Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2003 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 35-29.
Wes Walz scored twice. Matt Johnson, Geoff Sanderson, Andrei Zyuzin, Trevor Letowski and Sergei Zholtok also scored.
Dwayne Roloson made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Wes Walz (7)Antti Laaksonen (6)0–104:32 MIN · SHG
Matt Johnson (4)Andrew Brunette (14), Jim Dowd (13)0–205:57 MIN
Geoff Sanderson (5)Darryl Sydor (9), Todd Rohloff (2)1–207:42 CBJ
2nd period
Andrei Zyuzin (3)Jim Dowd (14), Filip Kuba (9)1–309:21 MIN- Wes Walz (8)Antti Laaksonen (7), Andrei Zyuzin (7)1–413:09 MIN
3rd period
Trevor Letowski (5)Derrick Walser (6), Todd Marchant (13)2–403:27 CBJ
Sergei Zholtok (5)Marian Gaborik (5), Andrei Zyuzin (8)2–514:29 MIN
Team stats
CBJMIN
29Shots on goal35
57%Faceoff %43%
0/5Power play0/1
13Penalty minutes21
5Hits0
11Blocked shots12
12Giveaways18
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:18
Andrei Zyuzin · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 08:50Jim Dowd · boarding2 min
- 2nd 01:32
Derrick Walser · holding2 min - 2nd 04:26Filip Kuba · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:30Rick Nash · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:30Alex Henry · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:11Jody Shelley · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:11Alex Henry · fighting5 min
- 2nd 15:28Kyle Wanvig · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:28Kyle Wanvig · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:47Rick Nash · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:47Rick Nash · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:47Marian Gaborik · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 17:47Marian Gaborik · roughing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:09 |
| 10Trevor LetowskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:33 |
| 23Derrick WalserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 24Todd RohloffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 17David LingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:08 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:39 |
| 46Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 2Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 6Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 40:00 |
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | 16 | 15 | 1 | .938 | 20:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 12Matt JohnsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:46 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 33Sergei ZholtokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:31 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:12 |
| 9Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 21Eric ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:27 |
| 27Kyle WanvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 11:38 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 2Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 5Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 36Alex HenryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |