# 2010–11 Dallas Stars season

The 2010–11 Dallas Stars season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 18th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. Despite having a winning record, the Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Stars posted a regular season record of 42 wins, 29 losses and 11 overtime/shootout losses for 95 points, only two points behind the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks for the last playoff spot.

## Off-season

The Stars decided to not re-sign unrestricted free agent goalie Marty Turco. The Stars signed free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, as a likely backup goaltender to Kari Lehtonen. Mike Modano left the team to sign with the Detroit Red Wings.

## Regular season

On February 21, 2011, among an extended skid, general manager Joe Nieuwendyk traded defenseman Matt Niskanen and forward James Neal to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski. After failing to make the playoffs by losing their final game of the season, Marc Crawford was fired as head coach.

## Playoffs

The Stars narrowly failed to qualify for the 2011 playoffs. With 95 points, the Stars tied a record set by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche for the team with the highest point total in a season that failed to make the playoffs. This record was later surpassed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins, 2017–18 Florida Panthers and 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens, each of whom failed to make the playoffs with 96 points.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2010–11 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y-San Jose Sharks | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 3 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
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| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## 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 |
| Brad Richards | 72 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 1 | 24 |
| Loui Eriksson | 79 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 10 | 8 |
| Mike Ribeiro | 82 | 19 | 52 | 71 | -4 | 28 |
| Brenden Morrow | 82 | 33 | 23 | 56 | -3 | 76 |
| Jamie Benn | 69 | 22 | 34 | 56 | -5 | 52 |
| James Neal$^‡$ | 59 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 60 |
| Steve Ott | 82 | 12 | 20 | 32 | -9 | 183 |
| Stephane Robidas | 81 | 5 | 25 | 30 | -7 | 67 |
| Trevor Daley | 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 34 |
| Jamie Langenbrunner$^†$ | 39 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 29 |
| Alex Goligoski$^†$ | 23 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| Adam Burish | 63 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 91 |
| Jeff Woywitka | 63 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| Brandon Segal | 46 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
| Nicklas Grossmann | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| Tom Wandell | 75 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| Karlis Skrastins | 74 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 38 |
| Toby Petersen | 60 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| Matt Niskanen$^‡$ | 45 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 30 |
| Jason Williams | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| Mark Fistric | 57 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 44 |
| Brian Sutherby | 51 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 58 |
| Krys Barch | 44 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 80 |
| Aaron Gagnon | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Philip Larsen | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tomas Vincour | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| Brad Lukowich | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Francis Wathier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Raymond Sawada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Travis Morin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sceviour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 |
| Kari Lehtonen | 69 | 4119 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 175 | 2.55 | 2043 | .914 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Andrew Raycroft | 19 | 847 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 2.83 | 446 | .910 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bachman | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$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 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Brendan Morrow | 200th Career NHL Goal | October 5, 2010 |
| Toby Petersen | 300th Career NHL Game | October 9, 2010 |
| Loui Eriksson | 100th Career NHL Assist | October 16, 2010 |
| James Neal | 100th Career NHL Point | October 21, 2010 |
| Karlis Skrastins | 100th Career NHL Assist | October 21, 2010 |
| Loui Eriksson | 300th Career NHL Game | October 26, 2010 |
| Mike Ribeiro | 300th Career NHL Assist | November 3, 2010 |
| Loui Eriksson | 200th Career NHL Point | November 5, 2010 |
| Mike Ribeiro | 600th Career NHL Game | November 22, 2010 |
| Jamie Benn | 100th Career NHL Game | November 26, 2010 |
| Aaron Gagnon | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | December 6, 2010 |
| Brad Richards | 200th Career NHL Goal | December 10, 2010 |
| Jeff Woywitka | 200th Career NHL Game | December 10, 2010 |
| Richard Bachman | 1st Career NHL Game | December 11, 2010 |
| Adam Burish | 200th Career NHL Game | December 16, 2010 |
| Brendan Morrow | 700th Career NHL Game | December 19, 2010 |
| Loui Eriksson | 100th Career NHL Goal | December 21, 2010 |
| Tom Wandell | 100th Career NHL Game | December 31, 2010 |
| James Neal | 200th Career NHL Game | January 15, 2011 |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 1,000th Career NHL Game | January 17, 2011 |
| Karlis Skrastins | 800th Career NHL Game | January 17, 2011 |
| Travis Morin | 1st Career NHL Game | January 26, 2011 |
| Stephane Robidas | 200th Career NHL Point | January 26, 2011 |
| Colton Sceviour | 1st Career NHL Game | February 5, 2011 |
| Brad Richards | 700th Career NHL Point | February 9, 2011 |
| Tomas Vincour | 1st Career NHL Game | February 9, 2011 |
| Stephane Robidas | 700th Career NHL Game | February 16, 2011 |
| Steve Ott | 100th Career NHL Assist | February 24, 2011 |
| Tomas Vincour | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | March 9, 2011 |
| Tomas Vincour | 1st Career NHL Assist | March 17, 2011 |
| Alex Goligoski | 100th Career NHL Point | March 23, 2011 |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | 400th Career NHL Assist | March 29, 2011 |
| Alex Goligoski | 200th Career NHL Game | April 10, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 26, 2010 | To Colorado Avalanche 3rd-round pick (71st overall) in 2010 – Michael Bournival | To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick (77th overall) in 2010 – Alex Guptill 4th-round pick in 2010 – Alex Theriau |
| January 7, 2011 | To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Blake Coleman | To Dallas Stars Jamie Langenbrunner |
| January 13, 2011 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Fabian Brunnstrom | To Dallas Stars Mikhail Stefanovich |
| February 21, 2011 | To Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal Matt Niskanen | To Dallas Stars Alex Goligoski |
Lost via retirement
Player
Jere Lehtinen
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Kari Lehtonen3 years, $10.65 million contract extension
Brent Krahn1 year, $500,000
Krys Barch2 years, $1.675 million
Francis Wathier2 years, $1.15 million
Aaron Gagnon1 year, $600,000
Scott Glennie3 year entry-level contract
Maxime Fortunus2 years, $1.175 million
Trevor Ludwig1 year, $525,000
Raymond Sawada1 year, $575,000
Fabian Brunnstrom1 year, $675,000
Nicklas Grossmann2 years, $3.25 million
James Neal2 years, $5.75 million
Matt Niskanen2 years, $3 million
Jack Campbell3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Matt Fraser3 years, $1.68 million entry-level contract
Trevor Daley6 years, $19.8 million contract extension
Brenden Dillon3 years, $2.23 million entry-level contract
Patrik Nemeth3 years, $2.38 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

The Stars' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 11 | Jack Campbell | G | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
| 2 | 41 | Patrik Nemeth | D | Sweden | AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit) |
| 3 | 77 (from Colorado) | Alex Guptill | LW | Canada | Orangeville Crushers (CCHL) |
| 4 | 109 (from Los Angeles via Colorado) | Alex Theriau | D | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
| 5 | 131 | John Klingberg | D | Sweden | Frölunda HC Jr. (Swedish Jr.) |