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2002–03 St. Louis Blues
Division2nd Central
Conference5th Western
2002–03 record41–24–11–6
Home record23–11–4–3
Road record18–13–7–3
Goals for253
Goals against222
Team information
General managerLarry Pleau
CoachJoel Quenneville
CaptainChris Pronger
Al MacInnis (interim)
Alternate captainsAl MacInnis
Doug Weight
Unknown
ArenaSavvis Center
Average attendance18,570
Minor league affiliate(s)Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen
Team leaders
GoalsPavol Demitra (36)
AssistsPavol Demitra (57)
PointsPavol Demitra (93)
Penalty minutesReed Low (234)
Plus/minusBarret Jackman (+23)
WinsBrent Johnson (16)
Goals against averageBrent Johnson (2.47)

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 6 ties, good for 99 points, and the team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 24th consecutive season, only to lose in the Western Conference Quarterfinals to the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.

Captain Chris Pronger missed most of the regular season, with an injured wrist. Al MacInnis filled in as interim captain.

Off-season

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.

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2002–03 regular season[4]
October: 6–1–1–0 (Home: 4–1–1–0; Road: 2–0–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 L October 10, 2002 3–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 0–1–0–0 Recap
2 T October 12, 2002 2–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 0–1–1–0 Recap
3 W October 15, 2002 2–1 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 1–1–1–0 Recap
4 W October 17, 2002 7–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 2–1–1–0 Recap
5 W October 19, 2002 5–3 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 3–1–1–0 Recap
6 W October 24, 2002 2–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 4–1–1–0 Recap
7 W October 26, 2002 4–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 5–1–1–0 Recap
8 W October 30, 2002 7–0 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 6–1–1–0 Recap
November: 7–6–1–1 (Home: 3–3–0–1; Road: 4–3–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
9 W November 2, 2002 6–1 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 7–1–1–0 Recap
10 W November 3, 2002 3–2 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 8–1–1–0 Recap
11 W November 5, 2002 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 9–1–1–0 Recap
12 L November 7, 2002 2–5 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 9–2–1–0 Recap
13 W November 9, 2002 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 10–2–1–0 Recap
14 L November 12, 2002 3–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 10–3–1–0 Recap
15 L November 15, 2002 0–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 10–4–1–0 Recap
16 W November 16, 2002 1–0 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 11–4–1–0 Recap
17 L November 20, 2002 2–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 11–5–1–0 Recap
18 W November 21, 2002 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 12–5–1–0 Recap
19 L November 23, 2002 1–3 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 12–6–1–0 Recap
20 L November 25, 2002 1–4 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 12–7–1–0 Recap
21 T November 27, 2002 4–4 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 12–7–2–0 Recap
22 W November 29, 2002 7–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 13–7–2–0 Recap
23 OTL November 30, 2002 4–5 OT New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 13–7–2–1 Recap
December: 7–4–3–1 (Home: 4–0–1–0; Road: 3–4–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
24 W December 3, 2002 4–0 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 14–7–2–1 Recap
25 T December 5, 2002 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 14–7–3–1 Recap
26 W December 7, 2002 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 15–7–3–1 Recap
27 OTL December 8, 2002 3–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 15–7–3–2 Recap
28 L December 10, 2002 0–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 15–8–3–2 Recap
29 T December 12, 2002 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 15–8–4–2 Recap
30 W December 14, 2002 4–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 16–8–4–2 Recap
31 L December 17, 2002 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 16–9–4–2 Recap
32 L December 18, 2002 2–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 16–10–4–2 Recap
33 T December 20, 2002 3–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 16–10–5–2 Recap
34 W December 23, 2002 5–0 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 17–10–5–2 Recap
35 W December 26, 2002 3–2 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 18–10–5–2 Recap
36 W December 28, 2002 6–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 19–10–5–2 Recap
37 W December 29, 2002 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 20–10–5–2 Recap
38 L December 31, 2002 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 20–11–5–2 Recap
January: 8–4–1–2 (Home: 3–2–0–1; Road: 5–2–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
39 L January 2, 2003 1–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 20–12–5–2 Recap
40 W January 4, 2003 5–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 21–12–5–2 Recap
41 OTL January 7, 2003 1–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 21–12–5–3 Recap
42 W January 9, 2003 4–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 22–12–5–3 Recap
43 W January 11, 2003 2–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 23–12–5–3 Recap
44 L January 12, 2003 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 23–13–5–3 Recap
45 W January 14, 2003 4–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 24–13–5–3 Recap
46 OTL January 16, 2003 2–3 OT New York Islanders (2002–03) 24–13–5–4 Recap
47 W January 18, 2003 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 25–13–5–4 Recap
48 W January 20, 2003 5–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 26–13–5–4 Recap
49 L January 21, 2003 4–8 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 26–14–5–4 Recap
50 T January 23, 2003 3–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 26–14–6–4 Recap
51 L January 25, 2003 2–4 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 26–15–6–4 Recap
52 W January 28, 2003 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 27–15–6–4 Recap
53 W January 30, 2003 2–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 28–15–6–4 Recap
February: 4–3–2–2 (Home: 3–2–1–1; Road: 1–1–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
54 T February 5, 2003 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 28–15–7–4 Recap
55 T February 6, 2003 4–4 OT New York Rangers (2002–03) 28–15–8–4 Recap
56 W February 8, 2003 4–1 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 29–15–8–4 Recap
57 W February 11, 2003 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 30–15–8–4 Recap
58 OTL February 13, 2003 3–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 30–15–8–5 Recap
59 L February 15, 2003 3–5 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 30–16–8–5 Recap
60 W February 17, 2003 5–3 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 31–16–8–5 Recap
61 L February 20, 2003 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 31–17–8–5 Recap
62 OTL February 22, 2003 1–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 31–17–8–6 Recap
63 L February 23, 2003 1–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 31–18–8–6 Recap
64 W February 27, 2003 4–1 Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 32–18–8–6 Recap
March: 9–4–2–0 (Home: 6–2–1–0; Road: 3–2–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
65 W March 1, 2003 2–0 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 33–18–8–6 Recap
66 W March 4, 2003 2–1 OT Nashville Predators (2002–03) 34–18–8–6 Recap
67 W March 6, 2003 6–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 35–18–8–6 Recap
68 L March 7, 2003 2–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 35–19–8–6 Recap
69 W March 11, 2003 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 36–19–8–6 Recap
70 T March 13, 2003 4–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 36–19–9–6 Recap
71 W March 15, 2003 1–0 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 37–19–9–6 Recap
72 W March 18, 2003 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 38–19–9–6 Recap
73 W March 20, 2003 3–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 39–19–9–6 Recap
74 L March 22, 2003 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 39–20–9–6 Recap
75 L March 23, 2003 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 39–21–9–6 Recap
76 W March 26, 2003 1–0 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 40–21–9–6 Recap
77 W March 27, 2003 2–1 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 41–21–9–6 Recap
78 L March 29, 2003 2–6 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 41–22–9–6 Recap
79 T March 31, 2003 5–5 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 41–22–10–6 Recap
April: 0–2–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 0–1–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
80 L April 3, 2003 4–6 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 41–23–10–6 Recap
81 T April 4, 2003 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 41–23–11–6 Recap
82 L April 6, 2003 2–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 41–24–11–6 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 4–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 10 St. Louis 6–0 Vancouver Osgood 18,514 Blues lead 1–0 Recap
2 April 12 St. Louis 1–2 Vancouver Osgood 18,514 Series tied 1–1 Recap
3 April 14 Vancouver 1–3 St. Louis Osgood 19,699 Blues lead 2–1 Recap
4 April 16 Vancouver 1–4 St. Louis Osgood 19,936 Blues lead 3–1 Recap
5 April 18 St. Louis 3–5 Vancouver Osgood 18,514 Blues lead 3–2 Recap
6 April 20 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis Osgood 19,522 Series tied 3–3 Recap
7 April 22 St. Louis 1–4 Vancouver Osgood 18,514 Canucks win 4–3 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Pavol Demitra LW 78 36 57 93 32 0 11 0 4
Al MacInnis D 80 16 52 68 61 22 9 1 2
Cory Stillman LW 79 24 43 67 56 12 6 0 4
Doug Weight C 70 15 52 67 52 -6 7 0 3
Scott Mellanby RW 80 26 31 57 176 1 13 0 4
Keith Tkachuk LW 56 31 24 55 139 1 14 0 5
Eric Boguniecki C 80 22 27 49 38 22 3 1 5
Petr Cajanek RW 51 9 29 38 20 16 2 2 1
Alexander Khavanov D 81 8 25 33 48 -1 2 1 2
Dallas Drake RW 80 20 10 30 66 -7 4 1 2
Martin Rucinsky LW 61 16 14 30 38 -1 4 4 3
Barret Jackman D 82 3 16 19 190 23 0 0 0
Shjon Podein LW 68 4 6 10 28 7 1 0 0
Bryce Salvador D 71 2 8 10 95 7 1 0 0
Tyson Nash LW 66 6 3 9 114 0 1 0 2
Christian Laflamme D 47 0 9 9 45 1 0 0 0
Jamal Mayers RW 15 2 5 7 8 1 0 0 0
Steve Martins C 28 3 3 6 18 -8 0 1 0
Tom Koivisto D 22 2 4 6 10 1 0 0 1
Reed Low RW 79 2 4 6 234 3 0 0 1
Steve Dubinsky C 28 0 6 6 4 3 0 0 0
Mike Eastwood C 17 1 3 4 8 1 1 0 0
Jeff Finley D 64 1 3 4 46 -2 0 0 1
Chris Pronger D 5 1 3 4 10 -2 0 0 0
Justin Papineau C 11 2 1 3 0 -1 0 0 1
Mike Van Ryn D 20 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 0
Valeri Bure RW 5 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0
Peter Sejna LW 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Brent Johnson G 38 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Eric Nickulas RW 8 0 1 1 6 -2 0 0 0
Matt Walker D 16 0 1 1 38 0 0 0 0
Christian Backman D 4 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Tom Barrasso G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Brathwaite G 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Corso C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Reinhard Divis G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Johnson C 17 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Chris Osgood G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Rudkowsky G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Sanford G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sergei 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%
Brent Johnson 2042 38 16 13 5 84 2.47 2 844 760 .900
Fred Brathwaite 1615 30 12 9 4 74 2.75 2 631 557 .883
Curtis Sanford 397 8 5 1 0 13 1.96 1 148 135 .912
Chris Osgood 532 9 4 3 2 27 3.05 2 241 214 .888
Reinhard Divis 83 2 2 0 0 1 0.72 0 34 33 .971
Tom Barrasso 293 6 1 4 0 16 3.28 1 132 116 .879
Cody 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 SHG GWG
Doug Weight C 7 5 8 13 2 0 5 0 1
Martin Rucinsky LW 7 4 2 6 4 -3 0 0 0
Pavol Demitra LW 7 2 4 6 2 2 1 0 0
Alexander Khavanov D 7 2 3 5 2 0 1 0 0
Dallas Drake RW 7 1 4 5 23 0 0 0 1
Cory Stillman LW 6 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 1
Chris Pronger D 7 1 3 4 14 3 0 0 0
Keith Tkachuk LW 7 1 3 4 14 -1 0 0 0
Tyson Nash LW 7 2 1 3 6 3 0 0 0
Eric Boguniecki C 7 1 2 3 2 -2 1 0 0
Valeri Bure RW 6 0 2 2 8 2 0 0 0
Ryan Johnson C 6 0 2 2 6 3 0 0 0
Al MacInnis D 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Martins C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Mellanby RW 6 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Shjon Podein LW 7 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Petr Cajanek RW 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Jeff Finley D 6 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
Barret Jackman D 7 0 0 0 14 -2 0 0 0
Christian Laflamme D 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Chris Osgood G 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Bryce Salvador D 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Chris 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 48 Aleksei Shkotov  Russia Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
2 62 Andriy Mikhnov  Ukraine Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3 89 Tomas Troliga  Slovakia HK Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia)
4 120 Robin Jonsson  Sweden Bofors IK (Sweden)
5 165 Justin Maiser  United States Boston University (Hockey East)
6 190 D. J. King  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7 221 Jonas Johnson  Sweden Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden)
8 253 Tom Koivisto  Finland Jokerit (Finland)
9 284 Ryan MacMurchy  Canada Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ "St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes Box Score — January 14, 2003".
  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. ^ a b "2002-03 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "2002-03 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.