2017–18 Dallas Stars season

2017–18 Dallas Stars
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2017–18 record	42–32–8
Home record	26–12–3
Road record	16–20–5
Goals for	235
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	John Klingberg Alexander Radulov Tyler Seguin Jason Spezza
Arena	American Airlines Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Texas Stars (AHL) Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Seguin (40)
Assists	John Klingberg (59)
Points	Jamie Benn (79)
Penalty minutes	Antoine Roussel (126)
Plus/minus	Radek Faksa (+21)
Wins	Ben Bishop (26)
Goals against average	Ben Bishop (2.49)

The 2017–18 Dallas Stars season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 25th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Nashville Predators	82	53	18	11	47	267	211	+56	117
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	20	10	48	277	218	+59	114
3	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	26	11	42	253	232	+21	101
4	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95
5	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
6	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
7	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Nashville Predators	82	53	18	11	47	267	211	+56	117
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	20	10	48	277	218	+59	114
3	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	26	11	42	253	232	+21	101

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95
3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76
8	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
9	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Stars released their preseason schedule on June 9, 2017.

2017 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 19	St. Louis	3–5	Dallas		McKenna	12,567	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 21	Dallas	1–5	Colorado		Lehtonen	—	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 23	Dallas	4–0	St. Louis		Lehtonen	15,742	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Colorado	4–2	Dallas		Bishop	10,200	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 26	Minnesota	1–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	11,373	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 30	Dallas	1–5	Minnesota		Bishop	18,374	3–3–0	Recap

Regular season

The Stars' regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log
October: 7–5–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 6 Vegas 2–1 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Dallas 2–4 St. Louis Lehtonen 18,858 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 10 Detroit 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,119 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Dallas 1–4 Nashville Bishop 17,113 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 14 Colorado 1–3 Dallas Bishop 17,967 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 17 Arizona 1–3 Dallas Bishop 16,007 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 19 Dallas 5–4 Arizona Bishop 11,225 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 21 Carolina 3–4 Dallas Bishop 18,023 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 24 Dallas 3–5 Colorado Lehtonen 12,823 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 October 26 Dallas 4–5 Edmonton Bishop 18,347 5–5–0 10 Recap 11 October 27 Dallas 2–1 Calgary Lehtonen 18,873 6–5–0 12 Recap 12 October 30 Dallas 2–1 Vancouver OT Bishop 17,109 7–5–0 14 Recap
November: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Dallas 2–5 Winnipeg Bishop 15,321 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 4 Buffalo 1–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,236 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 6 Winnipeg 4–1 Dallas Bishop 17,895 8–7–0 16 Recap 16 November 10 NY Islanders 0–5 Dallas Bishop 18,342 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 13 Dallas 1–5 Carolina Bishop 7,968 9–8–0 18 Recap 18 November 14 Dallas 3–4 Florida SO Lehtonen 10,928 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 16 Dallas 1–6 Tampa Bay Bishop 19,092 9–9–1 19 Recap 20 November 18 Edmonton 3–6 Dallas Bishop 18,312 10–9–1 21 Recap 21 November 21 Montreal 1–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 11–9–1 23 Recap 22 November 22 Dallas 0–3 Colorado Bishop 14,874 11–10–1 23 Recap 23 November 24 Calgary 4–6 Dallas Bishop 18,532 12–10–1 25 Recap 24 November 28 Dallas 3–0 Vegas Bishop 17,579 13–10–1 27 Recap 25 November 30 Dallas 4–3 Chicago OT Bishop 21,589 14–10–1 29 Recap
December: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Chicago 2–3 Dallas SO Bishop 18,532 15–10–1 31 Recap 27 December 3 Dallas 7–2 Colorado Lehtonen 13,194 16–10–1 33 Recap 28 December 5 Nashville 5–2 Dallas Bishop 18,023 16–11–1 33 Recap 29 December 7 Dallas 0–3 St. Louis Lehtonen 16,341 16–12–1 33 Recap 30 December 9 Vegas 5–3 Dallas Bishop 18,532 16–13–1 33 Recap 31 December 11 Dallas 2–1 NY Rangers SO Lehtonen 17,667 17–13–1 35 Recap 32 December 13 Dallas 5–2 NY Islanders Lehtonen 10,316 18–13–1 37 Recap 33 December 15 Dallas 2–5 New Jersey Lehtonen 13,171 18–14–1 37 Recap 34 December 16 Dallas 1–2 Philadelphia OT Bishop 19,477 18–14–2 38 Recap 35 December 19 Washington 4–3 Dallas OT Bishop 18,112 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 21 Chicago 0–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 19–14–3 41 Recap 37 December 23 Nashville 3–4 Dallas SO Bishop 18,532 20–14–3 43 Recap 38 December 27 Dallas 2–4 Minnesota Bishop 19,107 20–15–3 43 Recap 39 December 29 St. Louis 2–4 Dallas Bishop 18,532 21–15–3 45 Recap 40 December 31 San Jose 0–6 Dallas Bishop 18,532 22–15–3 47 Recap
January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Columbus 2–1 Dallas Bishop 17,235 22–16–3 47 Recap 42 January 4 New Jersey 3–4 Dallas Bishop 18,114 23–16–3 49 Recap 43 January 6 Edmonton 1–5 Dallas Bishop 18,532 24–16–3 51 Recap 44 January 13 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Bishop 18,532 24–17–3 51 Recap 45 January 15 Dallas 3–2 Boston OT Lehtonen 17,565 25–17–3 53 Recap 46 January 16 Dallas 4–2 Detroit Bishop 19,515 26–17–3 55 Recap 47 January 18 Dallas 1–2 Columbus SO Bishop 17,574 26–17–4 56 Recap 48 January 20 Dallas 7–1 Buffalo Lehtonen 19,070 27–17–4 58 Recap 49 January 23 Florida 1–6 Dallas Bishop 17,987 28–17–4 60 Recap 50 January 25 Toronto 4–1 Dallas Bishop 18,225 28–18–4 60 Recap 51 January 30 Los Angeles 3–0 Dallas Bishop 17,655 28–19–4 60 Recap
February: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Dallas 4–1 Arizona Lehtonen 10,998 29–19–4 62 Recap 53 February 3 Minnesota 1–6 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 30–19–4 64 Recap 54 February 5 NY Rangers 1–2 Dallas Bishop 17,543 31–19–4 66 Recap 55 February 8 Dallas 4–2 Chicago Bishop 21,422 32–19–4 68 Recap 56 February 9 Pittsburgh 3–4 Dallas SO Lehtonen 18,532 33–19–4 70 Recap 57 February 11 Vancouver 6–0 Dallas Bishop 17,889 33–20–4 70 Recap 58 February 16 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas Bishop 18,532 34–20–4 72 Recap 59 February 18 Dallas 2–5 San Jose Bishop 17,562 34–21–4 72 Recap 60 February 21 Dallas 0–2 Anaheim Bishop 16,609 34–22–4 72 Recap 61 February 22 Dallas 2–0 Los Angeles Lehtonen 18,230 35–22–4 74 Recap 62 February 24 Winnipeg 5–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 35–23–4 74 Recap 63 February 27 Calgary 0–2 Dallas Bishop 17,124 36–23–4 76 Recap
March: 4–8–4 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 0–6–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Tampa Bay 5–4 Dallas OT Bishop 17,337 36–23–5 77 Recap 65 March 3 St. Louis 2–3 Dallas OT Bishop 18,321 37–23–5 79 Recap 66 March 5 Ottawa 3–2 Dallas OT Lehtonen 17,110 37–23–6 80 Recap 67 March 6 Dallas 0–2 Nashville Lehtonen 17,342 37–24–6 80 Recap 68 March 9 Anaheim 1–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 38–24–6 82 Recap 69 March 11 Dallas 1–3 Pittsburgh Lehtonen 18,637 38–25–6 82 Recap 70 March 13 Dallas 2–4 Montreal Lehtonen 21,302 38–26–6 82 Recap 71 March 14 Dallas 5–6 Toronto SO Lehtonen 18,918 38–26–7 83 Recap 72 March 16 Dallas 2–3 Ottawa OT Bishop 15,842 38–26–8 84 Recap 73 March 18 Dallas 2–4 Winnipeg Lehtonen 15,321 38–27–8 84 Recap 74 March 20 Dallas 3–4 Washington Lehtonen 18,506 38–28–8 84 Recap 75 March 23 Boston 3–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 38–29–8 84 Recap 76 March 25 Vancouver 4–1 Dallas Lehtonen 18,112 38–30–8 84 Recap 77 March 27 Philadelphia 2–3 Dallas OT Lehtonen 17,247 39–30–8 86 Recap 78 March 29 Dallas 2–5 Minnesota Lehtonen 19,350 39–31–8 86 Recap 79 March 31 Minnesota 1–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 40–31–8 88 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Dallas 4–2 San Jose McKenna 17,451 41–31–8 90 Recap 81 April 6 Dallas 3–5 Anaheim McKenna 17,355 41–32–8 90 Recap 82 April 7 Dallas 4–2 Los Angeles Lehtonen 18,230 42–32–8 92 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Benn, JamieJamie Benn 82 36 43 79 20 54 Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin 82 40 38 78 12 43 Radulov, AlexanderAlexander Radulov 82 27 45 72 4 72 Klingberg, JohnJohn Klingberg 82 8 59 67 10 26 Janmark, MattiasMattias Janmark 81 19 15 34 −13 24 Faksa, RadekRadek Faksa 79 17 16 33 21 36 Shore, DevinDevin Shore 82 11 21 32 −30 14 Pitlick, TylerTyler Pitlick 80 14 13 27 9 34 Lindell, EsaEsa Lindell 80 7 20 27 19 24 Spezza, JasonJason Spezza 78 8 18 26 −12 12 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 80 3 21 24 −6 33 Roussel, AntoineAntoine Roussel 73 5 12 17 1 126 Johns, StephenStephen Johns 75 8 7 15 10 41 Ritchie, BrettBrett Ritchie 71 7 7 14 1 42 Elie, RemiRemi Elie 72 6 8 14 5 18 Pateryn, GregGreg Pateryn 73 1 12 13 6 50 Smith, GemelGemel Smith 46 6 5 11 5 17 Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal 38 5 5 10 −14 23 Honka, JuliusJulius Honka 42 1 3 4 −1 14 Oleksiak, JamieJamie Oleksiak ‡ || 21 || 1 || 2 || 3 || −6 || 18 Methot, MarcMarc Methot 36 1 2 3 11 31 McKenzie, CurtisCurtis McKenzie 7 0 2 2 3 11 Dickinson, JasonJason Dickinson 27 0 2 2 −2 17 Heatherington, DillonDillon Heatherington 6 0 1 1 3 26 Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell ‡ || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Bishop, BenBen Bishop	53	51	2,886:50	26	17	5	120	2.49	1437	.916	5	0	1	4
Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen	37	30	1,944:18	15	14	3	83	2.56	946	.912	1	0	0	4
McKenna, MikeMike McKenna	2	1	101:20	1	1	0	5	2.96	50	.900	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

Awards and honors

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Faksa, R.R. Faksa NHL Third Star of the Week December 4, 2017

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Seguin, T.T. Seguin 200th career NHL goal November 24, 2017 Lehtonen, K.K. Lehtonen 300th career NHL win December 13, 2017 Radulov, A.A. Radulov 200th career NHL point January 20, 2018 Hamhuis, D.D. Hamhuis 1,000th career NHL game January 30, 2018 Klingberg, J.J. Klingberg 200th career NHL point February 16, 2018

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Ferguson 2nd-round pick in 2020	To Dallas Stars Marc Methot
November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)	To Florida Panthers Ludwig Bystrom	To Dallas Stars Reece Scarlett
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Oleksiak	To Dallas Stars Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019
February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)	To Nashville Predators Mark McNeill	To Dallas Stars Andrew O'Brien

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Flynn	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $700,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Martin Hanzal	Minnesota Wild	3-year, $14.25 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Mike McKenna	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Tyler Pitlick	Edmonton Oilers	3-year, $3 million
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brent Regner	Florida Panthers	1-year, $650,000
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Alex Radulov	Montreal Canadiens	5-year, $31.25 million
April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)	Tony Calderone	Michigan Wolverines	2-year, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)	Travis Morin	Texas Stars	1-year
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Justin Hache	SønderjyskE	Unknown
June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19)	Matej Stransky	Severstal Cherepovets	2-year
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Maxime Lagace	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Antti Niemi	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year, $700,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Patrick Sharp	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year, $1 million
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Ales Hemsky	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $1 million
August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01)	Nick Ebert	Slovan Bratislava	1-year
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Red Bull München	2-year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Patrik Nemeth	Colorado Avalanche	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)
Adam Cracknell	New York Rangers	October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Esa Lindell	2-year, $4.4 million
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Mark McNeill	1-year, $660,000
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	1-year, $945,000
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Brett Ritchie	2-year, $3.5 million
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)	Miro Heiskanen	3-year, $10.275 million entry-level contract
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Radek Faksa	3-year, $6.6 million
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)	Gemel Smith	1-year, $650,000
August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)	Jamie Oleksiak	1-year, $964,688
March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)	Jason Robertson	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Dallas Stars draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Miro Heiskanen	D	Finland	HIFK (Liiga)
1	261	Jake Oettinger	G	United States	Boston Terriers (HE)
2	39	Jason Robertson	LW	United States	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	101	Liam Hawel	C	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	132	Jacob Peterson	C	Sweden	Frolunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
6	163	Brett Davis	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
7	194	Dylan Ferguson	G	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Draft notes:

1. The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Anaheim's first-round pick in 2017 (29th overall) and a third-round pick in 2017 (70th overall) to Chicago in exchange for this pick.