Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks

Sunday, February 23, 2003, 10:00 PM ET General Motors Place, Vancouver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2 on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	2	29-42-8-3
at Vancouver Canucks	7	45-23-13-1

Goals by period

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	1	1	2
Vancouver Canucks	3	1	3	7

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	8	11	7	26
Vancouver Canucks	16	10	7	33

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	09:54	Vancouver Canucks	Mats Lindgren (4)	Trevor Linden (16), Sami Salo (15)	Shorthanded	CBJ 0, VAN 1
1st	13:59	Vancouver Canucks	Brendan Morrison (17)	Marek Malik (7), Ed Jovanovski (25)	Even strength	CBJ 0, VAN 2
1st	14:42	Vancouver Canucks	Todd Bertuzzi (31)	Brendan Morrison (36), Markus Naslund (36)	Even strength	CBJ 0, VAN 3
2nd	02:55	Vancouver Canucks	Trevor Letowski (9)	Brent Sopel (21)	Even strength	CBJ 0, VAN 4
2nd	11:27	Columbus Blue Jackets	Espen Knutsen (5)	Ray Whitney (44), Grant Marshall (18)	Power play	CBJ 1, VAN 4
3rd	03:56	Vancouver Canucks	Markus Naslund (39)	Todd Bertuzzi (36), Brendan Morrison (37)	Power play	CBJ 1, VAN 5
3rd	10:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	Geoff Sanderson (24)	Andrew Cassels (34), Espen Knutsen (3)	Power play	CBJ 2, VAN 5
3rd	15:12	Vancouver Canucks	Markus Naslund (40)	Todd Bertuzzi (37), Mattias Ohlund (26)	Power play	CBJ 2, VAN 6
3rd	18:15	Vancouver Canucks	Todd Bertuzzi (32)	Markus Naslund (37), Brendan Morrison (38)	Even strength	CBJ 2, VAN 7

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks
Stat	Columbus Blue Jackets	Vancouver Canucks
Shots on goal	26	33
Power play	2 of 8	2 of 7
Penalty minutes	45	47
Hits	14	15
Blocked shots	8	13
Giveaways	1	2
Takeaways	3	5
Faceoffs won	34/68 (50%)	34/68 (50%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 G. Sanderson	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	1	0	1		21:58
Number 9 D. Vyborny	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7%	16:14
Number 14 R. Whitney	L	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	100%	22:49
Number 16 M. Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	66.7%	16:25
Number 19 S. Pronger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		10:21
Number 20 L. Pirjeta	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		10:11
Number 21 E. Knutsen	C	1	1	2	-5	4	3	0	2	1	37.5%	14:18
Number 25 A. Cassels	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	47.8%	21:48
Number 28 T. Wright	C	0	0	0	0	12	0	4	0	0	50%	13:50
Number 29 G. Marshall	R	0	1	1	-1	7	1	0	0	0		11:19
Number 43 D. Ling	R	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0		06:14
Number 61 R. Nash	L	0	0	0	-3	2	2	3	0	0		12:12
Number 3 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0	0		23:39
Number 7 S. Lachance	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		17:50
Number 22 L. Richardson	D	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	3	0		23:03
Number 33 J. Allison	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		14:45
Number 34 J. Grand-Pierre	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		11:41
Number 44 R. Klesla	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0		17:16

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Denis	33	26	7	.788	59:46	Loss

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 B. Morrison	C	1	3	4	+3	0	2	0	0	0	57.1%	20:31
Number 10 T. Letowski	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		13:03
Number 13 A. Chubarov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	13:05
Number 16 T. Linden	C	0	1	1	+1	4	2	1	0	0	60%	15:32
Number 19 M. Naslund	L	2	2	4	+3	2	3	0	0	2		19:34
Number 20 D. Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0		06:09
Number 22 D. Sedin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		13:13
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	0		10:14
Number 25 M. Lindgren	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	40.9%	14:54
Number 26 T. Klatt	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100%	12:35
Number 37 J. Ruutu	L	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0		07:44
Number 44 T. Bertuzzi	R	2	2	4	+3	2	2	3	1	0		19:00
Number 2 M. Ohlund	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	1	0		26:00
Number 3 B. Sopel	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0		20:50
Number 5 B. Allen	D	0	0	0	+1	7	0	2	0	0		10:59
Number 6 S. Salo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	5	0		22:23
Number 8 M. Malik	D	0	1	1	+4	0	3	0	1	0		18:22
Number 55 E. Jovanovski	D	0	1	1	+3	4	2	2	1	0		21:30

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 D. Cloutier	26	24	2	.923	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:33	Columbus Blue Jackets	Grant Marshall	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:33	Vancouver Canucks	Bryan Allen	Fighting (major)	5
1st	05:57	Vancouver Canucks	Jarkko Ruutu	Hooking	2
1st	09:21	Vancouver Canucks	Todd Bertuzzi	Holding obstruction	2
1st	16:14	Columbus Blue Jackets	Luke Richardson	Roughing	2
1st	16:14	Columbus Blue Jackets	Luke Richardson	Fighting (major)	5
1st	16:14	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mike Sillinger	High sticking	2
1st	16:14	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mike Sillinger	High sticking	2
1st	16:14	Vancouver Canucks	Darren Langdon	Instigator	2
1st	16:14	Vancouver Canucks	Darren Langdon	Fighting (major)	5
1st	16:14	Vancouver Canucks	Darren Langdon	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	16:14	Vancouver Canucks	Mattias Ohlund	Roughing	2
2nd	02:10	Vancouver Canucks	Bryan Allen	Interference	2
2nd	02:16	Columbus Blue Jackets	Andrew Cassels	Hooking	2
2nd	05:33	Columbus Blue Jackets	Espen Knutsen	Charging	2
2nd	07:54	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright	Roughing	2
2nd	07:54	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Wright	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	07:54	Vancouver Canucks	Trevor Linden	Cross checking	2
2nd	07:54	Vancouver Canucks	Trevor Linden	Roughing	2
2nd	09:51	Vancouver Canucks	Ed Jovanovski	Tripping	2
2nd	17:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jamie Allison	Slashing	2
3rd	00:36	Vancouver Canucks	Markus Naslund	Tripping	2
3rd	01:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Grant Marshall	High sticking	2
3rd	02:01	Columbus Blue Jackets	Espen Knutsen	Tripping	2
3rd	08:35	Vancouver Canucks	Jarkko Ruutu	Boarding	2
3rd	10:14	Vancouver Canucks	Ed Jovanovski	Cross checking	2
3rd	13:48	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash	Tripping obstruction	2
3rd	16:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Ling	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	16:52	Vancouver Canucks	Jarkko Ruutu	Fighting (major)	5

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Doug MacLean
Vancouver Canucks head coach: Marc Crawford
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Mike Cvik
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Kevin Dineen, Darren Van Impe, Matt Davidson, Jody Shelley, Kent McDonell, Derrick Walser, Darrel Scoville, Paul Manning, Hannes Hyvonen, Mathieu Darche, Blake Bellefeuille, Andrej Nedorost, Duvie Westcott, Pascal Leclaire
Vancouver Canucks scratches: Murray Baron, Bryan Helmer, Tyler Moss, Nolan Baumgartner, Zenith Komarniski, Pat Kavanagh, Mikko Jokela, Henrik Sedin, Fedor Fedorov, Brandon Reid, Jason King

2002-2003 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Vancouver Canucks game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks, Fri, Jan 10, 2003
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final/OT	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Feb 5, 2003
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Vancouver Canucks 7	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5	Final/OT	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets, Thu, Mar 6, 2003

Other NHL games on Feb 23

Other NHL games on Sunday, February 23, 2003
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 4 at New York Islanders 4	Final/OT	Game page: Boston Bruins at New York Islanders, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 0	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
New Jersey Devils 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Dallas Stars 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Calgary Flames 4 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Phoenix Coyotes, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Nashville Predators 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Edmonton Oilers 3	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Edmonton Oilers, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
St. Louis Blues 1 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild, Sun, Feb 23, 2003
New York Rangers 1 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Feb 23, 2003