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Hedberg Stops 34 Shots; Thrashers Send Oilers to Third Straight Loss
Atlanta, GA (AHN) – Johan Hedberg made 34 saves, and Slava Kozlov had a goal and an assist to lift the Atlanta Thrashers over the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Sunday.
Atlanta (10-6-1) took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Zach Bogosian scored on a power play at 4:37.
Shawn Horcoff tied the game up for the Oilers 39 seconds into the second on Steve Staios’s feed.
Oilers’ Dustin Penner defeated Hedberg for the 2-1 lead later in the frame.
It was Penner’s 12th tally of the season.
Thrashers’ sniper Maxim Afinogenov notched the equalizer at 19:38 in the period with a wrist shot to make it 2-2.
The Thrashers (8-10-2) took the lead for good in the last frame.
Kozlov, who has struggled this season, blasted a snap shot past Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (27 saves) for his first tally of the season.
It was Edmonton’s third consecutive loss and Atlanta’s fourth-straight win.
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