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Flyers end losing streak by beating reeling 'Canes
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Published: November 1, 2009
Flyers 6, Hurricanes 1: Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matthew Carle each had a goal and two assists to help Philadelphia snap a two game losing streak and send visiting Carolina to its eighth straight loss yesterday.
David Laliberte, playing in his first NHL game, and James Van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, unbeaten in their past six regulation games at home against Carolina.
Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), who have their worst record since 1997 — the franchise's first season in Carolina — when they were 2-7-2. Carolina is winless on the road (0-5-2). The Hurricanes are on an 0-5-3 skid overall.
Ray Emery, who stopped 28 saves in the Flyers' season-opening, 2-0 win over Carolina on Oct. 2, made 39 saves in the rematch.
Islanders 5, Sabres 0: Martin Biron got his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as New York routed visiting Buffalo last night to stretch its winning streak to three games.
Biron made 38 saves in his first victory with the Islanders since joining the team during the offseason. He was 0-3-2 in his first six games.
Tambellini, who never had a two-goal game in his first four NHL seasons, now has two in his last four games.
Wild 2, Penguins 1: Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves and Minnesota won on the road for the first time this season, beating Pittsburgh last night.
Kyle Brodziak and Eric Belanger scored for the Wild, which avoided being the first NHL team in 17 years to be 0-9 on the road.
Minnesota beat the Stanley Cup champion Penguins (11-3), who own the NHL's best record, despite being outshot 35-15. The Wild (5-9) are 3-0 against Eastern Conference opponents.
Backstrom, a Vezina Trophy finalist last season, allowed only a goal to Pascal Dupuis in the first period.
Bruins 2, Oilers 0: Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 18 shots for his second shutout in eight starts and Blake Wheeler and Vladimir Sobotka set each other up for goals to lead Boston over visiting Edmonton yesterday.
Rask was locked in a scoreless duel with veteran Nikolai Khabibulin until Wheeler converted on Sobotka's hard work 2:47 into the third period. Sobotka finished off a 2-on-1 at 7:02.
Daniel Paille assisted on both goals.
Rask was making his fourth start of the season. He gave Boston its third straight shutout of Edmonton and the Bruins' eighth win in a row over the Oilers, dating back to 2000. He had blanked the New York Rangers in his only start last season.
Edmonton has lost four of its past five.
Thrashers 3, Senators 1: Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves, and Rich Peverley had a goal and assist for visiting Atlanta, which broke a four-game losing streak with a victory over Ottawa yesterday.
Zach Bogosian and Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Thrashers (5-4-1), who played without injured captain Ilya Kovalchuk. Atlanta snapped an 0-3-1 skid.
Mike Fisher scored the lone goal for the Senators (6-4-2), who lost their second in a row.
Devils 2, Lightning 1 (SO): David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and New Jersey extended its season-opening road winning streak to seven games with a victory over Tampa Bay yesterday.
The run at the start of the season equals the second longest in NHL history, matching Toronto (1940-41), Philadelphia (1985-86) and Detroit (2005-06). Buffalo holds the league record of 10 in a row, set at the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
Travis Zajac scored in regulation for the Devils. Martin Brodeur stopped 18 shots, but had his bid to tie Terry Sawchuk's NHL shutout record of 103 end just under 5 minutes into the third period.
Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos scored in his fifth straight game and backup goalie Antero Niittymaki made 37 saves.
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