DALLAS -- Jim Montgomery is stealing my bits.

The head coach of the Stars was trying to explain the struggles that John Klingberg is going through early this season and he decided to fall into movie comparisons.

He said Klingberg is too much like Roy McAvoy from the movie "Tin Cup," taking bad risks and putting himself in bad situations because of it. He said Klingberg needs to be more like David Simms, the conservative pro who laid up on all four days at the U.S. Open just so he could contend for first place.

DALLAS -- As the Stars prepared to kick off a four-game homestand Monday, Jim Montgomery knew just how important a quick start would be against the Senators.

Coming off the road and playing in its 11th game in 19 days with plenty of travel in between, sluggishness out of the gate from Dallas was the coach's biggest concern.

"After a long road trip, usually that first game at home, you get back and it's a little bit of a sluggish start," Montgomery said before the game. "But we can't have anymore sluggish starts. We're behind the eight-ball."

By the time puck drop rolled around, the Stars made sure that wouldn't be an issue.

DALLAS -- Two Stars players saw their property damaged in Sunday's tornadoes.

Goalie Ben Bishop had some damage at his residence and did not participate in the morning skate before Monday's game against the Ottawa Senators. He is expected to serve as backup goalie for the game. Center Tyler Seguin had a house hit hard, but it was not the house he was living in. Seguin moved out of the house last November and has it up for sale.

However, he still lives near that area and said he was shocked by the amount of damage he saw.

Stars (2-7-1) vs. Senators (1-5-1)

7:30 p.m., American Airlines Center

TV: FOX Sports Southwest

Radio: The Ticket 1310-AM, 96.7-FM

In this corner of the internet, we love our comparisons.

If we can relate the Stars to a song or movie or historical event to help make a point, well, you've seen the results. Whether it be metaphor or simile or analogy or allegory, it gets "airtime" here. And is often the case, it doesn't matter how much it has to be shoehorned in.

So let's look at the next three weeks for the Stars as harvest time. They need to make hay, bring in the corn, roll home some pumpkins. Y'know, farm talk.

Everything you need to know about Monday's game between the Dallas Stars and Ottawa Senators:

PHILADELPHIA -- To quote the movie "Footloose," the Stars this season have needed a hero.

They got one Saturday. OK, two (at least).

In just his third game in a Stars uniform, Corey Perry tallied a goal and added two assists to lead Dallas to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Now, goalie Ben Bishop also added 38 saves and Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist, but the fact this team doubled its scoring average coming into the game and came up with big goals at the right time, that was mostly Perry.

Stars (1-7-1) at Flyers (2-2-1)

6 p.m., Wells Fargo Center

TV: FOX Sports Southwest, ESPN+

Radio: The Ticket 1310-AM, 96.7-FM

Everything you need to know about Saturday's game between the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers:

PITTSBURGH -- Anton Khudobin played with passion Friday night.

His teammates, not so much.

In the end, that resulted in a 4-2 Stars loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins that dropped Dallas to 1-7-1 to start the season.

"Not enough urgency," said Stars coach Jim Montgomery of a listless start to the third period with the score tied 1-1. "You need to come out and dictate in that time and circumstance, and Pittsburgh dictated more than we did."