2026–27 San Jose Sharks season
National Hockey League team season
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The 2026–27 San Jose Sharks season will be the 36th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 9, 1990.[1]
| 2026–27 San Jose Sharks | |
|---|---|
| Division | Pacific |
| Conference | Western |
| 2026–27 record | 0–0–0 |
| Home record | 0–0–0 |
| Road record | 0–0–0 |
| Goals for | 0 |
| Goals against | 0 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Mike Grier |
| Coach | Ryan Warsofsky |
| Captain | TBD |
| Alternate captains | Macklin Celebrini Barclay Goodrow Tyler Toffoli Alexander Wennberg |
| Arena | SAP Center |
| Minor league affiliates | San Jose Barracuda (AHL) Wichita Thunder (ECHL) |
Schedule
Preseason
The preseason schedule was announced on June 22, 2026.[2]
Regular season
The schedule was announced on July 16, 2026.[3]
| 2026–27 game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; away: 0–0–0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roster
Updated September 17, 2026[4][5]
Transactions
The Sharks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2026–27 season.
Key:
† Entry-Level Contract
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2027–28 season
Trades
| Date | Details | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | To Edmonton Oilers Shakir Mukhamadullin Zack Sharp |
To San Jose Sharks Darnell Nurse |
[6] |
Players acquired
| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | Eric Comrie | Winnipeg Jets | 2-year | Free agency | [7] |
| Mason Marchment | Columbus Blue Jackets | 5-year | [8] | ||
| Jacob Trouba | Anaheim Ducks | 4-year | [9] | ||
| July 2, 2026 | Alex Barre-Boulet | Colorado Eagles (AHL) | 2-year | [10] | |
| Tye Felhaber | 1-year | [11] | |||
| Kyle Keyser | Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) | 1-year | [12] | ||
| Brett Leason | Hershey Bears (AHL) | 1-year | [13] |
Players lost
| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2026 | Laurent Brossoit | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency | [14] |
| Vincent Desharnais | Washington Capitals | 4-year | [15] | ||
| Mario Ferraro | Winnipeg Jets | 3-year | [16] | ||
| Jett Woo | Anaheim Ducks | 2-year | [17] | ||
| September 11, 2026 | John Klingberg | N/a | Retirement | [18] | |
| September 16, 2026 | Ryan Reaves | N/a | Retirement | [19] | |
| September 17, 2026 | Pavol Regenda | HV71 (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
Signings
| Date | Player | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2026 | Zack Ostapchuk | 4-year | [21] |
| June 28, 2026 | Michael Kesselring | 3-year | [22] |
| July 1, 2026 | Andre Gasseau | 2-year | [23] |
| July 2, 2026 | Ivar Stenberg | 3-year† | [24] |
| July 8, 2026 | Libor Hájek | 1-year | [25] |
| July 29, 2026 | Macklin Celebrini | 5-year‡ | [26] |
| July 31, 2026 | Collin Graf | 3-year | [27] |
| September 8, 2026 | Ilya Samsonov | 1-year | [28] |
Draft picks
Below are the San Jose Sharks' selections at the 2026 NHL entry draft, which will be held on June 26 and 27, 2026, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ivar Stenberg | LW |  Sweden |
Frölunda HC (SHL) |
| 9[A] | Keaton Verhoeff | D |  Canada |
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC) | |
| 21[B] | Ryan Lin | D | Canada |
Vancouver Giants (WHL) | |
| 4 | 127[C] | Brady Knowling | G | Canada |
Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 6 | 174[D] | Jake Gustafson | C |  United States |
Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 7 | 201 | Alexander Karmanov | D |  Moldova |
North Bay Battalion (OHL) |
Notes
- The Florida Panthers' first round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2026 that sent William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen, and Brandon Svoboda to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.[29] Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 2026 that sent Brady Tkachuk to Florida in exchange for the Tampa Bay Lightning's first round pick in 2026, a conditional first-round pick in 2029, a second-round pick in 2027 and this pick.[30]
- The Philadelphia Flyers first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of the trade on June 26, 2026 that sent a first-round pick in 2026 (27th overall), second-round pick in 2026 (62nd overall) and fourth-round pick in 2026 (120th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.[31]
- The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 6, 2026, that sent Timothy Liljegren to Washington in exchange for this pick.[32]
- The Columbus Blue Jackets' sixth-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on October 5, 2025, that sent Carl Grundström and Artem Guryev to Philadelphia in exchange for Ryan Ellis and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[33] The condition – San Jose will receive the earlier of Columbus or Philadelphia's sixth-round picks in 2026[33] – was converted on April 13, 2026, when Philadelphia qualified for the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs after Columbus had already been eliminated from playoff contention.[34]