2014–15_Dallas_Stars_season

2014–15 Dallas Stars
2014–15 Dallas Stars
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2014–15 record	41–31–10
Home record	17–16–8
Road record	24–15–2
Goals for	261
Goals against	260
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	Trevor Daley; Vernon Fiddler
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	17,273; (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Seguin (37)
Assists	Jamie Benn (52)
Points	Jamie Benn (87)
Penalty minutes	Antoine Roussel (148)
Plus/minus	Patrick Eaves (+8)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen (33)
Goals against average	Kari Lehtonen (2.82)
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2014–15 Dallas Stars season

National Hockey League team season

The 2014–15 Dallas Stars season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.^[2] Despite having 92 points, the Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs; even though they qualified the previous year.

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Schedule and results

Regular season

More information Game log, October: 4–2–4 (Home: 1–0–4 ; Road: 3–2–0) 12 pts. ...

Game log

October: 4–2–4 (Home: 1–0–4 ; Road: 3–2–0) 12 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Chicago	3–2	Dallas	SO	Lehtonen	18,768	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 11	Dallas	1–4	Nashville		Lindback	17,113	0–1–1	1	Recap
3	October 14	Dallas	4–2	Columbus		Lehtonen	15,995	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 16	Dallas	3–2	Pittsburgh		Lehtonen	18,615	2–1–1	5	Recap
5	October 18	Philadelphia	6–5	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	18,532	2–1–2	6	Recap
6	October 21	Vancouver	3–6	Dallas		Lehtonen	15,678	3–1–2	8	Recap
7	October 24	Dallas	3–2	New Jersey	SO	Lehtonen	14,657	4–1–2	10	Recap
8	October 25	Dallas	5–7	NY Islanders		Lindback	15,208	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 28	St. Louis	4–3	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	16,232	4–2–3	11	Recap
10	October 31	Anaheim	2–1	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	15,343	4–2–4	12	Recap

November: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–5–1 ; Road: 2–3–0) 11 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 1	Dallas	1–4	Minnesota		Lehtonen	19,088	4–3–4	12	Recap
12	November 4	Los Angeles	3–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,567	4–4–4	12	Recap
13	November 6	Nashville	3–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	17,054	4–5–4	12	Recap
14	November 8	San Jose	5–3	Dallas		Lindback	17,023	4–6–4	12	Recap
15	November 11	Dallas	4–3	Arizona		Lehtonen	11,866	5–6–4	14	Recap
16	November 13	Dallas	2–0	Los Angeles		Lehtonen	18,230	6–6–4	16	Recap
17	November 15	Minnesota	2–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	17,543	6–7–4	16	Recap
18	November 16	Dallas	2–6	Chicago		Lehtonen	21,671	6–8–4	16	Recap
19	November 18	Carolina	6–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	15,678	6–9–4	16	Recap
20	November 20	Arizona	1–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,078	7–9–4	18	Recap
21	November 22	Los Angeles	4–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,111	8–9–4	20	Recap
22	November 25	Edmonton	2–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,322	9–9–4	22	Recap
23	November 28	Minnesota	5–4	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	18,532	9–9–5	23	Recap
24	November 29	Dallas	2–5	Colorado		Lindback	15,761	9–10–5	23	Recap

December: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–0) 16 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 2	Dallas	3–5	Toronto		Lehtonen	19,021	9–11–5	23	Recap
26	December 4	Dallas	2–5	Detroit		Rynnas	20,027	9–12–5	23	Recap
27	December 6	Montreal	1–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,098	10–12–5	25	Recap
28	December 9	Winnipeg	5–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	15,987	10–13–5	25	Recap
29	December 13	New Jersey	3–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,110	11–13–5	27	Recap
30	December 17	Dallas	2–0	Vancouver		Lehtonen	18,755	12–13–5	29	Recap
31	December 19	Dallas	2–1	Calgary		Lehtonen	19,289	13–13–5	31	Recap
32	December 21	Dallas	6–5	Edmonton	SO	Lindback	16,839	14–13–5	33	Recap
33	December 23	Toronto	4–0	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	14–14–5	33	Recap
34	December 27	Dallas	4–3	St. Louis		Lehtonen	19,683	15–14–5	35	Recap
35	December 29	NY Rangers	2–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	16–14–5	37	Recap
36	December 31	Arizona	0–6	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	17–14–5	39	Recap

January: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–2) 14 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 3	Minnesota	1–7	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	18–14–5	41	Recap
38	January 4	Dallas	4–5	Chicago	OT	Lehtonen	21,884	18–14–6	42	Recap
39	January 6	Columbus	4–2	Dallas		Lindback	17,123	18–15–6	42	Recap
40	January 8	Dallas	2–3	Nashville	OT	Lehtonen	17,113	18–15–7	43	Recap
41	January 10	Dallas	3–4	Colorado		Lehtonen	18,007	18–16–7	43	Recap
42	January 13	Ottawa	4–5	Dallas		Lindback	16,213	19–16–7	45	Recap
43	January 15	Winnipeg	2–1	Dallas		Lindback	16,221	19–17–7	45	Recap
44	January 17	Washington	4–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	20–17–7	47	Recap
45	January 18	Dallas	6–3	Chicago		Lehtonen	22,135	21–17–7	49	Recap
46	January 20	Boston	3–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	17,432	21–18–7	49	Recap
47	January 27	Dallas	2–3	Montreal		Lehtonen	21,286	21–19–7	49	Recap
48	January 29	Dallas	6–3	Ottawa		Lehtonen	18,752	22–19–7	51	Recap
49	January 31	Dallas	5–2	Winnipeg		Lehtonen	15,016	23–19–7	53	Recap

February: 4–6–3 (Home: 1–2–3 ; Road: 3–4–0) 11 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 3	Colorado	3–2	Dallas	SO	Lehtonen	16,521	23–19–8	54	Recap
51	February 5	Tampa Bay	5–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,010	23–20–8	54	Recap
52	February 7	Dallas	2–3	Buffalo		Lindback	18,426	23–21–8	54	Recap
53	February 8	Dallas	3–2	NY Rangers	OT	Lehtonen	18,006	24–21–8	56	Recap
54	February 10	Dallas	5–3	Boston		Lehtonen	17,565	25–21–8	58	Recap
55	February 13	Florida	0–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,211	26–21–8	60	Recap
56	February 14	Dallas	1–4	Colorado		Enroth	18,087	26–22–8	60	Recap
57	February 17	Dallas	4–1	St. Louis		Lehtonen	18,830	27–22–8	62	Recap
58	February 19	San Jose	5–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	17,568	27–23–8	62	Recap
59	February 21	Detroit	7–6	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	18,532	27–23–9	63	Recap
60	February 22	Dallas	2–6	Minnesota		Enroth	18,754	27–24–9	63	Recap
61	February 24	Dallas	2–4	Winnipeg		Enroth	15,016	27–25–9	63	Recap
62	February 27	Colorado	5–4	Dallas	SO	Lehtonen	15,431	27–25–10	64	Recap

March: 10–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 6–2–0) 20 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
63	March 1	Anaheim	3–1	Dallas		Enroth	17,657	27–26–10	64	Recap
64	March 3	NY Islanders	2–3	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	17,453	28–26–10	66	Recap
65	March 5	Dallas	4–3	Florida	SO	Enroth	8,510	29–26–10	68	Recap
66	March 7	Dallas	4–5	Tampa Bay		Enroth	19,204	29–27–10	68	Recap
67	March 10	Dallas	2–1	Philadelphia		Lehtonen	18,723	30–27–10	70	Recap
68	March 12	Dallas	5–3	Carolina		Lehtonen	10,025	31–27–10	72	Recap
69	March 13	Dallas	4–2	Washington		Lehtonen	18,506	32–27–10	74	Recap
70	March 15	St. Louis	3–0	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	32–28–10	74	Recap
71	March 19	Pittsburgh	1–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	33–28–10	76	Recap
72	March 21	Chicago	0–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	34–28–10	78	Recap
73	March 23	Buffalo	3–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,113	35–28–10	80	Recap
74	March 25	Dallas	4–3	Calgary	SO	Lehtonen	19,289	36–28–10	82	Recap
75	March 27	Dallas	0–4	Edmonton		Lehtonen	16,839	36–29–10	82	Recap
76	March 28	Dallas	4–3	Vancouver	OT	Lehtonen	18,595	37–29–10	84	Recap
77	March 30	Calgary	5–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	17,898	37–30–10	84	Recap

April: 4–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) 8 pts.
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 3	St. Louis	7–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	37–31–10	84	Recap
79	April 4	Dallas	4–3	Nashville	OT	Enroth	17,113	38–31–10	86	Recap
80	April 6	Dallas	5–1	San Jose		Enroth	17,562	39–31–10	88	Recap
81	April 8	Dallas	4–0	Anaheim		Enroth	17,252	40–31–10	90	Recap
82	April 11	Nashville	1–4	Dallas		Enroth	18,532	41–31–10	92	Recap

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

Notable achievements

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Dallas Stars Acquire Goaltender Jhonas Enroth From The Buffalo Sabres In Exchange For Goaltender Anders Lindback And A Conditional Third Round Selection In The 2016 NHL Draft

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Dallas Stars Acquire Defenseman Mattias Backman, Center Mattias Janmark And A Second-Round Selection In The 2015 NHL Draft From Detroit In Exchange For Left Wing Erik Cole And A Conditional Third-Round Selection In The 2015 NHL Draft

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Dallas Stars Sign Goaltender Anders Lindback

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Dallas Stars Sign Right Wing Ales Hemsky

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Dallas Stars Sign Right Wing Patrick Eaves

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Dallas Stars Sign Left Wing Brendan Ranford

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Dallas Stars Sign Goaltender Jussi Rynnas to Two-Year Contract

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Rangers Agree To Terms With Free Agent Forward Chris Mueller

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Canucks sign Jeffrey, O'Reilly & Sanguinetti

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Dallas Stars Claim Defenseman David Schlemko Off Waivers

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Blue Jackets claim defenseman Kevin Connauton on waivers from Dallas Stars

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Flames claim David Schlemko off waivers

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Dallas Stars Re-Sign Center Vernon Fiddler To A Two-Year Contract

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Dallas Stars Re-Sign Cameron Gaunce to a One-Year Contract

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Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Julius Honka To Three-Year Entry-Level Contract

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Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Antoine Roussel	Punching an unsuspecting opponent, San Jose Sharks defenseman Justin Braun during NHL game No. 211 in Dallas on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 18:51 of the third period.	—	$5,376.34	November 10, 2014^[3]
Ryan Garbutt	Kneeing Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall during NHL game No. 319 in Dallas on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at 12:17 of the third period.	2 games	$43,902.44	November 27, 2014^[4]
Ryan Garbutt	Slew-footing Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien during NHL game No. 416 in Dallas on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 13:22 of the third period.	3 games	$65,853.66	December 11, 2014^[5]
Antoine Roussel	Cross-checking Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid during NHL game No. 797 in Boston on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 3:43 of the first period.	2 games	$21,505.38	February 12, 2015^[6]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Kari Lehtonen	65	65	3,698	34	17	10	181	2.94	1875	.903	5	3	2
Jhonas Enroth^†	13	9	630	5	5	0	25	2.38	267	.906	1	0	0
Anders Lindback^‡	10	7	517	2	8	0	32	3.71	256	.875	0	1	0
Jussi Rynnas	2	1	92	0	1	0	7	4.57	44	.841	0	0	0

Date	Details
July 1, 2014^[14]	To Ottawa Senators Alex Chiasson Nick Paul Alex Guptill 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Dallas Stars Jason Spezza Ludwig Karlsson
November 11, 2014^[15]	To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Gonchar	To Dallas Stars Travis Moen
November 21, 2014^[16]	To San Jose Sharks Brenden Dillon	To Dallas Stars Jason Demers 3rd-round pick in 2016
February 11, 2015^[17]	To Buffalo Sabres Anders Lindback conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Dallas Stars Jhonas Enroth
March 1, 2015^[18]	To Detroit Red Wings Erik Cole conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Dallas Stars Mattias Backman Mattias Janmark 2nd-round pick in 2015

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2014	Vernon Fiddler	2 years, $2.5 million	^[29]
July 11, 2014	Cameron Gaunce	1 year, $650,000	^[30]
July 14, 2014	Julius Honka	3 year, $2.775 million entry level contract	^[31]
July 22, 2014	Antoine Roussel	4 years, $8 million	^[32]
July 31, 2014	Scott Glennie	1 year, $650,000	^[33]
September 29, 2014	Cody Eakin	2 years, $3.8 million	^[34]
October 2, 2014	Brenden Dillon	1 year, $1.25 million	^[35]
November 21, 2014	Jason Spezza	4 years, $30 million contract extension	^[36]
December 19, 2014	Cole Ully	3 years, entry-level contract	^[37]
January 23, 2015	Travis Morin	2 years, contract extension	^[38]
March 10, 2015	Devin Shore	3 years, entry-level contract	^[39]
April 17, 2015	John Klingberg	7 years, $29.75 million contract extension	^[40]
June 15, 2015	Jyrki Jokipakka	2 years, contract extension	^[41]
June 17, 2015	Jack Campbell	1 year, contract extension	^[42]
June 17, 2015	Patrik Nemeth	2 years, contract extension	^[43]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	14	Julius Honka	D	Finland	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
2	45	Brett Pollock	LW	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
3	75	Alexander Peters	D	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	105	Michael Prapavessis	D	Canada	Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL)
4	115^[a]	Brent Moran	G	Canada	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
5	135	Miro Karjalainen	D	Finland	Jokerit U18 (FINLAND-JR. U18)
6	154^[b]	Aaron Haydon	D	United States	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
6	165	John Nyberg	LW	Sweden	Frolunda Jr. (Sweden Jr)
7	195	Patrick Sanvido	D	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

2014–15_Dallas_Stars_season

2014–15 Dallas Stars season

Standings

Suspensions/fines

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Player statistics

Notable achievements

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Player signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7	42	248	201	+47	109
2	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	25	10	41	232	208	+24	104
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6	39	229	189	+40	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
5	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
6	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99

3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
5	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
8	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56