2020–21 Dallas Stars season

The 2020–21 Dallas Stars season is the 54th season for National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 28th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Stars will remain in the Central Division this season and will play games against only the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Dallas Stars
2020–21 record5–2–2
Home record4–0–1
Road record1–2–1
Goals for33
Goals against23
Team information
General managerJim Nill
CoachRick Bowness
CaptainJamie Benn
Alternate captainsBlake Comeau
John Klingberg
Esa Lindell
Tyler Seguin
ArenaAmerican Airlines Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Texas Stars (AHL)
Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Pavelski (7)
AssistsJohn Klingberg
Joe Pavelski
Alexander Radulov (8)
PointsJoe Pavelski (15)
Penalty minutesJamie Benn (9)
Plus/minusAlexander Radulov (+8)
WinsAnton Khudobin (3)
Goals against averageJake Oettinger (2.27)

The Stars experienced a COVID-19 outbreak during training camp, with 17 team members testing positive. The team's first four games were postponed.[1] The Stars finally began the season on a high note eight days late on January 22, 2021, with a 7-0 rout of the Nashville Predators.

Standings

Divisional standings
Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Lightning 9 7 1 1 6 32 18 +14 15
2 Florida Panthers 8 6 0 2 3 29 23 +6 14
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 5 4 3 4 31 37 −6 13
4 Carolina Hurricanes 8 6 2 0 3 26 19 +7 12
5 Chicago Blackhawks 12 4 4 4 4 35 39 −4 12
6 Dallas Stars 8 5 2 1 4 32 21 +11 11
7 Nashville Predators 11 5 6 0 2 29 36 −7 10
8 Detroit Red Wings 12 2 8 2 1 22 43 −21 6
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. 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 amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–0–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
7February 2Dallas6–3ColumbusOettinger05–1–111Recap
8February 4Dallas3–4ColumbusKhudobin05–2–111Recap
9February 7Chicago2–1DallasOTOettinger4,2035–2–212Recap
10February 9Chicago–Dallas
11February 11Carolina–Dallas
12February 13Carolina–Dallas
13February 15Nashville–Dallas
14February 16Nashville–Dallas
15February 18Tampa Bay–Dallas
16February 20Tampa Bay–Dallas
17February 22Dallas–Florida
18February 24Dallas–Florida
19February 25Dallas–Florida
20February 27Dallas–Tampa Bay

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

Roster

Updated January 30, 2021[5][6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
14 Jamie Benn (C)  LW L 31 2007 Victoria, British Columbia
30 Ben Bishop  G L 34 2017 Denver, Colorado
41 Landon Bow G L 25 2017 St. Albert, Alberta
17 Nick Caamano RW L 22 2016 Ancaster, Ontario
11 Andrew Cogliano LW L 33 2019 Toronto, Ontario
15 Blake Comeau (A) RW R 34 2018 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
10 Ty Dellandrea C R 20 2018 Port Perry, Ontario
18 Jason Dickinson C/LW L 25 2013 Georgetown, Ontario
37 Justin Dowling C L 30 2013 Calgary, Alberta
12 Radek Faksa C L 27 2012 Vítkov, Czech Republic
42 Taylor Fedun D R 32 2018 Edmonton, Alberta
49 Rhett Gardner C L 24 2016 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
34 Denis Gurianov LW L 23 2015 Togliatti, Russia
44 Joel Hanley D L 29 2018 Keswick, Ontario
4 Miro Heiskanen D L 21 2017 Espoo, Finland
24 Roope Hintz C/LW L 24 2015 Tampere, Finland
6 Julius Honka D R 25 2014 Jyväskylä, Finland
28 Stephen Johns  D R 28 2015 Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
64 Tanner Kero C L 28 2019 Hancock, Michigan
35 Anton Khudobin G L 34 2018 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union
25 Joel Kiviranta  LW L 24 2019 Vantaa, Finland
3 John Klingberg (A) D R 28 2010 Lerum, Sweden
38 Joel L'Esperance C R 25 2018 Brighton, Michigan
23 Esa Lindell (A) D L 26 2012 Helsinki, Finland
29 Jake Oettinger G L 22 2017 Lakeville, Minnesota
2 Jamie Oleksiak D L 28 2019 Toronto, Ontario
16 Joe Pavelski RW/C R 36 2019 Plover, Wisconsin
13 Mark Pysyk D R 29 2020 Sherwood Park, Alberta
47 Alexander Radulov RW L 34 2017 Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union
21 Jason Robertson LW L 21 2017 Arcadia, California
91 Tyler Seguin (A)  C R 29 2013 Brampton, Ontario
5 Andrej Sekera D L 34 2019 Bojnice, Czechoslovakia

Draft picks
See also: List of Dallas Stars draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was instead held on October 6–7, 2020, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 30 Mavrik Bourque C  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4 123 Antonio Stranges LW  USA London Knights (OHL)
5 154 Daniel Ljungman C  Sweden Linkopings HC (SHL)
6 162 Evgeniy Oksentyuk LW  Belarus Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6 185 Remi Poirier G  Canada Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)

References
  1. "NHL delays start of Stars season after six players test positive for COVID-19". Sportsnet.ca. January 9, 2021.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  4. "NHL schedule changes; Stars open season Jan. 22 due to coronavirus". NHL.com. January 15, 2021.
  5. "Dallas Stars Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. "Dallas Stars Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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