2017–18 Dallas Stars season

The 2017–18 Dallas Stars season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 25th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.^[2] The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year despite having a winning record and only missing the last playoff spot by three points. It was the tenth time that the Stars missed the playoffs since moving to Dallas in 1993, which was more than the franchise had missed back when the franchise was based in Minnesota, nine (missed playoffs in 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, and 1993).

Division6th Central

Conference10th Western

2017–18 record42–32–8

Home record26–12–3

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2017–18 Dallas Stars
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2017–18 record	42–32–8
Home record	26–12–3
Road record	16–20–5
Goals for	235
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Jim Nill
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Jamie Benn
Alternate captains	John Klingberg Alexander Radulov Tyler Seguin Jason Spezza
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	18,110^[1]
Minor league affiliates	Texas Stars (AHL) Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Seguin (40)
Assists	John Klingberg (59)
Points	Jamie Benn (79)
Penalty minutes	Antoine Roussel (126)
Plus/minus	Radek Faksa (+21)
Wins	Ben Bishop (26)
Goals against average	Ben Bishop (2.49)
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Standings

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Central Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Nashville Predators	82	53	18	11	47	267	211	+56	117
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	20	10	48	277	218	+59	114
3	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	26	11	42	253	232	+21	101
4	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95
5	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
6	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
7	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76

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Source: National Hockey League^[3]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

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Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95

3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76
8	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
9	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

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Source: National Hockey League^[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Stars released their preseason schedule on June 9, 2017.^[5]

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2017 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 19	St. Louis	3–5	Dallas		McKenna	12,567	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 21	Dallas	1–5	Colorado		Lehtonen	—	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 23	Dallas	4–0	St. Louis		Lehtonen	15,742	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	Colorado	4–2	Dallas		Bishop	10,200	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 26	Minnesota	1–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	11,373	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 30	Dallas	1–5	Minnesota		Bishop	18,374	3–3–0	Recap

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Regular season

The Stars' regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.^[6]

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2017–18 game log

October: 7–5–0 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 6	Vegas	2–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 7	Dallas	2–4	St. Louis		Lehtonen	18,858	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 10	Detroit	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,119	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 12	Dallas	1–4	Nashville		Bishop	17,113	1–3–0	2	Recap
5	October 14	Colorado	1–3	Dallas		Bishop	17,967	2–3–0	4	Recap
6	October 17	Arizona	1–3	Dallas		Bishop	16,007	3–3–0	6	Recap
7	October 19	Dallas	5–4	Arizona		Bishop	11,225	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 21	Carolina	3–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,023	5–3–0	10	Recap
9	October 24	Dallas	3–5	Colorado		Lehtonen	12,823	5–4–0	10	Recap
10	October 26	Dallas	4–5	Edmonton		Bishop	18,347	5–5–0	10	Recap
11	October 27	Dallas	2–1	Calgary		Lehtonen	18,873	6–5–0	12	Recap
12	October 30	Dallas	2–1	Vancouver	OT	Bishop	17,109	7–5–0	14	Recap

November: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 2	Dallas	2–5	Winnipeg		Bishop	15,321	7–6–0	14	Recap
14	November 4	Buffalo	1–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,236	8–6–0	16	Recap
15	November 6	Winnipeg	4–1	Dallas		Bishop	17,895	8–7–0	16	Recap
16	November 10	NY Islanders	0–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,342	9–7–0	18	Recap
17	November 13	Dallas	1–5	Carolina		Bishop	7,968	9–8–0	18	Recap
18	November 14	Dallas	3–4	Florida	SO	Lehtonen	10,928	9–8–1	19	Recap
19	November 16	Dallas	1–6	Tampa Bay		Bishop	19,092	9–9–1	19	Recap
20	November 18	Edmonton	3–6	Dallas		Bishop	18,312	10–9–1	21	Recap
21	November 21	Montreal	1–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	11–9–1	23	Recap
22	November 22	Dallas	0–3	Colorado		Bishop	14,874	11–10–1	23	Recap
23	November 24	Calgary	4–6	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	12–10–1	25	Recap
24	November 28	Dallas	3–0	Vegas		Bishop	17,579	13–10–1	27	Recap
25	November 30	Dallas	4–3	Chicago	OT	Bishop	21,589	14–10–1	29	Recap

December: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 2	Chicago	2–3	Dallas	SO	Bishop	18,532	15–10–1	31	Recap
27	December 3	Dallas	7–2	Colorado		Lehtonen	13,194	16–10–1	33	Recap
28	December 5	Nashville	5–2	Dallas		Bishop	18,023	16–11–1	33	Recap
29	December 7	Dallas	0–3	St. Louis		Lehtonen	16,341	16–12–1	33	Recap
30	December 9	Vegas	5–3	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	16–13–1	33	Recap
31	December 11	Dallas	2–1	NY Rangers	SO	Lehtonen	17,667	17–13–1	35	Recap
32	December 13	Dallas	5–2	NY Islanders		Lehtonen	10,316	18–13–1	37	Recap
33	December 15	Dallas	2–5	New Jersey		Lehtonen	13,171	18–14–1	37	Recap
34	December 16	Dallas	1–2	Philadelphia	OT	Bishop	19,477	18–14–2	38	Recap
35	December 19	Washington	4–3	Dallas	OT	Bishop	18,112	18–14–3	39	Recap
36	December 21	Chicago	0–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	19–14–3	41	Recap
37	December 23	Nashville	3–4	Dallas	SO	Bishop	18,532	20–14–3	43	Recap
38	December 27	Dallas	2–4	Minnesota		Bishop	19,107	20–15–3	43	Recap
39	December 29	St. Louis	2–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	21–15–3	45	Recap
40	December 31	San Jose	0–6	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	22–15–3	47	Recap

January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	Columbus	2–1	Dallas		Bishop	17,235	22–16–3	47	Recap
42	January 4	New Jersey	3–4	Dallas		Bishop	18,114	23–16–3	49	Recap
43	January 6	Edmonton	1–5	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	24–16–3	51	Recap
44	January 13	Colorado	4–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	24–17–3	51	Recap
45	January 15	Dallas	3–2	Boston	OT	Lehtonen	17,565	25–17–3	53	Recap
46	January 16	Dallas	4–2	Detroit		Bishop	19,515	26–17–3	55	Recap
47	January 18	Dallas	1–2	Columbus	SO	Bishop	17,574	26–17–4	56	Recap
48	January 20	Dallas	7–1	Buffalo		Lehtonen	19,070	27–17–4	58	Recap
49	January 23	Florida	1–6	Dallas		Bishop	17,987	28–17–4	60	Recap
50	January 25	Toronto	4–1	Dallas		Bishop	18,225	28–18–4	60	Recap
51	January 30	Los Angeles	3–0	Dallas		Bishop	17,655	28–19–4	60	Recap

February: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 1	Dallas	4–1	Arizona		Lehtonen	10,998	29–19–4	62	Recap
53	February 3	Minnesota	1–6	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	30–19–4	64	Recap
54	February 5	NY Rangers	1–2	Dallas		Bishop	17,543	31–19–4	66	Recap
55	February 8	Dallas	4–2	Chicago		Bishop	21,422	32–19–4	68	Recap
56	February 9	Pittsburgh	3–4	Dallas	SO	Lehtonen	18,532	33–19–4	70	Recap
57	February 11	Vancouver	6–0	Dallas		Bishop	17,889	33–20–4	70	Recap
58	February 16	St. Louis	1–2	Dallas		Bishop	18,532	34–20–4	72	Recap
59	February 18	Dallas	2–5	San Jose		Bishop	17,562	34–21–4	72	Recap
60	February 21	Dallas	0–2	Anaheim		Bishop	16,609	34–22–4	72	Recap
61	February 22	Dallas	2–0	Los Angeles		Lehtonen	18,230	35–22–4	74	Recap
62	February 24	Winnipeg	5–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	35–23–4	74	Recap
63	February 27	Calgary	0–2	Dallas		Bishop	17,124	36–23–4	76	Recap

March: 4–8–4 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 0–6–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 1	Tampa Bay	5–4	Dallas	OT	Bishop	17,337	36–23–5	77	Recap
65	March 3	St. Louis	2–3	Dallas	OT	Bishop	18,321	37–23–5	79	Recap
66	March 5	Ottawa	3–2	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	17,110	37–23–6	80	Recap
67	March 6	Dallas	0–2	Nashville		Lehtonen	17,342	37–24–6	80	Recap
68	March 9	Anaheim	1–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	38–24–6	82	Recap
69	March 11	Dallas	1–3	Pittsburgh		Lehtonen	18,637	38–25–6	82	Recap
70	March 13	Dallas	2–4	Montreal		Lehtonen	21,302	38–26–6	82	Recap
71	March 14	Dallas	5–6	Toronto	SO	Lehtonen	18,918	38–26–7	83	Recap
72	March 16	Dallas	2–3	Ottawa	OT	Bishop	15,842	38–26–8	84	Recap
73	March 18	Dallas	2–4	Winnipeg		Lehtonen	15,321	38–27–8	84	Recap
74	March 20	Dallas	3–4	Washington		Lehtonen	18,506	38–28–8	84	Recap
75	March 23	Boston	3–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	38–29–8	84	Recap
76	March 25	Vancouver	4–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,112	38–30–8	84	Recap
77	March 27	Philadelphia	2–3	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	17,247	39–30–8	86	Recap
78	March 29	Dallas	2–5	Minnesota		Lehtonen	19,350	39–31–8	86	Recap
79	March 31	Minnesota	1–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	40–31–8	88	Recap

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 3	Dallas	4–2	San Jose		McKenna	17,451	41–31–8	90	Recap
81	April 6	Dallas	3–5	Anaheim		McKenna	17,355	41–32–8	90	Recap
82	April 7	Dallas	4–2	Los Angeles		Lehtonen	18,230	42–32–8	92	Recap

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

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Player statistics

Final^[7]

Skaters

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Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jamie Benn	82	36	43	79	20	54
Tyler Seguin	82	40	38	78	12	43
Alexander Radulov	82	27	45	72	4	72
John Klingberg	82	8	59	67	10	26
Mattias Janmark	81	19	15	34	−13	24
Radek Faksa	79	17	16	33	21	36
Devin Shore	82	11	21	32	−30	14
Tyler Pitlick	80	14	13	27	9	34
Esa Lindell	80	7	20	27	19	24
Jason Spezza	78	8	18	26	−12	12
Dan Hamhuis	80	3	21	24	−6	33
Antoine Roussel	73	5	12	17	1	126
Stephen Johns	75	8	7	15	10	41
Brett Ritchie	71	7	7	14	1	42
Remi Elie	72	6	8	14	5	18
Greg Pateryn	73	1	12	13	6	50
Gemel Smith	46	6	5	11	5	17
Martin Hanzal	38	5	5	10	−14	23
Julius Honka	42	1	3	4	−1	14
Jamie Oleksiak^‡	21	1	2	3	−6	18
Marc Methot	36	1	2	3	11	31
Curtis McKenzie	7	0	2	2	3	11
Jason Dickinson	27	0	2	2	−2	17
Dillon Heatherington	6	0	1	1	3	26
Adam Cracknell^‡	1	0	0	0	0	0

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Goaltenders

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Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Ben Bishop	53	51	2,886:50	26	17	5	120	2.49	1437	.916	5	1	4
Kari Lehtonen	37	30	1,944:18	15	14	3	83	2.56	946	.912	1	0	4
Mike McKenna	2	1	101:20	1	1	0	5	2.96	50	.900	0	0	0

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

Awards and honors

Awards

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Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
R. Faksa	NHL Third Star of the Week^[8]	December 4, 2017

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Milestones

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Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
T. Seguin	200th career NHL goal	November 24, 2017
K. Lehtonen	300th career NHL win	December 13, 2017
A. Radulov	200th career NHL point	January 20, 2018
D. Hamhuis	1,000th career NHL game	January 30, 2018
J. Klingberg	200th career NHL point	February 16, 2018

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Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Ferguson 2nd-round pick in 2020	To Dallas Stars Marc Methot	^[9]
November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)	To Florida Panthers Ludwig Bystrom	To Dallas Stars Reece Scarlett	^[10]
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Oleksiak	To Dallas Stars Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019	^[11]
February 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)	To Nashville Predators Mark McNeill	To Dallas Stars Andrew O'Brien	^[12]

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Free agents acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Flynn	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $700,000	^[13]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Martin Hanzal	Minnesota Wild	3-year, $14.25 million	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Mike McKenna	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year, $650,000	^[15]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Tyler Pitlick	Edmonton Oilers	3-year, $3 million	^[16]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brent Regner	Florida Panthers	1-year, $650,000	^[17]
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Alex Radulov	Montreal Canadiens	5-year, $31.25 million	^[18]
April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)	Tony Calderone	Michigan Wolverines	2-year, entry-level contract	^[19]

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Free agents lost

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Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)	Travis Morin	Texas Stars	1-year	^[20]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17)	Justin Hache	SønderjyskE	Unknown	^[21]
June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19)	Matej Stransky	Severstal Cherepovets	2-year	^[22]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Maxime Lagace	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year, $650,000	^[23]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Antti Niemi	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year, $700,000	^[24]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Patrick Sharp	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year, $1 million	^[25]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Ales Hemsky	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $1 million	^[26]
August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01)	Nick Ebert	Slovan Bratislava	1-year	^[27]
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Red Bull München	2-year	^[28]

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Claimed via waivers

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Lost via waivers

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Player	New team	Date	Ref
Patrik Nemeth	Colorado Avalanche	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)	^[29]
Adam Cracknell	New York Rangers	October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)	^[30]

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Players released

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Lost via retirement

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Player signings

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Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Esa Lindell	2-year, $4.4 million	^[31]
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Mark McNeill	1-year, $660,000	^[32]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	1-year, $945,000	^[33]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Brett Ritchie	2-year, $3.5 million	^[34]
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)	Miro Heiskanen	3-year, $10.275 million entry-level contract	^[35]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Radek Faksa	3-year, $6.6 million	^[36]
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)	Gemel Smith	1-year, $650,000	^[37]
August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)	Jamie Oleksiak	1-year, $964,688	^[38]
March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)	Jason Robertson	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[39]

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Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2017 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Miro Heiskanen	D	Finland	HIFK (Liiga)
1	26¹	Jake Oettinger	G	United States	Boston Terriers (HE)
2	39	Jason Robertson	LW	United States	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	101	Liam Hawel	C	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
5	132	Jacob Peterson	C	Sweden	Frolunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
6	163	Brett Davis	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
7	194	Dylan Ferguson	G	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

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Draft notes:^[40]

The Chicago Blackhawks' first-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent Anaheim's first-round pick in 2017 (29th overall) and a third-round pick in 2017 (70th overall) to Chicago in exchange for this pick.^[41]

2017–18 Dallas Stars season

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Player statistics

Awards and honors

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Players released

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

References

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