2024–25 Dallas Stars season

The 2024–25 Dallas Stars season is the 58th season (57th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and the 32nd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 season.

2024–25 Dallas Stars
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2024–25 record	9–5–0
Home record	6–1–0
Road record	3–4–0
Goals for	46
Goals against	33
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	Miro Heiskanen Roope Hintz Esa Lindell Tyler Seguin
Arena	American Airlines Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Texas Stars (AHL) Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Matt Duchene (8)
Assists	Matt Duchene Mason Marchment Logan Stankoven (10)
Points	Matt Duchene (18)
Penalty minutes	Jamie Benn (29)
Plus/minus	Mason Marchment (+10)
Wins	Jake Oettinger (7)
Goals against average	Casey DeSmith (1.79)
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Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Winnipeg Jets	16	15	1	0	12	73	34	+39	30
2	Minnesota Wild	15	10	2	3	9	53	39	+14	23
3	Dallas Stars	14	9	5	0	8	46	33	+13	18
4	Colorado Avalanche	17	9	8	0	7	59	63	−4	18
5	Utah Hockey Club	16	7	6	3	4	45	52	−7	17
6	St. Louis Blues	16	7	9	0	5	40	55	−15	14
7	Chicago Blackhawks	16	6	9	1	4	41	49	−8	13
8	Nashville Predators	16	5	9	2	4	39	53	−14	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. 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	PA	Calgary Flames	17	8	6	3	5	47	51	−4	19
2	CE	Colorado Avalanche	17	9	8	0	7	59	63	−4	18
3	PA	Edmonton Oilers	16	8	7	1	5	44	51	−7	17
4	CE	Utah Hockey Club	16	7	6	3	4	45	52	−7	17
5	PA	Seattle Kraken	16	7	8	1	4	49	50	−1	15
6	CE	St. Louis Blues	16	7	9	0	5	40	55	−15	14
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	16	6	9	1	4	41	49	−8	13
8	PA	San Jose Sharks	17	5	9	3	3	40	60	−20	13
9	PA	Anaheim Ducks	15	5	8	2	4	33	46	−13	12
10	CE	Nashville Predators	16	5	9	2	4	39	53	−14	12

Updated to game(s) played on November 13, 2024. 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 Stars preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2024.^[3]

2024 preseason game log: 5–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 21 St. Louis 1–2 Dallas Hellberg American Airlines Center 15,765 1–0–0 2 September 23 Dallas 3–2 Colorado Poirier Ball Arena 15,006 2–0–0 3 September 25 Minnesota 2–5 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 14,311 3–0–0 4 September 27 Colorado 2–4 Dallas Kraws American Airlines Center 15,914 4–0–0 5 September 29 Dallas 4–2 Minnesota DeSmith Xcel Energy Center 17,373 5–0–0 6 October 3 Dallas 3–4 St. Louis OT Oettinger Enterprise Center 16,386 5–0–1

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The Stars regular season schedule was released on June 2, 2024.^[4]

2024–25 game log
October: 7–2–0 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 10 Dallas 4–3 Nashville Oettinger Bridgestone Arena 17,544 1–0–0 2 [5] 2 October 12 NY Islanders 0–3 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 2–0–0 4 [6] 3 October 13 Seattle 0–2 Dallas DeSmith American Airlines Center 18,532 3–0–0 6 [7] 4 October 15 San Jose 2–3 Dallas SO Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 4–0–0 8 [8] 5 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Washington DeSmith Capital One Arena 17,034 4–1–0 8 [9] 6 October 19 Edmonton 1–4 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 5–1–0 10 [10] 7 October 22 Dallas 2–4 Buffalo Oettinger KeyBank Center 13,014 5–2–0 10 [11] 8 October 24 Dallas 5–2 Boston DeSmith TD Garden 17,850 6–2–0 12 [12] 9 October 26 Chicago 2–4 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 7–2–0 14 [13]
November: 2–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 10A November 1 Florida 6–4 Dallas Oettinger Nokia Arena 12,786 7–3–0 14 [14] 11A November 2 Dallas 2–4 Florida DeSmith Nokia Arena 12,807 7–4–0 14 [15] 12 November 7 Chicago 1–3 Dallas Oettinger American Airlines Center 18,532 8–4–0 16 [16] 13 November 9 Dallas 1–4 Winnipeg Oettinger Canada Life Centre 15,225 8–5–0 16 [17] 14 November 11 Dallas 7–1 Pittsburgh Oettinger PPG Paints Arena 16,526 9–5–0 18 [18] 15 November 14 Boston Dallas American Airlines Center 16 November 16 Dallas Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 17 November 18 Anaheim Dallas American Airlines Center 18 November 20 San Jose Dallas American Airlines Center 19 November 23 Dallas Tampa Bay Amalie Arena 20 November 25 Dallas Carolina Lenovo Center 21 November 27 Dallas Chicago United Center 22 November 29 Colorado Dallas American Airlines Center
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 23 December 1 Winnipeg Dallas American Airlines Center 24 December 2 Dallas Utah Delta Center 25 December 4 Dallas Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 26 December 6 Dallas Vegas T-Mobile Arena 27 December 8 Calgary Dallas American Airlines Center 28 December 12 Nashville Dallas American Airlines Center 29 December 14 St. Louis Dallas American Airlines Center 30 December 16 Washington Dallas American Airlines Center 31 December 18 Toronto Dallas American Airlines Center 32 December 20 NY Rangers Dallas American Airlines Center 33 December 23 Dallas Utah Delta Center 34 December 27 Minnesota Dallas American Airlines Center 35 December 29 Dallas Chicago United Center 36 December 31 Buffalo Dallas American Airlines Center
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 37 January 2 Ottawa Dallas American Airlines Center 38 January 4 Utah Dallas American Airlines Center 39 January 7 Dallas NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 40 January 9 Dallas Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 41 January 11 Dallas Montreal Bell Centre 42 January 12 Dallas Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 43 January 14 Dallas Toronto Scotiabank Arena 44 January 16 Montreal Dallas American Airlines Center 45 January 18 Dallas Colorado Ball Arena 46 January 19 Detroit Dallas American Airlines Center 47 January 21 Carolina Dallas American Airlines Center 48 January 24 Vegas Dallas American Airlines Center 49 January 25 Dallas St. Louis Enterprise Center 50 January 28 Dallas Vegas T-Mobile Arena 51 January 31 Vancouver Dallas American Airlines Center
February: (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 52 February 2 Columbus Dallas American Airlines Center 53 February 4 Dallas Anaheim Honda Center 54 February 7 Dallas Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 55 February 8 Dallas San Jose SAP Center 56 February 22 Dallas New Jersey Prudential Center 57 February 23 Dallas NY Islanders UBS Arena 58 February 25 Dallas Columbus Nationwide Arena 59 February 28 Los Angeles Dallas American Airlines Center
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 60 March 2 St. Louis Dallas American Airlines Center 61 March 4 New Jersey Dallas American Airlines Center 62 March 6 Calgary Dallas American Airlines Center 63 March 8 Dallas Edmonton Rogers Place 64 March 9 Dallas Vancouver Rogers Arena 65 March 14 Dallas Winnipeg Canada Life Centre 66 March 16 Dallas Colorado Ball Arena 67 March 18 Anaheim Dallas American Airlines Center 68 March 20 Tampa Bay Dallas American Airlines Center 69 March 22 Philadelphia Dallas American Airlines Center 70 March 24 Minnesota Dallas American Airlines Center 71 March 26 Dallas Edmonton Rogers Place 72 March 27 Dallas Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 73 March 29 Dallas Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 74 March 31 Dallas Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 75 April 3 Nashville Dallas American Airlines Center 76 April 5 Pittsburgh Dallas American Airlines Center 77 April 6 Dallas Minnesota Xcel Energy Center 78 April 8 Vancouver Dallas American Airlines Center 79 April 10 Winnipeg Dallas American Airlines Center 80 April 12 Utah Dallas American Airlines Center 81 April 14 Dallas Detroit Little Caesars Arena 82 April 16 Dallas Nashville Bridgestone Arena
Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) A – Game played in Tampere, Finland as part of the NHL Global Series

Roster

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Updated November 4, 2024^[19][20]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Oskar Back	C	L	24	2018	Karlstad, Sweden
14		Jamie Benn (C)	LW	L	35	2007	Victoria, British Columbia
15		Colin Blackwell	C	R	31	2024	North Andover, Massachusetts
25		Matej Blumel	RW	L	24	2022	Tábor, Czech Republic
22		Mavrik Bourque	C	R	22	2020	Plessisville, Quebec
63		Evgenii Dadonov	RW	L	35	2023	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
1		Casey DeSmith	G	L	33	2024	Rochester, New Hampshire
95		Matt Duchene	C	L	33	2023	Haliburton, Ontario
3		Matt Dumba	D	R	30	2024	Regina, Saskatchewan
55		Thomas Harley	D	L	23	2019	Syracuse, New York
4		Miro Heiskanen (A)	D	L	25	2017	Espoo, Finland
24		Roope Hintz (A)	C/LW	L	27	2015	Tampere, Finland
53		Wyatt Johnston	C	R	21	2021	Toronto, Ontario
23		Esa Lindell (A)	D	L	30	2012	Helsinki, Finland
5		Nils Lundkvist	D	R	24	2022	Piteå, Sweden
46		Ilya Lyubushkin	D	R	30	2024	Moscow, Russia
27		Mason Marchment	LW	L	29	2022	Uxbridge, Ontario
29		Jake Oettinger	G	L	25	2017	Lakeville, Minnesota
28		Alex Petrovic	D	R	32	2021	Edmonton, Alberta
21		Jason Robertson	LW	L	25	2017	Arcadia, California
91		Tyler Seguin (A)	C	R	32	2013	Brampton, Ontario
2		Brendan Smith	D	L	35	2024	Etobicoke, Ontario
11		Logan Stankoven	C	R	21	2021	Kamloops, British Columbia
18		Sam Steel	C	L	26	2023	Ardrossan, Alberta

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	To St. Louis Blues Radek Faksa	To Dallas Stars Future considerations	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Kyle Capobianco	Winnipeg Jets	2-year	Free agency	[22]
	Casey DeSmith	Vancouver Canucks	3-year	Free agency	[23]
	Matt Dumba	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	Free agency	[24]
	Cameron Hughes	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[25]
	Kole Lind	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[26]
	Ilya Lyubushkin	Toronto Maple Leafs	3-year	Free agency	[27]
	Brendan Smith	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[28]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Colin Blackwell	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[29]
August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)	Magnus Hellberg	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	[30]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Matt Murray	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[31]
	Derrick Pouliot	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[32]
	Craig Smith	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	Free agency	[33]
	Scott Wedgewood	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency	[34]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Fredrik Karlstrom	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	[35]
July 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)	Ryan Suter	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[36]
July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16)	Joe Pavelski			Retirement	[37]
September 11, 2024 (2024-09-11)	Jani Hakanpaa	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[38]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16)	Emil Hemming	3-year†	[39]
October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17)	Jake Oettinger	8-year	[40]

Draft picks

See also: List of Dallas Stars draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
1	29	Emil Hemming	RW	Finland	HC TPS (Liiga)
5	158	Niilopekka Muhonen	D	Finland	KalPa (U20 SM-sarja)
7	222	William Samuelsson	C	Sweden	Södertälje SK (J20 Nationell)

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