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Thrashers try to rebound from dreadful defeat

Dec 16, 2006 - 4:18 PM Atlanta (18-9-6) at NY Islanders (15-12-3) 7:00 pm EST

UNIONDALE, New York (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Thrashers will get a character test on Saturday when they play the New York Islanders.

The Thrashers had an apparent victory over the Washington Capitals sewed up on Friday, but allowed Alexander Ovechkin to tie the game with 30 second left and than win it just six seconds into the overtime.

Jon Sim and J.P. Vigier scored for Atlanta while Kari Lehtonen recorded 30 saves. Ilya Kovalchuk has 18 goals to lead the Thrashers but has not scored in his last four games.

The Islanders have been sliding lately in losing three of their last four. New York turned in a poor defensive performance in a 7-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

Rick DiPietro allowed five goals on 29 shots and was replaced by Mike Dunham, who was equally unimpressive in allowing two goals on only six shots.

Jason Blake, Miroslav Satan, Tom Poti and Mike York each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who were sharp on the power play in converting on three of six opportunities.