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Last Five Games

Record: 4-1-0
5-7	NYI	4-6	L
5-9	NYI	4-0	W
5-11	NYI	4-3	W-OT
5-14	OTT	4-1	W
5-17	OTT	4-3	W

Pens defeat Thrashers 4-3 (2-Dec-2003)
The Pens got a late third period goal from Ramzi Abid to defeat Atlanta 4-3 in front of 9,576 at Mellon Arena. The crowd was the smallest in nearly eight years. On a related note, Mario Lemieux announced that he was declining the $5 million raise offered to him by the team's board due to declining attendance.

Scoring
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Thrashers	1	2	0	-	3
Penguins	1	2	1	-	4

Shots on goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Thrashers	11	9	7	-	27
Penguins	15	10	7	-	32

Power Plays
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Thrashers	1-1	1-3	0-0	-	2-4
Penguins	0-2	1-1	0-1	-	1-4

Lines: Abid-Kraft-Morozov, Koltsov-Holzinger-Surovy, Malone-Eastwood-Bradley, and McKenna-Buchberger-Kostopoulos
Defensive pairings: Tarnstrom-Boileau, Melichar-Bergevin and Orpik-Berehowsky
Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Alternate captains: Kelly Buchberger, Marc Bergevin
1st Period Scoring: Pit, Holzinger (M Bergevin, D Tarnstrom), 12:30. Atl, Kovalchuk (power play) (F Kaberle, M Savard), 15:57.
1st Period Penalties: Pit, Melichar, (Cross-checking) 15:43; Atl, Exelby, (Cross-checking) 17:52; Atl, Aubin, (High-sticking) 18:21.
Shots after one period were 15-11 in favor of Pittsburgh.
2nd Period Scoring: Atl, Vigier (shorthanded) , 1:09. Pit, Tarnstrom (power play) (R Abid, M Kraft), 1:50. Atl, Savard (power play) (S McEachern, S Kozlov), 6:16. Pit, Malone (M Eastwood, M Bradley), 11:14.
2nd Period Penalties: Pit, Kostopoulos, (Holding) 5:10; Pit, Boileau, (Slashing) 13:23; Pit, Orpik, (Cross-checking) 18:09.
Shots after two were 25-20 in favor of Pittsburgh.
3rd Period Scoring: Pit, Abid (A Morozov), 16:17.
3rd Period Penalties: Atl, Cowan, (Cross-checking) 2:48.
Three Stars of the Game:
1. Dick Tarnstrom (Goals: 1, Assists: 1)
2. Ramzi Abid (Goals: 1, Assists: 1)
3. Brian Holzinger (Goals: 1, Assists: 0)
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury (27 shots, 24 saves; record: 4-8-2).
Atlanta, Nurminen (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 12-8-3).
Attendance: 9,576 (16,940 capacity) at Mellon Arena.
Scratches: Michal Rozsival (knee), Mario Lemieux (hip), Dan Focht (finger), Rico Fata (knee) and Martin Strbak.
CBS Sportsline game stats: http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/gamecenter/live/NHL_20031201_ATL@PIT
Opponent's newspaper account: http://www.ajc.com/thrashers/content/sports/thrashers/1203/02thrash.html

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W: 4-1

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W: 4-3

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