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Pacific Division · Est. 1991

San Jose Sharks

2025–26 · 39–35–8 · 86 pts · #5 Pacific

GM: Mike Grier HC: Ryan Warsofsky

Team xGF%

46.9

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

Identity

Skill-young

Celebrini Art Ross threat

Contention window

1 year out

+25 pts y/y, foundation real

Coach

Warsofsky

Rebuild-era continuity

Avg age · forwards

26.7

computed from roster

Team Identity

Skill-young · Rebuild progress

Macklin Celebrini was leading the Art Ross race in November and emerged as the most exciting young centre in hockey, putting up superstar-level production at 19 and turning every Sharks shift into appointment viewing. He's flanked by Will Smith and Yaroslav Askarov giving the rebuild three legitimate franchise pieces all developing on the same timeline. The Sharks improved by 25+ points but missed the playoffs in the brutal Pacific, and they're arguably the most fun team in the league to watch right now. The full rebuild graduation is one year away and the foundation is real.

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 15 39.6

top Macklin Celebrini (107.2) league 40.1 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 7 23.5

top John Klingberg (39.5) league 25.3 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 2 .889

top Alex Nedeljkovic (0.8961) league .895 SV%

Forwards

Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff

L · #92

Igor Chernyshov

9G · 10A · 19P · 0.68 P/GP

C · #71

Macklin Celebrini

45G · 70A · 115P · 1.40 P/GP

R · #2

Will Smith

24G · 35A · 59P · 0.85 P/GP

Line 1

L · #72

William Eklund

15G · 38A · 53P · 0.68 P/GP

C · #77

Michael Misa

9G · 12A · 21P · 0.47 P/GP

R · #44

Kiefer Sherwood

23G · 13A · 36P · 0.50 P/GP

Line 2

L · #51

Collin Graf

21G · 25A · 46P · 0.57 P/GP

C · #10

Ty Dellandrea

2G · 9A · 11P · 0.24 P/GP

R · #96

Philipp Kurashev

7G · 13A · 20P · 0.47 P/GP

Line 3

L · #23

Barclay Goodrow

5G · 7A · 12P · 0.15 P/GP

C · #63

Zack Ostapchuk

4G · 3A · 7P · 0.12 P/GP

R · #84

Pavol Regenda

9G · 1A · 10P · 0.42 P/GP

Line 4

Defense

Shakir Mukhamadullin

5G · 7A · 12P · 0.24 P/GP

RD · #9

Dmitry Orlov

3G · 34A · 37P · 0.45 P/GP

Pair 1

Sam Dickinson

1G · 13A · 14P · 0.19 P/GP

RD · #3

John Klingberg

10G · 17A · 27P · 0.48 P/GP

Pair 2

LD · #42

Luca Cagnoni

0G · 0A · 0P · 0.00 P/GP

RD · #38

Mario Ferraro

7G · 16A · 23P · 0.28 P/GP

Pair 3

Goaltending

Starter

G · #33

Alex Nedeljkovic

18-14-4 · .896 SV% · 2.87 GAA

Backup

G · #30

Yaroslav Askarov

21-20-4 · .884 SV% · 3.63 GAA

Injury report (3)

via CBS Sports

Ryan Reaves· Hand Carey Price· KneeIR Logan Couture· GroinIR

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