The 2021–22 Dallas Stars season was the 55th season for National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 29th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. On April 27, 2022, the Stars clinched a playoff berth despite a 4–3 overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes. It would be the last time that the Stars failed to make it the Western Conference finals until 2026.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021 with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players are planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics. On December 22, 2021, the NHL announced that players would not participate in the Olympics due to the rise of COVID-19 cases worldwide.

2021–22 game logOctober: 3–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Dallas 3–2 NY Rangers OT Khudobin 17,173 1–0–0 2 2 October 16 Dallas 1–3 Boston Holtby 17,850 1–1–0 2 3 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Ottawa Khudobin 8,067 1–2–0 2 4 October 19 Dallas 2–1 Pittsburgh SO Holtby 16,450 2–2–0 4 5 October 22 Los Angeles 2–3 Dallas OT Holtby 18,532 3–2–0 6 6 October 25 Dallas 1–4 Columbus Holtby 12,629 3–3–0 6 7 October 27 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Khudobin 18,114 3–3–1 7 8 October 29 Ottawa 4–1 Dallas Holtby 17,346 3–4–1 7 November: 8–3–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Dallas 3–4 Winnipeg SO Holtby 13,174 3–4–2 8 10 November 4 Dallas 4–3 Calgary OT Khudobin 14,715 4–4–2 10 11 November 7 Dallas 3–6 Vancouver Khudobin 18,661 4–5–2 10 12 November 10 Nashville 4–2 Dallas Holtby 17,560 4–6–2 10 13 November 13 Philadelphia 2–5 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 5–6–2 12 14 November 16 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 17,764 6–6–2 14 15 November 18 Dallas 2–7 Minnesota Khudobin 17,088 6–7–2 14 16 November 20 St. Louis 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 7–7–2 16 17 November 23 Edmonton 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 8–7–2 18 18 November 26 Colorado 1–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 9–7–2 20 19 November 27 Dallas 3–2 Arizona Holtby 10,839 10–7–2 22 20 November 30 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Holtby 17,345 11–7–2 24 December: 4–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 0–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 2 Columbus 2–3 Dallas Oettinger 17,098 12–7–2 26 22 December 6 Arizona 1–4 Dallas Holtby 17,256 13–7–2 28 23 December 8 Dallas 4–5 Vegas Holtby 17,843 13–8–2 28 24 December 9 Dallas 0–4 Los Angeles Oettinger 13,659 13–9–2 28 25 December 11 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Holtby 14,145 13–10–2 28 26 December 14 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Oettinger 18,012 13–11–2 28 27 December 17 Dallas 1–4 St. Louis Holtby 16,852 13–12–2 28 28 December 18 Chicago 3–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 14–12–2 30 29 December 20 Minnesota 4–7 Dallas Oettinger 18,237 15–12–2 32 — December 22 Winnipeg – Dallas Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 11. — December 23 Dallas – Chicago Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 18. — December 27 Nashville – Dallas Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 9. — December 29 Dallas – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 15. — December 31 Colorado – Dallas Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 13. January: 8–5–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap — January 2 Dallas – Arizona Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20. 30 January 6 Florida 5–6 Dallas SO Holtby 17,678 16–12–2 34 31 January 8 Pittsburgh 2–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 17–12–2 36 32 January 9 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis Holtby 18,096 17–13–2 36 33 January 12 Seattle 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 17,825 18–13–2 38 34 January 14 Dallas 1–7 Florida Oettinger 15,022 18–14–2 38 35 January 15 Dallas 1–3 Tampa Bay Khudobin 19,092 18–15–2 38 36 January 18 Montreal 5–3 Dallas Oettinger 17,679 18–16–2 38 37 January 20 Dallas 5–4 Buffalo Holtby 7,808 19–16–2 40 38 January 21 Dallas 5–4 Detroit OT Holtby 18,522 20–16–2 42 39 January 24 Dallas 3–1 Philadelphia Oettinger 14,868 21–16–2 44 40 January 25 Dallas 5–1 New Jersey Holtby 10,382 22–16–2 46 41 January 28 Washington 5–0 Dallas Holtby 18,532 22–17–2 46 42 January 30 Boston 1–6 Dallas Oettinger 17,954 23–17–2 48 February: 6–3–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Dallas Oettinger 17,567 23–18–2 48 44 February 9 Nashville 3–4 Dallas Oettinger 17,780 24–18–2 50 45 February 11 Winnipeg 3–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,014 25–18–2 52 46 February 13 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Holtby 18,167 25–19–2 52 47 February 15 Dallas 4–1 Colorado Oettinger 17,503 26–19–2 54 48 February 18 Dallas 1–0 Chicago SO Oettinger 19,845 27–19–2 56 49 February 20 Dallas 1–3 Arizona Oettinger 10,248 27–20–2 56 50 February 23 Winnipeg 2–3 Dallas OT Oettinger 10,098 28–20–2 58 51 February 24 Dallas 1–2 Nashville SO Oettinger 17,869 28–20–3 59 52 February 27 Buffalo 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 29–20–3 61 March: 9–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 7–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 March 2 Los Angeles 3–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,046 30–20–3 63 54 March 4 Dallas 4–3 Winnipeg OT Holtby 13,466 31–20–3 65 55 March 6 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Oettinger 18,791 32–20–3 67 56 March 8 Dallas 1–2 Nashville Oettinger 17,306 32–21–3 67 57 March 12 NY Rangers 7–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 32–22–3 67 58 March 15 Dallas 0–4 Toronto Oettinger 18,543 32–23–3 67 59 March 17 Dallas 4–3 Montreal OT Oettinger 20,714 33–23–3 69 60 March 19 Dallas 2–4 NY Islanders Oettinger 17,255 34–23–3 69 61 March 20 Dallas 3–2 Washington Oettinger 18,573 34–24–3 71 62 March 22 Edmonton 3–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 35–24–3 73 63 March 24 Dallas 4–3 Carolina SO Wedgewood 16,421 36–24–3 75 64 March 26 Vancouver 4–1 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 36–25–3 75 65 March 29 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim Oettinger 12,617 37–25–3 77 66 March 31 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim OT Oettinger 12,385 38–25–3 79 April: 8–5–3 (home: 6–1–3; road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 April 2 Dallas 5–4 San Jose Wedgewood 14,021 39–25–3 81 68 April 3 Dallas 1–4 Seattle Oettinger 17,151 39–26–3 81 69 April 5 NY Islanders 2–3 Dallas Oettinger 17,876 40–26–3 83 70 April 7 Toronto 4–3 Dallas OT Wedgewood 18,012 40–26–4 84 71 April 9 New Jersey 3–1 Dallas Oettinger 18,127 40–27–4 84 72 April 10 Dallas 6–4 Chicago Oettinger 18,809 41–27–4 86 73 April 12 Tampa Bay 0–1 Dallas Wedgewood 17,567 42–27–4 88 74 April 14 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas OT Wedgewood 18,110 42–27–5 89 75 April 16 San Jose 1–2 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 43–27–5 91 76 April 18 Dallas 2–6 Vancouver Oettinger 18,890 43–28–5 91 77 April 20 Dallas 2–5 Edmonton Wedgewood 16,833 43–29–5 91 78 April 21 Dallas 2–4 Calgary Oettinger 17,280 43–30–5 91 79 April 23 Seattle 2–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 44–30–5 93 80 April 26 Vegas 2–3 Dallas SO Oettinger 18,532 45–30–5 95 81 April 27 Arizona 4–3 Dallas OT Wedgewood 18,025 45–30–6 96 82 April 29 Anaheim 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 46–30–6 98 Legend:

Playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 Dallas 0–1 Calgary Oettinger 19,289 0–1 2 May 5 Dallas 2–0 Calgary Oettinger 19,289 1–1 3 May 7 Calgary 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 2–1 4 May 9 Calgary 4–1 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 2–2 5 May 11 Dallas 1–3 Calgary Oettinger 19,289 2–3 6 May 13 Calgary 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 3–3 7 May 15 Dallas 2–3 Calgary OT Oettinger 19,289 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 27 54 81 +11 14 74 41 38 79 +16 22 80 37 35 72 +15 28 81 24 25 49 −21 30 74 6 41 47 −28 34 82 18 28 46 −13 88 70 5 31 36 +3 24 82 7 25 32 +1 40 73 11 20 31 +2 16 76 4 21 25 +4 12 71 4 18 22 −20 30 77 5 14 19 −20 52 65 12 5 17 −1 12 82 9 7 16 −17 15 76 7 9 16 −19 16 80 4 8 12 +1 43 56 1 6 7 −6 10 44 2 4 6 −13 4 † 15 3 2 5 +1 11 32 1 3 4 −3 16 34 1 3 4 −4 6 † 16 1 2 3 −1 6 23 0 3 3 −5 0 7 1 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 −1 4 10 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player 7 3 3 6 +2 2 6 2 2 4 +3 2 7 2 2 4 0 4 7 1 3 4 +3 0 7 2 1 3 −1 19 7 1 2 3 0 4 7 0 3 3 −1 2 7 1 1 2 +1 4 7 1 1 2 −3 16 7 1 1 2 +1 6 7 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 2 +1 4 7 0 1 1 −2 4 7 0 1 1 −2 26 1 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 0 0 −3 2 3 0 0 0 −2 0 5 0 0 0 +1 0 7 0 0 0 +1 0 6 0 0 0 −2 2 3 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 46 2,707:36 30 15 1 114 2.53 1,331 .914 1 0 2 0 24 22 1,318:28 10 10 1 61 2.78 700 .913 0 0 0 2 † 8 7 452:16 3 1 3 23 3.05 265 .913 1 0 0 0 9 7 462:28 3 4 1 28 3.63 231 .879 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 7 7 429:49 3 4 13 1.81 285 .954 1 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 2021–22 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Vancouver CanucksJason Dickinson To Dallas Stars3rd-round pick in 2021 To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2021 To Dallas StarsWSH 1st-round pick in 2021NYR 2nd-round pick in 2021OTT 5th-round pick in 2021 To Tampa Bay LightningTye Felhaber To Dallas StarsAlexei Lipanov To Arizona CoyotesConditional1 4th-round pick in 2023 To Dallas StarsScott Wedgewood To Detroit Red Wings4th-round pick in 2024 To Dallas StarsVladislav Namestnikov To Buffalo SabresBen Bishop7th-round pick in 2022 To Dallas StarsFuture considerations Notes: Arizona will receive a 3rd-round pick in 2023 if Dallas qualifies for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Andreas Borgman Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency Luke Glendening Detroit Red Wings 2-year Free agency Braden Holtby Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency Alex Petrovic Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency Ryan Suter Minnesota Wild 4-year Free agency Jani Hakanpaa Carolina Hurricanes 3-year Free agency Michael Raffl Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency Jerad Rosburg Texas Stars (AHL) 2-year Free agency Marian Studenic New Jersey Devils Waivers Fredrik Olofsson IK Oskarshamn (SHL) 1-year Free agency Matej Blumel HC Dynamo Pardubice (ELH) 2-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Landon Bow Rytiri Kladno (ELH) Unknown Free agency Jamie Oleksiak Seattle Kraken Expansion draft Andrew Cogliano San Jose Sharks 1-year Free agency Justin Dowling Vancouver Canucks 2-year Free agency Taylor Fedun Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency Mark Pysyk Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Adam Mascherin Skelleftea AIK (SHL) 1-year Free agency Ben Bishop Retirement Andreas Borgman Contract termination Andreas Borgman Frolunda HC (SHL) 5-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Contract type Ref Miro Heiskanen 8-year Re-signing Nick Caamano 1-year Re-signing Colton Point 1-year Re-signing Ben Gleason 1-year Re-signing Joel Kiviranta 2-year Re-signing Joseph Cecconi 1-year Re-signing Wyatt Johnston 3-year Entry-level Logan Stankoven 3-year Entry-level Artem Grushnikov 3-year Entry-level Antonio Stranges 3-year Entry-level Remi Poirier 3-year Entry-level Joe Pavelski 1-year Extension Denis Gurianov 1-year Extension Alex Petrovic 1-year Extension Nick Caamano 1-year Extension Fredrik Karlstrom 1-year Extension Joseph Cecconi 1-year Extension Ryan Shea 1-year Extension Riley Tufte 1-year Extension Scott Wedgewood 2-year Extension

Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.