Philadelphia defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then, he took care of the feat in 1 1/2 minutes.

Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help host Philadelphia snap a two-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory that sent the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth consecutive loss.

"I've had a lot of close calls so far," said Coburn, who has played in 227 career NHL games. "You just have to wait for your time."

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.

"Actually, I was hoping I'd get a chance for another one," Coburn said.

Coburn's goals came within a span of 1:30 midway through the third period, the first with the teams skating 4-on-4, the next on a slap shot.

Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), who are off to their worst start since 1997 -- the franchise's first season in Carolina -- when they were 2-7-2. Carolina is winless on the road (0-5-2) and is on an 0-5-3 skid overall.

Ray Emery, who stopped 28 shots in the Flyers' season-opening, 2-0 win against Carolina Oct.2, made 39 saves in the rematch.

Michael Leighton, making his first start for the Hurricanes, stopped 22 shots.

"I felt a little rusty the first part of the game, but I felt good the second half," Leighton said. "I let up a couple of goals early and I gave up some rebounds that I usually don't give up."

Carolina coach Paul Maurice thought Leighton, whose wife, Jennifer, gave birth Friday to a girl (their second child), needed some game action after Cam Ward started the first 11 games.

"Leighton's been looking good in practice," Maurice said. "He's played well in this situation before."

• Devils 2, Lightning 1: David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker as New Jersey extended its season-opening road winning streak to seven games with a victory against Tampa Bay. The starting run 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 his bid to tie Terry Sawchuk's NHL shutout record of 103 ended just under five minutes into the third period when Steven Stamkos scored.

• Thrashers 3, Senators 1: Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves, and Rich Peverley had a goal and an assist for visiting Atlanta, which snapped its four-game losing streak. Zach Bogosian and Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Thrashers (5-4-1)

• Bruins 2, Oilers 0: Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 19 shots for his second shutout in eight NHL starts and Blake Wheeler and Vladimir Sobotka set each other up for goals to lead host Boston to a win against Edmonton. .

• Islanders 5, Sabres 0: Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as host New York stretched its winning streak to three games. Biron made 38 saves in his first victory with the Islanders after going 0-3-2 in his first six outings for them.

• Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 4: Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez scored in the shootout to lift host Montreal to victory against Toronto after the Canadiens squandered a two-goal lead in the third period.

• Panthers 4, Blues 0: Tomas Vokoun stopped 34 shots as visiting Florida beat St. Louis.

• Predators 4, Stars 2: Patric Hornqvist's goal at 10:59 of the final period stood up as the winner as host Nashville used three third-period goals to beat Dallas.

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