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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.

Atlanta Thrashers goalie Johan Hedberg keeps his eyes on the puck during Saturday's home game against Philadelphia.

The Thrashers were up to their old tricks Friday nighta playing themselves into deficits of 2-0 and 4-1 before mounting a ferocious comeback.

Your Friday morning report from Thrashers practice. As I wait for the players to take the ice, let's pose a question.

Pavel Kubina has come a long way. His an interesting passport, from his native Czech Republic to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, with postings in upstate New York and Cleveland.

Crashing the Net takes you around the league touching on hot and cold players, battles for ice-time and what's going on in net.

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 Atlanta Thrashers will try to start a new winning streak tonight when they invite the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins for a test at Philips Arena.

A quick glance at the Atlanta Thrashers ' stat sheet might suggest more of the same for the beleaguered Southern franchise.

Patrice Bergeron got the lone goal of the shootout, and Tuukka Rask produced a solid effort with 32 saves, as Boston got by a hot Atlanta Thrashers club, 4-3, at Philips Arena.

The surging Atlanta Thrashers will aim for a fifth consecutive victory when they welcome the struggling Boston Bruins for tonight's battle at Philips Arena.

As the Thrashers continue to use their two-goalie rotation of late, Ondrej Pavelec will start Thursday against Boston, and Johan Hedberg is scheduled to start Saturday against Pittsburgh.

The morning report from Thrashers practice on Tuesday is in. Bryan Little and Pavel Kubina were on the ice prior to the start of practice.

Pavel Kubina missed Sunday's game against Edmonton with what the team announced as "lower body soreness." The defenseman missed time at the end of Friday's win over Los Angeles after he was hit by a shot.

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.

Thankfully, the Czech Republic, bronze-medal winners in Torino, has a core of talented, NHL-trained players who will make some noise before all is said and done at GM Place in Vancouver.

The Thrashers have been waiting almost three weeks for the puck to bounce their way.

The NHL season is far enough along to get a feel for how teams are distributing their power play minutes.

The Thrashers are getting goals in Ilya Kovalchuk's absence most of it from their defensemen.

St. Louis Blues goalie Chris Mason, right, will do his best to keep his team and their struggling offence in the game once again when they face the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.