Jim Montgomery's first game behind the Dallas Stars bench as the team's new head coach was a good one.
Ben Bishop stopped 30 shots for his 25th career shutout and Devin Shore, Alexander Radulov, and John Klingberg scored goals in a 96-second span of the second period as the Stars opened the 2018-19 season with a 3-0 win over Arizona at American Airlines Center on Thursday night.
"Players win games. I don't know why coaches have records. And I am honest with that," Montgomery said. "Players win championships, I've always believed that, and coaches give them opportunities to do that. The win, I immediately started to think about what we needed to work on and for us to keep getting better."
'A real good team win': Stars blank Coyotes in Montgomery's debut
A three-goal second period and Ben Bishop's superb performance in net gives Dallas a 3-0 victory