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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Last home game before break

By Craig Custance | Thursday, January 18, 2007, 02:43 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Tonight’s game against Montreal is the final home game before the All-Star break, and more than one player on the team said it’s important for them to leave the home fans with a strong game. They face a struggling Montreal team, although its one that has beaten the Thrashers the two times they’ve faced them this season.

The Canadiens have lost three straight, and were shut out in the last two. Plus coach Guy Carbonneau is shuffling lines like crazy — Pat Hickey’s story in The Gazette said that the coach has used at least 30 line combinations in the last two weeks. Forward Sergei Samsonov was a healthy scratch for the Vancouver game, a 4-0 loss on Tuesday.

So perhaps the Thrashers are facing Montreal at the right time, although the Canadiens are desperate to win at least one game before the break.

Lehtonen is in goal again tonight. Eric Boulton and Steve McCarthy will be the scratches for tonight’s game.

  • Interesting to see the Kings pick up veteran goalie Sean Burke, although anyone who saw the Thrashers 6-2 win on Tuesday figured the team would be looking for goalie help. The move relieves Tampa Bay of $350,000 on its salary cap, since the Kings will be paying part of Burke’s $1.6 million contract. That extra space should give the Lightning added flexibility for trades.

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