The 2020–21 Dallas Stars season was the 54th season for National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 28th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Stars remained in the Central Division this season and played games against only the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season.

The Stars experienced a COVID-19 outbreak during training camp, with 17 team members testing positive. The team's first four games were postponed. The Stars finally began the season on a high note eight days late on January 22, 2021, with a 7–0 rout of the Nashville Predators.

On May 8, the Stars were eliminated from playoff contention after the Nashville Predators defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3–1, becoming the first team since the 2014–15 Los Angeles Kings to miss the playoffs after making the Stanley Cup Final the year prior.

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020. 2020–21 game logJanuary: 4–1–1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap — January 14 Dallas – Florida Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for February 22. — January 15 Dallas – Florida Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 3. — January 17 Dallas – Tampa Bay Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 5. — January 19 Dallas – Tampa Bay Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 7. 1 January 22 Nashville 0–7 Dallas Khudobin 4,214 1–0–0 2 2 January 24 Nashville 2–3 Dallas Khudobin 4,056 2–0–0 4 3 January 26 Detroit 1–2 Dallas OT Khudobin 4,109 3–0–0 6 4 January 28 Detroit 3–7 Dallas Oettinger 4,214 4–0–0 8 5 January 30 Dallas 1–4 Carolina Khudobin 0 4–1–0 8 6 January 31 Dallas 3–4 Carolina SO Khudobin 0 4–1–1 9 February: 2–5–3 (Home: 0–1–3; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 7 February 2 Dallas 6–3 Columbus Oettinger 0 5–1–1 11 8 February 4 Dallas 3–4 Columbus Khudobin 0 5–2–1 11 9 February 7 Chicago 2–1 Dallas OT Oettinger 4,203 5–2–2 12 10 February 9 Chicago 2–1 Dallas OT Oettinger 4,059 5–2–3 13 11 February 11 Carolina 5–3 Dallas Khudobin 3,687 5–3–3 13 12 February 13 Carolina 4–3 Dallas SO Oettinger 4,071 5–3–4 14 — February 15 Nashville – Dallas Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled for March 7. — February 16 Nashville – Dallas Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled for March 21. — February 18 Tampa Bay – Dallas Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled for March 2. — February 20 Tampa Bay – Dallas Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled for March 16. 13 February 22 Dallas 1–3 Florida Khudobin 3,510 5–4–4 14 14 February 24 Dallas 3–0 Florida Khudobin 3,324 6–4–4 16 15 February 25 Dallas 2–3 Florida Oettinger 3,844 6–5–4 16 16 February 27 Dallas 0–5 Tampa Bay Khudobin 537 6–6–4 16 March: 5–6–6 (Home: 3–5–4; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 17 March 2 Tampa Bay 2–0 Dallas Khudobin 4,067 6–7–4 16 18 March 4 Columbus 3–2 Dallas Khudobin 4,112 6–8–4 16 19 March 6 Columbus 0–5 Dallas Oettinger 4,203 7–8–4 18 20 March 7 Nashville 4–3 Dallas SO Oettinger 3,976 7–8–5 19 21 March 9 Chicago 1–6 Dallas Khudobin 4,211 8–8–5 21 22 March 11 Chicago 4–2 Dallas Khudobin 4,213 8–9–5 21 23 March 13 Dallas 3–4 Columbus OT Oettinger 4,160 8–9–6 22 24 March 14 Dallas 2–1 Columbus SO Oettinger 3,992 9–9–6 24 25 March 16 Tampa Bay 4–3 Dallas SO Oettinger 4,057 9–9–7 25 26 March 18 Dallas 2–3 Detroit Oettinger 0 9–10–7 25 27 March 20 Dallas 3–0 Detroit Khudobin 0 10–10–7 27 28 March 21 Nashville 4–3 Dallas SO Khudobin 4,011 10–10–8 28 29 March 23 Tampa Bay 2–1 Dallas Khudobin 4,103 10–11–8 28 30 March 25 Tampa Bay 3–4 Dallas Oettinger 4,187 11–11–8 30 31 March 27 Florida 4–3 Dallas OT Khudobin 4,209 11–11–9 31 32 March 28 Florida 4–1 Dallas Oettinger 4,026 11–12–9 31 33 March 30 Dallas 2–3 Nashville OT Khudobin — 11–12–10 32 April: 10–5–2 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 34 April 1 Dallas 4–1 Nashville Khudobin — 12–12–10 34 35 April 3 Dallas 3–2 Carolina Oettinger 4,987 13–12–10 36 36 April 4 Dallas 0–1 Carolina Oettinger 4,987 13–13–10 36 37 April 6 Dallas 2–4 Chicago Oettinger 0 13–14–10 36 38 April 8 Dallas 5–1 Chicago Khudobin 0 14–14–10 38 39 April 10 Florida 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 4,165 15–14–10 40 40 April 11 Dallas 2–3 Nashville SO Khudobin — 15–14–11 41 41 April 13 Florida 3–2 Dallas OT Khudobin 4,199 15–14–12 42 42 April 15 Columbus 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 4,201 16–14–12 44 43 April 17 Columbus 1–5 Dallas Oettinger 5,643 17–14–12 46 44 April 19 Detroit 2–3 Dallas SO Khudobin 4,812 18–14–12 48 45 April 20 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 5,148 19–14–12 50 46 April 22 Dallas 3–7 Detroit Oettinger 0 19–15–12 50 47 April 24 Dallas 2–1 Detroit OT Khudobin 0 20–15–12 52 48 April 26 Carolina 3–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 5,364 21–15–12 54 49 April 27 Carolina 5–1 Dallas Khudobin 6,014 21–16–12 54 50 April 29 Dallas 0–3 Tampa Bay Oettinger 4,200 21–17–12 54 May: 2–2–2 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 1 Dallas 0–1 Nashville OT Khudobin — 21–17–13 55 52 May 3 Dallas 4–5 Florida OT Oettinger 4,702 21–17–14 56 53 May 5 Dallas 2–6 Tampa Bay Oettinger 4,200 21–18–14 56 54 May 7 Dallas 5–2 Tampa Bay Khudobin 4,200 22–18–14 58 55 May 9 Dallas 2–4 Chicago Khudobin 3,820 22–19–14 58 56 May 10 Dallas 5–4 Chicago OT Oettinger 3,917 23–19–14 60 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 56 25 26 51 22 16 51 17 28 45 13 16 41 15 28 43 13 4 53 7 29 36 -15 23 52 11 24 35 13 33 55 12 18 30 0 21 55 8 19 27 -9 12 56 5 11 16 11 19 51 7 8 15 -2 18 56 6 8 14 -3 35 55 6 8 14 -15 30 51 4 10 14 -13 37 11 4 8 12 9 6 26 6 5 11 3 6 54 5 6 11 -8 24 39 3 7 10 0 6 35 0 8 8 6 2 46 3 2 5 12 4 26 3 2 5 0 23 27 1 4 5 -4 6 36 3 1 4 6 20 12 2 0 2 -2 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 28 1 1 2 -9 8 24 0 1 1 -7 17 † 9 0 0 0 1 2

Goaltenders

Regular season Player 29 24 1,605 11 8 7 63 2.36 710 .911 1 0 1 4 32 32 1,795 12 11 7 76 2.54 799 .905 3 0 2 2 †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.

Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2020 NHL entry draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was instead held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)130 Mavrik Bourque C Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 4123 Antonio Stranges LW London Knights (OHL) 5154 Daniel Ljungman C Linkopings HC (SHL) 6162 Evgeniy Oksentyuk LW Flint Firebirds (OHL) 6185 Remi Poirier G Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)

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