| League: | NHL |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | San Jose Sharks |
| Division: | Pacific |
| Divisionrank: | 3rd |
| Conference: | Western |
| Conferencerank: | 6th |
| Record: | 25–16–7 |
| Homerecord: | 17–2–5 |
| Roadrecord: | 8–14–2 |
| Goalsfor: | 124 |
| Goalsagainst: | 116 |
| Generalmanager: | Doug Wilson |
| Coach: | Todd McLellan |
| Captain: | Joe Thornton |
| Altcaptain: | Dan Boyle Ryane Clowe (Oct.–Apr.) Patrick Marleau |
| Arena: | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
| Attendance: | 17,562 |
| Goalsleader: | Logan Couture (21) |
| Assistsleader: | Joe Thornton (33) |
| Pointsleader: | Joe Thornton (40) |
| Plusminusleader: | Logan Couture Martin Havlat (+7) |
| Pimleader: | Ryane Clowe (79) |
| Winsleader: | Antti Niemi (24) |
| Gaaleader: | Antti Niemi (2.14) |
The 2012–13 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
The Sharks started the 2012–13 season with a perfect record; getting 14 out of 14 possible points in their seven January games. Patrick Marleau scored the Sharks first goal of the season, in the second period of the regular season opener against the Calgary Flames.[1]
February would however be troublesome – in 12 games the Sharks would only get two wins and a total of eight points.
The Sharks were successful at home in March, with five wins and a loss in overtime. On the road, they had less success – registering three wins, five losses and an overtime loss. After eight seasons with the Sharks, Douglas Murray was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 25.[2]
The Sharks were active around the trade deadline; Ryane Clowe, who also played with the Sharks for eight seasons, was traded to the New York Rangers,[3] Michal Handzus was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks,[4] Raffi Torres was acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes[5] and Scott Hannan was acquired from the Nashville Predators.[6] This is Hannan's second stint with San Jose.
On April 23, 2013, in the final home game of the regular season, the Sharks defeated the Stars 3–2 to clinch a playoff berth.[7] The Sharks finished with a home record of 17–2–5 and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season.
Legend:
See main article: 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. The San Jose Sharks enters the playoffs as the Western Conference's sixth seed. They swept the Vancouver Canucks in the first round, but were knocked out of the playoffs in a 4–3 series loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the second round.
Final stats[8]
| Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | +6 | 26 | ||
| 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | +7 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 17 | 14 | 31 | −2 | 24 | ||
| 48 | 16 | 15 | 31 | +2 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +3 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +7 | 30 | ||
| 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −10 | 22 | ||
| 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +1 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −9 | 26 | ||
| 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 10 | ||
| ‡ | 28 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −4 | 79 | |
| 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 29 | ||
| 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −5 | 6 | ||
| † | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +4 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 61 | ||
| 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 10 | ||
| ‡ | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −8 | 26 | |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 | ||
| ‡ | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 12 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | ||
| † | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −6 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +5 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 43 | 2580:46 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 93 | 2.16 | 1220 | .924 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 308:12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2.53 | 153 | .915 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 41:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.86 | 13 | .846 | 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
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.
| Date | |||
| June 23, 2012 [9] | To Chicago Blackhawks 7th-round pick in 2012 4th-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2012 | |
| January 16, 2013 [10] | To New York Rangers Brandon Mashinter | To San Jose Sharks Tommy Grant Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 | |
| March 25, 2013 [11] | To Pittsburgh Penguins Douglas Murray | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 | |
| April 1, 2013 [12] | To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus | To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2013 | |
| April 2, 2013 [13] | To New York Rangers Ryane Clowe | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2013 3rd-round pick in 2013 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014 | |
| April 3, 2013 [14] | To Nashville Predators Conditional 6th- or 7th-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan | |
| April 3, 2013 [15] | To Phoenix Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Raffi Torres | |
| Player | Former team | Contract terms | |
| Adam Burish[16] | 4 years, $7.2 million | ||
| Bracken Kearns[17] | 1 year, $550,000 | ||
| Danny Groulx[18] | 1 year, $525,000 | ||
| Jon Matsumoto[19] | 1 year, $600,000 | ||
| Scott Gomez[20] | 1 year, $700,000 | ||
| Daniil Tarasov[21] | 2 years, $1.36 million entry-level contract | ||
| Eriah Hayes[22] | 2 years, $1.31 million entry-level contract | ||
| Rylan Schwartz[23] | 2 years, $1.3 million entry-level contract | ||
| Troy Grosenick[24] | 1 year, $925,000 million entry-level contract | ||
| Petter Emanuelsson[25] | 2 years, $1.5675 million entry-level contract |
| Player | New team | Contract terms | |
| Torrey Mitchell[26] | 3 years, $5.7 million | ||
| Benn Ferriero[27] | 1 year, $700,000 | ||
| Daniel Winnik[28] | 2 years, $3.6 million | ||
| Jim Vandermeer[29] | 1 year, $600,000 |
| Player | Date | Contract terms | |
| Justin Braun[31] | June 26, 2012 | 3 years, $3.75 million | |
| Andrew Desjardins[32] | June 26, 2012 | 1 year, $640,000 | |
| Brad Stuart[33] | June 26, 2012 | 3 years, $10.8 million | |
| Tommy Wingels[34] | June 26, 2012 | 2 years, $1.55 million | |
| Matt Irwin[35] | July 2, 2012 | 1 year, $650,000 | |
| Alex Stalock[36] | July 2, 2012 | 1 year, $687,500 | |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic[37] | July 11, 2012 | 5 years, $21 million contract extension | |
| TJ Galiardi[38] | July 12, 2012 | 1 year, $950,000 | |
| Frazer McLaren[39] | July 12, 2012 | 1 year, $632,500 | |
| John McCarthy[40] | July 12, 2012 | 2 years, $1.225 million | |
| Matt Pelech[41] | July 16, 2012 | 1 year, $577,500 | |
| Nick Petrecki[42] | January 18, 2013 | 1 year, $650,000 | |
| James Sheppard[43] | January 18, 2013 | 1 year, $825,000 | |
| Tim Kennedy[44] | January 23, 2013 | 1 year, $675,000 | |
| Chris Tierney[45] | April 2, 2013 | 3 years, $2.2275 million entry-level contract | |
| Christopher Crane[46] | April 2, 2013 | 2 years, $1.2 million entry-level contract | |
| Matt Nieto[47] | April 2, 2013 | 3 years, $2.0775 million entry-level contract | |
| Matt Irwin[48] | April 3, 2013 | 2 years, $2 million contract extension | |
| Tomas Hertl[49] | June 3, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract | |
| Raffi Torres[50] | June 20, 2013 | 3 years, $6 million | |
| Andrew Desjardins[51] | June 26, 2013 | 2 years, $1.5 million | |
| James Sheppard[52] | June 26, 2013 | 1 year, $830,000 | |
| Jason Demers[53] | June 27, 2013 | 1 year, $1.5 million | |
| Brodie Reid[54] | June 27, 2013 | 1 year |
San Jose's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[55]
| Round | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Tomas Hertl | Center | Slavia Prague (Czech Extraliga) | ||
| 2 | 55 | Chris Tierney | Center | London Knights (OHL) | ||
| 4 | 109 | Christophe Lalancette | Right wing | Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) | ||
| 5 | 138 | Daniel O'Regan | Center | Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA) | ||
| 6 | 168 | Clifford Watson | Defence | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) | ||
| 7 | 198 | Joakim Ryan | Defence | Cornell University (ECAC) |