By The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. – Radim Vrbata’s second career three-goal game lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

Marty Murray added a second-period goal for the Hurricanes, who controlled play in the final two periods. Kevin Weekes made 22 saves for Carolina, which outshot the Penguins 38-25.

Brian Holzinger, Patrick Boileau and Konstantin Koltsov scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight.

The game was a matchup of struggling clubs in the 15-team Eastern Conference, with Carolina standing in 13th and Pittsburgh 14th. Each team had just two wins in its last 10 games and one in its last five.

But the Hurricanes won for the second time in three games on the strength of three second-period goals by Vrbata and Murray.

Trailing 1-0 after the first, Carolina tied it on a 5-on-3 power play 56 seconds into the period. Sebastien Caron stopped Jeff O’Neill’s shot from the point, but Vrbata corralled a loose puck on the left side and scored. The goal came after Marc Bergevin was whistled for using a broken stick.

The Hurricanes pushed ahead when Murray scored his second of the season. Charging in on the right side, he faked a shot to draw Caron out, then skated behind the net and scored from the left side at 7:10.

Vrbata gave the Hurricanes a two-goal lead 4 minutes later, taking advantage of another broken stick by the Penguins. This time, Drake Berehowsky’s stick broke as he tried to pass the puck, leaving it loose deep in the Penguins’ zone. Vrbata charged in and beat Caron from just outside the crease for the 3-1 lead at 11:36.

Kings 3, Blackhawks 1

LOS ANGELES – Michael Cammalleri had his first two-goal game in the NHL and Brad Chartrand snapped a 33-game scoring drought with a short-handed goal, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-1 victory over Chicago and extending the Blackhawks’ winless streak to 11 games.

Jon Sim had two assists and Roman Cechmanek made 20 saves, losing his shutout bid when Kyle Calder scored his team-high eighth goal during a power play with 1:07 remaining.

Chicago lost its sixth straight – all on the road. It was the sixth time the Blackhawks have been swept on a road trip of six or more games, and the first time since Nov. 23-Dec. 10, 1988 (0-7).

Capitals 5, Blue Jackets 3

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Peter Bondra scored three goals to move into fourth place on the NHL’s career scoring list for European-born players, leading the Washington Capitals to a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Bondra, from Ukraine, registered his 19th career hat trick. The three goals broke a tie with Toronto’s Alexander Mogilny and pushed his career total to 461.

Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists for Washington. Brian Sutherby added a goal, and Sergei Gonchar had two assists.

The Capitals scored four times in less than 10 minutes of the second period – and on just five shots.

Robert Lang had a four-game goals streak end, but he extended his points streak to 15 games (11-12-23). Jagr pushed his points streak to 11 in a row (5-13-18), with assists in his last four games.

Rick Nash notched two goals for Columbus, giving him 15 on the year, and Tyler Wright added his first of the season.

Flyers 5, Islanders 1

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – John LeClair had a goal and an assist during Philadelphia’s five-goal second period, lifting the Flyers to a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders and stretching their unbeaten streak to 12 games.

LeClair tallied a power-play goal 3:47 into the second to tie it at 1 and start the barrage. Mark Recchi put Philadelphia in front 1:50 later, and Donald Brashear, Simon Gagne and Justin Williams followed to send the collapsing Islanders to their fifth straight loss.

The Flyers – 10-0-2 since a loss at New Jersey on Oct. 30 – were led by their power play. Philadelphia, which entered with the NHL’s second-best unit, was 2-for-6 with the man advantage and is 24-for-91 this season.

Thrashers 2, Lightning 1

ATLANTA – Vyacheslav Kozlov and J.P. Vigier scored third-period goals and the Atlanta Thrashers rallied to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1.

Atlanta snapped a two-game losing streak and took over first place in the Southeast Division. Tampa Bay is winless in four games (0-2-2) and hasn’t won in its last five trips to Philips Arena dating to March of 2001.

Tampa Bay’s Dan Boyle opened the scoring at 11:23 of the first, scoring his second of the season on a soft, low shot that eluded Pasi Nurminen on the stick side. After going 18 games without a goal, Boyle has two in as many games.

Canadiens 1, Panthers 1

MONTREAL – Viktor Kozlov scored with 1:11 left in the third period to lift the Florida Panthers to a 1-1 tie with the Montreal Canadiens.

With Montreal defenseman Craig Rivet off for holding at 17:43, Kozlov scored his fifth of the season as Florida enjoyed a 6-on-4 advantage after pulling the goalie.

Kozlov hit the post late in overtime as the Panthers, who lost 4-3 in Buffalo the night before, remained winless in their last three (0-1-2).

Maple Leafs 2, Senators 1

OTTAWA – Bryan McCabe scored during a two-man advantage in the second period, and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1.

McCabe beat goalie Patrick Lalime with a shot from the point with Ottawa’s Martin Havlat and Radek Bonk in the penalty box. Rookie Matt Stajan also scored, and Ed Belfour made 24 saves to help the Maple Leafs win their fourth straight game. Jason Spezza scored for the Senators.

Ottawa, which lost for the second straight game and has just one win in its last five, was 7-1 against the Leafs in Ottawa since March 23, 2000.

Predators 4, Sabres 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vladimir Orszagh recorded his first three-goal game in the NHL and added an assist, helping the Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on for their fourth consecutive victory.

Orszagh scored a goal in the first period, assisted on Denis Arkhipov’s power-play goal in the second and padded the lead with two goals in the third. His last goal was unassisted at 10:28 as he beat Martin Biron stickside.

Red Wings 2, Blues 1

ST. LOUIS – Chris Chelios became the 11th defenseman in NHL history to record 900 points, and Boyd Devereaux scored with 2:23 left to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.

With the game tied 1-1, Devereaux scored the winner from the slot when he buried a centering pass from Mathieu Dandenault.

Detroit trailed 1-0 late in the second period when Chelios took a shot from the right point that was blocked by Blues forward Dallas Drake. The puck found its way to Brett Hull at the left point, and he whipped a quick shot past Chris Osgood.

The assist was the 723rd of Chelios’ career.