Ondrej Pavelec News

Steven Stamkos scored his 15th goal at 2:56 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning their second straight win, 4-3 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.

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

You know the Atlanta Thrashers, right? The team that had two winning records in its first nine seasons.

Max Afinogenov could be the Thrashers' biggest offseason acquisition. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com The Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk hangs his head after missing his shot as Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask celebrates winning the shootout over the Thrashers Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Bruins goalie # 40 Tuukka Rask blocks a shot by Atlanta ...

Ondrej Pavelec #31 of the Atlanta Thrashers is congratulated by Johan Hedberg #1 after the game against the Los Angeles Kings at Philips Arena on November 13, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Six games on Friday the 13th - oooh scary, kids! And four of them were interconference games, lone meetings of the season that carry a faint whiff of extraneousness.

The Atlanta Thrashers will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season to four games when they host today's contest at Philips Arena against an Edmonton Oilers club that has been decimated by injuries.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov each had two goals and two assists to help the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7-0 on Friday night for their third straight victory.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov each had two goals and two assists to help the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Los Angeles Kings, 7-0, on Friday night for their third straight victory.

The 22-year-old Thrashers goaltender made his coach look toward the opposing bench Saturday.

Fantasy Forecast for Thursday, November 5 WEDNESDAY'S ROUNDUP: Blue Jackets backup goalie Mathieu Garon starts Thursday at Atlanta, and why not? He's 2-0-0 with two shutouts against the Thrashers in his career.

After his team played poorly the night before, Thrashers coach John Anderson challenged his players to focus on fundamental hockey.

Sean Bergenheim, Blake Comeau and Jack Hillen each scored their first goals of the season to help the New York Islanders break out of a two-game offensive drought and beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Saturday night.

The Atlanta Thrashers will aim for their longest winning streak of the season when they welcome the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets for an interconference battle tonight at Philips Arena.

Atlanta seems to be torn on what to think these days about the man between the pipes.

The Atlanta Thrashers will be raising Kane with the Russians as the road warrior Thrashers take on the New York Islanders on Saturday night .

The Canadiens play the Atlanta Thrashers at the Bell Centre. A November 3, 2009 A A A A Atlanta Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec makes a save as Montreal Canadiens Michael Cammalleri and Brian Gionta try to score during second period NHL hockey action at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Tuesday November 03, 2009.

Raffi Torres scored twice as the Columbus Blue Jackets knocked off the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-3, at Philips Arena.

Game time: 7:30 PM EST TV: RDS Canadiens: 7-7-0; 14 points; 3rd in the Northeast Thrashers: 5-4-1; 11 points; 3rd in the Southeast Two weeks ago, the Canadiens were mired in a five-game losing streak.

First big update on the Thrashers goaltender of the present and future. Atlanta released news today that Kari Lethonen underwent another back surgery just this past Friday.