Collin Graf's Deal Gets Cheaper Every Year. By Design.
Grier did not buy a winger at a price. He bought a contract shape, and it runs past both of the expensive summers on his calendar.
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Sharks by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 39-35-8Record
- 86Points
- 24thNHL rank
- 3.04GF / GP
- 3.54GA / GP
- 21.2PP%
- 76.4PK%
- 47.8FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 47.0CF%28th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 46.4FF%28th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 99.8PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 45.4OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Macklin Celebrini | 82 | 45 | 70 | 115 |
 Will Smith | 69 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
 Alexander Wennberg | 80 | 18 | 37 | 55 |
 William Eklund | 78 | 15 | 38 | 53 |
 Tyler Toffoli | 79 | 19 | 30 | 49 |
 Collin Graf | 81 | 21 | 25 | 46 |
 Dmitry Orlov | 82 | 3 | 34 | 37 |
 Kiefer Sherwood | 72 | 23 | 13 | 36 |
 John Klingberg | 56 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
 Adam Gaudette | 66 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
 Mario Ferraro | 82 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
 Michael Misa | 45 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
 Philipp Kurashev | 43 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
 Igor Chernyshov | 28 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
 Sam Dickinson | 72 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
 Jeff Skinner | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
 Barclay Goodrow | 82 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
 Shakir Mukhamadullin | 50 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
 Ty Dellandrea | 46 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
 Pavol Regenda | 24 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
 Nick Leddy | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
 Vincent Desharnais | 53 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
 Zack Ostapchuk | 59 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 Ryan Reaves | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Ethan Cardwell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Patrick Giles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Luca Cagnoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yaroslav Askarov | 47 | 21 | 20 | .884 | 3.63 |
 Alex Nedeljkovic | 40 | 18 | 14 | .896 | 2.87 |
 Laurent Brossoit | 1 | 0 | 1 | .783 | 6.09 |
Sharks on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.4mphTop skating speed27th of 32league avg 23.8
- 24Shots over 90 mph29th of 32league avg not published
- 1591Bursts over 20 mph22nd of 32league avg 1762
- 3654.7miDistance skated31st of 32league avg 3727.0
- 97.9mphTop shot speed27th of 32league avg 99.7
- 2112Shots on goal26th of 32league avg 2282
- 11.8%Shooting %8th of 32league avg 11.1
- 40.5%Offensive-zone time22nd of 32league avg 41.1
- 41.8%Defensive-zone time23rd of 32league avg 41.1
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Celebrini's Discount Never Reached the Contract
He said he would take less. He signed for more than anyone modelling the deal projected, and for a bigger slice of the cap than the record he just broke.
San Jose Hasn't Earned Celebrini's Discount Yet
Celebrini volunteering to go under market sounds like exactly what a rebuild wants. Every discount that aged well shared one feature San Jose doesn't have yet: a team already good enough to spend the savings.
San Jose Had to Spend. It Didn't Have to Commit.
Every panicked take on the Sharks' spending spree misses the one fact that explains it: San Jose had to spend. What it didn't have to do was commit.