Thrashers shut out Crosby, Penguins
Atlanta’s Slater, top pick in 2002, scores first goal Lang gets winner in overtime as Wings beat Kings
Jim Slater scored his first career goal and Mike Dunham stopped 24 shots as the Atlanta Thrashers overpowered Pittsburgh 5- 0. The Thrashers outshot the Penguins 20-8 while scoring three goals in the second period.
Overall, the Thrashers outshot the Penguins 39- 24. Marc Savard had a goal and two assists for Atlanta. Marian Hossa, Slava Kozlov and Peter Bondra each had a goal and an assist and Ilya Kovalchuk had two assists for the Thrashers.
Slater, the Thrashers’ firstround draft pick in 2002, was recalled from Chicago of the AHL on Oct. 22. He had his first NHL point on an assist at Washington on Nov. 4. The Penguins pulled goalie Sebastien Caron due to an undisclosed injury late in the third period. Backup goalie Jocelyn Thibault quickly gave up a goal to Bondra on Savard’s second assist with less than three minutes left in the game. BLUES at BLUE JACKETS:
David Vyborny scored two goals and Marc Denis stopped 24 shots to help Columbus beat St. Louis 3- 1. Manny Malhotra and Nikolai Zherdev each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who came in having scored the fewest goals ( 28) in the NHL. Columbus, which ended a four- game losing streak, has won its last three home games. Todd Marchant also scored for the Blue Jackets. HURRICANES at SABRES:
Martin Gerber tied his career- high with 41 saves, and Erik Cole scored on one of two penalty shots as Carolina defeated Buffalo 5- 3. The streak eclipsed the seven- game winning streak set 20 years ago when the team was located in Hartford. Ray Whitney, Michael Zigomanis, Frantisek Kaberle and Justin Williams also scored for the Hurricanes, who haven’t lost in regulation since Oct. 8, when they fell to the New York Islanders. RANGERS at PANTHERS:
Petr Prucha scored the only goal in the shootout to give New York a 4- 3 victory over Florida.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stopped all four shots by the Panthers in the shootout. Florida’s Roberto Luongo stopped Martin Straka, Michael Nylander and Jaromir Jagr before Prucha scored with a wrist shot over his glove. Dominic Moore of the Rangers tied the game 4- 4 with three seconds left in the third period. Steve Rucchin and Straka also scored for the Rangers. Stephen Weiss, Olli Jokinen and Anthony Stewart scored for Florida. KINGS at RED WINGS:
Robert Lang scored 1: 39 into overtime to give Detroit a 5- 4 victory over Los Angeles. Tomas Holmstrom added two goals for Detroit to give him seven in his last four games. Steve Yzerman and Johan Franzen each had a goal for the Red Wings and Dan Cleary and Mathieu Schneider each had two assists. Alexander Frolov had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles ( 10- 5-1), while Mike Cammalleri, Jeremy Roenick and Craig Conroy each had a goal.