2022–23 Dallas Stars season

The 2022–23 Dallas Stars season was the 56th season for National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 30th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.

The first game of the season was played at Bridgestone Arena against the Nashville Predators on October 13, 2022, with the first home game against the Predators at American Airlines Center on October 15. During the off-season, Rick Bowness resigned as head coach of the Stars, and Peter DeBoer was hired to replace him. On April 3, 2023, the Stars clinched a playoff spot after a win over the Nashville Predators. In the playoffs, the Stars defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round in six games. Then, they defeated the Seattle Kraken in the second round in seven games before losing to the top-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in six games in conference finals.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Stars Preseason schedule was released on July 5, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 2–5–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Away Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 St. Louis 4–0 Dallas Khudobin American Airlines Center 10,023 0–1–0 2 September 27 Arizona 3–4 Dallas OT Wedgewood BOK Center — 1–1–0 3 September 29 Minnesota 5–2 Dallas Khudobin American Airlines Center 12,114 1–2–0 4 October 1 Dallas 5–2 St. Louis Oettinger Cable Dahmer Arena — 2–2–0 5 October 3 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 12,678 2–3–0 6 October 5 Dallas 1–2 Colorado Khudobin Ball Arena 14,953 2–4–0 7 October 8 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Oettinger Xcel Energy Center 16,324 2–5–0 Legend:

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 5–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Dallas 4–1 Nashville Oettinger 17,692 1–0–0 2 2 October 15 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 2–0–0 4 3 October 17 Winnipeg 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 17,875 3–0–0 6 4 October 20 Dallas 2–3 Toronto OT Wedgewood 18,488 3–0–1 7 5 October 22 Dallas 5–2 Montreal Oettinger 21,105 4–0–1 9 6 October 24 Dallas 2–4 Ottawa Wedgewood 12,088 4–1–1 9 7 October 25 Dallas 1–3 Boston Oettinger 17,850 4–2–1 9 8 October 27 Washington 0–2 Dallas Oettinger 18,235 5–2–1 11 9 October 29 NY Rangers 6–3 Dallas Wedgewood 18,532 5–3–1 11 November: 8–3–3 (home: 3–1–2; road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Los Angeles 2–5 Dallas Wedgewood 18,374 6–3–1 13 11 November 3 Dallas 7–2 Arizona Wedgewood 4,600 7–3–1 15 12 November 5 Dallas 6–2 Edmonton Wedgewood 17,067 8–3–1 17 13 November 8 Dallas 1–5 Winnipeg Wedgewood 13,847 8–4–1 17 14 November 11 San Jose 5–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 8–5–1 17 15 November 13 Dallas 5–1 Philadelphia Oettinger 16,898 9–5–1 19 16 November 15 Dallas 4–5 Tampa Bay OT Oettinger 19,092 9–5–2 20 17 November 17 Dallas 6–4 Florida Wedgewood 14,428 10–5–2 22 18 November 19 NY Islanders 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 11–5–2 24 19 November 21 Colorado 3–2 Dallas SO Oettinger 18,532 11–5–3 25 20 November 23 Chicago 4–6 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 12–5–3 27 21 November 25 Winnipeg 5–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 12–5–4 28 22 November 26 Dallas 1–4 Colorado Wedgewood 18,129 12–6–4 28 23 November 28 Dallas 4–1 St. Louis Wedgewood 18,096 13–6–4 30 December: 10–3–2 (home: 5–2–1; road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Anaheim 0–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,012 14–6–4 32 25 December 4 Minnesota 6–5 Dallas SO Wedgewood 18,120 14–6–5 33 26 December 6 Toronto 4–0 Dallas Oettinger 18,021 14–7–5 33 27 December 8 Ottawa 3–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,023 15–7–5 35 28 December 10 Detroit 2–3 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 16–7–5 37 29 December 12 Dallas 1–2 Pittsburgh Oettinger 17,147 16–8–5 37 30 December 13 Dallas 4–1 New Jersey Wedgewood 13,114 17–8–5 39 31 December 15 Dallas 2–1 Washington Oettinger 18,573 18–8–5 41 32 December 17 Dallas 4–5 Carolina OT Wedgewood 18,680 18–8–6 42 33 December 19 Dallas 2–1 Columbus Oettinger 16,402 19–8–6 44 34 December 21 Edmonton 6–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 19–9–6 44 35 December 23 Montreal 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 20–9–6 46 36 December 27 Dallas 3–2 Nashville Oettinger 17,768 21–9–6 48 37 December 29 Dallas 4–1 Minnesota Oettinger 19,316 22–9–6 50 38 December 31 San Jose 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 23–9–6 52 January: 5–4–4 (home: 2–1–3; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles Oettinger 16,498 23–10–6 52 40 January 4 Dallas 0–2 Anaheim Wedgewood 13,179 23–11–6 52 41 January 8 Florida 1–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 24–11–6 54 42 January 10 Dallas 2–1 NY Islanders SO Oettinger 16,412 25–11–6 56 43 January 12 Dallas 1–2 NY Rangers OT Oettinger 18,006 25–11–7 57 44 January 14 Calgary 6–5 Dallas Wedgewood 18,532 25–12–7 57 45 January 16 Dallas 4–0 Vegas Oettinger 17,895 26–12–7 59 46 January 18 Dallas 3–5 San Jose Oettinger 12,315 26–13–7 59 47 January 19 Dallas 4–0 Los Angeles Wedgewood 18,230 27–13–7 61 48 January 21 Arizona 0–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 28–13–7 63 49 January 23 Buffalo 3–2 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,134 28–13–8 64 50 January 25 Carolina 3–2 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,237 28–13–9 65 51 January 27 New Jersey 3–2 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 28–13–10 66 February: 3–3–3 (home: 2–3–2; road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 6 Anaheim 2–3 Dallas SO Oettinger 18,145 29–13–10 68 53 February 8 Minnesota 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,274 30–13–10 70 54 February 11 Tampa Bay 3–1 Dallas Wedgewood 18,532 30–14–10 70 55 February 14 Boston 3–2 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 30–14–11 71 56 February 17 Dallas 1–2 Minnesota SO Oettinger 19,239 30–14–12 72 57 February 18 Columbus 4–1 Dallas Wedgewood 18,532 30–15–12 72 58 February 22 Chicago 4–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,326 30–16–12 72 59 February 25 Dallas 3–2 Vegas SO Oettinger 17,906 31–16–12 74 60 February 27 Vancouver 5–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 17,876 31–16–13 75 March: 10–4–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 7–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Arizona 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,045 32–16–13 77 62 March 2 Dallas 5–2 Chicago Murray 17,612 33–16–13 79 63 March 4 Colorado 3–7 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 34–16–13 81 64 March 6 Calgary 5–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,164 34–17–13 81 65 March 9 Dallas 10–4 Buffalo Oettinger 14,174 35–17–13 83 66 March 11 Dallas 4–3 Seattle OT Oettinger 17,151 36–17–13 85 67 March 13 Dallas 5–2 Seattle Oettinger 17,151 37–17–13 87 68 March 14 Dallas 2–5 Vancouver Murray 18,794 37–18–13 87 69 March 16 Dallas 1–4 Edmonton Oettinger 18,347 37–19–13 87 70 March 18 Dallas 6–5 Calgary OT Oettinger 17,909 38–19–13 89 71 March 21 Seattle 5–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 38–19–14 90 72 March 23 Pittsburgh 2–3 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 39–19–14 92 73 March 25 Vancouver 3–1 Dallas Murray 18,532 39–20–14 92 74 March 28 Dallas 4–1 Chicago Oettinger 14,060 40–20–14 94 75 March 31 Dallas 5–2 Arizona Oettinger 4,600 41–20–14 96 April: 6–1–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Dallas 2–5 Colorado Oettinger 18,139 41–21–14 96 77 April 3 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Wedgewood 18,056 42–21–14 98 78 April 6 Philadelphia 1–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 43–21–14 100 79 April 8 Vegas 1–2 Dallas SO Oettinger 18,532 44–21–14 102 80 April 10 Dallas 6–1 Detroit Oettinger 17,861 45–21–14 104 81 April 12 Dallas 5–2 St. Louis Wedgewood 18,096 46–21–14 106 82 April 13 St. Louis 0–1 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 47–21–14 108 Legend:

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs. (C3) Minnesota Wild: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Minnesota 3–2 Dallas 2OT Oettinger 18,532 0–1 2 April 19 Minnesota 3–7 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 1–1 3 April 21 Dallas 1–5 Minnesota Oettinger 19,309 1–2 4 April 23 Dallas 3–2 Minnesota Oettinger 19,331 2–2 5 April 25 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 3–2 6 April 28 Dallas 4–1 Minnesota Oettinger 19,389 4–2 Western Conference second round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 2 Seattle 5–4 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 0–1 2 May 4 Seattle 2–4 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 1–1 3 May 7 Dallas 2–7 Seattle Oettinger 17,151 1–2 4 May 9 Dallas 6–3 Seattle Oettinger 17,151 2–2 5 May 11 Seattle 2–5 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 3–2 6 May 13 Dallas 3–6 Seattle Oettinger 17,151 3–3 7 May 15 Seattle 1–2 Dallas Oettinger 18,756 4–3 Western Conference final vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 19 Dallas 3–4 Vegas OT Oettinger 18,271 0–1 2 May 21 Dallas 2–3 Vegas OT Oettinger 18,358 0–2 3 May 23 Vegas 4–0 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 0–3 4 May 25 Vegas 2–3 Dallas OT Oettinger 18,532 1–3 5 May 27 Dallas 4–2 Vegas Oettinger 18,546 2–3 6 May 29 Vegas 6–0 Dallas Oettinger 18,532 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics Final stats

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 46 63 109 +37 20 82 33 45 78 +23 34 82 28 49 77 +42 8 73 37 38 75 +31 30 79 11 62 73 +12 32 76 21 29 50 +3 24 82 24 17 41 +6 20 68 12 19 31 –6 80 82 9 19 28 +9 54 82 3 22 25 0 26 82 8 16 24 +29 10 79 6 15 21 +23 37 81 11 9 20 +9 39 82 6 10 16 +18 60 60 6 10 16 –5 26 † 23 3 12 15 +2 2 70 8 1 9 –9 40 ‡ 43 2 7 9 –2 4 † 20 2 5 7 –6 6 70 3 3 6 –9 50 28 1 3 4 0 2 26 0 2 2 +5 15 6 0 2 2 +5 2 6 1 0 1 –2 0 3 0 0 0 –1 0 5 0 0 0 +1 0 ‡ 1 0 0 0 –2 0 3 0 0 0 –1 0

Playoffs Player 19 10 14 24 +4 8 19 7 11 18 0 2 14 9 5 14 –1 2 † 19 3 10 13 –3 52 19 1 11 12 –6 8 17 3 8 11 –1 51 † 16 4 6 10 +5 2 19 5 4 9 –8 4 19 1 8 9 +1 14 18 4 2 6 –8 18 19 4 2 6 –4 4 19 0 6 6 –3 18 15 1 4 5 0 2 15 3 0 3 –4 22 17 2 1 3 –5 2 19 1 2 3 –5 10 19 0 3 3 –10 8 15 1 1 2 –3 16 10 0 1 1 –2 4 13 0 1 1 +5 4 2 0 0 0 +1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 62 61 3,644:53 37 11 11 144 2.37 1776 .919 5 0 1 2 21 18 1,126:46 9 8 3 51 2.72 603 .915 1 0 0 0 3 3 177:02 1 2 0 10 3.39 64 .844 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 19 19 1,077:46 10 9 55 3.06 525 .895 1 0 0 0 3 0 105:21 0 0 4 2.28 29 .862 0 0 0 0

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

Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To New York RangersConditional 1st-round pick in 2023Conditional 4th-round pick in 2025 To Dallas StarsNils Lundkvist To Buffalo SabresJoseph Cecconi To Dallas StarsOskari Laaksonen To Montreal CanadiensDenis Gurianov To Dallas StarsEvgenii Dadonov To Chicago BlackhawksAnton Khudobin2nd-round pick in 2025 To Dallas StarsMax DomiDylan Wells To San Jose SharksJacob Peterson To Dallas StarsScott Reedy Notes: If Dallas' 1st-round pick is within the top 10 selections, New York will instead receive Dallas' 1st-round pick in 2024. If Lundkvist accumulates a combined 55 points over the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, New York will instead receive Dallas' 3rd-round pick in 2025.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Mason Marchment Florida Panthers 4-year Free agency Colin Miller Buffalo Sabres 2-year Free agency Riley Barber Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Will Butcher Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Matt Murray Texas Stars (AHL) 1-year Free agency Kyle McDonald North Bay Battalion (OHL) 3-year Free agency Chase Wheatcroft Prince George Cougars (WHL) 3-year Free agency

Players lost