Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Saturday, November 1, 2003, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Saturday, November 1, 2003 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Washington Capitals	1	23-46-10-3
at Minnesota Wild	2	30-29-20-3

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

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	2	8	6	16
Minnesota Wild	10	9	6	25

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	15:59	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz (4)	Filip Kuba (5), Nick Schultz (3)	Even strength	WSH 0, MIN 1
2nd	09:13	Minnesota Wild	Andrew Brunette (3)	Christoph Brandner (2), Willie Mitchell (5)	Power play	WSH 0, MIN 2
3rd	02:06	Washington Capitals	Robert Lang (4)	Dainius Zubrus (3), Sergei Gonchar (7)	Power play	WSH 1, MIN 2

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

Washington Capitals 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 9 D. Zubrus	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	0	47.1%	19:13
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	50%	14:11
Number 12 P. Bondra	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0		10:40
Number 13 B. Battaglia	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:08
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80%	09:50
Number 16 B. Sutherby	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0		09:43
Number 20 R. Lang	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	50%	23:24
Number 24 B. Willsie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		13:52
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	15:32
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	0		11:47
Number 51 S. Peat	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		06:57
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		23:03
Number 3 J. Doig	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		15:46
Number 8 S. Eminger	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	0		18:06
Number 17 J. Gruden	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:24
Number 19 B. Witt	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	1	0		17:03
Number 29 J. Kwiatkowski	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0		25:03
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0		27:13

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 O. Kolzig	25	23	2	.920	59:42	Loss

Minnesota Wild 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 9 A. Daigle	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	16:30
Number 11 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		15:30
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		05:25
Number 14 D. Hendrickson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54.5%	09:38
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	33.3%	15:30
Number 18 R. Park	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0		16:44
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		17:26
Number 26 C. Brandner	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0		17:41
Number 32 M. Chouinard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	64.3%	13:48
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41.7%	10:28
Number 37 W. Walz	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	16:38
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	13:12
Number 2 W. Mitchell	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0		24:11
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0		20:09
Number 17 F. Kuba	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		27:33
Number 20 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		12:02
Number 36 A. Henry	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		11:44
Number 55 N. Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		19:09

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 D. Roloson	16	15	1	.938	59:43	Win

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:22	Washington Capitals	Brendan Witt	Hooking	2
1st	04:11	Minnesota Wild	Christoph Brandner	Diving	2
1st	04:11	Washington Capitals	Joel Kwiatkowski	Holding	2
2nd	04:12	Washington Capitals	Brendan Witt	Elbowing	2
2nd	05:45	Minnesota Wild	Willie Mitchell	Roughing	2
2nd	05:45	Washington Capitals	Brian Sutherby	Roughing	2
2nd	07:51	Washington Capitals	Alexander Semin	Hooking	2
2nd	15:54	Minnesota Wild	Alex Henry	Slashing	2
2nd	15:54	Washington Capitals	Jason Doig	Slashing	2
3rd	00:24	Minnesota Wild	Matt Johnson	Interference obstruction	2
3rd	07:36	Washington Capitals	Jeff Halpern	Hooking	2
3rd	18:57	Washington Capitals	Steve Eminger	Hooking	2

Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Thor Nelson
Washington Capitals scratches: Kip Miller, Michael Nylander, Chris Hajt, Josef Boumedienne, Andrei Podkonicky, Ivan Ciernik, Jean-Francois Fortin, Rick Berry, Nolan Yonkman, Roman Tvrdon, Dwayne Zinger, Matt Pettinger, Jakub Cutta, Darcy Verot, Owen Fussey, Graham Mink, Garret Stroshein
Minnesota Wild scratches: Jason Marshall, Sergei Zholtok, Brad Brown, Rickard Wallin, Kyle Wanvig, Travis Roche, Stephane Veilleux, Zbynek Michalek, Brent Burns

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