Alex Kovalev broke out of a long slump in a big way.

The 36-year-old forward has taken his share of flak in his first season in Ottawa for failing to produce regularly, but on Sunday, Kovalev ended a 10-game scoring drought with a career-high four goals in the Senators' 7-4 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

"All I can say is that it's a good way to start 2010," said Kovalev, who added an assist.

The goals were his first since he snapped a 16-game goal-less run with a hat trick on Dec. 12 against Carolina. Those were the only goals he'd scored since Oct. 29 before Sunday.

"Hopefully, that's the way it's going to go for me the rest of the season," he said. "I've been saying before that I'm trying to find the right spot and be in the right spot at the right time. I think today that was exactly what happened."

Flyers goalie Michael Leighton was gone midway through the first period after giving up two goals on seven shots.

• Toronto will be without Mikhail Grabovski for six weeks with a broken wrist, and Wayne Primeau will miss two to four weeks with a knee injury.

Both forwards were injured in Saturday night's game against Calgary.

AP