2010–11 Dallas Stars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2010–11
Year:	2010
Team:	Dallas Stars
Conferencerank:	9th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	42–29–11
Homerecord:	22–11–8
Roadrecord:	20–18–3
Goalsfor:	227
Goalsagainst:	233
Goalsleader:	Brenden Morrow (33)
Assistsleader:	Mike Ribeiro (52)
Pointsleader:	Brad Richards (77)
Plusminusleader:	Loui Eriksson(+10)
Pimleader:	Steve Ott (183)
Winsleader:	Kari Lehtonen (34)
Gaaleader:	Kari Lehtonen 2.55

The 2010–11 Dallas Stars season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967,^[1] and 18th season since the franchise relocated to Dallas to start the 1993–94 NHL season. Despite having a winning record, the Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Stars posted a regular season record of 42 wins, 29 losses and 11 overtime/shootout losses for 95 points, only two points behind the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks for the last playoff spot.

Off-season

The Stars decided to not re-sign unrestricted free agent goalie Marty Turco. The Stars signed free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, as a likely backup goaltender to Kari Lehtonen. Mike Modano left the team to sign with the Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

On February 21, 2011, among an extended skid, general manager Joe Nieuwendyk traded defenseman Matt Niskanen and forward James Neal to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski. After failing to make the playoffs by losing their final game of the season, Marc Crawford was fired as head coach.^[2]

Playoffs

The Stars narrowly failed to qualify for the 2011 playoffs. With 95 points, the Stars tied a record set by the 2006–07 Colorado Avalanche for the team with the highest point total in a season that failed to make the playoffs. This record was later surpassed by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins, 2017–18 Florida Panthers and 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens, each of whom failed to make the playoffs with 96 points.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2010 Pre-season <	--game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)-->
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 21		4 - 2	Dallas Stars			0-1-0	Recap
2	September 24		1 - 2	Dallas Stars			1-1-0	Recap
3	September 25		2 - 5	Dallas Stars			2-1-0	Recap
4	September 28	Dallas Stars	1 - 2				2-2-0	Recap
5	September 30		1 - 2	Dallas Stars			3-2-0	Recap
6	October 2	Dallas Stars	3 - 4		OT		3-2-1	Recap

Regular season

2010–11 Game Log
October: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Dallas Stars 4-3 OT Lehtonen 1-0-0 17,625 1-0-0 2 Recap 2 October 9 Dallas Stars 5-4 SO Lehtonen 2-0-0 13,351 2-0-0 4 Recap 3 October 14 1-4 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 3-0-0 18,532 3-0-0 6 Recap 4 October 16 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 4-0-0 11,750 4-0-0 8 Recap 5 October 18 Dallas Stars 4-5 Lehtonen 4-1-0 13,277 4-1-0 8 Recap 6 October 21 Dallas Stars 4-1 Lehtonen 5-1-0 11,580 5-1-0 10 Recap 7 October 23 1-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 5-2-0 13,583 5-2-0 10 Recap 8 October 26 5-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 5-3-0 12,378 5-3-0 10 Recap 9 October 28 5-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 5-4-0 11,306 5-4-0 10 Recap 10 October 30 0-4 Dallas Stars Raycroft 1-0-0 15,015 6-4-0 12 Recap
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 3-4–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 3 2-5 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 6-4-0 15,637 7-4-0 14 Recap 12 November 5 3-6 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 7-4-0 12,255 8-4-0 16 Recap 13 November 6 Dallas Stars 0-5 Raycroft 1-1-0 16,172 8-5-0 16 Recap 14 November 11 Dallas Stars 1-3 Lehtonen 7-5-0 18,118 8-6-0 16 Recap 15 November 12 Dallas Stars 2-4 Lehtonen 7-6-0 13,831 8-7-0 16 Recap 16 November 16 1-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 8-6-0 13,433 9-7-0 18 Recap 17 November 18 4-5 Dallas Stars OT Lehtonen 9-6-0 14,720 10-7-0 20 Recap 18 November 20 4-3 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 9-6-1 17,441 10-7-1 21 Recap 19 November 22 Dallas Stars 1-4 Lehtonen 9-7-1 19,266 10-8-1 21 Recap 20 November 24 Dallas Stars 2-1 Raycroft 2-1-0 16,281 11-8-1 23 Recap 21 November 26 St. Louis Blues 2-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 10-7-1 16,675 12-8-1 25 Recap 22 November 27 Dallas Stars 2-1 Lehtonen 11-7-1 19,150 13-8-1 27 Recap 23 November 29 Dallas Stars 4-1 Lehtonen 12-7-1 15,382 14-8-1 29 Recap
December: 8–5–3 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 4-2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 1-2 Dallas Stars Raycroft 3-1-0 13,943 15-8-1 31 Recap 25 December 4 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Lehtonen 13-7-1 14,344 16-8-1 33 Recap 26 December 6 Dallas Stars 2-3 OT Lehtonen 13-7-2 10,932 16-8-2 34 Recap 27 December 8 Dallas Stars 3-5 Raycroft 3-2-0 21,184 16-9-2 34 Recap 28 December 10 Carolina Hurricanes 1-2 Dallas Stars SO Raycroft 4-2-0 13,012 17-9-2 36 Recap 29 December 11 Dallas Stars 2-5 Raycroft 4-3-0 11,410 17-10-2 36 Recap 30 December 13 Dallas Stars 3-2 SO Raycroft 5-3-0 17,562 18-10-2 38 Recap 31 December 16 4-3 Dallas Stars OT Lehtonen 13-7-3 14,899 18-10-3 39 Recap 32 December 18 Dallas Stars 2-1 Lehtonen 14-7-3 13,973 19-10-3 41 Recap 33 December 19 Dallas Stars 4-3 OT Raycroft 6-3-0 20,006 20-10-3 43 Recap 34 December 21 2-5 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 15-7-3 17,805 21-10-3 45 Recap 35 December 23 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 15-7-4 15,520 21-10-4 46 Recap 36 December 26 1-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 15-8-4 17,515 21-11-4 46 Recap 37 December 28 Dallas Stars 4-2 Raycroft 7-3-0 17,113 22-11-4 48 Recap 38 December 29 7-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 15-9-4 18,532 22-12-4 48 Recap 39 December 31 4-1 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 15-10-4 17,733 22-13-4 48 Recap
January: 8–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4-2-0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Dallas Stars 4-2 St. Louis Blues Lehtonen 16-10-4 19,150 23-13-4 50 Recap 41 January 5 Dallas Stars 4-2 Lehtonen 17-10-4 21,245 24-13-4 52 Recap 42 January 7 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 17-10-5 14,934 24-13-5 53 Recap 43 January 9 Dallas Stars 4-0 Raycroft 8-3-0 18,082 25-13-5 55 Recap 44 January 11 2-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 18-10-5 12,463 26-13-5 57 Recap 45 January 15 1-6 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 19-10-5 17,702 27-13-5 59 Recap 46 January 17 1-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 20-10-5 14,163 28-13-5 61 Recap 47 January 20 Dallas Stars 4-2 Lehtonen 21-10-5 16,839 29-13-5 63 Recap 48 January 21 Dallas Stars 4-7 Raycroft 8-4-0 19,289 29-14-5 63 Recap 49 January 24 Dallas Stars 1-7 Lehtonen 21-11-5 18,860 29-15-5 63 Recap 50 January 26 1-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 22-11-5 13,875 30-15-5 65 Recap
February: 3–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1-5-0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 4-1 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 22-12-5 12,884 30-16-5 65 Recap 52 February 3 Dallas Stars 3-6 Lehtonen 22-13-5 17,565 30-17-5 65 Recap 53 February 5 Dallas Stars 1-3 Lehtonen 22-14-5 19,881 30-18-5 65 Recap 54 February 9 3-2 Dallas Stars OT Lehtonen 22-14-6 11,488 30-18-6 66 Recap 55 February 11 3-4 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 23-14-6 17,569 31-18-6 68 Recap 56 February 13 1-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 23-15-6 16,377 31-19-6 68 Recap 57 February 15 Dallas Stars 1-4 Lehtonen 23-16-6 16,839 31-20-6 68 Recap 58 February 16 Dallas Stars 2-4 Lehtonen 23-17-6 19,289 31-21-6 68 Recap 59 February 19 Dallas Stars 2-5 Raycroft 8-5-0 18,860 31-22-6 68 Recap 60 February 22 1-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 23-18-6 13,652 31-23-6 68 Recap 61 February 24 Dallas Stars 4-1 Lehtonen 24-18-6 20,066 32-23-6 70 Recap 62 February 26 2-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 25-18-6 15,860 33-23-6 72 Recap
March: 5–4–5 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 3-2-2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Dallas Stars 3-2 Lehtonen 26-18-6 15,751 34-23-6 74 Recap 64 March 4 Dallas Stars 3-4 OT Lehtonen 26-18-7 12,883 34-23-7 75 Recap 65 March 5 Dallas Stars 3-2 Lehtonen 27-18-7 17,562 35-23-7 77 Recap 66 March 7 Dallas Stars 4-3 OT Lehtonen 28-18-7 18,118 36-23-7 79 Recap 67 March 9 3-4 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 28-18-8 14,476 36-23-8 80 Recap 68 March 11 4-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 29-18-8 14,545 37-23-8 82 Recap 69 March 13 2-3 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 29-19-8 15,627 37-24-8 82 Recap 70 March 15 3-6 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 29-20-8 16,724 37-25-8 82 Recap 71 March 17 5-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 30-20-8 14,830 38-25-8 84 Recap 72 March 19 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Lehtonen 30-20-9 17,652 38-25-9 85 Recap 73 March 23 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Lehtonen 30-20-10 16,021 38-25-10 86 Recap 74 March 26 Dallas Stars 2-4 Lehtonen 30-21-10 16,892 38-26-10 86 Recap 75 March 29 Dallas Stars 1-2 SO Lehtonen 30-21-11 12,541 38-26-11 87 Recap 76 March 31 Dallas Stars 0-6 Raycroft 8-6-0 17,562 38-27-11 87 Recap
April: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2-2-0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Dallas Stars 1-3 Lehtonen 30-22-10 18,118 38-28-11 87 Recap 78 April 3 Dallas Stars 4-3 Lehtonen 31-22-10 16,424 39-28-11 89 Recap 79 April 5 3-0 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 32-22-10 16,012 40-28-11 91 Recap 80 April 7 4-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 33-22-10 15,105 41-28-11 93 Recap 81 April 8 Dallas Stars 3-2 Lehtonen 34-22-10 14,037 42-28-11 95 Recap 82 April 10 Dallas Stars 3-5 Lehtonen 34-22-11 18,504 42-29-11 95 Recap
Legend:

Standings

Conference standings

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltenders

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

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

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	200th Career NHL Goal	October 5, 2010
	300th Career NHL Game	October 9, 2010
	100th Career NHL Assist	October 16, 2010
	100th Career NHL Point	October 21, 2010
	100th Career NHL Assist	October 21, 2010
Loui Eriksson	300th Career NHL Game	October 26, 2010
	300th Career NHL Assist	November 3, 2010
Loui Eriksson	200th Career NHL Point	November 5, 2010
Mike Ribeiro	600th Career NHL Game	November 22, 2010
	100th Career NHL Game	November 26, 2010
	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 6, 2010
	200th Career NHL Goal	December 10, 2010
	200th Career NHL Game	December 10, 2010
	1st Career NHL Game	December 11, 2010
	200th Career NHL Game	December 16, 2010
Brendan Morrow	700th Career NHL Game	December 19, 2010
Loui Eriksson	100th Career NHL Goal	December 21, 2010
	100th Career NHL Game	December 31, 2010
James Neal	200th Career NHL Game	January 15, 2011
	1,000th Career NHL Game	January 17, 2011
Karlis Skrastins	800th Career NHL Game	January 17, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game	January 26, 2011
	200th Career NHL Point	January 26, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game	February 5, 2011
Brad Richards	700th Career NHL Point	February 9, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game	February 9, 2011
Stephane Robidas	700th Career NHL Game	February 16, 2011
	100th Career NHL Assist	February 24, 2011
Tomas Vincour	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 9, 2011
Tomas Vincour	1st Career NHL Assist	March 17, 2011
	100th Career NHL Point	March 23, 2011
Jamie Langenbrunner	400th Career NHL Assist	March 29, 2011
Alex Goligoski	200th Career NHL Game	April 10, 2011

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

Date
June 26, 2010^[3]	To Colorado Avalanche 3rd-round pick (71st overall) in 2010 – Michael Bournival	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick (77th overall) in 2010 – Alex Guptill 4th-round pick in 2010 – Alex Theriau
January 7, 2011^[4]	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Blake Coleman	To Dallas Stars Jamie Langenbrunner
January 13, 2011^[5]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Fabian Brunnstrom	To Dallas Stars Mikhail Stefanovich
February 21, 2011^[6]	To Pittsburgh Penguins James Neal Matt Niskanen	To Dallas Stars Alex Goligoski

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Severin Blindenbacher^[7]		1 year, $1.1125 million entry-level contract
Jace Coyle		3 years, $1.61 million entry-level contract
Adam Burish^[8]		2 years, $2.3 million
		2 years, $1.3 million
Travis Morin^[9]		1 year, $500,000
		1 year, $1 million
Jason Williams^[10]		1 year, 500,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Warren Peters^[11]		2 years, $1.075 million
Matt Climie^[12]		1 year, $725,000
Andrew Hutchinson^[13]		1 year, $500,000
Marty Turco^[14]		1 year, $1.3 million
Mike Modano^[15]		1 year, $1.25 million

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Kari Lehtonen^[17]	3 years, $10.65 million contract extension
Brent Krahn^[18]	1 year, $500,000
Krys Barch^[19]	2 years, $1.675 million
	2 years, $1.15 million
	1 year, $600,000
Scott Glennie^[20]	3 year entry-level contract
Maxime Fortunus^[21]	2 years, $1.175 million
Trevor Ludwig	1 year, $525,000
Raymond Sawada^[22]	1 year, $575,000
Fabian Brunnstrom^[23]	1 year, $675,000
Nicklas Grossmann^[24]	2 years, $3.25 million
James Neal^[25]	2 years, $5.75 million
	2 years, $3 million
Jack Campbell^[26]	3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Matt Fraser^[27]	3 years, $1.68 million entry-level contract
Trevor Daley^[28]	6 years, $19.8 million contract extension
Brenden Dillon^[29]	3 years, $2.23 million entry-level contract
Patrik Nemeth^[30]	3 years, $2.38 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

The Stars' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.

Round		Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Jack Campbell	G		U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2	41	Patrik Nemeth	D		AIK IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3	77 (from Colorado)	Alex Guptill	LW		Orangeville Crushers (CCHL)
4	109 (from Los Angeles via Colorado)	Alex Theriau	D		Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	131	John Klingberg	D		Frölunda HC Jr. (Swedish Jr.)

See also

• 2010–11 NHL season

External links

• 2010–11 Dallas Stars season at ESPN
• 2010–11 Dallas Stars season at Hockey Reference

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 51. 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=559424 Head Coach Marc Crawford Relieved Of His Coaching Duties
3. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532910 Day 2 provides more wheeling and dealing
4. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=548679 Langenbrunner Returning To Dallas
5. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=549384 Fabian Brunnstrom Traded To Toronto
6. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=553653 Dallas Stars Acquire Defenseman Alex Goligoski From Pittsburgh
7. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533495 Stars Sign Pair of Defensemen To Entry-Level Deals
8. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533583 Dallas signs Adam Burish and Andrew Raycroft
9. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534193 Stars Sign Gagnon & Morin To One-Year Deals
10. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=552519 Dallas Stars agree to terms with free agent forward Jason Williams
11. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533687 Wild signs C Peters and D Bagnall
12. http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533749 COYOTES SIGN FOUR PLAYERS TO CONTRACTS
13. http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533946 Penguins Agree to Terms with Defenseman Andrew Hutchinson
14. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535333 Blackhawks agree to terms with three-time NHL All-Star Marty Turco
15. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535563 Wings, Modano agree on one-year deal
16. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=545769 Lehtinen Officially Retires From NHL
17. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=528787 Stars and Lehtonen Agree to 3-Year Contract Extension
18. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531717 Stars Sign Brent Krahn To 1-Year Contract Extension
19. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=533304 Forwards Barch and Wathier signed to 2-year deals
20. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534325 Stars sign Scott Glennie to 3-Year Entry Level Deal
21. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534520 Stars agree to terms with three defensemen
22. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534548 Stars agree to terms with RW Sawada
23. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534865 Stars and Brunnstrom agree to terms on a 1-year deal
24. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=536490 Stars Agree To Terms on 2-Year Deal With Grossman
25. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=537732 Stars Agree To Terms With Neal & Niskanen
26. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=542579 Jack Campbell Signed To Entry-Level Deal
27. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=543795 Dallas Stars Sign Left Wing Matt Fraser
28. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=547736 Dallas Stars agree to terms with Trevor Daley on six-year contract extension
29. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=554737 Dallas Stars Sign Prospect Brenden Dillon
30. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=560545 Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Patrik Nemeth To Entry-level Contract