Bogosian scores, but Thrashers lose in Long Island

November 7, 10:56 PMAtlanta Thrashers ExaminerPhil Foley

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Atlanta goaltender Ondrej Pavelec watches the puck go in the net in Atlanta's 6-3 loss on Saturday.
(AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

The Atlanta Thrashers were not very good on Long Island.

Atlanta’s defense allowed 45 shots and six goals, including tallies by Blake Comeau and Matt Moulson, as the New York Islanders skated to an easy 6-3 win over the Thrashers on Saturday night.

Blueliners Zach Bogosian, Pavel Kubina and Christoph Schubert scored for Atlanta, which suffered just its second regulation loss on the road this season.

This one wasn’t pretty.

Atlanta suffered the same defensive lapses that it did in their 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night at Philips Arena, allowing way too many shots by the once-offensively challenged Islanders.

Not surprisingly, the Thrashers suffered the same losing fate.

New York, which found the net just once over its last two games, had a breakout performance on the Island.

You knew it was going to be a long night when Bryan Little lost track of former Thrasher Andy Sutton in the Atlanta zone midway through the first period. Rookie phenom John Tavares fed Sutton the puck, who beat Atlanta netminder Ondrej Pavelec to the net for the 1-0 lead.

Bogosian answered with a blistering tally from just above the right faceoff circle to tie it at 12:56 of the first period. It was the sixth goal of the season for the 19-year-old blueliner, who has five points (four goals and one assist) over his last five games.

But New York would add three goals from three unlikely sources to put the game away.

Sean Bergenheim found the net 38 seconds after Bogosian’s goal to put the Islanders up for good before Jack Hillen tallied with 1:08 remaining in the frame to post New York to a 3-1 lead.

Blake Comeau added the eventual game winner 22 seconds into the second frame before Kubina cut the lead to 4-2 at the 3:42 mark of the middle session with a tally from the left faceoff dot.

The markers were the first of the year for Bergenheim, Hillen and Comeau. Comeau, who was inserted in the New York lineup for injured captain Doug Weight, added an assist.

Moulson and Josh Bailey added tallies for the team from suburban New York, while Schubert found the net for the first time in a Thrashers uniform at the 12:03 mark of the final period.

Tavares, the first overall pick in the 2009 draft, ended a two-game scoreless streak with a pair of assists.
Pavelec allowed five goals on 36 shots before ceding way to Johan Hedberg to start the third period. The Moose stopped eight of nine shots in the final frame for the Thrashers.

Rookie Evander Kane ripped three shots in his debut alongside Maxim Afinogenov and Nik Antropov. Atlanta’s newly constituted first line was the only line above water in this one. Kane finished plus-1, while Afinogenov and Antropov were each plus-2.

Afinogenov posted two assists and Rich Peverley found the scoresheet with an assist one game after snapping a career-best eight game points streak on Thursday.

Antropov, Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey added helpers for Atlanta, which surrendered a season-high six goals.