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Thrashers preview
Next for Thrashers
Who: vs. Maple Leafs
When: 5 p.m. Sunday
TV; radio: SPSO; 680, 93.7
- The Thrashers' freefall continues. They have lost five consecutive games and nine of their past 10. Since Dec. 21 they have six wins in a span of 27 games.
- The Thrashers had fallen to 11th in the Eastern Conference, six points behind the eighth-place Hurricanes, entering Saturday's NHL schedule. At 61 points, they were tied with the Maple Leafs, who played the Penguins on Saturday.
- Andrew Ladd had a four-game goal streak snapped Friday, but has six goals in the past seven games.
- Bryan Little has one goal in the past 14 games.
- Ondrej Pavelec is questionable. Alexander Burmistrov, Patrice Cormier, Freddy Meyer and Jim Slater are out for the Thrashers.
About the Author
Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.
