Ray Whitney had a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 to vault back into first place in the NHL Southeast Division on Thursday.
Erik Cole and Eric Staal snapped long scoring droughts with power-play goals and Ryan Bayda added his first goal for the depleted Hurricanes, who also lost captain and leading scorer Rod Brind'Amour in the game's opening moments with a torn ligament in his left knee.
Whitney, who entered with no goals in his previous 10 games, broke a 2-all tie with 16:15 left when he took a feed from Staal while slipping into the slot and beat Dany Sabourin with a low wrist shot to his glove side.
Islanders 5, Maple Leafs 4
At Toronto, Ruslan Fedotenko scored two of New York's four power-play goals in the win.
Mike Comrie and Bryan Berard also had power-play goals while Freddy Meyer added an empty-netter for the Islanders.
Alex Ponikarovsky, Matt Stajan, Mats Sundin and Darcy Tucker scored for Toronto, which, who dropped to 29th overall in the 30-team league.
Lightning 5, Flyers 3
At Philadelphia, Martin St Louis had a goal and two assists to help Tampa Bay hand Philadelphia its fifth straight loss.
Steve Downie, Joffrey Lupul and Jeff Carter each scored for the Flyers, who are on their longest losing streak since a six-game skid in late December.
Blackhawks 6, Predators 1
At Nashville, Tennessee, Jonathan Toews scored a pair of goals and assisted on another and Chicago beat Nashville.
Duncan Keith, Rene Bourque, Cam Barker and Patrick Sharp also scored for the Blackhawks.
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