PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Eric Lindros, Eric Desjardins and Sandy McCarthy scored second-period goals to lead Philadelphia to a 4-1 victory Thursday night over the Carolina Hurricanes.

	Carolina's Nolan Pratt, right, stops Philadelphia's Valeri Zelepukin from converting in the crease.

Mark Recchi added an empty-net goal with 45 seconds left, while Valeri Zelepukin, John LeClair and Daymond Langkow added two assists for the Flyers, who are 9-2-1 after going 0-5-1 to start the season.

LeClair has 10 points in his last six games.

Bates Battaglia scored the only goal for the Hurricanes, who have dropped two straight but still have the best road record (5-4-3) in the Eastern Conference.

Ron Francis had an assist for Carolina, moving him past Gordie Howe into fifth place on the NHL career list with 1,050.

Battaglia put the Hurricanes ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal at 6:03 of the first period, tipping the puck off the left skate of Philadelphia goaltender Brian Boucher from right of the crease.

The Flyers pulled even one minute into the second period when Lindros one-handed a shot from the doorstep that skidded past the outstretched glove of Carolina goaltender Arturs Irbe.

With Philadelphia on a power play, Lindros fed Desjardins with a cross-ice pass and the Flyers' defenseman one-timed the puck past Irbe's glove side at 11:10.

Zelepukin, playing his 500th NHL game, triggered Philadelphia's third goal of the period. He picked up a lose puck deep in the Flyers' zone and fed Daymond Langkow, who found McCarthy for a wrist shot off Irbe's pads at 15:10.

Boucher, a rookie making only his third start of the year, made 10 saves as Philadelphia outshot the Hurricanes 37-11, Carolina's lowest shot total of the season.

Philadelphia defenseman Chris Therien received eight stitches in his chin after being hit with a puck off the stick of Carolina's Sami Kapanen early in the second period. He returned to play in the third period.

The Hurricanes, who have the fewest penalties in the NHL, were assessed 10 minutes in penalties against the Flyers.

Irbe had blanked the Flyers 2-0 in Philadelphia on Oct. 7 in the teams' only previous meeting.