Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild

Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	36-25-16-5
at Minnesota Wild	5	42-29-10-1

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	2	1	3
Minnesota Wild	1	3	1	5

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	11	14	10	35
Minnesota Wild	12	5	7	24

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	17:28	Minnesota Wild	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2)	Sergei Zholtok (15), Filip Kuba (8)	Power play	TBL 0, MIN 1
2nd	01:16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle (4)	Brad Lukowich (7), Freddy Modin (10)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 1
2nd	03:32	Minnesota Wild	Richard Park (4)	Willie Mitchell (7), Pascal Dupuis (12)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 2
2nd	09:19	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz (5)	Antti Laaksonen (5), Pascal Dupuis (13)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 3
2nd	13:16	Minnesota Wild	Marian Gaborik (19)	Brad Bombardir (7)	Even strength	TBL 1, MIN 4
2nd	16:03	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle (5)	Brad Richards (22), Vinny Prospal (21)	Power play	TBL 2, MIN 4
3rd	17:09	Minnesota Wild	Willie Mitchell (1)	Wes Walz (9)	Shorthanded, Empty net	TBL 2, MIN 5
3rd	19:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alexander Svitov (2)	Vinny Prospal (22), Sheldon Keefe (5)	Power play	TBL 3, MIN 5

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

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	44.4%	20:20
Number 7 B. Clymer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		14:55
Number 11 C. Dingman	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		06:28
Number 16 A. Svitov	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	33.3%	06:17
Number 17 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	25%	14:01
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	61.5%	20:41
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	2	2	-3	0	2	0	0	100%	19:20
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:51
Number 27 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	53.8%	13:43
Number 28 S. Keefe	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		09:24
Number 33 F. Modin	L	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	0		18:20
Number 36 A. Roy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		14:44
Number 2 S. Neckar	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19:21
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		17:36
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:52
Number 22 D. Boyle	D	2	0	2	-2	0	3	0	1		24:06
Number 37 B. Lukowich	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		16:52
Number 44 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:10

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 K. Hodson	8	8	0	1.000	26:19
Number 35 N. Khabibulin	15	11	4	.733	33:25	Loss

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Ronning	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	35.7%	15:02
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		17:42
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0		16:44
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		08:12
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:17
Number 18 R. Park	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		17:42
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:52
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0		16:26
Number 33 S. Zholtok	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	53.3%	17:23
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100%	09:40
Number 37 W. Walz	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0	63.2%	15:11
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	62.5%	13:01
Number 2 W. Mitchell	D	1	1	2	+2	2	3	0	0		20:11
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		17:13
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		23:18
Number 20 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:20
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		13:43
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		24:27

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Fernandez	35	32	3	.914	59:54	Win

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	13:27	Minnesota Wild	Willie Mitchell	High sticking	2
1st	16:32	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tim Taylor	Cross checking	2
2nd	06:41	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ruslan Fedotenko	Hooking	2
2nd	09:48	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	Holding	2
2nd	15:37	Minnesota Wild	Matt Johnson	Tripping	2
3rd	09:27	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Delaying game bench (bench minor)	2
3rd	17:05	Minnesota Wild	Manny Fernandez	High sticking	2
3rd	17:05	Minnesota Wild	Manny Fernandez	High sticking	2

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Dan Schachte
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Dave Andreychuk, Darren Rumble, Jassen Cullimore, Brian Holzinger, Evgeny Konstantinov, Jimmie Olvestad, Nikita Alexeev
Minnesota Wild scratches: Darby Hendrickson, Jason Marshall, Jeremy Stevenson, Brad Brown, Hnat Domenichelli, Bill Muckalt, Ladislav Benysek, Jean-Guy Trudel, Rickard Wallin, Curtis Murphy, Kyle Wanvig

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Minnesota Wild 5	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Minnesota Wild 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/OT	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning, Mon, Mar 17, 2003

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Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Ottawa Senators 4 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at New York Islanders 2	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at New York Islanders, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
St. Louis Blues 0 at New Jersey Devils 2	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at New Jersey Devils, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Florida Panthers 2	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers, Tue, Dec 10, 2002
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Nashville Predators 0	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators, Tue, Dec 10, 2002