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Dallas Stars, 2015-16

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Central Division, Western Conference Best record in the Western Conference Won the Central Division Made the playoffs

2015-16 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 30 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
1st Round	Minnesota Wild	Won 4-2
2nd Round	St. Louis Blues	Lost 3-4

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Jamie Benn	L	82	41	48	89	7	64	247	156	53.7	52.9	+13.4	$5.25M	+$3.8M
Tyler Seguin	C	72	33	40	73	2	16	278	80	55.0	53.7	+10.1	$5.75M	+$1.2M
Jason Spezza	C	75	33	30	63	4	22	202	9	54.6	53.4	+9.7	$7.5M	-$815K
John Klingberg	D	76	10	48	58	22	30	171	44	55.6	53.6	+8.2	$4.25M	+$1.5M
Patrick Sharp	L	76	20	35	55	-3	27	226	76	53.8	50.2	+4.1	$5.9M	-$2.8M
Ales Hemsky	R	75	13	26	39	3	20	155	25	54.2	54.1	+4.1	$4M	-$815K
Alex Goligoski	D	82	5	32	37	21	34	127	100	53.7	52.1	+1.5	$4.6M	-$3.1M
Cody Eakin	C	82	16	19	35	3	42	132	98	49.3	47.6	-2.2	$1.9M	-$2.7M
Antoine Roussel	L	80	13	16	29	11	123	111	123	51.0	50.7	+1.9	$2M	-$233K
Mattias Janmark	C	73	15	14	29	12	16	108	4	54.0	54.9	+4.6	$734K	+$2.8M
Valeri Nichushkin	R	79	9	20	29	2	12	139	68	52.2	50.8	+3.2	$925K	+$1.7M
Colton Sceviour	C	71	11	12	23	6	21	125	71	50.7	54.7	+7.2	$650K	+$4.5M
Jason Demers	D	62	7	16	23	16	72	94	86	54.2	54.6	+3.1	$3.4M	-$879K
Vernon Fiddler	C	82	12	10	22	5	31	98	42	50.3	53.5	+3.6	$1.25M	+$1.6M
Johnny Oduya	D	82	4	17	21	8	26	63	73	50.8	50.9	+4.1	$3.75M	-$622K
Patrick Eaves	R	54	11	6	17	-5	27	86	70	53.3	56.4	+4.4	$1.15M	+$2.2M
Jordie Benn	D	64	3	9	12	2	21	58	90	48.8	49.9	+1.7	$700K	+$958K
Radek Faksa	C	45	5	7	12	9	16	67	48	53.7	54.8	+4.4	$863K	+$2.5M
Patrik Nemeth	D	38	0	8	8	-1	14	36	58	51.5	54.3	+2.2	$900K	+$1M
Jyrki Jokipakka	D	40	2	4	6	1	6	26	47	49.1	49.1	+2.4	$900K	+$1.2M
Kris Russell	D	11	0	4	4	-1	2	14	9	45.2	47.0	+3.5	$2.6M	+$171K
Stephen Johns	D	14	1	2	3	-6	6	13	55	49.0	48.3	+0.7
Jamie Oleksiak	D	19	0	2	2	-5	21	13	54	50.6	56.8	+1.8	$875K
Travis Moen	L	23	0	2	2	-3	21	12	30	46.6	42.9	-0.2	$1.85M	-$1.4M
Brett Ritchie	R	8	0	1	1	-3	7	15	30	47.3	46.8	-0.1
Jason Dickinson	C	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	45.8	63.5	+0.2	$894K
Curtis McKenzie	L	3	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	41.9	58.6	+0.8	$675K
Devin Shore	C	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	33.3	44.0	-0.5	$870K
Esa Lindell	D	4	0	0	0	-3	0	2	4	50.9	47.8	-0.7	$746K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Antti Niemi	48	25	13	7	3	1246	1128	118	2.67	0.905	-2.3	+9.5	$4.5M	-$1.7M
Kari Lehtonen	43	25	10	2	2	1121	1016	105	2.76	0.906	-3.4	+7.0	$5.9M	-$3.7M

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