Next for Thrashers
Who: at Sabres
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
TV; radio: FSSO; 680, 93.7
-- The Thrashers have lost three consecutive games and have just six wins in the past 25 games. The Sabres have lost three consecutive after a stretch of 11 games where they went 8-2-1.
-- The teams are tied with 60 points, four points behind the Hurricanes for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
-- The Thrashers' penalty-kill unit ranks last in the NHL, tied with the Oilers, with a 76.0 percent success rate.
-- After going 13 games without a goal, Dustin Byfuglien has two goals and two assists in the past five games.
-- Alexander Burmistrov, Patrice Cormier, Freddy Meyer, Fredrik Modin and Jim Slater are out for the Thrashers.
