Nashville Predators vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Sunday, December 30, 2001 · Savvis Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Nashville Predators 7–2 on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at Savvis Center. The Blues outshot the Predators 35–19.
Pavol Demitra scored twice and Scott Young scored twice. Denis Arkhipov, Cliff Ronning, Mike Eastwood, Sergei Varlamov and Daniel Corso also scored.
Fred Brathwaite made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Pavol Demitra (19)Al MacInnis (19), Alexander Khavanov (10)0–109:28 STL ·
2nd period
Scott Young (11)Chris Pronger (13), Doug Weight (23)0–203:58 STL
Denis Arkhipov (7)Vladimir Orszagh (11), Bill Houlder (5)1–208:24 NSH · - Pavol Demitra (20)Dallas Drake (4), Keith Tkachuk (20)1–309:32 STL
Cliff Ronning (9)Kimmo Timonen (15), Petr Tenkrat (7)2–316:49 NSH · 
Mike Eastwood (2)Al MacInnis (20)2–418:43 STL
3rd period
Sergei Varlamov (4)Bryce Salvador (3)2–505:27 STL- Scott Young (12)Doug Weight (24), Cory Stillman (8)2–608:24 STL
Daniel Corso (3)Cory Stillman (9), Reed Low (2)2–718:20 STL
Team stats
NSHSTL
1935
52%48%
2/41/4
88
1323
1315
1215
25
Penalties
- 3:55 into the first period
Cale Hulse · interference obstruction2 min - 8:11 into the first periodBrett Hauer · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the first periodGreg Classen · high sticking2 min
- 17:26 into the first period
Bryce Salvador · roughing2 min - 6:28 into the second periodAl MacInnis · interference2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBrett Hauer · cross checking2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · charging2 min
- 16:36 into the second periodMike Eastwood · hooking2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 7Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 15:50 |
| 15Petr TenkratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 25Denis ArkhipovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 33Vladimir OrszaghL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 23Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 9Greg ClassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 19Martin EratR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:42 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 4Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 14Brett HauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 08:33 |
| 26Andy BerenzweigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |
St. Louis Blues
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:37 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:25 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:05 |
| 10Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 15Daniel CorsoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 17Sergei VarlamovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:18 |
| 34Reed LowR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 27Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 29Alexander KhavanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 | 26:53 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 43Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |