NHL ROUNDUP Penguins suffer another home loss

The loss to Carolina was the fifth straight at home and 10th in 11 games.
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PITTSBURGH -- Erik Cole scored two goals for the second night in a row before getting hurt in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes chased both Pittsburgh goalies in a 7-5 victory over the Penguins on Saturday night.
Cole left the ice in visible pain with 141/2 minutes remaining, clutching his right arm, after being driven into the boards by the Penguins' Brook Orpik.
Orpik drew a five-minute boarding major and a game misconduct. There was no immediate word about the injury to Cole, who is tied with Cory Stillman for second on the team in scoring with 60 points.
Eric Staal had a goal and three assists, giving him four goals and eight assists in four games against Pittsburgh this season.
Injury could be setback
If Cole's injury is serious, it could be a major setback to the Hurricanes, who lead the NHL with 88 points after winning four in a row, 10 of 13 and 19 of 23. Cole scored a goal in each of the first two periods Saturday after also scoring twice in a 5-2 victory at home over Florida on Friday night.
Mark Recchi had the Penguins' first three-goal game since Alexei Kovalev did so on Jan. 25, 2003, but it wasn't enough to prevent their fifth consecutive home loss and 10th in 11 games in Pittsburgh. They are 7-18-6 at home.
Just as they did in a 4-3 loss to Ottawa on Wednesday, the Penguins fell behind big early -- then it was 4-0, this time it was 5-0 -- before unsuccessfully mounting a rally.
Five goal lead
The matchup of the NHL's best- and worst-record teams got off to a predictable start as the Hurricanes opened a five-goal lead in less than a period.
Sebastien Caron was lifted after allowing power-play goals to Staal and Ray Whitney among the first five shots he faced, but replacement Marc-Andre Fleury was even worse -- he also was pulled after allowing goals by Cole, Kevyn Adams and Rod Brind'Amour on four shots.
Caron came back to start the second period and finished the game, stopping 21 of 25 shots.
Recchi scored both Penguins goals in the third period, giving him 24 for the season.
Kings 3, Blue Jackets 2
LOS ANGELES -- Sean Avery snapped a scoreless tie with two goals less than three minutes apart in the second period and Michael Cammalleri got the game-winner on a power play with 5:55 left in the third period, leading Los Angeles over Columbus.
The Kings tied a season best with their fourth straight victory after losing the previous seven games. All four of the wins have been decided by one-goal margins.
They survived a Columbus power play during the final 1:20, after Avery was sent off for high-sticking Duvie Westcott.
Down 2-0, the Blue Jackets rallied with Nokolai Zherdev's 20th and 21st goals.
The first one came at 2:11 of the third, a backhander off a rebound of Manny Manhotra's shot.
The second one, with 15:25 left in regulation, came after Jan Hrdina's 30-foot shot struck Mathieu Garon in the mask and the Kings' defense failed to clear the bouncing puck.
But Cammalleri regained the lead for the Kings while Columbus captain Adam Foote was serving an interference penalty.
He beat Marc Denis high to the glove side with a 25-foot wrist shot from the right circle, after Denis lost his mask in a goalmouth collision and stopped a shot by Joe Corvo.