San Jose Sharks
2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 15th in the NHL · 4th in the Pacific · L10 2-1-0 · L1
2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24th in the NHL · 5th in the Pacific
at St. Louis · 8:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Yaroslav Askarov 71%Game preview →San Jose are 2-1-0 after 3 games of 2026-27, 4th in the Pacific. Last season they finished 24th in the league with 86 points.
4th in the Pacific after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 15th in the league · 2-1-0 · 4 pts
StandingsAhead of their goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 9 goals for and 12 against in 3 games. Last season: 86 points against 79.1. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six on the road
Next six
See all: Next six →St. Louis Blues86 pts · 22nd10 Octvs
Edmonton Oilers93 pts · 14th13 Octvs
Boston Bruins100 pts · 8th15 Oct@
Nashville Predators86 pts · 23rd17 Oct@
Detroit Red Wings92 pts · 16th19 Oct@
Toronto Maple Leafs78 pts · 28thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 48.8% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Dallas0–513–26L3 Octvs
Los Angeles5–4 OT25–35W1 Octvs
Florida4–3 OT32–26WScores Macklin Celebrini leads with 5 points in 2 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$2.71M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed at Dallas on 5 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 3 Oct: in Sam Dickinson, Ty Dellandrea; out Nolan Allan, Macklin Celebrini.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 11th power play and a 19th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 21.2%, penalty kill 76.4%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
San Jose attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every San Jose attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
142 att · 70 on goal · 9 G
By shot type
San Jose Sharks rank 14th for 22+ mph bursts and 24th for shot-attempt differential
How fast San Jose Sharks skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.55Michael MisavsFLA1 Oct · 1st 01:23
- 22.25Darnell NursevsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 13:08
- 22.02Ty Dellandrea@DAL5 Oct · 1st 02:02
- 21.94Macklin CelebrinivsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 08:06
- 21.90Will SmithvsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 00:40
- 21.79Collin Graf@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 05:01
- 21.77Alexander WennbergvsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 11:52
- 21.50Zack Ostapchuk@DAL5 Oct · 1st 17:36
Each San Jose Sharks skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 88.46Jacob TroubavsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 19:33
- 85.83Macklin CelebrinivsFLA1 Oct · 1st 00:41
- 85.58Mason MarchmentvsFLA1 Oct · 1st 04:03
- 85.49Kiefer Sherwood@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 12:28
- 85.38Michael Kesselring@DAL5 Oct · 1st 09:33
- 84.69Dmitry OrlovvsLAK3 Oct · 1st 19:40
- 84.25Igor ChernyshovvsLAK3 Oct · OT 03:18
- 79.91Sam Dickinson@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 14:20
Each San Jose Sharks skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Yaroslav Askarov has started 3 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Six on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Signed F Collin Graf to a three-year contract.
Agreed to terms with C Macklin Celebrini on a five-year contract.
Signed D Libor Hajek to a one-year contract.
Signed F Brett Leason and G Kyle Keyser to one-year contracts.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 60% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the San Jose Sharks, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 88-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 36%; the market sits 24 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Los Angeles is the most-played rivalry: 215 meetings
San Jose against every Pacific rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Anaheim Ducks
Calgary Flames
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights
Seattle Kraken19 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 40 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct