Carolina edges Philadelphia

Rod Brind’Amour scored in the fourth round of a shootout to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight victory, 4-3 over the host Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

Erik Cole’s breakaway goal for Carolina with 3:58 left in regulation sent it to overtime as the Flyers twice wasted two-goal leads in the third period.

Matt Cullen and Oleg Tverdovsky also scored in regulation to help the Hurricanes move past Ottawa for the NHL lead with 66 points.

Devils 5, Blues 3: At St. Louis, Martin Brodeur (424) broke a tie with Hall of Famer Tony Esposito for fifth place on the NHL’s career victory list, making 26 saves in New Jersey’s win over St. Louis.

Islanders 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT): At Chicago, Oleg Kvasha scored 3:02 into overtime as New York beat Chicago.

Avalanche 5, Maple Leafs 3: At Denver, Milan Hejduk scored a pair of power-play goals 34 seconds apart to lift Colorado past Toronto for its eighth straight win.

Lightning 4, Kings 1: At Los Angeles, Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier scored on power plays to end Tampa Bay’s 0-for-40 drought with the man advantage in a win over Los Angeles.

Doan files suit

Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan sued a member of Canada’s Parliament, contending that Denis Coderre falsely accused him of making a slur against French speakers during an NHL game.

Doan also demanded in the lawsuit filed in Quebec superior court that Coderre, a former sports minister, make a public retraction.