The Atlanta Thrashers finally showcased their potential on the offensive end of the ice last night with three players having multi-point games in a 6-4 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Gardens Wednesday night.

With a 3-2 lead, the Thrashers came out flying in the third stanza, scoring two goals and jumping to a 5-2 lead. Trailing by three, the Rangers fought back with back-to-back goals to get within one at 5-4 before Andrew Ladd sealed the win with an empty-netter.

Atlanta’s record stands at 4-4-1 while the Rangers dropped to 4-3-1 for the season.

Ladd (1g, 1a), Niclas Bergfors (1g, 1a) and Anthony Stewart (2a) led the offensive charge for the Thrashers with Ladd also matching his career-high six-game point streak that includes three goals and five assists. Ladd who came over in a trade with Chicago during the offseason currently leads the team with 10 points.

A lot of firsts occurred in this game for the Thrashers. Rookie Alex Burmistrov recorded his first NHL point with an assist on an Evander Kane goal and Bryan Little, Eric Boulton and Niclas Bergfors each scored their first goals of the season.

On the home bench, Sean Avery led the Rangers with a goal and an assist.

Boulton’s goal came early in the third when he found the back of the net just 49 seconds into the period. Newly-acquired defenseman Dustin Byfuglien followed with the eventual game-winner at 5:01 on the power play.

Thrashers goaltender Chris Mason got the start for Atlanta, stopping 24 of 28 shots for the win while Martin Biron stopped 20 of 25 shots for the Rangers.

Rangers/Thrashers Scoring Summary

Per(Time)   Goal(Assists)

1(11:28)    Little(1)(Ladd(6),Hainsey(1))EV

2(10:17)    Kane(6)(Burmistrov(1),Stewart(2))EV

2(16:07)    Bergfors(1)EV

3(0:49)     Boulton(1)(Stewart(3),Peverley(5))EV

3(5:01)     Byfuglien(3)(Enstrom(6),Bergfors(4))PP

3(19:36)    Ladd(4)EV-EN

Scoring by Period

ATL:  1 – 2 – 3 – — 6

NYR:  1 – 1 – 2 – — 4

Shots by Period

ATL:  12 – 8 –  6 –- 26

NYR:  10 – 7 – 11 –- 28

Special Teams

ATL: PP – 1/3   PK – 1/1

NYR: PP – 0/1   PK – 2/3

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