2023–24 Dallas Stars season

The 2023–24 Dallas Stars season is the 57th season (56th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 31st season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 season.

2023–24 Dallas Stars
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2023–24 record	3–0–1
Home record	2–0–0
Road record	1–0–1
Goals for	12
Goals against	10
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	Miro Heiskanen Esa Lindell Joe Pavelski Tyler Seguin
Arena	American Airlines Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Texas Stars (AHL) Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jamie Benn Joe Pavelski Craig Smith (1)
Assists	5 tied (1)
Points	8 tied (1)
Penalty minutes	Mason Marchment (7)
Plus/minus	Thomas Harley (+3)
Wins	Jake Oettinger (1)
Goals against average	Jake Oettinger (1.38)
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Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	5	5	0	0	4	21	8	+13	10
2	Dallas Stars	4	3	0	1	1	12	10	+2	7
3	Arizona Coyotes	5	3	2	0	2	13	9	+4	6
4	Nashville Predators	6	3	3	0	3	18	16	+2	6
5	St. Louis Blues	4	2	1	1	1	9	11	−2	5
6	Minnesota Wild	5	2	2	1	2	18	21	−3	5
7	Winnipeg Jets	5	2	3	0	1	16	21	−5	4
8	Chicago Blackhawks	6	2	4	0	2	14	18	−4	4

Updated to game(s) played on October 21, 2023. Source: National Hockey League^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	Nashville Predators	6	3	3	0	3	18	16	+2	6
2	CE	St. Louis Blues	4	2	1	1	1	9	11	−2	5
3	CE	Minnesota Wild	5	2	2	1	2	18	21	−3	5
4	PA	Calgary Flames	6	2	3	1	2	16	23	−7	5
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	5	2	3	0	1	16	21	−5	4
6	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	6	2	4	0	2	14	18	−4	4
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	5	1	3	1	1	13	20	−7	3
8	PA	Seattle Kraken	6	1	4	1	1	11	21	−10	3
9	PA	Anaheim Ducks	5	1	4	0	1	11	15	−4	2
10	PA	San Jose Sharks	5	0	4	1	0	7	20	−13	1

Updated to game(s) played on October 22, 2023. Source: National Hockey League^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Dallas Stars preseason schedule was released on June 23, 2023.^[3]

2023 preseason game log: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Location Attendance Record 1^A September 24 Arizona 0–7 Dallas Gibson H-E-B Center at Cedar Park — 1–0–0 2 September 26 Minnesota 1–6 Dallas Wedgewood American Airlines Center 14,114 2–0–0 3^B September 30 Dallas 4–3 OT St. Louis Poirier Cable Dahmer Arena 5,800 3–0–0 4 October 1 Dallas 3–4 OT Colorado Gibson Ball Arena 15,207 3–0–1 5 October 3 Colorado 1–3 Dallas Wedgewood American Airlines Center 14,523 4–0–1 6 October 5 St. Louis 4–0 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 15,365 4–1–1 7 October 7 Dallas 0–4 Minnesota Oettinger Xcel Energy Center 18,205 4–2–1

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss ^A – Game played in Cedar Park, TX ^B – Game played in Independence, MO

Regular season

The Dallas Stars regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.^[4]

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

2023–24 game log: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–0; away: 1–0–1)
October: 3–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 12 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas SO Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 1–0–0 2 ^[5] 2 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Vegas SO Oettinger T-Mobile Arena 17,612 1–0–1 3 ^[6] 3 October 19 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim Oettinger Honda Center 14,274 2–0–1 5 ^[7] 4 October 21 Philadelphia 4–5 Dallas OT Wedgewood American Airlines Center 18,532 3–0–1 7 ^[8] 5 October 24 Dallas -- Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 6 October 26 Toronto -- Dallas American Airlines Center 7 October 30 Columbus -- Dallas American Airlines Center
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 8 November 1 Dallas -- Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 9 November 2 Dallas -- Edmonton Rogers Place 10 November 4 Dallas -- Vancouver Rogers Arena 11 November 6 Boston -- Dallas American Airlines Center 12 November 9 Dallas -- Columbus Nationwide Arena 13 November 11 Dallas -- Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 14 November 12 Dallas -- Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 15 November 14 Arizona -- Dallas American Airlines Center 16 November 18 Colorado -- Dallas American Airlines Center 17 November 20 NY Rangers -- Dallas American Airlines Center 18 November 22 Vegas -- Dallas American Airlines Center 19 November 24 Calgary -- Dallas American Airlines Center 20 November 28 Dallas -- Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 21 November 30 Dallas -- Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 22 December 2 Tampa Bay -- Dallas American Airlines Center 23 December 4 Dallas -- Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 24 December 6 Dallas -- Florida Amerant Bank Arena 25 December 7 Dallas -- Washington Capital One Arena 26 December 9 Vegas -- Dallas American Airlines Center 27 December 11 Detroit -- Dallas American Airlines Center 28 December 15 Ottawa -- Dallas American Airlines Center 29 December 16 Dallas -- St. Louis Enterprise Center 30 December 18 Seattle -- Dallas American Airlines Center 31 December 21 Vancouver -- Dallas American Airlines Center 32 December 23 Dallas -- Nashville Bridgestone Arena 33 December 27 Dallas -- St. Louis Enterprise Center 34 December 29 Chicago -- Dallas American Airlines Center 35 December 31 Chicago -- Dallas American Airlines Center
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 36 January 2 Montreal -- Dallas American Airlines Center 37 January 4 Colorado -- Dallas American Airlines Center 38 January 6 Nashville -- Dallas American Airlines Center 39 January 8 Dallas -- Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 40 January 10 Minnesota -- Dallas American Airlines Center 41 January 12 Nashville -- Dallas American Airlines Center 42 January 13 Dallas -- Chicago United Center 43 January 16 Los Angeles -- Dallas American Airlines Center 44 January 18 Dallas -- Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 45 January 20 Dallas -- New Jersey Prudential Center 46 January 21 Dallas -- NY Islanders UBS Arena 47 January 23 Dallas -- Detroit Little Caesars Arena 48 January 25 Anaheim -- Dallas American Airlines Center 49 January 27 Washington -- Dallas American Airlines Center
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 50 February 6 Dallas -- Buffalo KeyBank Center 51 February 7 Dallas -- Toronto Scotiabank Arena 52 February 10 Dallas -- Montreal Bell Centre 53 February 13 Carolina -- Dallas American Airlines Center 54 February 15 Dallas -- Nashville Bridgestone Arena 55 February 17 Edmonton -- Dallas American Airlines Center 56 February 19 Dallas -- Boston TD Garden 57 February 20 Dallas -- NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 58 February 22 Dallas -- Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 59 February 24 Dallas -- Carolina PNC Arena 60 February 26 NY Islanders -- Dallas American Airlines Center 61 February 27 Dallas -- Colorado Ball Arena 62 February 29 Winnipeg -- Dallas American Airlines Center
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 63 March 2 San Jose -- Dallas American Airlines Center 64 March 5 Dallas -- San Jose SAP Center 65 March 8 Dallas -- Anaheim Honda Center 66 March 9 Dallas -- Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 67 March 12 Florida -- Dallas American Airlines Center 68 March 14 New Jersey -- Dallas American Airlines Center 69 March 16 Los Angeles -- Dallas American Airlines Center 70 March 20 Arizona -- Dallas American Airlines Center 71 March 22 Pittsburgh -- Dallas American Airlines Center 72 March 24 Dallas -- Arizona Mullett Arena 73 March 26 Dallas -- San Jose SAP Center 74 March 28 Dallas -- Vancouver Rogers Arena 75 March 30 Dallas -- Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Location OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 76 April 3 Edmonton -- Dallas American Airlines Center 77 April 6 Dallas -- Chicago United Center 78 April 7 Dallas -- Colorado Ball Arena 79 April 9 Buffalo -- Dallas American Airlines Center 80 April 11 Winnipeg -- Dallas American Airlines Center 81 April 13 Seattle -- Dallas American Airlines Center 82 April 17 St. Louis -- Dallas American Airlines Center

Roster

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Updated October 13, 2023^[9][10]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
14		Jamie Benn (C)	LW	L	34	2007	Victoria, British Columbia
63		Evgenii Dadonov	RW	L	34	2023	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
10		Ty Dellandrea	C	R	23	2018	Port Perry, Ontario
95		Matt Duchene	C	L	32	2023	Haliburton, Ontario
12		Radek Faksa	C	L	29	2012	Vítkov, Czech Republic
2		Jani Hakanpaa	D	R	31	2021	Kirkkonummi, Finland
44		Joel Hanley	D	L	32	2018	Keswick, Ontario
55		Thomas Harley	D	L	22	2019	Syracuse, New York
4		Miro Heiskanen (A)	D	L	24	2017	Espoo, Finland
24		Roope Hintz	C/LW	L	26	2015	Tampere, Finland
53		Wyatt Johnston	C	R	20	2021	Toronto, Ontario
23		Esa Lindell (A)	D	L	29	2012	Helsinki, Finland
5		Nils Lundkvist	D	R	23	2022	Piteå, Sweden
27		Mason Marchment	LW	L	28	2022	Uxbridge, Ontario
29		Jake Oettinger	G	L	24	2017	Lakeville, Minnesota
16		Joe Pavelski (A)	RW/C	R	39	2019	Plover, Wisconsin
21		Jason Robertson	LW	L	24	2017	Arcadia, California
91		Tyler Seguin (A)	C	R	31	2013	Brampton, Ontario
15		Craig Smith	RW	R	34	2023	Madison, Wisconsin
18		Sam Steel	C	L	25	2023	Ardrossan, Alberta
20		Ryan Suter	D	L	38	2021	Madison, Wisconsin
41		Scott Wedgewood	G	L	31	2022	Brampton, Ontario

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	To New Jersey Devils Colin Miller	To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2025	^[11]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Matt Duchene	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[12]
	Craig Smith	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[13]
	Sam Steel	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency	^[14]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Gavin Bayreuther	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[15]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Derrick Pouliot	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	^[16]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Will Butcher	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	Free agency	^[17]
July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)	Adam Scheel	Chicago Wolves (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[18]
July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)	Dawson Barteaux	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[19]
	Tanner Kero	Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[20]
August 3, 2023 (2023-08-03)	Riley Barber	Barys Astana (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[21]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)	Jerad Rosburg	1-year	^[22]
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Joel Hanley	2-year	^[23]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Nick Caamano	1-year	^[24]
	Scott Reedy	1-year	^[25]
July 13, 2023 (2023-07-13)	Ty Dellandrea	1-year	^[26]
July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)	Riley Damiani	1-year	^[27]

Draft Picks

See also: List of Dallas Stars draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
2	61	Tristan Bertucci	D	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
3	79	Brad Gardiner	C	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
4	125	Aram Minnetian	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	157	Arno Tiefensee	G	Germany	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
6	189	Angus MacDonell	C	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
7	221	Sebastian Bradshaw	LW	Canada	Elite Hockey Academy (18U AAA)

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