• Atlanta fell behind 4-0 within the first 14 minutes of the game and scrapped back to come within one goal twice tonight, but were unable to cap off the comeback and dropped a 5-4 decision to the visiting New York Islanders tonight at Philips Arena … The Thrashers completed the season series with New York with a 3-1-0 record … Atlanta’s overall record now stands at 17-28-5 for 39 points.
• Rookie defenseman Zach Bogosian kicked off the comeback attempt for Atlanta when he closed the gap to three goals at the 26 second mark of the third period … It was Bogosian’s third goal of the season and his fifth point (3g, 2a) in the last four games.
• Rich Peverley continued his offensive assault as a Thrasher in tonight’s contest, posting his third three-point (1g, 2a) effort in an Atlanta uniform … Peverley assisted on Bogosian’s goal, scored the Thrashers second goal of the game at 6:20 of the third and assisted on the team’s final goal of the game with 58 seconds remaining in regulation … Peverley, who was claimed off waivers from Nashville on Jan. 10, has earned 11 points (3g, 8a) in six games with the Thrashers.
• Marty Reasoner brought Atlanta to within one goal near the midway point of the third period with his eighth goal of the season … Colby Armstrong and Eric Perrin each picked up assists on the Thrashers third goal of the game.
• After the Islanders extended their lead back to two goals at 5-3, Ilya Kovalchuk made things interesting again with his 21st goal of the season at 19:02 of the third … Kovalchuk, who led the team tonight with 25:14 of ice time, is now tied with Bryan Little for the team lead in goals and has seven points (5g, 2a) in his last six contests.
• Goaltender Kari Lehtonen made the start in goal for Atlanta and allowed four goals in 13:17 of action … Johan Hedberg turned aside 17-of-18 shots in his 45:02 of relief duty … Yann Danis made 33 saves for New York.
• Atlanta returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 31 when they travel to Carolina for a Southeast Division showdown with the Hurricanes (8 p.m., SportSouth, 680 The Fan).

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It was a tale of three very different periods Thursday night in Blueland, ending with the Thrashers simply running out of time to complete the comeback. Atlanta outscored 4-0 and out-shot 20-8 in the first period as the Isles capitalized on a couple careless giveaways that resulted in easy goals. The second period saw the Thrashers respond with physical play that saw 20 penalty minutes between the teams and stalled New York's offensive momentum.

Finally, in the third period, a long strike by Zach Bogosian rattled around the back of the net and sparked a run of three goals that cut the lead to 4-3. The teams traded goals as Atlanta had multiple chances to tie the score, but in the end the Islanders held on to avoid being swept in the season series for the first time in franchise history.
 

The Isles' Chris Campoli battles for the puck against Todd White and Slava Kozlov.
 

- Moose. Filling in for Kari 14 minutes into the game, Hedberg stopped 17-of-18 shots.