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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Merry Christmas, Thrashers fans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Thrashers washed away some of the bad smell from Monday night with a strong performance Tuesday night against the Islanders. My game story focused on Ilya Kovalchuk, who played his 500th game and got his 500th and 501st points. And I wrote about Bryan Little, who scored two goals.
But here’s a key move John Anderson made, one that paid off. He used Todd White in place of Eric Perrin at the start of the penalty kill. White was there to win the faceoff in the defensive end and get the penalty kill off to a good start. Marty Reasoner’s hand still hurt a bit, Anderson told me after the game, and that would affect his faceoffs. Overall on the night, White won 12 of 16 faceoffs. And the Thrashers killed all three of their penalties. It was just the seventh game all season the Thrashers didn’t allow a power play goal. Their record in those games: 3-1-3.
I’ll be back blogging on Friday, when the Thrashers return to action. (Don’t worry. We’ll have stories for you the next two days. We don’t believe in days off.
I’ll be spending some time in New York with my brother and sister-in-law. I wish you a Merry Christmas, too, and hope Santa delivers you everything on your list.
