SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida defenseman Mathieu Biron became the first NHL player in 23 years to score against his brother, beating Buffalo goalie Martin Biron in the Panthers’ 2-1 victory over the Sabres on Monday night.

Phil Esposito of the New York Rangers was the last previous player to accomplish the feat, scoring on brother Tony of Chicago on Nov. 5, 1980.

Mathieu Biron, who at 23 is three younger than Martin, gave Florida a 2-0 lead late in the first period when he joined a two-on-one rush and tipped Stephen Weiss’ pass past his brother.

The Birons’ parents, Celine and Rejean, witnessed the event as part of a sparse crowd at the Office Depot Center.

The goal was Mathieu Biron’s first of the season and the sixth of his NHL career, which began in 1999-00 with the New York Islanders.

Martin Biron finished with 22 saves.

Weiss also scored for Florida, which won consecutive games for the first time all season. The victory also enabled the Panthers, who won at Washington on Saturday night, to follow a road victory with a home win for the first time since March 2001.

Stars 5, Coyotes 2

DALLAS – Mike Modano, Jason Arnott and Jere Lehtinen scored power-play goals for Dallas.

Steve Ott added his first goal of the season, Modano also had two assists, and Stu Barnes added an empty-net goal for the slumping Stars, who were 1-6-2 in their previous nine games.

Cale Hulse’s goal 31 seconds into the second period snapped the Coyotes’ shutout streak of 141 minutes, 46 seconds. Landon Wilson added his first goal of the season for the Coyotes, 0-5-4-1 in their last 10 road games.

Capitals 4, Red Wings 1

DETROIT – Jaromir Jagr, Robert Lang and Dainius Zubrus combined for eight points to give the Washington Capitals a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

Rastislav Stana stopped 38 shots for the win in his first NHL start. Both Jagr and Lang had a goal and two assists, and Zubrus had a goal and an assist. Petr Bondra got the other Washington goal, and Sergei Gonchar had two assists.

Maple Leafs 2, Canucks 1

TORONTO – Ed Belfour passed Glenn Hall for fifth place on the career victory list, stopping 24 shots in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2-1 victory over Vancouver.

Belfour has 408th victories, 15 shy of Tony Esposito for fourth place. Patrick Roy is first with 550.

Mats Sundin and Gary Roberts scored for the Maple Leafs, who went winless in the first five games of their West Coast road trip before winning in Vancouver on Saturday night.

Brendan Morrison had the lone goal for the Canucks, who haven’t won on the road in five games since Nov. 5.

at Nashville. After Vancouver center Matt Cooke turned the puck over, Sundin fired a slap shot past goalie Dan Cloutier at 2:08 of the third. Roberts opened the scoring 12 seconds into the game, skating from behind the net and backhanding a shot past Dan Cloutier.

Morrison tied it late in period off a deflection.