Justin Williams, Cory Stillman, Ray Whitney, Scott Walker, Jeff Hamilton and Eric Staal also scored against goalie Vesa Toskala. Williams, Stillman, Cullen and Rod Brind'Amour each had two assists.

Bryan McCabe scored the only Toronto goal.

Mats Sundin's assist on McCabe's goal was his 916th point with the Maple Leafs, tying him with Darryl Sittler for the club record.

The thoughts of both teams and the announced crowd of 19,224 were with Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake, who played his first game since going public with the news Monday that he is battling chronic myelogenous leukemia — a rare form of the disease.

He is being treated with medication and doesn't expect to miss any playing time. Blake looked strong when he checked Tim Gleason against the end boards in the game's opening minute.

Toronto had a two-man advantage when McCabe opened the scoring at 4:21. Sundin sent a cross-ice pass into the circle to the left of the net to McCabe, who smacked the puck behind Cam Ward.

Williams tied it at 6:46 by sending a wrist shot past Toskala as the goalie dropped to his knees.

Blake nearly scored his first goal as a Leaf when he tipped a pass, but Ward made the save.

Stillman put Carolina up 2-1 with a power-play goal 23.8 seconds before the end of the period. Stillman made his season debut after missing three games following a car accident.

Cullen made it 3-1 at 11:41 of the second period. He was a few feet in front of Toskala when he deflected in Stillman's pass as Darcy Tucker served an interference penalty.

Whitney made it 4-1 when he slipped a shot between Toskala's legs on a breakaway at 17:23.

Hamilton added another power-play goal at 5:07 with a slap shot from the middle of the Leafs zone into the top corner of the net, drawing boos from the home crowd.

Staal reached from behind the goal-line to squeeze the puck between the post and Toskala's left skate at 14:07 to make it 7-1.

Notes: Carolina outshot Toronto 39-28. ... Toronto was 1-for-5 on the power play. Carolina was 4-for-8. ... Carolina improved to 2-1-1 while Toronto slipped to 1-2-1. ... Blake's wife, Sara, had surgery for thyroid cancer six years ago. ... Sundin remained tied with Sittler at 389 for the club's goals record. His assist tied him with Sittler at 527 for second place in team history. Borje Salming owns the record with 620. ... Tucker hasn't earned a point in Toronto's four games. ... Wade Belak has been a healthy scratch for all four Toronto games.