2002–03 St. Louis Blues season

2002–03 St. Louis Blues
Division 2nd Central
Conference 5th Western
2002–03 record 41–24–11
Goals for 253
Goals against 222
Team information
General Manager Larry Pleau
Coach Joel Quenneville
Captain Chris Pronger
Alternate captains Al MacInnis
Doug Weight
Team leaders
<2001–02 2003–04>

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

Final standings

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
12Detroit Red Wings 82 48 20 10 4 269 203 110
25St. Louis Blues 82 41 24 11 6 253 222 99
39Chicago Blackhawks 82 30 33 13 6 207 226 79
413Nashville Predators 82 27 35 13 7 183 206 74
515Columbus 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
1LOctober 10, 20023–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 0–1–0–0
2TOctober 12, 20022–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 0–1–1–0
3WOctober 15, 20022–1 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 1–1–1–0
4WOctober 17, 20027–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 2–1–1–0
5WOctober 19, 20025–3 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 3–1–1–0
6WOctober 24, 20022–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 4–1–1–0
7WOctober 26, 20024–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 5–1–1–0
8WOctober 30, 20027–0 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 6–1–1–0
9WNovember 2, 20026–1 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 7–1–1–0
10WNovember 3, 20023–2 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 8–1–1–0
11WNovember 5, 20025–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 9–1–1–0
12LNovember 7, 20022–5 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 9–2–1–0
13WNovember 9, 20026–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 10–2–1–0
14LNovember 12, 20023–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 10–3–1–0
15LNovember 15, 20020–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 10–4–1–0
16WNovember 16, 20021–0 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 11–4–1–0
17LNovember 20, 20022–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 11–5–1–0
18WNovember 21, 20023–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 12–5–1–0
19LNovember 23, 20021–3 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 12–6–1–0
20LNovember 25, 20021–4 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 12–7–1–0
21TNovember 27, 20024–4 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 12–7–2–0
22WNovember 29, 20027–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 13–7–2–0
23LNovember 30, 20024–5 OT New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 13–7–2–1
24WDecember 3, 20024–0 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 14–7–2–1
25TDecember 5, 20022–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 14–7–3–1
26WDecember 7, 20023–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 15–7–3–1
27LDecember 8, 20023–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 15–7–3–2
28LDecember 10, 20020–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 15–8–3–2
29TDecember 12, 20022–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 15–8–4–2
30WDecember 14, 20024–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 16–8–4–2
31LDecember 17, 20022–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 16–9–4–2
32LDecember 18, 20022–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 16–10–4–2
33TDecember 20, 20023–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 16–10–5–2
34WDecember 23, 20025–0 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 17–10–5–2
35WDecember 26, 20023–2 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 18–10–5–2
36WDecember 28, 20026–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 19–10–5–2
37WDecember 29, 20025–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 20–10–5–2
38LDecember 31, 20021–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 20–11–5–2
39LJanuary 2, 20031–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 20–12–5–2
40WJanuary 4, 20035–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 21–12–5–2
41LJanuary 7, 20031–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 21–12–5–3
42WJanuary 9, 20034–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 22–12–5–3
43WJanuary 11, 20032–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 23–12–5–3
44LJanuary 12, 20031–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 23–13–5–3
45WJanuary 14, 20034–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 24–13–5–3
46LJanuary 16, 20032–3 OT New York Islanders (2002–03) 24–13–5–4
47WJanuary 18, 20034–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 25–13–5–4
48WJanuary 20, 20035–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 26–13–5–4
49LJanuary 21, 20034–8 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 26–14–5–4
50TJanuary 23, 20033–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 26–14–6–4
51LJanuary 25, 20032–4 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 26–15–6–4
52WJanuary 28, 20035–3 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 27–15–6–4
53WJanuary 30, 20032–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 28–15–6–4
54TFebruary 5, 20032–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 28–15–7–4
55TFebruary 6, 20034–4 OT New York Rangers (2002–03) 28–15–8–4
56WFebruary 8, 20034–1 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 29–15–8–4
57WFebruary 11, 20033–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 30–15–8–4
58LFebruary 13, 20033–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 30–15–8–5
59LFebruary 15, 20033–5 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 30–16–8–5
60WFebruary 17, 20035–3 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 31–16–8–5
61LFebruary 20, 20032–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 31–17–8–5
62LFebruary 22, 20031–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 31–17–8–6
63LFebruary 23, 20031–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 31–18–8–6
64WFebruary 27, 20034–1 Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 32–18–8–6
65WMarch 1, 20032–0 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 33–18–8–6
66WMarch 4, 20032–1 OT Nashville Predators (2002–03) 34–18–8–6
67WMarch 6, 20036–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 35–18–8–6
68LMarch 7, 20032–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 35–19–8–6
69WMarch 11, 20034–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 36–19–8–6
70TMarch 13, 20034–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 36–19–9–6
71WMarch 15, 20031–0 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 37–19–9–6
72WMarch 18, 20036–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 38–19–9–6
73WMarch 20, 20033–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 39–19–9–6
74LMarch 22, 20032–4 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 39–20–9–6
75LMarch 23, 20031–3 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 39–21–9–6
76WMarch 26, 20031–0 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 40–21–9–6
77WMarch 27, 20032–1 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 41–21–9–6
78LMarch 29, 20032–6 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 41–22–9–6
79TMarch 31, 20035–5 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 41–22–10–6
80LApril 3, 20034–6 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 41–23–10–6
81TApril 4, 20032–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 41–23–11–6
82LApril 6, 20032–5 @ 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 3201104
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis D 80 16 52 68 6122912
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman LW 79 24 43 67 5612604
Weight, DougDoug Weight C 70 15 52 67 52-6703
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 80 26 31 57 17611304
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk LW 56 31 24 55 13911405
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki C 80 22 27 49 3822315
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek RW 51 9 29 38 2016221
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov D 81 8 25 33 48-1212
Drake, DallasDallas Drake RW 80 20 10 30 66-7412
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky LW 61 16 14 30 38-1443
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman D 82 3 16 19 19023000
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein LW 68 4 6 10 287100
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador D 71 2 8 10 957100
Nash, TysonTyson Nash LW 66 6 3 9 1140102
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme D 47 0 9 9 451000
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers RW 15 2 5 7 81000
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 28 3 3 6 18-8010
Koivisto, TomTom Koivisto D 22 2 4 6 101001
Low, ReedReed Low RW 79 2 4 6 2343001
Dubinsky, SteveSteve Dubinsky C 28 0 6 6 43000
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood C 17 1 3 4 81100
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 64 1 3 4 46-2001
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 5 1 3 4 10-2000
Papineau, JustinJustin Papineau C 11 2 1 3 0-1001
Van Ryn, MikeMike Van Ryn D 20 0 3 3 83000
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure RW 5 0 2 2 0-2000
Sejna, PeterPeter Sejna LW 1 1 0 1 00100
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson G 38 0 1 1 20000
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas RW 8 0 1 1 6-2000
Walker, MattMatt Walker D 16 0 1 1 380000
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman D 4 0 0 0 0-3000
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso G 6 0 0 0 00000
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite G 30 0 0 0 00000
Corso, DanielDaniel Corso C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis G 2 0 0 0 00000
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 17 0 0 0 120000
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood G 9 0 0 0 00000
Rudkowsky, CodyCody Rudkowsky G 1 0 0 0 00000
Sanford, CurtisCurtis Sanford G 8 0 0 0 00000
Varlamov, SergeiSergei Varlamov LW 3 0 0 0 01000
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 2844760.900
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite 1615 30 12 9 4 74 2.75 2631557.883
Sanford, CurtisCurtis Sanford 397 8 5 1 0 13 1.96 1148135.912
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood 532 9 4 3 2 27 3.05 2241214.888
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis 83 2 2 0 0 1 0.72 03433.971
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 293 6 1 4 0 16 3.28 1132116.879
Rudkowsky, CodyCody Rudkowsky 30 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 010101.000
Team: 4992 82 41 30 11 215 2.58 820401825.895

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Weight, DougDoug Weight C 7 5 8 13 20501
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky LW 7 4 2 6 4-3000
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 7 2 4 6 22100
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov D 7 2 3 5 20100
Drake, DallasDallas Drake RW 7 1 4 5 230001
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman LW 6 2 2 4 20201
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 7 1 3 4 143000
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk LW 7 1 3 4 14-1000
Nash, TysonTyson Nash LW 7 2 1 3 63000
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki C 7 1 2 3 2-2100
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure RW 6 0 2 2 82000
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 6 0 2 2 63000
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis D 3 0 1 1 00000
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 2 0 1 1 01000
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 6 0 1 1 100000
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein LW 7 0 1 1 61000
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek RW 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 6 0 0 0 61000
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman D 7 0 0 0 14-2000
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme D 5 0 0 0 4-1000
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood G 7 0 0 0 40000
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador D 7 0 0 0 21000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood 417 7 3 4 17 2.45 1183166.907
Team: 417 7 3 4 17 2.45 1183166.907

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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;

See also

References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200301140PHX.html
  2. 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
  3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  4. "2002-03 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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