Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild

Sunday, December 15, 2002, 6:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 on Sunday, December 15, 2002 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Carolina Hurricanes	1	22-43-11-6
at Minnesota Wild	2	42-29-10-1

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	1	1
Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	4	15	15	34
Minnesota Wild	6	2	7	15

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:44	Minnesota Wild	Cliff Ronning (6)	Wes Walz (11), Antti Laaksonen (6)	Even strength	CAR 0, MIN 1
1st	14:24	Minnesota Wild	Filip Kuba (2)	Sergei Zholtok (16)	Power play	CAR 0, MIN 2
3rd	12:53	Carolina Hurricanes	Ron Francis (13)	Tomas Malec (1), Sami Kapanen (7)	Power play	CAR 1, MIN 2

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

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 R. Francis	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	66.7%	21:25
Number 11 J. Daniels	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:33
Number 13 B. Battaglia	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		20:40
Number 14 K. Adams	C	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	33.3%	13:22
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	59.4%	24:39
Number 20 J. Hlavac	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		16:47
Number 24 S. Kapanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	100%	18:00
Number 26 E. Cole	L	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0		18:02
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:57
Number 36 J. Boulerice	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:33
Number 62 J. Svoboda	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:46
Number 92 J. O'Neill	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	71.4%	20:30
Number 2 G. Wesley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		21:21
Number 4 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		16:33
Number 7 N. Wallin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		18:03
Number 21 D. Tanabe	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		16:59
Number 22 S. Hill	D	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0		25:56
Number 71 T. Malec	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		14:25

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 A. Irbe	15	13	2	.867	58:46	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	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	100%	18:11
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:44
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		10:15
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100%	13:38
Number 18 R. Park	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:22
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:43
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0		15:46
Number 25 R. Wallin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55.6%	09:51
Number 27 K. Wanvig	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		10:02
Number 33 S. Zholtok	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	60%	19:26
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	12:16
Number 37 W. Walz	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	30.4%	18:34
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		23:19
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		29:18
Number 20 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		20:57
Number 38 C. Murphy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		08:56
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		19:18
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		09:18

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Roloson	34	33	1	.971	60:00	Win

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:15	Carolina Hurricanes	David Tanabe	Hooking	2
1st	13:54	Carolina Hurricanes	Jeff O'Neill	Hooking	2
2nd	03:22	Carolina Hurricanes	Niclas Wallin	Interference	2
2nd	11:59	Minnesota Wild	Antti Laaksonen	High sticking	2
2nd	18:19	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz	Slashing	2
3rd	04:03	Carolina Hurricanes	Erik Cole	Tripping	2
3rd	05:47	Minnesota Wild	Andrew Brunette	Roughing	2
3rd	09:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Erik Cole	Roughing	2
3rd	10:06	Carolina Hurricanes	Sean Hill	Roughing	2
3rd	10:06	Carolina Hurricanes	Sean Hill	Roughing	2
3rd	10:06	Minnesota Wild	Kyle Wanvig	Roughing	2
3rd	11:12	Minnesota Wild	Matt Johnson	Tripping	2

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Paul Maurice
Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Referees: Paul Devorski, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen: Jean Morin, Mark Pare
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Bret Hedican, Kevin Weekes, Mike Watt, Craig MacDonald, Brad Defauw, Harold Druken, Josef Vasicek, Tommy Vestlund, Mike Zigomanis, Damian Surma, Tomas Kurka, Ryan Bayda
Minnesota Wild scratches: Darby Hendrickson, Jason Marshall, Jeremy Stevenson, Brad Brown, Hnat Domenichelli, Bill Muckalt, Ladislav Benysek, Willie Mitchell, Jean-Guy Trudel, Marian Gaborik, Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Minnesota Wild 2	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Minnesota Wild, Sun, Dec 15, 2002
Minnesota Wild 0 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Mar 7, 2003

Other NHL games on Sunday, December 15, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes, Sun, Dec 15, 2002
Dallas Stars 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 0	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks, Sun, Dec 15, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Anaheim Ducks 5	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks, Sun, Dec 15, 2002
Calgary Flames 3 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final/OT	Game page: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks, Sun, Dec 15, 2002