ATLANTA – One day after Bob Hartley was fired, the Atlanta Thrashers scored two goals in the first 61/2 minutes, overcame an injury to goalie Kari Lehtonen and finally picked up their first victory of the season, beating the New York Rangers 5-3 Thursday night.

The Thrashers lost their first six games, leaving them as the only winless team in the NHL and leading general manager Don Waddell to fire Hartley. The GM is serving as interim coach, just as he did after dismissing the only other coach in franchise history, Curt Fraser.

Pascal Dupuis put the Thrashers ahead 4:21 in, and Slava Kozlov stuffed the puck past Henrik Lundqvist during a two-man advantage just over 2 minutes later. Todd White added a short-handed goal midway through the second period, and the Rangers never recovered.

Flyers 4, Devils 0

PHILADELPHIA – Martin Biron made 38 saves in his second straight shutout and Philadelphia proved again it is back as a Stanley Cup contender, beating New Jersey.

Mike Richards, Sami Kapanen, Jim Dowd and Joffrey Lupul scored for the Flyers, who won their fourth straight.

Islanders 5, Capitals 2

WASHINGTON – Bill Guerin scored his first three goals with the Islanders, two on the power play, to lead New York over Washington.

Guerin, the new team captain who also has a team-high six assists, netted one goal in the first period and two in the third. The Islanders went 3-for-5 on the power play and rallied for three late goals after blowing a 2-0, third-period lead.

Rick DiPietro made 27 saves as the Islanders snapped a two-game losing streak.

Senators 4, Canadiens 3

OTTAWA – Jason Spezza scored his first goal of the season, Nick Foligno netted the first of his career, and Ottawa beat Montreal.

After Alex Kovalev scored Montreal’s second power-play goal 12:51 into the third to tie it at 3, Spezza brought the crowd to its feet as he restored Ottawa’s lead 24 seconds later.

Maple Leafs 3, Panthers 2

TORONTO – Nik Antropov’s goal with 27.6 seconds left lifted Toronto to a comeback win over Florida.

Bryan McCabe and Jason Blake also scored for the Leafs (3-3-2), who trailed 2-0 after the first period. Mats Sundin had two assists, and Antropov registered his fourth consecutive two-point game.

David Booth and Rostislav Olesz had goals for the Panthers (3-4), who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Nathan Horton helped set up two goals.

Vesa Toskala stopped 26 shots for his second win.

of the season.

The Leafs faced the opposition’s backup goalie for the fourth game in a row, this time Anderson getting the nod after the Panthers scratched Tomas Vokoun. Anderson made 24 saves.