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2007-08 season review
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• San Jose set then-team records for most points (108) and points percentage
(.659), road wins (27), most road points (58), fewest shots allowed (1,981), fewest
power play goals allowed (44) and fewest regulation losses (23) in a single
season.
• San Jose also set team standards for longest overall winning streak (11 games,
Feb. 21, 2008 at Philadelphia through March 14, 2008 vs. St. Louis), longest road
winning streak (10 games, Nov. 14, 2007 at Dallas through Dec. 31, 2007 at
Minnesota), most consecutive overall games recording a point (20, Feb. 21, 2008
at Philadelphia through April 1, 2008 vs. Los Angeles) and most consecutive road
games recording a point (14, Oct. 29, 2007 at Dallas through Jan. 13, 2008 at
Anaheim).
• G Evgeni Nabokov finished second in the Vezina Trophy voting after achieving
team regular season goaltending records in wins (50), appearances (77), minutes
(4,561), most consecutive starts (50) and most consecutive wins (10). Nabokov
also played in his second NHL All-Star Game and became the first goaltender
since 2002 to stop all of the shots he faced (eight in the second).
• Coach Ron Wilson led San Jose to their third Pacific Division Championship,
second in his tenure. He became the 11th coach to win 500 NHL games on Feb.
9, 2008 vs. Nashville. Wilson also won his 200th game as Sharks head coach on
March 18, 2008 at Los Angeles, surpassing Darryl Sutter to set the record for
most wins (206).
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
• Relieved Ron Wilson of head coaching duties on May 12, 2008.
• Acquired D Brian Campbell along with a seventh round selection in the 2008
NHL Entry Draft from Buffalo in exchange for RW Steve Bernier and a first round
selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on Feb. 26, 2008.
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L OTL GF GA PTS
SAN JOSE (2) 82 49 23 10 222 193 108
ANAHEIM (4) 82 47 27 8 205 191 102
DALLAS (5) 82 45 30 7 242 207 97
PHOENIX (12) 82 38 37 7 214 231 83
LOS ANGELES (15) 82 32 43 7 231 266 71
Final Statistics
P NO PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM
C 19 JOE THORNTON 82 29 67 96 59
D 51 B. CAMPBELL (BUF) 63 5 38 43 12
(S.J.) 20 3 16 19 8
(TTL) 83 8 54 62 20
L 9 MILAN MICHALEK 79 24 31 55 47
C 12 PATRICK MARLEAU 78 19 29 48 33
C 8 JOE PAVELSKI 82 19 21 40 28
R 14 J. CHEECHOO 69 23 14 37 46
D 52 CRAIG RIVET 74 5 30 35 104
C 27 JEREMY ROENICK 69 14 19 33 26
R 26 **STEVE BERNIER 59 13 10 23 62
R 25 MIKE GRIER 78 9 13 22 24
D 10 CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF 77 1 21 22 72
C 17 *TORREY MITCHELL 82 10 10 20 50
R 16 *DEVIN SETOGUCHI 44 11 6 17 8
L 34 PATRICK RISSMILLER 79 8 9 17 30
D 24 SANDIS OZOLINSH 39 3 13 16 24
D 18 MATT CARLE 62 2 13 15 26
D 44 M-E VLASIC 82 2 12 14 24
D 4 KYLE McLAREN 61 3 8 11 84
D 3 DOUGLAS MURRAY 66 1 9 10 98
C 37 CURTIS BROWN 33 5 4 9 10
C 11 MARCEL GOC 51 5 3 8 12
L 29 RYANE CLOWE 15 3 5 8 22
L 45 JODY SHELLEY (CBJ) 31 0 0 0 44
(S.J.) 31 1 6 7 91
(TTL) 62 1 6 7 135
D 21 ALEXEI SEMENOV 22 1 3 4 36
C 39 *TOMAS PLIHAL 22 2 1 3 4
G 20 EVGENI NABOKOV 77 0 2 2 12
C 47 *TOM CAVANAGH 1 0 1 1 0
D 5 **ROB DAVISON 15 0 0 0 21
C 46 *MIKE IGGULDEN 1 0 0 0 0
G 30 *DIMITRI PATZOLD 3 0 0 0 0
L 43 *LUKAS KASPAR 3 0 0 0 0
G 1 *THOMAS GREISS 3 0 0 0 0
G 33 BRIAN BOUCHER 5 0 0 0 0
* — ROOKIE
** — TRADED DURING THE SEASON (STATS ARE WITH SAN JOSE ONLY)
goaltenders
GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS
GA DATE OPPonent RESULT RECORD
1 10/4 @ Edmonton 2-3 L** 0-0-1
2 10/5 @ Vancouver 3-1 W 1-0-1
3 10/7 @ Colorado 2-6 L 1-1-1
4 10/10 @ Chicago 2-1 W 2-1-1
5 10/13 Boston 1-2 L 2-2-1
6 10/15 @ Vancouver 4-2 W 3-2-1
7 10/18 Detroit 2-4 L 3-3-1
8 10/20 Nashville 3-0 W 4-3-1
9 10/22 @ Calgary 4-1 W 5-3-1
10 10/26 @ Detroit 1-5 L 5-4-1
11 10/27 @ Columbus 1-2 L 5-5-1
12 10/29 @ Dallas 4-2 W 6-5-1
13 11/2 Los Angeles 2-5 L 6-6-1
14 11/3 @ Los Angeles 3-1 W 7-6-1
15 11/7 Dallas 1-3 L 7-7-1
16 11/9 @ Anaheim 2-3 L** 7-7-2
17 11/10 Phoenix 4-1 W 8-7-2
18 11/12 Phoenix 5-0 W 9-7-2
19 11/14 @ Dallas 4-3 W** 10-7-2
20 11/15 @ Phoenix 6-0 W 11-7-2
21 11/17 Anaheim 1-2 L** 11-7-3
22 11/24 Los Angeles 1-2 L 11-8-3
23 11/28 Los Angeles 2-3 L** 11-8-4
24 11/30 Colorado 3-2 W 12-8-4
25 12/3 @ Colorado 3-2 W 13-8-4
26 12/5 @ Dallas 3-2 W 14-8-4
27 12/7 @ Phoenix 1-0 W 15-8-4
28 12/8 Buffalo 1-7 L 15-9-4
29 12/11 Minnesota 4-1 W 16-9-4
30 12/13 Vancouver 5-2 W 17-9-4
31 12/15 Dallas 2-4 L 17-10-4
32 12/16 @ Anaheim 2-1 W 18-10-4
33 12/18 Anaheim 0-2 L 18-11-4
34 12/20 Phoenix 2-3 L** 18-11-5
35 12/22 Amaheim 2-5 L 18-12-5
36 12/26 @ Los Angeles 3-2 W 19-12-5
37 12/28 @ St. Louis 1-0 W 20-12-5
38 12/29 @ Nashville 5-2 W 21-12-5
39 12/31 @ Minnesota 3-2 W 22-12-5
40 1/3 Calgary 2-3 L* 22-12-6
41 1/5 Columbus 3-2 W 23-12-6
42 1/10 Vancouver 3-1 W 24-12-6
43 1/12 Toronto 3-2 W 25-12-6
44 1/13 @ Anaheim 3-4 L* 25-12-7
45 1/15 @ Phoenix 3-5 L 25-13-7
46 1/17 Dallas 2-4 L 25-14-7
47 1/19 Detroit 3-6 L 25-15-7
48 1/22 Chicago 3-2 W 26-15-7
49 1/24 St. Louis 4-1 W 27-15-7
50 1/29 @ Edmonton 3-0 W 28-15-7
51 1/30 @ Calgary 4-5 L 28-16-7
52 2/2 Chicago 3-2 W** 29-16-7
53 2/6 Colorado 1-3 L 29-17-7
54 2/8 Columbus 2-1 W 30-17-7
55 2/9 Nashville 4-3 W 31-17-7
56 2/12 Calgary 3-4 L* 31-17-8
57 2/14 Edmonton 2-3 L 31-18-8
58 2/17 @ NY Rangers 1-3 L 31-19-8
59 2/18 @ NY Islanders 2-3 L 31-20-8
60 2/20 @ New Jersey 2-3 L 31-21-8
61 2/21 @ Philadelphia 3-1 W 32-21-8
62 2/24 @ Pittsburgh 2-1 W** 33-21-8
63 2/27 @ Columbus 4-2 W 34-21-8
64 2/29 @ Detroit 3-2 W 35-21-8
65 3/1 @ St. Louis 2-0 W 36-21-8
66 3/3 Montreal 6-4 W 37-21-8
67 3/5 Ottawa 3-2 W* 38-21-8
68 3/7 @ Chicago 3-2 W 39-21-8
69 3/9 @ Minnesota 3-2 W** 40-21-8
70 3/11 @ Nashville 2-1 W 41-21-8
71 3/14 St. Louis 4-1 W 42-21-8
72 3/16 Edmonton 1-2 L** 42-21-9
73 3/18 @ Los Angeles 2-1 W 43-21-9
74 3/19 Minnesota 4-3 W** 44-21-9
75 3/21 Anaheim 2-1 W 45-21-9
76 3/25 @ Phoenix 4-5 L* 45-21-10
77 3/27 Dallas 3-2 W* 46-21-10
78 3/28 @ Anaheim 3-1 W 47-21-10
79 3/30 Phoenix 3-1 W 48-21-10
80 4/1 Los Angeles 5-2 W 49-21-10
81 4/3 @ Los Angeles 2-4 L 49-22-10
82 4/6 @ Dallas 2-4 L 49-23-10
*— OVERTIME
** — SHOOTOUT
NO. GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SA SV % G A PIM
33 BRIAN BOUCHER 5 238 1.76 3 1 1 0 1 7 103 .932 0 0 0
20 E. NABOKOV 77 4561 2.14 46 21 8 6 6 163 1802 .910 0 2 12
1 *THOMAS GREISS 3 129 3.26 0 1 1 0 0 7 50 .860 0 0 0
30 *D. PATZOLD 3 44 5.45 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 .800 0 0 0
TOTALS 82 5000 2.24 49 23 10 6 7 187 1981 .906
RECORD BOOK
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