🌲 Away Wild 13-13-7 before this game
2–1
Final
🐋 Home Canucks 15-20-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MIN 0112
VAN 0101

Wild at Canucks

Wild beat Canucks 2–1 at Rogers Arena on December 22, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 22, 2001 · 21:00 CST 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Sergei Zholtok
1 G
4 shots · 20:01 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Wes Walz
1 G
3 shots · 14:40 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
1 A
2 shots · 18:26 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🌲 Sergei Zholtok PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:03
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Pascal Dupuis · beat Dan Cloutier
1–0
🐋 Henrik Sedin Tying 2nd · 07:21
Assists: Jason Strudwick, Mattias Ohlund · beat Manny Fernandez
1–1
3rd period
🌲 Wes Walz Go-ahead 3rd · 15:44
Assists: Antti Laaksonen, Richard Park · beat Dan Cloutier
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN VAN🐋
20 Shots on goal 29
1/9 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
11 Hits 15
10 Blocked shots 14
16 Takeaways 14
12 Giveaways 9
34 Penalty minutes 50
MIN shooting 10.0% (2/20) VAN shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐋Canucks
Dan Cloutier
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 13-13-7 (39% win rate, 33 games)
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 15-20-3 (39% win rate, 38 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 13-13-7 (39% win rate, 33 games)
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 15-20-3 (39% win rate, 38 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Zholtok · Park 18:40
L2 Laaksonen · Hendrickson · Roest 17:39
L3 Dowd · Walz · Dupuis 15:40
L4 Blouin · Johnson · Gavey 6:42
D1 Kuba · Sekeras 25:12
D2 Mitchell · Benysek 20:38
D3 Brown · Marshall 9:38
🐋Canucks
L1 Naslund · Linden · Cassels 21:08
L2 Morrison · Sedin · Bertuzzi 16:49
L3 Hlavac · Ruutu · Chubarov 12:31
L4 Cooke · Brown · Pederson 4:23
D1 Jovanovski · Ohlund 26:58
D2 Baron · Lachance 19:09
D3 Sopel · Strudwick 10:26

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 27, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN
1–2 · Wild won
Nov 11, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN
5–0 · Canucks won
Mar 25, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN
2–2 (OT) · Canucks won
Mar 4, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN
4–3 (OT) · Wild won
Feb 26, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN
5–2 · Canucks won

❓ MIN vs VAN, answered

Who won Wild vs Canucks on December 22, 2001?

Wild won 2–1.

What was the final score of Wild vs Canucks?

The final score was Wild 2, Canucks 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Sergei Zholtok, Wes Walz.

Who scored for Canucks?

Henrik Sedin.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Dan Cloutier made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Wild vs Canucks season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌲Wild
Previous game · Dec 18
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
5–1 · ANA won
Next game · Dec 23
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–6 · COL won
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Dec 20
🐋VAN @ 🐯NSH
2–6 · NSH won
Next game · Dec 27
🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN
2–4 · VAN won
Also on December 22, 2001
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1–0 final
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
2–3 final
👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 final
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
4–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🧥CBJ
4–2 final
🎵STL @ 🐆FLA
2–0 final
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