2019–20 Dallas Stars season

The 2019–20 Dallas Stars season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 27th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars advanced to the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time since 2007–08.
On December 10, 2019, Jim Montgomery was dismissed and replaced by Rick Bowness.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The NHL officially resumed play in two controlled locations in August 2020, with Western Conference teams, including Dallas, playing in Edmonton and Eastern Conference teams in Toronto. The Stars advanced to the playoffs and played in a round-robin tournament, which determined the team's seed for the playoffs; Dallas was ultimately seeded third, entering them into a first-round series against the Calgary Flames, which they won in six games. The Stars then faced the Colorado Avalanche in the second round, defeating them in seven games. In the Conference Final, the Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights in five games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years. They were ultimately defeated in six games by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Western Conference===
;Tiebreaking procedures
# Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
# Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
# Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
# Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
# Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
# Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
# Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	St. Louis 	2–0 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	13,214 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 17 	Dallas 	2–1 	Minnesota 	OT 	Point 	13,537 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 19 	Dallas 	2–1 	Colorado 	 	Bow 	— 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 21 	Florida 	6–0 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	— 	2–2–0 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Dallas 	2–1 	St. Louis 	 	Bow 	16,515 	3–2–0 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Minnesota 	2–1 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	12,036 	3–3–0 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Colorado 	3–4 	Dallas 	SO 	Bishop 	13,112 	4–3–0 	Recap
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===Regular season===
The NHL regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019. The Stars hosted the 2020 NHL Winter Classic against the Nashville Predators, the first outdoor game for both teams, winning by a final score of 4–2.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Boston 	2–1 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,532 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Dallas 	2–3 	St. Louis 	 	Bishop 	18,096 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 6 	Dallas 	3–4 	Detroit 	 	Khudobin 	19,515 	0–3–0 	0 	Recap
4 	October 8 	Dallas 	4–3 	Washington 	OT 	Bishop 	18,573 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 10 	Calgary 	3–2 	Dallas 	SO 	Bishop 	17,989 	1–3–1 	3 	Recap
6 	October 12 	Washington 	4–1 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	18,532 	1–4–1 	3 	Recap
7 	October 14 	Dallas 	0–4 	Buffalo 	 	Bishop 	16,595 	1–5–1 	3 	Recap
8 	October 16 	Dallas 	2–3 	Columbus 	 	Bishop 	14,683 	1–6–1 	3 	Recap
9 	October 18 	Dallas 	2–4 	Pittsburgh 	 	Khudobin 	18,482 	1–7–1 	3 	Recap
10 	October 19 	Dallas 	4–1 	Philadelphia 	 	Bishop 	18,003 	2–7–1 	5 	Recap
11 	October 21 	Ottawa 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	17,896 	3–7–1 	7 	Recap
12 	October 24 	Anaheim 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	17,754 	4–7–1 	9 	Recap
13 	October 26 	Pittsburgh 	3–0 	Dallas 	 	Bishop 	18,532 	4–8–1 	9 	Recap
14 	October 29 	Minnesota 	3–6 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	17,756 	5–8–1 	11 	Recap
=== Playoffs ===
The Stars played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed in the Western conference. Dallas finished with a 1–2–0 record, earning the third seed in the conference. 
The Stars defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round in six games.
In the second round, the Stars faced the Colorado Avalanche, defeating them in seven games.
The Stars faced the Vegas Golden Knights in the Conference Final, and defeated them in five games.
The Stars faced the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals, where they were defeated in six games.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Record 	Points 	Recap
1 	August 3 	Dallas 	3–5 	Vegas 	 	Bishop 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	August 5 	Colorado 	4–0 	Dallas 	 	Khudobin 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	August 8 	Dallas 	2–1 	St. Louis 	SO 	Khudobin 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	69	17	33	50	−2 	22
 	69	19	20	39	−4 	53
 	68	8 	27	35	14 	12
 	60	15	19	34	8 	46
 	60	19	14	33	3 	16
 	58	6 	26	32	−10	22
 	67	14	17	31	6 	29
 	64	20	9 	29	5 	13
 	69	3 	20	23	5 	12
 	65	9 	12	21	7 	6
 	62	6 	15	21	−5 	12
 	57	5 	16	21	−2 	70
 	66	11	9 	20	−6 	42
 	55	8 	8 	16	−6 	36
 	68	3 	11	14	2 	30
 	69	3 	7 	10	−6 	41
 	27	2 	7 	9 	3 	8
 	57	2 	6 	8 	9 	14
 	29	3 	3 	6 	−3 	8
 	17	2 	3 	5 	0 	10
 	41	0 	4 	4 	−6 	24
 	12	1 	1 	2 	2 	4
 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	6
 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−1 	4
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	27	6 	20	26	8 	2
 	26	4 	17	21	−5 	14
 	27	13	6 	19	6 	30
 	27	8 	11	19	2 	32
 	27	8 	10	18	0 	24
 	27	9 	8 	17	0 	2
 	26	2 	11	13	1 	12
 	25	2 	11	13	−3 	10
 	27	5 	4 	9 	11 	26
 	27	5 	4 	9 	−3 	27
 	19	3 	5 	8 	−3 	4
 	26	1 	7 	8 	0 	38
 	27	1 	7 	8 	−12	2
 	23	2 	5 	7 	−2 	30
 	14	5 	1 	6 	7 	4
 	27	2 	2 	4 	−7 	8
 	12	1 	1 	2 	3 	4
 	23	0 	2 	2 	−6 	10
 	27	0 	1 	1 	−1 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−3 	4
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	–4 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	44	43	2,473:49	21	16	4	103	2.50	1,286	.920	2	0	2	2
 	30	26	1,677:29	16	8 	4	62 	2.22	882 	.930	0	0	3	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	25	24	1,492:55	14	10	0	67	2.69	811	.917 	1	0	1	2
 	3 	3 	132:36 	1 	2 	0	12	5.43	77 	.844 	0	0	1	0
 	2 	0 	36:40 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00	8 	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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Philadelphia FlyersTyler Pitlick	To Dallas StarsRyan Hartman	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Ryan Hartman 	to Minnesota Wild 	2-year 	
 	Tanner Kero 	from Vancouver Canucks 	2-year 	
 	Joe Pavelski 	from San Jose Sharks 	3-year 	
 	Corey Perry 	from Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	
 	Brett Ritchie 	to Boston Bruins 	1-year 	
 	Andrej Sekera 	from Edmonton Oilers 	1-year 	
 	Jason Spezza 	to Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year 	
 	Mats Zuccarello 	to Minnesota Wild 	5-year 	
 	Philippe Desrosiers	to Florida Panthers 	1-year 	
 	Erik Condra 	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year 	
 	Chris Martenet 	to Brampton Beast (ECHL)	1-year 	
 	Julius Honka 	to JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga)	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team 	Ref
 	 	from/to	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Valeri Nichushkin	Buyout	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Ben Lovejoy	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Taylor Fedun 	2-year 	
 	Reece Scarlett 	1-year 	
 	Landon Bow 	1-year 	
 	Gavin Bayreuther 	1-year 	
 	Dillon Heatherington	1-year 	
 	Jason Dickinson 	2-year 	
 	Thomas Harley 	3-year 	
 	Dawson Barteaux 	3-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	18 	Thomas Harley 	D 	 	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4 	111	Samuel Sjolund 	D 	 	AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
5 	142	Nicholas Porco 	LW 	 	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6 	173	Benjamin Brinkman	D 	 	Minnesota (Big Ten)
==References==
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