ATLANTA - Colin Wilson scored off an Atlanta miscue and Dan Ellis turned aside 30 shots, leading the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the slumping Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night.

Ryan Suter scored Nashville's first goal, and Wilson took advantage of a hideous turnover by Mark Popovic to make it 2-0 before the first period was done.

Ellis made the lead stand up. The Thrashers were held to a second-period goal by Nik Antropov and took their third straight loss, further dampening playoff hopes that looked much better just a week ago.

Nashville snapped a two-game losing streak and strengthened its hold on the seventh seed in the Western Conference.

The Predators went ahead at 4:48 of the first when Suter scored a power-play goal on a screened shot from the point. With Colby Armstrong off for interference, Martin Erat clogged up things in front of the net, and it appeared that goalie Johan Hedberg never saw the puck.

Nashville extended its lead later in the period on Popovic's amateurish mistake. Skating out of his zone, the defenseman fanned on a routine pass, then whiffed again as he hurriedly tried to clear it. Wilson scooped it up, went in alone on Hedberg and scored his fourth goal of the season at 18:38.

The Thrashers sliced into the deficit in the opening minute of the second period. Johnny Oduya flipped the puck toward the net, and Antropov scored his 17th goal by redirecting it past Ellis.

Atlanta appeared to have scored the tying goal before the period was over. Evgeny Artyukhin worked the puck in front and Chris Thorburn deflected it past Ellis. But he was clearly inside the crease, tangled up with the goalie, and the score was quickly waved off by the officials.

NOTES: Thrashers LW Evander Kane will be out three weeks with a fractured left foot. D Christoph Schubert will be out three-to-five weeks with a pulled muscle in his hip. ... Hedberg also made 30 saves, including a stop on a short-handed breakaway by Erat. ... Nashville swept the season series with the Thrashers, 2-0.