2008–09 Dallas Stars season

National Hockey League team season

2008–09 Dallas Stars
Division3rd Pacific
Conference12th Western
2008–09 record36–35–11
Home record20–16–5
Road record16–19–6
Goals for230
Goals against257
Team information
General managerBrett Hull and
Les Jackson
CoachDave Tippett
CaptainBrenden Morrow
Alternate captainsMike Modano
Sergei Zubov
ArenaAmerican Airlines Center
Average attendance17,681 (95.4%)
Total: 724,911
Team leaders
GoalsLoui Eriksson (36)
AssistsMike Ribeiro (56)
PointsMike Ribeiro (78)
Penalty minutesKrys Barch (84)
Plus/minusStephane Robidas (12)
WinsMarty Turco (22)
Goals against averageMarty Turco (2.98)

The 2008–09 Dallas Stars season was the 42nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Stars attempted to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history but the Stars would end the season missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002.

Pre-season

The Stars finished the pre-season with a 1-5-1 record.

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 1–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 23 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Stephan 10,796 0–1–0 [1]
2 September 25 Colorado 4–2 Dallas Climie 16,634 0–2–0 [2]
3 September 27 St. Louis 3–4 Dallas Turco 17,191 1–2–0 [3]
4 September 28 Dallas 3–4 Chicago Stephan 18,425 1–3–0 [4]
5 October 1 Dallas 1–3 Colorado Climie ? 1–4–0 [5]
6 October 2 Chicago 4–3 Dallas SO Turco 15,142 1–4–1 [6]
7 October 5 Edmonton 3–2 Dallas Turco 16,835 1–5–1 [7]

Regular season

The Stars finished the regular season having scored the fewest shorthanded goals in the NHL, with just two.[1]

On February 6, 2009, the Stars defeated the New York Rangers at home by a score of 10–2.[2] It was the first time that the Stars had scored 10 goals in a game since they defeated the San Jose Sharks at home by a score of 10–3 on November 28, 1992, when the franchise was still based in Minnesota.[3]

On April 4, 2009, Trevor Daley scored just 16 seconds into the overtime period to give the Stars a 5–4 home win over the St. Louis Blues.[4] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2008–09 regular season.[5]

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – San Jose Sharks 82 53 18 11 257 204 117
2 Anaheim Ducks 82 42 33 7 245 238 91
3 Dallas Stars 82 36 35 11 230 257 83
4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 36 39 7 208 252 79
5 Los Angeles Kings 82 34 37 11 207 234 79

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Conference standings

Western Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – San Jose Sharks PA 82 53 18 11 257 204 117
2 y – Detroit Red Wings CE 82 51 21 10 295 244 112
3 y – Vancouver Canucks NW 82 45 27 10 246 220 100
4 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 46 24 12 264 216 104
5 Calgary Flames NW 82 46 30 6 254 248 98
6 St. Louis Blues CE 82 41 31 10 233 233 92
7 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 41 31 10 226 230 92
8 Anaheim Ducks PA 82 42 33 7 245 238 91
8.5
9 Minnesota Wild NW 82 40 33 9 219 200 89
10 Nashville Predators CE 82 40 34 8 213 233 88
11 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 38 35 9 234 248 85
12 Dallas Stars PA 82 36 35 11 230 257 83
13 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 36 39 7 208 252 79
14 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 34 37 11 207 234 79
15 Colorado Avalanche NW 82 32 45 5 199 257 69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division


Schedule and results

2008–09 Game Log
October: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 10 Columbus 5–4 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 0–0–1 1 [8]
2 October 11 Dallas 1–3 Nashville Turco 17,113 0–1–1 1 [9]
3 October 15 Nashville 4–6 Dallas Turco 16,899 1–1–1 3 [10]
4 October 16 Dallas 1–6 St. Louis Turco 18,550 1–2–1 3 [11]
5 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Dallas Turco 17,151 1–3–1 3 [12]
6 October 20 Dallas 2–1 NY Rangers Turco 18,200 2–3–1 5 [13]
7 October 22 Dallas 0–5 New Jersey Turco 12,101 2–4–1 5 [14]
8 October 23 Dallas 5–3 NY Islanders Turco 10,183 3–4–1 7 [15]
9 October 25 Washington 6–5 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 3–4–2 8 [16]
10 October 29 Minnesota 2–4 Dallas Stephan 18,431 4–4–2 10 [17]
11 October 31 Dallas 2–5 Chicago Stephan 21,212 4–5–2 10 [18]
November: 4–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 1 Dallas 1–5 Boston Turco 14,576 4–6–2 10 [19]
13 November 7 Dallas 5–2 Anaheim Turco 17,048 5–6–2 12 [20]
14 November 8 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Turco 17,496 5–7–2 12 [21]
15 November 11 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles SO Turco 13,823 5–7–3 13 [22]
16 November 13 Los Angeles 3–2 Dallas Turco 17,675 5–8–3 13 [23]
17 November 15 Dallas 3–2 Phoenix Turco 15,508 6–8–3 15 [24]
18 November 20 Chicago 6–3 Dallas Turco 18,027 6–9–3 15 [25]
19 November 22 Anaheim 2–1 Dallas SO Turco 17,734 6–9–4 16 [26]
20 November 24 Dallas 3–4 Philadelphia Turco 19,171 6–10–4 16 [27]
21 November 26 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota Turco 18,568 7–10–4 18 [28]
22 November 28 San Jose 6–2 Dallas Turco 18,532 7–11–4 18 [29]
23 November 30 Edmonton 3–4 Dallas Turco 16,650 8–11–4 20 [30]
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
24 December 2 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Turco 19,289 9–11–4 22 [31]
25 December 3 Dallas 2–5 Edmonton Turco 16,839 9–12–4 22 [32]
26 December 5 Colorado 1–2 Dallas SO Turco 16,651 10–12–4 24 [33]
27 December 10 Phoenix 5–3 Dallas Turco 16,374 10–13–4 24 [34]
28 December 12 Detroit 1–3 Dallas Turco 18,532 11–13–4 26 [35]
29 December 13 Dallas 0–3 Nashville Stephan 15,426 11–14–4 26 [36]
30 December 16 Phoenix 1–2 Dallas OT Turco 15,387 12–14–4 28 [37]
31 December 18 Columbus 5–6 Dallas SO Turco 16,281 13–14–4 30 [38]
32 December 20 Dallas 4–5 Ottawa OT Turco 19,486 13–14–5 31 [39]
33 December 23 Dallas 8–2 Toronto Turco 19,269 14–14–5 33 [40]
34 December 27 Anaheim 3–4 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 15–14–5 35 [41]
35 December 29 San Jose 3–1 Dallas Turco 18,532 15–15–5 35 [42]
36 December 31 New Jersey 2–4 Dallas Turco 18,584 16–15–5 37 [43]
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 4–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
37 January 3 Dallas 1–4 Edmonton Turco 16,839 16–16–5 37 [44]
38 January 4 Dallas 3–2 Vancouver SO Turco 18,630 17–16–5 39 [45]
39 January 8 Dallas 1–6 Detroit Turco 20,066 17–17–5 39 [46]
40 January 10 Dallas 0–1 Phoenix SO Turco 14,557 17–17–6 40 [47]
41 January 12 Detroit 4–5 Dallas OT Turco 17,648 18–17–6 42 [48]
42 January 15 Buffalo 5–4 Dallas SO Turco 17,339 18–17–7 43 [49]
43 January 17 Los Angeles 2–3 Dallas SO Turco 18,532 19–17–7 45 [50]
44 January 19 Dallas 2–4 Tampa Bay Turco 13,991 19–18–7 45 [51]
45 January 21 Dallas 4–1 Florida Turco 11,200 20–18–7 47 [52]
46 January 27 Atlanta 0–2 Dallas Turco 16,726 21–18–7 49 [53]
47 January 29 Dallas 4–2 Detroit Turco 20,066 22–18–7 51 [54]
48 January 31 Dallas 7–3 Columbus Turco 18,049 23–18–7 53 [55]
February: 6–7–0 (Home: 5–5–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
49 February 3 Calgary 1–3 Dallas Turco 16,395 24–18–7 55 [56]
50 February 5 Dallas 2–3 Colorado Turco 13,624 24–19–7 55 [57]
51 February 6 NY Rangers 2–10 Dallas Turco 18,532 25–19–7 57 [58]
52 February 8 Nashville 1–4 Dallas Turco 17,689 26–19–7 59 [59]
53 February 11 Phoenix 1–0 Dallas Turco 16,440 26–20–7 59 [60]
54 February 13 Vancouver 1–2 Dallas Turco 18,532 27–20–7 61 [61]
55 February 14 Dallas 2–6 Chicago Turco 22,704 27–21–7 61 [62]
56 February 16 Dallas 3–2 Columbus SO Turco 15,006 28–21–7 63 [63]
57 February 19 Edmonton 2–4 Dallas Turco 17,792 29–21–7 65 [64]
58 February 21 Chicago 3–1 Dallas Turco 18,584 29–22–7 65 [65]
59 February 23 San Jose 1–0 Dallas Turco 17,988 29–23–7 65 [66]
60 February 26 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Turco 17,603 29–24–7 65 [67]
61 February 28 Anaheim 4–3 Dallas Turco 18,171 29–25–7 65 [68]
March: 5–8–3 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–4–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
62 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–1 Dallas Stephan 18,532 29–26–7 65 [69]
63 March 3 Dallas 4–1 San Jose Turco 17,496 30–26–7 67 [70]
64 March 5 Dallas 4–5 Los Angeles OT Turco 17,430 30–26–8 68 [71]
65 March 6 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim Turco 17,380 31–26–8 70 [72]
66 March 8 Montreal 3–1 Dallas Turco 17,646 31–27–8 70 [73]
67 March 10 Dallas 2–5 St. Louis Turco 17,708 31–28–8 70 [74]
68 March 12 Carolina 2–3 Dallas Turco 16,788 32–28–8 72 [75]
69 March 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Turco 18,584 33–28–8 74 [76]
70 March 17 Dallas 2–4 Vancouver Turco 18,630 33–29–8 74 [77]
71 March 18 Dallas 1–2 Calgary Turco 19,289 33–30–8 74 [78]
72 March 21 Dallas 2–5 San Jose Turco 17,496 33–31–8 74 [79]
73 March 24 Vancouver 5–2 Dallas Turco 17,276 33–32–8 74 [80]
74 March 26 Los Angeles 1–0 Dallas SO Turco 16,908 33–32–9 75 [81]
75 March 28 Florida 6–3 Dallas Turco 18,532 33–33–9 75 [82]
76 March 30 Dallas 5–6 Phoenix OT Stephan 13,831 33–33–10 76 [83]
77 March 31 Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Turco 17,648 34–33–10 78 [84]
April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 2 Calgary 2–1 Dallas Turco 17,106 34–34–10 78 [85]
79 April 4 St. Louis 4–5 Dallas OT Climie 18,532 35–34–10 80 [86]
80 April 7 Dallas 1–3 Minnesota Climie 18,568 35–35–10 82 [87]
81 April 9 Dallas 3–2 Colorado SO Climie 13,822 36–35–10 84 [88]
82 April 10 Dallas 3–4 Anaheim SO Turco 17,531 36–35–11 85 [89]

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

Playoffs

The Dallas Stars failed to qualify for the 2009 NHL playoffs. for the first time since 2002

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Mike Ribeiro 82 22 56 78 -4 52
Loui Eriksson 82 36 27 63 +14 14
Brad Richards 56 16 32 48 -4 6
Mike Modano 80 15 31 46 -13 46
Steve Ott 64 19 27 46 +3 135
James Neal 77 24 13 37 -11 51
Matt Niskanen 80 6 29 35 -11 52
Fabian Brunnstrom 55 17 12 29 -8 8
Stephane Robidas 72 3 23 26 +10 76
Trevor Daley 75 7 18 25 +2 73
Jere Lehtinen 48 8 16 24 +1 8
Brenden Morrow 18 5 10 15 -4 49
Mark Parrish 44 8 5 13 -3 18
Darryl Sydor† 65 2 11 13 -2 16
Chris Conner 38 3 10 13 -5 10
Nicklas Grossmann 81 2 10 12 -8 51
Toby Petersen 57 4 7 11 +1 14
Sean Avery‡ 23 3 7 10 +2 77
Brendan Morrison† 19 6 3 9 +3 16
Brian Sutherby† 42 5 4 9 -5 52
Krys Barch 72 4 5 9 +1 133
Landon Wilson 27 2 6 8 +5 21
Joel Lundqvist 43 1 5 6 -9 20
Andrew Hutchinson† 38 2 3 5 -4 12
B. J. Crombeen‡ 15 1 4 5 -1 26
Sergei Zubov 10 0 4 4 -4 0
Mark Fistric 36 0 4 4 -1 42
Philippe Boucher‡ 16 0 3 3 -4 15
Tom Wandell 14 1 2 3 -1 4
Steve Begin† 20 1 1 2 -1 15
Garrett Stafford 3 0 2 2 0 0
Ivan Vishnevskiy 3 0 2 2 +1 2
Doug Janik‡ 13 0 1 1 -2 2
Raymond Sawada 5 1 0 1 -1 0
Dan Jancevski 3 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
Marty Turco 74 4327 33 31 10 203 2.81 1993 1790 .898 3
Tobias Stephan 10 437 1 3 1 27 3.70 208 181 .870 0
Matt Climie 3 185 2 1 0 9 2.92 85 76 .894 0
Brent Krahn 1 20 0 0 0 3 9.00 9 6 .667 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect player's season totals.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Milestones

Stars forward James Neal
Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
James Neal 1st NHL Game
1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		 October 10, 2008
Fabian Brunnstrom 1st NHL Game
1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
1st NHL Hat Trick		 October 15, 2008
James Neal 1st NHL Assist October 15, 2008
Fabian Brunnstrom 1st NHL Assist October 20, 2008
Mike Ribeiro 300th NHL Point October 23, 2008
B. J. Crombeen 1st NHL Goal October 25, 2008
Joel Lundqvist 100th NHL Game October 25, 2008
Stephane Robidas 500th NHL Game October 31, 2008

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
November 16, 2008 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Philippe Boucher 		To Dallas Stars
Darryl Sydor
November 30, 2008 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Lauri Tukonen 		To Dallas Stars
Andrew Hutchinson
December 14, 2008 To Anaheim Ducks
David McIntyre
Conditional pick in 20091 		To Dallas Stars
Brian Sutherby
February 26, 2009 To Montreal Canadiens
Doug Janik 		To Dallas Stars
Steve Begin
  1. Condition not satisfied.

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Sean Avery New York Rangers 4 years, $15.5 million
Player New team
Niklas Hagman[7] Toronto Maple Leafs
Nolan Baumgartner Vancouver Canucks
Antti Miettinen Minnesota Wild
Brad Winchester St. Louis Blues
Byrce Lampman Amur Khabarovsk
Johan Holmqvist Frölunda HC
Lauri Tukonen Ilves

Waivers

Player Former team New team Date claimed off waivers
Doug Janik Chicago Blackhawks Dallas Stars October 2
Sean Avery Dallas Stars New York Rangers March 3, 2009
Brendan Morrison Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars March 4, 2009

Retired

Player Date retired
Mattias Norstrom June 10, 2008
Stu Barnes August 8, 2008

Draft picks

The Stars' picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 59 Tyler Beskorowany (G)  Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3 89 Scott Winkler (C)  Norway Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5 149 Philip Larsen (D)  Denmark Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
6 176 (from Montreal) Matthew Tassone (C)  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 209 Mike Bergin (D)  Canada Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL)

See also

Farm teams

In 2008, the Stars ended their affiliation with the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Iowa Stars as their primary minor league affiliate, expecting to announce the formation of a new minor league expansion team, the Texas Stars, at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. The Texas Stars will be based in Cedar Park, Texas, just three hours driving time from the metroplex. The Stars' minor league contract players are currently dispersed among four different teams in the AHL and ECHL.

References

  1. ^ "2008-09 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "New York Rangers at Dallas Stars Box Score — February 6, 2009".
  3. ^ "San Jose Sharks at Minnesota North Stars Box Score — November 28, 1992".
  4. ^ "St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars Box Score — April 4, 2009".
  5. ^ "2008-09 NHL Schedule and Results".
  6. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  7. ^ CANOE – SLAM! Sports – Hockey NHL – Games – Toronto signs Niklas Hagman and Jeff Finger[usurped]