BOSTON (AP) -- Carolina Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice calls them "the muckers." He might as well call them the "Not Ready for Primeau-Time Players."

With star Keith Primeau expected to miss the rest of the season in a contract holdout, Carolina got two goals from Paul Ranheim and a goal and two assists from Robert Kron on Thursday night to beat the Boston Bruins 7-3. Martin Gelinas also had a goal and an assist.

	Martin Gelinas beats Boston netminder Byron Dafoe on Thursday for the first of seven Carolina goals.

"It's nice to see some of the muckers and grinders get some points," said Maurice, whose Hurricanes improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games in Boston.

Arturs Irbe stopped 30 shots for Carolina. Byron Dafoe made 28 saves for Boston, which scored two goals in six seconds in the first period to tie it at 2, but couldn't stay close.

Primeau, a restricted free agent and Carolina's leading scorer the last two years, has rejected the team's offers of three years at $12 million, five years at $20 million and two years at $7 million. That led Gary Roberts to say of Primeau, "He has hung this entire team out to dry."

"There are a handful of guys in each room that say things and people listen," Maurice said. "He (Roberts) is one of them."

Roberts also made a statement on the ice, scoring Carolina's third goal just 36 seconds into the second period.

"When guys like Kron, Gelinas and Ranheim do what they did for us, it takes the pressure off the big-time players," Roberts said. "We need to play team tough because we don't have any real killers out there."

Ray Bourque had one assist, giving him 1,495 career points and moving him into ninth place on the career list. He entered the night tied with Mario Lemieux; Paul Coffey is eighth with 1,503.

The Bruins have won just once in their past 11 home games.

"The way we are losing games just sickens your stomach," Boston coach Pat Burns said. "Home games have been horrendous. We are not masters of our own building. We can't let teams come into the FleetCenter and feel comfortable."

Kron assisted on Ranheim's goal that broke a 3-3 tie at the 14:18 mark of the second period. Then Kron picked up a loose puck along the left side and skated in front, backhanding it past Dafoe to make it 5-3 1:49 into the third.

Kron also earned an assist on Ranheim's goal that made it 6-3 3:48 into the third. Glen Wesley made it 7-3 with an unassisted goal on a slap shot from the blue line at 13:00.

Carolina took the lead in the first period when Gelinas tipped a pass from Andrei Kovalenko past Dafoe 5:59 into the game. Ron Francis fed Sami Kapanen from behind the net to make it 2-0 at the 13:05 mark.

But the Bruins answered with two goals just six seconds apart. After Joe Murphy made it 2-1 at 17:32, Anson Carter took the faceoff and went straight in on Irbe, beating him at 17:38.

The Bruins do not keep records for shortest span between goals. The NHL record is four seconds, by five teams.

Carolina made it 3-2 when Gary Roberts scored just 36 seconds into the second period. The Bruins tied it on Kyle McLaren's twice-deflected shot from the point 3:46 into the second.