Coyle leads Bruins to win over Sabres

BUFFALO, N.Y. >> Charlie Coyle had a goal and two assists, Linus Ullmark made 34 saves against his former team and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday night.

Taylor Hall added a goal and an assist, and Brad Marchand tallied two assists as the Bruins rebounded from a 6-3 loss Wednesday in Philadelphia to salvage a split on its first road trip of the season. David Pastrnak and Thomas Nosek also scored for Boston.

The Sabres got a goal from Victor Oloffson in opening a back-to-back set with their first loss on a four-game homestand. Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots.

Coyle scored on a power play to give the Bruins a three-goal lead about five minutes into the second period. It was the first powerplay goal the Sabres allowed this season after nine successful penalty kills.

STARS 3, KINGS 2 (OT) >> Denis Gurianov scored on a rushing backhander with 4:15 into overtime to give Dallas a win in its home opener.

Braden Holtby kept Dallas in the game by stopping 43 shots. Of the Stars’ three wins, two were in overtime and one in a shootout.

For the Kings, Anze Kopitar scored his sixth goal in the season’s first four games and Gabriel Valardi scored on a five-minute major penalty.

Valardi’s first goal of the season happened from the right circle with just under 3 minutes left in second period, and just after veteran Kings defenseman Drew Doughty was helped off the ice with a right-knee injury and didn’t return. Stars rookie defenseman Jari Hakanpaa was given the major for kneeing and a game misconduct.