🦆 Away Ducks 17-13-7 before this game
1–4
Final
🌲 Home Wild 23-11-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
ANA 0101
MIN 1214

Ducks at Wild

Wild beat Ducks 4–1 at Xcel Energy Center on December 31, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Dec 31, 2002 · 17:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Cliff Ronning
2 A
3 shots · 14:04 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
2 A
2 shots · 15:49 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Brad Bombardir
2 A
24:21 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Jeremy Stevenson Go-ahead 1st · 17:08
Assists: Cliff Ronning, Marian Gaborik · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
0–1
2nd period
🌲 Nick Schultz 2nd · 15:38
Assists: Cliff Ronning, Marian Gaborik · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
0–2
🌲 Matt Johnson 2nd · 16:30
Assists: Brad Bombardir, Andrew Brunette · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
0–3
🦆 Andy McDonald 2nd · 18:24
Assists: Petr Sykora, Adam Oates · beat Dwayne Roloson
1–3
3rd period
🌲 Antti Laaksonen 3rd · 12:47
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Brad Bombardir · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦆ANA MIN🌲
21 Shots on goal 23
2 Hits 2
2 Penalty minutes 2
ANA shooting 4.8% (1/21) MIN shooting 17.4% (4/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦆Ducks
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
19/23
.826 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Dwayne Roloson
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Ducks
Ducks: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–3
Ducks
Ducks: no games found in this situation this year.
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦆Ducks
L1 Kariya · Oates · Rucchin 20:34
L2 Kjellberg · McDonald · Sykora 18:26
L3 Bylsma · Krog · Chistov 11:58
L4 Leclerc · Chouinard · Cullen 6:53
D1 Carney · Havelid 23:46
D2 Salei · Olausson 20:08
D3 Sauer · Vishnevski 14:42
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Walz · Park 18:28
L2 Ronning · Gaborik · Dupuis 14:24
L3 Brunette · Dowd · Zholtok 13:30
L4 Johnson · Stevenson · Veilleux 11:43
D1 Bombardir · Kuba 24:14
D2 Zyuzin · Schultz 20:40
D3 Mitchell · Brown 14:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 10, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🦆ANA
0–1 · Ducks won
Feb 27, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🦆ANA
5–3 · Wild won
Jan 23, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🦆ANA
2–3 (OT) · Ducks won
Jan 11, 2002
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
2–2 (OT) · Ducks won
Dec 18, 2001
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
5–1 · Ducks won

❓ ANA vs MIN, answered

Who won Ducks vs Wild on December 31, 2002?

Wild won 4–1.

What was the final score of Ducks vs Wild?

The final score was Ducks 1, Wild 4.

Who scored for Ducks?

Andy McDonald.

Who scored for Wild?

Antti Laaksonen, Jeremy Stevenson, Matt Johnson, Nick Schultz.

How did the Ducks goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Ducks vs Wild played?

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

What is the Ducks vs Wild season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🦆Ducks
Previous game · Dec 29
🦆ANA @ 🔥CGY
2–4 · CGY won
Next game · Jan 3
🔔PHI @ 🦆ANA
1–0 · PHI won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Dec 28
🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · MIN won
Next game · Jan 2
🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM
2–1 · MIN won
Also on December 31, 2002
🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF
1–0 final
🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL
6–3 final
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–5 final
🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ
2–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR
2–0 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY
1–1 final
🛢️EDM @ ⭐DAL
1–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🐋VAN
5–3 final
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