2012–13 Dallas Stars season

The 2012–13 Dallas Stars season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 20th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

During the off-season, the Stars acquired veteran and Pittsburgh Penguins legend Jaromir Jagr after returning to the NHL and playing last season for the Philadelphia Flyers. Due to the lockout, Jagr played only four months as a Star and would be traded to the Boston Bruins, where he would appear in his first Stanley Cup Final trip since 1992.

The Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth-straight season.

Off-season

Regular season

Standings

Schedule and results 2012–13 Game Log January: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 19 Phoenix Coyotes 3–4 Dallas Stars — 18,532 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 20 Dallas Stars 0–1 Minnesota Wild — 18,296 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 22 Dallas Stars 2–1 Detroit Red Wings — 20,066 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 24 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 Dallas Stars OT 17,868 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 January 26 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,131 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 January 28 Dallas Stars 1–2 Columbus Blue Jackets — 10,475 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 29 Dallas Stars 1–4 Detroit Red Wings — 20,066 2–4–1 5 Recap February: 8–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 1 Phoenix Coyotes 3–4 Dallas Stars SO 18,101 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 February 2 Dallas Stars 0–2 Phoenix Coyotes — 12,151 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 4 Dallas Stars 3–2 Colorado Avalanche — 13,441 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 February 6 Dallas Stars 3–2 Edmonton Oilers OT 16,839 5–5–1 11 Recap 12 February 8 Anaheim Ducks 1–3 Dallas Stars — 18,112 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 February 12 Dallas Stars 4–1 Edmonton Oilers — 16,839 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 February 13 Dallas Stars 4–7 Calgary Flames — 19,289 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 February 15 Dallas Stars 4–3 Vancouver Canucks — 18,910 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 February 17 Calgary Flames 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,340 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 February 21 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,393 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 February 23 San Jose Sharks 1–3 Dallas Stars — 18,584 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 February 25 Dallas Stars 4–5 Nashville Predators OT 17,113 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 February 26 Dallas Stars 5–4 Columbus Blue Jackets OT 11,523 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 February 28 Edmonton Oilers 5–1 Dallas Stars — 17,004 10–9–2 22 Recap March: 6–6–1 (Home: 4–4–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 3 St. Louis Blues 1–4 Dallas Stars — 16,663 11–9–2 24 Recap 23 March 7 Dallas Stars 5–2 Los Angeles Kings — 18,118 12–9–2 26 Recap 24 March 9 Dallas Stars 1–2 Phoenix Coyotes — 15,842 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 March 12 Nashville Predators 4–0 Dallas Stars — 15,661 12–11–2 26 Recap 26 March 14 Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Dallas Stars SO 15,775 12–11–3 27 Recap 27 March 16 Chicago Blackhawks 8–1 Dallas Stars — 18,584 12–12–3 27 Recap 28 March 18 Calgary Flames 3–4 Dallas Stars — 16,057 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 March 20 Dallas Stars 3–4 Colorado Avalanche — 13,813 13–13–3 29 Recap 30 March 21 Dallas Stars 2–0 Los Angeles Kings — 18,118 14–13–3 31 Recap 31 March 23 Colorado Avalanche 2–5 Dallas Stars — 17,311 15–13–3 33 Recap 32 March 25 Minnesota Wild 7–4 Dallas Stars — 16,167 15–14–3 33 Recap 33 March 29 Minnesota Wild 3–5 Dallas Stars — 17,376 16–14–3 35 Recap 34 March 31 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Dallas Stars — 15,719 16–15–3 35 Recap April: 6–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 April 1 Anaheim Ducks 4–0 Dallas Stars — 13,748 16–16–3 35 Recap 36 April 3 Dallas Stars 2–5 Anaheim Ducks — 15,165 16–17–3 35 Recap 37 April 5 Dallas Stars 3–1 Anaheim Ducks — 16,884 17–17–3 37 Recap 38 April 7 Dallas Stars 5–4 San Jose Sharks SO 17,562 18–17–3 39 Recap 39 April 9 Los Angeles Kings 1–5 Dallas Stars — 16,367 19–17–3 41 Recap 40 April 12 Dallas Stars 5–2 Nashville Predators — 16,818 20–17–3 43 Recap 41 April 13 San Jose Sharks 1–2 Dallas Stars — 18,007 21–17–3 45 Recap 42 April 15 Dallas Stars 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks — 21,986 21–18–3 45 Recap 43 April 18 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Dallas Stars — 16,571 22–18–3 47 Recap 44 April 19 Dallas Stars 1–2 St. Louis Blues — 19,328 22–19–3 47 Recap 45 April 21 Dallas Stars 3–4 Los Angeles Kings OT 18,118 22–19–4 48 Recap 46 April 23 Dallas Stars 2–3 San Jose Sharks — 17,562 22–20–4 48 Recap 47 April 25 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Dallas Stars — 16,918 22–21–4 48 Recap 48 April 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Dallas Stars — 18,532 22–22–4 48 Recap Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = OT/SO Loss

Player statistics Final Skaters

Regular season Player 41 12 21 33 −12 40 32 11 18 29 1 4 48 12 17 29 −9 8 47 3 24 27 4 18 ‡ 34 14 12 26 −5 20 48 7 17 24 1 31 ‡ 30 4 18 22 3 4 46 4 13 17 3 48 39 7 7 14 3 85 ‡ 19 6 8 14 4 8 48 1 12 13 2 56 44 4 9 13 1 14 48 7 4 11 −3 61 ‡ 29 6 5 11 −8 18 36 3 7 10 1 32 37 3 6 9 0 8 48 3 5 8 1 65 † 28 6 1 7 −7 10 7 6 1 7 3 0 26 1 5 6 −4 10 27 0 5 5 −2 18 32 2 3 5 −10 18 12 1 2 3 0 0 ‡ 15 2 1 3 0 2 6 2 0 2 1 9 16 0 2 2 −5 14 18 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 128 224 352 −38 605

Goaltenders Regular season Player 36 35 1986:11 15 14 3 88 2.66 1050 0.916 1 0 2 0 13 8 608:50 6 5 0 33 3.25 288 0.885 0 0 0 0 5 5 291:18 1 3 1 15 3.09 146 0.897 0 0 0 0 Totals 48 2886:19 22 22 4 136 2.83 1484 0.908 1 0 2 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades June 22, 2012Dallas Stars Acquire Center Cody Eakin & 2012 Second-Rounder From Washington Capitals In Exchange For Mike Ribeiro To Washington Capitals Mike Ribeiro To Dallas Stars Cody Eakin2nd-round pick in 2012 June 23, 2012Dallas Stars Make Eight Selections on Second Day of 2012 NHL Draft To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2013 To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2012 June 23, 2012 To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2012 To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013 July 2, 2012Stars acquire Derek Roy from Sabres To Buffalo Sabres Steve OttAdam Pardy To Dallas Stars Derek Roy January 14, 2013DALLAS STARS ACQUIRE THIRD-ROUND PICK IN 2013 FROM EDMONTON OILERS IN EXCHANGE FOR MARK FISTRIC To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fistric To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2013 January 24, 2013Dallas Stars Acquire Defenseman Carl Sneep from Pittsburgh To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 To Dallas Stars Carl Sneep February 26, 2013Dallas Stars Acquire Erik Cole From Montreal In Exchange for Micheal Ryder and Dallas' Third-Round Pick in 2013 To Montreal Canadiens Michael Ryder3rd-round pick in 2013 To Dallas Stars Erik Cole March 24, 2013 To Pittsburgh Penguins: Brenden Morrow3rd-round pick in 2013 To Dallas Stars: Joe Morrow5th-round pick in 2013 April 2, 2013 To Boston Bruins: Jaromir Jagr To Dallas Stars: Lane MacDermidCody PayneConditional 2nd-round pick in 2013 April 2, 2013 To Vancouver Canucks: Derek Roy To Dallas Stars: Kevin Connauton2nd-round pick in 2013 April 2, 2013 To Colorado Avalanche: Tomas Vincour To Dallas Stars: Cameron Gaunce June 8, 2013 To Ottawa Senators: Conditional 6th-round pick in 2013 To Dallas Stars: Sergei Gonchar

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Ray WhitneyDallas Stars Sign Forward Ray Whitney to Two-Year Contract Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $9 million Aaron RomeStars Sign Defenseman Aaron Rome to Three Year Deal Vancouver Canucks 3 years, $4.5 million Antoine RousselDallas Stars sign Toby Petersen and Antoine Roussel to two-year contracts Chicago Wolves 2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract Jaromir JagrJagr Signs One Year Deal with Stars Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $4.55 million Tyler Sloan Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $600,000 Maxime LagaceDallas Stars Sign Goaltender Max Lagace P.E.I. Rocket 3 years, $1.705 million entry-level contract Taylor PetersDallas Stars sign Taylor Peters to a three-year entry level contract Portland Winterhawks 3 years, $2.56 million entry-level contract Curtis McKenzieDALLAS STARS SIGN CURTIS MCKENZIE TO TWO-YEAR ENTRY LEVEL CONTRACT Miami University 2 years, $1.29 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Sheldon SourayDucks Sign Souray to Three-Year Contract Anaheim Ducks 3 years, $11 million Adam BurishSharks Sign Forward Adam Burish San Jose Sharks 4 years, $7.2 million Andrew RaycroftVladimir Zharkov signs with KHL, Andrew Raycroft signs in Italy Hockey Milano Rossoblu undisclosed Jake DowellWild Agrees To Terms With Jake Dowell Minnesota Wild 2 years, $1.4 million Radek DvorakDucks Sign Right Wing Radek Dvorak to One-Year Contract. Ducks.nhl.com. Retrieved on March 25, 2013. Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $675,000

Player signings Player Date Contract terms Toby Petersen July 2, 2012 2 years, $1.35 million Radek Faksa July 6, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Tom WandellWandell staying with Stars July 6, 2012 1 year, $892,500 Brett RitchieDALLAS STARS SIGN BRETT RITCHIE AND TROY VANCE TO THREE-YEAR ENTRY-LEVEL DEALS July 11, 2012 3 years, $2.535 million entry-level contract Troy Vance July 11, 2012 3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract Richard BachmanStars Sign Richard Bachman And Colton Sceviour To One-Year Contracts July 12, 2012 1 year, $625,000 Colton Sceviour July 12, 2012 1 year, $525,000 Philip LarsenDallas Stars Agree to Terms With Defenseman Philip Larsen on Two-Year Contract July 13, 2012 2 years, $2.05 million Maxime Fortunus July 13, 2012 1 year, $650,000 Ludvig BystromDallas Stars Sign Ryan Garbutt, Luke Gazdic and Ludwig Bystrom to Contracts July 16, 2012 3 years, $2.51 million entry-level contract Ryan Garbutt July 16, 2012 2 years, $1.15 million Luke Gazdic July 16, 2012 1 year, $577,500 Mark FistricDallas Stars Sign Defenseman Mark Fistric to One-Year Contract July 22, 2012 1 year, $1.475 million Jordie BennDallas Stars Sign Defenseman Jordie Benn to One-Year, Two-Way Contract July 25, 2012 1 year, $525,000 Kari LehtonenDallas Stars Sign Kari Lehtonen to 5-year Extension September 14, 2012 5 years, $29.5 million contract extension Jamie BennJamie Benn, Dallas Stars Agree to 5 year deal January 24, 2013 5 years, $26.25 million Sergei GoncharDallas Stars sign Sergei Gonchar to two-year contract June 10, 2013 2 years, $10 million Kevin ConnautonDallas Stars sign Kevin Connauton to three-year deal June 13, 2013 3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract Cristopher Nilstorp June 17, 2013 1 year, $725,000 Travis Morin June 20, 2013 2 years, $1.1 million Colton Sceviour June 20, 2013 1 year, $600,000 Matt Fraser June 24, 2013 1 year, $625,000 Cameron Gaunce June 24, 2013 1 year, $650,000

Draft picks

Dallas Stars' picks at the 2012 NHL entry draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 13 Radek Faksa C Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 2 43 Ludvig Bystrom D Modo Hockey J20 (J20 SuperElit) 2 54 Mike Winther C Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 2 61 Devin Shore C Whitby Fury (OJHL) 3 74 Esa Lindell D Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 4 104 Gemel Smith C Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 5 134 Branden Troock RW Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 5 144 Henri Kiviaho G KalPa U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 7 183 Dmitry Sinitsyn D University of Massachusetts Lowell (Hockey East)

Draft notes

The Washington Capitals' second-round pick (from Colorado via Toronto and Boston) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent Mike Ribeiro to the Capitals in exchange for Cody Eakin and this pick.