EDMONTON Nate Schmidt Jersey , Alberta (AP) After Edmonton scored the first three goals of the game, the Columbus Blue Jackets made it apparent which team was still fighting for a playoff spot and which team was already out of the race.Thomas Vanek had three goals and an assist to lift the Blue Jackets over the Oilers 7-3 on Tuesday night.¡±We were down 3-0, but it didn¡¯t feel like it because it was just a couple of dumb mistakes that cost us,¡± Vanek said. ¡±We felt fine about our game going into the game and even being down 3-0 we felt OK. We showed a lot of character and it was a big two points again.¡±Artemi Panarin, Boone Jenner, Cam Atkinson and Markus Nutivaara also scored for the Blue Jackets, who have won 11 of 12. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots.¡±We just kept pushing and at the end of the day we played a really good game, I think,¡± said Columbus forward Alexander Wennberg, who ended the night with a plus-six rating.Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Drake Caggiula also scored for the Oilers, who have lost two straight. Cam Talbot stopped 13 of 18 shots before being replaced by Laurent Brossoit.¡±It was awful http://www.goldenknightsshoponline.com/authentic-oscar-dansk -jersey , horrible,¡± McDavid said of his team¡¯s collapse. ¡±We had the good start (tonight) and then the game just went right back to where we were at during the start of the year. It¡¯s disappointing as we had been pretty good of late.¡±Edmonton got on the board 3:37 into the first period when a mix-up behind the net between Bobrovsky and Nutivaara allowed McDavid to steal the puck and send it out front to Nugent-Hopkins for his 22nd of the season. McDavid picked up his 100th point, tying his league-leading total from last year.Linesman Steve Barton was stretchered off following a collision with McDavid in the first period. Columbus¡¯ Zach Werenski ran into McDavid and sent him flying into Barton, who hit his head hard on the ice. Sportsnet reported that Barton was taken to a hospital, where he was able to speak with doctors and move all extremities.McDavid scored a short-handed goal later in the period, his career-high 40th of the season. He¡¯s the first Oilers player to hit the mark since Petr Klima did it in 1991.Edmonton made it 3-0 on the power play midway through the first when Caggiula blasted a puck top corner past Bobrovsky.Columbus came roaring back with a pair of goals within a minute, as Vanek¡¯s shot caromed off a defender and past Talbot, and then Panarin scored his 26th on a rebound.Vanek tipped in his 23rd of the season off a shot by David Savard with 3:20 left.Jenner put Columbus ahead with a goal 1:38 into the second, and Atkinson and Vanek followed to make it a blowout. Nutivaara piled on with a goal in the third.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Play at Calgary on Thursday night.Oilers: Play at Vancouver on Thursday night.¡ª DALLAS (AP) ¡ª Jim Montgomery didn¡¯t pause very long to savor a win in his NHL coaching debut.The Dallas Stars coach isn¡¯t even sure it counts.¡°First of all, players win games,¡± Montgomery said after Devin Shore, Alexander Radulov and John Klingberg scored less than two minutes apart in the second period of a 3-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.¡°I don¡¯t know why coaches have records. I really think players win championships Authentic Oscar Lindberg Jersey , and I¡¯ve always believed that. I think coaches help give them opportunities to do that.¡±Ben Bishop stopped all 30 shots for his first season-opening shutout and the 25th of his career. Bishop has a four-game winning streak on opening night.Shore broke a scoreless tie by putting in a rebound as he was going to his knees. Radulov beat backtracking former Dallas defenseman Alex Goligoski one-on-one in a battle for the puck as they skated up the ice and slipped it between Antii Raanta¡¯s pads 27 seconds later.A little more than a minute after that, Klingberg skated alone up the right side in 4-on-4 and beat Raanta inside the far post.¡°A couple of big ¡®yeahs¡¯ by me behind the bench on every one of them,¡± Montgomery said. ¡°So, it was a great flurry by us.¡±Defenseman Connor Carrick, acquired in a trade with Toronto three days before the opener, assisted on the first two goals.Jamie Benn also had two assists in the Stars¡¯ eighth straight win over the Coyotes ¡ª all in regulation by a combined score of 30-13. It was Dallas¡¯ 11th consecutive home win over Arizona, a streak dating to February 2012.The Coyotes ¡ª who opened last season with 10 straight losses, nine in regulation ¡ª hit the post twice when the game was scoreless.Clayton Keller did it in the first period, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson in the second less than a minute before Shore¡¯s goal sparked the Dallas flurry.¡°We hit the post, and then ¡­,¡± second-year coach Rick Tocchet said. ¡°It¡¯s the first game of the year, but it¡¯s something you can¡¯t let happen. We have to play quicker and initiate.¡±Montgomery http://www.goldenknightsshoponline.com/authentic-reilly-smit h-jersey , who played his final game with Dallas in 2002, was making his debut less than two years after winning an NCAA championship at Denver. He is one of three current NHL coaches who made the jump from college.General manager Jim Nill chose Montgomery as the club¡¯s third coach in three seasons after one year under Ken Hitchcock, who led the Stars to their only Stanley Cup title in 1999 but missed the playoffs in his return 15 years after he was fired.¡°It¡¯s nice to not have to make him wait for it,¡± Bishop said of Montgomery¡¯s first win. ¡°There¡¯s a lot of firsts in here tonight. Monty¡¯s obviously one of them. Hopefully we can get him a lot more.¡±Missing several injured forwards they figure to count on for scoring, the Coyotes outshot the Stars 30-25 but didn¡¯t generate many good chances in the final period. Raanta stopped 22 shots.¡°It¡¯s a new season. It feels way different,¡± Goligoski said. ¡°Every year there¡¯s new faces in here. I don¡¯t think (last year¡¯s start) is on anyone¡¯s mind.¡±Bishop finished a season-opening shutout after getting injured when he was working on one in his Dallas debut last season. He had stopped all 19 shots for a 1-0 lead over Vegas when Bishop took a puck to the mask early in the third period and left the game. The Golden Knights rallied for a 2-1 win.¡°Can¡¯t start thinking I¡¯m feeling good because that¡¯s like the worst thing you could probably think to yourself,¡± Bishop said. ¡°Did a good job of clearing the front when there was a couple of ones that squeaked by.¡±NOTES: Stars D Stephen Jones started the season on injured reserve. He was dealing with headaches during the preseason. He says they might be related to concussions sustained last season. ¡­ Coyotes D Jordan Oesterle went to the locker room in the second period after a hard check from Tyler Pitlick but returned to the game. ¡­ Stars F Tyler Seguin was scoreless in his first game since signing a $78.8 million, eight-year contract extension.UP NEXTCoyotes: Home opener Saturday against Anaheim.Stars: Second of four straight home games to start season Saturday against Winnipeg.