Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2002 · Pepsi Center

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2–4

47–27

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 4–2 on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Pepsi Center. The Wild outshot the Avalanche 47–27.

Goals came from Peter Forsberg, Marian Gaborik, Steve Reinprecht, Rob Blake, Jim Dowd and Dean McAmmond.

Patrick Roy made 45 saves on 47 shots for the win; Manny Fernandez stopped 23 of 27.

Goals
MIN	1	1	0	2	47
COL	1	3	0	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Peter Forsberg (9)Milan Hejduk (15), Steve Reinprecht (8)0–106:43 COL
Marian Gaborik (21)Matt Johnson (5), Jim Dowd (7)1–110:32 MIN

2nd period

Steve Reinprecht (4)Greg De Vries (7), Rob Blake (11)1–206:54 COL
Rob Blake (3)Adam Foote (12), Jeff Shantz (3)1–310:53 COL ·
Jim Dowd (2)Sergei Zholtok (17), Filip Kuba (9)2–316:53 MIN ·
Dean McAmmond (5)Steve Reinprecht (9)2–419:41 COL

Team stats

MINCOL

4727

53%47%

1/50/2

410

312

00

00

00

Penalties

4:25 into the second periodMatt Johnson · holding the stick2 min
7:30 into the second periodEric Messier · tripping2 min
10:18 into the second periodDerek Morris · holding2 min
15:30 into the second periodAlex Tanguay · closing hand on puck2 min
19:48 into the second periodJim Dowd · high sticking2 min
8:22 into the third periodEric Messier · interference2 min
16:10 into the third periodMilan Hejduk · holding2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

34Jim DowdC	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	2	41	13:36
10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	100	19:20
12Matt JohnsonL	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	09:37
33Sergei ZholtokC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	46	19:09
17Filip KubaD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:56
7Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	60	17:33
11Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	100	19:59
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	13:38
18Richard ParkR	0	0	0	−1	6	0	0	0	75	16:22
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	14:13
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	15:12
27Kyle WanvigR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	09:12
37Wes WalzC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	60	14:33
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:41
5Brad BombardirD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	19:29
20Andrei ZyuzinD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	–	21:59
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	22:03
77Lubomir SekerasD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	15:59

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Manny FernandezG	L	27	23	4	.852	59:55

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

28Steve ReinprechtC	1	2	3	+3	3	0	0	0	50	21:03
4Rob BlakeD	1	1	2	+3	7	3	0	0	–	27:01
11Jeff ShantzC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	56	14:31
21Peter ForsbergC	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	25	17:20
23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	2	100	17:38
37Dean McAmmondC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:06
7Greg De VriesD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	22:10
52Adam FooteD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	27:54
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	14:02
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	20	08:26
17Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:29
22Vaclav NedorostC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	14:20
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:27
29Eric MessierL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	13:38
40Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	16:14
2Bryan MuirD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:12
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:54
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	–	24:06

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Patrick RoyG	W	47	45	2	.957	60:00