🌲 Away Wild 1-3 in series
3–2
Final
MIN leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Wild at Avalanche — First Round Game 5

Wild, First Round Game 5, beat Avalanche 3–2 at Ball Arena on April 19, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Apr 19, 2003 · 14:00 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
Pascal Dupuis
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:58 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Willie Mitchell
1 G
2 shots · 23:41 TOI · +1
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Filip Kuba
1 G
1 shots · 26:21 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
28 Shots on goal 28
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
10 Hits 12
21 Blocked shots 8
14 Takeaways 8
5 Giveaways 8
12 Penalty minutes 12
MIN shooting 10.7% (3/28) COL shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:12 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 50-32-4 (58% win rate, 86 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 50-20-16 (58% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 50-32-4 (58% win rate, 86 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 50-20-16 (58% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Walz · Park · Dupuis 19:45
L2 Laaksonen · Hendrickson · Gaborik 16:38
L3 Brunette · Zholtok · Ronning 13:50
L4 Stevenson · Johnson · Dowd 6:25
D1 Kuba · Zyuzin 25:54
D2 Mitchell · Sekeras 21:04
D3 Marshall · Schultz 10:24
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 23:29
L2 Tanguay · Battaglia · Reinprecht 16:20
L3 Hahl · Hinote · Willsie 11:00
L4 Shantz · Aubin · Keane 6:04
D1 Blake · De Vries 25:14
D2 Morris · Foote 22:12
D3 Marchment · Skoula 11:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 16, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
3–1 · Avalanche won
Apr 14, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
3–0 · Avalanche won
Apr 12, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won
Apr 10, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · Wild won
Feb 15, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
2–3 · Avalanche won

❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on April 19, 2003?

Wild won 3–2.

What was the final score of Wild vs Avalanche?

The final score was Wild 3, Avalanche 2.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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 · Apr 16
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
3–1 · COL won
Next game · Apr 21
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · MIN won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 16
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
3–1 · COL won
Next game · Apr 21
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · MIN won
Also on April 19, 2003
🍁TOR @ 🔔PHI
1–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
3–2 final
Wild season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule