ATLANTA - The Atlanta Thrashers keep losing games — and they’re building a pretty long list of enemies, too.

Fredrik Modin scored two goals, John Grahame needed to make only 15 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning handed the Thrashers another brutal loss, 6-0 Thursday night.

Atlanta has lost four straight games by a combined score of 22-2, but the angriest coach after the game was Tampa Bay’s John Tortorella.

He directed an expletive-filled tirade at Eric Boulton, who took out Paul Ranger of the Lightning with a cheap shot just 2½ minutes from the end of the rout.

“The ... guy should be playing in the ... East Coast Hockey League, but instead he takes out a ... NHLer,” Tortorella said. “He’ll be suspended, but who ... cares? No one wants to see him on the ice anyway.”

Atlanta’s Bob Hartley was seen going into Tortorella’s office after the game, but the Tampa Bay coach wouldn’t say what they discussed.

“None of your business,” Tortorella said, before storming away to the team bus.

The ending was familiar for the Thrashers. They got blown out again, and are likely to get another player suspended for a play straight out of the movie “Slap Shot.”

With the home fans booing the dismal performance, Boulton delivered a flagrant elbow to the side of Ranger’s head. Boulton received a game misconduct, and Ranger staggered off the ice. At the very least, he appeared to suffer a concussion that would keep him out a week.

“I’m not sure how he is,” Tortorella said, shaking his head.

Atlanta’s Andy Sutton already is serving a four-game suspension for his hit on Toronto’s Darcy Tucker near the end of a 9-1 loss last Friday. That game turned especially ugly in the third period, beginning with Boulton’s hit on Eric Lindros with the game already long decided.

That sparked a melee that led to the ejection of Boulton and two other players.

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Just 23 seconds later, Sutton was ejected after he drove Darcy Tucker into the boards, leaving the Toronto player with a bloodied forehead that required several stitches.

Vincent Lecavalier assisted on three Tampa Bay goals before finishing off the scoring with one of his own. He intercepted a pass by rookie Braydon Coburn and snapped a shot over Adam Berkhoel’s shoulder.

Modin scored twice before the game was 14 minutes old, helping Tampa Bay build a 4-0 lead in the first period.

Atlanta is struggling without its top two goalies. Kari Lehtonen and Mike Dunham are both out with groin injuries, forcing the team to go with a pair of rookies — Michael Garnett and Berkhoel.

It showed.