2013–14 Dallas Stars season

The 2013–14 Dallas Stars season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 21st season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. On April 11, 2014, the Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0 to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the 2007–08 season.
==Off-season==
The Stars unveiled a new logo and jersey at an event on June 4, 2013.Dallas Stars reveal new logo, uniform at special rebrand event They also announced that the organization will retire Mike Modano's # 9 jersey on March 8, 2014 before their game versus the Minnesota Wild.Dallas Stars to retire Mike Modano's number 9
The Stars hired Lindy Ruff as their new head coach on June 21, 2013.Dallas Stars hire Lindy Ruff as 22nd Head Coach in franchise history
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 15 	St. Louis 	6–5 	Dallas 	SO 	Campbell 	7,056 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 18 	Florida 	2–3 	Dallas 	SO 	Nilstorp 	6,532 	1–0–1 	Recap
3 	September 20 	Dallas 	4–1 	Florida 	 	Ellis 	 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 21 	Dallas 	2–3 	St. Louis 	OT 	Lehtonen 	13,028 	2–0–2 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Dallas 	5–3 	Colorado 	 	Lehtonen 	10,000 	3–0–2 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Colorado 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	6,590 	4–0–2 	Recap
7 	September 27 	Dallas 	4–0 	Edmonton 	 	Ellis 	8,841 	5–0–2 	Recap
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Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	
Notes:
Game was played at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Game was played at Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
===Regular season===
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October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Florida 	4–2 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	16,100 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Washington 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	17,200 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 11 	Dallas 	4–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Lehtonen 	15,004 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 12 	Dallas 	1–5 	Minnesota 	 	Ellis 	18,278 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 15 	Dallas 	2–3 	Colorado 	 	Ellis 	15,208 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	October 17 	San Jose 	3–4 	Dallas 	SO 	Ellis 	14,898 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 19 	Dallas 	2–5 	Los Angeles 	 	Ellis 	18,118 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap
8 	October 20 	Dallas 	3–6 	Anaheim 	 	Campbell 	14,531 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
9 	October 24 	Calgary 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	13,122 	4–5–0 	8 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	Dallas 	SO 	Lehtonen 	13,875 	4–5–1 	9 	Recap
11 	October 28 	Dallas 	4–3 	Buffalo 	 	Lehtonen 	18,295 	5–5–1 	11 	Recap
12 	October 29 	Dallas 	1–2 	Montreal 	 	Lehtonen 	21,273 	5–6–1 	11 	Recap
==Playoffs==
The Dallas Stars entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's second wild card. They were defeated by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round in six games.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 16 	Dallas 	3–4 	Anaheim 	 	Lehtonen 	17,294 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	April 18 	Dallas 	2–3 	Anaheim 	 	Lehtonen 	17,426 	0–2 	Recap 	
3 	April 21 	Anaheim 	0–3 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	19,120 	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	April 23 	Anaheim 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	18,962 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	April 25 	Dallas 	2–6 	Anaheim 	 	Lehtonen 	17,334 	2–3 	Recap 	
6 	April 27 	Anaheim 	5–4 	Dallas 	OT 	Lehtonen 	19,323 	2–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final Stats 
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	37	47	84	16	18
 	81	34	45	79	21	64
 	81	6 	36	42	9 	28
 	79	13	22	35	 	38
 	81	16	19	35	 	36
 	79	14	20	34	20	8
 	69	9 	23	32	 	14
 	75	17	15	32	10	106
 	62	7 	23	30	 	15
 	75	16	13	29	 	20
 	81	14	15	29	 	209
 	67	9 	16	25	10	38
 	76	6 	17	23	3 	37
 	76	2 	20	22	 	20
 	77	7 	13	20	1 	52
 	78	3 	17	20	16	30
 	80	6 	11	17	9 	86
 	26	8 	4 	12	 	4
 	36	1 	7 	8 	 	16
 	24	4 	1 	5 	7 	12
 	24	2 	1 	3 	 	0
 	6 	0 	2 	2 	2 	5
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	25	0 	1 	1 	 	11
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	1 	7
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	 	6
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	1	5	6	5	5
 	6	2	3	5	5	16
 	6	4	1	5	1	4
 	6	2	3	5	2	0
 	6	1	3	4	7	8
 	6	1	2	3	 	24
 	6	1	2	3	2	0
 	6	0	3	3	1	2
 	6	0	3	3	3	27
 	6	1	2	3	1	0
 	6	3	0	3	2	25
 	6	1	1	2	 	2
 	6	1	1	2	1	2
 	5	0	0	0	 	0
 	6	0	0	0	 	4
 	3	0	0	0	 	2
 	1	0	0	0	 	0
 	4	0	0	0	 	2
 	4	0	0	0	0	16
 	2	0	0	0	 	2
 	5	0	0	0	 	12
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	65	64	3804	33	20	10	153	2.41	1888	.919	5	0	4	4
 	14	11	690 	5 	6 	0 	35 	3.04	349 	.900	1	0	1	0
 	8 	6 	364 	2 	4 	1 	18 	2.97	184 	.902	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	60 	0 	1 	0 	6 	6.00	47 	.872	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	39 	0 	0 	0 	3 	4.62	17 	.824	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	346	2	4	19	3.29	165	.885	1	0	1	0
 	1	0	15 	0	0	1 	4.00	2 	.500	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
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===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Valeri Nichushkin	1st Career NHL Game 	October 3, 2013
Valeri Nichushkin	1st Career NHL Assist1st career NHL Point	October 20, 2013
Kevin Connauton 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 24, 2013
Valeri Nichushkin	1st Career NHL Goal 	November 3, 2013
Tyler Seguin 	1st Career NHL 4 Goal Game 	November 14, 2013
Jamie Benn 	1st Career NHL 6 Point Game 	November 14, 2013
Sergei Gonchar 	1,200th Career NHL Game 	November 26, 2013
Kari Lehtonen 	400th Career NHL Game 	December 3, 2013
Colton Sceviour 	1st Career NHL Goal 	December 14, 2013
Jamie Benn 	300th Career NHL Game 	December 29, 2013
Ray Whitney 	1,300th Career NHL Game 	January 14, 2014
Jamie Benn 	100th Career NHL Goal 	January 23, 2014
Kari Lehtonen 	200th Career NHL Win 	January 23, 2014
Erik Cole 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 23, 2014
Brenden Dillon 	100th Career NHL Game 	January 23, 2014
Ryan Garbutt 	100th Career NHL Game 	January 23, 2014
Tyler Seguin 	100th Career NHL Assist 	March 6, 2014
Patrik Nemeth 	1st Career NHL Game 	April 1, 2014
Tyler Seguin 	200th Career NHL Point 	April 5, 2014
== Transactions ==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:
===Trades===
July 4, 2013Dallas Stars Acquire Centers Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley and Defenseman Ryan Button From Boston in Exchange for Left Wing Loui Eriksson, Right Wings Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser and Defenseman Joe Morrow	To Boston Bruins Loui ErikssonReilly SmithMatt FraserJoe Morrow	To Dallas Stars Tyler SeguinRich PeverleyRyan Button
July 5, 2013Dallas Stars acquire Center Shawn Horcoff from Edmonton in exchange for Defenseman Philip Larsen and a seventh round selection in the 2016 NHL draft 	To Edmonton Oilers Philip Larsen7th-round pick in 2016 	To Dallas Stars Shawn Horcoff
November 22, 2013Stars Trade MacDermid, Acquire Sixth Round Pick in 2014 	To Calgary Flames Lane MacDermid 	To Dallas Stars 6th-round pick in 2014
March 4, 2014Dallas Stars Acquire a Conditional Fourth Round Selection in the 2014 NHL Draft from Anaheim in Exchange for Defenseman Stephane Robidas 	To Anaheim Ducks Stephane Robidas 	To Dallas Stars Conditional 4th-round pick in 2014
March 5, 2014Dallas Stars Acquire Goaltender Tim Thomas From Florida in Exchange for Goaltender Dan Ellis 	To Florida Panthers Dan Ellis 	To Dallas Stars Tim Thomas
=== Free agents signed ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Dan Ellis 	Carolina Hurricanes	2 years, $1.8 million
Chris Mueller 	Nashville Predators	1 year, $600,000
Justin Dowling	Texas Stars 	2 years, $1.22 million entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Eric Nystrom 	Nashville Predators	4 years, $10 million
Richard BachmanOilers agree to terms with Richard Bachman	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $625,000
=== Claimed via Waivers ===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Dustin JeffreyStars Claim Dustin Jeffrey off Waivers; Reassign Rome to Texas	Pittsburgh Penguins	November 17, 2013
=== Lost via Waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date
Luke GazdicBLOG: Oilers claim Gazdic	Edmonton Oilers	September 29, 2013
=== Player signings ===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Luke GazdicDallas Stars sign Lane MacDermid and Luke Gazdic to one year contracts 	July 2, 2013 	1 year, $635,000
Lane MacDermid 	July 2, 2013 	1 year, $660,000
Jordie BennDallas Stars sign Jordie Benn to three-year contract 	July 3, 2013 	3 years, $2.1 million
Valeri NichushkinDallas Stars sign first round selection Valeri Nichushkin to a three-year deal 	July 6, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Ryan GarbuttDallas Stars Sign Forward Ryan Garbutt to a Three-year Extension 	January 29, 2014 	3 years, $1.8 million contract extension
Colton SceviourDallas Stars Sign Colton Sceviour to Two-year Contract Extension 	February 28, 2014	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension
Alex GuptillDallas Stars Sign Forward Alex Guptill to Two-year, Entry Level Contract 	March 27, 2014 	2 years, $1.63 million entry-level contract
Branden TroockDallas Stars Sign Forward Branden Troock to Three-year, Entry Level Contract 	April 15, 2014 	3 years, $1.91 million entry-level contract
Philippe DesrosiersDallas Stars Sign Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers to Three-Year, Entry-level Contract	April 19, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Esa LindellDallas Stars Sign Defenseman Esa Lindell to Three-year, Entry Level Contract 	May 7, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Henri KiviahoDallas Stars Sign Goaltender Henri Kiviaho to a Three-year Contract 	May 23, 2014 	3 years, $1.835 million entry-level contract
Jason DickinsonDallas Stars Sign Forward Jason Dickinson to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract 	May 29, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Gemel SmithDallas Stars Sign Forward Gemel Smith to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract 	May 31, 2014 	3 years, $2.1 million entry-level contract
==Draft picks==
Dallas Stars' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	10 	Valeri Nichushkin 	RW 	Russia 	HC Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
1 	29 	Jason Dickinson 	C 	Canada 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
2 	40 	Remi Elie 	LW 	Canada 	London Knights (OHL)
2 	54 	Philippe Desrosiers	G 	Canada 	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3 	68 	Niklas Hansson 	D 	Sweden 	Rogle BK J20 (SE)
4 	101	Nicholas Paul 	LW 	Canada 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 	131	Cole Ully 	LW 	Canada 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5 	149	Matej Paulovic 	LW 	Slovakia 	Farjestad BK J20 (SE)
7 	182	Aleksi Makela 	D 	Finland 	Ilves (SM-liiga)
 
;Draft notes
* The Boston Bruins' first-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of an April 2, 2013 trade that sent Jaromir Jagr to the Bruins in exchange for Lane MacDermid, Cody Payne and this pick.
* The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of an April 2, 2013 trade that sent Derek Roy to the Canucks in exchange for Kevin Connauton and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a January 14, 2013 trade that sent Mark Fistric to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a February 26, 2013 trade that sent Erik Cole to the Stars in exchange for a Michael Ryder and this pick.
* The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a March 24, 2013 trade that sent Brenden Morrow and a 2013 third-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for Joe Morrow and this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' sixth-round pick went to the Ottawa Senators as the result of a June 7, 2013 trade that sent the rights to Sergei Gonchar to the Stars in exchange for this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 seventh-round pick to the Panthers in exchange for this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 seventh-round pick to the Stars in exchange for this pick.
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==References==
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