nhl ROUNDUP Saturday’s Games

Flyers 6, Hurricanes 1

PHILADELPHIA — Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two-game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss. 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 last six regulation games at home against Carolina. Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), off to their worst start since 1997 — the franchise’s first season in Carolina — when they were 2-7-2. Carolina, winless on the road (0-5-2), is on an 0-5-3 skid overall.

Bruins 2, Oilers 0

BOSTON — Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 19 shots for his second shutout in eight NHL starts, and Vladimir Sobotka and Blake Wheeler set each other up for goals to lead Boston over Edmonton. 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, in his fourth start this season, gave Boston its third straight shutout of Edmonton and the Bruins’ eighth win in a row over the Oilers, dating to 2000.

Thrashers 3, Senators 1

OTTAWA — Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves, and Rich Peverley had a goal and assist for Atlanta, which broke a four-game losing streak by beating Ottawa. 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

TAMPA, Fla. — David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and New Jersey extended its road winning streak to seven games. 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.

Islanders 5, Sabres 0.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders routed the Buffalo Sabres to stretch their winning streak to three games. Biron made 38 saves in his first victory with the Islanders since joining the club during the offseason. He was 0-3-2 in his first six outings with the team. Tambellini, who never had a two-goal game in his first four NHL seasons, now has two in his last four games. The Islanders won for the third time in four days to improve to 4-4-5 this season.

Associated Press