2014–15 Dallas Stars season

The 2014–15 Dallas Stars season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. Despite having 92 points, the Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs; even though they qualified the previous year.

Standings

Suspensions/fines Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Antoine Roussel Punching an unsuspecting opponent, San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun during NHL game No. 211 in Dallas on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 18:51 of the third period. — $5,376.34 November 10, 2014 Ryan Garbutt Kneeing Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall during NHL game No. 319 in Dallas on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at 12:17 of the third period. 2 games $43,902.44 November 27, 2014 Ryan Garbutt Slew-footing Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien during NHL game No. 416 in Dallas on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 13:22 of the third period. 3 games $65,853.66 December 11, 2014 Antoine Roussel Cross-checking Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid during NHL game No. 797 in Boston on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 3:43 of the first period. 2 games $21,505.38 February 12, 2015

Schedule and results

Pre-season Pre-season game log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 St. Louis 3–4 Dallas Lindback 14,567 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 24 Dallas 4–3 Florida SO Rynnas 2,841 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 26 Dallas 3–6 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 13,635 2–1–0 Recap 4 September 27 Dallas 4–2 St. Louis Lindback 3–1–0 Recap 5 September 29 Florida 4–5 Dallas Lindback 14,234 4–1–0 Recap 6 September 30 Tampa Bay 5–1 Dallas Lindback 14,212 4–2–0 RecapNotes: Game was played at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Regular season Game log October: 4–2–4 (Home: 1–0–4; Road: 3–2–0) 12 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Chicago 3–2 Dallas SO Lehtonen 18,768 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 11 Dallas 1–4 Nashville Lindback 17,113 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 14 Dallas 4–2 Columbus Lehtonen 15,995 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 16 Dallas 3–2 Pittsburgh Lehtonen 18,615 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 18 Philadelphia 6–5 Dallas OT Lehtonen 18,532 2–1–2 6 Recap 6 October 21 Vancouver 3–6 Dallas Lehtonen 15,678 3–1–2 8 Recap 7 October 24 Dallas 3–2 New Jersey SO Lehtonen 14,657 4–1–2 10 Recap 8 October 25 Dallas 5–7 NY Islanders Lindback 15,208 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 28 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas OT Lehtonen 16,232 4–2–3 11 Recap 10 October 31 Anaheim 2–1 Dallas OT Lehtonen 15,343 4–2–4 12 Recap November: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–5–1; Road: 2–3–0) 11 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Dallas 1–4 Minnesota Lehtonen 19,088 4–3–4 12 Recap 12 November 4 Los Angeles 3–1 Dallas Lehtonen 16,567 4–4–4 12 Recap 13 November 6 Nashville 3–2 Dallas Lehtonen 17,054 4–5–4 12 Recap 14 November 8 San Jose 5–3 Dallas Lindback 17,023 4–6–4 12 Recap 15 November 11 Dallas 4–3 Arizona Lehtonen 11,866 5–6–4 14 Recap 16 November 13 Dallas 2–0 Los Angeles Lehtonen 18,230 6–6–4 16 Recap 17 November 15 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Lehtonen 17,543 6–7–4 16 Recap 18 November 16 Dallas 2–6 Chicago Lehtonen 21,671 6–8–4 16 Recap 19 November 18 Carolina 6–4 Dallas Lehtonen 15,678 6–9–4 16 Recap 20 November 20 Arizona 1–3 Dallas Lehtonen 16,078 7–9–4 18 Recap 21 November 22 Los Angeles 4–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,111 8–9–4 20 Recap 22 November 25 Edmonton 2–3 Dallas Lehtonen 16,322 9–9–4 22 Recap 23 November 28 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Lehtonen 18,532 9–9–5 23 Recap 24 November 29 Dallas 2–5 Colorado Lindback 15,761 9–10–5 23 Recap December: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–2–0) 16 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Dallas 3–5 Toronto Lehtonen 19,021 9–11–5 23 Recap 26 December 4 Dallas 2–5 Detroit Rynnas 20,027 9–12–5 23 Recap 27 December 6 Montreal 1–4 Dallas Lehtonen 16,098 10–12–5 25 Recap 28 December 9 Winnipeg 5–2 Dallas Lehtonen 15,987 10–13–5 25 Recap 29 December 13 New Jersey 3–4 Dallas Lehtonen 16,110 11–13–5 27 Recap 30 December 17 Dallas 2–0 Vancouver Lehtonen 18,755 12–13–5 29 Recap 31 December 19 Dallas 2–1 Calgary Lehtonen 19,289 13–13–5 31 Recap 32 December 21 Dallas 6–5 Edmonton SO Lindback 16,839 14–13–5 33 Recap 33 December 23 Toronto 4–0 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 14–14–5 33 Recap 34 December 27 Dallas 4–3 St. Louis Lehtonen 19,683 15–14–5 35 Recap 35 December 29 NY Rangers 2–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 16–14–5 37 Recap 36 December 31 Arizona 0–6 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 17–14–5 39 Recap January: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–2–2) 14 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 Minnesota 1–7 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 18–14–5 41 Recap 38 January 4 Dallas 4–5 Chicago OT Lehtonen 21,884 18–14–6 42 Recap 39 January 6 Columbus 4–2 Dallas Lindback 17,123 18–15–6 42 Recap 40 January 8 Dallas 2–3 Nashville OT Lehtonen 17,113 18–15–7 43 Recap 41 January 10 Dallas 3–4 Colorado Lehtonen 18,007 18–16–7 43 Recap 42 January 13 Ottawa 4–5 Dallas Lindback 16,213 19–16–7 45 Recap 43 January 15 Winnipeg 2–1 Dallas Lindback 16,221 19–17–7 45 Recap 44 January 17 Washington 4–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 20–17–7 47 Recap 45 January 18 Dallas 6–3 Chicago Lehtonen 22,135 21–17–7 49 Recap 46 January 20 Boston 3–1 Dallas Lehtonen 17,432 21–18–7 49 Recap 47 January 27 Dallas 2–3 Montreal Lehtonen 21,286 21–19–7 49 Recap 48 January 29 Dallas 6–3 Ottawa Lehtonen 18,752 22–19–7 51 Recap 49 January 31 Dallas 5–2 Winnipeg Lehtonen 15,016 23–19–7 53 Recap February: 4–6–3 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 3–4–0) 11 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Colorado 3–2 Dallas SO Lehtonen 16,521 23–19–8 54 Recap 51 February 5 Tampa Bay 5–3 Dallas Lehtonen 16,010 23–20–8 54 Recap 52 February 7 Dallas 2–3 Buffalo Lindback 18,426 23–21–8 54 Recap 53 February 8 Dallas 3–2 NY Rangers OT Lehtonen 18,006 24–21–8 56 Recap 54 February 10 Dallas 5–3 Boston Lehtonen 17,565 25–21–8 58 Recap 55 February 13 Florida 0–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,211 26–21–8 60 Recap 56 February 14 Dallas 1–4 Colorado Enroth 18,087 26–22–8 60 Recap 57 February 17 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Lehtonen 18,830 27–22–8 62 Recap 58 February 19 San Jose 5–2 Dallas Lehtonen 17,568 27–23–8 62 Recap 59 February 21 Detroit 7–6 Dallas OT Lehtonen 18,532 27–23–9 63 Recap 60 February 22 Dallas 2–6 Minnesota Enroth 18,754 27–24–9 63 Recap 61 February 24 Dallas 2–4 Winnipeg Enroth 15,016 27–25–9 63 Recap 62 February 27 Colorado 5–4 Dallas SO Lehtonen 15,431 27–25–10 64 Recap March: 10–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 6–2–0) 20 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Anaheim 3–1 Dallas Enroth 17,657 27–26–10 64 Recap 64 March 3 NY Islanders 2–3 Dallas OT Lehtonen 17,453 28–26–10 66 Recap 65 March 5 Dallas 4–3 Florida SO Enroth 8,510 29–26–10 68 Recap 66 March 7 Dallas 4–5 Tampa Bay Enroth 19,204 29–27–10 68 Recap 67 March 10 Dallas 2–1 Philadelphia Lehtonen 18,723 30–27–10 70 Recap 68 March 12 Dallas 5–3 Carolina Lehtonen 10,025 31–27–10 72 Recap 69 March 13 Dallas 4–2 Washington Lehtonen 18,506 32–27–10 74 Recap 70 March 15 St. Louis 3–0 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 32–28–10 74 Recap 71 March 19 Pittsburgh 1–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 33–28–10 76 Recap 72 March 21 Chicago 0–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 34–28–10 78 Recap 73 March 23 Buffalo 3–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,113 35–28–10 80 Recap 74 March 25 Dallas 4–3 Calgary SO Lehtonen 19,289 36–28–10 82 Recap 75 March 27 Dallas 0–4 Edmonton Lehtonen 16,839 36–29–10 82 Recap 76 March 28 Dallas 4–3 Vancouver OT Lehtonen 18,595 37–29–10 84 Recap 77 March 30 Calgary 5–3 Dallas Lehtonen 17,898 37–30–10 84 Recap April: 4–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 3–0–0) 8 pts. # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 3 St. Louis 7–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 37–31–10 84 Recap 79 April 4 Dallas 4–3 Nashville OT Enroth 17,113 38–31–10 86 Recap 80 April 6 Dallas 5–1 San Jose Enroth 17,562 39–31–10 88 Recap 81 April 8 Dallas 4–0 Anaheim Enroth 17,252 40–31–10 90 Recap 82 April 11 Nashville 1–4 Dallas Enroth 18,532 41–31–10 92 RecapLegend:

Player statistics Final Skaters

Regular season Player 82 35 52 87 1 64 71 37 40 77 −1 20 82 17 45 62 −7 28 78 19 21 40 −1 26 65 11 29 40 5 32 68 16 22 38 −13 34 81 4 32 36 0 24 ‡ 57 18 15 33 4 14 76 11 21 32 −8 16 80 13 16 29 −5 34 76 11 18 29 9 27 47 14 13 27 12 8 71 9 17 26 1 13 80 13 12 25 −20 148 67 8 17 25 −9 55 † 61 5 17 22 3 63 73 2 14 16 −5 34 51 0 10 10 −2 8 31 6 3 9 −1 12 † 34 3 6 9 0 14 36 1 7 8 0 8 36 4 1 5 −8 48 22 0 3 3 0 6 ‡ 8 0 2 2 4 6 8 0 1 1 −5 2 ‡ 20 0 1 1 −2 23 ‡ 3 0 1 1 −1 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 †‡ 5 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 65 65 3,698 34 17 10 181 2.94 1875 .903 5 0 3 2 † 13 9 630 5 5 0 25 2.38 267 .906 1 0 0 0 ‡ 10 7 517 2 8 0 32 3.71 256 .875 0 0 1 0 2 1 92 0 1 0 7 4.57 44 .841 0 0 0 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

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL First Star of the Week October 20, 2014 NHL Third Star of the Month November 3, 2014 NHL Third Star of the Week November 24, 2014 NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 NHL Rookie of the Month February 2, 2015 NHL First Star of the Week April 13, 2015

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game October 18, 2014 300th career NHL assist October 21, 2014 1st career NHL game October 24, 2014 1st career NHL goal October 28, 2014 100th career NHL goal October 28, 2014 700th career NHL game November 4, 2014 200th career NHL point November 6, 2014 700th career NHL game700th career NHL point November 8, 2014 1st career NHL game November 11, 2014 300th career NHL game November 15, 2014 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point November 16, 2014 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point November 16, 2014 500th career NHL point November 16, 2014 1st career NHL goal November 20, 2014 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point November 28, 2014 100th career NHL point November 28, 2014 500th career NHL point November 28, 2014 900th career NHL game December 6, 2014 700th career NHL game December 6, 2014 700th career NHL game December 19, 2014 300th career NHL point December 19, 2014 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point December 31, 2014 30th career NHL shutout December 31, 2014 1st career NHL assist January 3, 2015 200th career NHL game January 17, 2015 700th career NHL game January 20, 2015 5,000 career NHL minutes February 7, 2015 400th career NHL game February 14, 2015 1st career NHL hat-trick February 17, 2015 1st career NHL assist March 10, 2015 500th career NHL game March 12, 2015 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point March 13, 2015 100th career NHL point March 19, 2015 200th career NHL assist March 23, 2015 200th career NHL game April 11, 2015

Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades