DALLAS -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane took scoring just one shootout goal last season personally.

He expects more out of himself. Kane has always considered his scoring ability -- particularly when given a one-on-one opportunity with a goaltender -- to be one of his greatest strengths. Converting just once on 11 shootout chances wasn't acceptable, and the 25-year-old worked on perfecting various scoring moves in the offseason.

Kane didn't have to wait long to test one of them. The Blackhawks reached a shootout in their season-opening game against the Dallas Stars on Thursday, and Kane was second in line to go up against Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen.

Kane picked up speed as he took possession of the puck at center ice and continued with some pace until he reached the middle of the two circles. He slowed down and began handling the puck from to left to right rapidly as he drifted toward the net. Within a few feet of Lehtonen, Kane finally faked as he was going to his left with his forehand, quickly moved the puck to his right, lifted it with his backhand and shot it over Lehtonen's left shoulder and into the top-right corner of the net.

Kane didn't go through an elaborate celebration, as he's known to do after scoring a regular goal, but he said he was feeling good inside.

"Yeah, it's frustrating when you think you're good at something and you can't seem to figure it out," Kane said. "It's nice to start off this year the right way in that category.

"You work on a couple moves that you think will work and you try some things in practice. It's nice to score the first one of the season, obviously. I know I have as many as I did last year right now, so it'd be nice to keep improving on that and be a factor in that and get us some more points when needed."

Kane wasn't improvising, either, as he approached Lehtonen. He was set on his strategy from start to finish.

"Yeah, I knew what I was doing the whole way down today," Kane said. "I had kind of a gut feeling, whether it was watching video before the game or trying some things in practice, I just kind of put a move in the back of my head and stuck to it the whole way.

"I know the backhand was good for a while, then I was working on that slowdown move that seemed to be pretty effective for a little while. You've just got to switch it up. Try to come down with a couple moves. You look at Tazer [Jonathan Toews]. He comes down every time and has a different move and ends up scoring a lot. Try to put some different things in your arsenal."

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville liked the look of Kane's move Thursday. He was also happy to pull out two points in the shootout.

"Yeah, beautiful play," Quenneville said. "Beautiful play. I think that was definitely a sore spot for us last year. We didn't pick up an extra five or six points in that area over the course of 82 games. Puts you in a decent spot."