Jake Oettinger stopped all 13 shots he faced to lead the Dallas Stars to a 5-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night at American Airlines Center.
Miro Heiskanen opened the scoring with 1:09 remaining in the first period, slipping a backhand shot past Yaroslav Askarov with assists from Roope Hintz and Jamie Benn. Dallas then took control in the second period with three unanswered tallies. Joel Kiviranta produced his first goal of the season on a snap shot at 3:17, set up by Oskar Bäck and Radek Faksa.
Benn widened the advantage to 3-0 at 6:19 of the middle period on a snap shot off feeds from Jason Robertson and Hintz for his first goal of the season. Robertson added an unassisted wrist shot at 16:30 to push the margin to four. Mikko Rantanen closed out the offense at 15:22 of the third period, scoring his first of the year on a wrist shot assisted by Sam Steel.
Oettinger earned the shutout win with 13 saves on the night, while Askarov took the loss after turning aside 21 of 26 shots. Dallas finished 0-for-3 on the power play, and San Jose went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
The victory moved Dallas to a 1-2-0 record on the season and gave them a win in the first meeting between the clubs this year. San Jose fell to 2-1-0 with the loss.
Dallas will host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, October 20. San Jose visits the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, October 19.
