Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Monday, December 1, 2003 · Mellon Arena

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Final

SOG 27–32

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Monday, December 1, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 32-27.

Goals came from Brian Holzinger, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Dick Tarnstrom, Marc Savard, Ryan Malone and Ramzi Abid.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pasi Nurminen stopped 28 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	2	0	3	27
PIT	1	2	1	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Brian Holzinger (2)Marc Bergevin (4), Dick Tarnstrom (8)0–112:30 PIT
Ilya Kovalchuk (18)Frantisek Kaberle (14), Marc Savard (10)1–115:57 ATL · PPG

2nd period

Jean-Pierre Vigier (5)Unassisted2–101:09 ATL · SHG
Dick Tarnstrom (5)Ramzi Abid (1), Milan Kraft (3)2–201:50 PIT · PPG
Marc Savard (8)Shawn McEachern (18), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)3–206:16 ATL · PPG
Ryan Malone (6)Mike Eastwood (7), Matt Bradley (2)3–311:14 PIT

3rd period

Ramzi Abid (2)Aleksey Morozov (5), Brooks Orpik (4)3–416:17 PIT

Team stats

ATLPIT

27Shots on goal32

55%Faceoff %45%

2/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

16Hits16

11Blocked shots18

0Giveaways3

1Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 15:43Josef Melichar · cross checking2 min
1st 17:42Shawn Heins · cross checking2 min
1st 18:21Serge Aubin · high sticking2 min
1st 18:21Serge Aubin · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:10Tom Kostopoulos · holding2 min
2nd 13:23Patrick Boileau · slashing2 min
2nd 18:09Brooks Orpik · cross checking2 min
3rd 02:48Jeff Cowan · cross checking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	59	22:18
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	50	19:16
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	–	16:33
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	20:26
19Shawn McEachernL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	21:43
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	21:10
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	100	11:51
12Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:35
16Jeff CowanL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	12:43
24Tommi SantalaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	06:05
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:00
27Patrik StefanC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	36	16:41
28Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	47	15:31
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	–	18:09
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	15:24
6Shawn HeinsD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	20:06
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	22:19
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	16:52

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	L	32	28	4	.875	59:23
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

19Ramzi AbidL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	14:48
32Dick TarnstromD	1	1	2	-1	2	0	2	0	–	23:21
8Matt BradleyR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	14:38
12Ryan MaloneL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	29	20:55
14Milan KraftC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	46	13:46
15Brian HolzingerC	1	0	1	+1	4	3	2	0	48	20:14
20Mike EastwoodC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	44	18:16
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:50
25Marc BergevinD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	4	0	–	20:39
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	2	2	–	17:16
7Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	13:17
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:01
36Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	07:23
43Tomas SurovyL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	12:07
71Konstantin KoltsovL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:11
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2	–	19:27
5Patrick BoileauD	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	–	19:24
55Drake BerehowskyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	20:08

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00
31Sebastien CaronG		0	0	0	–	–