# 2018–19 Dallas Stars season

The 2018–19 Dallas Stars season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 26th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars clinched a playoff spot on April 2, 2019, after a 6–2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. They defeated the Nashville Predators in the First Round, and faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round, where they were defeated in seven games.

## Standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 43 | 240 | 214 | +26 | 100 |
| 2 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 272 | 244 | +28 | 99 |
| 3 | x – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 42 | 247 | 223 | +24 | 99 |
| 4 | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 210 | 202 | +8 | 93 |
| 5 | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 36 | 260 | 246 | +14 | 90 |
| 6 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 270 | 292 | −22 | 84 |
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 211 | 237 | −26 | 83 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 210 | 202 | +8 | 93 |
| 2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 36 | 260 | 246 | +14 | 90 |
| 3 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
| 4 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 270 | 292 | −22 | 84 |
| 5 | CE | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 211 | 237 | −26 | 83 |
| 6 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
| 7 | PA | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
| 8 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
| 9 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
2018–19 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Stars faced the Nashville Predators in the First Round of the playoffs, and defeated them in six games.
The Stars faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round of the playoffs, and were defeated in seven games.
2019 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

As of May 7, 2019

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Tyler Seguin | 82 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 17 | 18 |
| Alexander Radulov | 70 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 22 | 54 |
| Jamie Benn | 78 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 56 |
| John Klingberg | 64 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 6 | 12 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 82 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −14 | 16 |
| Esa Lindell | 82 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 33 |
| Radek Faksa | 81 | 15 | 15 | 30 | −3 | 54 |
| Jason Spezza | 76 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −13 | 29 |
| Mattias Janmark | 81 | 6 | 19 | 25 | −4 | 24 |
| Roope Hintz | 58 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −11 | 24 |
| Jason Dickinson | 67 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 23 |
| Blake Comeau | 77 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 42 |
| Devin Shore$^‡$ | 42 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 47 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −2 | 6 |
| Taylor Fedun | 54 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −4 | 0 |
| Roman Polak | 77 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 69 |
| Brett Ritchie | 53 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −7 | 57 |
| Andrew Cogliano$^†$ | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 8 |
| Gavin Bayreuther | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Denis Gurianov | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| Connor Carrick$^‡$ | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 13 |
| Julius Honka | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 10 |
| Gemel Smith$^‡$ | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello$^†$ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Joel L'Esperance | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 6 |
| Martin Hanzal | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| Ben Lovejoy$^†$ | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Erik Condra | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Dillon Heatherington | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Gleason | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Jamie Oleksiak$^†$ | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Justin Dowling | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Joel Hanley | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marc Methot | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Mats Zuccarello | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Tyler Seguin | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Alexander Radulov | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Jamie Benn | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| John Klingberg | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Roope Hintz | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Jason Spezza | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 0 |
| Jason Dickinson | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Esa Lindell | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mattias Janmark | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 |
| Andrew Cogliano | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Blake Comeau | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Justin Dowling | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| Roman Polak | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
| Ben Lovejoy | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Ritchie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Joel Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Heatherington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Fedun | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ben Bishop | 46 | 45 | 2,637:18 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 87 | 1.98 | 1,323 | .934 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Anton Khudobin | 41 | 37 | 2,219:30 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 95 | 2.57 | 1,232 | .923 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Landon Bow | 2 | 0 | 58:15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.03 | 19 | .947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ben Bishop | 13 | 13 | 810:59 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 2.22 | 448 | .933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anton Khudobin | 1 | 0 | 11:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1.000 | 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 2018–19 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) | To Toronto Maple LeafsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019 | To Dallas StarsConnor Carrick |
| November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10) | To Buffalo SabresConditional 7th-round pick in 2020 | To Dallas StarsTaylor Fedun |
| January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14) | To Anaheim DucksDevin Shore | To Dallas StarsAndrew Cogliano |
| January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28) | To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 4th-round pick in 2019 | To Dallas StarsJamie Oleksiak |
| February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23) | To New Jersey DevilsConnor Carrick 3rd-round pick in 2019 | To Dallas StarsBen Lovejoy |
| February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23) | To New York RangersConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 | To Dallas StarsMats Zuccarello |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team | Contract term |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Blake Comeau | from Colorado Avalanche | 3-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Erik Condra | from Tampa Bay Lightning | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Brian Flynn | to St. Louis Blues | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Joel Hanley | from Arizona Coyotes | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Anton Khudobin | from Boston Bruins | 2-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Joel L'Esperance | from Texas Stars (AHL) | 2-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Mike McKenna | to Ottawa Senators | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Curtis McKenzie | to Vegas Golden Knights | 2-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Michael Mersch | from Los Angeles Kings | 2-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Greg Pateryn | to Minnesota Wild | 3-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Roman Polak | from Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Antoine Roussel | to Vancouver Canucks | 4-year |
| July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19) | Brent Regner | to Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL) | Unknown |
| July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) | Dan Hamhuis | to Nashville Predators | 2-year |
| August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) | Cole Ully | to Colorado Eagles (AHL) | Unknown |
| September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13) | Ben Gleason | from Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) | 3-year |
| September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13) | Andrew O'Brien | to Stockton Heat (AHL) | Unknown |
| March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01) | Tye Felhaber | from Ottawa 67's (OHL) | 3-year |
| March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19) | Josh Melnick | from Miami RedHawks (NCHC) | 1-year |
| April 29, 2019 (2019-04-29) | Emil Djuse | from Skellefteå AIK (SHL) | 1-year |
| May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31) | Joel Kiviranta | from Vaasan Sport (Liiga) | 2-year |

### Waivers

| Date | Player | Team | Ref |
| October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) | Remi Elie | to Buffalo Sabres | |
| December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06) | Gemel Smith | to Boston Bruins | |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22) | Stephen Johns | 3-year |
| June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) | Reece Scarlett | 1-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Valeri Nichushkin | 2-year |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Colton Point | 3-year |
| July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) | Remi Elie | 1-year |
| July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06) | Jason Dickinson | 1-year |
| July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) | Philippe Desrosiers | 1-year |
| July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) | Adam Mascherin | 3-year |
| July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) | Devin Shore | 2-year |
| July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) | Dillon Heatherington | 1-year |
| July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) | Mattias Janmark | 1-year |
| August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) | Gemel Smith | 1-year |
| September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13) | Tyler Seguin | 8-year |
| September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19) | Ty Dellandrea | 3-year |
| February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20) | Joel Hanley | 2-year |
| March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09) | Justin Dowling | 2-year |
| March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19) | Joseph Cecconi | 2-year |
| March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19) | Rhett Gardner | 2-year |
| March 25, 2019 (2019-03-25) | Jake Oettinger | 3-year |
| April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01) | Riley Damiani | 3-year |
| April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) | Riley Tufte | 3-year |
| May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16) | Esa Lindell | 6-year |
| June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06) | Mattias Janmark | 1-year |
| June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06) | Roman Polak | 1-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 13 | Ty Dellandrea | C | Canada | Flint Firebirds (OHL) |
| 2 | 44 | Albin Eriksson | LW | Sweden | Skelleftea AIK (SHL) |
| 3 | 75 | Oskar Back | C | Sweden | Farjestad BK J20 (SuperElit) |
| 4 | 100$^1$ | Adam Mascherin | LW | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 4 | 106 | Curtis Douglas | C | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 5 | 137 | Riley Damiani | C | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| 6 | 168 | Dawson Barteaux | D | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 7 | 199 | Jermaine Loewen | LW | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
Notes:
* The Chicago Blackhawks' fourth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Johnny Oduya to Chicago in exchange for Mark McNeill and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).