The 2019–20 Dallas Stars season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) 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.

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. 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, entering them into a first-round series against the Calgary Flames, which they won in six games. The Stars then faced the Colorado Avalanche in the second round, defeating them in seven games. 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. They were ultimately defeated in six games by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

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

Schedule and results

Preseason The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019. 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 2 September 17 Dallas 2–1 Minnesota OT Point 13,537 1–1–0 3 September 19 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Bow — 2–1–0 4 September 21 Florida 6–0 Dallas Bishop — 2–2–0 5 September 24 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis Bow 16,515 3–2–0 6 September 26 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Khudobin 12,036 3–3–0 7 September 28 Colorado 3–4 Dallas SO Bishop 13,112 4–3–0 Notes: 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 logOctober: 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 2 October 5 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Bishop 18,096 0–2–0 0 3 October 6 Dallas 3–4 Detroit Khudobin 19,515 0–3–0 0 4 October 8 Dallas 4–3 Washington OT Bishop 18,573 1–3–0 2 5 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Dallas SO Bishop 17,989 1–3–1 3 6 October 12 Washington 4–1 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 1–4–1 3 7 October 14 Dallas 0–4 Buffalo Bishop 16,595 1–5–1 3 8 October 16 Dallas 2–3 Columbus Bishop 14,683 1–6–1 3 9 October 18 Dallas 2–4 Pittsburgh Khudobin 18,482 1–7–1 3 10 October 19 Dallas 4–1 Philadelphia Bishop 18,003 2–7–1 5 11 October 21 Ottawa 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 17,896 3–7–1 7 12 October 24 Anaheim 1–2 Dallas Bishop 17,754 4–7–1 9 13 October 26 Pittsburgh 3–0 Dallas Bishop 18,532 4–8–1 9 14 October 29 Minnesota 3–6 Dallas Khudobin 17,756 5–8–1 11 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 16 November 2 Montreal 1–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 7–8–1 15 17 November 5 Colorado 1–4 Dallas Bishop 18,108 8–8–1 17 18 November 10 Dallas 2–3 Winnipeg OT Khudobin 15,323 8–8–2 18 19 November 13 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Bishop 18,257 9–8–2 20 20 November 14 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Khudobin 18,642 10–8–2 22 21 November 16 Dallas 5–4 Edmonton OT Khudobin 17,346 11–8–2 24 22 November 19 Vancouver 1–6 Dallas Bishop 18,198 12–8–2 26 23 November 21 Winnipeg 3–5 Dallas Bishop 18,133 13–8–2 28 24 November 23 Chicago 1–2 Dallas SO Khudobin 18,532 14–8–2 30 25 November 25 Vegas 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 15–8–2 32 26 November 26 Dallas 0–3 Chicago Khudobin 21,210 15–9–2 32 27 November 29 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 15–10–2 32 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 29 December 3 Dallas 1–5 Winnipeg Khudobin 15,325 15–11–3 33 30 December 5 Winnipeg 2–3 Dallas OT Bishop 17,983 16–11–3 35 31 December 7 NY Islanders 1–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 17–11–3 37 32 December 10 New Jersey 0–2 Dallas Bishop 18,134 18–11–3 39 33 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Bishop 18,532 18–11–4 40 34 December 14 Dallas 4–1 Nashville Khudobin 17,586 19–11–4 42 35 December 16 Edmonton 2–1 Dallas Bishop 18,096 19–12–4 42 36 December 19 Dallas 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Khudobin 19,092 20–12–4 44 37 December 20 Dallas 4–7 Florida Bishop 14,040 20–13–4 44 38 December 22 Calgary 5–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 20–14–4 44 39 December 28 Colorado 2–3 Dallas SO Bishop 18,532 21–14–4 46 40 December 29 Dallas 4–2 Arizona Khudobin 17,125 22–14–4 48 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 42 January 3 Detroit 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 24–14–4 52 43 January 8 Dallas 2–1 Los Angeles Khudobin 17,129 25–14–4 54 44 January 9 Dallas 3–0 Anaheim Bishop 15,419 26–14–4 56 45 January 11 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Khudobin 17,562 26–15–4 56 46 January 14 Dallas 3–2 Colorado OT Bishop 18,015 27–15–4 58 47 January 16 Buffalo 4–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 27–16–4 58 48 January 18 Dallas 0–7 Minnesota Khudobin 18,219 27–17–4 58 49 January 27 Tampa Bay 2–3 Dallas OT Bishop 18,345 28–17–4 60 50 January 29 Toronto 5–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 28–18–4 60 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 52 February 3 Dallas 5–3 NY Rangers Khudobin 15,779 30–18–4 64 53 February 4 Dallas 3–4 NY Islanders OT Bishop 10,128 30–18–5 65 54 February 7 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas Bishop 18,532 30–19–5 65 55 February 8 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Khudobin 18,096 31–19–5 67 56 February 11 Carolina 1–4 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 32–19–5 69 57 February 13 Dallas 3–2 Toronto Bishop 19,107 33–19–5 71 58 February 15 Dallas 4–3 Montreal OT Bishop 21,302 34–19–5 73 59 February 16 Dallas 3–4 Ottawa OT Khudobin 13,150 34–19–6 74 60 February 19 Arizona 2–3 Dallas Bishop 18,227 35–19–6 76 61 February 21 St. Louis 5–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 35–20–6 76 62 February 23 Chicago 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 18,532 36–20–6 78 63 February 25 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 18,176 37–20–6 80 64 February 27 Dallas 3–4 Boston Bishop 17,850 37–21–6 80 65 February 29 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis SO Khudobin 18,096 37–21–7 81 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 67 March 5 Dallas 0–2 Nashville Khudobin 17,349 37–22–8 82 68 March 7 Nashville 1–0 Dallas Bishop 18,532 37–23–8 82 69 March 10 NY Rangers 4–2 Dallas Bishop 18,195 37–24–8 82 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 AngelesLegend:

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.

The Stars defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round in six games.

In the second round, the Stars faced the Colorado Avalanche, defeating them in seven games.

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

The Stars faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were defeated in six games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern 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 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Khudobin 0–2–0 0 3 August 8 Dallas 2–1 St. Louis SO Khudobin 1–2–0 2 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 2 August 13 Calgary 4–5 Dallas Bishop 1–1 3 August 14 Dallas 0–2 Calgary Khudobin 1–2 4 August 16 Dallas 5–4 Calgary OT Khudobin 2–2 5 August 18 Calgary 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 3–2 6 August 20 Dallas 7–3 Calgary Khudobin 4–2 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 2 August 24 Dallas 5–2 Colorado Khudobin 2–0 3 August 26 Colorado 6–4 Dallas Khudobin 2–1 4 August 30 Colorado 4–5 Dallas Khudobin 3–1 5 August 31 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Bishop 3–2 6 September 2 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Khudobin 3–3 7 September 4 Dallas 5–4 Colorado OT Khudobin 4–3 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 2 September 8 Dallas 0–3 Vegas Khudobin 1–1 3 September 10 Vegas 2–3 Dallas OT Khudobin 2–1 4 September 12 Vegas 1–2 Dallas Khudobin 3–1 5 September 14 Dallas 3–2 Vegas OT Khudobin 4–1 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 2 September 21 Dallas 2–3 Tampa Bay Khudobin 1–1 3 September 23 Tampa Bay 5–2 Dallas Khudobin 1–2 4 September 25 Tampa Bay 5–4 Dallas OT Khudobin 1–3 5 September 26 Dallas 3–2 Tampa Bay 2OT Khudobin 2–3 6 September 28 Tampa Bay 2–0 Dallas Khudobin 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 69 17 33 50 −2 22 69 19 20 39 −4 53 68 8 27 35 14 12 60 15 19 34 8 46 60 19 14 33 3 16 58 6 26 32 −10 22 67 14 17 31 6 29 64 20 9 29 5 13 69 3 20 23 5 12 65 9 12 21 7 6 62 6 15 21 −5 12 57 5 16 21 −2 70 66 11 9 20 −6 42 55 8 8 16 −6 36 68 3 11 14 2 30 69 3 7 10 −6 41 27 2 7 9 3 8 57 2 6 8 9 14 29 3 3 6 −3 8 17 2 3 5 0 10 41 0 4 4 −6 24 12 1 1 2 2 4 8 0 2 2 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 11 1 0 1 −1 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 27 6 20 26 8 2 26 4 17 21 −5 14 27 13 6 19 6 30 27 8 11 19 2 32 27 8 10 18 0 24 27 9 8 17 0 2 26 2 11 13 1 12 25 2 11 13 −3 10 27 5 4 9 11 26 27 5 4 9 −3 27 19 3 5 8 −3 4 26 1 7 8 0 38 27 1 7 8 −12 2 23 2 5 7 −2 30 14 5 1 6 7 4 27 2 2 4 −7 8 12 1 1 2 3 4 23 0 2 2 −6 10 27 0 1 1 −1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 −4 0 11 0 0 0 −3 4 4 0 0 0 −4 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 44 43 2,473:49 21 16 4 103 2.50 1,286 .920 2 0 2 2 30 26 1,677:29 16 8 4 62 2.22 882 .930 0 0 3 4

Playoffs Player 25 24 1,492:55 14 10 0 67 2.69 811 .917 1 0 1 2 3 3 132:36 1 2 0 12 5.43 77 .844 0 0 1 0 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.