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Last Five Games

Record: 2-1-2
12-14	BOS	4-3	W-OT
12-16	LA	0-1	L-OT
12-17	TOR	1-2	L-OT
12-20	NYR	7-2	W
12-22	CLB	1-7	L

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Pens lose 5-2 to Sharks for sixth straight loss (13-Dec-2002)
Pittsburgh gives up three goals in the last four minutes of the game and lose 5-2 to San Jose for their sixth straight loss. Mario Lemieux scored twice on the power play and gave the Pens a one goal advantage each time. The Penguins remain winless in December.

Scoring
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Penguins	1	1	0	-	2
Sharks	1	1	3	-	5

Shots on goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Penguins	8	10	6	-	24
Sharks	13	9	12	-	34

Power Plays
	1st	2nd	3rd	-	T
Penguins	1-2	1-3	0-0	-	2-5
Sharks	0-4	1-2	0-0	-	1-6

Goaltender: Jean-Sebastien Aubin
Captain: Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Marc Bergevin.
1st Period Scoring: Pit, Lemieux (power play) (A Kovalev, J Aubin), 8:13. SJ, Graves (T Harvey, M Ricci), 17:45.
1st Period Penalties: Pit, Bench, (Too many men) 3:42; SJ, Rathje, (High-sticking) 6:30; SJ, Rathje, (Slashing) 6:30; Pit, Nieminen, (Interference) 8:31; Pit, Nieminen, (Interference) 15:01; Pit, Ference, (Holding) 19:03.
Shots after one period were 13-8 in favor of San Jose.
2nd Period Scoring: Pit, Lemieux (power play) (J Hrdina, V Nieminen), 6:23. SJ, Marleau (power play) (T Selanne, S Thornton), 17:19.
2nd Period Penalties: SJ, Rathje, (Hooking) 5:48; Pit, Sivek, (Hooking) 8:21; SJ, Harvey, (Hooking) 12:10; Pit, Bergevin, (Holding) 15:27; SJ, Nolan, (Interference) 19:37.
Shots after two were 22-18 in favor of San Jose.
3rd Period Scoring: SJ, Marchment (S Thornton, N Sundstrom), 16:00. SJ, Nolan (D McGillis), 16:54. SJ, Marleau (M Sturm), 18:32.
3rd Period Penalties: No penalties.
Three Stars of the Game:
1. Owen Nolan, SJ (1g)
2. Mario Lemieux (2g)
3. Adam Graves, SJ (1g)
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Jean-Sebastien Aubin (34 shots, 29 saves; record: 3-7-0).
San Jose, Evgeni Nabokov (24 shots, 22 saves; record: 8-10-2).
Attendance: 17,496 at the HP Pavilion.
Scratches: Josef Melichar (shoulder), Michal Rozsival (shoulder), Shean Donovan (foot), Dick Tarnstrom (foot), Martin Straka (hamstring), Aleksey Morozov (hand), Dan LaCouture (concussion), Janne Laukkanen and Ross Lupaschuk.
ESPN boxscore: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=221212018
Opponent's newspaper account: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/sports/hockey/nhl/san_jose_sharks/4731250.htm

Player	+/-	TOI	Shfts	EV	PP	SH
Kovalev, Alexei	-3	24:53	28	16:38	6:18	1:57
Lemieux, Mario	-2	24:30	26	17:21	5:38	1:31
Hrdina, Jan	E	22:33	34	14:16	5:04	3:13
Jonsson, Hans	E	22:02	27	11:54	4:59	5:09
Primeau, Wayne	-2	21:53	32	16:21	0:00	5:32
Moran, Ian	-3	20:59	25	16:15	1:37	3:07
Orpik, Brooks	-3	18:09	23	15:53	0:00	2:16
Ference, Andrew	-1	17:43	24	15:10	0:18	2:15
Sivek, Michal	-1	17:39	24	14:15	0:45	2:39
Bergevin, Marc	-1	17:37	24	14:52	0:00	2:45
Pushor, Jamie	E	16:37	23	11:49	0:00	4:48
Nieminen, Ville	-1	16:06	23	8:48	5:02	2:16
Kraft, Milan	E	14:28	19	12:56	1:32	0:00
Manderville, Kent	-1	13:09	24	9:57	0:00	3:12
Beech, Kris	-2	7:15	12	7:15	0:00	0:00
Mckenna, Steve	E	4:50	9	3:05	1:45	0:00
Robitaille, Randy	E	4:35	7	4:33	0:02	0:00
Daigle, Alexandre	E	3:11	5	3:11	0:00	0:00

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