2021–22 Dallas Stars season

The 2021–22 Dallas Stars season was the 55th season for National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 29th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. On April 27, 2022, the Stars clinched a playoff berth despite a 4–3 overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021 with only about a handful of games scheduled in February because NHL players are planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics. On December 22, 2021, the NHL announced that players would not participate in the Olympics due to the rise of COVID-19 cases worldwide.
 
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October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 14 	Dallas 	3–2 	NY Rangers 	OT 	Khudobin 	17,173 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 16 	Dallas 	1–3 	Boston 	 	Holtby 	17,850 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 17 	Dallas 	2–3 	Ottawa 	 	Khudobin 	8,067 	1–2–0 	2 	
4 	October 19 	Dallas 	2–1 	Pittsburgh 	SO 	Holtby 	16,450 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	October 22 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	Dallas 	OT 	Holtby 	18,532 	3–2–0 	6 	
6 	October 25 	Dallas 	1–4 	Columbus 	 	Holtby 	12,629 	3–3–0 	6 	
7 	October 27 	Vegas 	3–2 	Dallas 	OT 	Khudobin 	18,114 	3–3–1 	7 	
8 	October 29 	Ottawa 	4–1 	Dallas 	 	Holtby 	17,346 	3–4–1 	7 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 3 	Dallas 	0–1 	Calgary 	 	Oettinger 	19,289 	0–1 	
2 	May 5 	Dallas 	2–0 	Calgary 	 	Oettinger 	19,289 	1–1 	
3 	May 7 	Calgary 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Oettinger 	18,532 	2–1 	
4 	May 9 	Calgary 	4–1 	Dallas 	 	Oettinger 	18,532 	2–2 	
5 	May 11 	Dallas 	1–3 	Calgary 	 	Oettinger 	19,289 	2–3 	
6 	May 13 	Calgary 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Oettinger 	18,532 	3–3 	
7 	May 15 	Dallas 	2–3 	Calgary 	OT 	Oettinger 	19,289 	3–4 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	27	54	81	+11	14
 	74	41	38	79	+16	22
 	80	37	35	72	+15	28
 	81	24	25	49	−21	30
 	74	6 	41	47	−28	34
 	82	18	28	46	−13	88
 	70	5 	31	36	+3 	24
 	82	7 	25	32	+1 	40
 	73	11	20	31	+2 	16
 	76	4 	21	25	+4 	12
 	71	4 	18	22	−20	30
 	77	5 	14	19	−20	52
 	65	12	5 	17	−1 	12
 	82	9 	7 	16	−17	15
 	76	7 	9 	16	−19	16
 	80	4 	8 	12	+1 	43
 	56	1 	6 	7 	−6 	10
 	44	2 	4 	6 	−13	4
† 	15	3 	2 	5 	+1 	11
 	32	1 	3 	4 	−3 	16
 	34	1 	3 	4 	−4 	6
† 	16	1 	2 	3 	−1 	6
 	23	0 	3 	3 	−5 	0
 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	2
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	4
 	10	1 	0 	1 	0 	4
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	3	3	6	+2	2
 	6	2	2	4	+3	2
 	7	2	2	4	0 	4
 	7	1	3	4	+3	0
 	7	2	1	3	−1	19
 	7	1	2	3	0 	4
 	7	0	3	3	−1	2
 	7	1	1	2	+1	4
 	7	1	1	2	−3	16
 	7	1	1	2	+1	6
 	7	0	2	2	0 	0
 	7	0	2	2	+1	4
 	7	0	1	1	−2	4
 	7	0	1	1	−2	26
 	1	0	0	0	+1	0
 	4	0	0	0	−3	2
 	3	0	0	0	−2	0
 	5	0	0	0	+1	0
 	7	0	0	0	+1	0
 	6	0	0	0	−2	2
 	3	0	0	0	−1	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	48	46	2,707:36	30	15	1	114	2.53	1,331	.914	1	0	2	0
 	24	22	1,318:28	10	10	1	61 	2.78	700 	.913	0	0	0	2
† 	8 	7 	452:16 	3 	1 	3	23 	3.05	265 	.913	1	0	0	0
 	9 	7 	462:28 	3 	4 	1	28 	3.63	231 	.879	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	7	429:49	3	4	13	1.81	285	.954	1	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 2021–22 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vancouver CanucksJason Dickinson 	To Dallas Stars3rd-round pick in 2021 (Ayrton Martino) 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2021 (Sebastian Cossa)	To Dallas StarsWSH 1st-round pick in 2021 (Wyatt Johnston)NYR 2nd-round pick in 2021 (Artyom Grushnikov)OTT 5th-round pick in 2021 (Jack Bar)	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningTye Felhaber 	To Dallas StarsAlexei Lipanov 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesConditional1 4th-round pick in 2023 	To Dallas StarsScott Wedgewood 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings4th-round pick in 2024 	To Dallas StarsVladislav Namestnikov 	
Notes:
# Arizona will receive a 3rd-round pick in 2023 if Dallas qualifies for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Andreas Borgman	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	
 	Luke Glendening	Detroit Red Wings 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Braden Holtby 	Vancouver Canucks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Alex Petrovic 	Calgary Flames 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Ryan Suter 	Minnesota Wild 	4-year	Free agency	
 	Jani Hakanpaa 	Carolina Hurricanes	3-year	Free agency	
 	Michael Raffl 	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jerad Rosburg 	Texas Stars (AHL) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Marian Studenic	New Jersey Devils 	 	Waivers 	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Landon Bow 	Rytiri Kladno (ELH) 	Unknown	Free agency 	
 	Jamie Oleksiak 	Seattle Kraken 	 	Expansion draft 	
 	Andrew Cogliano	San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Justin Dowling 	Vancouver Canucks 	2-year 	Free agency 	
 	Taylor Fedun 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Mark Pysyk 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Adam Mascherin 	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)	1-year 	Free agency 	
 	Ben Bishop 	 	 	Retirement 	
 	Andreas Borgman	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Andreas Borgman	Frolunda HC (SHL) 	5-year 	Free agency 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Contract type	Ref
 	Miro Heiskanen 	8-year	Re-signing 	
 	Nick Caamano 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Colton Point 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Ben Gleason 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Joel Kiviranta 	2-year	Re-signing 	
 	Joseph Cecconi 	1-year	Re-signing 	
 	Wyatt Johnston 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Logan Stankoven 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Artem Grushnikov	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Antonio Stranges	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Remi Poirier 	3-year	Entry-level 	
 	Joe Pavelski 	1-year	Extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	23 	Wyatt Johnston 	C 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2 	47 	Logan Stankoven 	C 	 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2 	48 	Artem Grushnikov	D 	 	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
3 	73 	Ayrton Martino 	LW 	 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
3 	79 	Justin Ertel 	LW 	 	Summerside Western Capitals (MHL)
4 	111	Conner Roulette 	LW 	 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5 	138	Jack Bar 	D 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
6 	175	Francesco Arcuri	C 	 	Steel Wings Linz (AlpsHL)
7 	207	Albert Sjoberg 	RW 	 	Sodertalje SK (J20 SuperElit)
==References==
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