Thrashers vs. Ducks

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Who: at Ducks

When: 10 p.m. Friday

TV; radio: None; 680

Center Jim Slater is likely to make his season debut after battling a wrist injury. He is practicing on a line with Freddy Modin and Nigel Dawes.

Defenseman Zach Bogosian is listed as day-to-day with a shoulder injury.

Defenseman Tobias Enstrom is two games away from tying Slava Kozlov's franchise record of 251 consecutive games played.

The Ducks are 1-3 after winning their home opener Wednesday. The Thrashers are 1-2 after consecutive road losses to the Lightning and the Kings.

Former Thrashers defenseman Andy Sutton, now with Anaheim, will miss six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on a broken right thumb.

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