Bishop makes 30 saves, Stars shut out Coyotes

DALLAS -- Ben Bishop made 30 saves for the Dallas Stars in a 3-0 win against the Arizona Coyotes at American Airlines Center on Thursday in the season opener for each team.

"I felt good," Bishop said. "Just kind of take it shot by shot. Can't start thinking I'm feeling good because that's like the worst thing you could probably think."
Alexander Radulov and John Klingberg scored, and Jamie Benn had two assists for Dallas, which won its first game under new coach Jim Montgomery.
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Antti Raanta made 22 saves for Arizona.
Devin Shore gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 4:21 of the second period after controlling a rebound off a shot from the point with his right skate and beating Raanta from the slot. The goal came seconds after Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson hit a post.

"It's frustrating, for sure," Ekman-Larsson said. "At the same time, I don't think we deserved to win.
"We knew they were going to come out hard. Then in the second, I felt like we were sitting back and it kind of got away from us a little bit."
Radulov scored 28 seconds later to make it 2-0. After Benn sent an outlet pass into the Coyotes zone, Radulov kicked the puck to his stick, got around Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski and scored with a backhand from the right circle.

Klingberg extended the lead to 3-0 on a 4-on-4 at 5:57, beating Raanta blocker side on a breakaway.
Montgomery spent the past five seasons as coach at the University of Denver and won the 2017 NCAA championship.
"First of all, players win games," Montgomery said. "I don't know why coaches have records, and I'm honest with that. I really think players win championships, and I've always believed that. I think coaches help give them opportunities to do that. The win, I was immediately starting to think about what we need to work on and for us to keep getting better."

They said it

"It feels way different every year. There's new faces in here. I don't think that's on anyone's minds. Not on my mind. It's the first game. They're a good team. They beat us in their own barn. We've got to move on. We have stuff we have to get better at." -- Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski on avoiding a slow start like last season (0-10-1)
"It's the first game of the year, but it's something that we can't let linger. Some guys were just pretty tentative out there." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet
"It's a bit of a whirlwind. It's kind of chuck your stuff in bags and go, and emotionally you're trying to figure some things out on the run. You just go down to the essentials like sleep, food, don't be late to the rink." -- Stars defenseman Connor Carrick, who was acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday and had two assists

Need to know

Arizona has lost its past 11 games at Dallas (0-8-3). … Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen, who was the No. 3 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, was plus-1 and had one shot on goal in 19:35 in his NHL debut. … Bishop's shutout was the 25th of his career.

What's next

Coyotes: Host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday (9 p.m. ET; FS-A, PRIME, NHL.TV)
Stars: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, FS-SW, NHL.TV)