🧥 Away Blue Jackets 22-38-8 before this game
3–1
Final
🌲 Home Wild 26-28-15 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CBJ 0123
MIN 0011

Blue Jackets at Wild

Blue Jackets beat Wild 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on March 20, 2002.

🗓 Wed, Mar 20, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Ray Whitney
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:05 TOI · +1
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Deron Quint
2 A
1 shots · 19:00 TOI · +1
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
David Vyborny
1 G
3 shots · 13:09 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🧥 David Vyborny PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:04
Assists: Deron Quint, Tyler Wright · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
3rd period
🧥 Ray Whitney 3rd · 04:16
Assists: Deron Quint · beat Manny Fernandez
2–0
🧥 Geoff Sanderson PP 3rd · 07:29
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Ray Whitney · beat Manny Fernandez
3–0
🌲 Andrew Brunette 3rd · 08:55
Assists: Jim Dowd, Lubomir Sekeras · beat Ron Tugnutt
3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ MIN🌲
22 Shots on goal 25
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
14 Hits 8
15 Blocked shots 7
2 Takeaways 7
13 Giveaways 20
17 Penalty minutes 19
CBJ shooting 13.6% (3/22) MIN shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Ron Tugnutt
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 22-38-8 (32% win rate, 68 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 26-28-15 (38% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Wright · Sillinger · Knutsen 19:29
L2 Whitney · Sanderson · Kron 14:43
L3 Aubin · Vyborny · Marshall 13:09
L4 Shelley · Dineen 6:09
D1 Spacek · Timander 21:23
D2 Klesla · Quint 19:06
D3 Grand-Pierre · Westcott 17:20
D4 Bicanek 15:46
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Dowd · Gaborik 19:18
L2 Laaksonen · Roest · Park 16:59
L3 Hendrickson · Virta · Dupuis 14:27
L4 Domenichelli · Blouin · Johnson 7:40
D1 Mitchell · Schultz 21:10
D2 Sekeras · Brown 18:56
D3 Marshall · Benysek 16:45

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Mar 10, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
0–5 · Wild won
Feb 12, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ
3–3 (OT) · Wild won
Jan 18, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🧥CBJ
3–1 · Wild won
Apr 6, 2001
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · Wild won
Jan 17, 2001
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–3 (OT) · Wild won

❓ CBJ vs MIN, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Wild on March 20, 2002?

Blue Jackets won 3–1.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Wild?

The final score was Blue Jackets 3, Wild 1.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

David Vyborny, Geoff Sanderson, Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Wild played?

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

What is the Blue Jackets vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Mar 16
🔥CGY @ 🧥CBJ
1–3 · CBJ won
Next game · Mar 21
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
3–2 · DET won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Mar 18
🔥CGY @ 🌲MIN
2–4 · MIN won
Next game · Mar 23
🌲MIN @ 🏝️NYI
1–2 · NYI won
Also on March 20, 2002
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA
4–1 final
🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL
2–4 final
🌵PHX @ 🐧PIT
3–1 final
🎵STL @ ⭐DAL
2–3 final
😈NJD @ 🪶CHI
3–1 final
🦈SJS @ 🛢️EDM
1–2 final
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