Stars beat still-winless Coyotes
DALLAS -- Radek Faksa and Dan Hamhuis had a goal and an assist each, and Ben Bishop stopped 27 of 28 shots for the Dallas Stars in a 3-1 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday at American Airlines Center.
Alexander Radulov also scored for Dallas (3-3-0), which won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Former Star Jason Demers had the lone goal for Arizona (0-5-1), which remains the lone winless team in the NHL.
The Coyotes have lost 10 consecutive games in Dallas.
One bright spot for Arizona was the strong play of goaltender Adin Hill, who stopped 31 of 33 shots in his NHL debut.
Faksa gave Dallas an early lead with his first goal of the season 5:17 into the opening period. Faksa scored off a rebound after Hill denied Mattias Janmark's attempt to score on a wraparound at the far post.
Hamhuis made it 2-0 midway through the second period with his first goal of the season from the left circle. Hamhuis received a Tyler Pitlick pass from behind the visiting net and one-timed the puck past Hill.
Arizona answered 5:20 before the second intermission when Demers beat Bishop far post on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle for his first goal of the season.
Hill delivered a highlight-reel save with 2:06 remaining in the second when he denied a Jason Spezza slap shot on a breakaway. Hill also turned away Spezza's backhand off the ensuing rebound.
Derek Stepan nearly tied the game with 6:52 remaining, but his wrist shot off the rush instead found the far post.
Hill headed to the bench with about 1:40 remaining. Radulov scored an empty-netter with 52 seconds remaining, his first goal with Dallas.
NOTES: The Stars scratched D Jamie Oleksiak, D Greg Pateryn and C Gemel Smith. ... The Coyotes scratched D Adam Clendening, G Antti Raanta (lower body) and C Brad Richardson (lower body). ... Stars coach Ken Hitchcock coached Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet when Hitchcock was an assistant in Philadelphia in 1991 and 1992. ... Arizona's Oliver Ekman-Larsson appeared in his 500th career game, the sixth defenseman in franchise history to reach that mark. ... Stars C Martin Hanzal spent 10 seasons (2007-2017) with the Coyotes, appearing in 608 games. ... The two teams meet again Thursday night at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz.