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| Hossa returns to Atlanta as Red Wings take on Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Red Wings begin a three-game road trip tonight, as they visit the Atlanta Thrashers and Philips Arena. Detroit has won four straight on the road and is 21-10-5 as the guest this year. The playoff-bound Red Wings were last in action on Tuesday, when they hosted Philadelphia and earned a 3-2 victory. Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg scored just 1:32 apart in the third period as Detroit rallied from a two-goal deficit. Pavel Datsyuk and Franzen recorded a goal and assist each for |
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| Penguins visit Thrashers in clash of surging clubs |
NHL Hockey |
03/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The surging Pittsburgh Penguins aim for a series sweep of the Atlanta Thrashers, who are on the longest winning streak in franchise history, when the two clubs meet tonight at Mellon Arena. Pittsburgh has won four straight and six of its last eight meetings with Atlanta, including victories in all three matchups this year by a 12-6 margin. The Penguins have also come out on top in four straight and six of the last nine games played in the Steel City versus the Thrashers. The Penguins, though, |
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| Lehtonen backstops Thrashers to franchise-record sixth straight win |
NHL Hockey |
03/16/2009 |
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| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Kari Lehtonen was stellar in net as he made 49 saves to help the Atlanta Thrashers set a franchise record with their sixth straight win in a 5-1 defeat of the Washington Capitals. Tobias Enstrom and Slava Kozlov each had a goal and an assist for the Thrashers, who have won seven of their last eight overall, but despite their recent success still have the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. "The puck was bouncing my way," said Lehtonen. "I think it was a good home game af |
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| Thrashers LW Kovalchuk out against Buffalo |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2009 |
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| Buffalo, NY (MySportsbook) - Atlanta Thrashers left wing and team captain Ilya Kovalchuk is out for Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres with an upper-body injury. The team's leading scorer, Kovalchuk has 36 goals and 42 assists on the season. He left in the first period of the team's 4-3 win over Edmonton in Thursday's game. "Ilya Kovalchuk aggravated a lingering upper body injury that he has skated with in recent games," team general manager Don Waddell said in a statement. "It's not serious but he is |
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| Oilers welcome road-challenged Avs to Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2009 |
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| The Oilers will play nine of their final 15 regular-season games at Rexall Place, although the club is a so-so 15-12-5 at home for the year. Home-ice advantage didn't help Edmonton much in Thursday's opener of a current three-game residency, as the Atlanta Thrashers skated away with a 4-3 overtime win on ex-Oiler Marty Reasoner's goal with 49.3 seconds left in the extra session. Patrick O'Sullivan, acquired by the Oilers from Los Angeles in a complicated four-team trade back on March 4, scored his first goal wi |
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| Thrashers without Kovalchuk for test with Sabres |
NHL Hockey |
03/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers will be without their top offensive weapon tonight when they visit the Buffalo Sabres and HSBC Arena. The Thrashers notched a 4-3 overtime win against Edmonton on Thursday to post their fourth victory in a row. That is one shy of the season-best five consecutive wins they recorded from November 2-14. However, leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury and won't play tonight after returning to Atlanta for evaluation. He leads |
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| Reasoner lit the lamp in OT as Thrashers down Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/13/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (MySportsbook) - Marty Reasoner scored with 49.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Zach Bogosian, Bryan Little and Jim Slater also scored for the Thrashers, who have posted four straight wins. Vyacheslav Kozlov recorded two assists and Johan Hedberg made 29 saves to get the win. Patrick O'Sullivan, Shawn Horcoff and Robert Nilsson had the goals for Edmonton, which is 3-3-4 in its last 10 games. Dwayne Roloson was bea |
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| Thrashers shoot for rare win in Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
03/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Atlanta Thrashers aim for just their second win ever in Edmonton in tonight's battle with the Oilers at Rexall Place. Since joining the NHL as an expansion club prior to the 1999-2000 season, the Thrashers have made five trips to Edmonton. They have gone 1-3 with a tie in that span, going winless (0-2 with a tie) in three visits since their lone victory there in 2000-01. Atlanta hasn't beaten Edmonton in five overall meetings since a 3-2 home win back on February 5, 2002, going 0-4 with a |
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| Lehtonen, Thrashers blank Avs in Denver |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Kari Lehtonen turned aside all 35 shots he faced to notch his 14th career shutout, as the Atlanta Thrashers defeated the Colorado Avalanche, 3-0, at Pepsi Center. Rookie defenseman Zach Bogosian opened the scoring with 2:28 remaining in the second period and Todd White lit the lamp in the closing moments of the middle stanza for the Thrashers, who have won five of its last seven games. Rich Peverley added an empty-net tally late in the third period to cement the win. "We are playin |
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| Avs seeking momentum in home tilt with Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
03/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Having halted their longest losing streak of the season, the Colorado Avalanche will try to string together back-to-back victories tonight in a home clash with the Atlanta Thrashers at the Pepsi Center. Colorado halted a six-game skid on Sunday with a 5-1 win over Chicago and avoided its worst losing streak since relocating to Denver prior to the 1995-96 season. The Avalanche hadn't lost six in a row since March 30-April 11, 1998. Peter Budaj made 24 saves and five different Avalanche skaters |
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