Atlanta routs Penguins, 6-3

The Thrashers increased their Southeast Division lead to five points.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Slava Kozlov scored for the fifth straight game, tying a franchise record, and the Atlanta Thrashers won their fourth in a row by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 Friday night.
Marc Savard added a goal and two assists, and Shawn McEachern also scored for Atlanta, which increased its lead in the Southeast Division to five points over Tampa Bay.
Serge Aubin scored an empty-net goal with 2:24 left to seal it.
Dafoe wins third straight
Thrashers goaltender Byron Dafoe started for the second consecutive game, the first time that's happened this season, and he won his third straight. He made 23 saves and gave up only one even-strength goal.
Dick Tarnstrom had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who were without goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. The 19-year-old rookie was loaned to Canada's team for the World Junior championship.
Sebastien Caron started in Fleury's place, but was pulled in favor of Jean-Sebastien Aubin in the second period after Pittsburgh pulled within 4-3 on a goal by Patrick Boileau.
Jean-Sebastien Aubin was called up from Wilkes-Barre-Scranton of the AHL on Thursday.
The Thrashers normally come from behind -- they've earned at least a point eight times after rallying from two-goal deficits -- but they never trailed after Kozlov scored at 4:36 of the first.
They eventually took two-goal leads four times, but never truly gained control until Serge Aubin made it 6-3.
After Boileau beat Dafoe with a one-timer from the blue line, Savard gave Atlanta a 5-3 lead early in the third period. McEachern and Jeff Cowan fought for the puck in front of the Pittsburgh net, occupying the defense just enough to allow Savard to snare it.
He whirled and beat Jean-Sebastien Aubin, and the Thrashers hung on from there.
Notes
McEachern had the 300th assist of his career. ... Atlanta D Chris Tamer was a healthy scratch for the fourth straight game after missing only one of the previous 26. ... The Penguins finished winless (0-4-0-1) on a five-game road trip. They have the worst point total in the NHL, two points fewer than Washington.