SAN JOSE — Joe Thornton had a crew with him as he and his family went fishing in Cabo San Lucas. A camera filmed Matt Nieto getting six stitches on the side of his face. Sunday, a boom mic hung over coach Todd McLellan at practice as he barked out instructions for the next drill.

It’s all become part of the Sharks’ normal routine as technical crews from EPIX — the premium cable and satellite network — record their lives at and away from the rink in advance of their Feb. 21 Stadium Series game against the Los Angeles Kings at Levi’s Stadium.

Whether the Sharks are totally at ease with the cameras, the microphones and the extra bodies now embedded with the team is another story.

“It’s still not comfortable,” Sharks forward John Scott said. “It’s weird when you’ll just be eating breakfast and they’ll come and stare at you in the face with the camera and they don’t say anything.”

The first episode of “Road to the NHL Stadium Series” with the Sharks and Kings premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. Pacific on EPIX.com and NHL.com. A new episode will debut every Tuesday until the Feb. 24 series finale.

It’s the first time the Sharks have been profiled in such a show. Teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers were a part of HBO’s “24/7” series shown in 2011, 2012 and 2014, and the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals were most recently followed by EPIX as a lead-up to the NHL’s Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.

According to Ross Greenburg, the creator of the original “24/7” series and the producer of the EPIX programs, the Sharks have been willing participants.

“I think as an organization, they feel as if they’ve never been noticed in the NHL,” Greenburg said. “They’ve been a strong franchise for a number of years now, and they just never feel like they’ve gotten the attention they deserve. I think this show is a wonderful showcase for them to strut their stuff and show off a little bit.”

Greenburg said EPIX had an idea of what storylines they wanted to pursue for the first episode, starting with the most recognizable players. Besides spending time with Thornton in Mexico, they visited Joe Pavelski and his family in their home and, naturally, traveled with Brent Burns to Columbus, Ohio, for the All-Star game.

“Brent was a no-brainer,” Greenburg said. “Right from the beginning, we knew of his love affair with exotic animals and his nice gaptoothed grin, that scruffy beard. He enjoys being who he is, and there’s a natural kind of charisma that he has. And he’s one of the best defensemen in the National Hockey League.”

Greenburg said McLellan also has stood out, but not for the level of bombast other coaches such as Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella and Bruce Boudreau have shown on HBO or EPIX.

“He’s a real teacher on the ice during practice. He takes it to that Lombardi-esque kind of level,” Greenburg said of McLellan. “He’s much more calculated in the locker room between periods. He’s very focused. Yes, he’ll curse now and then, but it’s not as significant a part of his vocabulary as we’ve seen with other coaches.”

McLellan said the relationship between EPIX and the Sharks has so far been “a good marriage.”

“We’ve got another month with them, so we’re just in the honeymoon phase,” he said. “We’ll see what it’s like later on.”

Although the Sharks have been mostly cooperative with EPIX, there are certain things that are off limits, such as filming strategies written on a white board or staying away from particularly sensitive team meetings.

“Maybe I’m a little more old school where you don’t open up the room to people you’re not too familiar with and you keep your emotions in check,” McLellan said. “There’s been some times where we’ve had some closed meetings without the EPIX crew involved, and we have the right to do that.”

“An NHL team has to have some privacy in terms of their strategic goings-on on a daily basis,” Greenburg said. “That’s really the only thing that restricts us. The teams have really opened up. Everything else feels like it’s going to fortify the image of the team.”

Teams get final approval of an episode before it goes public. Greenburg said in the past, coaches have wanted a shot of a white board or a particularly objectionable curse word removed.

“We don’t want to embarrass the team or the players at all,” Greenburg said. “We know when something is over the line. We want to protect the NHL from that as well.”

The Sharks already appear to be getting a little more comfortable with their surroundings.

“At first, we were a little awed by it,” Nieto said Sunday. “But now, it’s like they’re a part of the media crew here, and they’re all good guys. I think we’re enjoying it.”