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RALEIGH -- Mike Richards and Danny Briere scored in the shootout, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night to give coach Peter Laviolette a victory against his former club.

Richards, Briere and Jeff Carter scored in regulation for the Flyers, and Michael Leighton stopped his former Carolina teammates cold in the shootout.

The Flyers blew a three-goal lead with 11 minutes left but regrouped to improve to 3-2 in shootouts this season. They won consecutive games for the first time in more than a month and kept the Hurricanes winless in three straight.

Jussi Jokinen scored two goals and Brandon Sutter added one for Carolina, which came up empty on attempts by Tuomo Ruutu and Jokinen in the shootout. Richards ended it in the second round by tucking the puck between Cam Ward's legs.

For Philadelphia, a season-high six-game road swing that includes the Winter Classic at Fenway Park got started with its first winning streak since mid-November.

Philadelphia 2 0 1 0 -- 4

Carolina 0 0 3 0 -- 3

Philadelphia won shootout 2-0

First period--1, Philadelphia, Richards 16 (Giroux), 9:47. 2, Philadelphia, Carter 13 (Hartnell, Coburn), 13:55.

Second period--None.

Third period--3, Philadelphia, Briere 12 (Timonen, Pronger), 9:00 (pp). 4, Carolina, Jokinen 9 (Staal, Cullen), 9:24. 5, Carolina, Sutter 9 (Pitkanen, C.Ward), 15:58 (pp). 6, Carolina, Jokinen 10 (Staal, Cullen), 16:47.

Overtime--None.

Shootout--Philadelphia 2 (Briere G, Richards G), Carolina 0 (Ruutu NG, Jokinen NG).

Shots on goal--Philadelphia 9-9-11-7--36. Carolina 11-7-20-2--40.

Goalies--Philadelphia, Leighton. Carolina, C.Ward.

A--16,288 (18,680). T--2:41.