Avs seeking momentum in home tilt with Thrashers

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03/10/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having halted their longest losing streak of the season, the Colorado Avalanche will try to string together back-to-back victories tonight in a home clash with the Atlanta Thrashers at the Pepsi Center.

Colorado halted a six-game skid on Sunday with a 5-1 win over Chicago and avoided its worst losing streak since relocating to Denver prior to the 1995-96 season. The Avalanche hadn't lost six in a row since March 30-April 11, 1998.

Peter Budaj made 24 saves and five different Avalanche skaters scored versus the Blackhawks. Milan Hejduk and Ryan Smyth ended with a goal and an assist each and have combined to score eight of Colorado's 13 goals over its last six games. Both are riding four-game point streaks heading into tonight's game, with Smyth posting four goals and two assists in that span and Hejduk adding two tallies and three helpers.

Ben Guite, Chris Stewart and Marek Svatos each lit the lamp as well for the Avalanche, who had won three in a row before their slide. Tyler Arnason ended with three helpers in the win.

Colorado plays the first of back-to-back home games tonight and is 17-15-0 at the Pepsi Center this season.

Atlanta enters this contest having won two straight and four of its last six games. The club hasn't won three in a row in nearly two months, last doing so from January 16-20.

Ilya Kovalchuk has sparked Atlanta's recent surge. He had a goal and an assist in Sunday's 5-2 win over Calgary, giving the Russian sniper six goals and seven helpers over a six-game point streak. Kovalchuk, tied for third in the league with 36 goals this season, has a point in 12 of his last 13 games, posting 15 tallies and 11 assists over that span.

Bryan Little scored twice while Chris Thorburn and Tobias Enstrom also lit the lamp versus the Flames. Kari Lehtonen turned away 27 shots in the win and is 2-0-0 as a starter in his career versus the Avs.

Atlanta begins a three-game road trip tonight and has lost its last three contests as the guest. The Thrashers will also visit Edmonton and Buffalo and are 12-17-4 as the road team this year.

The Thrashers have notched a point in four of their last five games versus the Avalanche, going 3-1-0 with a tie. Atlanta posted a 4-3 home win versus Colorado on February 24 in a game that featured Kovalchuk's first career goal in five games against the franchise.

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Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

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22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

Nick was boring and pitchy.  Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week.  Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition. 

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Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition.  He was the last to perform.  He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. 

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