🧥 Away Blue Jackets 17-20-3 before this game
2–1
Final
🌲 Home Wild 25-13-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CBJ 0112
MIN 0011

Blue Jackets at Wild

Blue Jackets beat Wild 2–1 at Xcel Energy Center on January 8, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Jan 8, 2003 · 19:00 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson
1 G
2 shots · 20:29 TOI · +1
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Grant Marshall
1 G
2 shots · 12:10 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Ray Whitney
1 A
5 shots · 20:31 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🧥 Geoff Sanderson Go-ahead 2nd · 08:06
Assists: David Vyborny, Rick Nash · beat Dwayne Roloson
1–0
3rd period
🧥 Grant Marshall 3rd · 07:22
Assists: Ray Whitney, Tyler Wright · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–0
🌲 Pierre-Marc Bouchard 3rd · 11:32
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Filip Kuba · beat Marc Denis
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ MIN🌲
26 Shots on goal 19
0 Hits 1
8 Penalty minutes 8
CBJ shooting 7.7% (2/26) MIN shooting 5.3% (1/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Dwayne Roloson
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:32 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 17-20-3 (42% win rate, 40 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 25-13-4 (60% win rate, 42 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 Whitney · Sanderson · Cassels 20:29
L2 Wright · Sillinger · Vyborny 16:34
L3 Nash · Pronger · Marshall 12:10
L4 Shelley · Hyvonen 10:28
D1 Spacek · Richardson 23:29
D2 Westcott · Klesla 21:26
D3 Walser · Manning 11:52
D4 Allison 8:32
🌲Wild
L1 Ronning · Dupuis · Park 16:44
L2 Bouchard · Zholtok · Gaborik 16:02
L3 Stevenson · Laaksonen · Walz 14:41
L4 Brunette · Dowd 11:13
D1 Zyuzin · Schultz 23:40
D2 Sekeras · Kuba 21:02
D3 Mitchell · Marshall 14:08
D4 Brown 5:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 20, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
3–1 · Blue Jackets won
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

❓ CBJ vs MIN, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Wild on January 8, 2003?

Blue Jackets won 2–1.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Wild?

The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Wild 1.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Geoff Sanderson, Grant Marshall.

Who scored for Wild?

Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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?

Blue Jackets 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
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Jan 6
🐯NSH @ 🧥CBJ
5–1 · NSH won
Next game · Jan 10
🧥CBJ @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · CBJ won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Jan 6
👑LAK @ 🌲MIN
3–2 · LAK won
Next game · Jan 10
🌵PHX @ 🌲MIN
1–2 · MIN won
Also on January 8, 2003
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
1–5 final
🐙DET @ 🐆FLA
2–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI
0–0 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐋VAN
4–6 final
🛢️EDM @ 🦆ANA
1–0 final
Blue Jackets season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule