2008–09 San Jose Sharks season

National Hockey League team season

2008–09 San Jose Sharks
Presidents' Trophy winners
Pacific Division champions
Division1st Pacific
Conference1st Western
2008–09 record53–18–11
Home record32–5–4
Road record21–13–7
Goals for257
Goals against204
Team information
General managerDoug Wilson
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainPatrick Marleau
Alternate captainsMike Grier
Joe Thornton
ArenaHP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance17,488 (100%)
Team leaders
GoalsPatrick Marleau (38)
AssistsJoe Thornton (61)
PointsJoe Thornton (86)
Penalty minutesJody Shelley (116)
Plus/minusDevin Setoguchi
Patrick Marleau
Joe Thornton (+16)
WinsEvgeni Nabokov (41)
Goals against averageBrian Boucher (2.18)

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.[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

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

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]

References

  1. ^ CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey - News: Hockey transactions[usurped]
  2. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  3. ^ "NHL.com - Recap: Red Wings @ Sharks - 17 January 2009". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "theahl.com : Stats". Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "theahl.com : Stats". Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2009.