Buffalo ruins debut of Pittsburgh coach Therrien

Buffalo’s Chris Drury scored on a rebound in overtime and Martin Biron became the first NHL goalie in eight years to win 12 consecutive starts, helping the Sabres ruin Michel Therrien’s debut as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach with a 4-3 victory Friday night in Pittsburgh.

Drury and Ales Kotalik each had a power-play goal and two assists as the Sabres won their fifth in a row and 13th in 15 games despite allowing Ziggy Palffy’s tying goal with 2:17 left in regulation.

Biron stopped 24 shots – a relatively low number given Pittsburgh’s seven power plays. The Sabres’ eight consecutive road wins are two short of the club record 10 in 1983-84 that set an NHL record and has been matched twice.

Biron’s streak is the NHL’s longest since New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur won 12 in a row in 1997-98.

Even with a new coach and a new defense-first system in place, the Penguins lost their ninth in 10 games and their 24th in 32 games, counting overtime.

The Penguins are 0-14-5 when trailing after two periods.

Blackhawks 5, Blues 1: Mark Bell, Martin Lapointe and Andy Hilbert each had a goal and an assist, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 32 shots to lead Chicago past visiting St. Louis.

Jim Dowd and Pavel Vorobiev added goals for Chicago.

Dean McAmmond scored for the Blues, who have won just one of their last five games and two of nine.

St. Louis forward Keith Tkachuk will be out 4 to 6 weeks after being struck in the right hand by a puck.

Sharks 4, Capitals 1: At San Jose, Calif., Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist in his sixth straight multipoint performance, and San Jose remained unbeaten in six games since his arrival with a victory over Washington.

Jonathan Cheechoo, Alyn McCauley and rookie Milan Michalek also scored for the Sharks.

Kings 4, Mighty Ducks 3 (SO): Petr Kanko scored the tying goal in his NHL debut and Los Angeles beat Anaheim in a shootout in Anaheim, Calif.

Derek Armstrong and Dustin Brown scored power-play goals in the first period for the Kings, who have won eight straight overtime games against the Ducks.

Joffrey Lupul had a goal and an assist for the Ducks.