2010–11 Dallas Stars season

The 2010–11 Dallas Stars season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 18th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars posted a regular season record of 42 wins, 29 losses and 11 overtime/shootout losses for 95 points. Despite having a winning record, the Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. 
==Off-season==
The Stars decided to not re-sign unrestricted free agent goalie Marty Turco. The Stars signed free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, as a likely backup goaltender to Kari Lehtonen. Mike Modano left the team to sign with the Detroit Red Wings.
==Regular season==
On February 21, 2011, among an extended skid, general manager Joe Nieuwendyk traded defenseman Matt Niskanen and forward James Neal to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski. After failing to make the playoffs by losing their final game of the season, Marc Crawford was fired as head coach.Head Coach Marc Crawford Relieved Of His Coaching Duties
==Playoffs==
The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs. With 95 points, the Stars tied a record set by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche for the team with the highest point total in a season that failed to make the playoffs. This record was later surpassed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins who failed to make the playoffs with 96 points.
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Record 	Recap 	 	
1 	September 21 	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 2 	Dallas Stars 	 	Dan Ellis 	0-1-0 	Recap 	 	
2 	September 24 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 - 2 	Dallas Stars 	 	Kari Lehtonen 	1-1-0 	Recap 	 	
3 	September 25 	St. Louis Blues 	2 - 5 	Dallas Stars 	 	Brent Krahn 	2-1-0 	Recap 	 	
4 	September 28 	Dallas Stars 	1 - 2 	Colorado Avalanche	 	Peter Budaj 	2-2-0 	Recap 	 	
5 	September 30 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 - 2 	Dallas Stars 	 	Kari Lehtonen 	3-2-0 	Recap 	 	
6 	October 2 	Dallas Stars 	3 - 4 	St. Louis Blues 	OT 	Jaroslav Halak 	3-2-1 	Recap 	 	
=== Regular season ===
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October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Dallas Stars 	4-3 	New Jersey Devils 	OT 	Lehtonen 1-0-0 	17,625 	1-0-0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 9 	Dallas Stars 	5-4 	New York Islanders 	SO 	Lehtonen 2-0-0 	13,351 	2-0-0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 14 	Detroit Red Wings 	1-4 	Dallas Stars 	 	Lehtonen 3-0-0 	18,532 	3-0-0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 16 	St. Louis Blues 	2-3 	Dallas Stars 	SO 	Lehtonen 4-0-0 	11,750 	4-0-0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 18 	Dallas Stars 	4-5 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	 	Lehtonen 4-1-0 	13,277 	4-1-0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 21 	Dallas Stars 	4-1 	Florida Panthers 	 	Lehtonen 5-1-0 	11,580 	5-1-0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 23 	Nashville Predators 	1-0 	Dallas Stars 	 	Lehtonen 5-2-0 	13,583 	5-2-0 	10 	Recap
8 	October 26 	Anaheim Ducks 	5-2 	Dallas Stars 	 	Lehtonen 5-3-0 	12,378 	5-3-0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 28 	Los Angeles Kings 	5-2 	Dallas Stars 	 	Lehtonen 5-4-0 	11,306 	5-4-0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Buffalo Sabres 	0-4 	Dallas Stars 	 	Raycroft 1-0-0 	15,015 	6-4-0 	12 	Recap
==Standings==
=== Divisional standings ===
=== Conference standings ===
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	72	28	49	77 	1 	24
 	79	27	46	73 	10 	8
 	82	19	52	71 	-4 	28
 	82	33	23	56 	-3 	76
 	69	22	34	56 	-5 	52
‡ 	59	21	18	39 	8 	60
 	82	12	20	32 	-9 	183
 	81	5 	25	30 	-7 	67
 	82	8 	19	27 	7 	34
† 	39	5 	13	18 	-3 	29
† 	23	5 	10	15 	0 	12
 	63	8 	6 	14 	2 	91
 	63	2 	9 	11 	5 	24
 	46	5 	5 	10 	0 	41
 	59	1 	9 	10 	7 	35
 	75	7 	2 	9 	-5 	14
 	74	3 	5 	8 	-1 	38
 	60	2 	4 	6 	-7 	8
‡ 	45	0 	6 	6 	-1 	30
 	27	2 	3 	5 	-2 	6
 	57	2 	3 	5 	-10	44
 	51	2 	2 	4 	-10	58
 	44	2 	1 	3 	-7 	80
 	19	0 	2 	2 	-3 	0
 	6 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0
 	24	1 	1 	2 	-5 	4
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	69	4119	34	24	11	175	2.55	2043	.914 	3 	0	6	6
 	19	847 	8 	5 	0 	40 	2.83	446 	.910 	2 	0	0	0
 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	4 	1.000	0 	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect time spent with the Stars only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
== Awards and records ==
=== Awards ===
Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Records ===
=== Milestones ===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brendan Morrow 	200th Career NHL Goal 	October 5, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Toby Petersen 	300th Career NHL Game 	October 9, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loui Eriksson 	100th Career NHL Assist 	October 16, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
James Neal 	100th Career NHL Point 	October 21, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Karlis Skrastins 	100th Career NHL Assist 	October 21, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loui Eriksson 	300th Career NHL Game 	October 26, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Ribeiro 	300th Career NHL Assist 	November 3, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loui Eriksson 	200th Career NHL Point 	November 5, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike Ribeiro 	600th Career NHL Game 	November 22, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Benn 	100th Career NHL Game 	November 26, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Aaron Gagnon 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	December 6, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brad Richards 	200th Career NHL Goal 	December 10, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jeff Woywitka 	200th Career NHL Game 	December 10, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Richard Bachman 	1st Career NHL Game 	December 11, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Adam Burish 	200th Career NHL Game 	December 16, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brendan Morrow 	700th Career NHL Game 	December 19, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loui Eriksson 	100th Career NHL Goal 	December 21, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tom Wandell 	100th Career NHL Game 	December 31, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
James Neal 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 15, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Langenbrunner	1,000th Career NHL Game 	January 17, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Karlis Skrastins 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 17, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Travis Morin 	1st Career NHL Game 	January 26, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stephane Robidas 	200th Career NHL Point 	January 26, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Colton Sceviour 	1st Career NHL Game 	February 5, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brad Richards 	700th Career NHL Point 	February 9, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Vincour 	1st Career NHL Game 	February 9, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stephane Robidas 	700th Career NHL Game 	February 16, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Steve Ott 	100th Career NHL Assist 	February 24, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Vincour 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	March 9, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Vincour 	1st Career NHL Assist 	March 17, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alex Goligoski 	100th Career NHL Point 	March 23, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jamie Langenbrunner	400th Career NHL Assist 	March 29, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alex Goligoski 	200th Career NHL Game 	April 10, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Transactions ==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.
===Trades===
Date 	 	
June 26, 2010Day 2 provides more wheeling and dealing 	To Colorado Avalanche 3rd-round pick (71st overall) in 2010 – Michael Bournival	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick (77th overall) in 2010 – Alex Guptill4th-round pick in 2010 – Alex Theriau
January 7, 2011Langenbrunner Returning To Dallas 	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Blake Coleman 	To Dallas Stars Jamie Langenbrunner
January 13, 2011Fabian Brunnstrom Traded To Toronto 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Fabian Brunnstrom 	To Dallas Stars Mikhail Stefanovich
February 21, 2011Dallas Stars Acquire Defenseman Alex Goligoski From Pittsburgh	To Pittsburgh Penguins James NealMatt Niskanen 	To Dallas Stars Alex Goligoski
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Severin BlindenbacherStars Sign Pair of Defensemen To Entry-Level Deals 	Färjestad BK 	1 year, $1.1125 million entry-level contract
Jace Coyle 	Medicine Hat Tigers	3 years, $1.61 million entry-level contract
Adam BurishDallas signs Adam Burish and Andrew Raycroft 	Chicago Blackhawks 	2 years, $2.3 million
Andrew Raycroft 	Vancouver Canucks 	2 years, $1.3 million
Travis MorinStars Sign Gagnon & Morin To One-Year Deals 	Texas Stars 	1 year, $500,000
Brad Lukowich 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $1 million
Jason WilliamsDallas Stars agree to terms with free agent forward Jason Williams	Connecticut Whale 	1 year, 500,000
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Warren PetersWild signs C Peters and D Bagnall 	Minnesota Wild 	2 years, $1.075 million
Matt ClimieCOYOTES SIGN FOUR PLAYERS TO CONTRACTS 	Phoenix Coyotes 	1 year, $725,000
Andrew HutchinsonPenguins Agree to Terms with Defenseman Andrew Hutchinson 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $500,000
Marty TurcoBlackhawks agree to terms with three-time NHL All-Star Marty Turco	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year, $1.3 million
Mike ModanoWings, Modano agree on one-year deal 	Detroit Red Wings 	1 year, $1.25 million
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
===Lost via retirement===
Player
Jere LehtinenLehtinen Officially Retires From NHL
=== Player signings ===
Player 	Contract terms
Kari LehtonenStars and Lehtonen Agree to 3-Year Contract Extension 	3 years, $10.65 million contract extension
Brent KrahnStars Sign Brent Krahn To 1-Year Contract Extension 	1 year, $500,000
Krys BarchForwards Barch and Wathier signed to 2-year deals 	2 years, $1.675 million
Francis Wathier 	2 years, $1.15 million
Aaron Gagnon 	1 year, $600,000
Scott GlennieStars sign Scott Glennie to 3-Year Entry Level Deal 	3 year entry-level contract
Maxime FortunusStars agree to terms with three defensemen 	2 years, $1.175 million
Trevor Ludwig 	1 year, $525,000
Raymond SawadaStars agree to terms with RW Sawada 	1 year, $575,000
Fabian BrunnstromStars and Brunnstrom agree to terms on a 1-year deal 	1 year, $675,000
Nicklas GrossmannStars Agree To Terms on 2-Year Deal With Grossman 	2 years, $3.25 million
James NealStars Agree To Terms With Neal & Niskanen 	2 years, $5.75 million
Matt Niskanen 	2 years, $3 million
Jack CampbellJack Campbell Signed To Entry-Level Deal 	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Matt FraserDallas Stars Sign Left Wing Matt Fraser 	3 years, $1.68 million entry-level contract
Trevor DaleyDallas Stars agree to terms with Trevor Daley on six-year contract extension	6 years, $19.8 million contract extension
Brenden DillonDallas Stars Sign Prospect Brenden Dillon 	3 years, $2.23 million entry-level contract
Patrik NemethDallas Stars Sign Defenseman Patrik Nemeth To Entry-level Contract 	3 years, $2.38 million entry-level contract
== Draft picks ==
The Stars' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California. 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	11 	Jack Campbell 	G 	 	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2 	41 	Patrik Nemeth 	D 	 	AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 	77 (from Colorado) 	Alex Guptill 	LW 	 	Orangeville Crushers (CCHL)
4 	109 (from Los Angeles via Colorado)	Alex Theriau 	D 	 	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5 	131 	John Klingberg	D 	 	Frölunda HC Jr. (Swedish Jr.)
== See also ==
* 2010–11 NHL season
== Farm teams ==
== References ==
== External links ==
*2010–11 Dallas Stars season at ESPN
*2010–11 Dallas Stars season at Hockey Reference
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