ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Ondrej Pavelec made 36 saves in recording his third shutout of the season Wednesday, bringing the Atlanta Thrashers a 1-0 victory over Washington.
The workhorse Atlanta goaltender, who has appeared in 38 of his team's 52 games this season, has five shutouts in his four-year career. He is just four appearances short of his total for all of last season.
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Atlanta's lone goal came from Nik Antropov midway through the second period.
The Thrashers won for just the second time in nine games and headed into the all-star break clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Semyon Varlamov took the loss, making 23 saves.
