Desperate Thrashers keep playoff hopes alive

Atlanta is desperate and confident, a combination the Thrashers hope will carry them into the NHL playoffs.

"Every guy in the room right now believes that we can do it," defenseman Andy Sutton said Tuesday night after Atlanta's 6-2 victory over Tampa Bay tightened the race for the last two positions in the Eastern Conference.

"If we were to get in, I don't think there's a team in the league that would want to play us, especially the way we've been playing down the stretch," Sutton added.

• Desperate Thrashers keep playoff hopes alive