New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 2003 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Xcel Energy Center. The Devils outshot the Wild 31–24.
Goals came from Andrew Brunette, Andrei Zyuzin, John Madden, Jeff Friesen and Willie Mitchell.
Manny Fernandez made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Brunette (15)Sergei Zholtok (22), Filip Kuba (15)0–103:09 MIN
Andrei Zyuzin (4)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (9), Richard Park (7)0–205:47 MIN
2nd period
John Madden (17)Scott Niedermayer (22), Jay Pandolfo (9)1–212:23 NJD
Jeff Friesen (20)Jamie Langenbrunner (26), Joe Nieuwendyk (24)2–212:42 NJD
3rd period
Willie Mitchell (2)Unassisted2–315:10 MIN
Team stats
NJDMIN
3124
47%53%
0/30/2
911
910
1218
1019
35
Penalties
- 18:09 into the first period
Marian Gaborik · cross checking2 min - 3:47 into the second periodWillie Mitchell · roughing2 min
- 7:47 into the second period
Pascal Rheaume · boarding2 min - 17:52 into the second periodBrad Brown · fighting5 min
- 17:52 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 19:17 into the second periodMike Rupp · high sticking2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodAntti Laaksonen · elbowing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:42 |
| 12Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:02 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:51 |
| 9Jiri BicekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:57 |
| 16Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 21Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 24Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 7Raymond GirouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 18Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 33Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 2Willie MitchellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:07 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 28Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 77Lubomir SekerasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |