Watch Los Angeles Kings vs Atlanta Thrashers Live Online
Friday, November 13, 2009
Watch Los Angeles Kings vs Atlanta Thrashers Live Online
We're still waiting on Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin to return from their injuries, but one Russian superstar made his comeback Thursday night in a big way. Kovalchuk returned to the Thrashers' lineup after missing six games with a broken bone in his right foot and had a goal and two assists in a win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Kopitar has tied Ovechkin for the League lead in goal scoring with 14, and his 30 points are six more than the Rangers' Marian Gaborik. Los Angeles hit a recent bump in the road with consecutive regulation losses to Nashville and Chicago, but the Kings got well again at the expense of hapless Carolina on Wednesday, extending the Hurricanes' losing streak to 13 straight games with a 5-2 win.
It's been an up-and-down season for Atlanta so far, and the Thrashers seem to have it going again after coming from behind for a shootout win over St. Louis and picking up two points in New York. Kovalchuk and the unheralded Rich Peverley both enjoyed three-point nights, and Evander Kane continued to place his name among the top rookies from the 2009 class by scoring his fourth goal of the season in the 5-2 win.
