Editing Dallas Stars (section)

====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.