2002–03 Minnesota Wild season

The 2002–03 Minnesota Wild season was the team's third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, the Wild won two playoff series before losing in the Western Conference Final to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

2002–03 Minnesota Wild
Division	3rd Northwest
2002–03 record	42–29–10–1
Goals for	198
Goals against	178
Team information
General Manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Brad Bombardir (Oct.–Nov.) Matt Johnson (Dec.) Sergei Zholtok (Jan.) Brad Bombardir (Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,500

Off-season

Regular season

The Wild tied the Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut-out with 10.[1]

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 2002	5–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	T	October 12, 2002	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	1–0–1–0
3	W	October 15, 2002	4–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	2–0–1–0
4	W	October 17, 2002	3–1	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	3–0–1–0
5	L	October 19, 2002	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	3–1–1–0
6	W	October 22, 2002	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	4–1–1–0
7	W	October 24, 2002	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	5–1–1–0
8	W	October 26, 2002	6–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	6–1–1–0
9	T	October 27, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	6–1–2–0
10	W	October 29, 2002	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	7–1–2–0
11	W	October 31, 2002	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	8–1–2–0
12	L	November 2, 2002	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	8–2–2–0
13	W	November 4, 2002	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	9–2–2–0
14	L	November 7, 2002	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	9–3–2–0
15	W	November 9, 2002	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	10–3–2–0
16	L	November 10, 2002	0–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	10–4–2–0
17	L	November 12, 2002	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	10–5–2–0
18	T	November 14, 2002	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	10–5–3–0
19	W	November 16, 2002	1–0	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	11–5–3–0
20	T	November 19, 2002	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	11–5–4–0
21	W	November 21, 2002	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	12–5–4–0
22	W	November 23, 2002	4–2	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	13–5–4–0
23	L	November 25, 2002	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	13–6–4–0
24	L	November 27, 2002	0–5	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	13–7–4–0
25	T	November 29, 2002	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	13–7–5–0
26	OTL	December 3, 2002	1–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	13–7–5–1
27	T	December 5, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	13–7–6–1
28	W	December 7, 2002	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	14–7–6–1
29	W	December 10, 2002	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	15–7–6–1
30	W	December 12, 2002	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	16–7–6–1
31	L	December 14, 2002	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	16–8–6–1
32	W	December 15, 2002	2–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	17–8–6–1
33	W	December 17, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–8–6–1
34	L	December 19, 2002	2–4	New York Islanders (2002–03)	18–9–6–1
35	L	December 21, 2002	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	18–10–6–1
36	L	December 23, 2002	2–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–11–6–1
37	T	December 26, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	18–11–7–1
38	W	December 28, 2002	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	19–11–7–1
39	W	December 31, 2002	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	20–11–7–1
40	W	January 2, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	21–11–7–1
41	L	January 4, 2003	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	21–12–7–1
42	L	January 6, 2003	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	21–13–7–1
43	L	January 8, 2003	1–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	21–14–7–1
44	W	January 10, 2003	2–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	22–14–7–1
45	L	January 14, 2003	0–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	22–15–7–1
46	W	January 16, 2003	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	23–15–7–1
47	L	January 18, 2003	0–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	23–16–7–1
48	W	January 20, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	24–16–7–1
49	W	January 23, 2003	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	25–16–7–1
50	L	January 25, 2003	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	25–17–7–1
51	T	January 28, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	25–17–8–1
52	L	January 29, 2003	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	25–18–8–1
53	W	February 5, 2003	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	26–18–8–1
54	W	February 7, 2003	4–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	27–18–8–1
55	L	February 9, 2003	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	27–19–8–1
56	W	February 10, 2003	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	28–19–8–1
57	W	February 12, 2003	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	29–19–8–1
58	L	February 14, 2003	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	29–20–8–1
59	L	February 15, 2003	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	29–21–8–1
60	L	February 19, 2003	2–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	29–22–8–1
61	W	February 23, 2003	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	30–22–8–1
62	W	February 25, 2003	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	31–22–8–1
63	W	February 27, 2003	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	32–22–8–1
64	L	March 1, 2003	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	32–23–8–1
65	W	March 4, 2003	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	33–23–8–1
66	T	March 6, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	33–23–9–1
67	L	March 7, 2003	0–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	33–24–9–1
68	W	March 9, 2003	6–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	34–24–9–1
69	W	March 12, 2003	4–2	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	35–24–9–1
70	W	March 14, 2003	3–1	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	36–24–9–1
71	L	March 15, 2003	0–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	36–25–9–1
72	T	March 17, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	36–25–10–1
73	W	March 19, 2003	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	37–25–10–1
74	W	March 21, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	38–25–10–1
75	W	March 23, 2003	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	39–25–10–1
76	L	March 25, 2003	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	39–26–10–1
77	L	March 26, 2003	0–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	39–27–10–1
78	W	March 28, 2003	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	40–27–10–1
79	W	March 31, 2003	3–0	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	41–27–10–1
80	L	April 2, 2003	0–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	41–28–10–1
81	L	April 3, 2003	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	41–29–10–1
82	W	April 6, 2003	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	42–29–10–1

Playoffs

See also: 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

Minnesota wins series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 10	Minnesota	4 – 2	Colorado		Roloson	18,007	1 – 0
2	April 12	Minnesota	2 – 3	Colorado		Roloson	18,007	1 – 1
3	April 14	Colorado	3 – 0	Minnesota		Roloson	19,354	1 – 2
4	April 16	Colorado	3 – 1	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	1 – 3
5	April 19	Minnesota	3 – 2	Colorado		Fernandez	18,007	2 – 3
6	April 21	Colorado	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	19,350	3 – 3
7	April 22	Minnesota	3 – 2	Colorado	OT	Fernandez	18,007	4 – 3

Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks

Minnesota wins series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Minnesota	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Fernandez	18,514	0 – 1
2	April 27	Minnesota	3 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	1 – 1
3	April 29	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota		Roloson	19,394	1 – 2
4	May 2	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota	OT	Fernandez	19,386	1 – 3
5	May 5	Minnesota	7 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	2 – 3
6	May 7	Vancouver	1 – 5	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	3 – 3
7	May 8	Minnesota	4 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	18,514	4 – 3

Western Conference Finals: vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Anaheim wins series 4–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 10	Anaheim	1 – 0	Minnesota	2OT	Fernandez	19,350	0 – 1
2	May 12	Anaheim	2 – 0	Minnesota		Roloson	19,350	0 – 2
3	May 14	Minnesota	0 – 4	Anaheim		Roloson	17,174	0 – 3
4	May 16	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Fernandez	17,174	0 – 4

• Note* Wild are the only team in NHL history to rally back from 3–1 down twice in the same playoff

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marian Gaborik RW 81 30 35 65 46 12 5 1 8 Pascal Dupuis LW 80 20 28 48 44 17 6 0 4 Cliff Ronning C 80 17 31 48 24 -6 8 0 5 Andrew Brunette LW 82 18 28 46 30 -10 9 0 2 Sergei Zholtok C 78 16 26 42 18 1 3 0 2 Wes Walz C 80 13 19 32 63 11 0 0 4 Antti Laaksonen LW 82 15 16 31 26 4 1 2 4 Filip Kuba D 78 8 21 29 29 0 4 2 1 Jim Dowd C 78 8 17 25 31 -1 3 1 2 Richard Park RW 81 14 10 24 16 -3 2 2 3 Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 50 7 13 20 18 1 5 0 1 Andrei Zyuzin D 66 4 12 16 34 -7 2 0 0 Brad Bombardir D 58 1 14 15 16 15 1 0 0 Willie Mitchell D 69 2 12 14 84 13 0 1 1 Jeremy Stevenson LW 32 5 6 11 69 6 1 0 1 Lubomir Sekeras D 60 2 9 11 30 -12 1 0 1 Nick Schultz D 75 3 7 10 23 11 0 0 1 Bill Muckalt RW 8 5 3 8 6 5 0 0 0 Matt Johnson LW 60 3 5 8 201 -8 0 0 1 Darby Hendrickson C 28 1 5 6 8 -3 0 0 0 Jason Marshall D 45 1 5 6 69 4 0 0 0 Stephane Veilleux LW 38 3 2 5 23 -6 1 0 0 Rickard Wallin C 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 Kyle Wanvig RW 7 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 Brad Brown D 57 0 1 1 90 -1 0 0 0 Manny Fernandez G 35 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Dwayne Roloson G 50 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Ladislav Benysek D 14 0 0 0 8 -3 0 0 0 Sylvain Blouin LW 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Hnat Domenichelli LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dieter Kochan G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Curtis Murphy D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Guy Trudel LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dwayne Roloson 2945 50 23 16 8 98 2.00 4 1334 1236 .927 Manny Fernandez 1979 35 19 13 2 74 2.24 2 972 898 .924 Dieter Kochan 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0 28 23 .821 Team: 4984 82 42 30 10 177 2.13 6 2334 2157 .924

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marian Gaborik RW 18 9 8 17 6 2 4 0 0 Andrew Brunette LW 18 7 6 13 4 -3 4 0 1 Wes Walz C 18 7 6 13 14 5 0 2 2 Sergei Zholtok C 18 2 11 13 0 -7 1 0 0 Cliff Ronning C 17 2 7 9 4 -3 1 0 0 Pascal Dupuis LW 16 4 4 8 8 0 2 0 1 Filip Kuba D 18 3 5 8 24 -8 3 0 0 Richard Park RW 18 3 3 6 4 -2 0 0 1 Darby Hendrickson C 17 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 1 Jeremy Stevenson LW 14 0 5 5 12 0 0 0 0 Antti Laaksonen LW 16 1 3 4 4 -3 0 0 0 Willie Mitchell D 18 1 3 4 14 5 0 0 0 Jason Marshall D 15 1 1 2 16 -1 0 0 1 Lubomir Sekeras D 15 1 1 2 6 -2 1 0 1 Jim Dowd C 15 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Nick Schultz D 18 0 1 1 10 5 0 0 0 Andrei Zyuzin D 18 0 1 1 14 -3 0 0 0 Brad Bombardir D 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Brad Brown D 11 0 0 0 16 -1 0 0 0 Manny Fernandez G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Johnson LW 12 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 Bill Muckalt RW 5 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 Dwayne Roloson G 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dwayne Roloson 579 11 5 6 25 2.59 0 257 232 .903 Manny Fernandez 552 9 3 4 18 1.96 0 253 235 .929 Team: 1131 18 8 10 43 2.28 0 510 467 .916

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Minnesota's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	38	Josh Harding	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	72	Mike Erickson	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3	73	Barry Brust	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	155	Armands Berzins	Latvia	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
6	175	Matt Foy	Canada	Merrimack College (Hockey East)
7	204	Niklas Eckerblom	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
8	237	Christoph Brandner	Austria	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)
9	268	Mikhail Tyulyapkin	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jr. (Russia)
9	269	Mika Hannula	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (Elitserien)

Farm teams

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003_games.html
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
3. "2002-03 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

• "2002–03 Minnesota Wild Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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