2008–09 Dallas Stars season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 2008–09 2008 Dallas Stars Western 12th Pacific 3rd 36–35–11 20–16–5 16–19–6 230 257 Brett Hull and Les Jackson Dave Tippett Brenden Morrow Mike ModanoSergei Zubov American Airlines Center 17,681 (95.4%)Total: 724,911 Loui Eriksson (36) Mike Ribeiro (56) Mike Ribeiro (78) Stephane Robidas (12) Krys Barch (84) Marty Turco (22) Marty Turco (2.98) The 2008–09 Dallas Stars season was the 42nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Stars attempted to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history but the Stars would end the season missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2002 having missed the 2009 playoffs by eight points. Pre-season The Stars finished the pre-season with a 1-5-1 record. 2008 Pre-season Game Log: 1–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 23 Dallas 2–3 St. Louis Stephan 10,796 0–1–0 2 September 25 Colorado 4–2 Dallas Climie 16,634 0–2–0 3 September 27 St. Louis 3–4 Dallas Turco 17,191 1–2–0 4 September 28 Dallas 3–4 Chicago Stephan 18,425 1–3–0 5 October 1 Dallas 1–3 Colorado Climie ? 1–4–0 6 October 2 Chicago 4–3 Dallas SO Turco 15,142 1–4–1 7 October 5 Edmonton 3–2 Dallas Turco 16,835 1–5–1 Regular season The Stars finished the regular season having scored the fewest shorthanded goals in the NHL, with just two.https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2009.html 2008-09 NHL Summary On February 6, 2009, the Stars defeated the New York Rangers at home by a score of 10–2.https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200902060DAL.html New York Rangers at Dallas Stars Box Score — February 6, 2009 It was the first time that the Stars had scored 10 goals in a game since they defeated the San Jose Sharks at home by a score of 10–3 on November 28, 1992, when the franchise was still based in Minnesota.https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199211280MNS.html San Jose Sharks at Minnesota North Stars Box Score — November 28, 1992 On April 4, 2009, Trevor Daley scored just 16 seconds into the overtime period to give the Stars a 5–4 home win over the St. Louis Blues.https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200904040DAL.html St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars Box Score — April 4, 2009 It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2008–09 regular season.https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2009_games.html 2008-09 NHL Schedule and Results Divisional standings DAL Conference standings DAL Schedule and results 2008–09 Game Log October: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Columbus 5–4 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 0–0–1 1 2 October 11 Dallas 1–3 Nashville Turco 17,113 0–1–1 1 3 October 15 Nashville 4–6 Dallas Turco 16,899 1–1–1 3 4 October 16 Dallas 1–6 St. Louis Turco 18,550 1–2–1 3 5 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Dallas Turco 17,151 1–3–1 3 6 October 20 Dallas 2–1 NY Rangers Turco 18,200 2–3–1 5 7 October 22 Dallas 0–5 New Jersey Turco 12,101 2–4–1 5 8 October 23 Dallas 5–3 NY Islanders Turco 10,183 3–4–1 7 9 October 25 Washington 6–5 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 3–4–2 8 10 October 29 Minnesota 2–4 Dallas Stephan 18,431 4–4–2 10 11 October 31 Dallas 2–5 Chicago Stephan 21,212 4–5–2 10 November: 4–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Dallas 1–5 Boston Turco 14,576 4–6–2 10 13 November 7 Dallas 5–2 Anaheim Turco 17,048 5–6–2 12 14 November 8 Dallas 1–2 San Jose Turco 17,496 5–7–2 12 15 November 11 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles SO Turco 13,823 5–7–3 13 16 November 13 Los Angeles 3–2 Dallas Turco 17,675 5–8–3 13 17 November 15 Dallas 3–2 Phoenix Turco 15,508 6–8–3 15 18 November 20 Chicago 6–3 Dallas Turco 18,027 6–9–3 15 19 November 22 Anaheim 2–1 Dallas SO Turco 17,734 6–9–4 16 20 November 24 Dallas 3–4 Philadelphia Turco 19,171 6–10–4 16 21 November 26 Dallas 4–3 Minnesota Turco 18,568 7–10–4 18 22 November 28 San Jose 6–2 Dallas Turco 18,532 7–11–4 18 23 November 30 Edmonton 3–4 Dallas Turco 16,650 8–11–4 20 December: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Turco 19,289 9–11–4 22 25 December 3 Dallas 2–5 Edmonton Turco 16,839 9–12–4 22 26 December 5 Colorado 1–2 Dallas SO Turco 16,651 10–12–4 24 27 December 10 Phoenix 5–3 Dallas Turco 16,374 10–13–4 24 28 December 12 Detroit 1–3 Dallas Turco 18,532 11–13–4 26 29 December 13 Dallas 0–3 Nashville Stephan 15,426 11–14–4 26 30 December 16 Phoenix 1–2 Dallas OT Turco 15,387 12–14–4 28 31 December 18 Columbus 5–6 Dallas SO Turco 16,281 13–14–4 30 32 December 20 Dallas 4–5 Ottawa OT Turco 19,486 13–14–5 31 33 December 23 Dallas 8–2 Toronto Turco 19,269 14–14–5 33 34 December 27 Anaheim 3–4 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 15–14–5 35 35 December 29 San Jose 3–1 Dallas Turco 18,532 15–15–5 35 36 December 31 New Jersey 2–4 Dallas Turco 18,584 16–15–5 37 January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 Dallas 1–4 Edmonton Turco 16,839 16–16–5 37 38 January 4 Dallas 3–2 Vancouver SO Turco 18,630 17–16–5 39 39 January 8 Dallas 1–6 Detroit Turco 20,066 17–17–5 39 40 January 10 Dallas 0–1 Phoenix SO Turco 14,557 17–17–6 40 41 January 12 Detroit 4–5 Dallas OT Turco 17,648 18–17–6 42 42 January 15 Buffalo 5–4 Dallas SO Turco 17,339 18–17–7 43 43 January 17 Los Angeles 2–3 Dallas SO Turco 18,532 19–17–7 45 44 January 19 Dallas 2–4 Tampa Bay Turco 13,991 19–18–7 45 45 January 21 Dallas 4–1 Florida Turco 11,200 20–18–7 47 46 January 27 Atlanta 0–2 Dallas Turco 16,726 21–18–7 49 47 January 29 Dallas 4–2 Detroit Turco 20,066 22–18–7 51 48 January 31 Dallas 7–3 Columbus Turco 18,049 23–18–7 53 February: 6–7–0 (Home: 5–5–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 3 Calgary 1–3 Dallas Turco 16,395 24–18–7 55 50 February 5 Dallas 2–3 Colorado Turco 13,624 24–19–7 55 51 February 6 NY Rangers 2–10 Dallas Turco 18,532 25–19–7 57 52 February 8 Nashville 1–4 Dallas Turco 17,689 26–19–7 59 53 February 11 Phoenix 1–0 Dallas Turco 16,440 26–20–7 59 54 February 13 Vancouver 1–2 Dallas Turco 18,532 27–20–7 61 55 February 14 Dallas 2–6 Chicago Turco 22,704 27–21–7 61 56 February 16 Dallas 3–2 Columbus SO Turco 15,006 28–21–7 63 57 February 19 Edmonton 2–4 Dallas Turco 17,792 29–21–7 65 58 February 21 Chicago 3–1 Dallas Turco 18,584 29–22–7 65 59 February 23 San Jose 1–0 Dallas Turco 17,988 29–23–7 65 60 February 26 St. Louis 3–1 Dallas Turco 17,603 29–24–7 65 61 February 28 Anaheim 4–3 Dallas Turco 18,171 29–25–7 65 March: 5–8–3 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Pittsburgh 4–1 Dallas Stephan 18,532 29–26–7 65 63 March 3 Dallas 4–1 San Jose Turco 17,496 30–26–7 67 64 March 5 Dallas 4–5 Los Angeles OT Turco 17,430 30–26–8 68 65 March 6 Dallas 3–2 Anaheim Turco 17,380 31–26–8 70 66 March 8 Montreal 3–1 Dallas Turco 17,646 31–27–8 70 67 March 10 Dallas 2–5 St. Louis Turco 17,708 31–28–8 70 68 March 12 Carolina 2–3 Dallas Turco 16,788 32–28–8 72 69 March 14 Minnesota 2–3 Dallas OT Turco 18,584 33–28–8 74 70 March 17 Dallas 2–4 Vancouver Turco 18,630 33–29–8 74 71 March 18 Dallas 1–2 Calgary Turco 19,289 33–30–8 74 72 March 21 Dallas 2–5 San Jose Turco 17,496 33–31–8 74 73 March 24 Vancouver 5–2 Dallas Turco 17,276 33–32–8 74 74 March 26 Los Angeles 1–0 Dallas SO Turco 16,908 33–32–9 75 75 March 28 Florida 6–3 Dallas Turco 18,532 33–33–9 75 76 March 30 Dallas 5–6 Phoenix OT Stephan 13,831 33–33–10 76 77 March 31 Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Turco 17,648 34–33–10 78 April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Calgary 2–1 Dallas Turco 17,106 34–34–10 78 79 April 4 St. Louis 4–5 Dallas OT Climie 18,532 35–34–10 80 80 April 7 Dallas 1–3 Minnesota Climie 18,568 35–35–10 82 81 April 9 Dallas 3–2 Colorado SO Climie 13,822 36–35–10 84 82 April 10 Dallas 3–4 Anaheim SO Turco 17,531 36–35–11 85 Legend: #ccffcc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #ffffff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Player statistics Skaters player Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mike Ribeiro Mike Ribeiro 82 22 56 78 -4 52 Loui Eriksson Loui Eriksson 82 36 27 63 +14 14 Brad Richards Brad Richards 56 16 32 48 -4 6 Mike Modano Mike Modano 80 15 31 46 -13 46 Steve Ott Steve Ott 64 19 27 46 +3 135 James Neal James Neal (ice hockey) 77 24 13 37 -11 51 Matt Niskanen Matt Niskanen 80 6 29 35 -11 52 Fabian Brunnstrom Fabian Brunnström 55 17 12 29 -8 8 Stephane Robidas Stéphane Robidas 72 3 23 26 +10 76 Trevor Daley Trevor Daley 75 7 18 25 +2 73 Jere Lehtinen Jere Lehtinen 48 8 16 24 +1 8 Brenden Morrow Brenden Morrow 18 5 10 15 -4 49 Mark Parrish Mark Parrish 44 8 5 13 -3 18 Darryl Sydor Darryl Sydor† 65 2 11 13 -2 16 Chris Conner Chris Conner 38 3 10 13 -5 10 Nicklas Grossmann Nicklas Grossmann 81 2 10 12 -8 51 Toby Petersen Toby Petersen 57 4 7 11 +1 14 Sean Avery Sean Avery‡ 23 3 7 10 +2 77 Brendan Morrison Brendan Morrison† 19 6 3 9 +3 16 Brian Sutherby Brian Sutherby† 42 5 4 9 -5 52 Krys Barch Krys Barch 72 4 5 9 +1 133 Landon Wilson Landon Wilson 27 2 6 8 +5 21 Joel Lundqvist Joel Lundqvist 43 1 5 6 -9 20 Andrew Hutchinson Andrew Hutchinson (ice hockey)† 38 2 3 5 -4 12 B. J. Crombeen B. J. Crombeen‡ 15 1 4 5 -1 26 Sergei Zubov Sergei Zubov 10 0 4 4 -4 0 Mark Fistric Mark Fistric 36 0 4 4 -1 42 Philippe Boucher Philippe Boucher‡ 16 0 3 3 -4 15 Tom Wandell Tom Wandell 14 1 2 3 -1 4 Steve Begin Steve Bégin† 20 1 1 2 -1 15 Garrett Stafford Garrett Stafford 3 0 2 2 0 0 Ivan Vishnevskiy Ivan Vishnevskiy (ice hockey) 3 0 2 2 +1 2 Doug Janik Doug Janik‡ 13 0 1 1 -2 2 Raymond Sawada Raymond Sawada 5 1 0 1 -1 0 Dan Jancevski Dan Jancevski 3 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltenders goalie Regular season Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Marty Turco Marty Turco 74 4327 33 31 10 203 2.81 1993 1790 .898 3 Tobias Stephan Tobias Stephan 10 437 1 3 1 27 3.70 208 181 .870 0 Matt Climie Matt Climie 3 185 2 1 0 9 2.92 85 76 .894 0 Brent Krahn Brent Krahn 1 20 0 0 0 3 9.00 9 6 .667 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect player's season totals. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record Awards and records Milestones thumb|right|200px|Stars forward James Neal Regular Season Player Milestone Reached James Neal 1st NHL Game1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point October 10, 2008 Fabian Brunnstrom 1st NHL Game1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point1st NHL Hat Trick October 15, 2008 James Neal 1st NHL Assist October 15, 2008 Fabian Brunnstrom 1st NHL Assist October 20, 2008 Mike Ribeiro 300th NHL Point October 23, 2008 B. J. Crombeen 1st NHL Goal October 25, 2008 Joel Lundqvist 100th NHL Game October 25, 2008 Stephane Robidas 500th NHL Game October 31, 2008 Transactions Trades DateDetails November 16, 2008 To Pittsburgh Penguins Philippe Boucher To Dallas Stars Darryl Sydor November 30, 2008 To Tampa Bay Lightning Lauri Tukonen To Dallas Stars Andrew Hutchinson December 14, 2008 To Anaheim Ducks David McIntyre Conditional pick in 20091 To Dallas Stars Brian Sutherby February 26, 2009 To Montreal Canadiens Doug Janik To Dallas Stars Steve Begin Condition not satisfied. Free agents Player Former team Contract Terms Sean Avery New York Rangers 4 years, $15.5 million Player New team Niklas HagmanCANOE – SLAM! Sports – Hockey NHL – Games – Toronto signs Niklas Hagman and Jeff FingerApril 2026 medicmedic Toronto Maple Leafs Nolan Baumgartner Vancouver Canucks Antti Miettinen Minnesota Wild Brad Winchester St. Louis Blues Byrce Lampman Amur Khabarovsk Johan Holmqvist Frölunda HC Lauri Tukonen Ilves Waivers Player Former team New team Date claimed off waivers Doug Janik Chicago Blackhawks Dallas Stars October 2 Sean Avery Dallas Stars New York Rangers March 3, 2009 Brendan Morrison Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars March 4, 2009 Retired Player Date retired Mattias Norstrom June 10, 2008 Stu Barnes August 8, 2008 Draft picks The Stars' picks at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 2 59 Tyler Beskorowany (G) Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 3 89 Scott Winkler (C) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) 5 149 Philip Larsen (D) Frölunda HC (Elitserien) 6 176 (from Montreal) Matthew Tassone (C) Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 7 209 Mike Bergin (D) Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL) See also 2008–09 NHL season Farm teams In 2008, the Stars ended their affiliation with the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Iowa Stars as their primary minor league affiliate, expecting to announce the formation of a new minor league expansion team, the Texas Stars, at the beginning of the 2009–10 season. The Texas Stars will be based in Cedar Park, Texas, just three hours driving time from the metroplex. The Stars' minor league contract players are currently dispersed among four different teams in the AHL and ECHL. References Category:Dallas Stars seasons D