2016–17 Dallas Stars season

The 2016–17 Dallas Stars season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 24th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars missed the playoffs, finishing 11th in the Western Conference.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 26 	St. Louis 	1–3 	Dallas 	 	Lagace 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 28 	Dallas 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Desrosiers 	— 	1–1–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 30 	Dallas 	1–4 	St. Louis 	 	Lehtonen 	13,239 	1–2–0 	Recap 	
4 	October 2 	Dallas 	2–1 	Florida 	OT 	— 	— 	2–2–0 	Recap 	
5 	October 4 	Florida 	1–2 	Dallas 	SO 	Niemi 	14,321 	3–2–0 	Recap 	
6 	October 5 	Colorado 	1–0 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	14,120 	3–3–0 	Recap 	
7 	October 7 	Dallas 	6–3 	Los Angeles 	 	— 	— 	4–3–0 	Recap 	
===Regular season===
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October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)	October: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Anaheim 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	18,532 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Dallas 	5–6 	Colorado 	 	Lehtonen 	18,007 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Dallas 	2–1 	Nashville 	 	Lehtonen 	17,113 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Los Angeles 	4–3 	Dallas 	OT 	Lehtonen 	18,532 	2–1–1 	5 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Columbus 	3–0 	Dallas 	 	Lehtonen 	18,532 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	Dallas 	 	Niemi 	18,040 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap 	
7 	October 27 	Dallas 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Niemi 	15,294 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap 	
8 	October 29 	Dallas 	0–4 	Minnesota 	 	Lehtonen 	19,031 	3–4–1 	7 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	26	46	72	−15	22
 	77	26	43	69	−9 	66
 	68	15	35	50	−18	29
 	80	13	36	49	2 	34
‡ 	59	21	16	37	−10	16
 	82	13	20	33	–4 	14
 	80	12	21	33	−6 	67
 	60	12	15	27	1 	115
 	78	16	8 	24	11 	38
‡ 	60	8 	12	20	5 	10
 	48	8 	10	18	−22	31
 	73	6 	12	18	8 	22
 	69	10	6 	16	9 	12
 	53	6 	10	16	5 	72
 	79	1 	15	16	–7 	23
‡ 	58	2 	13	15	–3 	24
 	60	3 	9 	12	−7 	49
 	32	3 	8 	11	–3 	4
 	61	4 	6 	10	−10	36
 	41	5 	2 	7 	–4 	37
 	15	4 	3 	7 	–1 	0
 	18	1 	6 	7 	5 	8
‡ 	37	1 	6 	7 	−2 	10
 	17	3 	3 	6 	–1 	21
 	16	1 	4 	5 	−4 	4
 	40	0 	3 	3 	−4 	14
† 	12	0 	3 	3 	–2 	6
 	10	2 	0 	2 	−3 	0
 	9 	0 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	59	52	3177:09	22	25	7	151	2.85	1546	.902	3	0	1	4
 	37	30	1728:30	12	12	4	95 	3.30	880 	.892	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
==Final roster==
Updated April 8, 2017.
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== Transactions ==
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Arizona Coyotes Alex Goligoski (negotiating rights)	To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Campbell 	To Dallas Stars Nick Ebert 	
 	To Arizona Coyotes Brendan RanfordBranden Troock 	To Dallas Stars Justin PetersJustin Hache 	
 	To Anaheim Ducks Patrick Eaves 	To Dallas Stars conditional 2nd-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Montreal Canadiens Jordie Benn 	To Dallas Stars Greg Pateryn4th-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks Johnny Oduya 	To Dallas Stars Mark McNeillconditional 4th-round pick in 2018	
 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Lauri Korpikoski 	To Dallas Stars Dillon Heatherington 	
 	To Los Angeles Kings MTL's 4th-round pick in 2017 	To Dallas Stars Ben Bishop (rights) 	
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Dan Hamhuis 	Vancouver Canucks 	2 years, $7.5 million 	
 	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Colorado Avalanche 	2 years, $1.45 million 	
 	Dustin Stevenson 	Stockton Heat 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Adam Cracknell 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jiri Hudler 	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $2 million 	
 	Ondrej Vala 	Kamloops Blazers 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Lauri Korpikoski 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 years, $1 million 	
 	Landon Bow 	Texas Stars 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Gavin Bayreuther 	St. Lawrence University	2 years, entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Colton Sceviour 	Florida Panthers 	2 years, $1.9 million 	
 	Jason Demers 	Florida Panthers 	5 years, $22.5 million 	
 	Vernon Fiddler 	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $1.25 million 	
 	Valeri Nichushkin	CSKA Moscow 	2 years, undisclosed 	
 	Kris Russell 	Edmonton Oilers 	1 year, $3.1 million 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via retirement ===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Jordie Benn 	3 years, $3.3 million 	
 	Maxime Lagace 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Patrick Eaves 	1 year, $1 million 	
 	Jamie Oleksiak 	1 year, $918,750 	
 	Jamie Benn 	8 years, $76 million contract extension 	
 	Matej Stransky 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Adam Cracknell 	1 year, $675,000 contract extension 	
 	Curtis McKenzie 	1 year, $700,000 contract extension 	
 	Nicholas Caamano	3 years, $2.235 million entry-level contract	
 	Mattias Janmark 	1 year, $700,000 contract extension 	
 	Roope Hintz 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Justin Dowling 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension 	
 	Ben Bishop 	6 years, $29.5 million contract extension 	
 	John Nyberg 	3 years, $2.235 million entry-level contract	
 	Ludwig Bystrom 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	25 	Riley Tufte 	LW 	United States	Fargo Force (USHL)
3 	90 	Fredrik Karlstrom	C 	Sweden 	AIK (Swe-Jr)
4 	116	Rhett Gardner 	C 	Canada 	North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC)
5 	128	Colton Point 	G 	Canada 	Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)
5 	146	Nicholas Caamano 	RW 	Canada 	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6 	176	Jakob Stenqvist 	D 	Sweden 	Modo-jr. (SWE-jr.)
;Notes
* The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Kris Russell to Dallas in exchange for Jyrki Jokipakka, Brett Pollock and this pick (being conditional at thime of the trade). The condition – Calgary will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Dallas fails to qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final – was converted on May 11, 2016.
* The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on February 11, 2015 that sent Jhonas Enroth to Dallas in exchange for Anders Lindback and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Enroth wins fewer than four playoff games for the Stars in 2015 – was converted on April 6, 2015 when the Stars were eliminated from playoff contention.
* The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on November 21, 2014 that sent Brenden Dillon to San Jose in exchange for Jason Demers and this pick.
* The Arizona Coyotes' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on June 16, 2016 that sent Alex Goligoski to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Anaheim's seventh-round pick in 2015 to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
:Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013 that sent Shawn Horcoff to Dallas in exchange for Philip Larsen and this pick.
==References==
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