Todd White News

Things started off fairly well for Atlanta as they jumped on top 1-0 thanks to Slava Kozlova s fifth goal of the season.

ATL CAR 8:11 0 1 ATL CAR 2:18 0 2 10:31 1 2 13:45 1 3 18:25 1 4 ATL CAR 6:21 2 4 7:09 3 4 9:00 4 4 13:57 5 4 18:57 Marty Reasoner Assists: Todd White, Pavel Kubina 6 4 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Twenty minutes of good hockey was all the Atlanta Thrashers needed Friday night.

Kovalchuk did battle with Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke last week, and the Thrashers captain was hit with 19 minutes of penalties.

Rich Peverley #47 of the Atlanta Thrashers skates against the Carolina Hurricanes during a preseason game at Philips Arena on September 21, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.

I don't really have alot of words for this one. You'll hear alot of discussion from both the "they played hard and are just snakebitten" camp as well as the "I don't care how many shots they take, they aren't playing hard" faction too.

Faced with another deficit on Sunday, Thrashers coach John Anderson switched some of his line pairings in the third period against Tampa Bay in an effort to generate some offense.

Thrashers goalie Johan Hedberg reaches for the puck as defenseman Ron Hainsey fights for position with Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ryan Malone .

Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

Ilya Kovalchuk will not be in the Thrashers' lineup Thursday against the New York Rangers.

Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the St.

For the Oilers ' annual Halloween party, Cogliano dressed as Dany Heatley , in an old Ottawa Senators sweater.

Ya know...it's too bad that this season is an Olympic year, causing the NHL to skip having an All-Star Game as to allow players to participate in the festivities in Vancouver.

Colby Armstrong #20 of the Atlanta Thrashers fires a shot against the Florida Panthers at Philips Arena on April 9, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Thrashers closed out their three-game home stand with a 4-3 loss to the Southeast Division-leading Washington Capitals .

A pair of struggling teams will meet today in Canada's capital city, as the Ottawa Senators host the Atlanta Thrashers at Scotiabank Place.

A week ago the Atlanta Thrashers were coming off a very successful road trip in which they went 3-1-1, earning 7 of a possible 10 points.

The Atlanta Thrashers clearly missed their top Russian player, and they saw more than they cared to of the Washington Capitals' guys from that country.

Hardly a day passes in this NHL season when the injury list doesn't grow. And not just your foot soldiers, shot-blockers, grunters and grinders.

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.