San Jose Sharks fantasy preview 2026-27.
12 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Macklin Celebrini leads at 2.65 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 10th in the league in goals and 23rd in blocks. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every San Jose name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7of 400 | Macklin Celebrini | C | 20 | 2.89 | 2.18 | 2.65 | -0.14 | 45-70-115 in 82 | 33 | 287 | 53 | 53 | 73% | 4 | -3 | |
| 94of 400 | Jacob TroubaNEW · ANA | D | 32 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 1.90 | -0.05 | 10-25-35 in 81 | 1 | 166 | 143 | 149 | 37% | 171 | +77 | |
| 115of 400 | Darnell NurseNEW · EDM | D | 31 | 1.76 | 1.87 | 1.82 | -0.32 | 7-17-24 in 82 | 0 | 164 | 137 | 167 | 26% | 181 | +66 | |
| 139of 400 | Kiefer Sherwood | LW | 31 | 1.82 | 1.73 | 1.73 | -0.41 | 23-13-36 in 72 | 12 | 172 | 339 | 30 | 36% | 201 | +62 | |
| 188of 400 | Mason MarchmentNEW · CBJ | LW | 31 | 1.50 | 1.71 | 1.57 | +0.27 | 19-26-45 in 68 | 7 | 119 | 84 | 28 | 47% | 142 | -46 | |
| 190of 400 | Alexander Wennberg | C | 32 | 1.74 | 1.31 | 1.56 | +0.18 | 18-37-55 in 80 | 15 | 93 | 28 | 93 | 53% | 237 | +47 | |
| 192of 400 | Tyler Toffoli | C | 34 | 1.43 | 1.75 | 1.55 | -0.12 | 19-30-49 in 79 | 15 | 172 | 48 | 31 | 46% | 157 | -35 | |
| 195of 400 | Igor ChernyshovSophThin | LW | 20 | 1.55 | — | 1.55 | — | — | 9-10-19 in 28 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 13 | — | 197 | +2 |
| 203of 400 | Will Smith | C | 21 | 1.68 | 1.23 | 1.53 | -0.11 | 24-35-59 in 69 | 17 | 166 | 16 | 12 | 55% | 111 | -92 | |
| 330of 400 | Dmitry Orlov | D | 35 | 1.33 | 1.14 | 1.25 | -0.18 | 3-34-37 in 82 | 18 | 91 | 123 | 77 | — | — | n/r | |
| 345of 400 | Collin Graf | RW | 24 | 1.38 | 0.95 | 1.24 | -0.01 | 21-25-46 in 81 | 1 | 118 | 88 | 48 | — | 201 | -144 | |
| 408of 400 | Michael MisaSophThin | C | 19 | 1.13 | — | 1.13 | — | — | 9-12-21 in 45 | 4 | 58 | 14 | 23 | — | 177 | -231 |
- 7 Macklin Celebrini C · age 20 · mkt 4 2.65blend 2.8925-26 2.1824-25 -0.14H2−H1 33PPP 287SOG 53HIT 53BLK 73%PG% 45-70-115 in 82-3
- 94 Jacob Trouba D · age 32 · mkt 171 1.90blend 1.8625-26 1.9024-25 -0.05H2−H1 1PPP 166SOG 143HIT 149BLK 37%PG% 10-25-35 in 81+77
- 115 Darnell Nurse D · age 31 · mkt 181 1.82blend 1.7625-26 1.8724-25 -0.32H2−H1 0PPP 164SOG 137HIT 167BLK 26%PG% 7-17-24 in 82+66
- 139 Kiefer Sherwood LW · age 31 · mkt 201 1.73blend 1.8225-26 1.7324-25 -0.41H2−H1 12PPP 172SOG 339HIT 30BLK 36%PG% 23-13-36 in 72+62
- 188 Mason Marchment LW · age 31 · mkt 142 1.57blend 1.5025-26 1.7124-25 +0.27H2−H1 7PPP 119SOG 84HIT 28BLK 47%PG% 19-26-45 in 68-46
- 190 Alexander Wennberg C · age 32 · mkt 237 1.56blend 1.7425-26 1.3124-25 +0.18H2−H1 15PPP 93SOG 28HIT 93BLK 53%PG% 18-37-55 in 80+47
- 192 Tyler Toffoli C · age 34 · mkt 157 1.55blend 1.4325-26 1.7524-25 -0.12H2−H1 15PPP 172SOG 48HIT 31BLK 46%PG% 19-30-49 in 79-35
- 195 Igor Chernyshov LW · age 20 · mkt 197 1.55blend 1.5525-26 —24-25 —H2−H1 5PPP 46SOG 17HIT 13BLK —PG% 9-10-19 in 28+2
- 203 Will Smith C · age 21 · mkt 111 1.53blend 1.6825-26 1.2324-25 -0.11H2−H1 17PPP 166SOG 16HIT 12BLK 55%PG% 24-35-59 in 69-92
- 330 Dmitry Orlov D · age 35 · mkt n/r 1.25blend 1.3325-26 1.1424-25 -0.18H2−H1 18PPP 91SOG 123HIT 77BLK —PG% 3-34-37 in 82n/r
- 345 Collin Graf RW · age 24 · mkt 201 1.24blend 1.3825-26 0.9524-25 -0.01H2−H1 1PPP 118SOG 88HIT 48BLK —PG% 21-25-46 in 81-144
- 408 Michael Misa C · age 19 · mkt 177 1.13blend 1.1325-26 —24-25 —H2−H1 4PPP 58SOG 14HIT 23BLK —PG% 9-12-21 in 45-231
San Jose are 10th in goals
Six categories, summed across every San Jose skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. A middle club in both halves of a category league; the edge here is player-by-player, not roster-wide.
- G 207 lg avg 194 10th
- A 334 lg avg 329 16th
- PPP 128 lg avg 130 16th
- SOG 1652 lg avg 1644 16th
- HIT 1090 lg avg 909 11th
- BLK 724 lg avg 789 23rd
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at centre, barren at right wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Centre 5
5 deep · 4th of 32
Celebrini2.65 -3 Wennberg1.56 +47 Toffoli1.55 -35 Smith1.53 -92 Misa1.13 -231Crease 2
San Jose against the other 31
Draftable stock
2 San Jose skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 27th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
53.1% held by the top three — 22nd-most concentrated
Below the league median of 55.2%. Power-play value here is not locked behind three players.
Askarov is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 13 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Askarov sits at 58.0%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaroslav Askarovage 24 · mkt 226 | 47 | 21 | 0 | 3.63 | 0.883 | 0.23 | Starter |
| Alex Nedeljkovicage 30 · mkt n/r | 34 | 18 | 0 | 2.87 | 0.896 | 1.09 | Tandem |
Power-play points are normally split in San Jose
- 1 Macklin Celebrini C 33 PPP · 25.8% · 28.7% of his own points
- 2 Dmitry Orlov D 18 PPP · 14.1%
- 3 Will Smith C 17 PPP · 13.3% · 28.8% of his own points
53.1% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
4 in, 1 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Jacob Trouba one of four players with 140+ hits and 140+ blocks last season
- Darnell Nurse projects >2.0 FPPG, top-4 fantasy D in deeper leagues
- Mason Marchment possible top-line role with Misa; late-round value
- Kiefer Sherwood part of Vancouver sell-off
Departures
- William Eklund top-line role with Stutzle; could push 70 points
The San Jose schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-10-01. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Macklin Celebrini put up 3-2-5 with 5 shots on 2025-10-23 for SJS, worth 9.6 ESPN points. It is the 23rd-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Macklin Celebrini owns the 10th-best C season in the ten-year file: 2025-26, 82 games, 45-70-115, 2.89 ESPN points per game.
5 San Jose names to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Macklin Celebrini San Jose Sharks NHL 152 GP · 178 P 152 NHL games
- Michael Misa San Jose Sharks NHL 45 GP · 21 P 45 NHL games
- Igor Chernyshov San Jose Sharks NHL 28 GP · 19 P 28 NHL games
- Ivar Stenberg Frölunda HC SHL 43 GP · 33 P · 0.77 P/GP no NHL games yet
- Keaton Verhoeff Univ. of North Dakota NCAA 36 GP · 20 P · 0.56 P/GP no NHL games yet
Reading the San Jose board
1 inside the desk top 50, 2 inside the top 100. Macklin Celebrini is the ceiling at 2.65, 7th overall. The drop to Jacob Trouba (1.90) is 0.75. One draft-defining name, then a queue.
Shape: 10th in goals, 23rd in blocks. A middle club in both halves of a category league; the edge here is player-by-player, not roster-wide.
Jacob Trouba is the widest gap: desk 94, market 171. 77 slots in your favour. Michael Misa runs the other way, 408 here against 177. You pay 231 slots over. 4 names carry a 20-slot edge.
Three players hold 53.1% of the club's 128 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
38 off-nights of 84, 3rd in the league. 13 back-to-backs, 20th-fewest. Stream from here.
Yaroslav Askarov started 47 at 3.63 and 0.883. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
4 in, 1 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Jacob Trouba. Average pool age 27.5. 6 trending up, 3 down. Next in line: Macklin Celebrini.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.