2018–19 Dallas Stars season

The 2018–19 Dallas Stars season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 26th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars clinched a playoff spot on April 2, 2019, after a 6–2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. They defeated the Nashville Predators in the First Round, and faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round, where they were defeated in seven games by the eventual Stanley Cup champions.

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018. 2018 preseason game log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 St. Louis 3–5 Dallas Bow 11,125 1–0–0 2 September 20 Dallas 3–1 Minnesota Point 16,117 2–0–0 3 September 22 Florida 4–3 Dallas OT Point — 2–0–1 4 September 24 Minnesota 3–5 Dallas Khudobin 11,332 3–0–1 5 September 26 Dallas 3–1 Colorado Bishop — 4–0–1 6 September 28 Dallas 1–3 St. Louis Bow 17,363 4–1–1 7 September 30 Colorado 6–5 Dallas Point 12,211 4–2–1 Notes: Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018. 2018–19 game logOctober: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Arizona 0–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 1–0–0 2 2 October 6 Winnipeg 1–5 Dallas Bishop 18,131 2–0–0 4 3 October 9 Toronto 7–4 Dallas Bishop 17,866 2–1–0 4 4 October 13 Anaheim 3–5 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 3–1–0 6 5 October 15 Dallas 1–4 Ottawa Bishop 12,358 3–2–0 6 6 October 16 Dallas 0–3 New Jersey Khudobin 12,808 3–3–0 6 7 October 19 Minnesota 3–1 Dallas Bishop 18,346 3–4–0 6 8 October 23 Los Angeles 2–4 Dallas Bishop 17,354 4–4–0 8 9 October 25 Anaheim 2–5 Dallas Bishop 17,134 5–4–0 10 10 October 28 Dallas 2–4 Detroit Bishop 19,515 5–5–0 10 11 October 30 Dallas 4–1 Montreal Bishop 20,506 6–5–0 12 November: 7–5–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Dallas 2–1 Toronto Khudobin 18,878 7–5–0 14 13 November 3 Dallas 4–3 Washington OT Bishop 18,506 8–5–0 16 14 November 5 Dallas 1–2 Boston OT Khudobin 17,565 8–5–1 17 15 November 6 Dallas 1–4 Columbus Bishop 14,159 8–6–1 17 16 November 8 San Jose 3–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,137 9–6–1 19 17 November 10 Nashville 5–4 Dallas OT Bishop 18,532 9–6–2 20 18 November 12 Columbus 2–1 Dallas Khudobin 17,543 9–7–2 20 19 November 16 Boston 0–1 Dallas OT Bishop 18,532 10–7–2 22 20 November 18 Dallas 6–2 NY Islanders Bishop 10,650 11–7–2 24 21 November 19 Dallas 1–2 NY Rangers Khudobin 17,071 11–8–2 24 22 November 21 Dallas 1–5 Pittsburgh Khudobin 18,340 11–9–2 24 23 November 23 Ottawa 4–6 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 12–9–2 26 24 November 24 Dallas 2–3 Colorado Khudobin 18,010 12–10–2 26 25 November 27 Dallas 0–1 Edmonton OT Khudobin 18,347 12–10–3 27 26 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Calgary OT Khudobin 17,676 13–10–3 29 December: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Dallas 2–1 Vancouver Bishop 17,387 14–10–3 31 28 December 3 Edmonton 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,125 15–10–3 33 29 December 7 San Jose 2–3 Dallas Bishop 18,342 16–10–3 35 30 December 9 Dallas 2–4 Vegas Bishop 18,240 16–11–3 35 31 December 12 Dallas 3–6 Anaheim Bishop 16,810 16–12–3 35 32 December 13 Dallas 2–3 San Jose Khudobin 17,185 16–13–3 35 33 December 15 Dallas 4–6 Colorado Bishop 17,626 16–14–3 35 34 December 18 Calgary 0–2 Dallas Bishop 18,127 17–14–3 37 35 December 20 Chicago 5–2 Dallas Bishop 18,532 17–15–3 37 36 December 22 Dallas 2–1 Minnesota OT Bishop 19,074 18–15–3 39 37 December 23 NY Islanders 3–1 Dallas Khudobin 18,031 18–16–3 39 38 December 27 Dallas 2–0 Nashville Khudobin 16,676 19–16–3 41 39 December 29 Detroit 1–5 Dallas Bishop 18,532 20–16–3 43 40 December 31 Montreal 3–2 Dallas OT Bishop 18,532 20–16–4 44 January: 5–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 New Jersey 4–5 Dallas Bishop 18,133 21–16–4 46 42 January 4 Washington 1–2 Dallas OT Khudobin 18,532 22–16–4 48 43 January 6 Dallas 1–5 Winnipeg Bishop 15,321 22–17–4 48 44 January 8 Dallas 3–1 St. Louis Bishop 17,037 23–17–4 50 45 January 10 Dallas 1–2 Philadelphia Khudobin 19,448 23–18–4 50 46 January 12 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Bishop 18,124 23–19–4 50 47 January 15 Tampa Bay 2–0 Dallas Khudobin 18,021 23–20–4 50 48 January 17 Los Angeles 2–1 Dallas Bishop 18,045 23–21–4 50 49 January 19 Winnipeg 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 24–21–4 52 50 January 30 Buffalo 0–1 Dallas Bishop 17,986 25–21–4 54 February: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Minnesota 1–3 Dallas Bishop 18,124 26–21–4 56 52 February 2 Dallas 3–1 Nashville Khudobin 17,722 27–21–4 58 53 February 4 Arizona 4–5 Dallas Bishop 17,996 28–21–4 60 54 February 7 Dallas 2–3 Nashville OT Khudobin 17,174 28–21–5 61 55 February 9 Dallas 2–3 Arizona Khudobin 13,418 28–22–5 61 56 February 12 Dallas 3–0 Florida Khudobin 9,472 29–22–5 63 57 February 14 Dallas 0–6 Tampa Bay Khudobin 19,092 29–23–5 63 58 February 16 Dallas 0–3 Carolina Khudobin 14,369 29–24–5 63 59 February 19 Nashville 5–3 Dallas Khudobin 17,985 29–25–5 63 60 February 21 St. Louis 2–5 Dallas Khudobin 17,945 30–25–5 65 61 February 23 Carolina 3–0 Dallas Bishop 18,532 30–26–5 65 62 February 24 Dallas 4–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,474 31–26–5 67 63 February 26 Dallas 1–4 Vegas Bishop 18,261 31–27–5 67 64 February 28 Dallas 4–3 Los Angeles OT Khudobin 18,230 32–27–5 69 March: 9–4–2 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 6–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Bishop 18,166 33–27–5 71 66 March 5 NY Rangers 0–1 Dallas Bishop 17,974 34–27–5 73 67 March 7 Colorado 0–4 Dallas Bishop 18,011 35–27–5 75 68 March 9 Chicago 2–1 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 35–28–5 75 69 March 12 Dallas 2–0 Buffalo Bishop 17,830 36–28–5 77 70 March 14 Dallas 4–1 Minnesota Bishop 18,919 37–28–5 79 71 March 15 Vegas 2–1 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 37–29–5 79 72 March 17 Vancouver 3–2 Dallas SO Khudobin 18,125 37–29–6 80 73 March 19 Florida 2–4 Dallas Bishop 17,654 38–29–6 82 74 March 21 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Bishop 17,543 38–30–6 82 75 March 23 Pittsburgh 3–2 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 38–31–6 82 76 March 25 Dallas 5–2 Winnipeg Bishop 15,321 39–31–6 84 77 March 27 Dallas 2–1 Calgary Khudobin 18,881 40–31–6 86 78 March 28 Dallas 3–2 Edmonton SO Khudobin 18,347 41–31–6 88 79 March 30 Dallas 2–3 Vancouver SO Khudobin 18,663 41–31–7 89 April: 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Philadelphia 2–6 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 42–31–7 91 81 April 5 Dallas 1–6 Chicago Khudobin 21,626 42–32–7 91 82 April 6 Minnesota 0–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 43–32–7 93 Legend:

Playoffs

The Stars faced the Nashville Predators in the First Round of the playoffs, and defeated them in six games.

The Stars faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round of the playoffs, and were defeated in seven games. 2019 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Dallas 3–2 Nashville Bishop 17,458 1–0 2 April 13 Dallas 1–2 Nashville OT Bishop 17,611 1–1 3 April 15 Nashville 3–2 Dallas Bishop 18,532 1–2 4 April 17 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Bishop 18,532 2–2 5 April 20 Dallas 5–3 Nashville Bishop 17,633 3–2 6 April 22 Nashville 1–2 Dallas OT Bishop 19,025 4–2 Western Conference Second Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Bishop 18,014 0–1 2 April 27 Dallas 4–2 St. Louis Bishop 18,285 1–1 3 April 29 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 1–2 4 May 1 St. Louis 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,790 2–2 5 May 3 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis Bishop 18,542 3–2 6 May 5 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Bishop 18,876 3–3 7 May 7 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis 2OT Bishop 18,531 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of May 7, 2019

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 33 47 80 17 18 70 29 43 72 22 54 78 27 26 53 14 56 64 10 35 45 6 12 82 12 21 33 −14 16 82 11 21 32 14 33 81 15 15 30 −3 54 76 8 19 27 −13 29 81 6 19 25 −4 24 58 9 13 22 −11 24 67 6 16 22 9 23 77 7 11 18 −7 42 ‡ 42 5 12 17 0 7 47 8 4 12 −2 6 54 4 7 11 2 14 57 0 10 10 −4 0 77 1 8 9 6 69 53 4 2 6 −7 57 † 32 3 3 6 −1 8 19 2 3 5 2 10 21 1 3 4 −3 0 ‡ 14 1 3 4 −7 13 29 0 4 4 −2 10 ‡ 14 2 1 3 −1 0 † 2 1 2 3 3 0 18 2 0 2 −4 6 7 1 1 2 −4 4 † 20 0 2 2 −2 4 6 1 0 1 −2 2 5 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 1 1 −1 0 † 21 0 1 1 0 8 11 0 1 1 −4 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 −3 6

Playoffs Player 13 4 7 11 2 6 13 4 7 11 3 2 13 5 5 10 5 8 13 2 8 10 2 10 13 2 7 9 8 6 13 5 3 8 −1 2 11 3 2 5 −1 0 13 3 2 5 0 4 13 2 2 4 0 2 13 1 3 4 4 4 7 1 2 3 −1 8 13 2 0 2 −1 4 13 1 1 2 0 16 13 0 2 2 −6 0 13 0 1 1 −1 6 13 0 1 1 −2 10 13 0 1 1 −7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 −5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 −5 2 4 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 46 45 2,637:18 27 15 2 87 1.98 1,323 .934 7 0 2 2 41 37 2,219:30 16 17 5 95 2.57 1,232 .923 2 0 0 2 2 0 58:15 0 0 0 1 1.03 19 .947 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 13 13 810:59 7 6 30 2.22 448 .933 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:05 0 0 0 0.00 5 1.000 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.

Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Toronto Maple LeafsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019To Dallas StarsConnor Carrick To Buffalo SabresConditional 7th-round pick in 2020To Dallas StarsTaylor Fedun To Anaheim DucksDevin ShoreTo Dallas StarsAndrew Cogliano To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 4th-round pick in 2019To Dallas StarsJamie Oleksiak To New Jersey DevilsConnor Carrick3rd-round pick in 2019To Dallas StarsBen Lovejoy To New York RangersConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020To Dallas StarsMats Zuccarello

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Blake Comeau from Colorado Avalanche 3-year Erik Condra from Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Brian Flynn to St. Louis Blues 1-year Joel Hanley from Arizona Coyotes 1-year Anton Khudobin from Boston Bruins 2-year Joel L'Esperance from Texas Stars (AHL) 2-year Mike McKenna to Ottawa Senators 1-year Curtis McKenzie to Vegas Golden Knights 2-year Michael Mersch from Los Angeles Kings 2-year Greg Pateryn to Minnesota Wild 3-year Roman Polak from Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Antoine Roussel to Vancouver Canucks 4-year Brent Regner to Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL) Unknown Dan Hamhuis to Nashville Predators 2-year Cole Ully to Colorado Eagles (AHL) Unknown Ben Gleason from Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 3-year Andrew O'Brien to Stockton Heat (AHL) Unknown Tye Felhaber from Ottawa 67's (OHL) 3-year Josh Melnick from Miami RedHawks (NCHC) 1-year Emil Djuse from Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 1-year Joel Kiviranta from Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 2-year

Waivers Date Player Team Ref Remi Elie to Buffalo Sabres Gemel Smith to Boston Bruins

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Stephen Johns 3-year Reece Scarlett 1-year Valeri Nichushkin 2-year Colton Point 3-year Remi Elie 1-year Jason Dickinson 1-year Philippe Desrosiers 1-year Adam Mascherin 3-year Devin Shore 2-year Dillon Heatherington 1-year Mattias Janmark 1-year Gemel Smith 1-year Tyler Seguin 8-year Ty Dellandrea 3-year Joel Hanley 2-year Justin Dowling 2-year Joseph Cecconi 2-year Rhett Gardner 2-year Jake Oettinger 3-year Riley Damiani 3-year Riley Tufte 3-year Esa Lindell 6-year Mattias Janmark 1-year Roman Polak 1-year

Draft picks