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

Season events

Pre-season On June 12, the San Jose Sharks named Todd McLellan their new head coach.CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey - News: Hockey transactions

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

Conference standings

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 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 playoffsWestern 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

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 82 25 61 86 +16 56 76 38 33 71 +16 18 81 31 34 65 +16 25 80 25 34 59 +5 46 77 16 41 57 +6 52 77 23 34 57 +11 52 71 22 30 52 +8 51 73 10 35 45 +15 110 77 8 34 42 -12 63 82 6 30 36 +15 42 66 12 17 29 -3 59 62 10 13 23 +8 25 42 4 9 13 -1 24 64 5 8 13 -4 22 55 2 9 11 -6 18 58 0 8 8 +5 12 47 1 7 8 +3 57 75 0 7 7 +6 38 35 4 2 6 -6 2 † 19 3 2 5 -1 14 70 2 2 4 -6 116 13 1 2 3 0 76 35 1 2 3 0 76 17 1 1 2 -2 4 18 0 1 1 -5 21 2 0 0 0 -1 2 10 0 0 0 -2 4 12 0 0 0 -3 6

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 6 1 4 5 -3 5 6 1 3 4 -5 4 6 2 2 4 -1 8 6 2 1 3 0 8 6 1 2 3 -1 2 6 1 1 2 +1 4 6 1 1 2 -4 8 6 0 1 1 -1 12 6 1 0 1 -3 2 6 0 1 1 -6 0 6 0 1 1 -3 9 6 0 0 0 -2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 0 0 -4 2 6 0 0 0 -1 9 4 0 0 0 -1 2

Goaltenders

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

Playoffs Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO 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) Kent School (USHS-CT) 4 92 Samuel Groulx (D) Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 4 106 Harri Sateri (G) Tappara (Finland Jr.) 5 146 Julien Demers (D) Ottawa 67's (OHL) 6 177 Tommy Wingels (C) Miami University (CCHA) 7 186 Jason Demers (D) Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 7 194 Drew Daniels (RW) 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. Worcester's leading scorer was Mike Iggulden with 29 goals and 66 points.

References