Kari Lehtonen News

Star winger Ilya Kovalchuk only has one goal but the Atlanta Thrashers are off to their best start in franchise history. The reason for that is the man in net. Kari Lehtonen's sparkling 1.63 goals-against average and .943 save percentage has his team roaring out of the gates at 4-1-1. ``He has been outstanding,'' Thrashers GM Don Waddell said Wednesday. He has to be, not only for the Thrashers to ...

Kari Lehtonen got the record out of the way. Then he got started on another scoreless streak. Lehtonen set an Atlanta mark for shutout minutes before finally giving up a goal on a deflection, and the Thrashers won their third straight by defeating the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Wednesday night. After back-to-back shutouts, Lehtonen learned that he was closing on the record held by Michael Garnett. ``It was kind of weird to go to the game and ...

Kari Lehtonen is giving the Atlanta Thrashers consistency in goal, something they sorely lacked last season. Lehtonen had 34 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored a first-period goal as the Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Monday night. ``It was just one of those days when everything seems to go your way,'' Lehtonen said. ``I try to do everything the same way, and sometimes ...

Kari Lehtonen had 34 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored a first-period goal as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Monday night. Lehtonen, coming off a 6-0 win over Florida on Saturday, has five career shutouts. He has allowed two goals in three games this season. Kozlov put Atlanta ahead 1-0 from the right circle at 12:26 of the first. The goal ...

Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, and goalie Kari Lehtonen stopped 22 shots to power the Atlanta Thrashers to a 6-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night. Slava Kozlov added a goal and two assists for the Thrashers, who lost a 3-2 shootout to Tampa Bay in their season opener on Thursday night. Lehtonen, in his second season, earned his fourth career shutout. Atlanta opened the scoring on a goal by Jon Sim ...