Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009

Islanders shake off injuries, beat Thrashers

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Sean Bergenheim, Blake Comeau and Jack Hillen each scored their first goals of the season to help the New York Islanders break out of a two-game offensive drought and beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Saturday night.

The Islanders (6-6-5) have been streaky. They went winless in their first six (0-3-3). But they had won four straight before taking a two-game losing streak into this game, scoring one goal over 120 minutes. Their six goals and 45 shots were season highs.

They came out aggressively against the Thrashers (6-6-1), outscoring them 3-1 in the first period on goals by Andy Sutton, Bergenheim and Hillen. The Islanders outshot Atlanta 21-11 in the frame.

Zach Bogosian, Pavel Kubina, and Christoph Schubert scored for Atlanta.

2009-11-08     02:49:10 GMT

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