2009–10 San Jose Sharks season

2009–10 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division champions
Division1st Pacific
Conference1st Western
2009–10 record51–20–11
Home record27–6–8
Road record24–14–3
Goals for264
Goals against215
Team information
General managerDoug Wilson
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainRob Blake
Alternate captainsDan Boyle
Joe Thornton
ArenaHP Pavilion at San Jose

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

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

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 [1]
2 September 18 Vancouver Canucks 6-2 San Jose Sharks Greiss 1-1-0 [2]
3 September 19 Phoenix Coyotes 4-5 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 2-1-0 [3]
4 September 21 San Jose Sharks 2-3 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 2-2-0 [4]
5 September 23 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Vancouver Canucks SO Nabokov 2-2-1 [5]
6 September 25 Anaheim Ducks 0-6 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 3-2-1 [6]
7 September 26 San Jose Sharks 0-2 Phoenix Coyotes Greiss 3-3-1 [7]

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 GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – San Jose Sharks 82 51 20 11 264 215 113
2 y – Chicago Blackhawks 82 52 22 8 271 209 112
3 y – Vancouver Canucks 82 49 28 5 272 222 103
4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 50 25 7 225 202 107
5 Detroit Red Wings 82 44 24 14 229 216 102
6 Los Angeles Kings 82 46 27 9 241 219 101
7 Nashville Predators 82 47 29 6 225 225 100
8 Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 244 233 95
8.5
9 St. Louis Blues 82 40 32 10 225 223 90
10 Calgary Flames 82 40 32 10 204 210 90
11 Anaheim Ducks 82 39 32 11 238 251 89
12 Dallas Stars 82 37 31 14 237 254 88
13 Minnesota Wild 82 38 36 8 219 246 84
14 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 32 35 15 216 259 79
15 Edmonton Oilers 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 [8]
2 October 3 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 17,281 1-1-0 2 [9]
3 October 6 San Jose Sharks 4-6 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 15,053 1-2-0 2 [10]
4 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 3-6 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 2-2-0 4 [11]
5 October 10 Minnesota Wild 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 3-2-0 6 [12]
6 October 12 Phoenix Coyotes 1-0 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 3-2-1 7 [13]
7 October 15 San Jose Sharks 1-4 Washington Capitals Nabokov 18,277 3-3-1 7 [14]
8 October 17 San Jose Sharks 4-1 New York Islanders Nabokov 11,287 4-3-1 9 [15]
9 October 19 San Jose Sharks 7-3 New York Rangers Nabokov 18,200 5-3-1 11 [16]
10 October 22 San Jose Sharks 2-5 Tampa Bay Lightning Nabokov 13,343 5-4-1 11 [17]
11 October 24 San Jose Sharks 4-3 Atlanta Thrashers Nabokov 14,945 6-4-1 13 [18]
12 October 25 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Philadelphia Flyers Greiss 19,126 7-4-1 15 [19]
13 October 28 Los Angeles Kings 1-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 8-4-1 17 [20]
14 October 30 Colorado Avalanche 1-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 9-4-1 19 [21]
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 [22]
16 November 4 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Columbus Blue Jackets SO Nabokov 13,401 11-4-1 23 [23]
17 November 5 San Jose Sharks 1-2 Detroit Red Wings SO Nabokov 19,558 11-4-2 24 [24]
18 November 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 0-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 12-4-2 26 [25]
19 November 10 Nashville Predators 3-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 13-4-2 28 [26]
20 November 12 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 13-4-3 29 [27]
21 November 14 San Jose Sharks 3-1 St. Louis Blues Nabokov 19,150 14-4-3 31 [28]
22 November 15 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Chicago Blackhawks OT Nabokov 21,130 14-4-4 32 [29]
23 November 17 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Nashville Predators Greiss 13,324 14-5-4 32 [30]
24 November 20 Philadelphia Flyers 3-6 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 15-5-4 34 [31]
25 November 21 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 15,066 16-5-4 36 [32]
26 November 25 Chicago Blackhawks 7-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 16-6-4 36 [33]
27 November 27 San Jose Sharks 5-4 Edmonton Oilers SO Nabokov 16,839 17-6-4 38 [34]
28 November 29 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Vancouver Canucks Nabokov 18,810 18-6-4 40 [35]
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 [36]
30 December 3 St. Louis Blues 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,424 19-6-5 43 [37]
31 December 5 Calgary Flames 2-1 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 19-7-5 43 [38]
32 December 9 Los Angeles Kings 5-4 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 19-7-6 44 [39]
33 December 11 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 19-7-7 45 [40]
34 December 12 San Jose Sharks 1-2 Phoenix Coyotes Greiss 10,650 19-8-7 45 [41]
35 December 17 Anaheim Ducks 1-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 20-8-7 47 [42]
36 December 21 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Dallas Stars Nabokov 18,532 21-8-7 49 [43]
37 December 22 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Chicago Blackhawks Nabokov 21,614 22-8-7 51 [44]
38 December 26 Anaheim Ducks 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 23-8-7 53 [45]
39 December 28 Phoenix Coyotes 2-3 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 24-8-7 55 [46]
40 December 30 Washington Capitals 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 25-8-7 57 [47]
41 December 31 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Phoenix Coyotes SO Greiss 12,472 26-8-7 59 [48]
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 [49]
43 January 4 Los Angeles Kings 6-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 27-9-7 61 [50]
44 January 6 St. Louis Blues 1-2 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 28-9-7 63 [51]
45 January 9 Detroit Red Wings 4-1 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 28-10-7 63 [52]
46 January 11 San Jose Sharks 2-1 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 17,821 29-10-7 65 [53]
47 January 12 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Phoenix Coyotes Nabokov 9,248 30-10-7 67 [54]
48 January 14 Boston Bruins 2-1 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 30-10-8 68 [55]
49 January 16 Edmonton Oilers 2-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 31-10-8 70 [56]
50 January 18 Calgary Flames 1-9 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 32-10-8 72 [57]
51 January 19 San Jose Sharks 5-1 Los Angeles Kings Nabokov 16,212 33-10-8 74 [58]
52 January 21 Anaheim Ducks 1-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 34-10-8 76 [59]
53 January 23 Buffalo Sabres 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 35-10-8 78 [60]
54 January 28 Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 San Jose Sharks OT Nabokov 17,562 35-10-9 79 [61]
55 January 30 Minnesota Wild 2-5 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 36-10-9 81 [62]
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 [63]
57 February 4 San Jose Sharks 4-2 St. Louis Blues Greiss 19,150 37-11-9 83 [64]
58 February 6 San Jose Sharks 4-3 Nashville Predators Nabokov 16,007 38-11-9 85 [65]
59 February 8 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Toronto Maple Leafs Nabokov 19,460 39-11-9 87 [66]
60 February 10 San Jose Sharks 0-3 Columbus Blue Jackets Greiss 15,234 39-12-9 87 [67]
61 February 11 San Jose Sharks 3-2 Detroit Red Wings SO Nabokov 20,066 40-12-9 89 [68]
62 February 13 San Jose Sharks 1-3 Buffalo Sabres Nabokov 18,690 40-13-9 89 [69]
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 [70]
64 March 4 Montreal Canadiens 2-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 41-14-9 91 [71]
65 March 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 1-2 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 42-14-9 93 [72]
66 March 11 Nashville Predators 5-8 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 43-14-9 95 [73]
67 March 13 Florida Panthers 3-2 San Jose Sharks OT Greiss 17,562 43-14-10 96 [74]
68 March 14 San Jose Sharks 2-4 Anaheim Ducks Nabokov 16,317 43-15-10 96 [75]
69 March 16 San Jose Sharks 2-8 Dallas Stars Nabokov 18,532 43-16-10 96 [76]
70 March 18 San Jose Sharks 2-3 Vancouver Canucks Nabokov 18,810 43-17-10 96 [77]
71 March 19 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Calgary Flames Nabokov 19,289 43-18-10 96 [78]
72 March 21 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Edmonton Oilers Nabokov 16,839 43-19-10 96 [79]
73 March 23 San Jose Sharks 4-1 Minnesota Wild Nabokov 18,551 44-19-10 98 [80]
74 March 25 Dallas Stars 0-3 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 45-19-10 100 [81]
75 March 27 Vancouver Canucks 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 46-19-10 102 [82]
76 March 28 Colorado Avalanche 3-4 San Jose Sharks Greiss 17,562 47-19-10 104 [83]
77 March 31 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Dallas Stars Nabokov 17,263 47-20-10 104 [84]
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 [85]
79 April 4 San Jose Sharks 4-5 Colorado Avalanche OT Nabokov 12,893 48-20-11 107 [86]
80 April 6 San Jose Sharks 2-1 Calgary Flames Nabokov 19,289 49-20-11 109 [87]
81 April 8 Vancouver Canucks 2-4 San Jose Sharks Nabokov 17,562 50-20-11 111 [88]
82 April 10 Phoenix Coyotes 2-3 San Jose Sharks SO Nabokov 17,562 51-20-11 113 [89]

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 [90]
2 April 16 Colorado 5–6 San Jose OT Nabokov 17,562 1–1 [91]
3 April 18 San Jose 0–1 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 1–2 [92]
4 April 20 San Jose 2–1 Colorado OT Nabokov 18,007 2–2 [93]
5 April 22 Colorado 0–5 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 3–2 [94]
6 April 24 San Jose 5–2 Colorado Nabokov 18,007 4–2 [95]
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 [96]
2 May 2 Detroit 3–4 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 2–0 [97]
3 May 4 San Jose 4–3 Detroit OT Nabokov 20,066 3–0 [98]
4 May 6 San Jose 1–7 Detroit Nabokov 20,066 3–1 [99]
5 May 8 Detroit 1–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 4–1 [100]
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 [101]
2 May 18 Chicago 4–2 San Jose Nabokov 17,562 0–2 [102]
3 May 21 San Jose 2–3 Chicago OT Nabokov 22,311 0–3 [103]
4 May 23 San Jose 2–4 Chicago Nabokov 22,224 0–4 [104]

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]
  1. ^ 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.

References

  1. ^ "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "2009–2010 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "Sharks Stats". sj-sharks.com. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Heatley, Quick and Henrik Sedin named NHL "Three Stars" of the week
  5. ^ Kopitar, Cammalleri and Marleau named three stars of the week by NHL
  6. ^ Kaberle, Rinne and Nabokov named NHL 'Three Stars' of the week
  7. ^ Flames' Iginla, Sharks' Nabokov, Flyers' Pronger earn three stars of the week
  8. ^ Joe Thornton, Carey Price and Mike Fisher named NHL three stars of the week
  9. ^ Iginla, Thornton, Gaborik November's 3 Stars
  10. ^ Completed Trades from Day Two of Draft
  11. ^ Sharks Acquire C Patrick White and D Daniel Rahimi from Canucks
  12. ^ Sharks acquire Heatley from Senators in exchange for Cheechoo, Michalek
  13. ^ Wilson Brings Blueliner From Carolina
  14. ^ "Sharks trade forward Shelley to Rangers for sixth round pick". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  15. ^ Nichol Signs With San Jose Archived July 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ a b c d e Sharks Sign Four Players, Re-sign Vesce
  17. ^ a b Sharks Sign a Pair of Goaltenders
  18. ^ Sharks Sign Center Benn Ferriero
  19. ^ SHARKS SIGN FREE AGENT MALHOTRA
  20. ^ Sharks Sign G Thomas Heemskerk
  21. ^ Sharks Sign Free Agent Nick Schaus
  22. ^ Sharks Sign Defenseman Matt Irwin
  23. ^ Sharks Sign Free Agent James Marcou
  24. ^ MacIntyre Signs With San Jose
  25. ^ Boucher, Laperriere Join Flyers
  26. ^ Habs ink Travis Moen
  27. ^ Flyers Sign Five
  28. ^ Flames sign Garth Murray and Riley Armstrong
  29. ^ SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH MIKE GRIER
  30. ^ Preds Ink Free Agent Forward Marcel Goc
  31. ^ Semenov signed a two-year, $1.5 million deal with a KHL (Russia)
  32. ^ Sharks Claim Jay Leach on Waivers
  33. ^ "Claude Lemieux Announces His Retirement". Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  34. ^ "Roenick Hangs Up His Skates". Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  35. ^ "Wilson Keeps Working". Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  36. ^ Huskins Signs 2-Year Deal
  37. ^ Clowe In for the Long Haulg
  38. ^ Sharks Re-Sign Center Torrey Mitchell
  39. ^ Sharks Re-Sign Forward Brad Staubitz
  40. ^ Sharks Sign 2005 Draft Pick Tony Lucia
  41. ^ Sharks Sign 2007 Draft Pick Braun