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DALLAS (AP) — Ben Bishop was so solid in net it didn’t matter that the Dallas Stars were held under two goals for the fifth time in six games.

Jamie Benn scored in the first period and Bishop stopped 30 shots to help Dallas beat the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Wednesday night.

“As the game progressed, I thought (Bishop) got better and better,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “In the third, he was our best player and he had to be and he really broke pucks out really well.”

Bishop made 13 saves in the final period, earning his third shutout this season and the 27th of his career. He is 11-0-1 against Buffalo.

“I’ve got to keep it going. I don’t want to talk about it,” Bishop said with a laugh. “So far, so good, and knock on wood. I don’t know what it is about them.”

Benn scored 8:39 in off a pass from ex-Sabre Taylor Fedun. Benn stickhandled to the front of the net, put the puck on his forehand and sent a wrist shot inside the right post.