🐦 Away Thrashers 17-14-3 before this game
7–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 9-16-6 before this game
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Thrashers at Penguins

Thrashers beat Penguins 7–4 at PPG Paints Arena on December 20, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Dec 20, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 G, 3 A
8 shots · 24:09 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Marc Savard
1 G, 4 A
6 shots · 22:11 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
2 G, 2 A
2 shots · 19:51 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL PIT🐧
32 Shots on goal 25
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
10 Hits 26
15 Blocked shots 7
0 Takeaways 2
2 Giveaways 2
32 Penalty minutes 28
ATL shooting 21.9% (7/32) PIT shooting 16.0% (4/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Pasi Nurminen
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
18/23
.783 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
7/9
.778 SV% · 2 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 17-14-3 (50% win rate, 34 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 9-16-6 (29% win rate, 31 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 17-14-3 (50% win rate, 34 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 9-16-6 (29% win rate, 31 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Savard 22:11
L2 McEachern · Stefan · Petrovicky 18:19
L3 Robitaille · Aubin · Vigier 15:33
L4 Lindsay · Simon · Lessard 6:39
D1 Kaberle · Tjarnqvist 26:28
D2 Exelby · Sutton 20:44
D3 Tamer · Kloucek 8:08
🐧Penguins
L1 Fata · Malone · Koltsov 21:04
L2 Kraft · Eastwood · Bradley 15:50
L3 Holzinger · Morozov · Kostopoulos 14:30
L4 McKenna · Buchberger 9:01
D1 Tarnstrom · Strbak 22:32
D2 Melichar · Berehowsky 17:24
D3 Focht · Orpik 15:04
D4 Bergevin 9:52

⚔️ Last meetings

Thrashers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 12, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
3–6 · Thrashers won
Dec 1, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
Jan 3, 2003
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
4–1 · Penguins won
Dec 30, 2002
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 (OT) · Thrashers won
Nov 22, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL
3–1 · Penguins won

❓ ATL vs PIT, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Penguins on December 20, 2003?

Thrashers won 7–4.

What was the final score of Thrashers vs Penguins?

The final score was Thrashers 7, Penguins 4.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Pasi Nurminen made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Penguins season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐦Thrashers
Previous game · Dec 18
😈NJD @ 🐦ATL
3–0 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 21
🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL
1–4 · ATL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 18
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
1–2 · CAR won
Next game · Dec 22
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Also on December 20, 2003
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
1–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL
2–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🎵STL
1–1 final
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
0–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–5 final
Thrashers season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule