Hossa's hat trick leads Atlanta
Posted January 15, 2008 10:00 pm
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa scored 3 goals and Kari Lehtonen made 46 saves to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.
Hossa scored the Thrashers' first 3 goals, notching his seventh career hat trick, and the first in nearly a year -- Jan. 16, 2007.
Eric Perrin and Slava Kozlov also scored, while Tobias Enstrom, Ilya Kovalchuk and Mark Recchi each added 2 assists for Atlanta.
Nicklas Kronwall scored for NHL-leading Detroit, which has lost three straight. Chris Osgood stopped 13 shots before being pulled in favor of Dominik Hasek less than halfway through the game.