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Monday, December 22, 2008
Reasoner to play tonight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You can still see where the puck hit on the back of Thrashers center Marty Reasoner’s right hand, about midway between the wrist and the knuckle of his pointing finger. But that injury won’t keep him from playing tonight against Toronto, Reasoner said. He credited trainer Tommy Alva and assistant trainer Step Roberts with helping reduce the soreness enough to get him back on the ice.
That leaves the Thrashers’ lineup unchanged from the one that beat Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
Toronto is expected to start goalie Justin Pogge, who will be making his NHL debut.
Ilya Kovalchuk’s next point will be the 500th of his career. He’s averaging a hair over a point a game; this is his 499th in the NHL.
