2018–19 Dallas Stars season

2018–19 Dallas Stars
2018–19 Dallas Stars
Division	4th Central
Conference	6th Western
2018–19 record	43–32–7
Home record	24–14–3
Road record	19–18–4
Goals for	210
Goals against	202
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Jim Montgomery
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	John Klingberg; Alexander Radulov; Tyler Seguin; Jason Spezza
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	18,178
Minor league affiliate(s)	Texas Stars (AHL); Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Seguin (33)
Assists	Tyler Seguin (47)
Points	Tyler Seguin (80)
Penalty minutes	Roman Polak (69)
Plus/minus	Alexander Radulov (+22)
Wins	Ben Bishop (27)
Goals against average	Landon Bow (1.03)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Dallas Stars season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 26th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.^[2] The Stars clinched a playoff spot on April 2, 2019, after a 6–2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers.^[3]^[4] They defeated the Nashville Predators in the First Round, and faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round, where they were defeated in seven games.

Standings

Central Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	+26	100
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	+28	99
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	+24	99
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
5	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
7	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83

Source: National Hockey League ^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90

3	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
4	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
5	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
9	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.^[7]

2018 preseason game log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	St. Louis	3–5	Dallas		Bow	11,125	1–0–0	^[8]
2	September 20	Dallas	3–1	Minnesota		Point	16,117	2–0–0	^[9]
3^[a]	September 22	Florida	4–3	Dallas	OT	Point	—	2–0–1	^[10]
4	September 24	Minnesota	3–5	Dallas		Khudobin	11,332	3–0–1	^[11]
5	September 26	Dallas	3–1	Colorado		Bishop	—	4–0–1	^[12]
6	September 28	Dallas	1–3	St. Louis		Bow	17,363	4–1–1	^[13]
7	September 30	Colorado	6–5	Dallas		Point	12,211	4–2–1	^[14]
Notes: ^a Game was played at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[15]

2018–19 game log

October: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Arizona	0–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	1–0–0	2	^[16]
2	October 6	Winnipeg	1–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,131	2–0–0	4	^[17]
3	October 9	Toronto	7–4	Dallas		Bishop	17,866	2–1–0	4	^[18]
4	October 13	Anaheim	3–5	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	3–1–0	6	^[19]
5	October 15	Dallas	1–4	Ottawa		Bishop	12,358	3–2–0	6	^[20]
6	October 16	Dallas	0–3	New Jersey		Khudobin	12,808	3–3–0	6	^[21]
7	October 19	Minnesota	3–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,346	3–4–0	6	^[22]
8	October 23	Los Angeles	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	17,354	4–4–0	8	^[23]
9	October 25	Anaheim	2–5	Dallas		Bishop	17,134	5–4–0	10	^[24]
10	October 28	Dallas	2–4	Detroit		Bishop	19,515	5–5–0	10	^[25]
11	October 30	Dallas	4–1	Montreal		Bishop	20,506	6–5–0	12	^[26]

November: 7–5–3 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 4–4–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 1	Dallas	2–1	Toronto		Khudobin	18,878	7–5–0	14	^[27]
13	November 3	Dallas	4–3	Washington	OT	Bishop	18,506	8–5–0	16	^[28]
14	November 5	Dallas	1–2	Boston	OT	Khudobin	17,565	8–5–1	17	^[29]
15	November 6	Dallas	1–4	Columbus		Bishop	14,159	8–6–1	17	^[30]
16	November 8	San Jose	3–4	Dallas		Khudobin	18,137	9–6–1	19	^[31]
17	November 10	Nashville	5–4	Dallas	OT	Bishop	18,532	9–6–2	20	^[32]
18	November 12	Columbus	2–1	Dallas		Khudobin	17,543	9–7–2	20	^[33]
19	November 16	Boston	0–1	Dallas	OT	Bishop	18,532	10–7–2	22	^[34]
20	November 18	Dallas	6–2	NY Islanders		Bishop	10,650	11–7–2	24	^[35]
21	November 19	Dallas	1–2	NY Rangers		Khudobin	17,071	11–8–2	24	^[36]
22	November 21	Dallas	1–5	Pittsburgh		Khudobin	18,340	11–9–2	24	^[37]
23	November 23	Ottawa	4–6	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	12–9–2	26	^[38]
24	November 24	Dallas	2–3	Colorado		Khudobin	18,010	12–10–2	26	^[39]
25	November 27	Dallas	0–1	Edmonton	OT	Khudobin	18,347	12–10–3	27	^[40]
26	November 28	Dallas	4–3	Calgary	OT	Khudobin	17,676	13–10–3	29	^[41]

December: 7–6–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 1	Dallas	2–1	Vancouver		Bishop	17,387	14–10–3	31	^[42]
28	December 3	Edmonton	1–4	Dallas		Khudobin	18,125	15–10–3	33	^[43]
29	December 7	San Jose	2–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,342	16–10–3	35	^[44]
30	December 9	Dallas	2–4	Vegas		Bishop	18,240	16–11–3	35	^[45]
31	December 12	Dallas	3–6	Anaheim		Bishop	16,810	16–12–3	35	^[46]
32	December 13	Dallas	2–3	San Jose		Khudobin	17,185	16–13–3	35	^[47]
33	December 15	Dallas	4–6	Colorado		Bishop	17,626	16–14–3	35	^[48]
34	December 18	Calgary	0–2	Dallas		Bishop	18,127	17–14–3	37	^[49]
35	December 20	Chicago	5–2	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	17–15–3	37	^[50]
36	December 22	Dallas	2–1	Minnesota	OT	Bishop	19,074	18–15–3	39	^[51]
37	December 23	NY Islanders	3–1	Dallas		Khudobin	18,031	18–16–3	39	^[52]
38	December 27	Dallas	2–0	Nashville		Khudobin	16,676	19–16–3	41	^[53]
39	December 29	Detroit	1–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	20–16–3	43	^[54]
40	December 31	Montreal	3–2	Dallas	OT	Bishop	18,532	20–16–4	44	^[55]

January: 5–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	New Jersey	4–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,133	21–16–4	46	^[56]
42	January 4	Washington	1–2	Dallas	OT	Khudobin	18,532	22–16–4	48	^[57]
43	January 6	Dallas	1–5	Winnipeg		Bishop	15,321	22–17–4	48	^[58]
44	January 8	Dallas	3–1	St. Louis		Bishop	17,037	23–17–4	50	^[59]
45	January 10	Dallas	1–2	Philadelphia		Khudobin	19,448	23–18–4	50	^[60]
46	January 12	St. Louis	3–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,124	23–19–4	50	^[61]
47	January 15	Tampa Bay	2–0	Dallas		Khudobin	18,021	23–20–4	50	^[62]
48	January 17	Los Angeles	2–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,045	23–21–4	50	^[63]
49	January 19	Winnipeg	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	24–21–4	52	^[64]
50	January 30	Buffalo	0–1	Dallas		Bishop	17,986	25–21–4	54	^[65]

February: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	Minnesota	1–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,124	26–21–4	56	^[66]
52	February 2	Dallas	3–1	Nashville		Khudobin	17,722	27–21–4	58	^[67]
53	February 4	Arizona	4–5	Dallas		Bishop	17,996	28–21–4	60	^[68]
54	February 7	Dallas	2–3	Nashville	OT	Khudobin	17,174	28–21–5	61	^[69]
55	February 9	Dallas	2–3	Arizona		Khudobin	13,418	28–22–5	61	^[70]
56	February 12	Dallas	3–0	Florida		Khudobin	9,472	29–22–5	63	^[71]
57	February 14	Dallas	0–6	Tampa Bay		Khudobin	19,092	29–23–5	63	^[72]
58	February 16	Dallas	0–3	Carolina		Khudobin	14,369	29–24–5	63	^[73]
59	February 19	Nashville	5–3	Dallas		Khudobin	17,985	29–25–5	63	^[74]
60	February 21	St. Louis	2–5	Dallas		Khudobin	17,945	30–25–5	65	^[75]
61	February 23	Carolina	3–0	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	30–26–5	65	^[76]
62	February 24	Dallas	4–3	Chicago		Khudobin	21,474	31–26–5	67	^[77]
63	February 26	Dallas	1–4	Vegas		Bishop	18,261	31–27–5	67	^[78]
64	February 28	Dallas	4–3	Los Angeles	OT	Khudobin	18,230	32–27–5	69	^[79]

March: 9–4–2 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 6–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 2	Dallas	4–1	St. Louis		Bishop	18,166	33–27–5	71	^[80]
66	March 5	NY Rangers	0–1	Dallas		Bishop	17,974	34–27–5	73	^[81]
67	March 7	Colorado	0–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,011	35–27–5	75	^[82]
68	March 9	Chicago	2–1	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	35–28–5	75	^[83]
69	March 12	Dallas	2–0	Buffalo		Bishop	17,830	36–28–5	77	^[84]
70	March 14	Dallas	4–1	Minnesota		Bishop	18,919	37–28–5	79	^[85]
71	March 15	Vegas	2–1	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	37–29–5	79	^[86]
72	March 17	Vancouver	3–2	Dallas	SO	Khudobin	18,125	37–29–6	80	^[87]
73	March 19	Florida	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	17,654	38–29–6	82	^[88]
74	March 21	Colorado	3–1	Dallas		Bishop	17,543	38–30–6	82	^[89]
75	March 23	Pittsburgh	3–2	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	38–31–6	82	^[90]
76	March 25	Dallas	5–2	Winnipeg		Bishop	15,321	39–31–6	84	^[91]
77	March 27	Dallas	2–1	Calgary		Khudobin	18,881	40–31–6	86	^[92]
78	March 28	Dallas	3–2	Edmonton	SO	Khudobin	18,347	41–31–6	88	^[93]
79	March 30	Dallas	2–3	Vancouver	SO	Khudobin	18,663	41–31–7	89	^[94]

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Philadelphia	2–6	Dallas		Khudobin	18,532	42–31–7	91	^[95]
81	April 5	Dallas	1–6	Chicago		Khudobin	21,626	42–32–7	91	^[96]
82	April 6	Minnesota	0–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	43–32–7	93	^[97]

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

Playoffs

The Stars faced the Nashville Predators in the First Round of the playoffs,^[98] and defeated them in six games.^[99]

The Stars faced the St. Louis Blues in the Second Round of the playoffs,^[100] and were defeated in seven games.^[101]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) Nashville Predators: Dallas won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 10	Dallas	3–2	Nashville		Bishop	17,458	1–0	^[102]
2	April 13	Dallas	1–2	Nashville	OT	Bishop	17,611	1–1	^[103]
3	April 15	Nashville	3–2	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	1–2	^[104]
4	April 17	Nashville	1–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	2–2	^[105]
5	April 20	Dallas	5–3	Nashville		Bishop	17,633	3–2	^[106]
6	April 22	Nashville	1–2	Dallas	OT	Bishop	19,025	4–2	^[107]

Western Conference Second Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 25	Dallas	2–3	St. Louis		Bishop	18,014	0–1	^[108]
2	April 27	Dallas	4–2	St. Louis		Bishop	18,285	1–1	^[109]
3	April 29	St. Louis	4–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	1–2	^[110]
4	May 1	St. Louis	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,790	2–2	^[111]
5	May 3	Dallas	2–1	St. Louis		Bishop	18,542	3–2	^[112]
6	May 5	St. Louis	4–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,876	3–3	^[113]
7	May 7	Dallas	1–2	St. Louis	2OT	Bishop	18,531	3–4	^[114]

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

As of May 7, 2019^[115]

Skaters

Regular season^[116]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tyler Seguin	82	33	47	80	17	18
Alexander Radulov	70	29	43	72	22	54
Jamie Benn	78	27	26	53	14	56
John Klingberg	64	10	35	45	6	12
Miro Heiskanen	82	12	21	33	−14	16
Esa Lindell	82	11	21	32	14	33
Radek Faksa	81	15	15	30	−3	54
Jason Spezza	76	8	19	27	−13	29
Mattias Janmark	81	6	19	25	−4	24
Roope Hintz	58	9	13	22	−11	24
Jason Dickinson	67	6	16	22	9	23
Blake Comeau	77	7	11	18	−7	42
Devin Shore^‡	42	5	12	17	0	7
Tyler Pitlick	47	8	4	12	−2	6
Taylor Fedun	54	4	7	11	2	14
Valeri Nichushkin	57	0	10	10	−4	0
Roman Polak	77	1	8	9	6	69
Brett Ritchie	53	4	2	6	−7	57
Andrew Cogliano^†	32	3	3	6	−1	8
Gavin Bayreuther	19	2	3	5	2	10
Denis Gurianov	21	1	3	4	−3	0
Connor Carrick^‡	14	1	3	4	−7	13
Julius Honka	29	0	4	4	−2	10
Gemel Smith^‡	14	2	1	3	−1	0
Mats Zuccarello^†	2	1	2	3	3	0
Joel L'Esperance	18	2	0	2	−4	6
Martin Hanzal	7	1	1	2	−4	4
Ben Lovejoy^†	20	0	2	2	−2	4
Erik Condra	6	1	0	1	−2	2
Dillon Heatherington	5	0	1	1	4	0
Ben Gleason	4	0	1	1	−1	0
Jamie Oleksiak^†	21	0	1	1	0	8
Justin Dowling	11	0	1	1	−4	0
Joel Hanley	16	0	0	0	0	2
Marc Methot	9	0	0	0	−3	6

Playoffs^[117]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mats Zuccarello	13	4	7	11	2	6
Tyler Seguin	13	4	7	11	3	2
Alexander Radulov	13	5	5	10	5	8
Jamie Benn	13	2	8	10	2	10
John Klingberg	13	2	7	9	8	6
Roope Hintz	13	5	3	8	−1	2
Jason Spezza	11	3	2	5	−1	0
Jason Dickinson	13	3	2	5	0	4
Miro Heiskanen	13	2	2	4	0	2
Esa Lindell	13	1	3	4	4	4
Mattias Janmark	7	1	2	3	−1	8
Andrew Cogliano	13	2	0	2	−1	4
Blake Comeau	13	1	1	2	0	16
Justin Dowling	13	0	2	2	−6	0
Radek Faksa	13	0	1	1	−1	6
Roman Polak	13	0	1	1	−2	10
Ben Lovejoy	13	0	1	1	−7	0
Valeri Nichushkin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Ritchie	1	0	0	0	0	2
Tyler Pitlick	6	0	0	0	−5	2
Joel Hanley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Heatherington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Fedun	7	0	0	0	−5	2
Jamie Oleksiak	4	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[118]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Ben Bishop	46	45	2,637:18	27	15	2	87	1.98	1,323	.934	7	2	2
Anton Khudobin	41	37	2,219:30	16	17	5	95	2.57	1,232	.923	2	0	2
Landon Bow	2	0	58:15	0	0	0	1	1.03	19	.947	0	0	0

Playoffs^[119]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ben Bishop	13	13	810:59	7	6	30	2.22	448	.933	0	0	0	2
Anton Khudobin	1	0	11:05	0	0	0	0.00	5	1.000	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	To Dallas Stars Connor Carrick	^[120]
November 10, 2018 (2018-11-10)	To Buffalo Sabres Conditional 7th-round pick in 2020	To Dallas Stars Taylor Fedun	^[121]
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	To Anaheim Ducks Devin Shore	To Dallas Stars Andrew Cogliano	^[122]
January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019	To Dallas Stars Jamie Oleksiak	^[123]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To New Jersey Devils Connor Carrick 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Dallas Stars Ben Lovejoy	^[124]
February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)	To New York Rangers Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Dallas Stars Mats Zuccarello	^[125]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Blake Comeau	from Colorado Avalanche	3-year	^[126]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Erik Condra	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[127]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brian Flynn	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[128]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Joel Hanley	from Arizona Coyotes	1-year	^[129]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Anton Khudobin	from Boston Bruins	2-year	^[130]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Joel L'Esperance	from Texas Stars (AHL)	2-year	^[131]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Mike McKenna	to Ottawa Senators	1-year	^[132]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Curtis McKenzie	to Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	^[133]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Michael Mersch	from Los Angeles Kings	2-year	^[134]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Greg Pateryn	to Minnesota Wild	3-year	^[135]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Roman Polak	from Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	^[136]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Antoine Roussel	to Vancouver Canucks	4-year	^[137]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19)	Brent Regner	to Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Unknown	^[138]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Dan Hamhuis	to Nashville Predators	2-year	^[139]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)	Cole Ully	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	Unknown	^[140]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	Ben Gleason	from Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)	3-year	^[141]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	Andrew O'Brien	to Stockton Heat (AHL)	Unknown	^[142]
March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)	Tye Felhaber	from Ottawa 67's (OHL)	3-year	^[143]
March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)	Josh Melnick	from Miami RedHawks (NCHC)	1-year	^[144]
April 29, 2019 (2019-04-29)	Emil Djuse	from Skellefteå AIK (SHL)	1-year	^[145]
May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)	Joel Kiviranta	from Vaasan Sport (Liiga)	2-year	^[146]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Remi Elie	to Buffalo Sabres	^[147]
December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)	Gemel Smith	to Boston Bruins	^[148]^[149]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	Stephen Johns	3-year	^[150]
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)	Reece Scarlett	1-year	^[151]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Valeri Nichushkin	2-year	^[152]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Colton Point	3-year	^[153]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Remi Elie	1-year	^[154]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Jason Dickinson	1-year	^[155]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Philippe Desrosiers	1-year	^[156]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Adam Mascherin	3-year	^[157]
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)	Devin Shore	2-year	^[158]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Dillon Heatherington	1-year	^[159]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Mattias Janmark	1-year	^[160]
August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)	Gemel Smith	1-year	^[161]
September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	Tyler Seguin	8-year	^[162]
September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)	Ty Dellandrea	3-year	^[163]
February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)	Joel Hanley	2-year	^[164]
March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09)	Justin Dowling	2-year	^[165]
March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)	Joseph Cecconi	2-year	^[144]
March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)	Rhett Gardner	2-year	^[144]
March 25, 2019 (2019-03-25)	Jake Oettinger	3-year	^[166]
April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)	Riley Damiani	3-year	^[167]
April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)	Riley Tufte	3-year	^[168]
May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)	Esa Lindell	6-year	^[169]
June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)	Mattias Janmark	1-year	^[170]
June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)	Roman Polak	1-year	^[171]

Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Ty Dellandrea	C	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
2	44	Albin Eriksson	LW	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
3	75	Oskar Back	C	Sweden	Farjestad BK J20 (SuperElit)
4	100¹	Adam Mascherin	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	106	Curtis Douglas	C	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5	137	Riley Damiani	C	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6	168	Dawson Barteaux	D	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	199	Jermaine Loewen	LW	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Notes:

The Chicago Blackhawks' fourth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Johnny Oduya to Chicago in exchange for Mark McNeill and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[172]

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