2012–13 Dallas Stars season

2012–13 Dallas Stars
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
2012–13 record	22–22–4
Home record	11–11–2
Road record	11–11–2
Goals for	130
Goals against	142
Team information
General Manager	Joe Nieuwendyk
Coach	Glen Gulutzan
Captain	Brenden Morrow (Oct–Mar) Vacant (Mar–Apr)
Alternate captains	Jamie Benn (Mar–Apr) Loui Eriksson Stephane Robidas Ray Whitney
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	17,063 (92.1%)[1] (24 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Jamie Benn (12)
Assists	Alex Goligoski (24)
Points	Jamie Benn (33)
Penalties in minutes	Antoine Roussel (85)
Plus/minus	(+): Alex Goligoski (4) (−): Jamie Benn (−12)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen (15)
Goals against average	Kari Lehtonen (2.66)
<2011–12 2013–14>

The 2012–13 Dallas Stars season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967,^[2] and 20th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

The Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth-straight season.

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division^[3]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	48	30	12	6	24	140	118	66
2	Los Angeles Kings	48	27	16	5	25	133	118	59
3	San Jose Sharks	48	25	16	7	17	124	116	57
4	Phoenix Coyotes	48	21	18	9	17	125	131	51
5	Dallas Stars	48	22	22	4	20	130	142	48

Western Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	CE	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	77
2	y – Anaheim Ducks	PA	48	30	12	6	24	140	118	66
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	48	26	15	7	21	127	121	59
4	St. Louis Blues	CE	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	60
5	Los Angeles Kings	PA	48	27	16	5	25	133	118	59
6	San Jose Sharks	PA	48	25	16	7	17	124	116	57
7	Detroit Red Wings	CE	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	56
8	Minnesota Wild	NW	48	26	19	3	22	122	127	55
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	55
10	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	48	21	18	9	17	125	131	51
11	Dallas Stars	PA	48	22	22	4	20	130	142	48
12	Edmonton Oilers	NW	48	19	22	7	17	125	134	45
13	Calgary Flames	NW	48	19	25	4	19	128	160	42
14	Nashville Predators	CE	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	41
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	48	16	25	7	14	116	152	39

Divisions: CE – Central, NW – Northwest, PA – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log
January: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 19 Phoenix Coyotes 3–4 Dallas Stars — 18,532 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 20 Dallas Stars 0–1 Minnesota Wild — 18,296 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 22 Dallas Stars 2–1 Detroit Red Wings — 20,066 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 24 Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 Dallas Stars OT 17,868 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 January 26 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,131 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 January 28 Dallas Stars 1–2 Columbus Blue Jackets — 10,475 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 29 Dallas Stars 1–4 Detroit Red Wings — 20,066 2–4–1 5 Recap
February: 8–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 1 Phoenix Coyotes 3–4 Dallas Stars SO 18,101 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 February 2 Dallas Stars 0–2 Phoenix Coyotes — 12,151 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 4 Dallas Stars 3–2 Colorado Avalanche — 13,441 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 February 6 Dallas Stars 3–2 Edmonton Oilers OT 16,839 5–5–1 11 Recap 12 February 8 Anaheim Ducks 1–3 Dallas Stars — 18,112 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 February 12 Dallas Stars 4–1 Edmonton Oilers — 16,839 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 February 13 Dallas Stars 4–7 Calgary Flames — 19,289 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 February 15 Dallas Stars 4–3 Vancouver Canucks — 18,910 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 February 17 Calgary Flames 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,340 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 February 21 Vancouver Canucks 4–3 Dallas Stars — 17,393 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 February 23 San Jose Sharks 1–3 Dallas Stars — 18,584 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 February 25 Dallas Stars 4–5 Nashville Predators OT 17,113 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 February 26 Dallas Stars 5–4 Columbus Blue Jackets OT 11,523 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 February 28 Edmonton Oilers 5–1 Dallas Stars — 17,004 10–9–2 22 Recap
March: 6–6–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 3 St. Louis Blues 1–4 Dallas Stars — 16,663 11–9–2 24 Recap 23 March 7 Dallas Stars 5–2 Los Angeles Kings — 18,118 12–9–2 26 Recap 24 March 9 Dallas Stars 1–2 Phoenix Coyotes — 15,842 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 March 12 Nashville Predators 4–0 Dallas Stars — 15,661 12–11–2 26 Recap 26 March 14 Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Dallas Stars SO 15,775 12–11–3 27 Recap 27 March 16 Chicago Blackhawks 8–1 Dallas Stars — 18,584 12–12–3 27 Recap 28 March 18 Calgary Flames 3–4 Dallas Stars — 16,057 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 March 20 Dallas Stars 3–4 Colorado Avalanche — 13,813 13–13–3 29 Recap 30 March 21 Dallas Stars 2–0 Los Angeles Kings — 18,118 14–13–3 31 Recap 31 March 23 Colorado Avalanche 2–5 Dallas Stars — 17,311 15–13–3 33 Recap 32 March 25 Minnesota Wild 7–4 Dallas Stars — 16,167 15–14–3 33 Recap 33 March 29 Minnesota Wild 3–5 Dallas Stars — 17,376 16–14–3 35 Recap 34 March 31 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 Dallas Stars — 15,719 16–15–3 35 Recap
April: 6–7–1 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 April 1 Anaheim Ducks 4–0 Dallas Stars — 13,748 16–16–3 35 Recap 36 April 3 Dallas Stars 2–5 Anaheim Ducks — 15,165 16–17–3 35 Recap 37 April 5 Dallas Stars 3–1 Anaheim Ducks — 16,884 17–17–3 37 Recap 38 April 7 Dallas Stars 5–4 San Jose Sharks SO 17,562 18–17–3 39 Recap 39 April 9 Los Angeles Kings 1–5 Dallas Stars — 16,367 19–17–3 41 Recap 40 April 12 Dallas Stars 5–2 Nashville Predators — 16,818 20–17–3 43 Recap 41 April 13 San Jose Sharks 1–2 Dallas Stars — 18,007 21–17–3 45 Recap 42 April 15 Dallas Stars 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks — 21,986 21–18–3 45 Recap 43 April 18 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Dallas Stars — 16,571 22–18–3 47 Recap 44 April 19 Dallas Stars 1–2 St. Louis Blues — 19,328 22–19–3 47 Recap 45 April 21 Dallas Stars 3–4 Los Angeles Kings OT 18,118 22–19–4 48 Recap 46 April 23 Dallas Stars 2–3 San Jose Sharks — 17,562 22–20–4 48 Recap 47 April 25 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Dallas Stars — 16,918 22–21–4 48 Recap 48 April 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Dallas Stars — 18,532 22–22–4 48 Recap
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Player statistics

Final^[5]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Benn, JamieJamie Benn 41 12 21 33 −12 40 Whitney, RayRay Whitney 32 11 18 29 1 4 Eriksson, LouiLoui Eriksson 48 12 17 29 −9 8 Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski 47 3 24 27 4 18 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr^‡ 34 14 12 26 −5 20 Eakin, CodyCody Eakin 48 7 17 24 1 31 Roy, DerekDerek Roy^‡ 30 4 18 22 3 4 Fiddler, VernonVernon Fiddler 46 4 13 17 3 48 Roussel, AntoineAntoine Roussel 39 7 7 14 3 85 Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder^‡ 19 6 8 14 4 8 Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas 48 1 12 13 2 56 Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley 44 4 9 13 1 14 Nystrom, EricEric Nystrom 48 7 4 11 −3 61 Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow^‡ 29 6 5 11 −8 18 Garbutt, RyanRyan Garbutt 36 3 7 10 1 32 Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 37 3 6 9 0 8 Dillon, BrendenBrenden Dillon 48 3 5 8 1 65 Cole, ErikErik Cole^† 28 6 1 7 −7 10 Chiasson, AlexAlex Chiasson 7 6 1 7 3 0 Benn, JordieJordie Benn 26 1 5 6 −4 10 Rome, AaronAaron Rome 27 0 5 5 −2 18 Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen 32 2 3 5 −10 18 Fraser, MattMatt Fraser 12 1 2 3 0 0 Vincour, TomasTomas Vincour^‡ 15 2 1 3 0 2 MacDermid, LaneLane MacDermid 6 2 0 2 1 9 Oleksiak, JamieJamie Oleksiak 16 0 2 2 −5 14 Wandell, TomTom Wandell 18 1 0 1 0 4 Sceviour, ColtonColton Sceviour 1 0 1 1 −1 0 Petersen, TobyToby Petersen 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wathier, FrancisFrancis Wathier 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 128 224 352 −38 605

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen	36	35	1986:11	15	14	3	88	2.66	1050	0.916	1	0	2	0
Bachman, RichardRichard Bachman	13	8	608:50	6	5	0	33	3.25	288	0.885	0	0	0	0
Nilstorp, CristopherCristopher Nilstorp	5	5	291:18	1	3	1	15	3.09	146	0.897	0	0	0	0
Totals		48	2886:19	22	22	4	136	2.83	1484	0.908	1	0	2	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

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

June 22, 2012[6]	To Washington Capitals Mike Ribeiro	To Dallas Stars Cody Eakin 2nd-round pick in 2012
June 23, 2012[7]	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2013	To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick (#183 overall) in 2012
June 23, 2012[7]	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick (#194 overall) in 2012	To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013
July 2, 2012[8]	To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy	To Dallas Stars Derek Roy
January 14, 2013[9]	To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fistric	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2013
January 24, 2013[10]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013	To Dallas Stars Carl Sneep
February 26, 2013[11]	To Montreal Canadiens Michael Ryder 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Dallas Stars Erik Cole
March 24, 2013[12]	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Brenden Morrow 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Dallas Stars: Joe Morrow 5th-round pick in 2013
April 2, 2013[13]	To Boston Bruins: Jaromir Jagr	To Dallas Stars: Lane MacDermid Cody Payne Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2013
April 2, 2013[14]	To Vancouver Canucks: Derek Roy	To Dallas Stars: Kevin Connauton 2nd-round pick in 2013
April 2, 2013[15]	To Colorado Avalanche: Tomas Vincour	To Dallas Stars: Cameron Gaunce
June 8, 2013[16]	To Ottawa Senators: Conditional 6th-round pick in 2013	To Dallas Stars: Sergei Gonchar (rights)

Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Ray Whitney[17] Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $9 million Aaron Rome[18] Vancouver Canucks 3 years, $4.5 million Antoine Roussel[19] Chicago Wolves 2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract Jaromir Jagr[20] Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $4.55 million Tyler Sloan[21] Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $600,000 Max Legace[22] P.E.I. Rocket 3 years, $1.705 million entry-level contract Taylor Peters[23] Portland Winterhawks 3 years, $2.56 million entry-level contract Curtis McKenzie[24] Miami University 2 years, $1.29 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Sheldon Souray[25] Anaheim Ducks 3 years, $11 million Adam Burish[26] San Jose Sharks 4 years, $7.2 million Andrew Raycroft[27] Hockey Milano Rossoblu undisclosed Jake Dowell[28] Minnesota Wild 2 years, $1.4 million Radek Dvorak[29] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $675,000

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Toby Petersen[19]	July 2, 2012	2 years, $1.35 million
Radek Faksa[30]	July 6, 2012	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Tom Wandell[31]	July 6, 2012	1 year, $892,500
Brett Ritchie[32]	July 11, 2012	3 years, $2.535 million entry-level contract
Troy Vance[32]	July 11, 2012	3 years, $1.875 million entry-level contract
Richard Bachman[33]	July 12, 2012	1 year, $625,000
Colton Sceviour[33]	July 12, 2012	1 year, $525,000
Philip Larsen[34]	July 13, 2012	2 years, $2.05 million
Maxime Fortunus[34]	July 13, 2012	1 year, $650,000
Ludvig Bystrom[35]	July 16, 2012	3 years, $2.51 million entry-level contract
Ryan Garbutt[35]	July 16, 2012	2 years, $1.15 million
Luke Gazdic[35]	July 16, 2012	1 year, $577,500
Mark Fistric[36]	July 22, 2012	1 year, $1.475 million
Jordie Benn[37]	July 25, 2012	1 year, $525,000
Kari Lehtonen[38]	September 14, 2012	5 years, $29.5 million contract extension
Jamie Benn[39]	January 24, 2013	5 years, $26.25 million
Sergei Gonchar[40]	June 10, 2013	2 years, $10 million
Kevin Connauton[41]	June 13, 2013	3 years, $2.05 million entry-level contract
Cristopher Nilstorp[42]	June 17, 2013	1 year, $725,000
Travis Morin[43]	June 20, 2013	2 years, $1.1 million
Colton Sceviour[43]	June 20, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Matt Fraser[44]	June 24, 2013	1 year, $625,000
Cameron Gaunce[44]	June 24, 2013	1 year, $650,000

Draft picks

Dallas Stars' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.^[45]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Radek Faksa	C	Czech Republic	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	43	Ludvig Bystrom	D	Sweden	MODO J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	54^[a]	Mike Winther	C	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	61^[b]	Devin Shore	C	Canada	Whitby Fury (OJHL)
3	74	Esa Lindell	D	Finland	Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
4	104	Gemel Smith	C	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
5	134	Branden Troock	RW	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	144^[c]	Henri Kiviaho	G	Finland	KalPa U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
7	183^[d]	Dmitri Sinitsyn	D	Russia	UMass Lowell (Hockey East)

Draft notes^[46]

• ^a The Washington Capitals' second-round pick (from Colorado via Toronto and Boston) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 22, 2012 trade that sent Mike Ribeiro to the Capitals in exchange for Cody Eakin and this pick.^[47]

• ^b The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick (from Los Angeles) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a February 16, 2012 trade that sent Nicklas Grossman to the Flyers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick and this pick.^[48]

• ^c The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a December 6, 2011 trade that sent Krys Barch and a 2012 sixth round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jake Hauswirth and this pick.^[49]

• The Dallas Stars' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a December 6, 2011 trade that sent Jake Hauswirth and 2012 fifth-round pick to the Stars in exchange for Krys Barch and this pick.^[49]

• ^d The Los Angeles Kings' seventh-round pick (from Edmonton) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Kings in exchange for this pick.^[50]

• The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Stars in exchange for this pick.

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season

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