2016–17 Dallas Stars season

2016–17 Dallas Stars
Division	TBD Central
Conference	TBD Western
2016–17 record	10–10–6
Home record	6–3–2
Road record	4–7–4
Goals for	66
Goals against	85
Team information
General Manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	Patrick Sharp Jason Spezza
Arena	American Airlines Center
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Eaves (10)
Assists	Tyler Seguin (18)
Points	Tyler Seguin (27)
Penalties in minutes	Antoine Roussel (66)
Plus/minus	Radek Faksa Antoine Roussel (+3)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen Antti Niemi (5)
Goals against average	Kari Lehtonen (3.03)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Dallas Stars season is 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.[1] Standings Divisional standings Central Division Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 27 16 8 3 14 74 68 +6 35 2 St. Louis Blues 25 14 7 4 13 69 70 −1 32 3 Minnesota Wild 24 12 8 4 12 66 51 +15 28 4 Winnipeg Jets 28 13 13 2 12 74 81 −7 28 5 Nashville Predators 24 11 9 4 11 71 66 +5 26 6 Dallas Stars 26 10 10 6 10 66 85 −19 26 7 Colorado Avalanche 23 9 13 1 9 49 69 −20 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 4, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Conference standings Top 3 (Central Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 27 16 8 3 14 74 68 +6 35 2 St. Louis Blues 25 14 7 4 13 69 70 −1 32 3 Minnesota Wild 24 12 8 4 12 66 51 +15 28 Source: National Hockey League Top 3 (Pacific Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 San Jose Sharks 25 15 9 1 15 60 51 +9 31 2 Edmonton Oilers 27 14 10 3 13 80 70 +10 31 3 Anaheim Ducks 26 12 9 5 12 67 67 0 29 Source: National Hockey League Western Conference Wild Card Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 PA Los Angeles Kings 25 13 10 2 12 66 66 0 28 2 CE Winnipeg Jets 28 13 13 2 12 74 81 −7 28 3 PA Calgary Flames 28 13 13 2 11 71 82 −11 28 4 CE Nashville Predators 24 11 9 4 11 71 66 +5 26 5 CE Dallas Stars 26 10 10 6 10 66 85 −19 26 6 PA Vancouver Canucks 25 11 12 2 8 58 75 −17 24 7 PA Arizona Coyotes 24 8 12 4 6 57 76 −19 20 8 CE Colorado Avalanche 23 9 13 1 9 49 69 −20 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Schedule and results Pre-season Pre-season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)[2] # 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 Game Log[3] 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 November: 6–5–5 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 Dallas 2–3 Columbus OT Niemi 10,141 3–4–2 8 Recap 10 November 3 St. Louis 2–6 Dallas Niemi 18,532 4–4–2 10 Recap 11 November 5 Chicago 3–2 Dallas Niemi 18,532 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 November 6 Dallas 3–4 Chicago OT Lehtonen 21,901 4–5–3 11 Recap 13 November 8 Dallas 2–8 Winnipeg Lehtonen 15,294 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 10 Dallas 4–2 Calgary Lehtonen 18,795 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 11 Dallas 3–2 Edmonton Lehtonen 18,347 6–6–3 15 Recap 16 November 13 Dallas 4–5 Vancouver OT Lehtonen 18,470 6–6–4 16 Recap 17 November 15 New Jersey 2–1 Dallas OT Niemi 18,039 6–6–5 17 Recap 18 November 17 Colorado 2–3 Dallas Lehtonen 18,237 7–6–5 19 Recap 19 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 Dallas Lehtonen 14,828 7–7–5 19 Recap 20 November 21 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Niemi 18,532 8–7–5 21 Recap 21 November 23 Dallas 2–5 Nashville Lehtonen 17,119 8–8–5 21 Recap 22 November 25 Vancouver 1–2 Dallas Niemi 18,532 9–8–5 23 Recap 23 November 28 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis OT Niemi 17,169 9–8–6 24 Recap 24 November 29 Dallas 1–3 Detroit Lehtonen 20,027 9–9–6 24 Recap December: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Dallas 2–6 Pittsburgh Niemi 18,420 9–10–6 24 Recap 26 December 3 Dallas 3–0 Colorado Lehtonen 16,725 10–10–6 26 Recap 27 December 6 Calgary – Dallas –– 28 December 8 Nashville – Dallas –– 29 December 10 Dallas – Philadelphia –– 30 December 11 Dallas – Chicago –– 31 December 13 Anaheim – Dallas –– 32 December 15 NY Rangers – Dallas –– 33 December 17 Philadelphia – Dallas –– 34 December 20 St. Louis – Dallas –– 35 December 23 Los Angeles – Dallas –– 36 December 27 Dallas – Arizona –– 37 December 29 Colorado – Dallas –– 38 December 31 Florida – Dallas –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 4 Montreal – Dallas –– 40 January 7 Dallas – St. Louis –– 41 January 9 Dallas – Los Angeles –– 42 January 10 Dallas – Anaheim –– 43 January 12 Detroit – Dallas –– 44 January 14 Minnesota – Dallas –– 45 January 16 Dallas – Buffalo –– 46 January 17 Dallas – NY Rangers –– 47 January 19 Dallas – NY Islanders –– 48 January 21 Washington – Dallas –– 49 January 24 Minnesota – Dallas –– 50 January 26 Buffalo – Dallas –– 51 January 31 Toronto – Dallas –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Winnipeg – Dallas –– 53 February 4 Chicago – Dallas –– 54 February 7 Dallas – Toronto –– 55 February 9 Dallas – Ottawa –– 56 February 11 Carolina – Dallas –– 57 February 12 Dallas – Nashville –– 58 February 14 Dallas – Winnipeg –– 59 February 16 Dallas – Minnesota –– 60 February 18 Tampa Bay – Dallas –– 61 February 24 Arizona – Dallas –– 62 February 26 Boston – Dallas –– 63 February 28 Pittsburgh – Dallas –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 NY Islanders – Dallas –– 65 March 4 Dallas – Florida –– 66 March 6 Dallas – Washington –– 67 March 8 Ottawa – Dallas –– 68 March 12 Dallas – San Jose –– 69 March 14 Dallas – Edmonton –– 70 March 16 Dallas – Vancouver –– 71 March 17 Dallas – Calgary –– 72 March 20 San Jose – Dallas –– 73 March 23 Dallas – Chicago –– 74 March 24 San Jose – Dallas –– 75 March 26 Dallas – New Jersey –– 76 March 28 Dallas – Montreal –– 77 March 30 Dallas – Boston –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Dallas – Carolina –– 79 April 2 Dallas – Tampa Bay –– 80 April 4 Arizona – Dallas –– 81 April 6 Nashville – Dallas –– 82 April 8 Colorado – Dallas –– Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Player statistics As of November 1, 2016 Skaters Regular Season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin 9 5 3 8 −3 2 Shore, DevinDevin Shore 9 1 5 6 1 0 Benn, JamieJamie Benn 9 2 3 5 −6 11 Spezza, JasonJason Spezza 7 3 1 4 −7 0 Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves 8 1 3 4 −2 0 Klingberg, JohnJohn Klingberg 9 0 4 4 −3 6 Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell 9 2 1 3 1 0 Ritchie, BrettBrett Ritchie 9 2 1 3 2 4 Roussel, AntoineAntoine Roussel 9 1 2 3 2 29 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya 9 0 3 3 −1 6 Benn, JordieJordie Benn 7 0 3 3 −1 6 Korpikoski, LauriLauri Korpikoski 9 1 1 2 4 2 Faksa, RadekRadek Faksa 9 1 1 2 −1 6 Johns, StephenStephen Johns 7 1 1 2 −3 2 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 8 0 2 2 0 4 McKenzie, CurtisCurtis McKenzie 6 0 2 2 1 0 Dowling, JustinJustin Dowling 2 0 1 1 −1 2 Sharp, PatrickPatrick Sharp 4 0 1 1 −2 8 Nemeth, PatrikPatrik Nemeth 6 0 0 0 1 2 Lindell, EsaEsa Lindell 6 0 0 0 0 0 Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler 4 0 0 0 −3 0 Smith, GemelGemel Smith 4 0 0 0 −1 4 Oleksiak, JamieJamie Oleksiak 2 0 0 0 1 5 Hemsky, AlesAles Hemsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltenders Regular Season[5] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen 14 14 751:11 4 7 3 41 2.80 355 .884 0 0 0 0 Niemi, AnttiAntti Niemi 13 10 679:13 5 2 3 31 2.39 371 .916 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 Roster Updated November 18, 2016.[6] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 14 Benn, JamieJamie Benn (C) C/LW L 27 2007 Victoria, British Columbia 24 Benn, JordieJordie Benn D L 29 2011 Victoria, British Columbia 27 Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell RW R 31 2016 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 20 Eakin, CodyCody Eakin C L 25 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves C R 32 2014 Calgary, Alberta 12 Faksa, RadekRadek Faksa C L 22 2012 Vítkov, Czech Republic 2 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis D L 33 2016 Smithers, British Columbia 83 Hemsky, AlesAles Hemsky  RW R 33 2014 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia 22 Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler  RW L 32 2016 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia 13 Janmark, MattiasMattias Janmark  C L 23 2015 Danderyd, Sweden 28 Johns, StephenStephen Johns D R 24 2015 Ellwood City, Pennsylvania 3 Klingberg, JohnJohn Klingberg D R 24 2010 Lerum, Sweden 38 Korpikoski, LauriLauri Korpikoski LW L 30 2016 Turku, Finland 32 Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen G L 33 2010 Helsinki, Finland 11 McKenzie, CurtisCurtis McKenzie LW L 25 2009 Golden, British Columbia 15 Nemeth, PatrikPatrik Nemeth D L 24 2010 Stockholm, Sweden 31 Niemi, AnttiAntti Niemi G L 33 2015 Vantaa, Finland 5 Oleksiak, JamieJamie Oleksiak D L 23 2011 Toronto, Ontario 47 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya D L 35 2015 Stockholm, Sweden 25 Ritchie, BrettBrett Ritchie RW R 23 2011 Orangeville, Ontario 21 Roussel, AntoineAntoine Roussel LW L 27 2012 Roubaix, France 91 Seguin, TylerTyler Seguin RW/C R 24 2013 Brampton, Ontario 10 Sharp, PatrickPatrick Sharp (A)  LW R 34 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba 17 Shore, DevinDevin Shore C L 22 2012 Ajax, Ontario 90 Spezza, JasonJason Spezza (A) C R 33 2014 Mississauga, Ontario Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season: Trades Date Details Ref June 16, 2016 To Arizona Coyotes Alex Goligoski (negotiating rights) To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2016 [7] June 25, 2016 To Los Angeles Kings Jack Campbell To Dallas Stars Nick Ebert [8] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Dan Hamhuis Vancouver Canucks 2 years, $7.5 million [9] July 1, 2016 Andrew Bodnarchuk Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $1.45 million [10] July 1, 2016 Dustin Stevenson Stockton Heat 1 year, $600,000 [10] July 3, 2016 Adam Cracknell Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $600,000 [11] August 24, 2016 Jiri Hudler Florida Panthers 1 year, $2 million [12] September 29, 2016 Ondrej Vala Kamloops Blazers 3 years, entry-level contract [13] October 10, 2016 Lauri Korpikoski Edmonton Oilers 1 years, $1 million [14] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Colton Sceviour Florida Panthers 2 years, $1.9 million [15] July 1, 2016 Jason Demers Florida Panthers 5 years, $22.5 million [16] July 1, 2016 Vernon Fiddler New Jersey Devils 1 year, $1.25 million [17] September 29, 2016 Valeri Nichushkin CSKA Moscoe 2 years, undisclosed [18] October 7, 2016 Kris Russell Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $3.1 million [19] 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 June 24, 2016 Jordie Benn 3 years, $3.3 million [20] June 30, 2016 Maxime Lagace 1 year, $600,000 [21] June 30, 2016 Patrick Eaves 1 year, $1 million [22] July 12, 2016 Jamie Oleksiak 1 year, $918,750 [23] July 15, 2016 Jamie Benn 8 years, $76 million contract extension [24] July 18, 2016 Matej Stransky 1 year, $575,000 [25] 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^[a] Fredrik Karlstrom C Sweden AIK (Swe-Jr) 4 116 Rhett Gardner C Canada North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC) 5 128^[b] 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).[26] The condition – Calgary will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Dallas fails to qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final[26] – 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).[27] 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.[28] ^[a] 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.[29] ^[b] 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.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32] References National Hockey League (2013). 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