🏔️ Away Avalanche 1-1-0 before this game
5–2
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🌲 Home Wild 1-2-0 before this game
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Avalanche at Wild

Avalanche beat Wild 5–2 at Xcel Energy Center on October 16, 2003.

🗓 Thu, Oct 16, 2003 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 16:24 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Rob Blake
2 A
4 shots · 20:46 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Teemu Selanne
1 G
2 shots · 17:11 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MIN🌲
31 Shots on goal 23
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
10 Hits 7
13 Blocked shots 17
8 Takeaways 11
6 Giveaways 17
10 Penalty minutes 4
COL shooting 16.1% (5/31) MIN shooting 8.7% (2/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
David Aebischer
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
26/31
.839 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Kariya · Sakic · Selanne 17:46
L2 Tanguay · Forsberg · Hejduk 16:24
L3 Battaglia · McAllister · Nikolishin 13:31
L4 McCormick · Hahl · Hinote 10:44
L5 Cummins 10:19
D1 Skrastins · Foote 25:02
D2 Morris · Blake 21:08
D3 Liles 16:02
🌲Wild
L1 Brandner · Laaksonen · Zholtok 17:31
L2 Bouchard · Hendrickson · Daigle 15:50
L3 Brunette · Chouinard · Walz 14:52
L4 Johnson · Dowd 8:57
D1 Zyuzin · Kuba 24:08
D2 Bombardir · Mitchell 22:07
D3 Burns · Brown 14:18
D4 Roche 9:52

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 2003
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
3–2 (OT) · Wild won
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

❓ COL vs MIN, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Wild on October 16, 2003?

Avalanche won 5–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Wild?

The final score was Avalanche 5, Wild 2.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Wild season series?

Avalanche 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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Oct 12
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
2–1 · STL won
Next game · Oct 18
🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM
3–6 · EDM won
🌲Wild
Previous game · Oct 12
🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN
3–2 · SJS won
Next game · Oct 18
🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN
2–2 · VAN won
Also on October 16, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
0–0 final
🌵PHX @ ⚡TBL
1–5 final
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
1–2 final
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 final
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
2–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
2–3 final
🎵STL @ 🐯NSH
1–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 final
Avalanche season page Wild season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule