ATLANTA (AP) – Keith Tkachuk scored his first two goals with Atlanta to help the Thrashers to their fourth straight win, 4-2 over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Marian Hossa continued leading Atlanta’s dominance of Florida. The Thrashers are 6-0 against their Southeast Division rival this season and have won 10 straight over the Panthers at Philips Arena.

Scoring his 35th goal with two assists, Kovalchuk now has 11 points in the season series. His wrister made it 3-2 with 6:24 remaining. Tkachuk’s second goal, on a power play, capped the scoring with 1:51 remaining.

Hossa’s 39th goal gave the Thrashers a 2-1 goal with 16:59 remaining. Atlanta had a two-man advantage when he took Alexei Zhitnik’s pass from the right circle and used a wrister to beat goaltender Ed Belfour’s stick side.

Hossa now has six goals and eight points against Florida this season.

Juraj Kolnik scored his ninth goal 4:54 later to make it 2-2. Chris Gratton held up Shane Hnidy long enough to help Kolnik move down the slot and fire the puck under the pads of Kari Lehtonen.

Tkachuk, acquired in a Feb. 25 trade with St. Louis, opened the scoring on a breakaway when he skated past Bryan Allen and beat Belfour’s glove side with a backhander 2:41 into the game.

Stephen Weiss’ 17th goal, coming on the power play, pulled the Panthers to a 1-1 tie at 1:04 of the third.

Atlanta began the night holding sixth place in the Eastern Conference and tied with Tampa Bay, which visits Vancouver, for the Southeast Division lead.

The Panthers had won a season-best four straight and were 6-2-2 in their last 10.

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