As of this week, starting goaltender Martin Jones is on pace to start 68 games. That would tie for the fourth-highest mark in franchise history, and match Antti Niemi’s total from 2011-12.
That would be Jones’ career-high dating back to his days in junior, and surpass the mark he set last season (65). That total put Jones in rare air among Sharks goaltenders, but also among starting goaltenders to appear in the Stanley Cup Final since 2007-08.
Of the 16 Stanley Cup Final-appearing goaltenders to play in a full (read: lockout-less) season in the “Corsi era”, only two have started 65 or more regular season games: Martin Jones and Jonathan Quick.