🌲 Away Wild 0-0 in series
4–2
Final
MIN leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Wild at Avalanche — First Round Game 1

Wild, First Round Game 1, beat Avalanche 4–2 at Ball Arena on April 10, 2003.

🗓 Thu, Apr 10, 2003 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MIN vs COL · MIN leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–2
Final · MIN
Game 2
2–3
Final · COL
Game 3
3–0
Final · COL
Game 4
3–1
Final · COL
Game 5
3–2
Final · MIN
Game 6
2–3
OT · MIN
Game 7
3–2
OT · MIN

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Andrew Brunette
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 10:24 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Marian Gaborik
1 G
4 shots · 19:34 TOI · -1
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Wes Walz
1 G
3 shots · 19:53 TOI
4rd star 🌲 MIN
Dwayne Roloson
39 saves
0.951 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
27 Shots on goal 41
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 17
21 Blocked shots 13
10 Takeaways 10
3 Giveaways 11
6 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 14.8% (4/27) COL shooting 4.9% (2/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Dwayne Roloson
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 59:31 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:08 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 49-29-4 (60% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 47-19-16 (57% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 49-29-4 (60% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 47-19-16 (57% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Walz · Gaborik 19:34
L2 Zholtok · Park · Dupuis 16:02
L3 Brunette · Hendrickson · Ronning 13:55
L4 Johnson · Dowd 7:46
D1 Mitchell · Kuba 26:50
D2 Zyuzin · Schultz 21:40
D3 Sekeras · Marshall 14:05
D4 Brown 4:24
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Hejduk 21:29
L2 Tanguay · Battaglia · Reinprecht 18:35
L3 Messier · Hinote · Willsie 11:44
L4 Aubin · Shantz · Parker 8:10
D1 Blake · Morris 25:14
D2 Foote · De Vries 21:00
D3 Marchment · Skoula 12:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won
Dec 21, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won
Nov 29, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won
Oct 29, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 (OT) · Wild won
Oct 27, 2002
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–3 (OT) · Wild won

❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on April 10, 2003?

Wild won 4–2.

What was the final score of Wild vs Avalanche?

The final score was Wild 4, Avalanche 2.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌲Wild
Previous game · Apr 6
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
3–4 · MIN won
Next game · Apr 12
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 6
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
2–5 · COL won
Next game · Apr 12
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · COL won
Also on April 10, 2003
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
3–0 final
🦆ANA @ 🐙DET
2–1 final
🎵STL @ 🐋VAN
6–0 final
Wild season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule