2007–08 Dallas Stars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2007–08
Year:	2007
Team:	Dallas Stars
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	45–30–7
Homerecord:	23–16–2
Roadrecord:	22–14–5
Goalsfor:	242
Goalsagainst:	207
Generalmanager:	Doug Armstrong (Oct.–Nov.) Brett Hull (Nov.–Apr.) (interim) and Les Jackson (Nov.–Apr.) (interim)
Attendance:	18,039 (97.3%)
Goalsleader:	Brenden Morrow (32)
Assistsleader:	Mike Ribeiro (56)
Pointsleader:	Mike Ribeiro (83)
Plusminusleader:	Brenden Morrow (+23)
Pimleader:	Steve Ott (147)
Winsleader:	Marty Turco (32)
Gaaleader:	Marty Turco (2.32)

The 2007–08 Dallas Stars season began on October 3, 2007 and was the franchise's 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL) and its 15th as the Dallas Stars. The Stars made the Western Conference Finals but failed to represent the Conference in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals after being defeated by the Detroit Red Wings.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23.
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Conference standings

Schedule and results

• Green background indicates win (2 points).
• Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

October

Record: 5–5–2; Home: 3–2–1; Road 2–3–1:

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 3	Dallas	3 – 4				17,487	0–1–0	0
2	October 5		1 – 4	Dallas			18,532	1–1–0	2
3	October 6	Dallas	1 – 5				13,079	1–2–0	2
4	October 10		1 – 5	Dallas			16,129	2–2–0	4
5	October 12		3 – 2	Dallas	OT		17,132	2–2–1	5
6	October 13	Dallas	1 – 2		OT		11,868	2–2–2	6
7	October 17	Dallas	3 – 2		OT		11,820	3–2–2	8
8	October 20		1 – 3	Dallas			18,057	4–2–2	10
9	October 25	Dallas	1 – 2				14,559	4–3–2	10
10	October 27	Dallas	5 – 3				13,741	5–3–2	12
11	October 29		4 – 2	Dallas			17,546	5–4–2	12
12	October 31		5 – 4	Dallas		Smith	14,756	5–5–2	12

November

Record: 8–4–2; Home: 4–1–1; road: 4–3–1

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 2		5 – 0	Dallas			18,203	5–6–2	12
14	November 5	Dallas	5 – 0				17,174	6–6–2	14
15	November 7	Dallas	3 – 1				17,496	7–6–2	16
16	November 8	Dallas	2 – 5				12,027	7–7–2	16
17	November 10	Dallas	5 – 6		OT		18,118	7–7–3	17
18	November 14		4 – 3	Dallas	SO		17,682	7–7–4	18
19	November 16		1 – 6	Dallas			18,019	8–7–4	20
20	November 19		0 – 3	Dallas			17,208	9–7–4	22
21	November 21		1 – 2	Dallas			18,584	10–7–4	24
22	November 23		1 – 3	Dallas			18,409	11–7–4	26
23	November 25	Dallas	3 – 2				18,200	12–7–4	28
24	November 26	Dallas	3 – 2		OT		8,161	13–7–4	30
25	November 28	Dallas	2 – 4				13,665	13–8–4	30
26	November 30	Dallas	1 – 4				17,132	13–9–4	30

December

Record: 10–4–0 ; Home: 5–3–0 ; road: 5–1–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 1	Dallas	4–1				19,660	14–9–4	32
28	December 3	Dallas	2–1		SO		12,233	15–9–4	34
29	December 5		3–2	Dallas			17,318	15–10–4	34
30	December 7		4–2	Dallas			18,016	15–11–4	34
31	December 10		4–5	Dallas			17,833	16–11–4	36
32	December 13		1–4	Dallas			17,913	17–11–4	38
33	December 15	Dallas	4–2				17,496	18–11–4	40
34	December 18	Dallas	2–1		SO		16,839	19–11–4	42
35	December 20	Dallas	2–3				18,630	19–12–4	42
36	December 21	Dallas	3–2		OT		19,289	20–12–4	44
37	December 23		1–4	Dallas			18,585	21–12–4	46
38	December 26		3–8	Dallas			18,532	22–12–4	48
39	December 29		4 – 5	Dallas	SO		18,532	23–12–4	50
40	December 31		1–0	Dallas			18,584	23–13–4	50

January

Record: 5–7–1; Home: 3–3–0; road: 2–4–1

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 2	Dallas	1 – 4				20,066	23–14–4	50
42	January 3	Dallas	3 – 6				18,568	23–15–4	50
43	January 5		3 – 0	Dallas		Smith	18,584	23–16–4	50
44	January 7		1 – 3	Dallas		Turco	17,502	24–16–4	52
45	January 9	Dallas	3 – 1			Turco	15,469	25–16–4	54
46	January 10	Dallas	2 – 4			Smith	16,805	25–17–4	54
47	January 12	Dallas	3 – 4		SO	Turco	16,916	25–17–5	55
48	January 15	Dallas	2 – 4			Turco	17,174	25–18–5	55
49	January 17	Dallas	4 – 2			Turco	17,496	26–18–5	57
50	January 19		1 – 3	Dallas		Smith	17,811	27–18–5	59
51	January 20		2 – 5	Dallas		Turco	18,461	28–18–5	61
52	January 22		4 – 2	Dallas		Smith	17,087	28–19–5	61
53	January 24		2 – 1	Dallas		Turco	18,532	28–20–5	61
54	January 29	Dallas	4 – 3			Turco	18,630	29–20–5	63

February

Record: 12–2–0; Home:6–1–0 ; road: 6–1–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
55	February 1	Dallas	4 – 1			Turco	16,839	30–20–5	65
56	February 2	Dallas	2 – 1			Turco	19,289	31–20–5	67
57	February 5		2 – 3	Dallas	SO	Turco	17,642	32–20–5	69
58	February 7	Dallas	1 – 0			Smith	18,568	33–20–5	71
59	February 9		2 – 6	Dallas		Smith	18,584	34–20–5	73
60	February 11		1 – 2	Dallas		Turco	17,622	35–20–5	75
61	February 14	Dallas	2 – 5			Turco	12,885	35–21–5	75
62	February 15	Dallas	4 – 2			Turco	17,323	36–21–5	77
63	February 17		0 – 1	Dallas		Turco	18,584	37–21–5	79
64	February 20		3 – 2	Dallas		Turco	18,584	37–22–5	79
65	February 22		2 – 5	Dallas		Turco	18,564	38–22–5	81
66	February 23	Dallas	6 – 2			Smith	17,113	39–22–5	83
67	February 26	Dallas	3 – 1			Turco	19,150	40–22–5	85
68	February 28		4 – 7	Dallas		Turco	18,584	41–22–5	87

March

Record: 2–7–2 ; Home: 1–5–0 ; road: 1–2–2

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
69	March 1		3 – 1	Dallas		Turco	18,584	41–23–5	87
70	March 5		2 – 1	Dallas		Turco	17,942	41–24–5	87
71	March 8	Dallas	1 – 3			Turco	18,007	41–25–5	87
72	March 9		0 – 3	Dallas		Turco	18,532	42–25–5	89
73	March 13	Dallas	3 – 5			Turco	19,453	42–26–5	89
74	March 15		3 – 4	Dallas		Holmqvist	18,584	42–27–5	89
75	March 19		1 – 2	Dallas		Turco	18,584	42–28–5	89
76	March 22		4 – 2	Dallas		Turco	18,532	42–29–5	89
77	March 27	Dallas	2 – 3		OT	Turco	17,496	42–29–6	90
78	March 29	Dallas	7 – 2			Turco	17,849	43–29–6	92
79	March 30	Dallas	2 – 3		SO	Turco	17,174	43–29–7	93

April

Record: 2–1–0 ; Home: 2–0–0 ; road: 0–1–0

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	Dallas	2 – 4			Holmqvist	18,340	43–30–7	95
81	April 4		2 – 4	Dallas		Holmqvist	18,584	44–30–7	95
82	April 6		2 – 4	Dallas		Turco	18,532	45–30–7	97

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	April 10	Dallas	4  - 0	Anaheim	Turco	17,191
2	April 12	Dallas	5  - 2	Anaheim	Turco	17,181
3	April 15	Anaheim	4  - 2	Dallas	Turco	18,532
4	April 17	Anaheim	1  - 3	Dallas	Turco	18,532
5	April 18	Dallas	2  - 5	Anaheim	Turco	17,199
6	April 20	Anaheim	1  - 4	Dallas	Turco	18,532

Western Conference semifinals

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	April 25	Dallas	3  - 2 (OT)	San Jose	Turco	17,496
2	April 27	Dallas	5  - 2	San Jose	Turco	17,496
3	April 29	San Jose	1  - 2 (OT)	Dallas	Turco	18,532
4	April 30	San Jose	2  - 1	Dallas	Turco	18,584
5	May 2	Dallas	2  - 3 (OT)	San Jose	Turco	17,496
6	May 4	San Jose	1  - 2 (4OT)*	Dallas	Turco	18,584

• Game six was the eighth-longest game in NHL history.

Western Conference finals

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance
1	May 8	Dallas	1  - 4	Detroit	Turco	20,066
2	May 10	Dallas	1  - 2	Detroit	Turco	20,066
3	May 12	Detroit	5  - 2	Dallas	Turco	18,532
4	May 14	Detroit	1  - 3	Dallas	Turco	18,532
5	May 17	Dallas	2  - 1	Detroit	Turco	20,066
6	May 19	Detroit	4  - 1	Dallas	Turco	18,584

Player statistics

Regular season

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; ATOI = Average time on ice

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
	76	27	56	83	21	46
	82	32	42	74	23	105
†-	74	20	42	62	-25	15
	82	21	36	57	-11	48
	82	27	14	41	4	51
	48	15	22	37	9	14
	46	4	31	35	6	12
	69	15	19	34	4	34
	65	14	17	31	5	28
	52	14	14	28	2	14
	82	9	17	26	0	85
	78	7	19	26	22	36
	64	8	12	20	-2	40
	78	5	19	24	-1	85
	79	12	11	23	-3	26
	73	11	11	22	2	147
	38	2	12	14	3	26
	55	3	11	14	-3	22
	66	2	11	13	3	40
	62	0	7	7	10	22
	22	3	2	5	0	6
	48	1	2	3	-3	105
	41	1	2	3	-9	46
	37	0	2	2	3	24
	8	0	3	3	0	4
	8	0	2	2	1	39
	11	0	2	2	2	33
	4	0	0	0	-1	2

† denotes: Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade on February 26, 2008

Goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
	62	3627:31	32	21	1543	140	3	.909	2.32
	21	238:28	12	9	88	7	1	.920	1.76
†	2	79:59	1	0	35	5	0	.857	3.75
	1	60:38	0	0	40	2	0	.950	1.98

† denotes: Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade on February 26, 2008
Italics denotes: Traded to Tampa Bay in a trade on February 26, 2008

Playoffs

Skaters

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM	ATOI
	18	3	14	17	0	16	21:47
	18	9	6	15	0	22	23:13
	18	3	12	15	1	8	21:00
	18	5	7	12	-3	22	19:55
	18	3	8	11	0	12	25:47
	14	4	4	8	1	2	20:34
	18	4	4	8	1	8	18:22
	11	1	5	6	-4	4	25:43
	16	2	5	7	0	8	13:44
	18	2	3	5	5	16	20:33
	18	2	1	3	-2	22	13:34
	16	0	3	3	-2	10	17:01
	9	2	1	3	1	2	15:33
	18	1	1	2	3	6	18:41
	18	2	0	2	3	14	13:23
	15	1	1	2	-2	0	10:01
	18	1	0	0	0	20	19:15
	16	0	0	0	-4	2	08:37
	9	0	0	0	-1	6	14:51
	5	0	0	0	E	0	04:16
	3	0	0	0	E	4	20:04
	1	0	0	0	E	0	01:56
	1	0	0	0	-1	0	04:17
	6	0	0	0	-2	8

Last update: 00:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Goaltenders

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Last update: 00:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Awards and records

Milestones

• On November 7, Mike Modano surpassed Phil Housley's record for most points (1,232) by an American-born player, scoring two goals against the San Jose Sharks.
• Dallas' 2–1 win over Phoenix on February 11 was a franchise-record seventh-straight win.
• Dallas' 2–1 quadruple overtime victory over San Jose in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals was the eighth-longest game in NHL history. It was the third time in five years Dallas played in a game that reached the fourth overtime.

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

June 23, 2007	To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick (94th overall) in 2007 – Maxim Mayorov	To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick (128th overall) in 2007 – Austin Smith 5th-round pick (129th overall) in 2007 – Jamie Benn 5th-round pick (149th overall) in 2007 – Michael Neal
February 26, 2008	To Dallas Stars Brad Richards Johan Holmqvist	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Smith Jussi Jokinen Jeff Halpern

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract Terms 1 year, $500,000 1 year, $475,000 1 year, $875,000 1 year, $450,000

Free agents lost

Player New team Pittsburgh Penguins Los Angeles Kings Nashville Predators Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks

Dallas' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[1] The Stars do not have a first round pick, having dealt it to the Phoenix Coyotes as part of the Ladislav Nagy trade.

Round		Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	50	Nico Sacchetti	Centre		Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
3	64	Sergei Korostin	Right wing		Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
4	112		Right wing		Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
5	128	Austin Smith	Right wing		The Gunnery (USHS-CT)
5	129		Left wing		Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
5	136	Ondrej Roman	Left wing		Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	112	Michael Neal	Left wing		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5	128	Luke Gazdic	Left wing		Erie Otters (OHL)

Farm teams

Iowa Stars

The Iowa Stars are the Stars American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08.

Idaho Steelheads

The Idaho Steelheads are the Stars affiliate in the ECHL.

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season

References

• Player stats: Dallas Stars player stats on espn.com
• Game log: Dallas Stars game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

Notes and References

1. 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com