Chris Neil scored twice, Jason Spezza hit the 100-point mark and Anton Volchenkov recorded four assists as Binghamton surged past Philadelphia on Wednesday night, 7-4, to take over first place in the East Division.
The Senators have 90 points, one better than the Phantoms.
Binghamton scored four times in the third period to secure the victory and improve to 11-1-1-3 in its last 16 games.
Spezza assisted on Antoine Vermette‘s first-period goal for his 100th point of the season. He would finish the game with a goal and two assists and a league-leading 102 points on the year.
Brandon Bochenski, Pat Kavanagh and Josh Langfeld also scored for the Senators, and Ray Emery finished with 33 saves.
Ben Eager scored two goals for the Phantoms.
Elsewhere on Wednesday:
Hershey closed to four points back of fourth-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton as Marek Svatos scored with 1.8 seconds left to give the Bears a 3-2 win over the Penguins… Bill Kinkel scored his first three career AHL goals as Houston moved into third place in the West Division with a 4-1 win over Cincinnati… Edmonton dominated West-leading Chicago, allowing just 14 shots on goal and posting a 4-1 victory over the Wolves… Steve Begin and Raitis Ivanans scored for Hamilton in a 2-1 win over Manitoba, the Bulldogs’ fourth straight victory… Cam Ward made 31 saves as Lowell took a 4-3 decision from Manchester… Joe Motzko‘s shorthanded goal with 8.8 seconds left in regulation allowed Syracuse to go on to a 4-3 shootout win over St. John’s… Andy Hilbert and Brad Boyes each scored twice as Providence held off Worcester, 5-4… Matt Ellison had two goals and an assist to lead Norfolk past Bridgeport, 4-0… Thirteen different Falcons recorded at least one point in Springfield’s 5-2 win over Portland.
