🎵 Away Blues 36-17-9 before this game
1–3
Final
🌲 Home Wild 34-22-4 before this game
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Blues at Wild

Wild beat Blues 3–1 at Xcel Energy Center on February 23, 2003.

🗓 Sun, Feb 23, 2003 · 19:30 CST 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Wild lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Wes Walz
2 G
2 shots · 17:36 TOI · +3
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Antti Laaksonen
2 A
17:24 TOI · +3
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Filip Kuba
1 G
3 shots · 17:54 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Wes Walz Go-ahead 1st · 01:53
Assists: Willie Mitchell · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
🌲 Wes Walz 1st · 07:33
Assists: Richard Park, Antti Laaksonen · beat Brent Johnson
0–2
2nd period
🎵 Pavol Demitra PP 2nd · 12:53
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Al MacInnis · beat Manny Fernandez
1–2
3rd period
🌲 Filip Kuba SH 3rd · 09:28
Assists: Antti Laaksonen, Andrei Zyuzin · beat Brent Johnson
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL MIN🌲
22 Shots on goal 19
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
9 Hits 4
8 Blocked shots 9
2 Takeaways 13
13 Giveaways 19
20 Penalty minutes 10
STL shooting 4.5% (1/22) MIN shooting 15.8% (3/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Stillman · Tkachuk · Demitra 21:05
L2 Rucinsky · Martins · Drake 16:39
L3 Nash · Johnson · Mellanby 10:47
L4 Podein · Boguniecki · Low 7:44
D1 MacInnis · Khavanov 25:50
D2 Jackman · Finley 20:58
D3 Laflamme · Backman 13:14
🌲Wild
L1 Brunette · Laaksonen · Walz 17:36
L2 Zholtok · Dowd · Gaborik 17:07
L3 Ronning · Hendrickson · Dupuis 13:25
L4 Stevenson · Bouchard · Park 10:47
D1 Zyuzin · Mitchell 24:40
D2 Bombardir · Kuba 20:12
D3 Schultz · Brown 9:57

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 12, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🎵STL
2–2 (OT) · Wild won
Mar 26, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🎵STL
2–1 · Wild won
Mar 7, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🎵STL
3–0 · Wild won
Dec 2, 2001
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
4–4 (OT) · Blues won
Oct 19, 2001
🎵STL @ 🌲MIN
3–2 (OT) · Blues won

❓ STL vs MIN, answered

Who won Blues vs Wild on February 23, 2003?

Wild won 3–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Wild?

The final score was Blues 1, Wild 3.

Who scored for Blues?

Pavol Demitra.

Who scored for Wild?

Wes Walz (2), Filip Kuba.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Wild played?

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

What is the Blues vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 2–0 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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Feb 22
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · PIT won
Next game · Feb 27
🛢️EDM @ 🎵STL
1–4 · STL won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Feb 19
🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN
4–2 · NYR won
Next game · Feb 25
🌲MIN @ 🏛️OTT
3–0 · MIN won
Also on February 23, 2003
🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI
4–4 final
🦆ANA @ 🌪️CAR
4–0 final
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
4–3 final
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
4–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🪶CHI
3–0 final
🔥CGY @ 🌵PHX
4–2 final
🐯NSH @ 🍁TOR
5–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🛢️EDM
3–3 final
Blues season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule