TORONTO - The Pittsburgh Penguins suddenly look like anything but the NHL's worst team.

Ric Jackman, Rico Fata and Aleksey Morozov scored against backup Trevor Kidd, and the Penguins won their season-high fourth straight game, 3-2 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.

Pittsburgh has the NHL's worst record, but is 6-2-1 after going 0-17-0-1 during an 18-game stretch. The Penguins have won four straight for the first time since a six-game run from Jan. 17-26, 2002.

Pittsburgh coach Ed Olczyk said his team is being taken lightly.

"When you hear a lot of the same things, whether it's pregame shows or in the media about what you have to do to beat the Penguins, to just show up, believe me we're all professionals," Olczyk said. "We deserve a little bit more. Forget me - my players deserve a lot more respect than that."

Pittsburgh won despite allowing Toronto a season-high 46 shots to the Penguins' 17.

"In our streak, we weren't getting very good goaltending and our penalty killing wasn't very good," Olczyk said. "Now our goaltending has been superb and our penalty killing has been excellent."

Kidd, who has struggled while playing behind Ed Belfour, looked shaky early. Jackman scored on Pittsburgh's first shot, and fans jeered Kidd's saves in the second period.

Even though Belfour has had recent back problems, the Maple Leafs didn't acquire a backup goalie before Tuesday's NHL trade deadline. Belfour didn't miss this game because of injury.

Kidd's teammates defended him.

"I can't see one goal that was his fault," Toronto captain Mats Sundin said. "We let him down."

Sundin wasn't happy with the rest of the team.

"We can't give away games like we did," he said.

Sebastien Caron replaced Penguins starter Jean-Sebastien Aubin, who left after making 11 saves on 12 shots in the first period.

The Penguins had only two shots in the first, but Jackman - acquired from Toronto last month - put a wrist shot past Kidd during a power play at 6:22.

Toronto's Owen Nolan threaded a pass to a streaking Joe Nieuwendyk, who tied it on the power play at 15:36 of the first.

Kidd dropped to the ice too early, allowing Fata to give Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 1:17 of the second.

Later that period, Morozov put a shot off Kidd's blocker to make it 3-1.

After Jackman turned the puck over, Sundin scored on a backhander with 6:06 left in the third.

Toronto couldn't score with an extra attacker in the final minute. Sundin almost did with 40 seconds left, but Caron made a stop with his shoulder just as the puck was about to go in.

Notes:

Ron Francis, acquired Tuesday from Carolina, played his first game for Toronto. ... Pittsburgh's Kelly Buchberger dropped to the ice in pain after Toronto's Wade Belak checked him into the boards in the first. Belak received a charging penalty. ... Toronto won its three previous games against Pittsburgh.