New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild

Thursday, December 19, 2002, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 4–2 on Thursday, December 19, 2002 on the road.

Final score, New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
New York Islanders	4	35-34-11-2
at Minnesota Wild	2	42-29-10-1

Goals by period, New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	2	1	1	4
Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	2

Shots on goal by period, New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
New York Islanders	11	11	10	32
Minnesota Wild	7	4	6	17

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:15	Minnesota Wild	Sergei Zholtok (6)	Unassisted	Even strength	NYI 0, MIN 1
1st	07:12	Minnesota Wild	Cliff Ronning (7)	Marian Gaborik (12), Andrew Brunette (10)	Even strength	NYI 0, MIN 2
1st	16:23	New York Islanders	Mark Parrish (10)	Alexei Yashin (21), Adrian Aucoin (12)	Power play	NYI 1, MIN 2
1st	17:49	New York Islanders	Michael Peca (3)	Jason Blake (11), Arron Asham (7)	Even strength	NYI 2, MIN 2
2nd	13:36	New York Islanders	Mark Parrish (11)	Sven Butenschon (2), Jason Wiemer (9)	Even strength	NYI 3, MIN 2
3rd	19:58	New York Islanders	Dave Scatchard (8)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	NYI 4, MIN 2

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

New York Islanders skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 M. Weinhandl	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0		19:04
Number 12 O. Kvasha	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57.1%	09:14
Number 13 C. Lapointe	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	66.7%	12:57
Number 15 B. Isbister	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	100%	13:24
Number 20 S. Webb	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		03:33
Number 27 M. Peca	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	44.4%	19:57
Number 28 J. Wiemer	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	33.3%	12:22
Number 37 M. Parrish	R	2	0	2	0	0	4	1		15:37
Number 38 D. Scatchard	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	42.9%	12:53
Number 45 A. Asham	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0		11:28
Number 55 J. Blake	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0		17:20
Number 79 A. Yashin	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	47.1%	23:56
Number 2 M. Timander	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:01
Number 3 A. Aucoin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	5	0		16:14
Number 24 R. Martinek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0		18:07
Number 29 K. Jonsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0		26:39
Number 33 E. Cairns	D	0	0	0	-1	7	1	0		08:27
Number 44 S. Butenschon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0		18:01

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 R. DiPietro	17	15	2	.882	60:00	Win

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 C. Ronning	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	33.3%	19:17
Number 10 M. Gaborik	R	0	1	1	0	2	2		19:37
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	50%	21:15
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	-2	15	0		06:19
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	50%	14:54
Number 18 R. Park	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	78.6%	20:04
Number 19 S. Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:01
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:37
Number 27 K. Wanvig	R	0	0	0	0	0	1		09:52
Number 33 S. Zholtok	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	47.6%	16:46
Number 37 W. Walz	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	14:23
Number 3 L. Benysek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0		04:45
Number 4 B. Brown	D	0	0	0	0	2	0		09:12
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0		25:24
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4		26:29
Number 20 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2		17:59
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0		17:07
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1		18:20

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Roloson	31	28	3	.903	59:36	Loss

Penalties, New York Islanders at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:53	New York Islanders	Eric Cairns	Roughing	2
1st	10:54	Minnesota Wild	Matt Johnson	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:54	New York Islanders	Eric Cairns	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:55	Minnesota Wild	Ladislav Benysek	High sticking	2
1st	18:51	Minnesota Wild	Andrei Zyuzin	High sticking	2
2nd	09:33	Minnesota Wild	Pascal Dupuis	Tripping	2
2nd	20:00	Minnesota Wild	Brad Brown	Roughing	2
3rd	00:49	New York Islanders	Arron Asham	Interference	2
3rd	02:50	New York Islanders	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	05:35	New York Islanders	Jason Wiemer	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	07:11	Minnesota Wild	Marian Gaborik	Hooking obstruction	2
3rd	19:58	Minnesota Wild	Matt Johnson	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

New York Islanders head coach: Peter Laviolette
Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Mark Pare
New York Islanders scratches: Garth Snow, Roman Hamrlik, Brandon Smith, Eric Manlow, Shawn Bates, Alain Nasreddine, Alan Letang, Ray Schultz, Trent Hunter, Justin Mapletoft, Eric Godard, Raffi Torres, Tomi Pettinen
Minnesota Wild scratches: Jim Dowd, Darby Hendrickson, Jason Marshall, Jeremy Stevenson, Hnat Domenichelli, Bill Muckalt, Willie Mitchell, Jean-Guy Trudel, Rickard Wallin, Curtis Murphy, Pierre-Marc Bouchard

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