Despite an impressive surge over the last month, the Ottawa Senators wereeliminated from playoff contention just after their most recent game. The Atlanta Thrashers appear to be on their way to joining them. The Thrashers hope to extend their fading postseason hopes Sunday when theyhost a Senators team seeking a fifth win in six games. Atlanta (31-31-12) was tied for the Eastern Conferences final playoff spoton Feb. 12, but has gone 6-9-2 since to fall well off the pace. Making matterseven worse for the Thrashers, who have only one playoff appearance in theirfirst 10 seasons, a difficult schedule looms. After this contest, Atlanta embarks on a five-game road trip, which beginswith visits to Montreal, Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia andNortheast-leading Boston. The Thrashers played well against NHL-best Vancouver on Friday, but theCanucks capitalized on two goals in span of about seven minutes in the secondperiod to hand Atlanta a 3-1 loss. We had some good speed and had some good tempo, but that one lull, coachCraig Ramsay said. Thats hurt us a lot. Atlantas offense has been struggling mightily, scoring two goals or fewerin four of its last five games. That could spell trouble against an Ottawa team that has been receivingsolid goaltending from and who scored his fourth goal Friday. Greening scored his first NHL goal in Atlanta earlier this month, whileand also scored for the Senators, who are 2-0-1 in theseasons first three meetings with the Thrashers. Atlantas stopped 24 shots in that game and has recorded a 3.49GAA in losing his last four starts to Ottawa.