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PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then he took care of the feat in 1½ minutes.

Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help Philadelphia snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight winless game, 6-1 on Saturday.

"I've had a lot of close calls so far," said Coburn, who has played in 227 career NHL games. "You just have to wait for your time."

David Laliberte, playing in his first NHL game, and James Van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, unbeaten in their last six regulation games at home against Carolina.

Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), who are off to their worst start since 1997 -- the franchise's first season in Carolina -- when they were 2-7-2. Carolina is winless on the road (0-5-2). The Hurricanes are on an 0-5-3 skid overall.

Carolina 0 1 0 -- 1

Philadelphia 3 1 2 -- 6

First period--1, Philadelphia, Hartnell 3 (Pronger, Carle), 8:04 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Laliberte 1 (Parent, Hartnell), 12:30. 3, Philadelphia, Carle 2 (Hartnell, Richards), 17:21.

Second period--4, Carolina, Sutter 1 (Samsonov, Harrison), 2:56. 5, Philadelphia, van Riemsdyk 2 (Laliberte, Timonen), 3:10.

Third period--6, Philadelphia, Coburn 2 (van Riemsdyk, Carter), 8:08. 7, Philadelphia, Coburn 3 (Carle, Laperriere), 9:38.

Shots on goal--Carolina 11-20-9--40. Philadelphia 11-8-9--28. Goalies--Carolina, Leighton. Philadelphia, Emery.

A--19,076 (19,537). T--2:22.