There was a small window of time in mid-December where it seemed like the Dallas Stars might have avoided the current COVID-19 outbreak slicing through the league. They hadn’t had any games postponed due to their own outbreak, and those that were eventually postponed were due to struggles of the the league as a whole with the virus.
The home game on December 22nd against the Winnipeg Jets was postponed due to concerns about Canadian teams traveling between countries as the government contemplated enhanced travel measures and restrictions to shutdown a surge in cases north of the border.