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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 Zidlicky2003 playoff resultsSeries NotesFor the second straight series, the Minnesota Wild overcame a 3-games-to-1 deficit, this time defeating the Vancouver Canucks in aWestern Conference Semifinal series, 4-3...The Wild became the first team in NHL history to come back from a 3-1 deficit twice in thesame postseason and also became only the second club ever to win two Game Sevens on the road in the same playoff year...The winalso raised the team’s record to 6-0 in its first six “elimination games”...Minnesota outscored the Canucks 16-5 over the final threegames of the series...Marian Gaborik led all scorers with five goals and 11 points (5-6=11) in seven games...Wes Walz tied for the teamlead in goals with five and finished the seven-game series with nine points (5-4=9)...Dwayne Roloson won Games Five, Six and Sevenand finished the series with a 4-1 record and only seven goals allowed in 130 shots faced...Minnesota battled back from a 2-0 secondperiod hole to earn a 4-2 win over Vancouver in Game Seven at GM Place...Darby Hendrickson scored the game-winning goal with justunder six minutes to play as the Wild earned its first-ever trip to the Western Conference Final...The two teams split the first two gamesof the series at GM Place with the Canucks winning Game One, 4-3 in overtime, and the Wild capturing Game Two, 3-2...Vancouverseized control of the series with two road wins at Xcel Energy Center, including a 3-2 overtime victory in Game Four...Minnesota stavedoff elimination thanks to five second-period goals and a 7-2 road win in Game Five...The Wild scored five more goals in a 5-1 Game Sixvictory at Xcel Energy Center...Gaborik posted his third consecutive multi-point game (0-2=2) and Andrew Brunette scored a pair ofgoals to set up another historic Game Seven showdown.2003 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL#6 MINNESOTA WILD VS. #7 MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIMWild loses series, 4-0 (Wild 0-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 0-2 at Anaheim)Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning GoalieDATE OPP. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.G1 ANA 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 4 8/1 26 0-1 5/10 Sykora Giguere (39-39)5/10 @MIN 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 10 7/3 39 0-5 1/2 Fernandez (25-26) *19,350G2 ANA 0 1 1 - 2 7 10 5 - 22 0-3 3/6 Sauer Giguere (24-24)5/12 @MIN 0 0 0 - 0 9 6 9 - 24 0-3 3/6 Roloson (20-22) *19,344G3 @ANA 1 3 0 - 4 11 12 9 - 32 0-4 5/10 Rucchin Giguere (35-35) 17,1745/14 MIN 0 0 0 - 0 16 7 12 - 35 0-4 5/10 ROLOSON (13-16); Fernandez (15-16)G4 @ANA 1 1 0 - 2 9 13 6 - 28 2-3 6/12 Oates Giguere (24-25) 17,1745/16 MIN 1 0 0 - 1 8 10 7 - 25 1-4 5/10 Fernandez (26-28)Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Plays Penalties/ GoaltendersTOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T (Percentage) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)ANA 2 5 1 1 9 33 42 24 8/1 108 2-11 (18.2) 19-38 Giguere (4-0, 122-123)MIN 1 0 0 0 1 39 34 38 7/3 123 1-16 (6.3) 14-28 Fernandez (0-2, 66-70); Roloson (0-2, 33-38)Series NotesThe Wild fell in four games to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim during the club’s first-ever appearance in the Western Conference Final...Ducks goaltender J.S. Giguere posted a 4-0 mark in the series, turned aside 122-of-123 shots faced and recorded a 212:43 shutoutstreak...Minnesota’s season came to an end with a 2-1 defeat in Game Four at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim...Andrew Brunette nettedthe Wild’s lone goal of the series and staked the team to a 1-0 advantage in its seventh “elimination game” of the post season...TheDucks answered with a pair of goals from Adam Oates to clinch the Western Conference crown...The Wild lost its home-ice advantagein the series when it dropped Game One at Xcel Energy Center, 1-0, in double overtime...The game marked the franchise’s first-ever,double-overtime Stanley Cup Playoff game...Minnesota was shutout in back-to-back games for the first time in its playoff history whenit dropped Game Two to Anaheim, 2-0, in Saint Paul...Both Mighty Ducks goals were shorthanded and Giguere ran his playoff scorelessstreak to 148:06 with the win...The Wild fell behind 3-0 in the series when it lost Game Three in Anaheim, 4-0.All-Time Playoff Overtime ResultsGame/ Goal SeriesDate Opponent Series Score Scorer Time/OT Winner4/21/03 vs. Colorado 6/Con. Qrt 3-2 Richard Park 4:22/1OT Minnesota (4-3)4/22/03 @ Colorado 7/Con. Qrt 3-2 Andrew Brunette 3:25/1OT Minnesota (4-3)4/25/03 @ Vancouver 1/Con. Semi 3-4 Trent Klatt 3:42/1OT Minnesota (4-3)5/02/03 vs. Vancouver 4/Con. Semi 2-3 Brent Sopel 15:52/1OT Minnesota (4-3)5/10/03 vs. Anaheim 1/Con. Final 0-1 Petr Sykora 8:06/2OT Anaheim (4-0)4/09/08 vs. Colorado 1/Con. Qrt 2-3 Joe Sakic 11:11/OT Colorado (4-2)4/11/08 vs. Colorado 2/Con. Qrt 3-2 Keith Carney 1:14/OT Colorado (4-2)4/14/08 @ Colorado 3/Con. Qrt 3-2 Pierre-Marc Bouchard 11:58/OT Colorado (4-2)Playoff OT Record: 4-4 • Playoff OT Home Record: 2-3 • Playoff OT Road Record: 2-1TEAM RECORDSPLAYOFF HISTORYCONFERENCE FINAL APPEARANCES1 - 2003CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES1 - 2003PLAYOFF APPEARANCES3 - 2003, 2007, 2008GAMES PLAYED, TOTAL: 28GAMES WON, TOTAL: 10GAMES LOST, TOTAL: 18GAMESGAMES PLAYED, SEASON18 - 2003At Home:8 - 2003On Road:10 - 2003MOST GAMES PLAYED, SERIES7 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COL7 - 2003, Conference Semifinal vs. VANFEWEST GAMES PLAYED, SERIES4 - 2003, Conference Final vs. ANAWINSWINS, SEASON8 - 2003At Home:2 - 2003On Road:6 - 2003MOST WINS, SERIES4 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COL4 - 2003, Conference Semifinal vs. VANFEWEST WINS, SERIES0 - 2003, Conference Final vs. ANALOSSESLOSSES, SEASON10 - 2003At Home:6 - 2003On Road:4 - 2003MOST LOSSES, SERIES4 - 2003, Conference Final vs. Anaheim- 2007, Conference Quarterfinal vs. Anaheim- 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. ColoradoFEWEST LOSSES, SERIES3 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. Colorado3 - 2003, Conference Semifinal vs. VancouverOVERTIMEOVERTIME GAMES, TOTAL: 8OVERTIME WINS, TOTAL: 4OVERTIME LOSSES, TOTAL: 4OVERTIME GAMES, SEASON5 - 2003Playoff record bookAt Home:3 - 2003On Road:2 - 2003OVERTIME GAMES, SERIES3 - 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLAt Home:2 - 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLOn Road:1 - 3x, last, 2008 Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLOVERTIME WINS, SEASON2 - 2003- 2008At Home:1 - 2003- 2008On Road:1 - 2003- 2008OVERTIME WINS, SERIES2 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COL- 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLAt Home:1 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COL- 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLOn Road:1 - 2003, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COL- 2008, Conference Quarterfinal vs. COLOVERTIME LOSSES, SEASON3 - 2003At Home:2 - 2003On Road:1 - 2003OVERTIME LOSSES, SERIES2 - 2003, Conference Semifinal vs. VANAt Home:1 - 3x, last, 2008 Conference Final vs. COLOn Road:1 - 2003, Conference Semifinal vs. VANLONGEST OVERTIME GAME28:06 - 5/10/03, 1-0 (OT) loss vs. ANA (CF-Game 1)At Home:28:06 - 5/10/03, 1-0 (OT) loss vs. ANA (CF-Game 1)On Road:3:42 - 4/25/03, 4-3 (OT) loss at VAN (CS-Game 1)SHORTEST OVERTIME GAME1:14 - 4/11/08, 3-2 (OT) win vs. COL (CQ-Game 2)At Home:1:14 - 4/11/08, 3-2 (OT) win vs. COL (CQ-Game 2)On Road:3:25 - 4/22/03, 3-2 (OT) win at COL (CQ-Game 7)MARGINSLARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY, GAME5 - 5/5/03 in 7-2 victory at VAN (CS-Game 5)At Home:4 - 5/7/03 in 5-1 victory vs. VAN (CS-Game 6)200 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 2008-09 MINNESOTA WILD TEAM GUIDE 201Table of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL