PHILADELPHIA — Pavel Kubina scored his second straight winning goal to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to their second win against Philadelphia in two nights, beating the Flyers 3-2 on Wednesday.
Kubina scored in overtime on Tuesday when the Leafs rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Flyers 4-3. This time, Kubina got Philly early in the third period.
Playing without injured captain Mats Sundin for the last two periods, the Maple Leafs moved within five points of the Flyers for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Ian White and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for Toronto, on a 9-3-1 run.
● Penguins 7, Sabres 3: In Pittsburgh, Ty Conklin beat Buffalo for the fourth time this season, and Pittsburgh withstood Sidney Crosby's absence due to an ankle injury flareup.
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Tyler Kennedy scored his first goal in 17 games during a three-point night, Chris Minard netted the first goal of his 10-game NHL career, and Evgeni Malkin put in his 39th of the campaign during the Penguins' highest-scoring game this season. They also improved to 12-6-4 when Crosby doesn't play.
● Capitals 3, Flames 2: In Washington, Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 55th and 56th goals, including the tiebreaker with 1:54 left, and Olie Kolzig earned his 300th win in Washington's victory over Calgary.
Ovechkin broke a 2-2 tie in the closing minutes with a power-play goal. Kolzig is the 23rd goalie to win 300 NHL games. He has earned every win with the Capitals.
● Panthers 4, Islanders 2: In Sunrise, Fla., defenseman Karlis Skrastins broke a tie 8:22 into the third period to lead streaking Florida over the slumping New York Islanders.
The Panthers won their season-high fifth straight game. Florida won all four meetings between the teams, completing its first season sweep of the Islanders since the Panthers' inaugural season in 1993-94.
● Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 0: In Chicago, Cam Ward made 25 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and Eric Staal had a goal and two assists to lead surging Carolina over Chicago.
Erik Cole and Matt Cullen also scored for Carolina, which won its fifth straight and eighth in nine games.
● Ducks 4, Canucks 1: In Anaheim, Calif., Travis Moen scored his first NHL short-handed goal, Doug Weight connected for a power-play tally, and the Ducks broke a club record with their eighth straight home victory.
