Joffrey Lupul notched a hat trick and had six points, and R.J. Umberger added three goals and five points to snap Philadelphia's five-game winless skid at home and lift the Flyers to an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. Lupul had the first six-point game for a Flyer since Eric Lindros on March 1, 1997, against Toronto. The Flyers also had two players with a hat trick in the same game for the first time since Tim Kerr and Dave Poulin each had three goals against the Islanders on Dec. 18, 1986. The Flyers improved to 3-0 this season against their Atlantic Division rival, a needed turnaround after an 0-8 mark against the Penguins last year. The Flyers also won their first home game since they beat the Islanders on Nov. 12, to improve to 6-0 at the Wachovia Center.

Sidney Crosby assisted on both goals for the Penguins, who ended a four-game winning streak. Ryan Whitney and Petr Sykora scored goals in the first period that tied the score at 2.

The Flyers scored five goals against goalie Dany Sabourin before he was yanked for Ty Conklin to start the third.

The Flyers needed this win to rediscover their home ice mojo after a sluggish last month that saw them fall from the top of the division to the middle of the pack. The victory put them one point behind idle New Jersey for the lead in the Atlantic.

Lupul scored the first two goals, one in the third and assisted on all three of Philadelphia's goals in the second period. Lupul, who started the game with six goals and 17 points, had his best game as a Flyer and arguably his finest since he scored four goals for Anaheim in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against Colorado in 2006.

Lupul started the scoring only 1:11 into the game when he took a perfect pass from Umberger for a one-timer past Sabourin. He scored goal No. 2 only 2 1/2 minutes later when he fired a slap shot from the slot that sent an already fired-up crowd into a frenzy.

There was a fight only 20 seconds in the game and some hard-hits and scuffles throughout that the crowd absolutely loved. Pittsburgh's Colby Amstrong and Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell each received game misconducts in the third for a lengthy brawl.

The Flyers faithful rode Crosby hard, booing the Penguins captain every time he touched the puck.

Lupul capped the Flyers second hat trick of the season - first at home - when he knocked in a rebound in front of the crease that made it 6-2 and the hats were hurled onto the ice.

Taking a few extra minutes to sweep off the hats were about the only thing that slowed down the Flyers.

Crosby tried in the first when he set-up two Penguins goals that tied the game at 2.

Umberger scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season early in the second for a 4-2 lead and the Flyers took control from there. He added his third goal with 2:12 left in the game.

Mike Knuble added his ninth goal late in the third for a 5-2 lead. Braydon Coburn's second goal of the year in the third made it 7-2 for the Flyers, who had the most goals scored against Pittsburgh this year.

Notes:@ Flyers D Derian Hatcher sat out with a sore right knee. Hatcher had surgery on the knee in the fall to drain fluid build up. The fluid returned and the Flyers listed Hatcher as day to day. "With a little bit of fluid there, the muscles don't fire the way they're supposed to," coach John Stevens said "We're trying to get the strength back up there so he's not at risk." ... Kerri Strug, the star of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics for her dramatic vault on a sprained ankle, was at the game. ... Flyers C Mike Richards earned his 100th career point on Umberger's first goal. ... The Flyers said they will induct former G Ron Hextall into their Hall of Fame in February.