2019–20 Dallas Stars
Western Conference champions
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th 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 – Sept. 28)
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	Blake Comeau (Feb.–Sep.) John Klingberg Esa Lindell (Feb.–Sep.) Alexander Radulov (Oct.–Feb.) Tyler Seguin
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	20,326 [1]
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)
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The 2019–20 Dallas Stars season was 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.

On December 10, 2019, Jim Montgomery was dismissed and replaced by Rick Bowness. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]} On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. ^[5] The NHL officially resumed play in two controlled locations in August 2020, with Western Conference teams, including Dallas, playing in Edmonton and Eastern Conference teams in Toronto. The Stars advanced to the playoffs and played in a round-robin tournament, which determined the team's seed for the playoffs; Dallas was ultimately seeded third, ^[6] entering them into a first-round series against the Calgary Flames, which they won in six games. ^[7] The Stars then faced the Colorado Avalanche in the second round, defeating them in seven games. ^[8] In the Western Conference Final, the Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in five games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years. ^[9] They were ultimately defeated in six games by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament [11]
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 [11]
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

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
5. 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.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019. ^[13]

2019 preseason game log: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	St. Louis	2–0	Dallas		Bishop	13,214	0–1–0	[14]
2	September 17	Dallas	2–1	Minnesota	OT	Point	13,537	1–1–0	[15]
3	September 19	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Bow	—	2–1–0	[16]
4 [a]	September 21	Florida	6–0	Dallas		Bishop	—	2–2–0	[17]
5	September 24	Dallas	2–1	St. Louis		Bow	16,515	3–2–0	[18]
6	September 26	Minnesota	2–1	Dallas		Khudobin	12,036	3–3–0	[19]
7	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Dallas	SO	Bishop	13,112	4–3–0	[20]
Notes: a Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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.

2019–20 game log
October: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Boston 2–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 0–1–0 0 [21] 2 October 5 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Bishop 18,096 0–2–0 0 [22] 3 October 6 Dallas 3–4 Detroit Khudobin 19,515 0–3–0 0 [23] 4 October 8 Dallas 4–3 Washington OT Bishop 18,573 1–3–0 2 [24] 5 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Dallas SO Bishop 17,989 1–3–1 3 [25] 6 October 12 Washington 4–1 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 1–4–1 3 [26] 7 October 14 Dallas 0–4 Buffalo Bishop 16,595 1–5–1 3 [27] 8 October 16 Dallas 2–3 Columbus Bishop 14,683 1–6–1 3 [28] 9 October 18 Dallas 2–4 Pittsburgh Khudobin 18,482 1–7–1 3 [29] 10 October 19 Dallas 4–1 Philadelphia Bishop 18,003 2–7–1 5 [30] 11 October 21 Ottawa 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 17,896 3–7–1 7 [31] 12 October 24 Anaheim 1–2 Dallas Bishop 17,754 4–7–1 9 [32] 13 October 26 Pittsburgh 3–0 Dallas Bishop 18,532 4–8–1 9 [33] 14 October 29 Minnesota 3–6 Dallas Khudobin 17,756 5–8–1 11 [34]
November: 10–2–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 1 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Khudobin 18,020 6–8–1 13 [35] 16 November 2 Montreal 1–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 7–8–1 15 [36] 17 November 5 Colorado 1–4 Dallas Bishop 18,108 8–8–1 17 [37] 18 November 10 Dallas 2–3 Winnipeg OT Khudobin 15,323 8–8–2 18 [38] 19 November 13 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Bishop 18,257 9–8–2 20 [39] 20 November 14 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Khudobin 18,642 10–8–2 22 [40] 21 November 16 Dallas 5–4 Edmonton OT Khudobin 17,346 11–8–2 24 [41] 22 November 19 Vancouver 1–6 Dallas Bishop 18,198 12–8–2 26 [42] 23 November 21 Winnipeg 3–5 Dallas Bishop 18,133 13–8–2 28 [43] 24 November 23 Chicago 1–2 Dallas SO Khudobin 18,532 14–8–2 30 [44] 25 November 25 Vegas 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 15–8–2 32 [45] 26 November 26 Dallas 0–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,210 15–9–2 32 [46] 27 November 29 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 15–10–2 32 [47]
December: 7–4–2 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Dallas 2–3 Minnesota SO Bishop 17,096 15–10–3 33 [48] 29 December 3 Dallas 1–5 Winnipeg Khudobin 15,325 15–11–3 33 [49] 30 December 5 Winnipeg 2–3 Dallas OT Bishop 17,983 16–11–3 35 [50] 31 December 7 NY Islanders 1–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 17–11–3 37 [51] 32 December 10 New Jersey 0–2 Dallas Bishop 18,134 18–11–3 39 [52] 33 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Bishop 18,532 18–11–4 40 [53] 34 December 14 Dallas 4–1 Nashville Khudobin 17,586 19–11–4 42 [54] 35 December 16 Edmonton 2–1 Dallas Bishop 18,096 19–12–4 42 [55] 36 December 19 Dallas 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Khudobin 19,092 20–12–4 44 [56] 37 December 20 Dallas 4–7 Florida Bishop 14,040 20–13–4 44 [57] 38 December 22 Calgary 5–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 20–14–4 44 [58] 39 December 28 Colorado 2–3 Dallas SO Bishop 18,532 21–14–4 46 [59] 40 December 29 Dallas 4–2 Arizona Khudobin 17,125 22–14–4 48 [60]
January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 1 Nashville 2–4 Dallas Bishop 85,630 ( outdoors) 23–14–4 50 [61] 42 January 3 Detroit 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 24–14–4 52 [62] 43 January 8 Dallas 2–1 Los Angeles Khudobin 17,129 25–14–4 54 [63] 44 January 9 Dallas 3–0 Anaheim Bishop 15,419 26–14–4 56 [64] 45 January 11 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Khudobin 17,562 26–15–4 56 [65] 46 January 14 Dallas 3–2 Colorado OT Bishop 18,015 27–15–4 58 [66] 47 January 16 Buffalo 4–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 27–16–4 58 [67] 48 January 18 Dallas 0–7 Minnesota Khudobin 18,219 27–17–4 58 [68] 49 January 27 Tampa Bay 2–3 Dallas OT Bishop 18,345 28–17–4 60 [69] 50 January 29 Toronto 5–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 28–18–4 60 [70]
February: 9–3–3 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 6–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Dallas 3–2 New Jersey OT Bishop 16,514 29–18–4 62 [71] 52 February 3 Dallas 5–3 NY Rangers Khudobin 15,779 30–18–4 64 [72] 53 February 4 Dallas 3–4 NY Islanders OT Bishop 10,128 30–18–5 65 [73] 54 February 7 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas Bishop 18,532 30–19–5 65 [74] 55 February 8 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Khudobin 18,096 31–19–5 67 [75] 56 February 11 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 32–19–5 69 [76] 57 February 13 Dallas 3–2 Toronto Bishop 19,107 33–19–5 71 [77] 58 February 15 Dallas 4–3 Montreal OT Bishop 21,302 34–19–5 73 [78] 59 February 16 Dallas 3–4 Ottawa OT Khudobin 13,150 34–19–6 74 [79] 60 February 19 Arizona 2–3 Dallas Bishop 18,227 35–19–6 76 [80] 61 February 21 St. Louis 5–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 35–20–6 76 [81] 62 February 23 Chicago 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 36–20–6 78 [82] 63 February 25 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 18,176 37–20–6 80 [83] 64 February 27 Dallas 3–4 Boston Bishop 17,850 37–21–6 80 [84] 65 February 29 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis SO Khudobin 18,096 37–21–7 81 [85]
March: 0–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3 Edmonton 2–1 Dallas OT Khudobin 18,532 37–21–8 82 [86] 67 March 5 Dallas 0–2 Nashville Khudobin 17,349 37–22–8 82 [87] 68 March 7 Nashville 1–0 Dallas Bishop 18,532 37–23–8 82 [88] 69 March 10 NY Rangers 4–2 Dallas Bishop 18,195 37–24–8 82 [89]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Florida Dallas 71 March 14 San Jose Dallas 72 March 16 Dallas Arizona 73 March 17 Dallas Vegas 74 March 20 Philadelphia Dallas 75 March 22 Winnipeg Dallas 76 March 24 Los Angeles Dallas 77 March 27 Dallas Chicago 78 March 28 Columbus Dallas 79 March 30 Vancouver Dallas 80 April 1 Dallas Anaheim 81 April 2 Dallas San Jose 82 April 4 Dallas Los Angeles
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Stars played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed in the Western conference. Dallas finished with a 1–2–0 record, earning the third seed in the conference. ^[90]

The Stars defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round in six games. ^{[91] [92]}

In the second round, the Stars faced the Colorado Avalanche, defeating them in seven games. ^[93]

The Stars faced the Vegas Golden Knights in the Conference Final, and defeated them in five games. ^[94]

The Stars faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were defeated in six games. ^[95]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 3 Dallas 3–5 Vegas Bishop 0–1–0 0 [96] 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Khudobin 0–2–0 0 [97] 3 August 8 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis SO Khudobin 1–2–0 2 [98]
Western Conference First Round vs. (6) Calgary Flames: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Calgary 3–2 Dallas Khudobin 0–1 [99] 2 August 13 Calgary 4–5 Dallas Bishop 1–1 [100] 3 August 14 Dallas 0–2 Calgary Khudobin 1–2 [101] 4 August 16 Dallas 5–4 Calgary OT Khudobin 2–2 [102] 5 August 18 Calgary 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 3–2 [103] 6 August 20 Dallas 7–3 Calgary Khudobin 4–2 [104]
Western Conference Second Round vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 22 Dallas 5–3 Colorado Khudobin 1–0 [105] 2 August 24 Dallas 5–2 Colorado Khudobin 2–0 [106] 3 August 26 Colorado 6–4 Dallas Khudobin 2–1 [107] 4 August 30 Colorado 4–5 Dallas Khudobin 3–1 [108] 5 August 31 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Bishop 3–2 [109] 6 September 2 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Khudobin 3–3 [110] 7 September 4 Dallas 5–4 Colorado OT Khudobin 4–3 [111]
Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Vegas Golden Knights: Dallas won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 September 6 Dallas 1–0 Vegas Khudobin 1–0 [112] 2 September 8 Dallas 0–3 Vegas Khudobin 1–1 [113] 3 September 10 Vegas 2–3 Dallas OT Khudobin 2–1 [114] 4 September 12 Vegas 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 3–1 [115] 5 September 14 Dallas 3–2 Vegas OT Khudobin 4–1 [116]
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 September 19 Dallas 4–1 Tampa Bay Khudobin 1–0 [117] 2 September 21 Dallas 2–3 Tampa Bay Khudobin 1–1 [118] 3 September 23 Tampa Bay 5–2 Dallas Khudobin 1–2 [119] 4 September 25 Tampa Bay 5–4 Dallas OT Khudobin 1–3 [120] 5 September 26 Dallas 3–2 Tampa Bay 2OT Khudobin 2–3 [121] 6 September 28 Tampa Bay 2–0 Dallas Khudobin 2–4 [122]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Regular season ^[125]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
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

Playoffs ^[126]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Anton Khudobin	25	24	1,492:55	14	10	0	67	2.69	811	.917	1	0	1	2
Ben Bishop	3	3	132:36	1	2	0	12	5.43	77	.844	0	0	1	0
Jake Oettinger	2	0	36:40	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	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 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Tyler Pitlick	To Dallas Stars Ryan Hartman	[127]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Ryan Hartman	to Minnesota Wild	2-year	[128]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tanner Kero	from Vancouver Canucks	2-year	[129]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joe Pavelski	from San Jose Sharks	3-year	[130]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Corey Perry	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[131]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brett Ritchie	to Boston Bruins	1-year	[132]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrej Sekera	from Edmonton Oilers	1-year	[133]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jason Spezza	to Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	[134]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Mats Zuccarello	to Minnesota Wild	5-year	[135]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Philippe Desrosiers	to Florida Panthers	1-year	[136]
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)	Erik Condra	to Colorado Eagles ( AHL)	1-year	[137]
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)	Chris Martenet	to Brampton Beast ( ECHL)	1-year	[138]
October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)	Julius Honka	to JYP Jyväskylä ( Liiga)	1-year	[139]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)		from/to

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)	Taylor Fedun	2-year	[142]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Reece Scarlett	1-year	[143]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Landon Bow	1-year	[144]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Gavin Bayreuther	1-year	[145]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Dillon Heatherington	1-year	[146]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Jason Dickinson	2-year	[147]
September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)	Thomas Harley	3-year	[148]
September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)	Dawson Barteaux	3-year	[149]

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)
1	18	Thomas Harley	D	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads ( OHL)
4	111	Samuel Sjolund	D	Sweden	AIK IF J20 ( J20 SuperElit)
5	142	Nicholas Porco	LW	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	173	Benjamin Brinkman	D	United States	Minnesota ( Big Ten)

References