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Michael Frolik scored with 1:21 left to lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

Michael Frolik scored with 1:21 left to lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

The Thrashers scored one goal last night in Calgary, losing 2-1 to the Flames. Monday night they were able to slip all of two into the net in Torontoa after they found themselves down 5-zip after two periods, that is.

The jetlagged Atlanta Thrashers followed that familiar script in their return to Philips Arena: sleepwalk through the first half of the game, spot the opponent a multi-goal lead and try to rally late.

Rickard Wallin is expected to take the roster spot left open Sunday when the Leafs sent Christian Hanson back to the Marlies.

Two days after having a three-game winning streak snapped, the Montreal Canadiens will try to get back on the winning track this evening in a matchup with the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena.

As Rawhide's fellow bloggers awake after another late night of Thrashers hockey and make their way into the on-line chat room, the blog host is busy manning the coffee pots in the cyber-coffee cafA©. Its cold outside this morning, but the coffeeA hereA is good and hot Ah, good morning there sleepy-heads...hop up on the stool and I'll have your ...

Daniel Sedin scored Vancouver's first three goals, and the Canucks held on for a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs picked an unlikely time to have a breakout game at Air Canada Centre.

Sorry for the lack of a blog Tuesday folks. I had a social media training session to attend and had to finish the Nik Antropov feature story.

A few more wins such as last night and the Maple Leafs might enjoy being weekday working stiffs.

The 'surge' often happens in a contract year. The pending free agent sets the league on fire with amazing production, playing at an extreme level heading into a period where he can cash in on the open market.

It wasn't the kind of reunion that Nik Antropov had anticipated. The Atlanta Thrashers centre, who returned to Toronto to face the Maple Leafs for the first time since being dealt at the NHL trade deadline last season, didn't receive much of a welcome from his former club.

Toronto Maple Leafs' Matt Stajan celebrates with Alexei Ponikarovsky after scoring against the Atlanta Thrashers.

After consecutive losing campaigns, the Atlanta Thrashers are off to a promising start this season thanks in large part to their success away from home.

Evander Kane might soon be getting a few more shifts. The Thrashers rookie, the No.

Gary Bettman should know better. While trying to deflect attention away from the many financially troubled franchises in his league the NHL's commissioner drops an E Bomb that surely gets the hearts of many Canadians racing faster than Jonas Gustavsson's ticker on a Tuesday night in Montreal.

Sorry folks another laptop malfunction at Thrashers practice. We are home and working now.

Eds: APNewsNow. Thrashers 4, Panthers 3. AP Photo GAJB105, GAATJ206, GAATJ204 By TOM SALADINO For The Associated Press ATLANTA 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.

We are back from a three-day holiday break. Hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving.