Dallas – It’s hard to ask for a much better start than the Dallas Stars have provided through the season’s first three games.

The Stars have outscored opponents 10-3 in their three dominant wins through their first trilogy of games.

Sunday night, Dallas put up yet another dominant display, taking down the Seattle Kraken 2-0 on the second night of a back-to-back.

New backup goaltender Casey DeSmith earned a shutout in his Stars debut stopping 25 shots in a strong performance.

“What I liked about Casey’s game is how calm he looked in the net. He looked like he was in control and unflappable,” Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said.

“We’ve got a smart group. We know that defense gives you a chance to win every night in this league, and if you defend hard and get good goaltending, you can give yourself a chance every night. If you don’t, you’ve probably put yourself in a lot tougher spot.”

DeSmith said, “That was a blast. In front of the home crowd, obviously the guys played great. It feels good to participate and help the boys get a win,”.

“[Back-to-back shutouts are] really rare. I don’t know that I’ve ever been a part of that. Probably not. What a way to start the year. Just shows that we’re playing the right way and hopefully that keeps going.”

Sam Steel got the Stars on the board early in the second period providing Dallas’ first fourth line goal of the year.

“Points matter the same, no matter if it’s game one or 82. To get off to a great start, it’s just good to get points in the bank early,” Steel said.

“It’s just nice not having to play catchup. It’s only three games, there’s still a lot of improvement for us to be made, but for the most part we’ve been pretty solid.”

Just 13 seconds later, Wyatt Johnston buried his first goal of the season to double the Dallas lead.

“That’s one thing we take pride in is our depth. You need everyone to chip in,” Johnston said. “It’s great that it’s been spread out so far. I think that’s what makes us really tough is we’ve got four lines that can score and make plays.”

Dallas is off on Monday before returning to action on Tuesday when they take on the San Jose Sharks at the American Airlines Center.