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Maxim Afinogenov scored with six seconds remaining in the third period to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers for their fourth consecutive victory.

The Thrashers didn't quite measure up. Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Thrashers' goaltender John Hedberg searches for the puck after blocking a shot by Pittsburgh Penguins' Maxime Talbot in the second period.

The Tampa Bay Lightning close out a four-game road trip tonight in Atlanta, where they take on the Thrashers at Philips Arena.

Defenseman Martin Skoula scored two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-2 victory on Saturday night.

The faceoff. It's hockey's version of the jump ball -- yet it can happen 70 times a game.

The Atlanta captain knows he and the Thrashers can only improve. Ilya Kovalchuk has seven points in two games since returning from a foot injury.

Back inside Philips Arena as the Thrashers hold an optional skate prior to tonight's game against Los Angeles.

This week the NHL Insider caught up with Thrashers forward Chris Thorburn for an off-the-ice Q&A. Thorburn and his wife, Sara, are expecting their first child in May -- just in time for the playoffs.

Jim Slater returned to the Thrashers' lineup Thursday after being a healthy scratch the past seven games.

Shortly after John Anderson was hired as the new bench boss of the Thrashers, I had the opportunity to chat with him regarding the team he had just inherited to coach.

Jeff Schultz, Matt Bradley and Chris Clark scored in an 88-second span of the second period, Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 shots and the Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 on Thursday night for their third straight win.

Before the season began, Thrashers general manager Don Waddell said that rookie Evander Kane would get an eight or nine game look-see toA start the season before decidingA whether or notA the 4th overall pick in last Junea s draft would be sent back to Vancouver of the WHL.

On a night where the Devils came out like a bat out of hell, the Thrashers pecked the Devils out by the end of the night.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice, and Johan Hedberg made 40 saves and added an assist in his first start of the season to help send the Atlanta Thrashers to their best start in franchise history with a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

The streaking Buffalo Sabres will shoot for a fifth consecutive victory when they host the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at HSBC Arena.

Rich Peverley scored a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winning score early in the third period, as the Atlanta Thrashers took down the New Jersey Devils, 4-2, at Prudential Center.

Christoph Schubert returned to Thrashers practice Thursday while Ilya Kovalchuk and Nik Antropov missed the morning session.

It was a nearly perfect night for Eric Boulton. In the Thrashers' season-opening victory Oct.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Brian Elliott makes a pad save on Atlanta Thrashers' Chris Thorburn during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa on Saturday, Oct.

Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec, of the Czech Republic, watches the puck after losing his stick in the back of the net in the second period.