🏔️ Away Avalanche 2-3 in series
2–3
Final / OT
MIN leads 4–3
🌲 Home Wild 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
COL 00202
MIN 00213

Avalanche at Wild — First Round Game 6

Wild, First Round Game 6, beat Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at Xcel Energy Center on April 21, 2003.

🗓 Mon, Apr 21, 2003 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 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
Marian Gaborik
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 20:07 TOI · +2
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Richard Park
2 G
5 shots · 19:33 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 A
4 shots · 20:45 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
3rd period
🌲 Richard Park Go-ahead 3rd · 01:45
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Willie Mitchell
0–1
🌲 Marian Gaborik 3rd · 12:06
Assists: Antti Laaksonen, Darby Hendrickson
0–2
🏔️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 16:34
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Martin Skoula
1–2
🏔️ Greg De Vries Tying 3rd · 18:28
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Riku Hahl
2–2
Overtime
🌲 Richard Park Go-ahead OT · 04:22
Assists: Wes Walz, Marian Gaborik
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
24 Shots on goal 23
13 Hits 14
17 Blocked shots 22
3 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 13
4 Penalty minutes 2
COL shooting 8.3% (2/24) MIN shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 64:16 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 64:22 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 50-21-16 (57% win rate, 87 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 51-32-4 (59% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 50-21-16 (57% win rate, 87 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 51-32-4 (59% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Hejduk 22:39
L2 Tanguay · Battaglia · Reinprecht 16:25
L3 Hahl · Shantz · Hinote 14:56
L4 Messier · Willsie · Keane 7:40
L5 McAllister 2:34
D1 Blake · Morris 27:31
D2 De Vries · Marchment 23:51
D3 Skoula 21:32
🌲Wild
L1 Ronning · Hendrickson · Gaborik 20:12
L2 Laaksonen · Walz · Park 18:46
L3 Brunette · Zholtok · Dupuis 14:38
L4 Johnson · Stevenson · Dowd 7:50
D1 Kuba · Mitchell 26:50
D2 Sekeras · Schultz 21:52
D3 Zyuzin · Marshall 14:33

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 19, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · Wild won
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

❓ COL vs MIN, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Wild on April 21, 2003?

Wild won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Wild?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Wild 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Greg De Vries, Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Wild?

Richard Park (2), Marian Gaborik.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild 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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 19
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · MIN won
Next game · Apr 22
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · MIN won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Apr 19
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · MIN won
Next game · Apr 22
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 · MIN won
Also on April 21, 2003
🔔PHI @ 🍁TOR
1–2 final
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