2015–16 Dallas Stars season

The 2015–16 Dallas Stars season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)	Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 22 	Dallas 	2–3 	Florida 	 	Campbell 	5,504 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 24 	Dallas 	0–6 	St. Louis 	 	Lehtonen 	11,876 	0–2–0 	Recap
3 	September 26 	Tampa Bay 	3–6 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	14,676 	1–2–0 	Recap
4 	September 27 	Florida 	4–2 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	10,113 	1–3–0 	Recap
5 	September 29 	St. Louis 	4–1 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	11,544 	1–4–0 	Recap
6 	October 1 	Dallas 	2–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Lehtonen 	14,226 	1–5–0 	Recap
7 	October 3 	Dallas 	0–4 	Chicago 	 	Niemi 	21,221 	1–6–0 	Recap
===Regular season===
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October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts	October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Pittsburgh 	0–3 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	18,532 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Dallas 	3–6 	Colorado 	 	Niemi 	16,024 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 13 	Edmonton 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	16,265 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 15 	Dallas 	5–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Lehtonen 	19,092 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 17 	Dallas 	4–2 	Florida 	 	Lehtonen 	12,834 	4–1–0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 20 	Dallas 	2–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Niemi 	19,077 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 22 	Dallas 	4–1 	Pittsburgh 	 	Niemi 	18,490 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 24 	Florida 	6–2 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	18,532 	6–2–0 	12 	Recap
9 	October 27 	Anaheim 	3–4 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	17,798 	7–2–0 	14 	Recap
10 	October 29 	Vancouver 	3–4 	Dallas 	OT 	Niemi 	17,664 	8–2–0 	16 	Recap
11 	October 31 	San Jose 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	18,178 	9–2–0 	18 	Recap
==Playoffs==
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 14 	Minnesota 	0–4 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	18,532 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 16 	Minnesota 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	18,988 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 18 	Dallas 	3–5 	Minnesota 	 	Lehtonen 	19,038 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	April 20 	Dallas 	3–2 	Minnesota 	 	Niemi 	19,080 	3–1 	Recap 	
5 	April 22 	Minnesota 	5–4 	Dallas 	OT 	Niemi 	18,889 	3–2 	Recap 	
6 	April 24 	Dallas 	5–4 	Minnesota 	 	Lehtonen 	19,310 	4–2 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	41	48	89	7 	64
 	72	33	40	73	2 	16
 	75	33	30	63	4 	22
 	76	10	48	58	22	30
 	76	20	35	55	−3	27
 	75	13	26	39	3 	20
 	82	5 	32	37	21	34
 	82	16	19	35	3 	42
 	80	13	16	29	11	123
 	73	15	14	29	12	16
 	79	9 	20	29	2 	12
 	71	11	12	23	6 	21
 	62	7 	16	23	16	72
 	82	12	10	22	5 	31
 	82	4 	17	21	8 	26
 	54	11	6 	17	-5	27
 	64	3 	9 	12	2 	21
 	45	5 	7 	12	9 	16
 	38	0 	8 	8 	−1	14
† 	11	0 	4 	4 	-1	2
 	14	1 	2 	3 	−6	6
 	23	0 	2 	2 	−3	21
 	19	0 	2 	2 	−5	21
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	−3	7
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−3	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	13	5	10	15	2 	10
 	13	5	8 	13	0 	2
 	13	1	7 	8 	−4	8
 	13	4	3 	7 	−6	6
 	13	4	2 	6 	−4	0
 	9 	3	3 	6 	3 	2
 	11	2	3 	5 	1 	0
 	13	3	2 	5 	2 	2
 	12	2	3 	5 	−3	2
 	13	1	3 	4 	−1	2
 	12	0	4 	4 	1 	4
 	13	1	3 	4 	−5	2
 	13	1	2 	3 	1 	2
 	13	1	2 	3 	−1	8
 	13	0	3 	3 	1 	8
 	13	2	0 	2 	0 	16
 	10	0	1 	1 	−2	2
 	6 	0	0 	0 	−1	2
 	1 	0	0 	0 	2 	4
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	5
 	13	0	0 	0 	0 	6
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	0 	0 	−2	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	48	43	2654	25	13	7	118	2.67	1246	.905	3	0	2	2
 	43	39	2279	25	10	2	105	2.76	1121	.906	2	0	3	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	11	10	555	6	3	26	2.81	257	.899	1	0	0	0
 	5 	3 	237	1	3	13	3.29	96 	.865	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
=== Suspensions/fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Jason Demers	Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino during NHL game No. 93 in Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 16:48 of the third period.	2 games	$36,559.14	October 23, 2015
==Awards and honors==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 19, 2015
 	NHL First Star of the Month	November 2, 2015
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 9, 2015
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	November 30, 2015
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 28, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point	October 8, 2015
 	100th career NHL assist 	October 10, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	October 13, 2015
M. Janmark 	1st career NHL assist 	October 13, 2015
 	250th career NHL win 	October 15, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	October 17, 2015
 	20,000 career NHL minutes 	October 27, 2015
 	1st career NHL game 	November 3, 2015
 	300th career NHL point 	November 3, 2015
 	1st career NHL goal 	November 3, 2015
R. Faksa 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	November 6, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	November 8, 2015
 	500th career NHL game 	November 19, 2015
 	200th career NHL game 	November 19, 2015
K. Lehtonen 	30,000 career NHL minutes 	November 19, 2015
 	500th career NHL game 	November 28, 2015
A. Niemi 	200th career NHL wins 	November 28, 2015
 	400th career NHL point 	December 15, 2015
 	800th career NHL game 	December 17, 2015
A. Goligoski	200th career NHL assist 	December 19, 2015
 	100th career NHL game 	December 22, 2015
 	700th career NHL game 	December 26, 2015
J. Spezza 	500th career NHL assist 	January 5, 2016
== Transactions ==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2015 	To Dallas Stars Antti Niemi (rights) 	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks Trevor DaleyRyan Garbutt 	To Dallas Stars Patrick SharpStephen Johns	
 	To Calgary Flames Jyrki JokipakkaBrett PollockConditional 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Dallas Stars Kris Russell 	
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Johnny Oduya	Chicago Blackhawks	2 years, $7.5 million 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Jhonas Enroth	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $1.25 million 	
 	Shawn Horcoff	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $1.75 million 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via retirement ===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Rich Peverley	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Antti Niemi 	3 years, $13.5 million 	
 	Patrick Eaves 	1 year, $1.15 million 	
 	Curtis McKenzie	2 years, $1.35 million 	
 	Jamie Oleksiak 	1 year, $875,000 	
 	Cody Eakin 	4 years, $15.4 million contract extension	
 	Stephen Johns 	2 years, contract extension 	
 	Niklas Hansson 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Denis Gurianov 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Chris Martenet 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Justin Dowling 	1 year 	
 	Brendan Ranford	1 year 	
 	Mattias Backman	1 year 	
 	Brett Ritchie 	1 year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	12 	Denis Guryanov	RW 	 	Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia-Jr.)
2 	49 	Roope Hintz 	LW 	 	Ilves (Finland)
4 	103	Chris Martenet	D 	 	London Knights (OHL)
5 	133	Joseph Cecconi	D 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
6 	163	Markus Ruusu 	G 	 	JYP Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
;Draft notes
* The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 (36th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2015 or 2016 and this pick. Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson to the Stars in exchange for Alex Chiasson, Nick Paul, Alex Guptill and this pick.
* The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.
* The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Dallas Stars seasons
Dallas Stars season, 2015-16