NHL: Whitney has hat trick

Former Spokane Chief Ray Whitney had three goals and an assist to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at Boston.

Carolina trailed 1-0 but scored four goals in the final 4 minutes, 24 seconds of the second period.

Whitney needed only 1:40 to notch his second NHL hat trick and then helped set up Justin Williams’ team-leading 28th goal with 2.6 seconds remaining in the period, sending the Bruins off the ice to a chorus of boos.

Carolina won for the third time in nine games and took three of four in the season series against the Bruins.

Blues 1, Red Wings 0: At St. Louis, Bill Guerin scored and Manny Legace and Curtis Sanford combined to stop 23 shots for St. Louis and shut out Detroit for the first time in 176 games.

Predators 4, Maple Leafs 2: At Nashville, Tenn., Steve Sullivan scored a power-play goal and assisted on another as the Predators beat Toronto.

Wild 4, Panthers 2: At St. Paul, Minn., Brent Burns had a goal and an assist in the third period and Niklas Backstrom made 41 saves to lead Minnesota to a victory over Florida.

Senators 4, Canadiens 1: At Ottawa, Dany Heatley scored his team-high 32nd goal early in the second period and Peter Schaefer scored during a power play later in the period, leading the Senators to a victory over Montreal.

Devils 2, Islanders 0: At East Rutherford, N.J., Martin Brodeur posted his NHL-best 10th shutout of the season, stopping 25 shots to lead New Jersey to a victory over New York.

Penguins 5, Flyers 4 (SO): At Philadelphia, Sidney Crosby scored the only goal in a shootout to lift Pittsburgh over Philadelphia, extending the Flyers’ franchise-worst, home-losing streak to 13 games.

Capitals 4, Kings 3 (OT): At Washington, Dainius Zubrus poked in a rebound 2:28 into overtime to give the Capitals a victory over Los Angeles.

Blue Jackets 2, Flames 1: At Columbus, Ohio, David Vyborny and Fredrik Modin ended a long Columbus scoring drought with third-period goals to give the Blue Jackets a victory over Calgary.

Thrashers 6, Avalanche 3: At Denver, Marian Hossa and Vyacheslav Kozlov each had two goals and two assists to lead Atlanta to a victory over Denver.