2002–03 St. Louis Blues season

The 2002–03 St. Louis Blues season was the 36th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 41 wins, 24 losses, 11 overtime losses and six ties, good for 99 points, and the team qualified for the NHL Playoffs for the 24th consecutive season, only to lose in the Western Conference Quarter-finals to the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.

Regular season

January 14, 2003: the Blues scored three short-handed goals in a 4-1 road win over the Phoenix Coyotes.^[1]
April 6, 2003: In a game against the St. Louis Blues, Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche played the last regular season game of his career. The Avalanche won the game by a score of 5-2. It was Roy’s 1,029th game, and his 551st victory.^[2]

Final standings

Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
3	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

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Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 2002	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	0–1–0–0
2	T	October 12, 2002	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	0–1–1–0
3	W	October 15, 2002	2–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	1–1–1–0
4	W	October 17, 2002	7–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	2–1–1–0
5	W	October 19, 2002	5–3	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	3–1–1–0
6	W	October 24, 2002	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	4–1–1–0
7	W	October 26, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	5–1–1–0
8	W	October 30, 2002	7–0	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	6–1–1–0
9	W	November 2, 2002	6–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	7–1–1–0
10	W	November 3, 2002	3–2	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	8–1–1–0
11	W	November 5, 2002	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	9–1–1–0
12	L	November 7, 2002	2–5	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	9–2–1–0
13	W	November 9, 2002	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	10–2–1–0
14	L	November 12, 2002	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	10–3–1–0
15	L	November 15, 2002	0–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	10–4–1–0
16	W	November 16, 2002	1–0	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	11–4–1–0
17	L	November 20, 2002	2–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	11–5–1–0
18	W	November 21, 2002	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	12–5–1–0
19	L	November 23, 2002	1–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	12–6–1–0
20	L	November 25, 2002	1–4	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	12–7–1–0
21	T	November 27, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	12–7–2–0
22	W	November 29, 2002	7–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	13–7–2–0
23	L	November 30, 2002	4–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	13–7–2–1
24	W	December 3, 2002	4–0	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	14–7–2–1
25	T	December 5, 2002	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	14–7–3–1
26	W	December 7, 2002	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	15–7–3–1
27	L	December 8, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	15–7–3–2
28	L	December 10, 2002	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	15–8–3–2
29	T	December 12, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–8–4–2
30	W	December 14, 2002	4–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	16–8–4–2
31	L	December 17, 2002	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	16–9–4–2
32	L	December 18, 2002	2–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	16–10–4–2
33	T	December 20, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	16–10–5–2
34	W	December 23, 2002	5–0	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	17–10–5–2
35	W	December 26, 2002	3–2	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	18–10–5–2
36	W	December 28, 2002	6–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	19–10–5–2
37	W	December 29, 2002	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	20–10–5–2
38	L	December 31, 2002	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	20–11–5–2
39	L	January 2, 2003	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	20–12–5–2
40	W	January 4, 2003	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	21–12–5–2
41	L	January 7, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	21–12–5–3
42	W	January 9, 2003	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	22–12–5–3
43	W	January 11, 2003	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	23–12–5–3
44	L	January 12, 2003	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	23–13–5–3
45	W	January 14, 2003	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	24–13–5–3
46	L	January 16, 2003	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03)	24–13–5–4
47	W	January 18, 2003	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	25–13–5–4
48	W	January 20, 2003	5–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	26–13–5–4
49	L	January 21, 2003	4–8	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	26–14–5–4
50	T	January 23, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	26–14–6–4
51	L	January 25, 2003	2–4	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	26–15–6–4
52	W	January 28, 2003	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	27–15–6–4
53	W	January 30, 2003	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	28–15–6–4
54	T	February 5, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	28–15–7–4
55	T	February 6, 2003	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	28–15–8–4
56	W	February 8, 2003	4–1	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	29–15–8–4
57	W	February 11, 2003	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	30–15–8–4
58	L	February 13, 2003	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	30–15–8–5
59	L	February 15, 2003	3–5	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	30–16–8–5
60	W	February 17, 2003	5–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	31–16–8–5
61	L	February 20, 2003	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	31–17–8–5
62	L	February 22, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	31–17–8–6
63	L	February 23, 2003	1–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	31–18–8–6
64	W	February 27, 2003	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	32–18–8–6
65	W	March 1, 2003	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	33–18–8–6
66	W	March 4, 2003	2–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	34–18–8–6
67	W	March 6, 2003	6–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	35–18–8–6
68	L	March 7, 2003	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	35–19–8–6
69	W	March 11, 2003	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	36–19–8–6
70	T	March 13, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	36–19–9–6
71	W	March 15, 2003	1–0	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	37–19–9–6
72	W	March 18, 2003	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	38–19–9–6
73	W	March 20, 2003	3–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	39–19–9–6
74	L	March 22, 2003	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	39–20–9–6
75	L	March 23, 2003	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	39–21–9–6
76	W	March 26, 2003	1–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	40–21–9–6
77	W	March 27, 2003	2–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	41–21–9–6
78	L	March 29, 2003	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	41–22–9–6
79	T	March 31, 2003	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	41–22–10–6
80	L	April 3, 2003	4–6	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	41–23–10–6
81	T	April 4, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	41–23–11–6
82	L	April 6, 2003	2–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	41–24–11–6

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	78	36	57	93	32	0	11	0	4
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	80	16	52	68	61	22	9	1	2
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman	LW	79	24	43	67	56	12	6	0	4
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	70	15	52	67	52	-6	7	0	3
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	80	26	31	57	176	1	13	0	4
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	56	31	24	55	139	1	14	0	5
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	80	22	27	49	38	22	3	1	5
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek	RW	51	9	29	38	20	16	2	2	1
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	D	81	8	25	33	48	-1	2	1	2
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	80	20	10	30	66	-7	4	1	2
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	61	16	14	30	38	-1	4	4	3
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	D	82	3	16	19	190	23	0	0	0
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	LW	68	4	6	10	28	7	1	0	0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	71	2	8	10	95	7	1	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	66	6	3	9	114	0	1	0	2
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme	D	47	0	9	9	45	1	0	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	15	2	5	7	8	1	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	28	3	3	6	18	-8	0	1	0
Koivisto, TomTom Koivisto	D	22	2	4	6	10	1	0	0	1
Low, ReedReed Low	RW	79	2	4	6	234	3	0	0	1
Dubinsky, SteveSteve Dubinsky	C	28	0	6	6	4	3	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	17	1	3	4	8	1	1	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	64	1	3	4	46	-2	0	0	1
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	5	1	3	4	10	-2	0	0	0
Papineau, JustinJustin Papineau	C	11	2	1	3	0	-1	0	0	1
Van Ryn, MikeMike Van Ryn	D	20	0	3	3	8	3	0	0	0
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure	RW	5	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Sejna, PeterPeter Sejna	LW	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	G	38	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas	RW	8	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Walker, MattMatt Walker	D	16	0	1	1	38	0	0	0	0
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman	D	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corso, DanielDaniel Corso	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson	C	17	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudkowsky, CodyCody Rudkowsky	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sanford, CurtisCurtis Sanford	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Varlamov, SergeiSergei Varlamov	LW	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	2042	38	16	13	5	84	2.47	2	844	760	.900
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	1615	30	12	9	4	74	2.75	2	631	557	.883
Sanford, CurtisCurtis Sanford	397	8	5	1	0	13	1.96	1	148	135	.912
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	532	9	4	3	2	27	3.05	2	241	214	.888
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	83	2	2	0	0	1	0.72	0	34	33	.971
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	293	6	1	4	0	16	3.28	1	132	116	.879
Rudkowsky, CodyCody Rudkowsky	30	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	10	10	1.000
Team:	4992	82	41	30	11	215	2.58	8	2040	1825	.895

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	7	5	8	13	2	0	5	1
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	7	4	2	6	4	-3	0	0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	7	2	4	6	2	2	1	0
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	D	7	2	3	5	2	0	1	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	7	1	4	5	23	0	0	1
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman	LW	6	2	2	4	2	0	2	1
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	7	1	3	4	14	3	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	7	1	3	4	14	-1	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	7	2	1	3	6	3	0	0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	7	1	2	3	2	-2	1	0
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure	RW	6	0	2	2	8	2	0	0
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson	C	6	0	2	2	6	3	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	6	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	LW	7	0	1	1	6	1	0	0
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	D	7	0	0	0	14	-2	0	0
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme	D	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	417	7	3	4	17	2.45	1	183	166	.907
Team:	417	7	3	4	17	2.45	1	183	166	.907

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200301140PHX.html
↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.483, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
↑ "2002-03 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"2002–03 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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St. Louis Blues

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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

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Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

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Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

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2002–03 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links