Thrashers 4, Penguins 2

The Penguins seemed to have shaken off the rust of a 4 day break but it happened in the 3rd period after they were already down 2 - 1. The Penguins now have lost 5 in a row after what looked like a turning point for the young team when they won 5 in a row. They are still in the hunt for the playoffs with still 46 more games to play but they can't be getting to far behind. They did play a really good game in the 1st and 3rd but it was the 2nd period that did them in.

They were able to take a 1 - 0 lead on a Power Play goal by Christensen, who was making a return to the lineup. Christensen was able to find a rebound and hit the post with his shot, however, the puck then bounced off both of Lehtonen's skates and past the goal line. The score stayed that way until Vishnevski was able put a shot off of Christensen stick and into the top corner of the net past Fleury. The Thrashers then took the lead on the Power Play when Hossa found Havelid sneaking behind the Pens defense and put it into an open net. The Pens were then able to get their second Power Play of the game when Whitney blew a wrister past Lehtonen. The tie was broke when Kozlov redirected a pass off of Fleury's stick and over him 6 mins later. Holik then finished it off with an empty netter.

The Pens get back in action against a pretty good Leaf's squad on Friday...