Tonight: Lightning at Thrashers

By DAMIAN CRISTODERO
Published October 29, 2005

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WHEN/WHERE: 7; Philips Arena, Atlanta.

TV/RADIO: FSN; 620-AM.

SEASON SERIES: Tampa Bay won the season's first meeting 6-0 in Atlanta.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Lightning is 1-1 in the second game of a back-to-back. ... The Thrashers are coming off an embarrassing 7-5 loss to the previously winless Penguins in which Atlanta led 4-0. ... LW Ilya Kovalchuk has three goals and four assists in his past three games. ... The Thrashers entered Friday with the league's worst penalty kill (74.1 percent) and second-worst on the road (66.6). ... Atlanta was the league's most-penalized team with an average 27.4 minutes. ... The Lightning is 4-1-1 against the Southeast. The Thrashers are 2-2-0.