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
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 6-4-1Record
- 13Points
- 13thNHL rank
- 2.91GF / GP
- 3.27GA / GP
- 25.7PP%
- 80.6PK%
- 47.1FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 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
- 46.0CF%27th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 46.3FF%26th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 97.3PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 44.9OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Macklin Celebrini | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
 Ivar Stenberg | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
 Tyler Toffoli | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
 Will Smith | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Jacob Trouba | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 Kiefer Sherwood | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Michael Misa | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Dmitry Orlov | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Igor Chernyshov | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Alexander Wennberg | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Collin Graf | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Mason Marchment | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Darnell Nurse | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Luca Cagnoni | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Michael Kesselring | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Nolan Allan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Sam Dickinson | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Barclay Goodrow | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ty Dellandrea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Zack Ostapchuk | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Nedeljkovic | 4 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 2.37 |
 Yaroslav Askarov | 7 | 3 | 4 | .883 | 3.43 |
Sharks on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 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 speed9th of 32league avg 23.2
- 2Shots over 90 mph25th of 32league avg not published
- 250Bursts over 20 mph11th of 32league avg 238
- 502.7miDistance skated9th of 32league avg 470.4
- 90.8mphTop shot speed31st of 32league avg 95.4
- 310Shots on goal7th of 32league avg 282
- 10.3%Shooting %20th of 32league avg 11.3
- 38.7%Offensive-zone time27th of 32league avg 41.0
- 43.8%Defensive-zone time30th of 32league avg 41.0
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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.