St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2002 · Nationwide Arena

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6–1

32–27

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–1 on Saturday, December 28, 2002 at Nationwide Arena. The Blues outshot the Blue Jackets 32–27.

Goals came from Geoff Sanderson, Eric Boguniecki, Scott Mellanby, Al MacInnis, Martin Rucinsky, Keith Tkachuk and Tyson Nash.

Brent Johnson made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 26 of 32.

Goals
STL	1	1	4	6	32
CBJ	1	0	0	1	27

Scoring

1st period

Geoff Sanderson (17)David Vyborny (11), Jaroslav Spacek (15)0–109:06 CBJ
Eric Boguniecki (12)Christian Laflamme (5), Doug Weight (27)1–109:30 STL

2nd period

Scott Mellanby (14)Keith Tkachuk (10), Doug Weight (28)2–115:17 STL

3rd period

Al MacInnis (9)Pavol Demitra (22), Dallas Drake (7)3–104:50 STL
Martin Rucinsky (7)Christian Laflamme (6)4–108:28 STL
Keith Tkachuk (11)Al MacInnis (22), Pavol Demitra (23)5–111:51 STL
Tyson Nash (2)Unassisted6–115:00 STL ·

Team stats

STLCBJ

3227

57%43%

1/30/4

1210

111

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Penalties

0:41 into the second periodTyler Wright · tripping2 min
5:50 into the second periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
8:29 into the second periodDerrick Walser · roughing2 min
19:44 into the second periodAl MacInnis · tripping2 min
9:18 into the third periodJody Shelley · roughing2 min
9:18 into the third periodReed Low · roughing2 min
9:18 into the third periodReed Low · roughing2 min
11:32 into the third periodTyler Wright · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
11:32 into the third periodBarret Jackman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:03 into the third periodLuke Richardson · cross checking2 min
17:06 into the third periodChristian Laflamme · tripping2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	67	16:23
38Pavol DemitraR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	60	16:12
39Doug WeightC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	71	21:38
2Al MacInnisD	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	2	–	18:56
46Christian LaflammeD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	–	19:45
9Tyson NashL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:57
10Dallas DrakeR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	12:39
19Scott MellanbyR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	15:26
22Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	15:07
33Eric BogunieckiC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	15:31
18Steve DubinskyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	10:22
26Petr CajanekC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	47	13:59
34Reed LowR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	06:52
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:13
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	18:24
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	20:03
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:46
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:36

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Brent JohnsonG	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	19:39
9David VybornyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:14
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	−2	5	0	0	0	–	23:11
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	–	21:25
16Mike SillingerC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	58	20:50
17Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	–	13:46
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	33	10:49
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	13	11:53
28Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	4	41	16:40
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	15:30
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	06:55
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	100	15:09
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	19:54
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	2	–	17:51
23Derrick WalserD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	18:56
34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:30
42Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	18:55
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	15:40

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	L	32	26	6	.813	60:00
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00