Cooked Thrashers the specialty in Boston

The Boston Bruins, reeling from a loss to the Capitals two nights earlier, welcomed Atlanta into the Fleet Center to work out some frustration on the losingest team in the league.

They probably didn't get enough out, but the home team got the two points for the win, which is ultimately what matters.

Atlanta struck a dagger to the heart of the gathered fans as they scored first, as Kyle Kidney tucked a Ryan Steeves pass behind Andrew Raycroft for an early goal at 01:41 of the first. The scoring then went silent for the next ten minutes, until, on a power play set up by Brett Scheffelmeier's elbowing misconduct penalty, Lars Jonnson fed Shawn McEachern for the power play goal to tie the game at one.

The stalemate would end three-and-a-half minutes later when Ilja Nikulin put the Thrashers back on top at 14:05. The Thrashers outshot the hosts by a two-to-one margin in the period, 11 to 5, and took the same ratio into the lockerroom, up 2-1.

The second period was the Bill Guerin show, as he scored his fifteenth and sixteenth goals of the season. Andy McDonald received an assist credit on both plays, which ultimately led to him receiving the first game star. The period ended with the Bruins leading 3-2, despite once again being outshot, this time nine to eight.

With tension mounting, Darcy Hordichuk scored a rare goal - his second of the year - at 08:54 to retie the game.

The difference maker came, though, when Derek MacKenzie was whistled for roughing with less than three minutes to play. Looking to capitalize on the power play, Martin Havlat fired a cross-ice pass to Shawn McEachern, who redirected to a speeding Keith Tkachuk. Shuffling past Nikulin, Tkachuk went glove side on the helpless Michael Garnett for the game winner.

The power play was the difference, as the Bruins went two-for-seven on it, while the Thrashers were a mighty naught-for-one. Raycroft took the win on twenty-seven saves off thirty shots, while Garnett was victimized for four goals on twenty-two shots.