6–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 27-26-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	1	1	4	6
MTL	0	1	2	3

Wild at Canadiens

Wild beat Canadiens 6–3 at Bell Centre on February 27, 2003.

🗓 Thu, Feb 27, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 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

2 G, 1 A

7 shots · 19:06 TOI · +2

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Wes Walz

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 14:40 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Craig Rivet

2 G

5 shots · 23:22 TOI

4rd star 🌲 MIN

Manny Fernandez

32 saves

0.914 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🌲 Richard Park Go-ahead 1st · 12:20

Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Mathieu Garon

1–0

2nd period

🌲 Wes Walz 2nd · 09:07

Assists: Cliff Ronning · beat Mathieu Garon

2–0

🇨🇦 Craig Rivet 2nd · 16:41

Assists: Saku Koivu, Andrei Markov · beat Manny Fernandez

2–1

3rd period

🌲 Sergei Zholtok PP 3rd · 01:57

Assists: Andrei Zyuzin, Andrew Brunette · beat Mathieu Garon

3–1

🇨🇦 Richard Zednik PP 3rd · 05:28

Assists: Patrice Brisebois, Saku Koivu · beat Manny Fernandez

3–2

🌲 Marian Gaborik 3rd · 09:24

Assists: Jeremy Stevenson, Darby Hendrickson · beat Mathieu Garon

4–2

🇨🇦 Craig Rivet 3rd · 11:29

Assists: Donald Audette, Jan Bulis · beat Manny Fernandez

4–3

🌲 Cliff Ronning 3rd · 16:01

Assists: Wes Walz · beat Mathieu Garon

5–3

🌲 Cliff Ronning Empty net 3rd · 19:05

Assists: Antti Laaksonen

6–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN MTL🇨🇦

45 Shots on goal 35

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

9 Hits 10

15 Blocked shots 14

5 Takeaways 4

28 Giveaways 29

14 Penalty minutes 16

MIN shooting 13.3% (6/45) MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Manny Fernandez

32/35

.914 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Mathieu Garon

39/44

.886 SV% · 5 GA · 59:19 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Wild

Wild: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Ronning · Dupuis · Gaborik 16:11

L2 Laaksonen · Hendrickson · Walz 15:03

L3 Brunette · Bouchard · Dowd 13:50

L4 Stevenson · Zholtok · Park 12:26

D1 Zyuzin · Kuba 23:52

D2 Mitchell · Sekeras 21:16

D3 Schultz · Brown 12:32

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Koivu · Bulis · Zednik 17:32

L2 Juneau · Perreault · Audette 16:16

L3 Hossa · Gilmour · Sundstrom 15:17

L4 Kilger · Dwyer · Mckay 7:17

D1 Markov · Rivet 24:52

D2 Brisebois · Beauchemin 19:20

D3 Komisarek · Dykhuis 15:24

⚔️ Last meetings

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

❓ MIN vs MTL, answered

Who won Wild vs Canadiens on February 27, 2003?

Wild won 6–3.

What was the final score of Wild vs Canadiens?

The final score was Wild 6, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Wild?

Cliff Ronning (2), Marian Gaborik, Richard Park, Sergei Zholtok, Wes Walz.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Craig Rivet (2), Richard Zednik.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 39 saves on 44 shots (.886 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Wild vs Canadiens 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

🌲Wild

Previous game · Feb 25

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Feb 24

Also on February 27, 2003

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