The 2014–15 San Jose Sharks season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League.[2]
On May 15, 2014, following a first round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings, General Manager Doug Wilson made known his intentions to build a "younger, more aggressive team", announcing that the team would retain Head Coach Todd McLellan, but will move 33-year-old winger Martin Havlat, who still had one year remaining on his contract, and would not re-sign 37-year-old impending unrestricted free agent defenceman Dan Boyle.[3] The Sharks also acquired John Scott and Tye McGinn.[4]
The Sharks did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002–03, ending the second-longest active NHL playoff appearance streak at ten seasons. This is the only season in the span between the 2003–04 and 2018–19 seasons in which the Sharks missed the playoffs (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season).
The pre-season schedule was announced on June 19.[5]
Notes: a Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
The regular season schedule was announced on June 22.[6]
Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Final statistics.[7]
†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 2014–15 season:
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.