Todd White News

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.

Patrick Marleau had a pair of goals and an assist to pace San Jose in a 4-3 victory over the Thrashers, in what could be a costly defeat for Atlanta.

The Dallas Stars had plenty of injuries last season to derail their hopes of making the playoffs for a sixth straight season, but one of the key problems in "Big D" was how little confidence then-coach Dave Tippett had in backup goaltenders Tobias Stephan , Matt Clime and Brent Krahn .

Goaltender Kari Lehtonen is no closer to returning to the Thrashers than he was soon after offseason back surgery.

The Atlanta Thrashers wrap up their five-game road trip north of the border after a pair of 4-2 wins over the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres over the weekend.

The sliding Montreal Canadiens will try to pick up their first win since the opening week of the season when they host the surprising Atlanta Thrashers tonight at Bell Centre.

The bad times look to be over for Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers. The Russian star has seven goals during the Thrashers' surprising 4-1-0 start to the season.

The road wins keep on piling up for the Atlanta Thrashers . So do the goals for their captain, Ilya Kovalchuk .

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.