Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2003 · Mellon Arena

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7–4

Final

SOG 32–25

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4 on Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Penguins 32-25.

Vyacheslav Kozlov scored twice and Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. Ronald Petrovicky, Ryan Malone, Patrik Stefan, Milan Kraft, Martin Strbak, Marc Savard and Rico Fata also scored.

Pasi Nurminen made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sebastien Caron stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	3	2	7	32
PIT	1	2	1	4	25

Scoring

1st period

Ronald Petrovicky (8)Vyacheslav Kozlov (15), Marc Savard (17)1–000:08 ATL
Ryan Malone (8)Dick Tarnstrom (12), Brian Holzinger (4)1–108:16 PIT
Vyacheslav Kozlov (14)Marc Savard (18), Ilya Kovalchuk (18)2–117:34 ATL · PPG

2nd period

Patrik Stefan (5)Marc Savard (19)3–107:35 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (19)Andy Sutton (6), Frantisek Kaberle (18)4–110:31 ATL
Milan Kraft (7)Ryan Malone (8)4–211:58 PIT
Martin Strbak (3)Milan Kraft (6), Konstantin Koltsov (12)4–315:11 PIT
Ilya Kovalchuk (20)Ronald Petrovicky (5), Randy Robitaille (12)5–318:38 ATL

3rd period

Marc Savard (15)Ilya Kovalchuk (19), Vyacheslav Kozlov (16)6–301:25 ATL · PPG
Rico Fata (10)Martin Strbak (3), Matt Bradley (4)6–412:52 PIT
Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)Ilya Kovalchuk (20), Marc Savard (20)7–416:21 ATL · PPG

Team stats

ATLPIT

32Shots on goal25

52%Faceoff %48%

3/6Power play0/3

32Penalty minutes28

10Hits26

15Blocked shots7

2Giveaways2

0Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 16:58Drake Berehowsky · holding2 min
2nd 05:10Patrik Stefan · interference2 min
2nd 08:35Ronald Petrovicky · roughing2 min
2nd 08:35Brian Holzinger · roughing2 min
2nd 10:59Benjamin Simon · fighting5 min
2nd 10:59Kelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
2nd 12:16Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
2nd 15:27Garnet Exelby · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:27Garnet Exelby · slashing2 min
2nd 15:27Steve McKenna · roughing2 min
2nd 19:08Chris Tamer · roughing2 min
3rd 01:02Ryan Malone · tripping2 min
3rd 07:27Steve McKenna · interference2 min
3rd 09:51Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
3rd 09:51Drake Berehowsky · roughing2 min
3rd 09:51Steve McKenna · roughing2 min
3rd 11:56Francis Lessard · fighting5 min
3rd 11:56Francis Lessard · misconduct10 min
3rd 11:56Steve McKenna · fighting5 min
3rd 15:17Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	1	4	5	+1	6	0	0	0	44	22:11
17Ilya KovalchukL	2	3	5	0	8	0	1	0	–	24:09
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	2	2	4	+1	2	1	1	0	–	19:51
26Ronald PetrovickyR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	–	16:19
27Patrik StefanC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	55	18:19
28Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	45	16:13
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	1	0	–	27:19
25Andy SuttonD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	4	0	–	20:22
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	67	10:33
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	15:33
12Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:47
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	63	06:39
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	100	19:12
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	–	03:34
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	6	–	21:06
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	14:00
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:15
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	25:37

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG	W	25	21	4	.840	60:00
34Byron DafoeG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

12Ryan MaloneL	1	1	2	+2	4	5	0	2	–	21:04
14Milan KraftC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	45	16:35
6Martin StrbakD	1	1	2	+3	2	1	3	0	–	19:47
8Matt BradleyR	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	–	15:50
9Rico FataL	1	0	1	-1	1	2	0	0	43	21:04
15Brian HolzingerC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	60	14:30
71Konstantin KoltsovL	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:17
32Dick TarnstromD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	25:16
7Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	–	11:43
20Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	52	15:18
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	–	06:19
36Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:57
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	15:15
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	–	18:27
4Dan FochtD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	15:25
25Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:52
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	–	14:43
55Drake BerehowskyD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	–	16:21

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		9	7	2	.778	20:00
31Sebastien CaronG	L	23	18	5	.783	40:00