Stars announce 2020-21 opening night roster

FRISCO, Texas --Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today the team's roster for opening night. The 2020-21 roster consists of 23 active players, as well as six players on the Taxi Squad, three players on injured non-roster and one player on the non-roster list. The opening night roster includes 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders, while the Taxi Squad consists of three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender.

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For the 10th consecutive season, the Stars will open their campaign at American Airlines Center as the club faces the Nashville Predators on Friday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. The Stars are scheduled to play their first four games at American Airlines Center before traveling to Carolina to open their road portion of the schedule against the Hurricanes on Jan. 30.
Prior to the start of Friday's game, the 2020-21 Dallas Stars team will take part in an on-ice banner raising ceremony, recognizing the team's 2019-20 Western Conference Championship. The banner raising ceremony will pay tribute to the club's success in the Edmonton bubble during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, in which the Stars reached the Stanley Cup Final for the fifth time in franchise history, and the third time since the club moved to Dallas in 1993-94.
FOX Sports Southwest Plus will provide complete coverage of the opening night festivities beginning at 7:00 p.m. with Stars Live, featuring host Brien Rea and analyst Brent Severyn. Color analyst Daryl "Razor" Reaugh and play-by-play announcer Josh Bogorad will call the action on FOX Sports Southwest Plus and Sportsradio 1310 and 96.7 FM The Ticket as the Stars begin the 2020-21 NHL season.

Forwards (13)

Jamie Benn, Nicholas Caamano, Andrew Cogliano, Ty Dellandrea, Jason Dickinson, Justin Dowling, Radek Faksa, Denis Gurianov, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Joe Pavelski, Alexander Radulov, Jason Robertson

Defensemen (8)

Taylor Fedun, Joel Hanley, Miro Heiskanen, John Klingberg, Esa Lindell, Jamie Oleksiak, Mark Pysyk, Andrej Sekera

Goaltenders (2)

Anton Khudobin, Jake Oettinger

Taxi Squad (6)

Landon Bow, Rhett Gardner, Thomas Harley, Julius Honka, Tanner Kero, Joel L'Esperance

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Injured Non-Roster (2)

Ben Bishop, Stephen Johns, Tyler Seguin

Non-Roster List (1)

Blake Comeau

Experience

The Stars roster entering the 2020-21 season has a combined 9,229 regular-season games of experience. The 23 skaters on the active roster comprise 6,866 of those games, having a combined 3,382 points (1,302-2,080=3,382). The two goaltenders have a combined record of 99-76-25 in 218 career games. Pavelski is the most experienced player on the team, sitting at 1,030 games played in his career. Forward Ty Dellandrea (0 GP) and goaltender Jake Oettinger (0 GP) have the fewest NHL games played on the opening night roster as both yet to skate in an NHL regular-season contest.

Opening Night Roster By Country

Canada - 10, Finland - 4, United States - 3, Russia - 2, Czech Republic - 1, Kazakhstan - 1, Slovakia - 1, Sweden - 1

Opening Night Roster By Size

Average Height: 74 inches - 6'2", Tallest: Oleksiak (79 inches - 6'7"), Shortest: Cogliano and Dowling (70 inches - 5'10")
Average Weight: 201.7 pounds, Heaviest: Oleksiak (255-pounds); Lightest: Cogliano (175-pounds)
Average Age:27.5, Oldest: Pavelski (36), Youngest: Dellandrea (20)