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Thrashers 5, Hurricanes 2
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Randy Robitaille scored two power-play goals off assists from Ilya Kovalchuk to lift Atlanta past Carolina.
Daniel Tjarnqvist had a big third period for the Thrashers, scoring a short-handed goal with Carolina on a 5-on-3 power play and making a key defensive play that kept Atlanta in the lead.
Zdenek Blatny added a second-period goal and Kovalchuk had an empty-net score for the Thrashers, who won for the first time in 2004. Atlanta was 0-5-1 in January before Sunday's game.
Rookie Eric Staal had a short-handed goal while Aaron Ward had a power-play goal for Carolina.
The Hurricanes beat the Thrashers 4-3 in Atlanta on Friday, but Atlanta avenged the loss by scoring 35 seconds into the game and going ahead to stay with two second-period goals.
With the teams tied at 1 after the first, Blatny scored an unassisted goal 2:29 into the period when he beat Kevin Weekes from between the circles. On the goal, Danny Markov was whistled for a high-sticking penalty, giving Atlanta the man advantage.
The Thrashers took advantage. Kovalchuk missed the net with a shot from the left side, but Robitaille grabbed the puck as it bounced off the boards and beat Weekes from the right side at 4:34 for a 3-1 lead.
Ward's power-play goal in the second closed the gap to 3-2 entering the final period, setting the stage for Tjarnqvist.
On a Carolina power-play, Jeff O'Neill fired a shot at Pasi Nurminen from the right side. The puck bounced off the goaltender and skidded toward the net, but Tjarnqvist stopped it with his stick just short of the line.
Then, with the Hurricanes on a two-man advantage, Tjarnqvist got his stick between a pass from Sean Hill to O'Neill, knocking the puck toward the Carolina zone. He chased it down and beat Weekes from the left side at 7:39 of the period.
Kings 2, Blackhawks 1
CHICAGO -- Alexander Frolov scored with 8:26 remaining and Los Angeles snapped a 14-game winless streak.
After cutting on from the right wing and slipping past Chicago defenseman Jonathan Aitkin, Frolov slid a shot under the pads of goalie Craig Anderson, who went down to make the save.
Derek Armstrong also scored for the Kings, who won for the first time since beating Edmonton 4-2 on Dec. 16. Los Angeles was 0-3-9-2 since that win.
Los Angeles goalie Roman Cechmanek blocked 34 shots, allowing only a goal by Chicago's Alex Zhamnov in the third period.
Anderson made 20 saves in his first start since being recalled from Norfolk of the AHL on Thursday.
The Blackhawks were 0-for-6 on the power play. The Kings were 0-for-4.
Armstrong put the Kings up 1-0 midway through the second period. Armstrong fired the puck into a half-empty net from the slot after taking a pass from Trent Klatt.
The goal was Armstrong's first since Nov. 13, and his first since missing 22 games with a broken right ring finger.
The Kings killed a three-minute Chicago power play -- including a two-man advantage for one minute -- late in the second and early in the third.
Zhamnov tied it 1-all at 5:37 of the third. His low, one-time shot from the top of the slot deflected off the right post and beat Cechmanek on the glove side.
-- Associated Press