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RALEIGH Rich Peverly scored the fourth of Atlanta's five third-period goals with 6 minutes, 3 seconds left, helping the Thrashers rally for a 6-4 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.
Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, Evander Kane, Slava Kozlov, Marty Reasoner and Maxim Afinogenov also scored, and Tobias Enstrom had three assists for the Thrashers, 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Ondrej Pavelec made 32 saves.
Erik Cole had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Samsonov, Matt Cullen and Stephane Yelle also scored for the Hurricanes. Carolina had won three in a row at home before blowing a 4-1 third-period lead against the Thrashers.
Manny Legace made 28 saves against the team that cut him in training camp.
On a seemingly harmless rush, Bryan Little passed the puck back to Peverly, who found open space and snapped it over Legace's shoulder for the winner.
Atlanta had scored three goals in 2:39 span to tie it at 4.
Kozlov first took advantage of some lax Carolina defense and a nice pass from Little to make it 4-2. Enstrom then set up Kovalchuk with a deft pass from the slot, allowing Kovalchuk to wrist the puck past Legace from a sharp angle.
Kovalchuk had an instrumental role in Afinogenov's goal that tied the score. After he crossed the blue line, Kovalchuk held the puck to draw the Carolina defense. He then passed it to Afinogenov, who beat Legace between the legs on the backhand. Reasoner capped the scoring with an empty-net goal with 1:03 left.
FLAMES 3, RED WINGS 0: Miika Kiprusoff made 40 saves for his 32nd career shutout, lifting visiting Calgary. Detroit hasn't scored in 153 minutes, 22 seconds. The Red Wings have been shut out in consecutive games for the first time since December 2001 and the first time at home since 1977.
DEVILS 2, BRUINS 1, SO: Jamie Langenbrunner and Zach Parise scored shootout goals, making visiting New Jersey's Martin Brodeur a winner on the day he became the NHL's career minutes leader. Brodeur, who made 32 saves, surpassed Hall of Famer Patrick Roy for the most minutes played. Brodeur, 37, has played 60,280. Roy played 60,235.
DUCKS 3, BLACKHAWKS 0: Teemu Selanne scored twice on the power play, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere had his first shutout of the season, helping host Anaheim end Chicago's win streak at eight games - one short of tying the club mark.
WILD 5, AVALANCHE 3: Chuck Kobasew had his second career three-goal game, and Andrew Brunette scored the winner for host Minnesota on a third-period power play.
ISLANDERS 3, PENGUINS 2: John Tavares scored off a rebound with 6:12 left, giving host New York a comeback victory.
Dwayne Roloson made 19 saves for the Islanders.
SABRES 4, FLYERS 2: Tim Connolly scored twice in the third period and had two assists, helping visiting Buffalo end a four-game losing streak.
