The Boston Bruins forwards powered the team to a win right off the holiday break with performances that will serve both well in different ways.

Entering Christmas break, the Boston Bruins were listless, losers of four straight. There didn’t appear to be any quick fix, especially with no practices from Dec. 24-26. But maybe the break was just what they needed.

The Bruins snapped their losing streak with a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday, in large part because of Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk.

The pair connected for two power-play goals, which put Boston up 2-0 then 3-0, in what served as a crucial “get-right” game following the three-day holiday break.

“Coming back out of the break, three days off, it’s not going to be a real clean game,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “We had moments where we struggled, it’s getting back into it too, but overall, it was a pretty good hockey game by us.”

Shortly after Mason Lohrei gave Boston a 1-0 lead, the Bruins penalty kill faced a tough task after Brad Marchand received a cross-checking minor at 7:31 that had an extra two minutes tacked on for unsportsmanlike conduct following Marchand’s arguments with the official.

Boston allowed just two shots on goal over the four minutes, blocking four other shot attempts in the process. After shutting down Buffalo, the Bruins quickly had a chance to capitalize on their momentum when Peyton Krebs was called for tripping at 12:28.

After spending the first minute trying to establish possession in the offensive zone, DeBrusk’s drop pass to Marchand allowed the former to get into space along the left side, where he received the puck and cycled behind the net before finding Coyle at the net front to bury it home at 13:42.

“We always want to get out to a lead if we can,” Coyle said. “Then it’s up to us to push that lead, go within our game, play the right way. … It’s up to us to kind of, you know, if [the Sabres] have a good shift, that next line comes out.”

The two connected on a similar play at 4:18 of the second period, also on the power play. DeBrusk was below the goal line and found Coyle in front once again, but this time Coyle had to skate towards the net front and the puck took a lucky bounce off Sabres defenseman Erik Johnson’s skate and in.

DeBrusk is in the midst of a 11-game goal drought, but his two assists broke a six-game pointless streak and provided an example of the other ways he’s been contributing while in the lineup. With a team co-leading three shots on goal, two of them scoring chances, DeBrusk is working to break his drought but the puck just hasn’t gone in.

Coyle, meanwhile, is up to 12 goals through 33 games. He hasn’t scored more than 16 in a single season during his time with Boston, and he’s on pace for 29-30 over 82 games, which would shatter his career-high of 21 with Minnesota in 2015-16.

The combined two-goal effort is just what each player needed coming out of the break, for different reasons. DeBrusk gets off to a strong start, which should give him confidence to keep shooting the puck and finally get back into the goal column. Then Coyle doesn’t miss a beat as the team’s all-situation center that’s stepped up to the plate following the offseason’s losses down the middle.

“You’re off for a few days, you want to get good habits back and get to your game as quickly as possible,” Coyle said.

The next test – for Coyle, DeBrusk and the Bruins as a whole – comes on Saturday at home against the New Jersey Devils.