Editing Dallas Stars (section)

===2011–present: Arrival of Tom Gaglardi and "Victory Green" era===
====2011–2013: Continued team struggles====
To start the 2011 off-season, according to [[Darren Dreger]] of [[The Sports Network|TSN]], the team had been "financially managed" by the league for over a year. On June 16, 2011, Dallas hired [[Glen Gulutzan]] to be head coach, making him the sixth coach since the franchise's move from Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=565921 | title=AP Source: Stars to hire Gulutzan as coach | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153107/https://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=565921 | url-status=live}}</ref> On September 13, 2011, lenders voted to agree to have the Stars file for bankruptcy and sold at auction.<ref name="gagl4">{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/news/report-stars-bankruptcy-filing-will-lead-to-auction/c-588402 | title=Report: Stars bankruptcy filing will lead to auction | access-date=August 27, 2022 | archive-date=August 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827222659/https://www.nhl.com/news/report-stars-bankruptcy-filing-will-lead-to-auction/c-588402 | url-status=live}}</ref> On September 21, 2011, Mike Modano announced his retirement from the league. By October 22, 2011, competing bids to buy the club were due. [[Vancouver]] businessman and [[Kamloops Blazers]] owner [[Tom Gaglardi]]'s bid was the only one submitted, clearing the way for him to enter the final stages of taking over ownership of the team. Gaglardi's purchase was approved by the NHL Board of Governors on November 18, 2011.<ref name="gagl4" /> A bankruptcy court judge approved the bid for an [[enterprise value]] of $240&nbsp;million. First lien creditors got about 75 cents on the dollar. The Stars lost $38&nbsp;million during their last fiscal year and $92&nbsp;million over the last three seasons.<ref name="gagl3">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/22/dallas-stars-sale-to-tom-gaglardi-for-240-million-kills-creditors/ | title=Dallas Stars Sale to Tom Gaglardi for $240 Million Pummels Team's Creditors | website=[[Forbes]] | access-date=August 26, 2017 | archive-date=August 4, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804220943/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/22/dallas-stars-sale-to-tom-gaglardi-for-240-million-kills-creditors/ | url-status=live}}</ref>

As the new owner, Gaglardi's first move was bringing back former Stars President [[Jim Lites]] to once again take the reins as team president and CEO. To begin the [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12 season]], the Stars once again jumped out to a fast start, going 23-17-1 through the first 41 games of the season. However, when the second half of the season began, the Stars slumped through the months of January and February, before getting hot again in late February. Throughout March, the Stars regained the lead of the Pacific Division. Beginning on March 26, 2012, the Stars embarked on a western road trip that saw them visit the [[Calgary Flames]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Vancouver Canucks]] and [[San Jose Sharks]]. Going into the road trip, the Stars were in control of their own destiny, having to gain four points on the road trip to win their first Pacific Division title since the 2005–06 season. After the Stars lost 5–4 in Calgary to the Flames on March 26, the Stars beat the Oilers two nights later, 3–1. This would be their last win of the season, as the Stars were rolled over by the Canucks and Sharks the next two games. The Stars were eliminated from playoff contention on April 5 in a 2–0 loss to the playoff-bound [[Nashville Predators]]. Despite a winning record once again of 42–35–5 record, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year missing the 2012 playoffs by six points, setting a franchise record for consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/dallas-stars-5404.html |title=Dallas Stars Statistics and History |publisher=Internet Hockey Database |access-date=November 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144503/http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/dallas-stars-5404.html |archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/minnesota-north-stars-6876.html|title=Minnesota North Stars Statistics and History|publisher=Internet Hockey Database|access-date=November 14, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009200220/http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/minnesota-north-stars-6876.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Tyler Seguin - Dallas Stars.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tyler Seguin]] with the Stars in the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]]. The Stars acquired Seguin as a part of a seven-player trade with the [[Boston Bruins]] during the 2013 off-season.]]
On July 1, 2012, the team signed free agent veterans [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]], [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|Ray Whitney]], and [[Aaron Rome]]. The next day, the Stars traded fan-favorite [[Steve Ott]] and [[Adam Pardy]] to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for center [[Derek Roy]]. When the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]] ended in January 2013 and a 48-game [[2012–13 NHL season|season]] began the Stars embarked on an up-and-down season, though staying in the race for one of the eight Western Conference playoff spots most of the shortened season. In mid-season, forward [[Michael Ryder]] was traded to his former team, the Montreal Canadiens, for [[Erik Cole]]. This shocked many as Ryder has become an almost overnight fan-favorite to Stars fans in his time with Dallas thanks to his stellar 35-goal campaign the previous season in 2011–12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/rydermi01.html|title=Michael Ryder|website=hockey-reference.com|date=June 6, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref> Before the trade deadline in early April, the Stars began to falter and team captain Brenden Morrow was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins; Roy was traded to the Vancouver Canucks; Jagr to the [[Boston Bruins]]; and [[Tomáš Vincour|Tomas Vincour]] to the Colorado Avalanche to close out the [[NHL trade deadline]], all in exchange for draft picks and prospects.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/many-questions-posed-important-answers-to-come-and-i-have-a-dream-a-mishmash-love-story/c-663658 | title=Many Questions Posed, Important Answers to Come, and I Have a Dream(A Mishmash Love Story) | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153319/https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/many-questions-posed-important-answers-to-come-and-i-have-a-dream-a-mishmash-love-story/c-663658 | url-status=live}}</ref> After all of the trades at the trade deadline, the Stars' remaining young players pulled together to win six of their next eight games, thus propelling the Stars back into the 2013 playoff race. However, the Stars would drop their final five games, losing all of them while gaining only one point, eliminating them from playoff contention. The Stars had now missed the playoffs for the five straight seasons, continuing to set the all-time record for the franchise (dating back to the franchise's history in Minnesota) for most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance.

====2013–2020: Return to playoff contention and third appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals====
The day after their final regular season game of the 2012–13 season (a 3–0 loss to the [[Detroit Red Wings]]), the Stars fired general manager Joe Nieuwendyk. The next day, the Stars introduced their 11th all-time general manager, [[Jim Nill]], the former assistant general manager of the Red Wings. On May 14, 2013, the coaching staff was also fired,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-relieve-glen-gulutzan-and-paul-jerrard-of-coaching-duties/c-670677 | title=Dallas Stars relieve Glen Gulutzan and Paul Jerrard of coaching duties | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153110/https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-relieve-glen-gulutzan-and-paul-jerrard-of-coaching-duties/c-670677 | url-status=live}}</ref> and on May 31, 2013, [[Scott White (ice hockey)|Scott White]] was re-introduced as the director of hockey operations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.defendingbigd.com/2013/5/31/4384508/dallas-stars-jim-nill-announces-scott-white-director-of-hockey-operations | title=Stars Announce Scott White Director of Hockey Ops | date=May 31, 2013 | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=March 29, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329063848/https://www.defendingbigd.com/2013/5/31/4384508/dallas-stars-jim-nill-announces-scott-white-director-of-hockey-operations | url-status=live}}</ref> The Stars hired [[Lindy Ruff]] as their new head coach on June 21, 2013.<ref>[http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=674757 Dallas Stars hire Lindy Ruff as 22nd Head Coach in franchise history]</ref> Nill made his first big trade as general manager when he acquired the former second overall draft pick from the [[2010 NHL entry draft]] in [[Tyler Seguin]], as well as [[Rich Peverley]] and [[Ryan Button]] from the [[Boston Bruins]] in exchange for [[Loui Eriksson]], [[Reilly Smith]], [[Matt Fraser]] and [[Joe Morrow]]. During the 2013 off-season, the league underwent a major realignment. Dallas' returned to a revamped [[Central Division (NHL)|Central Division]], bringing them a much more broadcast-friendly schedule for divisional away games. The Stars had long lobbied for this, as they were unhappy with the large number of games they had to play on the road in the [[Pacific Time Zone]] as a member of the Pacific Division since the 1998–99 season. Under new head coach [[Lindy Ruff]] and led by 84-point and 79-point campaigns from Seguin and newly minted captain [[Jamie Benn]] respectively,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/2014.html|title=2013–14 Dallas Stars Roster and Statistics|website=hockey-reference.com|date=June 6, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref> the Stars narrowly made it to the [[2014 Stanley Cup playoffs|2014 playoffs]], returning to the Playoffs for the first time since 2008 with a successful 40–31–11 record, finishing with 91 points, fifth in the Central Division and eighth in the Western Conference during the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]]. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the top-seeded [[Anaheim Ducks]] in six games with a 5–4 overtime loss in game 6.

[[File:Jamie Benn 1.jpg|thumb|Leading the league in points, Stars' captain Jamie Benn pictured in October 2014. He won the [[Art Ross Trophy]] for the [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15 season]]. Benn was also named captain of the Stars prior to the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]].]]
Nill made another big trade as general manager when he acquired [[Jason Spezza]] and [[Ludwig Karlsson]] from the [[Ottawa Senators]] in exchange for [[Alex Chiasson]], [[Nick Paul]], Alex Guptill and a second-round pick in the [[2015 NHL entry draft]]. He also signed Senators player [[Aleš Hemský|Ales Hemsky]] as a free agent on a three-year, $12&nbsp;million contract on July 1, 2014. Despite these moves and a 92-point 41–31–10 campaign, the Stars finished with the second-lowest goaltender save percentage in the league during the [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15 season]], which resulted in them failing to qualify for the [[2015 Stanley Cup playoffs|2015 playoffs]] due to their sixth-place finish in the Central Division and being seven points behind of the last playoff spot. The lone bright spot of the 2014–15 season was captain Jamie Benn winning the [[Art Ross Trophy]]. On April 11, 2015, Benn scored four points in the Stars' last regular season game to finish with 87 points on the season and win the Art Ross Trophy. His final point, a secondary assist with 8.5 seconds left in regulation in the game, allowed him to overtake [[New York Islanders]] centre and captain [[John Tavares]] for the award by one point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/jamie-benn-records-assist-with-9-seconds-to-play-to-win-art-ross-trophy/|title=Jamie Benn records assist with 9 seconds to play to win Art Ross Trophy|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-date=March 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054723/http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/jamie-benn-records-assist-with-9-seconds-to-play-to-win-art-ross-trophy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2015 off-season the Stars made a couple additions to the team, first trading with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] for three-time Stanley Cup champion [[Patrick Sharp]] as well as defenseman [[Stephen Johns (ice hockey)|Stephen Johns]] in exchange for [[Trevor Daley]] and [[Ryan Garbutt]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/762613/blackhawks-trade-patrick-sharp-dallas-stars|title = Blackhawks trade Patrick Sharp to Dallas Stars|last = Lazerus|first = Mark|date = July 10, 2015|work = Chicago Sun Times|access-date = July 10, 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712011418/http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/762613/blackhawks-trade-patrick-sharp-dallas-stars|archive-date = July 12, 2015}}</ref> The Stars also signed via free agency Sharp's teammate from the Blackhawks [[Johnny Oduya]] to a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774832 | title = Dallas Stars sign defenseman Johnny Oduya to a two-year contract | publisher = Dallas Stars | date = July 15, 2015 | access-date = July 15, 2015}}</ref> In the [[2015–16 NHL season|2015–16 season]], the Stars won their first Central Division title since 1998 and posted the best regular season record in the Western Conference with a 50–23–9 record good enough for 109 points and the runner up to the [[Presidents' Trophy]] as the regular season champions, only behind the [[Washington Capitals]]. In the first round of the 2016 playoffs, they defeated the [[Minnesota Wild]] in six games. In the second round, they faced the [[St. Louis Blues]] in the playoffs for the first time since 2001, but lost the series in seven games.

The Stars finished with a 34–37–11 record in an injury-plagued [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17 season]], missing the playoffs for the seventh time in the past nine seasons, missing the 2017 playoffs by 15 points. As a result, the team announced that head coach Lindy Ruff's contract would not be renewed.

In the 2017 off-season the Stars lost goaltender [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]] and forward Patrick Sharp in free agency.

[[Ken Hitchcock]] returned as head coach for the [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18 season]], however once again the Stars missed the playoffs, this time narrowly missing having only missed by just three points in the standings after posting a winning record of 42–32–8 in the season.

Hitchcock retired after the season and was succeeded at the head coaching spot by [[Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)|Jim Montgomery]]. Montgomery's first season as the Stars coach saw the team finish with a 43–32–7 record, good enough to return to the [[2019 NHL playoffs|playoffs]] for the first time since 2016 as the first wild card team and seventh seed in the Western Conference. The Stars defeated the Central Division-champion and second-seeded Nashville Predators in a six-game series the first round, but fell to the sixth-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in seven games, losing game 7 on the road in double-overtime by a score of 2–1 despite a 52-save performance by starting goaltender [[Ben Bishop]].

Going into the [[2019–20 NHL season|2019–20 season]], the Stars added veteran forwards [[Joe Pavelski]] from the San Jose Sharks and [[Corey Perry]] of the Anaheim Ducks in free agency on July 1, 2019. To start the 2019–20 season, the Stars sputtered to a 1–7–1 start through their first nine games. However the Stars soon rallied and rattled off a 14–1–1 record between October 19 and November 25, which catapulted the Stars to an eventual season record of 37–24–8 through 69 games, as the regular season was suspended in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Barely two full months into his second season as Stars head coach, on December 10, the Stars fired head coach Jim Montgomery for "unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and the National Hockey League."<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Montgomery dismissed as head coach of Stars |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/jim-montgomery-dismissed-as-head-coach-of-dallas-stars/c-312388186 |website=NHL.com |access-date=December 11, 2019 |date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> General manager Jim Nill said the situation had come to light the previous weekend, and involved "a material act of unprofessionalism" egregious enough to demand Montgomery's immediate firing. He did not offer specifics "out of respect for everyone involved," only saying that it did not involve abuse of players or criminal conduct.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeFranks |first1=Matthew |title=Dallas Stars fire coach Jim Montgomery 'due to unprofessional conduct' |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/stars/2019/12/10/dallas-stars-fire-coach-jim-montgomery-due-to-unprofessional-conduct/ |website=Dallas News |access-date=December 11, 2019 |date=December 10, 2019}}</ref> [[Rick Bowness]], who joined the team as an assistant coach a month after Montgomery's hiring in May 2018, was named interim coach, while [[Derek Laxdal]] (who was the head coach of the Stars' AHL affiliate [[Texas Stars]] at the time) would be promoted to the assistant coaching position that was vacated by Bowness.<ref name="cbc2019">{{cite web |title=Dallas Stars fire head coach Jim Montgomery for 'unprofessional conduct' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/jim-montgomery-fired-dallas-stars-nhl-1.5390679 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref> On January 1, 2020, the Stars hosted the Nashville Predators in the [[2020 NHL Winter Classic|2020 Winter Classic]] at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in a rematch of the previous seasons' first-round playoff series, where the Stars prevailed with a 4–2 victory. This was the first NHL outdoor game for both teams<ref name="ESPN_Kaplan">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25852611/nashville-predators-face-dallas-stars-2020-winter-classic|title=Nashville Predators to face Dallas Stars in 2020 Winter Classic|first=Emily|last=Kaplan|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=January 25, 2019 |access-date= January 25, 2019}}</ref> and with a sold-out crowd of 85,630 at the Cotton Bowl, it was the second-most attended game in NHL history.<ref name="SN_Recap">{{cite news | url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/stars-rally-beat-predators-winter-classic-cotton-bowl/|title=Stars rally to beat Predators in Winter Classic at Cotton Bowl|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Sportsnet|date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> The NHL returned from the March 2020 abrupt regular season stoppage three weeks before completion due to the COVID-19 pandemic a little under five months later in August 2020, where the Stars advanced to the [[2020 NHL playoffs|playoffs]]. By virtue of having one of the top four highest point percentages in the Western Conference at the time the season was suspended, the Stars played in a [[round-robin tournament]] against three of the other top four teams in the Western Conference ([[Vegas Golden Knights]], [[Colorado Avalanche]], and St. Louis Blues) in order to determine the team's seed for the playoffs;<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-round-robin-best-of-5-series-dates-times/c-317365910 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 10, 2020 |date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> Dallas was ultimately seeded as the no. 3 seed in the Western Conference,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sadowski |first1=Rick |title=Stars defeat Blues in round-robin, decide No. 3 seed in West |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-st-louis-blues-game-recap/c-317515640 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 6, 2020 |date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> entering them into a first-round series against the [[Calgary Flames]]. The Stars defeated the Flames in six games in the first round, and then defeated the Colorado Avalanche in a seven-game series that ended with a [[Joel Kiviranta]] hat-trick performance in game 7, which included his series-winning overtime goal. The Stars would defeat the Vegas Golden Knights in five games in the conference finals to advance to the [[2020 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] for the first time since [[2000 Stanley Cup Finals|2000]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/stars/2020/09/14/stars-defeat-golden-knights-in-ot-advance-to-stanley-cup-final-for-first-time-in-20-years/|title=Stars defeat Golden Knights in OT, advance to Stanley Cup Final for first time in 20 years|last=DeFranks|first=Matthews|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915154235/https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/stars/2020/09/14/stars-defeat-golden-knights-in-ot-advance-to-stanley-cup-final-for-first-time-in-20-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> as the Stars would end a second consecutive series of the playoffs with a series-winning overtime goal when [[Denis Gurianov]] scored 3:36 into the first overtime period of game 5, winning the game 3–2 for the Stars. The Stars would go on to face the Eastern Conference champion [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Stars won game 1 of the series by a 4–1 score, but would eventually fall to the Lightning in six games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars-game-6-recap/c-319086198|title=Lightning win Stanley Cup, defeat Stars in Game 6 of Final|last=Rosen|first=Dan|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=September 28, 2020|website=NHL.com|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>

====2020–present: Back-to-back runs to the Western Conference finals====
A month after the Stars' run to the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals, interim head coach [[Rick Bowness]] was named full-time head coach on October 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stars name Rick Bowness as head coach |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-name-rick-bowness-as-head-coach/c-319541282 |website=NHL.com |access-date=October 29, 2020 |date=October 29, 2020}}</ref> In the [[2020–21 NHL season|following season]], an injury-plagued campaign for the team (most notably with veteran forwards [[Tyler Seguin]] and [[Alexander Radulov]] along with veteran goaltender [[Ben Bishop]]) caused the Stars to finish the COVID-shortened 56-game schedule with a 23–19–14 record, finishing fifth in the Central Division with 60 points and missing the playoffs by four points marking the first time since 2018 where the team failed to qualify for a playoff spot.

The Stars would rebound in the [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22 season]] with a 98-point 46–30–6 record, good enough for the first wild-card spot and seventh seed in the Western Conference [[2022 NHL playoffs|playoffs]] where they played the Pacific Division-champion and second-seeded [[Calgary Flames]] in the first round. They were defeated by the Flames in seven games, losing 3–2 in overtime of game 7 in Calgary. In game 7 the Stars took the game to overtime despite the Flames making twice as many shots and attempts as the Stars, with the Stars' young starting netminder [[Jake Oettinger]] recording 64 saves, the second-highest in playoff history behind only [[Kelly Hrudey]]'s 73 during the 1987 [[Easter Epic]].<ref name=SN220516>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Oettinger following Game 7 loss: 'I feel like I'm just scratching the surface'|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/oettinger-following-game-7-loss-i-feel-like-im-just-scratching-the-surface/ |last1=Morassutti |first1=David |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=[[Sportsnet]]}}</ref> The Stars were eliminated when Flames forward [[Johnny Gaudreau]] finally scored 15:09 into the first overtime period to end the game 3–2. After the team's playoff elimination, head coach Rick Bowness announced that he would be resigning from his coaching duties with the team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=Stars' Bowness steps down after three seasons |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33952623/dallas-stars-rick-bowness-stepping-three-seasons-head-coach |access-date=May 28, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528071031/https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33952623/dallas-stars-rick-bowness-stepping-three-seasons-head-coach |url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 21, 2022, the Stars hired [[Peter DeBoer]] to replace Bowness as their head coach, the 10th in franchise history since the team moved to Dallas in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-name-pete-deboer-as-head-coach/c-334682302|title=Stars name Pete DeBoer as head coach|website=NHL.com|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> In the 2022 off-season the Stars added in free agency both forward [[Mason Marchment]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-sign-forward-mason-marchment-to-four-year-contract/c-334966568|title=Stars sign forward Mason Marchment to four-year contract|website=NHL.com|publisher=Dallas Stars|date=June 7, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> and defenseman [[Colin Miller (ice hockey, born 1992)|Colin Miller]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-sign-defenseman-colin-miller-to-two-year-contract/c-334968100|title=Stars sign defenseman Colin Miller to two-year contract|website=NHL.com|publisher=Dallas Stars|date=June 7, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> however lost veteran defenseman [[John Klingberg]] to the [[Anaheim Ducks]] via free agency after eight seasons with the Stars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Klingberg signs one-year contract with Ducks|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/john-klingberg-one-year-contract-with-ducks/c-334786480?tid=281072352|website=NHL.com|accessdate=June 7, 2023|date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> Led by their trio of veteran forwards Tyler Seguin, [[Joe Pavelski]], and captain [[Jamie Benn]], as well as the emergence of a young core of players including netminder Jake Oettinger, forwards [[Jason Robertson (ice hockey)|Jason Robertson]], [[Roope Hintz]], and [[Wyatt Johnston]], and defenseman [[Miro Heiskanen]], the Stars completed their first season under Peter DeBoer with a 108-point 47–21–14 regular season record, just barely being beat out by the [[Colorado Avalanche]] by one point for the 2022–23 Central Division title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/2023.html|title=2022-23 Dallas Stars Roster and Statistics|website=hockey-reference.com|date=June 7, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> In only his third full season with the Stars and fourth season altogether, Jason Robertson set a new Dallas Stars record for total points in a season with 109 points, surpassing the previous record of 93 points set by [[Mike Modano]] in the Stars' first season in Dallas back in 1993–94. Robertson accomplished this feat in a game against the [[Arizona Coyotes]] on March 31, 2023, when he scored a goal as part of a Stars 5–2 win over the Coyotes, his goal was his record-breaking 94th point of the season and 100th goal of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/jason-robertson-poses-with-mike-modano-after-breaking-dallas-stars-record/c-342985060|title=Robertson breaks Modano's record, poses with Hockey Hall of Famer|website=NHL.com|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> Captain Jamie Benn also had a resurgent season, finishing with a 78-point season that included 33 goals and 45 assists recorded in all 82 contests played for a season nicknamed by both Stars fans and pundits alike as the "Bennaissance"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2023/02/dallas-stars-pete-deboer-jamie-benn/|title=Pete DeBoer Is Doing All the Little Things in the Stars' Turnaround|website=DMagazine.com|date=February 8, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> for his first 75-plus point season since [[2017–18 NHL season|2017–18]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bennja01.html|title=Jamie Benn|website=hockey-reference.com|date=June 7, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> Along with trade deadline acquisitions [[Max Domi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/max-domi-traded-to-stars-by-blackhawks/c-341762918|title=Domi traded to Stars by Blackhawks|website=NHL.com|date=March 3, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> and [[Evgenii Dadonov]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-acquire-evgenii-dadonov-from-montreal-canadiens-in-exchange-for-denis-gurianov/c-341536196|title=Dadonov traded to Stars by Canadiens|website=NHL.com|date=February 26, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> the Stars entered the [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs|2023 playoffs]] as the number two seed in the Central Division, matching them up in a first round series against the Minnesota Wild for their first playoff series versus one another since 2016. The Stars opened the playoffs at home with a double-overtime loss in game 1, as nearly midway through regulation of game 1 Joe Pavelski was knocked out with a concussion for the remainder of the first round series on a hit by Wild defenseman [[Matt Dumba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/stars-pavelski-leaves-game-following-controversial-hit-from-wilds-dumba/|title=Stars uncertain about Pavelski after controversial hit from Wild's Dumba|website=Sportsnet.ca|date=April 17, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> The Stars responded with a win in game 2 fueled by a Roope Hintz hat-trick performance,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/minnesota-wild-dallas-stars-game-2-recap/c-343602352|title=Hintz hat trick helps Stars defeat Wild in Game 2, even Western 1st Round|website=NHL.com|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> winning four of the next five games in the series after game 1 to eliminate the Wild in six games. The Stars then faced the [[Seattle Kraken]] in the second round of the playoffs. The Kraken, in only their second season of existence, had upset the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche in the first round in seven games. Pavelski returned to the Stars for game 1 of the series, scoring all four of the Stars' goals in the game, however the Stars lost by a score of 5–4 in overtime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/37191823/back-5-game-absence-stars-pavelski-scores-4-game-1|title=Stars' Pavelski returns, scores four in 'epic' Game 1 effort|website=ESPN.com|date=May 3, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> The Stars would go on to win the series, winning game 7 at home by a score of 2–1,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-kraken-dallas-stars-game-7-recap/c-344102996|title=Stars edge Kraken in Game 7, advance to Western Conference Final|website=NHL.com|date=May 15, 2023|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> sending the Stars to the conference finals and setting up a rematch of the 2020 conference finals versus the Vegas Golden Knights. The Stars would immediately go down 3–0 in the series versus Vegas after dropping the first two games in overtime on the road and a 4–0 loss at home in game 3. In game 3 captain Jamie Benn was suspended for two games for an illegal cross-check on Vegas captain [[Mark Stone]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Benn of Stars suspended 2 games for actions in Game 3 of West Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-jamie-benn-suspended-for-cross-checking-vegas-mark-stone/c-344568578 |website=NHL.com |access-date=June 14, 2023 |date=May 24, 2023}}</ref> Though the Stars would win games 4 and 5 without Benn and extend the series, the eventual Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights would ultimately defeat the Stars in six games with a 6–0 win in game 6.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baird |first1=Taylor |title=Golden Knights shut out Stars in Game 6, advance to Stanley Cup Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-dallas-stars-game-6-recap/c-344416506 |website=NHL.com |access-date=June 16, 2023 |date=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

The [[2023–24 NHL season|next season]] saw the Stars clinch their fourth Central Division title and finished as the top seed in the Western Conference and placed second in the League overall as the runner up for the [[Presidents' Trophy]], only behind the [[New York Rangers]]. They defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion and eighth-seeded Vegas Golden Knights in seven games in the first round of the [[2024 Stanley Cup playoffs|2024 playoffs]], then defeated the Colorado Avalanche in six games in the second round, and then lost to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in six games in the conference finals.