Sep 29 2008
Thrashers thrashed by defending champs
By Bud L. Ellis
thrashers.today.com
Red Wings 4, Thrashers 0 (exhibition)
It may have been only an exhibition game, but the gap between the defending Stanley Cup champions and the next-to-worst team in the Eastern Conference last season was apparent Sunday afternoon.
Out-shot, out-hustled and out-played in every aspect of the game, the Atlanta Thrashers dropped to 1-2 in preseason, falling hard at Detroit in a game that wasn’t as close as the score would indicate.
Detroit dominated puck possession, outshooting the Thrashers 38-14. In the first two periods, the Thrashers mustered just eight shots on goal. By the time the second intermission arrived, it was 3-0 Detroit.
Ilya Kovalchuk was very quiet in his first preseason game, finishing with a minus-2. Kari Lehtonen didn’t have a good preseason debut either, allowing three goals (Detroit scored an empty-netter with time running down in the third). The Thrashers gave up a goal while down two men in the second period.
Atlanta comes home to play host to the Red Wings on Wednesday at Philips Arena. The Thrashers round out the exhibition schedule with home games against Nashville Friday and St. Louis Saturday.
The regular season starts with a home game against Washington on Oct. 10.
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