Brutal showing for Thrashers in blowout loss to Philly

Oct 28 2008

Published by bud006 at 10:00 pm under Thrashers Recaps Edit This

By Bud L. Ellis
thrashers.today.com

Flyers 7, Thrashers 0

Top of the Slot: Allowing three goals in a 114-second span turned a close game into a rout as the Thrashers were embarrassed at home by the Flyers, losing for the fifth time in nine games.

The Good: Yeah, right.

The Bad: Nothing like putting together your worst performance of the season in front of a national TV audience (although can we really call Versus a national TV network when most of the nation can’t find it on their cable or dish?). At least only 13,207 – many disguised as empty seats – turned out to Philips Arena to see the carnage. Goodness, where to start in this one. Ilya Kovalchuk took a double-minor for unsportsmanlike conduct after the Flyers scored their third goal, and Philly cashed in twice more in the next 1 minute, 54 seconds, turning a 3-0 game into a 5-0 blowout. The power play returned to form: 0-for-7, and the Flyers scored a shorthanded tally for good measure. Nic Havelid led a parade of Thrashers on the minus side with a minus-3. Bryan Little, Eric Perrin, Mathieu Schneider and Marty Reasoner finished minus-2. Kari Lehtonen struggled, allowing all seven goals on only 31 shots.

View from the Sports Garage: And to think I missed writing game stories while I was out of town this past weekend. Guess I missed some good hockey, because I sure didn’t see any tonight. What a brutally bad performance. There’s nothing else left to say. You have three or four games like this a season … let’s hope this is nothing more than just a bad game. The Thrashers had some chances early but couldn’t convert. The Flyers took advantage of every Atlanta miscue late in the second and early in the third. Ballgame. Time to move on.