Dallas Stars’ Joe Pavelski Not Planning to Play Any More After 1,533 Games over 18 NHL Seasons

Joe Pavelski #16 of the Dallas Stars fires a shot against the Edmonton Oilers in the third period during Game Two of the Western Conference Final of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on May 25, 2024. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

FRISCO, Texas—Joe Pavelski says he has no plans to play anymore in the NHL after 1,533 games over 18 seasons, and never getting to raise the Stanley Cup.

“This was it for me like it was known for a while probably,” Pavelski said Tuesday, two days after the Dallas Stars lost in Game 6 of the Western Conference final for the second year in a row.