2019–20 Dallas Stars season
The 2019–20 Dallas Stars season is the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 27th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars advanced to the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time since 2007–08 season.
2019–20 Dallas Stars | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 5th Western |
2019–20 record | 37–24–8 |
Home record | 19–12–3 |
Road record | 18–12–5 |
Goals for | 180 |
Goals against | 177 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Jim Nill |
Coach | Jim Montgomery (Oct. 3 – Dec. 10) Rick Bowness (interim) (Dec. 10 – present) |
Captain | Jamie Benn |
Alternate captains | John Klingberg Alexander Radulov Tyler Seguin |
Arena | American Airlines Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Texas Stars (AHL) Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Denis Gurianov (20) |
Assists | Tyler Seguin (33) |
Points | Tyler Seguin (50) |
Penalty minutes | Corey Perry (70) |
Plus/minus | Miro Heiskanen (+14) |
Wins | Ben Bishop (21) |
Goals against average | Anton Khudobin (2.22) |
On December 10, 2019, Jim Montgomery was dismissed and replaced by Rick Bowness.[1]
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4]
Standings
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Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | 94 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | 92 |
3 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | 82 |
4 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | 80 |
5 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | 78 |
6 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | 77 |
7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 72 |
Western Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6] |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | |
3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | |
4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6] |
6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | |
8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | |
9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | |
10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | |
11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | |
13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 |
- Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
- Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
- Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
- Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
Preseason
The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[7]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 16 | St. Louis | 2–0 | Dallas | Bishop | 13,214 | 0–1–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 17 | Dallas | 2–1 | Minnesota | OT | Point | 13,537 | 1–1–0 | Recap |
3 | September 19 | Dallas | 2–1 | Colorado | Bow | — | 2–1–0 | Recap | |
4 [a] | September 21 | Florida | 6–0 | Dallas | Bishop | — | 2–2–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 24 | Dallas | 2–1 | St. Louis | Bow | 16,515 | 3–2–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 26 | Minnesota | 2–1 | Dallas | Khudobin | 12,036 | 3–3–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 28 | Colorado | 3–4 | Dallas | SO | Bishop | 13,112 | 4–3–0 | Recap |
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Regular season
The NHL regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019. The Stars hosted the 2020 NHL Winter Classic against the Nashville Predators, the first outdoor game for both teams, winning by a final score of 4–2.
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Playoffs
The Stars played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Dallas finished with a 1–2–0 record, earning the third seed for the playoffs [8]
The Stars will face the Calgary Flames in the first round.[9]
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Player statistics
As of August 9, 2020
Skaters
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Ben Bishop | 44 | 43 | 2,473:49 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 103 | 2.50 | 1,286 | .920 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Anton Khudobin | 30 | 26 | 1,677:29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 2.22 | 882 | .930 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Anton Khudobin | 2 | 2 | 123:47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.42 | 62 | .919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Bishop | 1 | 1 | 58:53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.08 | 32 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Roster
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
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44 | ![]() |
Gavin Bayreuther | D | L | 26 | 2017 | Concord, New Hampshire |
14 | ![]() |
Jamie Benn (C) | LW | L | 31 | 2007 | Victoria, British Columbia |
30 | ![]() |
Ben Bishop | G | L | 33 | 2017 | Denver, Colorado |
41 | ![]() |
Landon Bow | G | L | 24 | 2017 | St. Albert, Alberta |
17 | ![]() |
Nick Caamano | RW | L | 21 | 2016 | Ancaster, Ontario |
11 | ![]() |
Andrew Cogliano | LW | L | 33 | 2019 | Toronto, Ontario |
15 | ![]() |
Blake Comeau | W | R | 34 | 2018 | Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan |
60 | ![]() |
Ty Dellandrea | C | R | 20 | 2018 | Port Perry, Ontario |
18 | ![]() |
Jason Dickinson | C/LW | L | 25 | 2013 | Georgetown, Ontario |
37 | ![]() |
Justin Dowling | C | L | 29 | 2013 | Calgary, Alberta |
12 | ![]() |
Radek Faksa | C | L | 26 | 2012 | Vítkov, Czech Republic |
42 | ![]() |
Taylor Fedun | D | R | 32 | 2018 | Edmonton, Alberta |
34 | ![]() |
Denis Gurianov | LW | L | 23 | 2015 | Togliatti, Russia |
39 | ![]() |
Joel Hanley | D | L | 29 | 2018 | Keswick, Ontario |
55 | ![]() |
Thomas Harley | D | L | 18 | 2019 | Syracuse, New York |
4 | ![]() |
Miro Heiskanen | D | L | 21 | 2017 | Espoo, Finland |
24 | ![]() |
Roope Hintz | C/LW | L | 23 | 2015 | Tampere, Finland |
13 | ![]() |
Mattias Janmark | LW | L | 27 | 2015 | Danderyd, Sweden |
28 | ![]() |
Stephen Johns | D | R | 28 | 2015 | Ellwood City, Pennsylvania |
35 | ![]() |
Anton Khudobin | G | L | 34 | 2018 | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union |
25 | ![]() |
Joel Kiviranta | LW | L | 24 | 2019 | Vantaa, Finland |
3 | ![]() |
John Klingberg (A) | D | R | 28 | 2010 | Lerum, Sweden |
23 | ![]() |
Esa Lindell | D | L | 26 | 2012 | Helsinki, Finland |
29 | ![]() |
Jake Oettinger | G | L | 21 | 2017 | Lakeville, Minnesota |
2 | ![]() |
Jamie Oleksiak | D | L | 27 | 2019 | Toronto, Ontario |
16 | ![]() |
Joe Pavelski | RW/C | R | 36 | 2019 | Plover, Wisconsin |
10 | ![]() |
Corey Perry | RW | R | 35 | 2019 | Haileybury, Ontario |
47 | ![]() |
Alexander Radulov (A) | RW | L | 34 | 2017 | Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union |
21 | ![]() |
Jason Robertson | LW | L | 21 | 2017 | Arcadia, California |
91 | ![]() |
Tyler Seguin (A) | C | R | 28 | 2013 | Brampton, Ontario |
5 | ![]() |
Andrej Sekera | D | L | 34 | 2019 | Bojnice, Czechoslovakia |
Transactions
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2019 | To Philadelphia Flyers Tyler Pitlick |
To Dallas Stars Ryan Hartman |
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Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | Ryan Hartman | to Minnesota Wild | 2-year | [17] |
July 1, 2019 | Tanner Kero | from Vancouver Canucks | 2-year | [18] |
July 1, 2019 | Joe Pavelski | from San Jose Sharks | 3-year | [19] |
July 1, 2019 | Corey Perry | from Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | [20] |
July 1, 2019 | Brett Ritchie | to Boston Bruins | 1-year | [21] |
July 1, 2019 | Andrej Sekera | from Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [22] |
July 1, 2019 | Jason Spezza | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [23] |
July 1, 2019 | Mats Zuccarello | to Minnesota Wild | 5-year | [24] |
July 2, 2019 | Philippe Desrosiers | to Florida Panthers | 1-year | [25] |
July 22, 2019 | Erik Condra | to Colorado Eagles (AHL) | 1-year | [26] |
August 23, 2019 | Chris Martenet | to Brampton Beast (ECHL) | 1-year | [27] |
October 10, 2019 | Julius Honka | to JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga) | 1-year | [28] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | from/to |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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June 27, 2019 | Taylor Fedun | 2-year | [31] |
July 1, 2019 | Reece Scarlett | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2019 | Landon Bow | 1-year | [33] |
July 8, 2019 | Gavin Bayreuther | 1-year | [34] |
July 9, 2019 | Dillon Heatherington | 1-year | [35] |
July 11, 2019 | Jason Dickinson | 2-year | [36] |
September 23, 2019 | Thomas Harley | 3-year | [37] |
September 26, 2019 | Dawson Barteaux | 3-year | [38] |
Draft picks
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Thomas Harley | D | ![]() |
Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
4 | 111 | Samuel Sjolund | D | ![]() |
AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit) |
5 | 142 | Nicholas Porco | LW | ![]() |
Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
6 | 173 | Benjamin Brinkman | D | ![]() |
Minnesota (Big Ten) |
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