 On the day of the trade deadline, the Stars traded up and comer James Neal and Matt Niskanen to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski.After struggling much of the second half of the season the Stars still had a chance to make the playoffs by winning all their games in the month of April.They won all of them except for their season finale as they lost on the road at the Minnesota Wild 5–3, costing them a playoff spot.