2002–03 Minnesota Wild season

The 2002–03 Minnesota Wild season was the Wild' third season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). After qualifying for the playoffs, the Wild won two playoff series before losing in the Conference Final to Anaheim.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 11, 2002 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	1–0–0–0
2 	T	October 12, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	1–0–1–0
4 	W	October 17, 2002 	3–1 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	3–0–1–0
5 	L	October 19, 2002 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	3–1–1–0
6 	W	October 22, 2002 	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	4–1–1–0
7 	W	October 24, 2002 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	5–1–1–0
8 	W	October 26, 2002 	6–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	6–1–1–0
9 	T	October 27, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	6–1–2–0
10 	W	October 29, 2002 	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	7–1–2–0
11 	W	October 31, 2002 	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	8–1–2–0
12 	L	November 2, 2002 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	8–2–2–0
13 	W	November 4, 2002 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	9–2–2–0
14 	L	November 7, 2002 	1–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	9–3–2–0
15 	W	November 9, 2002 	4–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	10–3–2–0
16 	L	November 10, 2002	0–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	10–4–2–0
17 	L	November 12, 2002	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	10–5–2–0
18 	T	November 14, 2002	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	10–5–3–0
19 	W	November 16, 2002	1–0 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	11–5–3–0
20 	T	November 19, 2002	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	11–5–4–0
21 	W	November 21, 2002	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	12–5–4–0
22 	W	November 23, 2002	4–2 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	13–5–4–0
23 	L	November 25, 2002	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	13–6–4–0
24 	L	November 27, 2002	0–5 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	13–7–4–0
25 	T	November 29, 2002	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	13–7–5–0
26 	L	December 3, 2002 	1–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	13–7–5–1
27 	T	December 5, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	13–7–6–1
28 	W	December 7, 2002 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	14–7–6–1
29 	W	December 10, 2002	5–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	15–7–6–1
30 	W	December 12, 2002	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	16–7–6–1
31 	L	December 14, 2002	1–3 	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	16–8–6–1
32 	W	December 15, 2002	2–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	17–8–6–1
33 	W	December 17, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	18–8–6–1
34 	L	December 19, 2002	2–4 	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	18–9–6–1
35 	L	December 21, 2002	2–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	18–10–6–1
36 	L	December 23, 2002	2–3 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	18–11–6–1
37 	T	December 26, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	18–11–7–1
38 	W	December 28, 2002	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	19–11–7–1
39 	W	December 31, 2002	4–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	20–11–7–1
40 	W	January 2, 2003 	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	21–11–7–1
41 	L	January 4, 2003 	2–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	21–12–7–1
42 	L	January 6, 2003 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	21–13–7–1
43 	L	January 8, 2003 	1–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	21–14–7–1
44 	W	January 10, 2003 	2–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	22–14–7–1
45 	L	January 14, 2003 	0–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	22–15–7–1
46 	W	January 16, 2003 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	23–15–7–1
47 	L	January 18, 2003 	0–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	23–16–7–1
48 	W	January 20, 2003 	2–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	24–16–7–1
49 	W	January 23, 2003 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	25–16–7–1
50 	L	January 25, 2003 	1–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	25–17–7–1
51 	T	January 28, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	25–17–8–1
52 	L	January 29, 2003 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	25–18–8–1
53 	W	February 5, 2003 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	26–18–8–1
54 	W	February 7, 2003 	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	27–18–8–1
55 	L	February 9, 2003 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	27–19–8–1
56 	W	February 10, 2003	1–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	28–19–8–1
57 	W	February 12, 2003	2–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	29–19–8–1
58 	L	February 14, 2003	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	29–20–8–1
59 	L	February 15, 2003	2–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	29–21–8–1
60 	L	February 19, 2003	2–4 	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	29–22–8–1
61 	W	February 23, 2003	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	30–22–8–1
62 	W	February 25, 2003	3–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	31–22–8–1
63 	W	February 27, 2003	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	32–22–8–1
64 	L	March 1, 2003 	0–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	32–23–8–1
65 	W	March 4, 2003 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	33–23–8–1
66 	T	March 6, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	33–23–9–1
67 	L	March 7, 2003 	0–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	33–24–9–1
68 	W	March 9, 2003 	6–4 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	34–24–9–1
69 	W	March 12, 2003 	4–2 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	35–24–9–1
70 	W	March 14, 2003 	3–1 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	36–24–9–1
71 	L	March 15, 2003 	0–5 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	36–25–9–1
72 	T	March 17, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	36–25–10–1
73 	W	March 19, 2003 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	37–25–10–1
74 	W	March 21, 2003 	3–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	38–25–10–1
75 	W	March 23, 2003 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	39–25–10–1
76 	L	March 25, 2003 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	39–26–10–1
77 	L	March 26, 2003 	0–1 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	39–27–10–1
78 	W	March 28, 2003 	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	40–27–10–1
79 	W	March 31, 2003 	3–0 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	41–27–10–1
80 	L	April 2, 2003 	0–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	41–28–10–1
81 	L	April 3, 2003 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	41–29–10–1
82 	W	April 6, 2003 	4–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	42–29–10–1
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	81	30	35	65 	46 	12 	5 	1 	8
 	LW 	80	20	28	48 	44 	17 	6 	0 	4
 	C 	80	17	31	48 	24 	-6 	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	82	18	28	46 	30 	-10	9 	0 	2
 	C 	78	16	26	42 	18 	1 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	80	13	19	32 	63 	11 	0 	0 	4
 	LW 	82	15	16	31 	26 	4 	1 	2 	4
 	D 	78	8 	21	29 	29 	0 	4 	2 	1
 	C 	78	8 	17	25 	31 	-1 	3 	1 	2
 	RW 	81	14	10	24 	16 	-3 	2 	2 	3
 	C 	50	7 	13	20 	18 	1 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	66	4 	12	16 	34 	-7 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	58	1 	14	15 	16 	15 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	69	2 	12	14 	84 	13 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	32	5 	6 	11 	69 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	60	2 	9 	11 	30 	-12	1 	0 	1
 	D 	75	3 	7 	10 	23 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	8 	5 	3 	8 	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	60	3 	5 	8 	201	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	28	1 	5 	6 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	1 	5 	6 	69 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	3 	2 	5 	23 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	0 	1 	1 	90 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	18	9	8 	17 	6 	2 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	7	6 	13 	4 	-3 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	18	7	6 	13 	14 	5 	0 	2 	2
 	C 	18	2	11	13 	0 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	17	2	7 	9 	4 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	4	4 	8 	8 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	18	3	5 	8 	24 	-8 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	3	3 	6 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	17	2	3 	5 	4 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	14	0	5 	5 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	1	3 	4 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1	3 	4 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1	1 	2 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1	1 	2 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	15	0	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0	1 	1 	10 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0	1 	1 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	0 	0 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0	0 	0 	25 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Minnesota Wild season, 2002–03
Minnesota Wild season, 2002–03
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