TONIGHT'S GAME WHO: Tampa Bay at Atlanta Thrashers ...more

October 3, 2009

Alex Ovechkin had his sixth career hat trick and added an assist to help the Washington Capitals end a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory against the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night. ...more

November 27, 2008

A team-by-team analysis of the Lightning's rivals in the Southeast Division this season: ...more

October 7, 2008

The Lightning's stuffed cupboard found enough room on the shelf of overstocked forwards for one more. ...more

July 8, 2008

John Anderson never doubted his chance would come. He just had to be very, very patient. ...more

June 21, 2008

Scott Walker had a goal and two assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Thursday night. ...more

February 22, 2008

The search for some balanced scoring feels like it's been an expedition being led by Thelma and Louise instead of Lewis and Clark. ...more

January 6, 2008

Marian Hossa scored on a break-in at 19 seconds of overtime after a defensive mistake, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored his NHL-leading 29th goal in the Atlanta Thrashers' 3-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. ...more

December 24, 2007

It was as astonishing an image as you're likely to see this season, no matter how frustrating things get for the Tampa Bay Lightning the rest of the way. ...more

December 18, 2007

WHO: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers WHEN: 7 TV/RADIO: Versus/WDAE, 620 AM WHO'S HURT: Lightning - D Dan Boyle (wrist), out. Thrashers - C Steve Rucchin (post-concussion), G Kari Lehtonen (groin), out. THE SKINNY: Tampa Bay has won five consecutive games, tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history. The only longer winning streak was eight games from Feb. 23-March 6, 2004. ... Atlanta has won seven of nine and nine of 13 since starting the season 0-6. ... This is the fourth of eight meetings this season; Tampa Bay is 2-1. ... Thrashers RW Marian Hossa and LW Ilya Kovalchuk have combined to score 17 of Atlanta's 23 goals since Nov. 1. ... Hossa has four consecutive multipoint games. ... Bolts C Vinny Lecavalier has seven consecutive multipoint games tied for the longest streak since Jaromir Jagr had a 10-game streak from Feb. 18-March 9, 1996. ... RW Marty St. Louis has five goals and nine assists during a seven-game scoring streak. ... Lecavalier has two goals and five assists in three meetings with Atlanta this season. ... Thrashers are 3-4 at home. ... Atlanta entered Sunday ranked last in penalty kill (72.2 percent) and home penalty kill (69.4 percent). ... Tampa Bay is 7-10-4 all-time in Atlanta but 5-2-1 in the past eight trips. Erik Erlendsson ...more

November 19, 2007