🌲 Away Wild 3-3 in series
3–2
Final / OT
MIN leads 4–3
🏔️ Home Avalanche 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
MIN 01113
COL 01102

Wild at Avalanche — First Round Game 7

Wild, First Round Game 7, beat Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at Ball Arena on April 22, 2003.

🗓 Tue, Apr 22, 2003 · 21:00 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, 2 A
1 shots · 12:07 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Filip Kuba
2 A
3 shots · 31:06 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Sergei Zholtok
2 A
2 shots · 14:08 TOI
4rd star 🌲 MIN
Manny Fernandez
43 saves
0.956 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Peter Forsberg Go-ahead 2nd · 06:16
Assists: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk
0–1
🌲 Pascal Dupuis PP Tying 2nd · 07:38
Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Andrew Brunette
1–1
3rd period
🏔️ Joe Sakic PP Go-ahead 3rd · 13:15
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Derek Morris
1–2
🌲 Marian Gaborik PP Tying 3rd · 15:32
Assists: Andrew Brunette, Filip Kuba
2–2
Overtime
🌲 Andrew Brunette Go-ahead OT · 03:25
Assists: Sergei Zholtok, Filip Kuba
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN COL🏔️
30 Shots on goal 45
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
12 Hits 22
18 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 16
5 Giveaways 2
8 Penalty minutes 10
MIN shooting 10.0% (3/30) COL shooting 4.4% (2/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
43/45
.956 SV% · 2 GA · 63:22 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 63:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 52-32-4 (59% win rate, 88 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 50-21-17 (57% win rate, 88 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 52-32-4 (59% win rate, 88 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 50-21-17 (57% win rate, 88 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Hendrickson · Walz · Park 20:29
L2 Laaksonen · Dupuis · Gaborik 16:57
L3 Ronning · Zholtok · Dowd 14:08
L4 Brunette · Johnson · Muckalt 8:32
D1 Kuba · Mitchell 28:50
D2 Sekeras · Zyuzin 22:36
D3 Schultz · Marshall 13:30
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Forsberg 22:32
L2 Hahl · Hejduk · Hinote 15:55
L3 Battaglia · Reinprecht · Shantz 13:15
L4 Messier · Aubin · Keane 4:48
D1 Blake · Foote 26:18
D2 Morris · De Vries 23:10
D3 Marchment · Skoula 12:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 (OT) · Wild won
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

❓ MIN vs COL, answered

Who won Wild vs Avalanche on April 22, 2003?

Wild won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Wild vs Avalanche?

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

Who scored for Wild?

Andrew Brunette, Marian Gaborik, Pascal Dupuis.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 43 saves on 45 shots (.956 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 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 21
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · MIN won
Next game · Apr 25
🌲MIN @ 🐋VAN
3–4 · VAN won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 21
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
2–3 · MIN won
Next game · Oct 10
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
0–5 · COL won
Also on April 22, 2003
🍁TOR @ 🔔PHI
1–6 final
🎵STL @ 🐋VAN
1–4 final
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