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 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.

2002–03 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
Conference	5th Western
2002–03 record	41–24–11–6
Goals for	253
Goals against	222
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Chris Pronger
Alternate captains	Al MacInnis Doug Weight

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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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

Playoffs

Western Conference quarter-final vs. (4) Vancouver Canucks: Vancouver won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Goaltender	Attendance	Series
1	April 10	St. Louis	6 – 0	Vancouver		Osgood	18,514	1–0
2	April 12	St. Louis	1 – 2	Vancouver		Osgood	18,514	1–1
3	April 14	Vancouver	1 - 3	St. Louis		Osgood	19,699	2–1
4	April 16	Vancouver	1 - 4	St. Louis		Osgood	19,936	3–1
5	April 18	St. Louis	3 - 5	Vancouver		Osgood	18,514	3–2
6	April 20	Vancouver	4 - 3	St. Louis		Osgood	19,522	3–3
7	April 22	St. Louis	1 - 4	Vancouver		Osgood	18,514	3–4

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;

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

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. https://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.

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

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