Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 2002 · Savvis Center

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2–3

20–15

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Thursday, December 26, 2002 at Savvis Center. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 20–15.

Pavol Demitra scored twice. Milan Hejduk, Scott Mellanby and Alex Tanguay also scored.

Brent Johnson made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 12 of 15.

Goals
COL	1	0	1	2	20
STL	0	2	1	3	15

Scoring

1st period

Milan Hejduk (15)Rob Blake (13), Alex Tanguay (9)1–013:39 COL ·

2nd period

Pavol Demitra (11)Scott Mellanby (11), Doug Weight (26)1–104:11 STL ·
Scott Mellanby (13)Keith Tkachuk (8), Pavol Demitra (21)1–212:17 STL

3rd period

Pavol Demitra (12)Keith Tkachuk (9), Brent Johnson (1)1–312:05 STL
Alex Tanguay (5)Steve Reinprecht (11), Milan Hejduk (16)2–319:33 COL

Team stats

COLSTL

2015

45%55%

1/61/6

1212

31

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Penalties

5:26 into the first periodDan Hinote · high sticking2 min
13:15 into the first periodDoug Weight · high sticking2 min
17:14 into the first periodGreg De Vries · hooking2 min
20:00 into the first periodGreg De Vries · interference2 min
2:51 into the second periodRadim Vrbata · slashing2 min
3:25 into the second periodRob Blake · holding2 min
6:44 into the second periodTyson Nash · slashing2 min
9:49 into the second periodAl MacInnis · slashing2 min
6:16 into the third periodGreg De Vries · interference2 min
6:34 into the third periodAlexander Khavanov · tripping obstruction2 min
15:04 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · interference2 min
17:23 into the third periodDallas Drake · holding2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

23Milan HejdukR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	67	23:14
40Alex TanguayL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:47
28Steve ReinprechtC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	38	22:16
4Rob BlakeD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	29:00
11Jeff ShantzC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	14:40
12Mike KeaneR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:03
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	06:40
17Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	–	14:26
22Vaclav NedorostC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	50	13:09
29Eric MessierL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:34
32Riku HahlC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	45	10:37
37Dean McAmmondC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	17:55
2Bryan MuirD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:16
6Denis SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	6	–	20:28
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:26
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	28:56
53Derek MorrisD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	20:33

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Patrick RoyG	L	15	12	3	.800	58:15

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

38Pavol DemitraR	2	1	3	+2	2	0	0	0	52	14:57
7Keith TkachukL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	50	16:42
19Scott MellanbyR	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	15:26
39Doug WeightC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	50	21:28
9Tyson NashL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	09:04
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	100	17:32
18Steve DubinskyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	10:34
22Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	18:04
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:31
26Petr CajanekC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	55	21:15
34Reed LowR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:41
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:08
2Al MacInnisD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	29:02
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:14
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:14
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	18:48
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:16
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:19

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Brent JohnsonG	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	00:00