St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Sunday, February 23, 2003 · Xcel Energy Center

St. LouisBluesAway

1–3

22–19

MinnesotaWildHome

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at Xcel Energy Center. The Blues outshot the Wild 22–19.

Wes Walz scored twice. Pavol Demitra and Filip Kuba also scored.

Manny Fernandez made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 16 of 19.

Goals
STL	0	1	0	1	22
MIN	2	0	1	3	19

Scoring

1st period

Wes Walz (10)Willie Mitchell (11)0–101:53 MIN
Wes Walz (11)Richard Park (6), Antti Laaksonen (12)0–207:33 MIN

2nd period

Pavol Demitra (25)Keith Tkachuk (22), Al MacInnis (40)1–212:53 STL ·

3rd period

Filip Kuba (5)Antti Laaksonen (13), Andrei Zyuzin (10)1–309:28 MIN ·

Team stats

STLMIN

2219

45%55%

1/40/5

2010

94

89

1319

213

Penalties

4:58 into the first periodAlexander Khavanov · high sticking2 min
1:28 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · holding stick obstruction2 min
3:03 into the second periodAlexander Khavanov · hooking2 min
5:39 into the second periodPavol Demitra · holding2 min
12:42 into the second periodBrad Brown · interference2 min
14:49 into the second periodSteve Martins · hooking2 min
1:16 into the third periodAndrei Zyuzin · cross checking2 min
8:26 into the third periodRichard Park · elbowing2 min
17:47 into the third periodWillie Mitchell · roughing2 min
17:47 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · attempt to injure10 min
17:47 into the third periodPavol Demitra · cross checking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	0	1	1	−3	3	0	0	10	36	19:49
38Pavol DemitraR	1	0	1	−3	3	0	0	4	44	21:05
2Al MacInnisD	0	1	1	−2	3	0	1	0	–	27:37
9Tyson NashL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:10
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	50	16:12
12Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	60	17:24
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	42	10:47
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	12:55
22Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100	16:39
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	07:55
33Eric BogunieckiC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:44
34Reed LowR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:53
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	22:42
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	–	22:49
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	4	–	24:03
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:08
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:33
55Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	12:54

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Brent JohnsonG	L	19	16	3	.842	60:00
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

24Antti LaaksonenL	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	–	17:24
37Wes WalzC	2	0	2	+3	2	1	1	0	61	17:36
18Richard ParkR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	10:47
2Willie MitchellD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2	–	23:30
17Filip KubaD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	17:54
20Andrei ZyuzinD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	25:50
7Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:40
10Marian GaborikR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:13
11Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	13:25
14Darby HendricksonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	54	11:54
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	17:53
28Jeremy StevensonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	08:45
33Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	100	17:07
34Jim DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	15:48
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	11:39
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	06:28
5Brad BombardirD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	22:30
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:26

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Manny FernandezG	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00