🌪️ Away Hurricanes 13-11-7 before this game

1–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CAR	0	0	1	1
MIN	2	0	0	2

Hurricanes at Wild

Wild beat Hurricanes 2–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 15, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 15, 2002 · 17:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌲 MIN

Cliff Ronning

1 G

4 shots · 18:11 TOI · +1

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Filip Kuba

1 G

3 shots · 29:18 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Sergei Zholtok

1 A

1 shots · 19:26 TOI

4rd star 🌲 MIN

Dwayne Roloson

33 saves

0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🌲 Cliff Ronning Go-ahead 1st · 06:44

Assists: Wes Walz, Antti Laaksonen · beat Arturs Irbe

0–1

🌲 Filip Kuba PP 1st · 14:24

Assists: Sergei Zholtok · beat Arturs Irbe

0–2

3rd period

🌪️ Ron Francis PP 3rd · 12:53

Assists: Tomas Malec, Sami Kapanen · beat Dwayne Roloson

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR MIN🌲

34 Shots on goal 15

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

1 Hits 2

14 Penalty minutes 10

CAR shooting 2.9% (1/34) MIN shooting 13.3% (2/15)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Arturs Irbe

13/15

.867 SV% · 2 GA · 58:46 TOI

🌲Wild

Dwayne Roloson

33/34

.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Battaglia · Brind'Amour · Francis 21:25

L2 Cole · O'Neill · Kapanen 18:02

L3 Hlavac · Svoboda · Adams 13:22

L4 Daniels · Adams · Boulerice 1:33

D1 Hill · Wesley 23:38

D2 Wallin · Tanabe 17:31

D3 Ward · Malec 15:29

🌲Wild

L1 Zholtok · Walz · Dupuis 18:44

L2 Laaksonen · Ronning · Park 16:22

L3 Brunette · Veilleux · Dowd 12:43

L4 Johnson · Wallin · Wanvig 10:02

D1 Kuba · Bombardir 26:18

D2 Zyuzin · Schultz 20:08

D3 Sekeras · Murphy 9:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs MIN, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Wild on December 15, 2002?

Wild won 2–1.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Wild?

The final score was Hurricanes 1, Wild 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Ron Francis.

Who scored for Wild?

Cliff Ronning, Filip Kuba.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 13 saves on 15 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Wild played?

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

What is the Hurricanes vs Wild 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

🌪️Hurricanes

Previous game · Dec 12

🌲Wild

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 15, 2002

Hurricanes season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule