Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, January 4, 2002 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 2–1 on Friday, January 4, 2002 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Predators 25–20.
Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Lubomir Sekeras and Greg Johnson.
Manny Fernandez made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (13)Sergei Zholtok (14), Marian Gaborik (22)0–108:53 MIN · 
Lubomir Sekeras (4)Richard Park (6), Aaron Gavey (8)0–213:19 MIN ·
2nd period
Greg Johnson (8)Scott Hartnell (16), Cale Hulse (1)1–219:57 NSH
Team stats
NSHMIN
2025
49%51%
0/32/5
106
1810
1212
1629
54
Penalties
- 8:46 into the first period
Karlis Skrastins · tripping2 min - 11:25 into the first periodCale Hulse · hooking2 min
- 13:33 into the first period
Brad Bombardir · high sticking2 min - 1:26 into the second periodScott Walker · slashing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodPetr Tenkrat · high sticking2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodPetr Tenkrat · high sticking2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodWillie Mitchell · roughing2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDarby Hendrickson · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 17Scott HartnellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:34 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 15Petr TenkratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 19Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 25Denis ArkhipovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 33Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 4Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 16Marc MoroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:33 |
| 23Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 26Andy BerenzweigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:18 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:40 |
| 18Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 33Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 44Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 77Lubomir SekerasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:27 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 12Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:19 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 36Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 2Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 |
| 3Ladislav BenysekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 5Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |