Minnesota Wild vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, February 27, 2003 · Centre Bell

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6–3

Final

SOG 45–35

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Thursday, February 27, 2003 at Centre Bell. The Wild outshot the Canadiens 45-35.

Craig Rivet scored twice and Cliff Ronning scored twice. Richard Park, Wes Walz, Sergei Zholtok, Richard Zednik and Marian Gaborik also scored.

Manny Fernandez made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 39 of 44.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	4	6	45
MTL	0	1	2	3	35

Scoring

1st period

Richard Park (13)Pascal Dupuis (25), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (8)1–012:20 MIN

2nd period

Wes Walz (12)Cliff Ronning (24)2–009:07 MIN
Craig Rivet (6)Saku Koivu (41), Andrei Markov (20)2–116:41 MTL

3rd period

Sergei Zholtok (10)Andrei Zyuzin (11), Andrew Brunette (21)3–101:57 MIN · PPG
Richard Zednik (26)Patrice Brisebois (22), Saku Koivu (42)3–205:28 MTL · PPG
Marian Gaborik (28)Jeremy Stevenson (4), Darby Hendrickson (3)4–209:24 MIN
Craig Rivet (7)Donald Audette (10), Jan Bulis (19)4–311:29 MTL
Cliff Ronning (12)Wes Walz (16)5–316:01 MIN
Cliff Ronning (13)Antti Laaksonen (14)6–319:05 MIN · EN

Team stats

MINMTL

45Shots on goal35

41%Faceoff %59%

1/7Power play1/6

14Penalty minutes16

9Hits10

15Blocked shots14

28Giveaways29

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 04:53Andrei Zyuzin · closing hand on puck2 min
1st 14:58Richard Zednik · high sticking2 min
1st 17:59Marian Gaborik · holding the stick2 min
2nd 02:39Andrei Zyuzin · tripping2 min
2nd 03:17Jan Bulis · interference2 min
2nd 12:21Chad Kilger · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:25Pascal Dupuis · holding2 min
2nd 15:44Willie Mitchell · slashing2 min
2nd 15:50Richard Zednik · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:27Filip Kuba · roughing2 min
2nd 16:27Patrice Brisebois · roughing2 min
2nd 16:27Patrice Brisebois · roughing2 min
3rd 00:35Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min
3rd 04:39Andrei Zyuzin · tripping2 min
3rd 13:42Patrice Brisebois · delaying game2 min

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Cliff RonningC	2	1	3	+2	7	2	0	0	–	19:06
37Wes WalzC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	5	0	44	14:40
10Marian GaborikR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	2	–	15:50
11Pascal DupuisR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	2	50	16:11
14Darby HendricksonC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	26	15:03
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:50
18Richard ParkR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	25	12:26
24Antti LaaksonenL	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	15:33
28Jeremy StevensonL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	09:57
33Sergei ZholtokC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	12:40
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	14:31
20Andrei ZyuzinD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	6	–	23:59
34Jim DowdC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	80	13:48
2Willie MitchellD	0	0	0	+1	7	0	2	2	–	22:50
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	07:28
17Filip KubaD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	2	–	23:46
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	4	0	2	0	–	17:35
77Lubomir SekerasD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	100	19:42

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Manny FernandezG	W	35	32	3	.914	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	-1	2	1	1	0	62	18:58
52Craig RivetD	2	0	2	0	5	2	1	2	–	23:22
20Richard ZednikR	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	4	–	17:32
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	17:06
82Donald AudetteR	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	16:16
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	-2	5	1	1	6	–	21:28
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	-2	4	0	1	0	–	26:22
21Randy MckayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	07:17
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	78	09:45
32Gordie DwyerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:17
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	15:17
81Marcel HossaL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	10:05
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	38	16:30
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50	15:42
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	71	15:51
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:19
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	14:28
36Francois BeaucheminD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	4	0	–	17:11

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mathieu GaronG	L	44	39	5	.886	59:19
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00