2007–08 Dallas Stars season

The 2007–08 Dallas Stars season began October 3, 2007. It is the franchise's 40th season in the National Hockey League, 14th as the Dallas Stars. 
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22–23.
*The free agency period began on July 1.
==Regular season==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
===Game log===
* Green background indicates win (2 points).
* Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
* White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
====October====
Record: 5–5–2; Home: 3–2–1; Road 2–3–1: 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 3 	Dallas 	3 – 4	Colorado 	 	Turco 	17,487 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 5 	Boston 	1 – 4	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 6 	Dallas 	1 – 5	Nashville 	 	Smith 	13,079 	1–2–0 	2
4 	October 10	Los Angeles	1 – 5	Dallas 	 	Turco 	16,129 	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 12	Calgary 	3 – 2	Dallas 	OT	Turco 	17,132 	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 13	Dallas 	1 – 2	Chicago 	OT	Stephan 	11,868 	2–2–2 	6
7 	October 17	Dallas 	3 – 2	Columbus 	OT	Smith 	11,820 	3–2–2 	8
8 	October 20	Anaheim 	1 – 3	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,057 	4–2–2 	10
9 	October 25	Dallas 	1 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Turco 	14,559 	4–3–2 	10
10	October 27	Dallas 	5 – 3	Phoenix 	 	Smith 	13,741 	5–3–2 	12
11	October 29	San Jose 	4 – 2	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,546 	5–4–2 	12
12	October 31	Chicago 	5 – 4	Dallas 	 	Smith 	14,756 	5–5–2 	12
====November====
Record: 8–4–2; Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–3–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 2 	Phoenix 	5 – 0	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,203 	5–6–2 	12
14	November 5 	Dallas 	5 – 0	Anaheim 	 	Turco 	17,174 	6–6–2 	14
15	November 7 	Dallas 	3 – 1	San Jose 	 	Turco 	17,496 	7–6–2 	16
16	November 8 	Dallas 	2 – 5	Phoenix 	 	Turco 	12,027 	7–7–2 	16
17	November 10	Dallas 	5 – 6	Los Angeles 	OT	Turco 	18,118 	7–7–3 	17
18	November 14	San Jose 	4 – 3	Dallas 	SO	Turco 	17,682 	7–7–4 	18
19	November 16	Colorado 	1 – 6	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,019 	8–7–4 	20
20	November 19	Los Angeles	0 – 3	Dallas 	 	Smith 	17,208 	9–7–4 	22
21	November 21	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,584 	10–7–4	24
22	November 23	Toronto 	1 – 3	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,409 	11–7–4	26
23	November 25	Dallas 	3 – 2	NY Rangers 	 	Smith 	18,200 	12–7–4	28
24	November 26	Dallas 	3 – 2	NY Islanders	OT	Turco 	8,161 	13–7–4	30
25	November 28	Dallas 	2 – 4	New Jersey 	 	Turco 	13,665 	13–8–4	30
26	November 30	Dallas 	1 – 4	Pittsburgh 	 	Smith 	17,132 	13–9–4	30
====December====
Record: 10–4–0 ; Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 5–1–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
27	December 1 	Dallas 	4–1 	Philadelphia	 	Turco 	19,660 	14–9–4 	32
28	December 3 	Dallas 	2–1 	Columbus 	SO	Turco 	12,233 	15–9–4 	34
29	December 5 	San Jose 	3–2 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,318 	15–10–4	34
30	December 7 	Ottawa 	4–2 	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,016 	15–11–4	34
31	December 10	Edmonton 	4–5 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,833 	16–11–4	36
32	December 13	Los Angeles	1–4 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,913 	17–11–4	38
33	December 15	Dallas 	4–2 	San Jose 	 	Turco 	17,496 	18–11–4	40
34	December 18	Dallas 	2–1 	Edmonton 	SO	Turco 	16,839 	19–11–4	42
35	December 20	Dallas 	2–3 	Vancouver 	 	Turco 	18,630 	19–12–4	42
36	December 21	Dallas 	3–2 	Calgary 	OT	Smith 	19,289 	20–12–4	44
37	December 23	Montreal 	1–4 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,585 	21–12–4	46
38	December 26	Minnesota 	3–8 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	22–12–4	48
39	December 29	St. Louis 	4 – 5	Dallas 	SO	Smith 	18,532 	23–12–4	50
40	December 31	Nashville 	1–0 	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	23–13–4	50
====January====
Record: 5–7–1; Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–4–1 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
41	January 2 	Dallas 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Turco 	20,066 	23–14–4	50
42	January 3 	Dallas 	3 – 6	Minnesota 	 	Smith 	18,568 	23–15–4	50
43	January 5 	Detroit 	3 – 0	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,584 	23–16–4	50
44	January 7 	Minnesota	1 – 3	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,502 	24–16–4	52
45	January 9 	Dallas 	3 – 1	Chicago 	 	Turco 	15,469 	25–16–4	54
46	January 10	Dallas 	2 – 4	St. Louis 	 	Smith 	16,805 	25–17–4	54
47	January 12	Dallas 	3 – 4	Los Angeles	SO	Turco 	16,916 	25–17–5	55
48	January 15	Dallas 	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Turco 	17,174 	25–18–5	55
49	January 17	Dallas 	4 – 2	San Jose 	 	Turco 	17,496 	26–18–5	57
50	January 19	Columbus 	1 – 3	Dallas 	 	Smith 	17,811 	27–18–5	59
51	January 20	Anaheim 	2 – 5	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,461 	28–18–5	61
52	January 22	Columbus 	4 – 2	Dallas 	 	Smith 	17,087 	28–19–5	61
53	January 24	Buffalo 	2 – 1	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	28–20–5	61
54	January 29	Dallas 	4 – 3	Vancouver 	 	Turco 	18,630 	29–20–5	63
====February====
Record: 12–2–0; Home:6–1–0 ; Road: 6–1–0 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
55	February 1 	Dallas 	4 – 1	Edmonton 	 	Turco 	16,839 	30–20–5	65
56	February 2 	Dallas 	2 – 1	Calgary 	 	Turco 	19,289 	31–20–5	67
57	February 5 	Vancouver	2 – 3	Dallas 	SO	Turco 	17,642 	32–20–5	69
58	February 7 	Dallas 	1 – 0	Minnesota	 	Smith 	18,568 	33–20–5	71
59	February 9 	St. Louis	2 – 6	Dallas 	 	Smith 	18,584 	34–20–5	73
60	February 11	Phoenix 	1 – 2	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,622 	35–20–5	75
61	February 14	Dallas 	2 – 5	Phoenix 	 	Turco 	12,885 	35–21–5	75
62	February 15	Dallas 	4 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Turco 	17,323 	36–21–5	77
63	February 17	Detroit 	0 – 1	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	37–21–5	79
64	February 20	Calgary 	3 – 2	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	37–22–5	79
65	February 22	Edmonton 	2 – 5	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,564 	38–22–5	81
66	February 23	Dallas 	6 – 2	Nashville	 	Smith 	17,113 	39–22–5	83
67	February 26	Dallas 	3 – 1	St. Louis	 	Turco 	19,150 	40–22–5	85
68	February 28	Chicago 	4 – 7	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	41–22–5	87
====March====
Record: 2–7–2 ; Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 1–2–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
69	March 1 	Nashville 	3 – 1	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	41–23–5	87
70	March 5 	Phoenix 	2 – 1	Dallas 	 	Turco 	17,942 	41–24–5	87
71	March 8 	Dallas 	1 – 3	Colorado 	 	Turco 	18,007 	41–25–5	87
72	March 9 	Colorado 	0 – 3	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	42–25–5	89
73	March 13	Dallas 	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	Turco 	19,453 	42–26–5	89
74	March 15	Vancouver 	3 – 4	Dallas 	 	Holmqvist	18,584 	42–27–5	89
75	March 19	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,584 	42–28–5	89
76	March 22	Los Angeles	4 – 2	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	42–29–5	89
77	March 27	Dallas 	2 – 3	San Jose 	OT	Turco 	17,496 	42–29–6	90
78	March 29	Dallas 	7 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Turco 	17,849 	43–29–6	92
79	March 30	Dallas 	2 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Turco 	17,174 	43–29–7	93
====April====
Record: 2–1–0 ; Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
80	April 3	Dallas 	2 – 4	Phoenix	 	Holmqvist	18,340 	44–29–7	95
81	April 4	Phoenix 	2 – 4	Dallas 	 	Holmqvist	18,584 	44–30–7	95
82	April 6	San Jose	2 – 4	Dallas 	 	Turco 	18,532 	45–30–7	97
==Playoffs==
===Western Conference Quarter-finals===
#	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	April 10	Dallas 	4 – 0	Anaheim	Turco 	17,191
2	April 12	Dallas 	5 – 2	Anaheim	Turco 	17,181
3	April 15	Anaheim	4 – 2	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
4	April 17	Anaheim	1 – 3	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
5	April 18	Dallas 	2 – 5	Anaheim	Turco 	17,199
6	April 20	Anaheim	1 – 4	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
===Western Conference Semi-finals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	April 25	Dallas 	3 – 2 (OT) 	San Jose	Turco 	17,496
2	April 27	Dallas 	5 – 2 	San Jose	Turco 	17,496
3	April 29	San Jose	1 – 2 (OT) 	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
4	April 30	San Jose	2 – 1 	Dallas 	Turco 	18,584
5	May 2 	Dallas 	2 – 3 (OT) 	San Jose	Turco 	17,496
6	May 4 	San Jose	1 – 2 (4OT)*	Dallas 	Turco 	18,584
**Game 6 was the 8th-longest game in NHL history.
===Western Conference Finals===
#	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	May 8 	Dallas 	1 – 4	Detroit	Turco 	20,066
2	May 10	Dallas 	1 – 2	Detroit	Turco 	20,066
3	May 12	Detroit	5 – 2	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
4	May 14	Detroit	1 – 3	Dallas 	Turco 	18,532
5	May 17	Dallas 	2 – 1	Detroit	Turco 	20,066
6	May 19	Detroit	4 – 1	Dallas 	Turco 	18,584
==Player stats==
===Regular Season===
====Skaters====
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; ATOI = Average time on ice
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM
 	76	27	56	83 	21 	46
 	82	32	42	74 	23 	105
†- 	74	20	42	62 	-25	15
 	82	21	36	57 	-11	48
 	82	27	14	41 	4 	51
 	48	15	22	37 	9 	14
 	46	4 	31	35 	6 	12
 	69	15	19	34 	4 	34
 	65	14	17	31 	5 	28
 	52	14	14	28 	2 	14
 	82	9 	17	26 	0 	85
 	78	7 	19	26 	22 	36
 	64	8 	12	20 	-2 	40
 	78	5 	19	24 	-1 	85
 	79	12	11	23 	-3 	26
 	73	11	11	22 	2 	147
 	38	2 	12	14 	3 	26
 	55	3 	11	14 	-3 	22
 	66	2 	11	13 	3 	40
 	62	0 	7 	7 	10 	22
 	22	3 	2 	5 	0 	6
 	48	1 	2 	3 	-3 	105
 	41	1 	2 	3 	-9 	46
 	37	0 	2 	2 	3 	24
 	8 	0 	3 	3 	0 	4
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	1 	39
 	11	0 	2 	2 	2 	33
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	2
† denotes: Acquired from Tampa Bay
Italics denotes: No longer with Stars
====Goaltenders====
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	SA 	GA 	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	62	3627:31	32	21	1543	140	3 	.909	2.32
 	21	238:28 	12	9 	88 	7 	1 	.920	1.76
† 	2 	79:59 	1 	0 	35 	5 	0 	.857	3.75
 	1 	60:38 	0 	0 	40 	2 	0 	.950	1.98
† denotes: Acquired from Tampa Bay
Italics denotes: Traded to Tampa Bay
===Playoffs===
====Skaters====
Player	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/–	PIM	ATOI
 	18	3	14	17 	0 	16 	21:47
 	18	9	6 	15 	0 	22 	23:13
 	18	3	12	15 	1 	8 	21:00
 	18	5	7 	12 	-3 	22 	19:55
 	18	3	8 	11 	0 	12 	25:47
 	14	4	4 	8 	1 	2 	20:34
 	18	4	4 	8 	1 	8 	18:22
 	11	1	5 	6 	-4 	4 	25:43
 	16	2	5 	7 	0 	8 	13:44
 	18	2	3 	5 	5 	16 	20:33
 	18	2	1 	3 	-2 	22 	13:34
 	16	0	3 	3 	-2 	10 	17:01
 	9 	2	1 	3 	1 	2 	15:33
 	18	1	1 	2 	3 	6 	18:41
 	18	2	0 	2 	3 	14 	13:23
 	15	1	1 	2 	-2 	0 	10:01
 	18	1	0 	0 	0 	20 	19:15
 	16	0	0 	0 	-4 	2 	08:37
 	9 	0	0 	0 	-1 	6 	14:51
 	5 	0	0 	0 	E 	0 	04:16
 	3 	0	0 	0 	E 	4 	20:04
 	1 	0	0 	0 	E 	0 	01:56
 	1 	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	04:17
 	6 	0	0 	0 	-2 	8 	
Last update: 00:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
====Goaltenders====
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player	GP	TOI 	W 	L	SA 	GA	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	18	1152	10	8	511	40	1 	.922	2.08
Last update: 00:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
* On November 7, Mike Modano surpassed Phil Housley's record for most points (1,232) by an American-born player, scoring 2 goals against the San Jose Sharks.
* Dallas' 2–1 win over Phoenix on February 11 was a franchise record 7th straight win.
* Dallas' 2-1, four overtime, victory over San Jose in game six of the Western Conference Semi-finals was the eighth longest game in NHL history. It was the third time in five years Dallas played in a game that reached the fourth overtime.
==Transactions==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.
===Trades===
June 23, 2007 	To Columbus Blue Jackets 94th overall pick in 2007	To Dallas Stars 128th overall pick in 2007 129th overall pick in 2007 149th overall pick in 2007
February 26, 2008	To Dallas Stars Brad Richards Johan Holmqvist 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Smith Jussi Jokinen Jeff Halpern
===Free agents acquired===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms
Toby Petersen 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $500,000
Brad Winchester	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $475,000
Todd Fedoruk 	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $875,000
Trevor Byrne 	Washington Capitals	1 year, $450,000
===Free agents lost===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	New team
Darryl Sydor 	Pittsburgh Penguins
Ladislav Nagy	Los Angeles Kings
Dan Ellis 	Nashville Predators
Jon Klemm 	Los Angeles Kings
==Draft picks==
Dallas' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio. The Stars do not have a first round pick, having dealt it to the Phoenix Coyotes as part of the Ladislav Nagy trade.
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	50	Nico Sacchetti 	Centre 	 	Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
3 	64	Sergei Korostin	Right Wing	 	Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
==Farm teams==
===Iowa Stars===
The Iowa Stars are the Stars American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08.
===Idaho Steelheads===
The Idaho Steelheads are the Stars affiliate in the ECHL.
==See also==
*2007–08 NHL season
==References==
*Player stats: Dallas Stars player stats on espn.com
*Game log: Dallas Stars game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
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