2002–03 Minnesota Wild season

The 2002–03 Minnesota Wild season was the Wild third season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). After qualifying for the playoffs, the Wild won two playoff series before losing in the Conference Final to Anaheim.

Regular season

The Wild tied the Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shutout, with 10.^[1]

Final standings

Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

^[2]

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 2002	5–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	T	October 12, 2002	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	1–0–1–0
3	W	October 15, 2002	4–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	2–0–1–0
4	W	October 17, 2002	3–1	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	3–0–1–0
5	L	October 19, 2002	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	3–1–1–0
6	W	October 22, 2002	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	4–1–1–0
7	W	October 24, 2002	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	5–1–1–0
8	W	October 26, 2002	6–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	6–1–1–0
9	T	October 27, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	6–1–2–0
10	W	October 29, 2002	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	7–1–2–0
11	W	October 31, 2002	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	8–1–2–0
12	L	November 2, 2002	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	8–2–2–0
13	W	November 4, 2002	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	9–2–2–0
14	L	November 7, 2002	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	9–3–2–0
15	W	November 9, 2002	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	10–3–2–0
16	L	November 10, 2002	0–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	10–4–2–0
17	L	November 12, 2002	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	10–5–2–0
18	T	November 14, 2002	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	10–5–3–0
19	W	November 16, 2002	1–0	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	11–5–3–0
20	T	November 19, 2002	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	11–5–4–0
21	W	November 21, 2002	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	12–5–4–0
22	W	November 23, 2002	4–2	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	13–5–4–0
23	L	November 25, 2002	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	13–6–4–0
24	L	November 27, 2002	0–5	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	13–7–4–0
25	T	November 29, 2002	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	13–7–5–0
26	L	December 3, 2002	1–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	13–7–5–1
27	T	December 5, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	13–7–6–1
28	W	December 7, 2002	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	14–7–6–1
29	W	December 10, 2002	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	15–7–6–1
30	W	December 12, 2002	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	16–7–6–1
31	L	December 14, 2002	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	16–8–6–1
32	W	December 15, 2002	2–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	17–8–6–1
33	W	December 17, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–8–6–1
34	L	December 19, 2002	2–4	New York Islanders (2002–03)	18–9–6–1
35	L	December 21, 2002	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	18–10–6–1
36	L	December 23, 2002	2–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–11–6–1
37	T	December 26, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	18–11–7–1
38	W	December 28, 2002	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	19–11–7–1
39	W	December 31, 2002	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	20–11–7–1
40	W	January 2, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	21–11–7–1
41	L	January 4, 2003	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	21–12–7–1
42	L	January 6, 2003	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	21–13–7–1
43	L	January 8, 2003	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	21–14–7–1
44	W	January 10, 2003	2–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	22–14–7–1
45	L	January 14, 2003	0–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	22–15–7–1
46	W	January 16, 2003	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	23–15–7–1
47	L	January 18, 2003	0–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	23–16–7–1
48	W	January 20, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	24–16–7–1
49	W	January 23, 2003	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	25–16–7–1
50	L	January 25, 2003	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	25–17–7–1
51	T	January 28, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	25–17–8–1
52	L	January 29, 2003	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	25–18–8–1
53	W	February 5, 2003	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	26–18–8–1
54	W	February 7, 2003	4–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	27–18–8–1
55	L	February 9, 2003	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	27–19–8–1
56	W	February 10, 2003	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	28–19–8–1
57	W	February 12, 2003	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	29–19–8–1
58	L	February 14, 2003	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	29–20–8–1
59	L	February 15, 2003	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	29–21–8–1
60	L	February 19, 2003	2–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	29–22–8–1
61	W	February 23, 2003	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	30–22–8–1
62	W	February 25, 2003	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	31–22–8–1
63	W	February 27, 2003	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	32–22–8–1
64	L	March 1, 2003	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	32–23–8–1
65	W	March 4, 2003	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	33–23–8–1
66	T	March 6, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	33–23–9–1
67	L	March 7, 2003	0–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	33–24–9–1
68	W	March 9, 2003	6–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	34–24–9–1
69	W	March 12, 2003	4–2	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	35–24–9–1
70	W	March 14, 2003	3–1	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	36–24–9–1
71	L	March 15, 2003	0–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	36–25–9–1
72	T	March 17, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	36–25–10–1
73	W	March 19, 2003	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	37–25–10–1
74	W	March 21, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	38–25–10–1
75	W	March 23, 2003	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	39–25–10–1
76	L	March 25, 2003	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	39–26–10–1
77	L	March 26, 2003	0–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	39–27–10–1
78	W	March 28, 2003	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	40–27–10–1
79	W	March 31, 2003	3–0	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	41–27–10–1
80	L	April 2, 2003	0–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	41–28–10–1
81	L	April 3, 2003	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	41–29–10–1
82	W	April 6, 2003	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	42–29–10–1

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

Minnesota wins series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 10	Minnesota	4 – 2	Colorado		Roloson	18,007	1 – 0
2	April 12	Minnesota	2 – 3	Colorado		Roloson	18,007	1 – 1
3	April 14	Colorado	3 – 0	Minnesota		Roloson	19,354	1 – 2
4	April 16	Colorado	3 – 1	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	1 – 3
5	April 19	Minnesota	3 – 2	Colorado		Fernandez	18,007	2 – 3
6	April 21	Colorado	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	19,350	3 – 3
7	April 22	Minnesota	3 – 2	Colorado	OT	Fernandez	18,007	4 – 3

Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks

Minnesota wins series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Minnesota	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Fernandez	18,514	0 – 1
2	April 27	Minnesota	3 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	1 – 1
3	April 29	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota		Roloson	19,394	1 – 2
4	May 2	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	19,386	1 – 3
5	May 5	Minnesota	7 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	2 – 3
6	May 7	Vancouver	1 – 5	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	3 – 3
7	May 8	Minnesota	4 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	4 – 3

Western Conference Finals: vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Anaheim wins series 4–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 10	Anaheim	1 – 0	Minnesota	2OT	Fernandez	19,350	0 – 1
2	May 12	Anaheim	2 – 0	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	0 – 2
3	May 14	Minnesota	0 – 4	Anaheim		Roloson	17,174	0 – 3
4	May 16	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Fernandez	17,174	0 – 4

Note* Wild are the only team in NHL history to rally back from 3–1 down twice in the same playoff

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	RW	81	30	35	65	46	12	5	1	8
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	LW	80	20	28	48	44	17	6	0	4
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	80	17	31	48	24	-6	8	0	5
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	82	18	28	46	30	-10	9	0	2
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	78	16	26	42	18	1	3	0	2
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	80	13	19	32	63	11	0	0	4
Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen	LW	82	15	16	31	26	4	1	2	4
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba	D	78	8	21	29	29	0	4	2	1
Dowd, JimJim Dowd	C	78	8	17	25	31	-1	3	1	2
Park, RichardRichard Park	RW	81	14	10	24	16	-3	2	2	3
Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard	C	50	7	13	20	18	1	5	0	1
Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin	D	66	4	12	16	34	-7	2	0	0
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir	D	58	1	14	15	16	15	1	0	0
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	69	2	12	14	84	13	0	1	1
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	32	5	6	11	69	6	1	0	1
Sekeras, LubomirLubomir Sekeras	D	60	2	9	11	30	-12	1	0	1
Schultz, NickNick Schultz	D	75	3	7	10	23	11	0	0	1
Muckalt, BillBill Muckalt	RW	8	5	3	8	6	5	0	0	0
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	LW	60	3	5	8	201	-8	0	0	1
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	C	28	1	5	6	8	-3	0	0	0
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall	D	45	1	5	6	69	4	0	0	0
Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux	LW	38	3	2	5	23	-6	1	0	0
Wallin, RickardRickard Wallin	C	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Wanvig, KyleKyle Wanvig	RW	7	1	0	1	13	0	0	0	0
Brown, BradBrad Brown	D	57	0	1	1	90	-1	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	35	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	G	50	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Benysek, LadislavLadislav Benysek	D	14	0	0	0	8	-3	0	0	0
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Domenichelli, HnatHnat Domenichelli	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kochan, DieterDieter Kochan	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murphy, CurtisCurtis Murphy	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trudel, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Trudel	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	2945	50	23	16	8	98	2.00	4	1334	1236	.927
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	1979	35	19	13	2	74	2.24	2	972	898	.924
Kochan, DieterDieter Kochan	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00	0	28	23	.821
Team:	4984	82	42	30	10	177	2.13	6	2334	2157	.924

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	RW	18	9	8	17	6	2	4	0	0
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	18	7	6	13	4	-3	4	0	1
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	18	7	6	13	14	5	0	2	2
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	18	2	11	13	0	-7	1	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	17	2	7	9	4	-3	1	0	0
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	LW	16	4	4	8	8	0	2	0	1
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba	D	18	3	5	8	24	-8	3	0	0
Park, RichardRichard Park	RW	18	3	3	6	4	-2	0	0	1
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	C	17	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	1
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	14	0	5	5	12	0	0	0	0
Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen	LW	16	1	3	4	4	-3	0	0	0
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	18	1	3	4	14	5	0	0	0
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall	D	15	1	1	2	16	-1	0	0	1
Sekeras, LubomirLubomir Sekeras	D	15	1	1	2	6	-2	1	0	1
Dowd, JimJim Dowd	C	15	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard	C	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Schultz, NickNick Schultz	D	18	0	1	1	10	5	0	0	0
Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin	D	18	0	1	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir	D	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Brown, BradBrad Brown	D	11	0	0	0	16	-1	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	LW	12	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Muckalt, BillBill Muckalt	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	579	11	5	6	25	2.59	257	232	.903
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	552	9	3	4	18	1.96	253	235	.929
Team:	1131	18	8	10	43	2.28	510	467	.916

^[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003_games.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
↑ "2002-03 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

"2002–03 Minnesota Wild Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Minnesota Wild

Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Chuck Fletcher Head coach Bruce Boudreau Team captain Mikko Koivu Current roster

Arena	Xcel Energy Center

Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Quad City Mallards

General managers	Risebrough Fletcher

Head coaches	Lemaire Richards Yeo Torchetti (interim) Boudreau

Retired numbers	1 (Wild Fans) 99

Minnesota Wild seasons

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2002–03 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Final

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2002–03 Minnesota Wild season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks

Western Conference Finals: vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Player statistics

See also

References

External links