2015–16 Dallas Stars season

2015–16 Dallas Stars
Central Division champions
Division1st Central
Conference1st Western
2015–16 record50–23–9
Home record28–11–2
Road record22–12–7
Goals for267
Goals against230
Team information
General managerJim Nill
CoachLindy Ruff
CaptainJamie Benn
Alternate captainsVernon Fiddler
Alex Goligoski
ArenaAmerican Airlines Center
Average attendance18,342[1]
(30 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)Texas Stars (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJamie Benn (41)
AssistsJamie Benn
John Klingberg (48)
PointsJamie Benn (89)
Penalty minutesAntoine Roussel (123)
Plus/minusJohn Klingberg (+22)
WinsKari Lehtonen
Antti Niemi (25)
Goals against averageAntti Niemi (2.67)

The 2015–16 Dallas Stars season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.[2]

Standings

Central Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Dallas Stars 82 50 23 9 48 267 230 +37 109
2 x – St. Louis Blues 82 49 24 9 44 224 201 +23 107
3 x – Chicago Blackhawks 82 47 26 9 46 235 209 +26 103
4 x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
5 x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
6 Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)[4]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 22 Dallas 2–3 Florida Campbell 5,504 0–1–0 Recap
2 September 24 Dallas 0–6 St. Louis Lehtonen 11,876 0–2–0 Recap
3 September 26 Tampa Bay 3–6 Dallas Niemi 14,676 1–2–0 Recap
4 September 27 Florida 4–2 Dallas Lehtonen 10,113 1–3–0 Recap
5 September 29 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Niemi 11,544 1–4–0 Recap
6 October 1 Dallas 2–3 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 14,226 1–5–0 Recap
7 October 3 Dallas 0–4 Chicago Niemi 21,221 1–6–0 Recap

Regular season

Game Log[4]
October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 8 Pittsburgh 0–3 Dallas Niemi 18,532 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 10 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Niemi 16,024 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 13 Edmonton 2–4 Dallas Lehtonen 16,265 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 15 Dallas 5–3 Tampa Bay Lehtonen 19,092 3–1–0 6 Recap
5 October 17 Dallas 4–2 Florida Lehtonen 12,834 4–1–0 8 Recap
6 October 20 Dallas 2–1 Philadelphia Niemi 19,077 5–1–0 10 Recap
7 October 22 Dallas 4–1 Pittsburgh Niemi 18,490 6–1–0 12 Recap
8 October 24 Florida 6–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 6–2–0 12 Recap
9 October 27 Anaheim 3–4 Dallas Niemi 17,798 7–2–0 14 Recap
10 October 29 Vancouver 3–4 Dallas OT Niemi 17,664 8–2–0 16 Recap
11 October 31 San Jose 3–5 Dallas Niemi 18,178 9–2–0 18 Recap
November: 10–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 6–1–0) 20 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 2 Dallas 1–4 Toronto Niemi 19,087 9–3–0 18 Recap
13 November 3 Dallas 5–3 Boston Lehtonen 17,565 10–3–0 20 Recap
14 November 6 Dallas 4–1 Carolina Lehtonen 10,188 11–3–0 22 Recap
15 November 8 Dallas 4–1 Detroit Lehtonen 20,027 12–3–0 24 Recap
16 November 10 Toronto 3–2 Dallas Niemi 18,266 12–4–0 24 Recap
17 November 12 Winnipeg 3–6 Dallas Lehtonen 18,010 13–4–0 26 Recap
18 November 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Lehtonen 18,532 14–4–0 28 Recap
19 November 17 Dallas 3–1 Buffalo Niemi 18,101 15–4–0 30 Recap
20 November 19 Dallas 3–2 Washington Lehtonen 18,506 16–4–0 32 Recap
21 November 21 Buffalo 0–3 Dallas Niemi 18,532 17–4–0 34 Recap
22 November 24 Ottawa 7–4 Dallas Niemi 18,532 17–5–0 34 Recap
23 November 27 Vancouver 2–3 Dallas SO Niemi 18,532 18–5–0 36 Recap
24 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Niemi 19,024 19–5–0 38 Recap
December: 9–3–3 (Home: 7–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–3) 21 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
25 December 1 Dallas 3–4 Calgary SO Niemi 19,237 19–5–1 39 Recap
26 December 3 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Lehtonen 18,302 20–5–1 41 Recap
27 December 4 Dallas 1–2 Edmonton OT Niemi 16,839 20–5–2 42 Recap
28 December 8 Carolina 5–6 Dallas Niemi 18,287 21–5–2 44 Recap
29 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Dallas Niemi 18,532 22–5–2 46 Recap
30 December 12 Dallas 0–3 St. Louis Niemi 15,023 22–6–2 46 Recap
31 December 15 Columbus 1–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,232 23–6–2 48 Recap
32 December 17 Calgary 3–1 Dallas Lehtonen 18,410 23–7–2 48 Recap
33 December 19 Montreal 2–6 Dallas Niemi 18,532 24–7–2 50 Recap
34 December 21 Dallas 6–3 Minnesota Niemi 19,047 25–7–2 52 Recap
35 December 22 Chicago 0–4 Dallas Niemi 18,532 26–7–2 54 Recap
36 December 26 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis SO Niemi 19,185 26–7–3 55 Recap
37 December 27 St. Louis 0–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 27–7–3 57 Recap
38 December 29 Dallas 3–6 Columbus Lehtonen 15,836 27–8–3 57 Recap
39 December 31 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Niemi 18,532 28–8–3 59 Recap
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–4–2) 8 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
40 January 2 Dallas 2–3 New Jersey OT Niemi 16,514 28–8–4 60 Recap
41 January 3 Dallas 5–6 NY Islanders Lehtonen 14,054 28–9–4 60 Recap
42 January 5 Dallas 2–6 NY Rangers Niemi 18,006 28–10–4 60 Recap
43 January 7 Winnipeg 1–2 Dallas SO Lehtonen 18,532 29–10–4 62 Recap
44 January 9 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Niemi 18,532 29–11–4 62 Recap
45 January 15 Dallas 2–4 Anaheim Lehtonen 16,201 29–12–4 62 Recap
46 January 16 Dallas 3–4 San Jose OT Niemi 17,562 29–12–5 63 Recap
47 January 19 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles Lehtonen 18,230 29–13–5 63 Recap
48 January 21 Edmonton 2–3 Dallas Niemi 18,532 30–13–5 65 Recap
49 January 23 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Niemi 18,532 30–14–5 65 Recap
50 January 25 Calgary 1–2 Dallas Niemi 18,532 31–14–5 67 Recap
February: 7–5–2 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 6–1–1) 16 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
51 February 2 Dallas 5–3 Winnipeg Niemi 15,294 32–14–5 69 Recap
52 February 4 Dallas 4–3 Colorado OT Niemi 14,351 33–14–5 71 Recap
53 February 6 Chicago 5–1 Dallas Niemi 18,532 33–15–5 71 Recap
54 February 9 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota OT Niemi 19,087 34–15–5 73 Recap
55 February 11 Dallas 4–2 Chicago Lehtonen 22,051 35–15–5 75 Recap
56 February 13 Washington 3–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 36–15–5 77 Recap
57 February 15 Dallas 3–2 Nashville OT Niemi 17,113 37–15–5 79 Recap
58 February 16 Dallas 1–2 St. Louis OT Lehtonen 18,156 37–15–6 80 Recap
59 February 18 Dallas 3–6 Arizona Niemi 11,853 37–16–6 80 Recap
60 February 20 Boston 7–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 37–17–6 80 Recap
61 February 23 Dallas 5–3 Winnipeg Niemi 15,294 38–17–6 82 Recap
62 February 25 Winnipeg 6–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 38–18–6 82 Recap
63 February 27 NY Rangers 3–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 38–19–6 82 Recap
64 February 29 Detroit 3–2 Dallas OT Niemi 18,532 38–19–7 83 Recap
March: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) 20 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
65 March 1 Dallas 3–5 Nashville Niemi 17,113 38–20–7 83 Recap
66 March 4 New Jersey 2–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,117 39–20–7 85 Recap
67 March 6 Dallas 2–1 Ottawa Lehtonen 19,419 40–20–7 87 Recap
68 March 8 Dallas 3–4 Montreal OT Lehtonen 21,288 40–20–8 88 Recap
69 March 11 Chicago 2–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 41–20–8 90 Recap
70 March 12 St. Louis 5–4 Dallas OT Niemi 18,532 41–20–9 91 Recap
71 March 15 Los Angeles 5–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 41–21–9 91 Recap
72 March 17 Tampa Bay 3–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 42–21–9 93 Recap
73 March 19 NY Islanders 0–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 43–21–9 95 Recap
74 March 22 Dallas 6–2 Chicago Lehtonen 22,034 44–21–9 97 Recap
75 March 24 Dallas 1–3 Arizona Lehtonen 11,887 44–22–9 97 Recap
76 March 26 Dallas 4–2 San Jose Niemi 16,439 45–22–9 99 Recap
77 March 29 Nashville 2–5 Dallas Lehtonen 18,265 46–22–9 101 Recap
78 March 31 Arizona 1–4 Dallas Niemi 18,532 47–22–9 103 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) 6 pts
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
79 April 2 Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Lehtonen 18,230 48–22–9 105 Recap
80 April 3 Dallas 1–3 Anaheim Niemi 16,585 48–23–9 105 Recap
81 April 7 Colorado 2–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 49–23–9 107 Recap
82 April 9 Nashville 2–3 Dallas Niemi 18,532 50–23–9 109 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 14 Minnesota 0–4 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 1–0 Recap
2 April 16 Minnesota 1–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,988 2–0 Recap
3 April 18 Dallas 3–5 Minnesota Lehtonen 19,038 2–1 Recap
4 April 20 Dallas 3–2 Minnesota Niemi 19,080 3–1 Recap
5 April 22 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Niemi 18,889 3–2 Recap
6 April 24 Dallas 5–4 Minnesota Lehtonen 19,310 4–2 Recap
Western Conference Second Round vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 29 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas Lehtonen 18,532 1–0 Recap
2 May 1 St. Louis 4–3 Dallas OT Niemi 18,889 1–1 Recap
3 May 3 Dallas 1–6 St. Louis Niemi 19,323 1–2 Recap
4 May 5 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis OT Lehtonen 19,770 2–2 Recap
5 May 7 St. Louis 4–1 Dallas Lehtonen 18,754 2–3 Recap
6 May 9 Dallas 3–2 St. Louis Lehtonen 19,808 3–3 Recap
7 May 11 St. Louis 6–1 Dallas Lehtonen 18,754 3–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jamie Benn 82 41 48 89 7 64
Tyler Seguin 72 33 40 73 2 16
Jason Spezza 75 33 30 63 4 22
John Klingberg 76 10 48 58 22 30
Patrick Sharp 76 20 35 55 −3 27
Ales Hemsky 75 13 26 39 3 20
Alex Goligoski 82 5 32 37 21 34
Cody Eakin 82 16 19 35 3 42
Mattias Janmark 73 15 14 29 12 16
Antoine Roussel 80 13 16 29 11 123
Valeri Nichushkin 79 9 20 29 2 12
Colton Sceviour 71 11 12 23 6 21
Jason Demers 62 7 16 23 16 72
Vernon Fiddler 82 12 10 22 5 31
Johnny Oduya 82 4 17 21 8 26
Patrick Eaves 54 11 6 17 −5 27
Radek Faksa 45 5 7 12 9 16
Jordie Benn 64 3 9 12 2 21
Patrik Nemeth 38 0 8 8 −1 14
Jyrki Jokipakka 40 2 4 6 1 6
Kris Russell† 11 0 4 4 −1 2
Stephen Johns 14 1 2 3 −6 6
Travis Moen 23 0 2 2 −3 21
Jamie Oleksiak 19 0 2 2 −5 21
Jason Dickinson 1 1 0 1 1 0
Brett Ritchie 8 0 1 1 −3 7
Curtis McKenzie 3 0 0 0 −1 0
Esa Lindell 4 0 0 0 −3 0
Devin Shore 3 0 0 0 2 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Jamie Benn 13 5 10 15 2 10
Jason Spezza 13 5 8 13 0 2
Cody Eakin 13 1 7 8 −4 8
Alex Goligoski 13 4 3 7 −6 6
Patrick Sharp 13 4 2 6 −4 0
Patrick Eaves 9 3 3 6 3 2
Radek Faksa 13 3 2 5 2 2
Mattias Janmark 12 2 3 5 −3 2
Colton Sceviour 11 2 3 5 1 0
John Klingberg 13 1 3 4 −5 2
Ales Hemsky 13 1 3 4 −1 2
Kris Russell 12 0 4 4 1 4
Johnny Oduya 13 1 2 3 1 2
Vernon Fiddler 13 1 2 3 −1 8
Jason Demers 13 0 3 3 1 8
Antoine Roussel 13 2 0 2 0 16
Valeri Nichushkin 10 0 1 1 −2 2
Travis Moen 6 0 0 0 −1 2
Jordie Benn 1 0 0 0 2 4
Curtis McKenzie 1 0 0 0 0 5
Stephen Johns 13 0 0 0 0 6
Tyler Seguin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Ritchie 2 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[6]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Antti Niemi 48 43 2654 25 13 7 118 2.67 1246 .905 3 0 2 2
Kari Lehtonen 43 39 2279 25 10 2 105 2.76 1121 .906 2 0 3 2
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Kari Lehtonen 11 10 555 6 3 26 2.81 257 .899 1 0 0 0
Antti Niemi 5 3 237 1 3 13 3.29 96 .865 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

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Jason Demers Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino during NHL game No. 93 in Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 16:48 of the third period. 2 games $36,559.14 October 23, 2015[7]

Awards and honors

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
T. Seguin NHL Second Star of the Week[8] October 19, 2015
Ja. Benn NHL First Star of the Month[9] November 2, 2015
T. Seguin NHL Second Star of the Week[10] November 9, 2015
Ja. Benn NHL First Star of the Week[11] November 30, 2015
A. Niemi NHL Second Star of the Week[12] December 28, 2015
T. Seguin NHL All-Star game selection[13] January 6, 2016
Ja. Benn NHL All-Star game selection[13] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
M. Janmark 1st career NHL game
1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 October 8, 2015
J. Demers 100th career NHL assist October 10, 2015
C. Sceviour 100th career NHL game October 13, 2015
M. Janmark 1st career NHL assist October 13, 2015
K. Lehtonen 250th career NHL win October 15, 2015
R. Faksa 1st career NHL game October 17, 2015
A. Niemi 20,000 career NHL minutes October 27, 2015
D. Shore 1st career NHL game November 3, 2015
T. Seguin 300th career NHL point November 3, 2015
J. Jokipakka 1st career NHL goal November 3, 2015
R. Faksa 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 November 6, 2015
V. Nichushkin 100th career NHL game November 8, 2015
A. Goligoski 500th career NHL game November 19, 2015
Jo. Benn 200th career NHL game November 19, 2015
K. Lehtonen 30,000 career NHL minutes November 19, 2015
P. Eaves 500th career NHL game November 28, 2015
A. Niemi 200th career NHL wins November 28, 2015
Ja. Benn 400th career NHL point December 15, 2015
J. Spezza 800th career NHL game December 17, 2015
A. Goligoski 200th career NHL assist December 19, 2015
J. Klingberg 100th career NHL game December 22, 2015
J. Oduya 700th career NHL game December 26, 2015
J. Spezza 500th career NHL assist January 5, 2016

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To San Jose Sharks
7th-round pick in 2015 		To Dallas Stars
Antti Niemi (rights) 		[14]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) To Chicago Blackhawks
Trevor Daley
Ryan Garbutt 		To Dallas Stars
Patrick Sharp
Stephen Johns 		[15]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Calgary Flames
Jyrki Jokipakka
Brett Pollock
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2016 		To Dallas Stars
Kris Russell 		[16]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15) Johnny Oduya Chicago Blackhawks 2 years, $7.5 million [17]


Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Jhonas Enroth Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $1.25 million [18]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) Shawn Horcoff Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1.75 million [19]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date Ref

Lost via retirement

Date Player Ref
September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04) Rich Peverley [20]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) Antti Niemi 3 years, $13.5 million [21]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Patrick Eaves 1 year, $1.15 million [22]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Curtis McKenzie 2 years, $1.35 million [23]
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) Jamie Oleksiak 1 year, $875,000 [24]
August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28) Cody Eakin 4 years, $15.4 million contract extension [25]
March 18, 2016 (2016-03-18) Stephen Johns 2 years, contract extension [26]
March 25, 2016 (2016-03-25) Niklas Hansson 3 years, entry-level contract [27]
May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12) Denis Gurianov 3 years, entry-level contract [28]
May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18) Chris Martenet 3 years, entry-level contract [29]
May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) Justin Dowling 1 year [30]
May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) Brendan Ranford 1 year [30]
June 9, 2016 (2016-06-09) Mattias Backman 1 year [31]
June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) Brett Ritchie 1 year [32]

Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 12 Denis Guryanov RW  Russia Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia-Jr.)
2 49[a] Roope Hintz LW  Finland Ilves (Finland)
4 103 Chris Martenet D  United States London Knights (OHL)
5 133 Joseph Cecconi D  United States Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
6 163 Markus Ruusu G  Finland JYP Jr. (Finland-Jr.)
Draft notes[33]
  • The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 (36th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2015 or 2016 and this pick.[34] Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson to the Stars in exchange for Alex Chiasson, Nick Paul, Alex Guptill and this pick.[35]
  • a The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.[36]
  • The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[37] The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games[36] – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.[38]
  • The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.[34]

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