St. Louis leads Lightning past Thrashers

ATLANTA - Martin St. Louis scored twice, and Mike Smith made 27 saves to help the Tampa Bay Lightning move out of last place in the Southeast Division with a 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday night.

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Tampa Bay Lightning's Adam Hall (18) battles Atlanta Thrashers' Marty Reasoner and goalie Kari Lehtonen, of Finland, in front of the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Atlanta, Jan. 4, 2009.

Tampa Bay (11-18-10) has 32 points, one more than Atlanta (13-22-5).

Smith's shutout bid ended with 21.2 seconds left when Erik Christensen scored off a rebound during a scramble in front of the net.

Steve Eminger and Ryan Malone also scored for Tampa Bay, which had lost six straight games in Atlanta.