Thrashers edge Blues in shootout

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ATLANTA | Sticking to the fundamentals Sunday worked for the Thrashers as they beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2.

Atlanta coach John Anderson challenged his players to focus on fundamental hockey after his team played poorly the night before.

“We weren’t floundering in our zone as much because we played the body a lot more and helped out when the time was right,” Anderson said. “Forwards were collapsing in front the net, all the little things that add up. I just thought our concerted effort was much better tonight.”

Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout.

Marty Reasoner set up both third-period goals and helped Atlanta snap a four-game home losing streak and two-game slide overall.

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•Edmonton 5, at Colorado 3

HIGHLIGHT
•Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton’s four power-play goals, and each also had an assist.

NEWS
•Buzz Hargrove stepped down as interim ombudsman of the NHL Players’ Association, telling the union’s executive board and office staff that he no longer felt able to perform his duties.

Posted on Sun, Nov. 08, 2009 11:01 PM

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