The 2013 San Jose Sharks season could have sponsored by Windex. Nothing was more streaky than the Sharks were. Take a look back and see where the fantasy value was on this roller-coaster team.
Team Name: San Jose Sharks
Record: 25-16-7, 3rd in Pacific, Lost 4-3 to Los Angeles in Western Conference Semifinals
Player of the Season: Logan Couture was the most consistent player over the course of the season. He led the team with 21 goals and finished second with 37 points and only four penalty minutes for the whole 48-game season.
Breakout of the Season: Goaltender Antti Niemi put forth the best numbers of his career in this shortened season. He posted his best goals against average (2.16) and save percentage with a .924 mark in 43 starts. Had it been a full season, he likely would have topped his 35-win performance from two years ago. Niemi looks to be a solid #1 goaltender going into the 2013-2014 fantasy season.
Disappointment of the Season: Ryan Clowe went 28 games without a goal, piled up the penalty minutes and then got shipped to the Rangers. Where he promptly put up three goals and five assists in 12 games with New York.
Team Analysis: San Jose started out on fire winning its first seven games. Then they went through a seven-game winless streak (0-4-3). They were a streaky team to say the least. San Jose lost six of seven in March then ended the month by starting a seven-game win streak that lasted into early April.
2013-2014 Story Lines: Which team will show up next season? The one that throttled Vancouver in four games or the one that couldn’t seemingly win on the road when it mattered?
2013-2014 Fantasy Guys to Have: Niemi, Couture, Joe Thornton (7-33–40; 21 PP points), Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns, Dan Boyle, Patrick Marleau
Guys On the Fringe: Martin Havlat (recovering from groin surgery)
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | SOG | SPCT |
| Joe Thornton, C | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 26 | 18:23 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 8.2 |
| Logan Couture, C | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 18:06 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 13.9 |
| Patrick Marleau, C | 48 | 17 | 14 | 31 | -2 | 24 | 19:07 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 11.3 |
| Joe Pavelski, C | 48 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 18:55 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Brent Burns, D | 30 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 16:17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Dan Boyle, D | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 22:48 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 7.2 |
| Martin Havlat, LW | 40 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 15:51 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Scott Gomez, C | 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 22 | 13:32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| T.J. Galiardi, LW | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 13:52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Tommy Wingels, C | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 26 | 14:14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Matt Irwin, D | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 10 | 19:06 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Ryane Clowe, RW† | 28 | 0 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 79 | 16:28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 20:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Justin Braun, D | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 6 | 18:48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 |
| Brad Stuart, D | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 20:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Raffi Torres, LW† | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13:57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| James Sheppard, C | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 12 | 11:45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Jason Demers, D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 10 | 18:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Andrew Desjardins, C | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 61 | 10:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Adam Burish, RW | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 25 | 10:34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Douglas Murray, D † | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -8 | 26 | 17:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Tim Kennedy, LW | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 13:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Michal Handzus, C † | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 12 | 13:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Matt Tennyson, D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bracken Kearns, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nick Petrecki, D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scott Hannan, D † | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Matt Pelech, D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Frazer McLaren, LW† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PLAYER | GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | TOI | SV | SV% | SHO | TGA | TSA | PIM |
| Antti Niemi | 43 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2.16 | 2580:46 | 1127 | .924 | 4 | 93 | 1220 | 2 |
| Thomas Greiss | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.53 | 308:12 | 140 | .915 | 1 | 13 | 153 | 0 |
| Alex Stalock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.87 | 41:49 | 11 | .846 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
