2015–16 Dallas Stars season

{{Infobox ice hockey team season

| League = NHL

| Season = 2015–16

| year = 2015

| Team = Dallas Stars

| Conference = Western

| ConferenceRank = 1st

| Division = Central

| DivisionRank = 1st

| Record = 50–23–9

| HomeRecord = 28–11–2

| RoadRecord = 22–12–7

| GoalsFor = 267

| GoalsAgainst = 230

| GeneralManager = Jim Nill

| Coach = Lindy Ruff

| Captain = Jamie Benn

| AltCaptain = Vernon Fiddler
Alex Goligoski

| Arena = American Airlines Center

| Attendance = 18,342{{cite web|title=2015–2016 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/|publisher=ESPN}}
(30 games)

| MinorLeague = Texas Stars (AHL)

| GoalsLeader = Jamie Benn (41)

| AssistsLeader = Jamie Benn
John Klingberg (48)

| PointsLeader = Jamie Benn (89)

| PlusMinusLeader = John Klingberg (+22)

| PIMLeader = Antoine Roussel (123)

| WinsLeader = Kari Lehtonen
Antti Niemi (25)

| GAALeader = Antti Niemi (2.67)

| DivisionWin = Yes

| PresidentsTrophy =

| ConferenceWin =

| StanleyCup =

}}

The 2015–16 Dallas Stars season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season.{{cite book|last=National Hockey League|title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014|year=2013|publisher=Diamond Sports Data, Inc.|page=[https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse/page/53 53]|isbn=978-1-894801-26-3|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse/page/53}}

Standings

Schedule and results

=Pre-season=

colspan=10 style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;" \| Pre-Season Game Log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–4–0){{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm\|title=2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Dallas Stars - Schedule\|accessdate=July 17, 2015\|publisher=Stars.nhl.com}}
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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 1	September 22	Dallas	2–3	Florida	Campbell	5,504	0–1–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-fla/2015/09/22/2015010020 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 2	September 24	Dallas	0–6	St. Louis	Lehtonen	11,876	0–2–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2015/09/24/2015010039 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 3	September 26	Tampa Bay	3–6	Dallas	Niemi	14,676	1–2–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tbl/2015/09/26/2015010051 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 4	September 27	Florida	4–2	Dallas	Lehtonen	10,113	1–3–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-fla/2015/09/27/2015010062 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 5	September 29	St. Louis	4–1	Dallas	Niemi	11,544	1–4–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2015/09/29/2015010071 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 6	October 1	Dallas	2–3	Tampa Bay	Lehtonen	14,226	1–5–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tbl/2015/10/01/2015010087 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 7	October 3	Dallas	0–4	Chicago	Niemi	21,221	1–6–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2015/10/03/2015010097 Recap]

=Regular season=

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;"\| Game Log
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colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| October: 9–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–1–0) 18 pts
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 1	October 8	Pittsburgh	0–3	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	1–0–0	2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-pit/2015/10/08/2015020010 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 2	October 10	Dallas	3–6	Colorado		Niemi	16,024	1–1–0	2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2015/10/10/2015020027 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 3	October 13	Edmonton	2–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	16,265	2–1–0	4	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-edm/2015/10/13/2015020043 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 4	October 15	Dallas	5–3	Tampa Bay		Lehtonen	19,092	3–1–0	6	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tbl/2015/10/15/2015020054 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 5	October 17	Dallas	4–2	Florida		Lehtonen	12,834	4–1–0	8	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-fla/2015/10/17/2015020068 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 6	October 20	Dallas	2–1	Philadelphia		Niemi	19,077	5–1–0	10	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-phi/2015/10/20/2015020082 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 7	October 22	Dallas	4–1	Pittsburgh		Niemi	18,490	6–1–0	12	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-pit/2015/10/22/2015020093 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 8	October 24	Florida	6–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	6–2–0	12	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-fla/2015/10/24/2015020113 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 9	October 27	Anaheim	3–4	Dallas		Niemi	17,798	7–2–0	14	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-dal/2015/10/27/2015020132 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 10	October 29	Vancouver	3–4	Dallas	OT	Niemi	17,664	8–2–0	16	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-van/2015/10/29/2015020143 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 11	October 31	San Jose	3–5	Dallas		Niemi	18,178	9–2–0	18	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-sjs/2015/10/31/2015020155 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| November: 10–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 6–1–0) 20 pts
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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 12	November 2	Dallas	1–4	Toronto		Niemi	19,087	9–3–0	18	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tor/2015/11/02/2015020169 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 13	November 3	Dallas	5–3	Boston		Lehtonen	17,565	10–3–0	20	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-dal/2015/11/03/2015020172 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 14	November 6	Dallas	4–1	Carolina		Lehtonen	10,188	11–3–0	22	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-dal/2015/11/06/2015020196 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 15	November 8	Dallas	4–1	Detroit		Lehtonen	20,027	12–3–0	24	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-det/2015/11/08/2015020211 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 16	November 10	Toronto	3–2	Dallas		Niemi	18,266	12–4–0	24	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tor/2015/11/10/2015020225 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 17	November 12	Winnipeg	3–6	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,010	13–4–0	26	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wpg/2015/11/12/2015020239 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 18	November 14	Minnesota	2–3	Dallas	OT	Lehtonen	18,532	14–4–0	28	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2015/11/14/2015020257 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 19	November 17	Dallas	3–1	Buffalo		Niemi	18,101	15–4–0	30	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-dal/2015/11/17/2015020268 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 20	November 19	Dallas	3–2	Washington		Lehtonen	18,506	16–4–0	32	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wsh/2015/11/19/2015020281 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 21	November 21	Buffalo	0–3	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	17–4–0	34	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-dal/2015/11/21/2015020301 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 22	November 24	Ottawa	7–4	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	17–5–0	34	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-ott/2015/11/24/2015020315 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 23	November 27	Vancouver	2–3	Dallas	SO	Niemi	18,532	18–5–0	36	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-van/2015/11/27/2015020340 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 24	November 28	Dallas	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Niemi	19,024	19–5–0	38	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2015/11/28/2015020349 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| December: 9–3–3 (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–2–3) 21 pts
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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 25	December 1	Dallas	3–4	Calgary	SO	Niemi	19,237	19–5–1	39	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-dal/2015/12/01/2015020366 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 26	December 3	Dallas	4–2	Vancouver		Lehtonen	18,302	20–5–1	41	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-van/2015/12/03/2015020380 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 27	December 4	Dallas	1–2	Edmonton	OT	Niemi	16,839	20–5–2	42	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-edm/2015/12/04/2015020386 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 28	December 8	Carolina	5–6	Dallas		Niemi	18,287	21–5–2	44	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-dal/2015/12/08/2015020415 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 29	December 11	Philadelphia	1–3	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	22–5–2	46	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-phi/2015/12/11/2015020431 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 30	December 12	Dallas	0–3	St. Louis		Niemi	15,023	22–6–2	46	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2015/12/12/2015020440 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 31	December 15	Columbus	1–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,232	23–6–2	48	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cbj-vs-dal/2015/12/15/2015020463 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 32	December 17	Calgary	3–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,410	23–7–2	48	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-dal/2015/12/17/2015020474 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 33	December 19	Montreal	2–6	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	24–7–2	50	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-mtl/2015/12/19/2015020489 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 34	December 21	Dallas	6–3	Minnesota		Niemi	19,047	25–7–2	52	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2015/12/21/2015020504 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 35	December 22	Chicago	0–4	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	26–7–2	54	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2015/12/22/2015020513 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 36	December 26	Dallas	2–3	St. Louis	SO	Niemi	19,185	26–7–3	55	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2015/12/26/2015020521 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 37	December 27	St. Louis	0–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	27–7–3	57	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2015/12/27/2015020529 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 38	December 29	Dallas	3–6	Columbus		Lehtonen	15,836	27–8–3	57	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cbj-vs-dal/2015/12/29/2015020544 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 39	December 31	Nashville	1–5	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	28–8–3	59	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nsh/2015/12/31/2015020561 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| January: 3–6–2 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 0–4–2) 8 pts
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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 40	January 2	Dallas	2–3	New Jersey	OT	Niemi	16,514	28–8–4	60	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-njd/2016/01/02/2015020573 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 41	January 3	Dallas	5–6	NY Islanders		Lehtonen	14,054	28–9–4	60	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nyi/2016/01/03/2015020579 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 42	January 5	Dallas	2–6	NY Rangers		Niemi	18,006	28–10–4	60	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nyr/2016/01/05/2015020590 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 43	January 7	Winnipeg	1–2	Dallas	SO	Lehtonen	18,532	29–10–4	62	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wpg/2016/01/07/2015020604 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 44	January 9	Minnesota	2–1	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	29–11–4	62	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/01/09/2015020620 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 45	January 15	Dallas	2–4	Anaheim		Lehtonen	16,201	29–12–4	62	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-dal/2016/01/15/2015020659 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 46	January 16	Dallas	3–4	San Jose	OT	Niemi	17,562	29–12–5	63	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-sjs/2016/01/16/2015020669 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 47	January 19	Dallas	2–3	Los Angeles		Lehtonen	18,230	29–13–5	63	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-lak/2016/01/19/2015020689 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 48	January 21	Edmonton	2–3	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	30–13–5	65	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-edm/2016/01/21/2015020700 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 49	January 23	Colorado	3–1	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	30–14–5	65	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2016/01/23/2015020717 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 50	January 25	Calgary	1–2	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	31–14–5	67	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/cgy-vs-dal/2016/01/25/2015020729 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| February: 7–5–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 6–1–1) 16 pts
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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 51	February 2	Dallas	5–3	Winnipeg		Niemi	15,294	32–14–5	69	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wpg/2016/02/02/2015020751 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 52	February 4	Dallas	4–3	Colorado	OT	Niemi	14,351	33–14–5	71	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2016/02/04/2015020767 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 53	February 6	Chicago	5–1	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	33–15–5	71	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2016/02/06/2015020784 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 54	February 9	Dallas	4–3	Minnesota	OT	Niemi	19,087	34–15–5	73	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/02/09/2015020802 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 55	February 11	Dallas	4–2	Chicago		Lehtonen	22,051	35–15–5	75	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2016/02/11/2015020815 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 56	February 13	Washington	3–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	36–15–5	77	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wsh/2016/02/13/2015020831 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 57	February 15	Dallas	3–2	Nashville	OT	Niemi	17,113	37–15–5	79	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nsh/2016/02/15/2015020843 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 58	February 16	Dallas	1–2	St. Louis	OT	Lehtonen	18,156	37–15–6	80	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/02/16/2015020853 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 59	February 18	Dallas	3–6	Arizona		Niemi	11,853	37–16–6	80	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ari-vs-dal/2016/02/18/2015020867 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 60	February 20	Boston	7–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	37–17–6	80	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-dal/2016/02/20/2015020880 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 61	February 23	Dallas	5–3	Winnipeg		Niemi	15,294	38–17–6	82	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wpg/2016/02/23/2015020899 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 62	February 25	Winnipeg	6–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	38–18–6	82	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-wpg/2016/02/25/2015020912 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 63	February 27	NY Rangers	3–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	38–19–6	82	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nyr/2016/02/27/2015020925 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 64	February 29	Detroit	3–2	Dallas	OT	Niemi	18,532	38–19–7	83	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-det/2016/02/29/2015020941 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| March: 9–3–2 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 3–2–1) 20 pts
class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 65	March 1	Dallas	3–5	Nashville		Niemi	17,113	38–20–7	83	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nsh/2016/03/01/2015020947 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 66	March 4	New Jersey	2–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,117	39–20–7	85	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-njd/2016/03/04/2015020968 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 67	March 6	Dallas	2–1	Ottawa		Lehtonen	19,419	40–20–7	87	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-ott/2016/03/06/2015020980 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 68	March 8	Dallas	3–4	Montreal	OT	Lehtonen	21,288	40–20–8	88	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-mtl/2016/03/08/2015020997 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 69	March 11	Chicago	2–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	41–20–8	90	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2016/03/11/2015021016 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#ffc;" \| 70	March 12	St. Louis	5–4	Dallas	OT	Niemi	18,532	41–20–9	91	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/03/12/2015021025 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 71	March 15	Los Angeles	5–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	41–21–9	91	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-lak/2016/03/15/2015021045 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 72	March 17	Tampa Bay	3–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	42–21–9	93	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-tbl/2016/03/17/2015021058 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 73	March 19	NY Islanders	0–3	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	43–21–9	95	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nyi/2016/03/19/2015021074 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 74	March 22	Dallas	6–2	Chicago		Lehtonen	22,034	44–21–9	97	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/chi-vs-dal/2016/03/22/2015021096 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 75	March 24	Dallas	1–3	Arizona		Lehtonen	11,887	44–22–9	97	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ari-vs-dal/2016/03/24/2015021110 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 76	March 26	Dallas	4–2	San Jose		Niemi	16,439	45–22–9	99	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-sjs/2016/03/26/2015021118 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 77	March 29	Nashville	2–5	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,265	46–22–9	101	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nsh/2016/03/29/2015021147 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 78	March 31	Arizona	1–4	Dallas		Niemi	18,532	47–22–9	103	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ari-vs-dal/2016/03/31/2015021159 Recap]

| colspan=11 |

colspan="11" style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000000 2px solid;"\| April: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) 6 pts
class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Record !! Pts !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 79	April 2	Dallas	3–2	Los Angeles	Lehtonen	18,230	48–22–9	105	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-lak/2016/04/02/2015021169 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 80	April 3	Dallas	1–3	Anaheim	Niemi	16,585	48–23–9	105	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/ana-vs-dal/2016/04/03/2015021182 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 81	April 7	Colorado	2–4	Dallas	Lehtonen	18,532	49–23–9	107	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-dal/2016/04/07/2015021211 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 82	April 9	Nashville	2–3	Dallas	Niemi	18,532	50–23–9	109	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-nsh/2016/04/09/2015021227 Recap]

| colspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|

Legend:

{{legend2|#ffc|Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #ffffcc}}

Playoffs

colspan=11 style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;" \| 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
colspan=10 \| {\| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
colspan=10 style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000 2px solid;" \| Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Dallas wins 4–2
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Series !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 1	April 14	Minnesota	0–4	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	1–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/14/2015030151 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 2	April 16	Minnesota	1–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,988	2–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/16/2015030152 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 3	April 18	Dallas	3–5	Minnesota		Lehtonen	19,038	2–1	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/18/2015030153 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 4	April 20	Dallas	3–2	Minnesota		Niemi	19,080	3–1	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/20/2015030154 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 5	April 22	Minnesota	5–4	Dallas	OT	Niemi	18,889	3–2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/22/2015030155 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 6	April 24	Dallas	5–4	Minnesota		Lehtonen	19,310	4–2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-min/2016/04/24/2015030156 Recap]

colspan=10 style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 2px solid; border-bottom:#000 2px solid;" \| Western Conference Second Round vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis wins 4–3
class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" ! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Attendance !! Series !! Recap
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 1	April 29	St. Louis	1–2	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,532	1–0	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/04/29/2015030231 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 2	May 1	St. Louis	4–3	Dallas	OT	Niemi	18,889	1–1	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/01/2015030232 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 3	May 3	Dallas	1–6	St. Louis		Niemi	19,323	1–2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/03/2015030233 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 4	May 5	Dallas	3–2	St. Louis	OT	Lehtonen	19,770	2–2	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/05/2015030234 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 5	May 7	St. Louis	4–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,754	2–3	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/07/2015030235 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" \| 6	May 9	Dallas	3–2	St. Louis		Lehtonen	19,808	3–3	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/09/2015030236 Recap]
style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" \| 7	May 11	St. Louis	6–1	Dallas		Lehtonen	18,754	3–4	[https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-stl/2016/05/11/2015030237 Recap]

Legend:

Player statistics

Final stats

=Skaters=

Player ! {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{abbr\|G\|Goals}} ! {{abbr\|A\|Assists}} ! {{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! data-sort-type="number" \| {{abbr\|+/−\|Plus/minus}} ! {{abbr\|PIM\|Penalty minutes}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" \|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Regular Season{{cite web\|title=2015–2016 – Regular Season – Dallas Stars – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats\|url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&report=skatersummary&season=20152016&gameType=2&sort=points&aggregate=1&teamId=25&pos=S\|publisher=NHL}}
{{sortname\|Jamie\|Benn}}	82	41	48	89	7	64
{{sortname\|Tyler\|Seguin}}	72	33	40	73	2	16
{{sortname\|Jason\|Spezza}}	75	33	30	63	4	22
{{sortname\|John\|Klingberg}}	76	10	48	58	22	30
{{sortname\|Patrick\|Sharp}}	76	20	35	55	−3	27
{{sortname\|Ales\|Hemsky\|Aleš Hemský}}	75	13	26	39	3	20
{{sortname\|Alex\|Goligoski}}	82	5	32	37	21	34
{{sortname\|Cody\|Eakin}}	82	16	19	35	3	42
{{sortname\|Mattias\|Janmark\|Mattias Janmark-Nylén}}	73	15	14	29	12	16
{{sortname\|Antoine\|Roussel}}	80	13	16	29	11	123
{{sortname\|Valeri\|Nichushkin}}	79	9	20	29	2	12
{{sortname\|Colton\|Sceviour}}	71	11	12	23	6	21
{{sortname\|Jason\|Demers}}	62	7	16	23	16	72
{{sortname\|Vernon\|Fiddler}}	82	12	10	22	5	31
{{sortname\|Johnny\|Oduya}}	82	4	17	21	8	26
{{sortname\|Patrick\|Eaves}}	54	11	6	17	−5	27
{{sortname\|Radek\|Faksa}}	45	5	7	12	9	16
{{sortname\|Jordie\|Benn}}	64	3	9	12	2	21
{{sortname\|Patrik\|Nemeth}}	38	0	8	8	−1	14
{{sortname\|Jyrki\|Jokipakka}}	40	2	4	6	1	6
{{sortname\|Kris\|Russell}}^†	11	0	4	4	−1	2
{{sortname\|Stephen\|Johns\|Stephen Johns (ice hockey)}}	14	1	2	3	−6	6
{{sortname\|Travis\|Moen}}	23	0	2	2	−3	21
{{sortname\|Jamie\|Oleksiak}}	19	0	2	2	−5	21
{{sortname\|Jason\|Dickinson}}	1	1	0	1	1	0
{{sortname\|Brett\|Ritchie}}	8	0	1	1	−3	7
{{sortname\|Curtis\|McKenzie\|Curtis McKenzie (ice hockey)}}	3	0	0	0	−1	0
{{sortname\|Esa\|Lindell}}	4	0	0	0	−3	0
{{sortname\|Devin\|Shore}}	3	0	0	0	2	0

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" \|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Playoffs
align=center ! Player ! {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{abbr\|G\|Goals}} ! {{abbr\|A\|Assists}} ! {{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! data-sort-type="number" \| {{abbr\|+/−\|Plus/minus}} ! {{abbr\|PIM\|Penalty minutes}}
{{sortname\|Jamie\|Benn}}	13	5	10	15	2	10
{{sortname\|Jason\|Spezza}}	13	5	8	13	0	2
{{sortname\|Cody\|Eakin}}	13	1	7	8	−4	8
{{sortname\|Alex\|Goligoski}}	13	4	3	7	−6	6
{{sortname\|Patrick\|Sharp}}	13	4	2	6	−4	0
{{sortname\|Patrick\|Eaves}}	9	3	3	6	3	2
{{sortname\|Radek\|Faksa}}	13	3	2	5	2	2
{{sortname\|Mattias\|Janmark\|Mattias Janmark-Nylén}}	12	2	3	5	−3	2
{{sortname\|Colton\|Sceviour}}	11	2	3	5	1	0
{{sortname\|John\|Klingberg}}	13	1	3	4	−5	2
{{sortname\|Ales\|Hemsky\|Aleš Hemský}}	13	1	3	4	−1	2
{{sortname\|Kris\|Russell}}	12	0	4	4	1	4
{{sortname\|Johnny\|Oduya}}	13	1	2	3	1	2
{{sortname\|Vernon\|Fiddler}}	13	1	2	3	−1	8
{{sortname\|Jason\|Demers}}	13	0	3	3	1	8
{{sortname\|Antoine\|Roussel}}	13	2	0	2	0	16
{{sortname\|Valeri\|Nichushkin}}	10	0	1	1	−2	2
{{sortname\|Travis\|Moen}}	6	0	0	0	−1	2
{{sortname\|Jordie\|Benn}}	1	0	0	0	2	4
{{sortname\|Curtis\|McKenzie\|Curtis McKenzie (ice hockey)}}	1	0	0	0	0	5
{{sortname\|Stephen\|Johns\|Stephen Johns (ice hockey)}}	13	0	0	0	0	6
{{sortname\|Tyler\|Seguin}}	1	0	0	0	0	0
{{sortname\|Brett\|Ritchie}}	2	0	0	0	−2	0

=Goaltenders=

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" \|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Regular Season{{cite web\|title=2015–2016 – Regular Season – Dallas Stars – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats\|url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&report=goaliesummary&season=20152016&gameType=2&sort=wins&aggregate=1&teamId=25&pos=G\|publisher=NHL}}
Player ! {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{abbr\|GS\|Games started}} ! {{abbr\|TOI\|Time on ice}} ! {{abbr\|W\|Win}} ! {{abbr\|L\|Loss}} ! {{abbr\|OT\|Overtime loss}} ! {{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}} ! {{abbr\|GAA\|Goals against average}} ! {{abbr\|SA\|Shots against}} ! {{abbr\|SV%\|Save percentage}} ! {{abbr\|SO\|Shutouts}} ! {{abbr\|G\|Goals}} ! {{abbr\|A\|Assists}} ! {{abbr\|PIM\|Penalty minutes}}
style=white-space:nowrap\| {{sortname\|Antti\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	48	43	2654	25	13	7	118	2.67	1246	.905	3	0	2	2
style=white-space:nowrap\| {{sortname\|Kari\|Lehtonen}}	43	39	2279	25	10	2	105	2.76	1121	.906	2	0	3	2

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"

|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"| Regular Season{{cite web|title=2015–2016 – Regular Season – Dallas Stars – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats|url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?reportType=season&report=goaliesummary&season=20152016&gameType=2&sort=wins&aggregate=1&teamId=25&pos=G|publisher=NHL}}

Player

! {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! {{abbr|GS|Games started}}

! {{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}}

! {{abbr|W|Win}}

! {{abbr|L|Loss}}

! {{abbr|OT|Overtime loss}}

! {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

! {{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}}

! {{abbr|SA|Shots against}}

! {{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}}

! {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}}

! {{abbr|G|Goals}}

! {{abbr|A|Assists}}

! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}}

style=white-space:nowrap| {{sortname|Antti|Niemi|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}

2654

118

2.67

1246

.905

style=white-space:nowrap| {{sortname|Kari|Lehtonen}}

2279

105

2.76

1121

.906

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" \|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Playoffs
Player ! {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{abbr\|GS\|Games started}} ! {{abbr\|TOI\|Time on ice}} ! {{abbr\|W\|Win}} ! {{abbr\|L\|Loss}} ! {{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}} ! {{abbr\|GAA\|Goals against average}} ! {{abbr\|SA\|Shots against}} ! {{abbr\|SV%\|Save percentage}} ! {{abbr\|SO\|Shutouts}} ! {{abbr\|G\|Goals}} ! {{abbr\|A\|Assists}} ! {{abbr\|PIM\|Penalty minutes}}
style=white-space:nowrap\| {{sortname\|Kari\|Lehtonen}}	11	10	555	6	3	26	2.81	257	.899	1	0	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap\| {{sortname\|Antti\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	5	3	237	1	3	13	3.29	96	.865	0	0	0	0

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"

|+ style="background:#fff; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"| Playoffs

Player

! {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! {{abbr|GS|Games started}}

! {{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}}

! {{abbr|W|Win}}

! {{abbr|L|Loss}}

! {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

! {{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}}

! {{abbr|SA|Shots against}}

! {{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}}

! {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}}

! {{abbr|G|Goals}}

! {{abbr|A|Assists}}

! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}}

style=white-space:nowrap| {{sortname|Kari|Lehtonen}}

555

2.81

257

.899

style=white-space:nowrap| {{sortname|Antti|Niemi|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}

237

3.29

.865

^†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

= Suspensions/fines =

class="wikitable" style="width:75em; text-align:center;"
style="width:15%;"\| Player !style="width:50%;"\| Explanation !style="width:10%;"\| Length !style="width:10%;"\| Salary !style="width:15%;"\| Date issued
Jason Demers	Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino during NHL game No. 93 in Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 16:48 of the third period.	2 games	$36,559.14	October 23, 2015{{cite web\|title=Stars' Demers suspended two games for elbowing\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=784491\|publisher=NHL\|date=October 23, 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="width:75em; text-align:center;"

style="width:15%;"| Player

!style="width:50%;"| Explanation

!style="width:10%;"| Length

!style="width:10%;"| Salary

!style="width:15%;"| Date issued

Jason Demers

Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino during NHL game No. 93 in Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 16:48 of the third period.

2 games

$36,559.14

October 23, 2015{{cite web|title=Stars' Demers suspended two games for elbowing|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=784491|publisher=NHL|date=October 23, 2015}}

Awards and honors

=Awards=

style="width:20%;" \| Player ! style="width:50%;" \| Award ! style="width:30%;" data-sort-type="date" \| Awarded
class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Regular season
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Price, Seguin and Tarasenko named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=783864\|publisher=NHL\|date=October 19, 2015}}	October 19, 2015
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL First Star of the Month{{cite web\|title=Benn, Price, Krejci named Stars of the Month\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=785965\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 2, 2015}}	November 2, 2015
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Kane, Seguin and Condon named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=787084\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 9, 2015}}	November 9, 2015
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL First Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Benn, Holtby and Galchenyuk named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=790300\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 30, 2015}}	November 30, 2015
{{sortname\|A.\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Gaudreau, Niemi, Bozak named NHL's Three Stars\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=794609\|publisher=NHL\|date=December 28, 2015}}	December 28, 2015
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL All-Star game selection{{cite web\|title=Star-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248\|publisher=NHL\|date=January 6, 2016}}	January 6, 2016
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016

=Milestones=

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Regular season
align=center ! style="width:20%;" \| Player ! style="width:50%;" \| Milestone ! style="width:30%;" data-sort-type="date" \| Reached
{{sortname\|M.\|Janmark\|Mattias Janmark}}	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 8, 2015
{{sortname\|J.\|Demers\|Jason Demers}}	100th career NHL assist	October 10, 2015
{{sortname\|C.\|Sceviour\|Colton Sceviour}}	100th career NHL game	October 13, 2015
M. Janmark	1st career NHL assist	October 13, 2015
{{sortname\|K.\|Lehtonen\|Kari Lehtonen}}	250th career NHL win	October 15, 2015
{{sortname\|R.\|Faksa\|Radek Faksa}}	1st career NHL game	October 17, 2015
{{sortname\|A.\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	20,000 career NHL minutes	October 27, 2015
{{sortname\|D.\|Shore\|Devin Shore}}	1st career NHL game	November 3, 2015
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	300th career NHL point	November 3, 2015
{{sortname\|J.\|Jokipakka\|Jyrki Jokipakka}}	1st career NHL goal	November 3, 2015
R. Faksa	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 6, 2015
{{sortname\|V.\|Nichushkin\|Valeri Nichushkin}}	100th career NHL game	November 8, 2015
{{sortname\|A.\|Goligoski\|Alex Goligoski}}	500th career NHL game	November 19, 2015
{{sortname\|Jo.\|Benn\|Jordie Benn}}	200th career NHL game	November 19, 2015
K. Lehtonen	30,000 career NHL minutes	November 19, 2015
{{sortname\|P.\|Eaves\|Patrick Eaves}}	500th career NHL game	November 28, 2015
A. Niemi	200th career NHL wins	November 28, 2015
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	400th career NHL point	December 15, 2015
{{sortname\|J.\|Spezza\|Jason Spezza}}	800th career NHL game	December 17, 2015
A. Goligoski	200th career NHL assist	December 19, 2015
{{sortname\|J.\|Klingberg\|John Klingberg}}	100th career NHL game	December 22, 2015
{{sortname\|J.\|Oduya\|Johnny Oduya}}	700th career NHL game	December 26, 2015
J. Spezza	500th career NHL assist	January 5, 2016

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

=Trades=

border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse" bordercolor="#DFDFDF" cellpadding="5" width=60%

bgcolor="#dddddd"

|Date

!colspan="2"|{{center|Details}}

!Ref

| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks

7th-round pick in 2015

| valign="top"| To Dallas Stars

Antti Niemi (rights)

|{{cite web|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772570|title=Dallas Stars Acquire Goaltender Antti Niemi From The San Jose Sharks In Exchange For A Seventh Round Selection In The 2015 NHL Draft|work=nhl.com|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}

bgcolor="eeeeee"

| {{start date|2015|07|10}}

| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks

Trevor Daley
Ryan Garbutt

| valign="top"| To Dallas Stars

Patrick Sharp
Stephen Johns

|{{cite web|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774544|title=Dallas Stars Acquire Forward Patrick Sharp and Defenseman Stephen Johns From The Chicago Blackhawks In Exchange For Defenseman Trevor Daley And Forward Ryan Garbutt|work=nhl.com|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}

| valign="top"| To Calgary Flames

Jyrki Jokipakka
Brett Pollock
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2016

| valign="top"| To Dallas Stars

Kris Russell

|{{cite web|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=871330|title=Dallas Stars Acquire Defenseman Kris Russell From Calgary Flames|work=nhl.com|accessdate=March 1, 2016}}

bgcolor="eeeeee"

= Free agents acquired =

class="wikitable" width=98%

align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"

| Date

Player

Former team

Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)

Ref

Johnny Oduya

Chicago Blackhawks

2 years, $7.5 million

{{cite web|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774832|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Johnny Oduya To A Two-Year Contract|work=nhl.com|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}

= Free agents lost =

class="wikitable" width=97%
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
{{start date\|2015\|07\|01}}	Jhonas Enroth	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $1.25 million	{{cite web\|url=http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773331\|title=Kings Agreed to terms with Goaltender Jhonas Enroth To One-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}
{{start date\|2015\|07\|03}}	Shawn Horcoff	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $1.75 million	{{cite web\|title=Ducks Sign Horcoff to One-Year Contract\|url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773926\|publisher=Anaheim Ducks\|date=July 3, 2015}}

= Claimed via waivers =

class="wikitable"

style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"

| Player

Previous team

Date

Ref

= Lost via waivers =

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style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"

| Player

New team

Date

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= Lost via retirement =

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| Date

| Player

| Ref

| Rich Peverley

| {{cite web|title=Rich Peverley Announces Retirement|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=778248|publisher=Dallas Stars|date=September 4, 2015}}

=Player signings=

class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 50em; padding: 3;"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
{{start date\|2015\|06\|29}}	Antti Niemi	3 years, $13.5 million	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772832\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Goaltender Antti Niemi To A Three-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}
{{start date\|2015\|07\|01}}	Patrick Eaves	1 year, $1.15 million	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773197\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Forward Patrick Eaves To A One-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}
{{start date\|2015\|07\|01}}	Curtis McKenzie	2 years, $1.35 million	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773209\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Left Wing Curtis McKenzie To A Two-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}
{{start date\|2015\|07\|09}}	Jamie Oleksiak	1 year, $875,000	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774403\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak To A One-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=July 17, 2015}}
{{start date\|2015\|08\|28}}	Cody Eakin	4 years, $15.4 million contract extension	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777810\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Center Cody Eakin To A Four-Year Contract Extension\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=August 28, 2015}}
{{start date\|2016\|03\|18}}	Stephen Johns	2 years, contract extension	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=874348\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Stephen Johns To A Two-Year Contract Extension\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=March 23, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|03\|25}}	Niklas Hansson	3 years, entry-level contract	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=875458\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Niklas Hansson To Three-Year Entry-Level Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|05\|12}}	Denis Gurianov	3 years, entry-level contract	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=882503\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Forward Denis Gurianov to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=May 13, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|05\|18}}	Chris Martenet	3 years, entry-level contract	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=883235\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Chris Martenet to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=May 19, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|05\|31}}	Justin Dowling	1 year	{{cite web \|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=884577 \|title=Dallas Stars Sign Forwards Justin Dowling and Brendan Ranford \|work=NHL.com \|date=May 31, 2016 \|accessdate=June 1, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|05\|31}}	Brendan Ranford	1 year
{{start date\|2016\|06\|09}}	Mattias Backman	1 year	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885504\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defenseman Mattias Backman To One-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=June 13, 2016}}
{{start date\|2016\|06\|10}}	Brett Ritchie	1 year	{{cite web\|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885609\|title=Dallas Stars Sign Right Wing Brett Ritchie to One-Year Contract\|work=nhl.com\|accessdate=June 13, 2016}}

Draft picks

Below are the Dallas Stars' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

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Round ! # ! Player ! Pos ! Nationality ! College/Junior/Club team (League)
style="text-align:center"\| 1 \| style="text-align:center"\| 12 \| Denis Guryanov \| RW \| {{flagu\|Russia}} \| Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia-Jr.)
style="text-align:center"\| 2 \| style="text-align:center"\| 49{{ref label\|Note1\|a\|a}} \| Roope Hintz \| LW \| {{flagu\|Finland}} \| Ilves (Finland)
style="text-align:center"\| 4 \| style="text-align:center"\| 103 \| Chris Martenet \| D \| {{flagu\|United States}} \| London Knights (OHL)
style="text-align:center"\| 5 \| style="text-align:center"\| 133 \| Joseph Cecconi \| D \| {{flagu\|United States}} \| Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
style="text-align:center"\| 6 \| style="text-align:center"\| 163 \| Markus Ruusu \| G \| {{flagu\|Finland}} \| JYP Jr. (Finland-Jr.)

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Round

! #

! Player

! Pos

! Nationality

! College/Junior/Club team (League)

style="text-align:center"| 1

| style="text-align:center"| 12

| Denis Guryanov

| RW

| {{flagu|Russia}}

| Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia-Jr.)

style="text-align:center"| 2

| style="text-align:center"| 49{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

| Roope Hintz

| LW

| {{flagu|Finland}}

| Ilves (Finland)

style="text-align:center"| 4

| style="text-align:center"| 103

| Chris Martenet

| D

| {{flagu|United States}}

| London Knights (OHL)

style="text-align:center"| 5

| style="text-align:center"| 133

| Joseph Cecconi

| D

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

style="text-align:center"| 6

| style="text-align:center"| 163

| Markus Ruusu

| G

| {{flagu|Finland}}

| JYP Jr. (Finland-Jr.)

;Draft notes{{cite web|title=2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions|url=http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/DraftTrades/Years/2015.htm|publisher=Pro Sports Transactions|accessdate=June 3, 2015}}

The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 (36th overall) to Ottawa in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2015 or 2016 and this pick.{{cite web|title=Trades completed during 2015 NHL Draft weekend|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772519|date=June 27, 2015|accessdate=June 27, 2015}} Ottawa previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson to the Stars in exchange for Alex Chiasson, Nick Paul, Alex Guptill and this pick.{{cite web|title=SENATORS TRADE SPEZZA TO STARS FOR TRIO OF FORWARDS, PICK|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456146|publisher=TSN|date=July 1, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2014}}
{{Note label|Note1|a|a}} The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.{{cite web|title=Stars deal F Cole to Red Wings|url=https://www.tsn.ca/stars-deal-f-cole-to-red-wings-1.219570|publisher=TSN|date=March 1, 2015|accessdate=March 1, 2015}}
The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/red-wings-acquire-forward-eric-cole-stars|title=Red Wings acquire forward Erik Cole from Stars|date=March 1, 2015|accessdate=March 1, 2015}} The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=762117|title=Red Wings' Cole out for season with spine contusion|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}
The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Antti Niemi to Dallas in exchange for this pick.

References

Category:Dallas Stars seasons

Dallas Stars season, 2015-16

Dallas Stars

Category:2010s in Dallas

style="width:20%;" \| Player ! style="width:50%;" \| Award ! style="width:30%;" data-sort-type="date" \| Awarded
class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006A4E 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"\| Regular season
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Price, Seguin and Tarasenko named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=783864\|publisher=NHL\|date=October 19, 2015}}	October 19, 2015
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL First Star of the Month{{cite web\|title=Benn, Price, Krejci named Stars of the Month\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=785965\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 2, 2015}}	November 2, 2015
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Kane, Seguin and Condon named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=787084\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 9, 2015}}	November 9, 2015
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL First Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Benn, Holtby and Galchenyuk named stars of week\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=790300\|publisher=NHL\|date=November 30, 2015}}	November 30, 2015
{{sortname\|A.\|Niemi\|Antti Niemi (ice hockey)}}	NHL Second Star of the Week{{cite web\|title=Gaudreau, Niemi, Bozak named NHL's Three Stars\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=794609\|publisher=NHL\|date=December 28, 2015}}	December 28, 2015
{{sortname\|T.\|Seguin\|Tyler Seguin}}	NHL All-Star game selection{{cite web\|title=Star-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal\|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796248\|publisher=NHL\|date=January 6, 2016}}	January 6, 2016
{{sortname\|Ja.\|Benn\|Jamie Benn}}	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016