2015–16 Dallas Stars season
The 2015–16 Dallas Stars season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.
Standings
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Regular season
Playoffs
Player statistics
Final statsSkaters
| Player | ||||||
| 82 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 7 | 64 | |
| 72 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 2 | 16 | |
| 75 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 4 | 22 | |
| 76 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 22 | 30 | |
| 76 | 20 | 35 | 55 | −3 | 27 | |
| 75 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 20 | |
| 82 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 21 | 34 | |
| 82 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 3 | 42 | |
| 73 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 16 | |
| 80 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 123 | |
| 79 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 12 | |
| 71 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 21 | |
| 62 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 72 | |
| 82 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 31 | |
| 82 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 26 | |
| 54 | 11 | 6 | 17 | −5 | 27 | |
| 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 16 | |
| 64 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 21 | |
| 38 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −1 | 14 | |
| 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| † | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 6 | |
| 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 21 | |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 21 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 7 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 10 | |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 8 | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −6 | 6 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 | |
| 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 10 | 555 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 2.81 | 257 | .899 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3.29 | 96 | .865 | 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
Suspensions/fines
Awards and honors
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL Second Star of the Week | October 19, 2015 | |
| NHL First Star of the Month | November 2, 2015 | |
| NHL Second Star of the Week | November 9, 2015 | |
| NHL First Star of the Week | November 30, 2015 | |
| NHL Second Star of the Week | December 28, 2015 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 | |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 8, 2015 | |
| 100th career NHL assist | October 10, 2015 | |
| 100th career NHL game | October 13, 2015 | |
| M. Janmark | 1st career NHL assist | October 13, 2015 |
| 250th career NHL win | October 15, 2015 | |
| 1st career NHL game | October 17, 2015 | |
| 20,000 career NHL minutes | October 27, 2015 | |
| 1st career NHL game | November 3, 2015 | |
| 300th career NHL point | November 3, 2015 | |
| 1st career NHL goal | November 3, 2015 | |
| R. Faksa | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 6, 2015 |
| 100th career NHL game | November 8, 2015 | |
| 500th career NHL game | November 19, 2015 | |
| 200th career NHL game | November 19, 2015 | |
| K. Lehtonen | 30,000 career NHL minutes | November 19, 2015 |
| 500th career NHL game | November 28, 2015 | |
| A. Niemi | 200th career NHL wins | November 28, 2015 |
| 400th career NHL point | December 15, 2015 | |
| 800th career NHL game | December 17, 2015 | |
| A. Goligoski | 200th career NHL assist | December 19, 2015 |
| 100th career NHL game | December 22, 2015 | |
| 700th career NHL game | December 26, 2015 | |
| J. Spezza | 500th career NHL assist | January 5, 2016 |
Transactions
The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:Trades
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
Draft picks
Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 12 | Denis Guryanov | RW | Russia | Lada Togliatti-2 |
| 2 | 49 | Roope Hintz | LW | Finland | Ilves |
| 4 | 103 | Chris Martenet | D | United States | London Knights |
| 5 | 133 | Joseph Cecconi | D | United States | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
| 6 | 163 | Markus Ruusu | G | Finland | JYP Jr. |
;Draft notes
- The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 to Ottawa in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2015 or 2016 and this pick. Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson to the Stars in exchange for Alex Chiasson, Nick Paul, Alex Guptill and this pick.
- The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.
- The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick. The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.
- The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.