Reeling Thrashers resume rough road trip in Ottawa

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02/17/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers will try to turn around their dismal start to February this afternoon, when they face the streaking Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place.

The Thrashers are just 1-5-1 this month and have dropped their last three games. Atlanta is still leading the Southeast Division with 69 points, but Tampa Bay has climbed within one of the Thrashers for first place in the division and the third spot in the Eastern Conference.

Atlanta is 1-3-0 in during current six-game road trip and is coming off Tuesday's setback in Calgary. Daymond Langkow scored two goals to help the Flames earn a 4-1 victory the Saddledome.

Denis Hamel scored the only goal for the slumping Thrashers, while Kari Lehtonen allowed four goals on 27 shots in the loss.

The Thrashers, who close out this swing Tuesday in Carolina, are 16-12-4 as the visiting club this year.

Ottawa has won its last three games and is playing the middle test of a three- game homestand today. The Senators began the residency Wednesday night against the Florida Panthers and earned a 4-0 decision.

Martin Gerber stopped all 28 shots he faced to stonewall Florida for his seventh career shutout. Chris Phillips, Mike Fisher, Mike Comrie and Dean McAmmond all scored for the Senators.

Gerber was filling in for No. 1 netminder Ray Emery, who served the first of a three-game suspension handed by the league for a high stick on Montreal's Maxim Lapierre last Saturday.

The Senators are even with Atlanta in terms of points this year, but Ottawa is fifth in the conference standings because it does not lead its division. The Sens have the misfortune of being in the Northeast Division with the conference-leading Buffalo Sabres, who have 82 points.

Ottawa is 17-11-2 as the home team this year and will wrap up its stand Tuesday against Edmonton.

The Thrashers are 2-0 against Ottawa this season and have won five of the last seven meetings overall. Atlanta has even come away with a victory in three of its last four trips to Ottawa.

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

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A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

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