🌲 Away Wild 18-20-9 before this game
3–1
Final
🧥 Home Blue Jackets 16-25-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MIN 0213
CBJ 1001

Wild at Blue Jackets

Wild beat Blue Jackets 3–1 at Nationwide Arena on January 18, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Jan 18, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Filip Kuba
2 G
5 shots · 28:17 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:35 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
2 A
1 shots · 18:00 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Espen Knutsen PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:06
Assists: Brett Harkins, Ray Whitney · beat Manny Fernandez
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Filip Kuba PP Tying 2nd · 04:57
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Richard Park · beat Ron Tugnutt
1–1
🌲 Filip Kuba PP Go-ahead 2nd · 18:00
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Darby Hendrickson · beat Ron Tugnutt
2–1
3rd period
🌲 Marian Gaborik 3rd · 12:48
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Lubomir Sekeras · beat Ron Tugnutt
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN CBJ🧥
27 Shots on goal 26
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
11 Hits 26
15 Blocked shots 14
7 Takeaways 2
7 Giveaways 12
17 Penalty minutes 21
MIN shooting 11.1% (3/27) CBJ shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Ron Tugnutt
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Hendrickson · Park · Gaborik 18:35
L2 Brunette · Laaksonen · Zholtok 17:10
L3 Walz · Dowd · Dupuis 14:26
L4 Johnson · Gavey 6:36
D1 Kuba · Sekeras 25:13
D2 Benysek · Mitchell 18:38
D3 Schultz · Marshall 13:27
D4 Sutton 8:34
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Whitney · Knutsen · Sillinger 21:45
L2 Aubin · Kron · Marshall 15:09
L3 Harkins · Wright · Vyborny 14:22
L4 Shelley · Sloan · Ling 6:26
D1 Quint · Klesla 22:24
D2 Heward · Timander 17:39
D3 Bicanek · Grand-Pierre 16:16

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 6, 2001
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · Wild won
Jan 17, 2001
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–3 (OT) · Wild won
Jan 15, 2001
🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ
0–3 · Blue Jackets won

❓ MIN vs CBJ, answered

Who won Wild vs Blue Jackets on January 18, 2002?

Wild won 3–1.

What was the final score of Wild vs Blue Jackets?

The final score was Wild 3, Blue Jackets 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Filip Kuba (2), Marian Gaborik.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Espen Knutsen.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Wild vs Blue Jackets season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Jan 15
🌲MIN @ 🌪️CAR
0–2 · CAR won
Next game · Jan 19
🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 · OTT won
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Jan 16
🗽NYR @ 🧥CBJ
0–2 · CBJ won
Next game · Jan 19
🧥CBJ @ 🐯NSH
1–2 · NSH won
Also on January 18, 2002
🪶CHI @ ⚡TBL
2–2 final
🦅WSH @ 🐙DET
1–3 final
🐆FLA @ ⭐DAL
3–2 final
🦆ANA @ 🛢️EDM
1–3 final
Wild season page Blue Jackets season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule