Whitney sends 'Canes atop division

Ray Whitney had a goal and 2 assists, and the host Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday night to vault back into first place in the Southeast Division.

Erik Cole and Eric Staal snapped long scoring droughts with power-play goals, and Ryan Bayda added his first goal for the depleted Hurricanes, who also lost captain and leading scorer Rod Brind'Amour in the game's opening moments with a torn ligament in his left knee.

Whitney, who entered with no goals in his previous 10 games, broke a 2-2 tie with 16:15 left when he took a feed from Staal while slipping into the slot and beat Dany Sabourin with a low wrist shot to his glove side.

Cam Ward stopped 20 shots for Carolina, which held an 46-22 shots advantage and won its second straight to move back into the division lead ahead of idle Atlanta and Washington.

Islanders 5, Maple Leafs 4: Ruslan Fedotenko scored 2 of New York's 4 power-play goals, and the Islanders beat host Toronto for their second straight victory.

Lightning 5, Flyers 3: Martin St. Louis had a goal and 2 assists to help Tampa Bay hand host Philadelphia its fifth straight loss.