1993–94 Dallas Stars season

The 1993–94 Dallas Stars season was the franchise's 27th season, and the team's first season in Dallas.

The Stars improved on their final season in Minnesota, finishing third in the Central Division with a record of 42 wins, 29 losses, and 13 ties for 97 points and returning to the playoffs after a one year absence, and earning a winning season for the first time since 1985-86. They swept the St. Louis Blues in the Conference Quarterfinals before losing the Conference Semifinals in five games to the Vancouver Canucks.

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs The Stars managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1992 when they were known as the Minnesota North Stars. They swept St. Louis in the first round 4-0, but lost in the second round to Vancouver 4-1.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||October 5, 1993||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||1–0–0 ||

|2||October 7, 1993||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||1–1–0 ||

|3||October 9, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||1–1–1 ||

|4||October 12, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||1–1–2 ||

|5||October 16, 1993||4–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||2–1–2 ||

|6||October 18, 1993||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||3–1–2 ||

|7||October 20, 1993||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||3–2–2 ||

|8||October 21, 1993||6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||4–2–2 ||

|9||October 23, 1993||2–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||4–3–2 ||

|10||October 25, 1993||5–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||5–3–2 ||

|11||October 27, 1993||5–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||6–3–2 ||

|12||October 30, 1993||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||6–4–2 ||

|13||November 1, 1993||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||6–4–3 ||

|14||November 3, 1993||4–5 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||6–5–3 ||

|15||November 5, 1993||2–4 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||6–6–3 ||

|16||November 7, 1993||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||6–6–4 ||

|17||November 9, 1993||2–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||6–7–4 ||

|18||November 11, 1993||4–0 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||7–7–4 ||

|19||November 13, 1993||3–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||8–7–4 ||

|20||November 14, 1993||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||8–8–4 ||

|21||November 17, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||9–8–4 ||

|22||November 20, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||10–8–4 ||

|23||November 21, 1993||7–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||11–8–4 ||

|24||November 24, 1993||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1993–94) ||11–8–5 ||

|25||November 27, 1993||4–10 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||11–9–5 ||

|26||November 29, 1993||6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||12–9–5 ||

|27||November 30, 1993||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||12–9–6 ||

|28||December 4, 1993||3–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||12–10–6 ||

|29||December 5, 1993||4–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||13–10–6 ||

|30||December 8, 1993||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||14–10–6 ||

|31||December 9, 1993||6–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1993–94) ||15–10–6 ||

|32||December 12, 1993||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||15–10–7 ||

|33||December 15, 1993||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||15–11–7 ||

|34||December 17, 1993||2–3 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||15–12–7 ||

|35||December 19, 1993||3–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||16–12–7 ||

|36||December 22, 1993||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||17–12–7 ||

|37||December 23, 1993||2–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||18–12–7 ||

|38||December 27, 1993||0–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||18–13–7 ||

|39||December 29, 1993||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||19–13–7 ||

|40||December 31, 1993||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||20–13–7 ||

|41||January 2, 1994||4–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1993–94) ||20–14–7 ||

|42||January 4, 1994||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1993–94) ||20–15–7 ||

|43||January 6, 1994||8–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||21–15–7 ||

|44||January 9, 1994||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||22–15–7 ||

|45||January 11, 1994||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||23–15–7 ||

|46||January 13, 1994||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||23–16–7 ||

|47||January 14, 1994||3–9 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||23–17–7 ||

|48||January 16, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||23–18–7 ||

|49||January 18, 1994||5–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||24–18–7 ||

|50||January 24, 1994||2–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||24–19–7 ||

|51||January 26, 1994||3–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||25–19–7 ||

|52||January 27, 1994||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||26–19–7 ||

|53||January 29, 1994||5–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1993–94) ||27–19–7 ||

|54||February 2, 1994||7–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||28–19–7 ||

|55||February 6, 1994||1–7 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||28–20–7 ||

|56||February 9, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||29–20–7 ||

|57||February 12, 1994||9–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993–94) ||30–20–7 ||

|58||February 13, 1994||5–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1993–94) ||31–20–7 ||

|59||February 16, 1994||0–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||31–21–7 ||

|60||February 18, 1994||4–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1993–94) ||32–21–7 ||

|61||February 21, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1993–94) ||33–21–7 ||

|62||February 23, 1994||0–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1993–94) ||33–21–8 ||

|63||February 26, 1994||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1993–94) ||34–21–8 ||

|64||March 2, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1993–94) ||34–22–8 ||

|65||March 4, 1994||1–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||34–23–8 ||

|66||March 6, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1993–94) ||34–23–9 ||

|67||March 8, 1994||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993–94) ||35–23–9 ||

|68||March 9, 1994||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||35–24–9 ||

|69||March 12, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1993–94) ||35–24–10 ||

|70||March 13, 1994||0–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1993–94) ||35–25–10 ||

|71||March 18, 1994||6–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||36–25–10 ||

|72||March 20, 1994||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1993–94) ||37–25–10 ||

|73||March 22, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993–94) ||38–25–10 ||

|74||March 25, 1994||3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||38–26–10 ||

|75||March 27, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993–94) ||38–26–11 ||

|76||March 28, 1994||5–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1993–94) ||39–26–11 ||

|77||March 31, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1993–94) ||39–26–12 ||

|78||April 1, 1994||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1993–94) ||39–27–12 ||

|79||April 3, 1994||6–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1993–94) ||40–27–12 ||

|80||April 5, 1994||4–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1993–94) ||40–28–12 ||

|81||April 8, 1994||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1993–94) ||40–29–12 ||

|82||April 10, 1994||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||40–29–13 ||

|83||April 12, 1994||9–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1993–94) ||41–29–13 ||

|84||April 14, 1994||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1993–94) ||42–29–13 ||

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 17, 1994 || 5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Stars lead 1–0 ||

| 2 || April 20, 1994 || 4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Stars lead 2–0 ||

| 3 || April 22, 1994 || 5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Stars lead 3–0 ||

| 4 || April 24, 1994 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Stars win 4–0 ||

| 1 || May 2, 1994 || 4–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Canucks lead 1–0 ||

| 2 || May 4, 1994 || 0–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Canucks lead 2–0 ||

| 3 || May 6, 1994 || 4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks || Canucks lead 2–1 ||

| 4 || May 8, 1994 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks || Canucks lead 3–1 ||

| 5 || May 10, 1994 || 2–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Canucks win 4–1 ||

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 76 50 43 93 54-81804 RW 84 23 57 80 596504 C 76 32 29 61 83131006 LW 65 19 38 57 10-11203 C 79 17 35 52 6210211 D 84 9 37 46 427601 D 74 11 33 44 8213603 C 80 11 33 44 66-12322 RW 61 14 24 38 3013302 RW 72 13 24 37 139-14302 LW 79 20 15 35 368131 LW 76 17 14 31 310315 D 83 12 19 31 21119212 RW 64 12 12 24 3018003 D 61 6 18 24 1436100 D 84 1 13 14 123-1100 RW 69 6 7 13 333-8300 RW 20 2 5 7 21-6000 D 53 0 7 7 51-6000 LW 13 2 3 5 2-4200 LW 34 2 3 5 634001 RW 8 2 3 5 41001 C 12 1 3 4 8-7000 C 5 2 1 3 2-1000 D 25 0 3 3 221000 D 7 0 2 2 4-1000 G 36 0 2 2 340000 RW 8 1 0 1 18-1001 D 7 1 0 1 111000 C 5 0 1 1 21-1000 D 18 0 1 1 66-4000 D 12 0 1 1 6-5000 G 55 0 1 1 160000 D 8 0 0 0 12-2000 RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 D 3 0 0 0 00000 RW 5 0 0 0 0-2000 LW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 3121 55 24 20 7 170 3.27 216041434.894 2000 36 18 9 6 88 2.64 3978890.910 Team: 5121 84 42 29 13 258 3.02 525822324.900

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 9 7 3 10 16-2202 D 9 1 8 9 4-4101 RW 9 1 8 9 0-3000 C 9 5 1 6 2-3300 LW 9 3 1 4 2-3100 RW 9 1 3 4 351100 C 9 2 1 3 61001 RW 9 2 1 3 4-1100 LW 9 2 1 3 20000 D 9 1 2 3 60001 C 9 0 3 3 4-2000 D 9 0 3 3 83000 RW 9 1 1 2 20000 D 7 1 1 2 12-2100 C 9 0 2 2 121000 D 9 0 2 2 14-2000 RW 3 0 1 1 41000 D 7 0 1 1 4-2000 RW 4 0 0 0 2-1000 D 5 0 0 0 60000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 G 4 0 0 0 00000 G 5 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 307 5 4 1 15 2.93 0168153.911 246 4 1 3 12 2.93 0121109.901 Team: 553 9 5 4 27 2.93 0289262.907

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; Draft picks The Stars' picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 9 Todd Harvey Center Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) 2 35 Jamie Langenbrunner Center Cloquet High School (USHS–MN)487Chad LangGoaltenderPeterborough Petes (OHL)6136Rick MrozikDefenseCloquet High School (USHS-MN)6139Per SvartvadetCenterMODO (Sweden)7165Jeremy StasiukRight wingSpokane Chiefs (WHL)8191Rob LurtsemaWingBurnsville High School (USHS-MN)10243Jordan WillisGoaltenderLondon Knights (OHL)10249Bill LangCenterNorth Bay Centennials (OHL)11269Cory PetersonDefenseBloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MA)S 9 Jacques Joubert Center Boston University (Hockey East)

References Stars on Hockey Database