# 2014–15 Dallas Stars season

The 2014–15 Dallas Stars season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League 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

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 42 | 248 | 201 | +47 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 41 | 232 | 208 | +24 | 104 |
| 3 | x – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 229 | 189 | +40 | 102 |
| 4 | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 231 | 201 | +30 | 100 |
| 5 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 36 | 230 | 210 | +20 | 99 |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 261 | 260 | +1 | 92 |
| 7 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 219 | 227 | −8 | 90 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 231 | 201 | +30 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 36 | 230 | 210 | +20 | 99 |
| 3 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 261 | 260 | +1 | 92 |
| 5 | CE | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 219 | 227 | −8 | 90 |
| 6 | PA | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 7 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 8 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |

## 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
### Regular season

Game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics

Final

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jamie Benn | 82 | 35 | 52 | 87 | 1 | 64 |
| Tyler Seguin | 71 | 37 | 40 | 77 | −1 | 20 |
| Jason Spezza | 82 | 17 | 45 | 62 | −7 | 28 |
| Cody Eakin | 78 | 19 | 21 | 40 | −1 | 26 |
| John Klingberg | 65 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 32 |
| Trevor Daley | 68 | 16 | 22 | 38 | −13 | 34 |
| Alex Goligoski | 81 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 24 |
| Erik Cole$^‡$ | 57 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 14 |
| Ales Hemsky | 76 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −8 | 16 |
| Vernon Fiddler | 80 | 13 | 16 | 29 | −5 | 34 |
| Shawn Horcoff | 76 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 27 |
| Patrick Eaves | 47 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| Colton Sceviour | 71 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 13 |
| Antoine Roussel | 80 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −20 | 148 |
| Ryan Garbutt | 67 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −9 | 55 |
| Jason Demers$^†$ | 61 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 63 |
| Jordie Benn | 73 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −5 | 34 |
| Jyrki Jokipakka | 51 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −2 | 8 |
| Brett Ritchie | 31 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −1 | 12 |
| Travis Moen$^†$ | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 36 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Curtis McKenzie | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −8 | 48 |
| Patrik Nemeth | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Kevin Connauton$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
| Brenden Dillon$^‡$ | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 23 |
| Sergei Gonchar$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Travis Morin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Ranford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Schlemko$^{†‡}$ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Kari Lehtonen | 65 | 65 | 3,698 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 181 | 2.94 | 1875 | .903 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jhonas Enroth$^†$ | 13 | 9 | 630 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2.38 | 267 | .906 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lindback$^‡$ | 10 | 7 | 517 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 3.71 | 256 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jussi Rynnas | 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 |
| T. Seguin | NHL First Star of the Week | October 20, 2014 |
| T. Seguin | NHL Third Star of the Month | November 3, 2014 |
| J. Benn | NHL Third Star of the Week | November 24, 2014 |
| T. Seguin | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |
| J. Klingberg | NHL Rookie of the Month | February 2, 2015 |
| J. Benn | NHL First Star of the Week | April 13, 2015 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| C. McKenzie | 1st career NHL game | October 18, 2014 |
| S. Horcoff | 300th career NHL assist | October 21, 2014 |
| J. Jokipakka | 1st career NHL game | October 24, 2014 |
| J. Oleksiak | 1st career NHL goal | October 28, 2014 |
| T. Seguin | 100th career NHL goal | October 28, 2014 |
| T. Daley | 700th career NHL game | November 4, 2014 |
| T. Daley | 200th career NHL point | November 6, 2014 |
| J. Spezza | 700th career NHL game 700th career NHL point | November 8, 2014 |
| J. Klingberg | 1st career NHL game | November 11, 2014 |
| T. Seguin | 300th career NHL game | November 15, 2014 |
| C. McKenzie | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 16, 2014 |
| J. Klingberg | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 16, 2014 |
| E. Cole | 500th career NHL point | November 16, 2014 |
| J. Klingberg | 1st career NHL goal | November 20, 2014 |
| J. Jokipakka | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 28, 2014 |
| J. Demers | 100th career NHL point | November 28, 2014 |
| A. Hemsky | 500th career NHL point | November 28, 2014 |
| S. Horcoff | 900th career NHL game | December 6, 2014 |
| T. Moen | 700th career NHL game | December 6, 2014 |
| A. Hemsky | 700th career NHL game | December 19, 2014 |
| J. Benn | 300th career NHL point | December 19, 2014 |
| B. Ritchie | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | December 31, 2014 |
| K. Lehtonen | 30th career NHL shutout | December 31, 2014 |
| B. Ritchie | 1st career NHL assist | January 3, 2015 |
| C. Eakin | 200th career NHL game | January 17, 2015 |
| V. Fiddler | 700th career NHL game | January 20, 2015 |
| A. Lindback | 5,000 career NHL minutes | February 7, 2015 |
| J. Benn | 400th career NHL game | February 14, 2015 |
| J. Benn | 1st career NHL hat-trick | February 17, 2015 |
| C. McKenzie | 1st career NHL assist | March 10, 2015 |
| K. Lehtonen | 500th career NHL game | March 12, 2015 |
| P. Nemeth | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | March 13, 2015 |
| C. Eakin | 100th career NHL point | March 19, 2015 |
| J. Benn | 200th career NHL assist | March 23, 2015 |
| A. Roussel | 200th career NHL game | April 11, 2015 |

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 1, 2014 | To Ottawa Senators Alex Chiasson Nick Paul Alex Guptill 2nd-round pick in 2015 | To Dallas Stars Jason Spezza Ludwig Karlsson |
| November 11, 2014 | To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Gonchar | To Dallas Stars Travis Moen |
| November 21, 2014 | To San Jose Sharks Brenden Dillon | To Dallas Stars Jason Demers 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 11, 2015 | To Buffalo Sabres Anders Lindback conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Dallas Stars Jhonas Enroth |
| March 1, 2015 | To Detroit Red Wings Erik Cole conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 | To Dallas Stars Mattias Backman Mattias Janmark 2nd-round pick in 2015 |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| July 2, 2014 | Vernon Fiddler | 2 years, $2.5 million |
| July 11, 2014 | Cameron Gaunce | 1 year, $650,000 |
| July 14, 2014 | Julius Honka | 3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| July 22, 2014 | Antoine Roussel | 4 years, $8 million |
| July 31, 2014 | Scott Glennie | 1 year, $650,000 |
| September 29, 2014 | Cody Eakin | 2 years, $3.8 million |
| October 2, 2014 | Brenden Dillon | 1 year, $1.25 million |
| November 21, 2014 | Jason Spezza | 4 years, $30 million contract extension |
| December 19, 2014 | Cole Ully | 3 years, entry-level contract |
| January 23, 2015 | Travis Morin | 2 years, contract extension |
| March 10, 2015 | Devin Shore | 3 years, entry-level contract |
| April 17, 2015 | John Klingberg | 7 years, $29.75 million contract extension |
| June 15, 2015 | Jyrki Jokipakka | 2 years, contract extension |
| June 17, 2015 | Jack Campbell | 1 year, contract extension |
| June 17, 2015 | Patrik Nemeth | 2 years, contract extension |

## Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 14 | Julius Honka | D | Finland | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 2 | 45 | Brett Pollock | LW | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |
| 3 | 75 | Alexander Peters | D | Canada | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| 4 | 105 | Michael Prapavessis | D | Canada | Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL) |
| 4 | 115 | Brent Moran | G | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 5 | 135 | Miro Karjalainen | D | Finland | Jokerit U18 (FINLAND-JR. U18) |
| 6 | 154 | Aaron Haydon | D | United States | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 6 | 165 | John Nyberg | LW | Sweden | Frolunda Jr. (Sweden Jr) |
| 7 | 195 | Patrick Sanvido | D | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |

### Draft notes

* $^a$ The Anaheim Ducks' fourth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 4, 2014, that sent Stephane Robidas to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Dallas will receive a third-round pick in 2014 if Anaheim advances to the 2014 Western Conference Final and Robidas plays in at least 50% of Anaheim's playoff games. If both conditions are not converted then this will remain a fourth-round pick. – was converted on April 21, 2014, when Robidas was injured for the remainder of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs.
* $^b$ The Calgary Flames' sixth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on November 22, 2013, that sent Lane MacDermid to Calgary in exchange for this pick.