	To Los Angeles Kings James Livingston	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016[b]
June 5, 2014[11]	To New York Islanders Dan Boyle[c]	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015[d]

Trade of negotiating rights to. Condition not satisfied. Trade of negotiating rights to. Condition satisfied. Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Rob Davison[12] Red Bull Salzburg 1 year, $550,000 Adam Comrie[13] Worcester Sharks 1 year, $550,000 Barclay Goodrow[14] North Bay Battalion 3 years, $1.88 million entry-level contract Ryan Carpenter[15] Bowling Green State University 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract Melker Karlsson[16] Skelleftea AIK 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Thomas Greiss[17] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $750,000 Dominic Moore[18] New York Rangers 1 year, $1 million Tim Kennedy[19] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $700,000 Scott Gomez[20] Florida Panthers 1 year, $900,000

Players' signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Troy Grosenick[21]	July 2, 2013	2 years, $1.25 million
Harri Sateri[22]	July 2, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Logan Couture[23]	July 5, 2013	5 years, $30 million contract extension
Tyler Kennedy[24]	July 5, 2013	2 years, $4.7 million
Scott Hannan[25]	July 5, 2013	1 year, $1 million
Alex Stalock[26]	July 10, 2013	1 year, $625,000
Matt Pelech[27]	July 10, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Joe Pavelski[28]	July 30, 2013	5 years, $30 million contract extension
Marek Viedensky[29]	August 2, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Bracken Kearns[30]	August 2, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Nick Petrecki[31]	September 11, 2013	1 year, $715,000
Mirco Mueller[32]	September 22, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Patrick Marleau[33]	January 24, 2014	3 years, $19.98 million contract extension
Joe Thornton[33]	January 24, 2014	3 years, $20.25 million contract extension
Alex Stalock[34]	June 17, 2014	2 years, $3.2 million contract extension
Mike Brown[35]	June 17, 2014	2 years, $2.4 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of San Jose Sharks draft picks

San Jose Sharks' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18[a]	Mirco Mueller	Defence	Switzerland	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
2	49[b]	Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau	Left Wing	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
4	117[c]	Fredrik Bergvik	Goaltender	Sweden	Frolunda HC Jr. (J20 SuperElit)
5	141	Michael Brodzinski	Defence	United States	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
5	151[c]	Gage Ausmus	Defence	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
7	201	Jake Jackson	Centre	United States	Tartan High School (Minn.)
7	207[d]	Emil Galimov	Left Wing	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)

Draft notes^[36]

• ^a The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a June 30, 2013, trade that sent the Sharks 2013 first-round pick and a 2013 second-round pick (originally acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Douglas Murray) to the Red Wings.^[37][38]
• ^b The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of an April 2, 2013, trade that sent Ryane Clowe to the Rangers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick and this pick.^[39]
• The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 30, 2013, trade that sent Tyler Kennedy to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.^[4]
• The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of an August 7, 2011, trade that sent James Sheppard to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.^[40]
• ^c The Chicago Blackhawks' fourth-round pick (originally from the Anaheim Ducks) and a fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick (previously re-acquired from Chicago in exchange for Michal Handzus) and a 2014 fifth-round pick.^[41][42]
• The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of an April 3, 2013, trade that sent Scott Hannan to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.^[43]
• ^d The Colorado Avalanche seventh-round pick (originally from the Anaheim Ducks) went to the San Jose Sharks as a result of a February 27, 2012, trade that sent Jamie McGinn, Mike Connolly and Michael Sgarbossa to the Avalanche in exchange for Daniel Winnik, TJ Galiardi and this pick.^[44]