Jim Slater's second goal of the game snapped a tie and lifted the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-3 victory Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.

The visiting Thrashers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to hand Philadelphia its first loss when leading after two periods. The Flyers were 22-0.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Rich Peverley also scored for the Thrashers, and Evander Kane set up both of Slater's goals.

Atlanta moved one point ahead of the Flyers, who entered the night in a four-way tie for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

• Hurricanes 4, Islanders 1: Cam Ward made 26 saves, and Eric Staal scored his third goal in two games as host Carolina won its third in a row.

• Kings 4, Blue Jackets 1: Anze Kopitar scored his 100th and 101st career goals and visiting Los Angeles tied a season high with its fourth consecutive win.

• Wild 1, Avalanche 0: Martin Havlat's goal for Minnesota with 4:49 left in regulation ended Craig Anderson's shutout streak at 126 minutes, 24 seconds and handed host Colorado its first loss since Jan. 8 at Carolina.

• Blues 2, Oilers 1: Alexander Steen scored 2:09 into the third period as visiting St. Louis rallied to win.

• Coyotes 3, Flames 2: Robert Lang and Lauri Korpikoski had shootout goals to cement the victory for host Phoenix after Calgary's Mikael Backlund got the tying score 8:15 into the third.

• Former Penguins winger Petr Sykora cleared unconditional waivers and is no longer under contract to Minnesota.

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