The home schedule features 14 weekend contests (13 Saturday and one Sunday). The busiest home weeknight is Thursday (11), followed by Wednesday (five), Monday (four), Tuesday (four) and Friday (three).
The Sharks will play Pacific Division rivals (Anaheim, Dallas, Los Angeles and Phoenix) six times each for a total of 24 games, in addition to playing members of the Western Conference’s Northwest Division (Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota and Vancouver) and Central Division (Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Nashville and St. Louis) four times each (40 games).
The remaining 18 games in the 82-game schedule will involve each club playing every opponent in the other conference at least once, home or away, with the three remaining games being devoted to interconference “at large” scheduling. The Sharks will “at large” opponents are compromised of Buffalo, Philadelphia and Washington. It is the second time in League history the Sharks will play every team in the Eastern Conference during the regular season with last season being the first.
The Sharks three-way intra-state rivalry continues with the Anaheim Ducks (Dec. 17, Dec. 26 and Jan. 21) and the Los Angeles Kings (Oct. 28, Dec. 9, Jan. 4) each making three visits to San Jose.
The Sharks have three five-game homestands, marking the longest stretches of consecutive home games, from Dec. 1 – Dec. 11, Jan. 21 – Feb. 2 and March 2 – March 13. The Sharks schedule also features three six-game road trips, constituting the longest trips of the season, from Oct. 15 – Oct. 25, Feb. 4 – Feb. 13 and March 14 – March 23.
While there will be no All-Star Game this season, the Olympic Games will suspend the NHL season. The Sharks final game prior to the Olympic Break will be on Feb. 13 at Buffalo and the team’s schedule will resume on March 2 vs. New Jersey.
Information on Sharks individual game tickets and a complete broadcast schedule will be released at a later date.
SHARKS SCHEDULE NOTES
Home Games By Day: Sun. –1, Mon. –4, Tue. –4, Wed. –5, Thu. –11, Fri. –3, Sat. – 13
Road Games By Day: Sun. –7, Mon. –4, Tue. –8, Wed. –3, Thu. – 8, Fri. – 3, Sat. – 8
Home Games By Month: Oct.– 5, Nov.– 5, Dec–9, Jan.–11, Feb.– 1, March–8, April – 2
Road Games By Month: Oct.–9, Nov.– 9, Dec.– 4, Jan.–3, Feb.– 6, March –7, April – 3
Games By Conference / Division:
Western Conference (64)
Pacific Division (24) Central Division (20) Northwest Division (20)
Eastern Conference (18)
Atlantic Division (6) Northeast Division (6) Southeast Division (6)
Opponents Visits To San Jose (41): Anaheim – 3, Atlanta – 0, Boston – 1, Buffalo – 1, Calgary – 2, Carolina – 0, Chicago – 2, Colorado – 2, Columbus – 2, Dallas – 3, Detroit – 2, Edmonton – 2, Florida – 1, Los Angeles – 3, Minnesota – 2, Montreal – 1, Nashville – 2, New Jersey – 1, N.Y. Islanders – 0, N.Y. Rangers - 0, Ottawa – 1, Philadelphia – 1, Phoenix – 3, Pittsburgh – 1, St. Louis – 2, Tampa Bay – 0, Toronto – 0, Vancouver – 2, Washington – 1.
Sharks Visits To Road Cities (41): Anaheim – 3, Atlanta – 1, Boston – 0, Buffalo – 1, Calgary – 2, Carolina – 1, Chicago – 2, Colorado – 2, Columbus – 2, Dallas – 3, Detroit – 2, Edmonton – 2, Florida – 0, Los Angeles – 3, Minnesota – 2, Montreal – 0, Nashville – 2, New Jersey – 0, N.Y. Islanders – 1, N.Y. Rangers – 1, Ottawa – 0, Philadelphia – 1, Phoenix – 3, Pittsburgh – 0, St. Louis – 2, Tampa Bay – 1, Toronto – 1, Vancouver – 2, Washington – 1.
At The Olympic Break: San Jose will play 31 of their 41 home games and 61 of their 82 total games before the Olympic Break that spans from Feb. 14 – March 1. The Olympic Games will be played in Vancouver, B.C.
Longest Homestand: Five games – Three Times: [Dec. 1 vs. Ottawa, Dec. 3 vs. St. Louis, Dec. 5 vs. Calgary, Dec. 9 vs. Los Angeles, Feb. 11 vs. Dallas] [Jan. 21 vs. Anaheim, Jan. 23 vs. Buffalo, Jan. 28 vs. Chicago, Jan. 30 vs. Minnesota, Feb. 2 vs. Detroit] [March 2 vs. New Jersey, March 4 vs. Montreal, March 6 vs. Columbus, March 11 vs. Nashville, March 13 vs. Florida]
Longest Road Trip: Six games – Three times: [Oct. 15 at Washington, Oct. 17 at NY Islanders, Oct. 19 at NY Rangers, Oct. 22 at Tampa Bay, Oct. 24 at Atlanta, Oct. 25 at Philadelphia] [Feb. 4 at St. Louis, Feb. 6 at Nashville, Feb. 8 at Toronto, Feb. 10 at Columbus, Feb. 11 at Detroit, Feb. 13 at Buffalo] [March 14 at Anaheim, March 16 at Dallas, March 18 at Vancouver, March 19 at Calgary, March 21 at Edmonton, March 23 at Minnesota]
Back-To-Back Games:
Overall: 13 times
Back-to-back at home: 1 time Road game followed by next day home game: 5 times
Back-to-back on road: 7 times Home game followed by next day road game: 0 times
OCTOBER
Thu 1 @ Colorado 6:30 p.m.
Sat 3 @ Anaheim 7:00 p.m.
Tue 6 @ Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.
THU 8 COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m.
SAT 10 MINNESOTA 7:30 p.m.
MON 12 PHOENIX 7:30 p.m.
Thu 15 @ Washington 4:00 p.m.
Sat 17 @ N.Y. Islanders 4:00 p.m.
Mon 19 @ N.Y. Rangers 4:00 p.m.
Thu 22 @ Tampa Bay 4:30 p.m.
Sat 24 @ Atlanta 4:00 p.m.
Sun 25 @ Philadelphia 4:00 p.m.
WED 28 LOS ANGELES 7:30 p.m.
FRI 30 COLORADO 7:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Sun 1 @ Carolina 10:30 a.m.
Wed 4 @ Columbus 4:00 p.m.
Thu 5 @ Detroit 4:30 p.m.
SAT 7 PITTSBURGH 7:30 p.m.
TUE 10 NASHVILLE 7:30 p.m.
THU 12 DALLAS 7:30 p.m.
Sat 14 @ St. Louis 5:00 p.m.
Sun 15 @ Chicago 4:00 p.m.
Tue 17 @ Nashville 5:00 p.m.
FRI 20 PHILADELPHIA 7:30 p.m.
Sat 21 @ Anaheim 7:00 p.m.
WED 25 CHICAGO 7:30 p.m.
Fri 27 @ Edmonton 6:00 p.m.
Sun 29 @ Vancouver 7:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
TUE 1 OTTAWA 7:30 p.m.
THU 3 ST.LOUIS 7:30 p.m.
SAT 5 CALGARY 7:00 p.m.
WED 9 LOS ANGELES 7:30 p.m.
FRI 11 DALLAS 7:30 p.m.
Sat 12 @ Phoenix 5:00 p.m.
THU 17 ANAHEIM 7:30 p.m.
Mon 21 @ Dallas 5:30 p.m.
Tue 22 @ Chicago 5:00 p.m.
SAT 26 ANAHEIM 7:30 p.m.
MON 28 PHOENIX 7:30 p.m.
WED 30 WASHINGTON 7:30 p.m.
Thu 31 @Phoenix 4:00 p.m.
JANUARY
SAT 2 EDMONTON 7:00 p.m.
MON 4 LOS ANGELES 7:30 p.m.
WED 6 ST. LOUIS 7:30 p.m.
SAT 9 DETROIT 7:30 p.m.
Mon 11 @ Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.
Tue 12 @ Phoenix 6:00 p.m.
THU 14 BOSTON 7:30 p.m.
SAT 16 EDMONTON 1:00 p.m.
MON 18 CALGARY 7:30 p.m.
Tue 19 @ Los Angeles 7:30 p.m.
THU 21 ANAHEIM 7:30 p.m.
SAT 23 BUFFALO 7:30 p.m.
THU 28 CHICAGO 7:30 p.m.
SAT 30 MINNESOTA 7:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY
TUE 2 DETROIT 7:30 p.m.
Thu 4 @ St. Louis 5:00 p.m.
Sat 6 @ Nashville 5:00 p.m.
Mon 8 @ Toronto 4:00 p.m.
Wed 10 @ Columbus 4:00 p.m.
Thu 11 @ Detroit 4:30 p.m.
Sat 13 @ Buffalo 4:00 p.m.
MARCH
TUE 2 NEW JERSEY 7:30 p.m.
THU 4 MONTREAL 7:30 p.m.
SAT 6 COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m.
THU 11 NASHVILLE 7:30 p.m.
SAT 13 FLORIDA 7:30 p.m.
Sun 14 @ Anaheim 5:00 p.m.
Tue 16 @ Dallas 5:30 p.m.
Thu 18 @ Vancouver 7:00 p.m.
Fri 19 @ Calgary 6:00 p.m.
Sun 21 @ Edmonton 5:00 p.m.
Tue 23 @ Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
THU 25 DALLAS 7:30 p.m.
SAT 27 VANCOUVER 7:00 p.m.
SUN 28 COLORADO 5:00 p.m.
Wed 31 @ Dallas 5:30 p.m.
APRIL
Fri 2 @ Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
Sun 4 @ Colorado 5:00 p.m.
Tue 6 @ Calgary 6:30 p.m.
THU 8 VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m.
SAT 10 PHOENIX 7:30 p.m.
