2018–19 Dallas Stars season

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 by the eventual Stanley Cup champions.

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[1]
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 →

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

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup 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	G	A	PIM
Ben Bishop	46	45	2,637:18	27	15	2	87	1.98	1,323	.934	7	0	2	2
Anton Khudobin	41	37	2,219:30	16	17	5	95	2.57	1,232	.923	2	0	0	2
Landon Bow	2	0	58:15	0	0	0	1	1.03	19	.947	0	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

See also: List of Dallas Stars 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:

1. 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]