🐯 Away Predators 17-17-5 before this game
1–2
Final
🌲 Home Wild 15-17-8 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NSH 0101
MIN 2002

Predators at Wild

Wild beat Predators 2–1 at Xcel Energy Center on January 4, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Jan 4, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Lubomir Sekeras
1 G
4 shots · 20:27 TOI · -1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
1 G
4 shots · 16:40 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
1 A
4 shots · 18:18 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Andrew Brunette PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:53
Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Marian Gaborik · beat Mike Dunham
0–1
🌲 Lubomir Sekeras PP 1st · 13:19
Assists: Richard Park, Aaron Gavey · beat Mike Dunham
0–2
2nd period
🐯 Greg Johnson 2nd · 19:57
Assists: Scott Hartnell, Cale Hulse · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH MIN🌲
20 Shots on goal 25
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
18 Hits 10
12 Blocked shots 12
5 Takeaways 4
16 Giveaways 29
10 Penalty minutes 6
NSH shooting 5.0% (1/20) MIN shooting 8.0% (2/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Mike Dunham
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 58:37 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Hartnell · Johnson · Ronning 17:42
L2 Arkhipov · Legwand · Yachmenev 15:53
L3 Orszagh · Walker · Tenkrat 13:21
L4 Erat · Fitzgerald 10:56
D1 Timonen · Houlder 22:56
D2 Skrastins · Hulse 18:48
D3 Berenzweig · Eaton 15:23
D4 Moro 3:33
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Hendrickson · Gaborik 18:18
L2 Walz · Dowd · Park 15:19
L3 Laaksonen · Gavey · Dupuis 14:32
L4 Blouin · Johnson · Zholtok 11:12
D1 Kuba · Bombardir 20:58
D2 Sekeras · Mitchell 20:13
D3 Benysek · Marshall 16:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 31, 2001
🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN
6–4 · Predators won
Oct 30, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
4–2 · Wild won
Mar 31, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
1–4 · Predators won
Mar 21, 2001
🐯NSH @ 🌲MIN
0–0 (OT) · Predators won
Feb 24, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
1–2 · Predators won

❓ NSH vs MIN, answered

Who won Predators vs Wild on January 4, 2002?

Wild won 2–1.

What was the final score of Predators vs Wild?

The final score was Predators 1, Wild 2.

Who scored for Predators?

Greg Johnson.

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette, Lubomir Sekeras.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Predators vs Wild 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
🐯Predators
Previous game · Jan 3
🐯NSH @ 😈NJD
4–3 · NSH won
Next game · Jan 6
🐯NSH @ 🧥CBJ
3–4 · CBJ won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Jan 2
⚡TBL @ 🌲MIN
0–2 · MIN won
Next game · Jan 6
⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN
4–1 · BUF won
Also on January 4, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🪶CHI
0–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🦆ANA
2–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🦈SJS
3–5 final
Predators season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule