"It almost went from bad to worse for the Thrashers. Almost. That was until Johnny Oduya and Bryan Little saved the day. Oduya scored two third-period goals -- his first two of the season. Little scored a short-handed goal directly off a faceoff. The result was a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. One day after a loss prompted coach Craig Ramsay to sit two regulars, the Thrashers needed the late heroics to defeat the worst team in the NHL. The Thrashers (16-11-3, 35 points) scored four times in the third period for their ninth win in the past 11 games. They were coming off a 4-2 home loss to Colorado on Friday. The Islanders entered the game with a league-low 15 points, one fewer than the Thrashers earned by winning eight of their past 10 games. Oduya scored twice 1:18 apart to give the Thrashers a temporary 3-2 lead. His first came 11 seconds after a Thrashers power play had ended, a slap shot that beat Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro to tie the game at 2-2 5:45 into the final period. His second, another slap shot, gave the Thrashers a one-goal lead. "It's something that doesn't happen too often for me," Oduya said. Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay was waiting for it. "We knew he was due," Ramsay said. "We've talked all year about getting goals from everyone, that everyone has to participate. Sooner or later they do. They key issue is to make sure everybody understands that." The lead was short-lived as the Islanders' Rob Schremp tied the game at 3-3 when he poked a rebound past Thrashers goaltender Chris Mason with 10:45 left." Read more: http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-thrashers/thrashers-win-another-in-773578.html
