• TThe Thrashers dropped the fourth and final contest against the New Jersey Devils 5-1 tonight at Philips Arena … The team’s overall record now stands at 18-30-5 for 41 points.
• Colby Armstrong cut the Devils lead to 3-1 at 2:05 of the middle frame with his 14th goal of the season … Rich Peverley registered his 12th point (3g,9a) in his last nine games on Armstrong’s goal while defenseman Mathieu Schneider picked up his eighth helper of the season.
• Forward Ilya Kovalchuk paced the team with 25:07 of ice time and six shots on goal … Kovalchuk has now led or tied for the team lead in shots on goal in 11 of the last 15 games, posting 71 shots in those contests.
• Todd White continued his prowess in the face-off circle, winning 11-of-15 draws (73.0%) in 16:24 of action tonight.
• Coming into tonight’s game, defenseman Niclas Havelid was fourth in the league with 140 blocked shots and he added one more to his total this evening.
• Goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 19-of-24 shots and received the loss in 28:03 of work until Johan Hedberg replaced Lehtonen … Hedberg went on to stop all seven shots he faced … Devils netminder Kevin Weekes made 31-of-32 saves for the victory.
• The Thrashers return to action on Sunday when the Philadelphia Flyers make their final visit of the season to Blueland (3 p.m., SportSouth (HD), 680 The Fan).

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The last time Kari Lehtonen and the Thrashers faced New Jersey they stifled the Devil offense and left the ice with a 4-0 shutout victory. New Jersey made sure right from the start that a repeat performance would not happen. The Devils out shot the Thrashers 18-4 in the opening period while jumping out to a 3-0 lead and seizing control of the game.

In a game filled with penalties (17 between the two teams), the Thrashers were respectable on the penalty kill but surrendered two shorthanded goals that kept the momentum in the Devils favor througout the contest.
 

Johan Hedberg and Kari Lehtonen cross paths as the Moose takes over in the second period.
 

- Shots in the 3rd. The Thrashers out-shot New Jersey 18-3 in the final period.

- 4 on 4. The Thrashers outplayed the Devils during the nearly four minutes of 4-on-4 action, out-shooting them 4-1.
 

- Power Play. When you are outscored 2-0 on your own power plays saying they "could have gone better" is an understatement.
 

"I felt if we had been sharp early on the power play it would have been a different game."