With the Dallas Stars exiting in the first round of the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, goaltender Jake Oettinger is once again reminded of the targets he missed and the hardware missing from his trophy case.
Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said captain Jamie Benn "needs to come back" for an 18th season, after Dallas was eliminated in the first round.
One of the biggest storylines of the 2026 NHL offseason will be whether Jason Robertson will sign a long-term contract extension with the Dallas Stars or whether they’ll see out a trade for their star winger.
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The Dallas Stars were hoping for another deep Stanley Cup Playoff run after marching to back-to-back-to-back Western Conference Finals over the last three years.
The Dallas Stars failed to reach their goals this year after falling to the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Now, players are taking inventory of their season and what went wrong in 2025-26.
For three straight seasons, the Dallas Stars have reached the Western Conference Finals, but despite having a loaded roster, time and time again, they've fallen short of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Despite another strong season, the top masked man in Texas heads into the summer with an empty feeling. “I don’t feel like I accomplished any of my goals,” Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger told the media at the team’s end-of-season media availability.
With just 47 games played over the past two seasons, Tyler Seguin is no stranger to watching his Dallas Stars team from the sidelines. The 34-year-old missed 58 games following hip surgery in 2024-25, before ACL surgery took him out of the final 61 games (regular season and playoffs) in 2025-26.
The Dallas Stars were without first-line center Roope Hintz for the entirety of their six-game first-round series loss at the hands of the Minnesota Wild.
The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild played one of the craziest games so far of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs on Sunday, with the Avalanche taking a 1-0 series lead thanks to a back-and-forth 9-6 win.
The Dallas Stars have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Minnesota Wild. After three consecutive Western Conference Final appearances, Dallas fired Pete DeBoer last offseason.
Mark Lazerus of The Athletic: How high is Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill willing to go for his 26-year-old, three-time 40-goal scorer Jason Robertson? Could he look to move the pending RFA to restock his depleted prospect and draft pool?
The 2025-26 NHL season was a strong one for the Dallas Stars. They once again eclipsed the 50-win mark and earned the second overall spot in the Central Division behind only the rival Colorado Avalanche and ahead of the Minnesota Wild.
The Dallas Stars were eliminated in the first-round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday night, losing in six games to the Minnesota Wild. It’s a disappointing end to a Stars’ season that saw the NHL’s lone Texas franchise go 50-20-12 with 112 points, the third-best regular-season record in the league.
Even though his season might be over, a member of the Dallas Stars has a little business to attend to before heading out for vacation. On Friday, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Stars forward Mikko Rantanen has been fined $5,000 for cross-checking Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov.
The Dallas Stars have had some heartbreaking moments in the postseason in recent years. But their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild may have been their most disappointing result to date.
The Stanley Cup might finally be within reach for the Wild. There are two players on the roster who are making it possible.
For the ninth time in their last 10 rounds of playoff hockey, the Dallas Stars are on the brink of elimination as they prepare for Game 6 against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night, down 3-2 in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
With their first-round matchup against the Minnesota wild on the line, the Dallas Stars appear set to scratch defenseman Tyler Myers for Game 6 per Lia Assimakopoulos of Dallas News.
The Dallas Stars are trailing the first-round series against the Minnesota Wild 3-2 after a 4-2 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday. Following back-to-back wins to take a 2-1 series lead, scoring eight goals in those two games combined, the Stars have now lost consecutive outings while scoring just four goals across those two losses.
The Dallas Stars will look to play with a sense of calm as they face elimination in Game 6 against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in St. Paul. Dallas has dropped back-to-back games in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals series and trails Minnesota 3-2, following Tuesday's 4-2 loss in Game 5.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has announced that Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has been fined $2,604.17, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman.
The Dallas Stars enter Game 6 trailing the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in their first-round series after a 4-2 loss on home ice on Tuesday, leaving them on the verge of elimination.
If center Roope Hintz were available for the Dallas Stars in their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild, things may be different.
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