2009–10 Dallas Stars season

The 2009–10 Dallas Stars season was the 43rd season in the National Hockey League. (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Stars introduce Joe Nieuwendyk as their new general manager, replacing Les Jackson and Brett Hull, who were both reassigned within the organization. On June 11, head coach Dave Tippett was fired and replaced with Marc Crawford.

Preseason

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4-4–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Recap 1 September 16 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 4 Dallas Stars SO Turco 1-0-0 2 September 17 Dallas Stars 1 - 3 Colorado Avalanche Auld 1-1-0 3 September 19 Dallas Stars 4 - 2 St. Louis Blues Turco 2-1-0 4 September 22 Florida Panthers 3 - 1 Dallas Stars Krahn 2-2-0 5 September 23 Dallas Stars 1 - 4 Florida Panthers Turco 2-3-0 6 September 24 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 3 Dallas Stars Auld 3-3-0 7 September 26 St. Louis Blues 5 - 0 Dallas Stars Turco 3-4-0 8 September 30 Dallas Stars 5 - 1 Texas Stars (AHL) Turco 4-4-0

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

2009–10 Game Log October: 6–3–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Nashville Predators 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 0-0-1 18,532 0-0-1 1 2 October 6 Dallas Stars 4-5 Edmonton Oilers SO Turco 0-0-2 16,839 0-0-2 2 3 October 9 Dallas Stars 5-2 Calgary Flames Auld 1-0-0 19,289 1-0-2 4 4 October 11 Dallas Stars 3-4 Vancouver Canucks SO Turco 0-0-3 18,810 1-0-3 5 5 October 14 Nashville Predators 0-6 Dallas Stars Turco 1-0-3 16,365 2-0-3 7 6 October 16 Boston Bruins 3-0 Dallas Stars Turco 1-1-3 17,811 2-1-3 7 7 October 17 Dallas Stars 4-3 Chicago Blackhawks Auld 2-0-0 20,424 3-1-3 9 8 October 19 Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Dallas Stars Turco 1-2-3 16,210 3-2-3 9 9 October 21 Dallas Stars 4-2 Anaheim Ducks Turco 2-2-3 14,503 4-2-3 11 10 October 22 Dallas Stars 4-5 Los Angeles Kings OT Auld 2-0-1 15,025 4-2-4 12 11 October 24 Dallas Stars 4-1 St. Louis Blues Turco 3-2-3 19,150 5-2-4 14 12 October 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Turco 4-2-3 16,302 6-2-4 16 13 October 30 Florida Panthers 6-5 Dallas Stars SO Auld 2-0-2 16,824 6-2-5 17 14 October 31 Dallas Stars 2-4 Nashville Predators Auld 2-1-2 12,520 6-3-5 17 November: 6-5–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 4 Calgary Flames 3-2 Dallas Stars OT Turco 4-2-4 16,369 6-3-6 18 16 November 6 Vancouver Canucks 1-2 Dallas Stars Turco 5-2-4 16,839 7-3-6 20 17 November 7 Dallas Stars 2-3 Minnesota Wild Auld 2-2-2 18,558 7-4-6 20 18 November 12 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Turco 6-2-4 17,562 8-4-6 22 19 November 14 Dallas Stars 2-3 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 6-3-4 11,319 8-5-6 22 20 November 18 Dallas Stars 3-1 Detroit Red Wings Auld 3-2-2 18,112 9-5-6 24 21 November 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 Dallas Stars Turco 6-4-4 16,155 9-6-6 24 22 November 21 New Jersey Devils 3-5 Dallas Stars Turco 7-4-4 17,514 10-6-6 26 23 November 23 Carolina Hurricanes 0-2 Dallas Stars Turco 8-4-4 16,243 11-6-6 28 24 November 25 St. Louis Blues 4-3 Dallas Stars SO Turco 8-4-5 18,156 11-6-7 29 25 November 27 Dallas Stars 2-5 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 8-5-5 10,691 11-7-7 29 26 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Auld 4-2-2 17,334 12-7-7 31 27 November 30 Dallas Stars 1-4 Detroit Red Wings Turco 8-6-5 17,645 12-8-7 31 December: 6-3–4 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 1–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Anaheim Ducks 1-3 Dallas Stars Turco 9-6-5 16,217 13-8-7 33 29 December 5 Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 9-6-6 15,860 13-8-8 34 30 December 8 Dallas Stars 3-4 Anaheim Ducks OT Turco 9-6-7 13,861 13-8-9 35 31 December 11 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Turco 10-6-7 17,562 14-8-9 37 32 December 12 Dallas Stars 2-3 Los Angeles Kings SO Auld 4-2-3 18,118 14-8-10 38 33 December 16 Dallas Stars 3-5 Carolina Hurricanes Turco 10-7-7 13,954 14-9-10 38 34 December 17 Dallas Stars 5-6 Atlanta Thrashers OT Auld 4-2-4 11,957 14-9-11 39 35 December 19 Detroit Red Wings 3-4 Dallas Stars Turco 11-7-7 18,532 15-9-11 41 36 December 21 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Dallas Stars Turco 11-8-7 18,532 15-10-11 41 37 December 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 1-3 Dallas Stars Auld 5-2-4 16,532 16-10-11 43 38 December 26 Dallas Stars 1-4 Colorado Avalanche Auld 5-3-4 18,007 16-11-11 43 39 December 29 Chicago Blackhawks 4-5 Dallas Stars Turco 12-8-7 18,532 17-11-11 45 40 December 31 Anaheim Ducks 3-5 Dallas Stars Turco 13-8-7 18,532 18-11-11 47 January: 6-9–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Vancouver Canucks 3-1 Dallas Stars Turco 13-9-7 17,059 18-12-11 47 42 January 5 Dallas Stars 0-4 New Jersey Devils Auld 5-4-4 14,202 18-13-11 47 43 January 6 Dallas Stars 2-5 New York Rangers Turco 13-10-7 18,200 18-14-11 47 44 January 8 New York Islanders 3-4 Dallas Stars Turco 14-10-7 17,430 19-14-11 49 45 January 10 Dallas Stars 0-2 Columbus Blue Jackets Turco 14-11-7 14,501 19-15-11 49 46 January 12 Dallas Stars 3-6 Philadelphia Flyers Turco 14-12-7 19,133 19-16-11 49 47 January 14 Dallas Stars 3-5 Montreal Canadiens Turco 14-13-7 21,273 19-17-11 49 48 January 16 Detroit Red Wings 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Auld 6-4-4 18,532 20-17-11 51 49 January 18 Minnesota Wild 3-4 Dallas Stars Auld 7-4-4 16,302 21-17-11 53 50 January 21 Dallas Stars 3-4 Vancouver Canucks Auld 7-5-4 18,810 21-18-11 53 51 January 22 Dallas Stars 4-3 Edmonton Oilers Turco 15-13-7 16,839 22-18-11 55 52 January 24 Dallas Stars 0-4 Colorado Avalanche Turco 15-14-7 11,741 22-19-11 55 53 January 27 Calgary Flames 3-4 Dallas Stars SO Auld 8-5-4 16,807 23-19-11 57 54 January 29 Colorado Avalanche 2-3 Dallas Stars Auld 9-5-4 18,532 24-19-11 59 55 January 31 Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Dallas Stars Auld 9-6-4 16,498 24-20-11 59 February: 3-1–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Minnesota Wild 2-4 Dallas Stars Turco 15-14-7 16,729 25-20-11 61 57 February 4 Dallas Stars 1-2 Columbus Blue Jackets Turco 15-15-7 14,028 25-21-11 61 58 February 6 Phoenix Coyotes 0-4 Dallas Stars Turco 16-15-7 18,532 26-21-11 63 59 February 9 Dallas Stars 3-4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Turco 16-15-8 21,446 26-21-12 64 60 February 11 Dallas Stars 3-1 Calgary Flames Turco 17-15-8 19,289 27-21-12 66 61 February 13 Dallas Stars 3-0 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 18-15-8 16,734 28-21-12 68 March: 6-8-2 (Home: 3-4-2; Road: 3-4-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Los Angeles Kings 5-1 Dallas Stars Turco 18-16-8 15,571 28-22-12 68 63 March 4 St. Louis Blues 6-1 Dallas Stars Turco 18-17-8 17,132 28-23-12 68 64 March 6 Dallas Stars 3-6 Pittsburgh Penguins Lehtonen 0-1-0 17,132 28-24-12 68 65 March 8 Dallas Stars 4-3 Washington Capitals SO Turco 19-17-8 18,277 29-24-12 70 66 March 10 Dallas Stars 3-5 Buffalo Sabres Turco 19-18-8 18,690 29-25-12 70 67 March 12 Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Dallas Stars SO Turco 19-18-9 16,651 29-25-13 71 68 March 14 Colorado Avalanche 5-3 Dallas Stars Turco 19-19-9 16,246 29-26-13 71 69 March 16 San Jose Sharks 2-8 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 1-1-0 18,532 30-26-13 73 70 March 18 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 1-2-0 17,529 30-27-13 73 71 March 20 Ottawa Senators 4-5 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 2-2-0 17,110 31-27-13 75 72 March 21 Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 19-19-10 16,114 31-27-14 76 73 March 23 Dallas Stars 3-1 Nashville Predators Lehtonen 3-2-0 15,501 32-27-14 78 74 March 25 Dallas Stars 0-3 San Jose Sharks Turco 19-20-10 17,562 32-28-14 78 75 March 27 Dallas Stars 4-1 Los Angeles Kings Lehtonen 4-2-0 18,118 33-28-14 80 76 March 29 Dallas Stars 3-1 Anaheim Ducks Lehtonen 4-3-0 15,070 33-29-14 80 77 March 31 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Dallas Stars Turco 20-20-10 17,263 34-29-14 82 April: 3-2-0 (Home: 2-1-0; Road: 1-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Edmonton Oilers 3-6 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 5-3-0 17,626 35-29-14 84 79 April 3 Dallas Stars 1-2 St. Louis Blues Lehtonen 5-4-0 19,150 35-30-14 84 80 April 6 Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 Dallas Stars Climie 0-1-0 17,826 35-31-14 84 81 April 8 Anaheim Ducks 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Turco 21-20-10 18,009 36-31-14 86 82 April 10 Dallas Stars 4-3 Minnesota Wild SO Turco 22-20-10 19,109 37-31-14 88 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 80 24 67 91 -12 14 82 29 42 71 -4 26 78 27 28 55 -5 64 66 19 34 53 -5 38 76 20 26 46 -3 69 82 10 31 41 -10 70 82 22 19 41 -1 45 73 22 14 36 -14 153 59 14 16 30 -6 22 77 6 16 22 3 25 58 4 13 17 -8 8 78 9 6 15 3 6 74 3 12 15 -15 18 50 5 10 15 2 14 79 2 11 13 -4 24 44 2 9 11 -3 10 67 1 9 10 27 69 † 19 5 5 10 3 18 46 5 4 9 8 66 71 0 7 7 -3 32 63 0 6 6 0 130 36 0 3 3 -6 11 11 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 -6 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 2 0 0 0 -2 0

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts Regular season Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM 53 3088 22 20 11 140 2.72 1605 .913 4 0 4 10 12 663 6 4 0 31 2.81 350 .911 0 0 1 0 1 60 0 1 0 5 5.00 38 .868 0 0 0 0 ‡ 21 1181 9 6 3 59 3.00 558 .894 0 0 2 2

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect time spent with the Stars only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Loui ErikssonLangenbrunner, Smith, Eriksson top week's '3 Stars' NHL Third Star of the Week January 4, 2010 Marty TurcoStamkos, Leighton and Turco top week's '3 Stars' NHL Third Star of the Week February 15, 2010

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Game October 3, 2009 Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point October 6, 2009 Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Goal October 11, 2009 Aaron Gagnon 1st Career NHL Game October 16, 2009 Perttu Lindgren 1st Career NHL Game October 19, 2009 Francis Wathier 1st Career NHL Game October 21, 2009 Mike Modano 800th Career NHL Assist April 2, 2010

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades Date June 27, 2009 To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick (189th overall) in 2009 To Dallas Stars 6th-round pick in 2010 July 8, 2009 To Ottawa Senators 6th-round pick in 2010 To Dallas Stars Alex Auld February 9, 2010 To Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Vishnevskiy4th-round pick in 2010 To Dallas Stars Kari Lehtonen

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms Karlis SkrastinsStars Sign Karlis Skrastins To Two-Year Deal Florida Panthers 2 years, $2.75 million Warren Peters Calgary Flames 1 year, 2-way contract Jeff WoywitkaDallas Signs Defenseman Jeff Woywitka To Two-Year Contract St. Louis Blues 2 years, $1.3 million Mathieu TousignantStars Sign Two to Entry Level Contracts Texas Stars 3-year entry-level contract Sean BackmanStars Sign Free Agent Sean Backman To 1-Yr Deal Yale University 1 year

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms Steve Begin Boston Bruins 1 year, $850,000 Chris Conner Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year Brendan Morrison Washington Capitals 1 year, $1.5 million Joel LundqvistJoel Lundqvist klar för Frölunda Frolunda HC 6 years Sergei ZubovFREE AGENT ZUBOV SIGNS WITH ST. PETERSBURG OF KHL SKA Saint Petersburg 6 years Darryl SydorBlues Sign Darryl Sydor St. Louis Blues 1 year Mark ParrishLightning sign free agent RW Mark Parrish Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, 2-way contract

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Brandon SegalStars Claim Brandon Segal Off Waivers From LA Los Angeles Kings February 11, 2010

Lost via waivers