Vancouver Canucks vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 2003 · Nationwide Arena

4–5

31–36

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Canucks 36–31.

Ray Whitney scored twice. Todd Bertuzzi, Markus Naslund, Jaroslav Spacek, Brendan Morrison, Geoff Sanderson, Bryan Allen and Rick Nash also scored.

Marc Denis made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Alex Auld stopped 12 of 13.

Goals
VAN	1	2	1	0	4	31
CBJ	0	4	0	1	5	36

Scoring

1st period

Todd Bertuzzi (36)Markus Naslund (45), Peter Skudra (1)1–007:18 VAN

2nd period

Markus Naslund (42)Brent Sopel (24), Ed Jovanovski (31)2–001:34 VAN ·
Ray Whitney (20)Unassisted2–104:51 CBJ ·
Jaroslav Spacek (8)Tyler Wright (11), Rick Nash (18)2–205:15 CBJ ·
Brendan Morrison (20)Todd Bertuzzi (40), Sami Salo (17)3–205:28 VAN
Ray Whitney (21)Unassisted3–308:34 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson (25)Jaroslav Spacek (27), Ray Whitney (46)3–414:09 CBJ ·

3rd period

Bryan Allen (5)Sami Salo (18), Matt Cooke (21)4–403:00 VAN

Overtime

Rick Nash (14)Jaroslav Spacek (28)4–502:02 CBJ

Team stats

VANCBJ

3136

47%53%

1/43/7

1812

412

1416

511

Penalties

1:42 into the first periodBrent Sopel · tripping2 min
14:39 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · holding2 min
17:26 into the first periodLuke Richardson · high sticking2 min
18:49 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:54 into the first periodAndrew Cassels · holding the stick2 min
2:59 into the second periodTyler Wright · boarding2 min
2:59 into the second periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
3:33 into the second periodBrent Sopel · high sticking2 min
3:33 into the second periodBrent Sopel · high sticking2 min
6:25 into the second periodJody Shelley · boarding2 min
13:00 into the second periodMats Lindgren · holding the stick2 min
7:47 into the third periodTrevor Letowski · high sticking2 min
8:38 into the third periodMike Sillinger · hooking obstruction2 min
8:38 into the third periodMatt Cooke · diving2 min
11:18 into the third periodDavid Ling · tripping2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

19Markus NaslundL	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	20:00
44Todd BertuzziR	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	–	21:53
6Sami SaloD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	–	23:44
7Brendan MorrisonC	1	0	1	+2	6	0	1	0	26	23:01
24Matt CookeL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	50	12:56
3Brent SopelD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	–	23:19
5Bryan AllenD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	15:16
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	–	21:11
10Trevor LetowskiR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	50	08:07
16Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	50	17:14
20Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	04:53
22Daniel SedinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:13
25Mats LindgrenC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	61	15:45
26Trent KlattR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	10:06
33Henrik SedinC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	58	15:00
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	07:48
8Marek MalikD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	19:24
23Murray BaronD	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	21:08

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
1Peter SkudraG		23	19	4	.826	34:09
35Alex AuldG	L	13	12	1	.923	27:53

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

14Ray WhitneyL	2	1	3	+1	3	1	3	0	–	21:25
3Jaroslav SpacekD	1	2	3	+1	4	1	0	0	–	28:13
61Rick NashL	1	1	2	−1	5	0	0	0	–	13:57
8Geoff SandersonL	1	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	–	20:22
28Tyler WrightC	0	1	1	−1	2	1	0	2	70	14:42
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:39
16Mike SillingerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	60	18:15
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	50	09:10
21Espen KnutsenC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	3	0	36	18:19
25Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	53	17:07
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	12:45
43David LingR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	2	–	12:01
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	06:25
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	3	0	–	21:35
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	24:23
33Jamie AllisonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	07:20
42Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:03
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	19:41

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	W	31	27	4	.871	62:02
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00