Bruins' PP and goal scoring return.

The Associated Press

BOSTON — Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.

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Boston Bruins' Trent Whitfield (42) battles Buffalo Sabres' Steve Montador (4) for the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Buffalo Sabres' Tyler Myers, left, and Boston Bruins' Vladimir Sobotka, of the Czech Republic, battle along the boards in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Bruins, who had scored just once in their previous three games — that coming with 52 seconds remaining in regulation of a 2-1 shootout loss to Montreal in its last game on Thursday.

Boston also snapped an 0-for-20 run on the power play. Byron Bitz and Marco Sturm had the Bruins' other scores.

Derek Roy and Jason Pominville had the Sabres' goals. Buffalo was 0 for 7 on the power play.

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November 07, 2009 09:50 PM EST

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