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==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	St. Louis 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Bow 	11,125 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Dallas 	3–1 	Minnesota 	 	Point 	16,117 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 22 	Florida 	4–3 	Dallas 	OT 	Point 	— 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 24 	Minnesota 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	11,332 	3–0–1 	Recap
5 	September 26 	Dallas 	3–1 	Colorado 	 	Bishop 	— 	4–0–1 	Recap
6 	September 28 	Dallas 	1–3 	St. Louis 	 	Bow 	17,363 	4–1–1 	Recap
7 	September 30 	Colorado 	6–5 	Dallas 	 	Point 	12,211 	4–2–1 	Recap
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 Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.	
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 Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.	
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 Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Arizona 	0–3 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,532 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 6 	Winnipeg 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,131 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Toronto 	7–4 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	17,866 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 13 	Anaheim 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	18,532 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 15 	Dallas 	1–4 	Ottawa 	 	Bishop 	12,358 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Dallas 	0–3 	New Jersey 	 	Khudobin 	12,808 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 19 	Minnesota 	3–1 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,346 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap
8 	October 23 	Los Angeles 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	17,354 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap
9 	October 25 	Anaheim 	2–5 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	17,134 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 28 	Dallas 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Bishop 	19,515 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
11 	October 30 	Dallas 	4–1 	Montreal 	 	Bishop 	20,506 	6–5–0 	12 	Recap
===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.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 10 	Dallas 	3–2 	Nashville 	 	Bishop 	17,458 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 13 	Dallas 	1–2 	Nashville 	OT 	Bishop 	17,611 	1–1 	Recap
3 	April 15 	Nashville 	3–2 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,532 	1–2 	Recap
4 	April 17 	Nashville 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,532 	2–2 	Recap
5 	April 20 	Dallas 	5–3 	Nashville 	 	Bishop 	17,633 	3–2 	Recap
6 	April 22 	Nashville 	1–2 	Dallas 	OT 	Bishop 	19,025 	4–2 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of May 7, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	33	47	80	17	18
 	70	29	43	72	22	54
 	78	27	26	53	14	56
 	64	10	35	45	6 	12
 	82	12	21	33	 	16
 	82	11	21	32	14	33
 	81	15	15	30	 	54
 	76	8 	19	27	 	29
 	81	6 	19	25	 	24
 	58	9 	13	22	 	24
 	67	6 	16	22	9 	23
 	77	7 	11	18	 	42
‡ 	42	5 	12	17	0 	7
 	47	8 	4 	12	 	6
 	54	4 	7 	11	2 	14
 	57	0 	10	10	 	0
 	77	1 	8 	9 	6 	69
 	53	4 	2 	6 	 	57
† 	32	3 	3 	6 	 	8
 	19	2 	3 	5 	2 	10
 	21	1 	3 	4 	 	0
‡ 	14	1 	3 	4 	 	13
 	29	0 	4 	4 	 	10
‡ 	14	2 	1 	3 	 	0
† 	2 	1 	2 	3 	3 	0
 	18	2 	0 	2 	 	6
 	7 	1 	1 	2 	 	4
† 	20	0 	2 	2 	 	4
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	 	0
† 	21	0 	1 	1 	0 	8
 	11	0 	1 	1 	 	0
 	16	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	 	6
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	13	4	7	11	2	6
 	13	4	7	11	3	2
 	13	5	5	10	5	8
 	13	2	8	10	2	10
 	13	2	7	9 	8	6
 	13	5	3	8 	 	2
 	11	3	2	5 	 	0
 	13	3	2	5 	0	4
 	13	2	2	4 	0	2
 	13	1	3	4 	4	4
 	7 	1	2	3 	 	8
 	13	2	0	2 	 	4
 	13	1	1	2 	0	16
 	13	0	2	2 	 	0
 	13	0	1	1 	 	6
 	13	0	1	1 	 	10
 	13	0	1	1 	 	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	0	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	0	2
 	6 	0	0	0 	 	2
 	1 	0	0	0 	0	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	0	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	 	2
 	4 	0	0	0 	 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	46	45	2,637:18	27	15	2	87	1.98	1,323	.934	7	0	2	2
 	41	37	2,219:30	16	17	5	95	2.57	1,232	.923	2	0	0	2
 	2 	0 	58:15 	0 	0 	0	1 	1.03	19 	.947	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	13	13	810:59	7	6	30	2.22	448	.933 	0	0	0	2
 	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 	Ref
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019 	To Dallas StarsConnor Carrick 	
 	To Buffalo SabresConditional 7th-round pick in 2020 	To Dallas StarsTaylor Fedun 	
 	To Anaheim DucksDevin Shore 	To Dallas StarsAndrew Cogliano	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsConditional 4th-round pick in 2019 	To Dallas StarsJamie Oleksiak 	
 	To New Jersey DevilsConnor Carrick3rd-round pick in 2019 	To Dallas StarsBen Lovejoy 	
 	To New York RangersConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Dallas StarsMats Zuccarello	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Blake Comeau 	from Colorado Avalanche 	3-year 	
 	Erik Condra 	from Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Brian Flynn 	to St. Louis Blues 	1-year 	
 	Joel Hanley 	from Arizona Coyotes 	1-year 	
 	Anton Khudobin 	from Boston Bruins 	2-year 	
 	Joel L'Esperance	from Texas Stars (AHL) 	2-year 	
 	Mike McKenna 	to Ottawa Senators 	1-year 	
 	Curtis McKenzie 	to Vegas Golden Knights 	2-year 	
 	Michael Mersch 	from Los Angeles Kings 	2-year 	
 	Greg Pateryn 	to Minnesota Wild 	3-year 	
 	Roman Polak 	from Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Antoine Roussel 	to Vancouver Canucks 	4-year 	
 	Brent Regner 	to Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL) 	Unknown 	
 	Dan Hamhuis 	to Nashville Predators 	2-year 	
 	Cole Ully 	to Colorado Eagles (AHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Ben Gleason 	from Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)	3-year 	
 	Andrew O'Brien 	to Stockton Heat (AHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Tye Felhaber 	from Ottawa 67's (OHL) 	3-year 	
 	Josh Melnick 	from Miami RedHawks (NCHC) 	1-year 	
 	Emil Djuse 	from Skellefteå AIK (SHL) 	1-year 	
 	Joel Kiviranta 	from Vaasan Sport (Liiga) 	2-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Remi Elie 	to Buffalo Sabres	
 	Gemel Smith	to Boston Bruins 	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Stephen Johns 	3-year 	
 	Reece Scarlett 	1-year 	
 	Valeri Nichushkin 	2-year 	
 	Colton Point 	3-year 	
 	Remi Elie 	1-year 	
 	Jason Dickinson 	1-year 	
 	Philippe Desrosiers 	1-year 	
 	Adam Mascherin 	3-year 	
 	Devin Shore 	2-year 	
 	Dillon Heatherington	1-year 	
 	Mattias Janmark 	1-year 	
 	Gemel Smith 	1-year 	
 	Tyler Seguin 	8-year 	
 	Ty Dellandrea 	3-year 	
 	Joel Hanley 	2-year 	
 	Justin Dowling 	2-year 	
 	Joseph Cecconi 	2-year 	
 	Rhett Gardner 	2-year 	
 	Jake Oettinger 	3-year 	
 	Riley Damiani 	3-year 	
 	Riley Tufte 	3-year 	
 	Esa Lindell 	6-year 	
 	Mattias Janmark 	1-year 	
 	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 	 	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
2 	44 	Albin Eriksson 	LW 	 	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
3 	75 	Oskar Back 	C 	 	Farjestad BK J20 (SuperElit)
4 	1001	Adam Mascherin 	LW 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4 	106 	Curtis Douglas 	C 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5 	137 	Riley Damiani 	C 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6 	168 	Dawson Barteaux	D 	 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7 	199 	Jermaine Loewen	LW 	 	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).
==References==
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