Tonight in a battle against the detriot red wings the thrashers will probably have their toughest test of the entire season. The wings are one of the hottest teams in the brhl2 with a 8-2 record in their last ten and they sit 6th overall in the standings.
Recently in Atlanta the team has battled the injury bug Zdeno Chara went down earlier in the week with an injury and in last night's 5-0 win against columbus jan hejda-tom poti were both knocked out of the game leaving only 4 defensman for the 2nd and third periods. Souray took advantage of the night having a fight and a 4 point night.. nummelin saw 31 minutes of ice in his first game in over 2 weeks and was +2.. Hal Gill got a goal and was +3..However steve staios looked like he himself was battling an injury at the end of the game.. going into tonights game Hejda-Poti-Staios all are not at 100% health and all will be counted on to be solid defensively in a game where big Zdeno is still out of the lineup.

The team is hoping its league leading offense will continue to carry the team..
Dany Heatley looks to keep his three game goal scoring streak alive against the wings.