Blues' win streak 10 after road comeback

The Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The St. Louis Blues used a little luck to stretch their winning streak to 10 games.

Mike Van Ryn scored his first NHL goal to snap a second-period tie, and the Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 Wednesday night in a game filled with fluke shots and wacky bounces.

"I'm excited about it. If the points come, they come," Van Ryn said. "I'm happy to get the first one out of the way, but the biggest thing is we lengthened our streak and we battled back from 2-0."

Blues goalie Brent Johnson made 21 saves for his 10th straight win.

Van Ryn scored at 7:31 of the second with Reed Low screening. Van Ryn, recalled from the AHL on Dec. 17, blasted a shot from behind the right circle that beat Martin Biron on the glove side.

Doug Weight, Dallas Drake, Sergei Varlamov and Mike Keane also scored for the Blues, who rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit.

Miroslav Satan scored twice for the Sabres. Goalie Martin Biron made 22 saves.

Drake scored his seventh goal on a power play with 3:43 remaining, making it 4-2.

Weight scored his 11th into an empty net with 28 seconds left.