Columbus Blue Jackets vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2002 · Savvis Center

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2–5

Final

SOG 26–38

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Sunday, December 29, 2002 at Savvis Center. The Blues outshot the Blue Jackets 38-26.

Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Cory Stillman, Scott Mellanby, Martin Rucinsky, Pavol Demitra and Tyson Nash also scored.

Brent Johnson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 33 of 38.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	2	0	0	2	26
STL	2	1	2	5	38

Scoring

1st period

Geoff Sanderson (18)Jaroslav Spacek (16)1–006:45 CBJ · SHG
Cory Stillman (14)Petr Cajanek (22), Eric Boguniecki (15)1–107:28 STL · PPG
Scott Mellanby (15)Pavol Demitra (24), Al MacInnis (23)1–208:19 STL
Geoff Sanderson (19)Tyler Wright (4)2–217:24 CBJ

2nd period

Martin Rucinsky (8)Alexander Khavanov (12), Al MacInnis (24)2–317:18 STL · PPG

3rd period

Pavol Demitra (13)Keith Tkachuk (11), Barret Jackman (6)2–406:10 STL
Tyson Nash (3)Steve Dubinsky (2), Reed Low (2)2–512:30 STL

Team stats

CBJSTL

26Shots on goal38

55%Faceoff %45%

0/5Power play2/4

26Penalty minutes28

2Hits3

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 05:30Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre · roughing2 min
1st 11:29Rostislav Klesla · high sticking2 min
1st 12:54Doug Weight · tripping2 min
2nd 02:44Jeff Finley · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:27Rick Nash · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:23Luke Richardson · elbowing2 min
2nd 10:23Bryce Salvador · slashing2 min
2nd 11:51Keith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:58Scott Lachance · interference2 min
3rd 04:43Duvie Westcott · diving2 min
3rd 04:43Cory Stillman · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 07:07Martin Rucinsky · hooking2 min
3rd 14:32Bryce Salvador · roughing2 min
3rd 17:09Tyler Wright · roughing2 min
3rd 17:09Tyler Wright · roughing2 min
3rd 17:09Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre · fighting5 min
3rd 17:09Scott Mellanby · roughing2 min
3rd 17:09Scott Mellanby · roughing2 min
3rd 17:09Barret Jackman · fighting5 min
3rd 17:20Luke Richardson · fighting5 min
3rd 17:20Bryce Salvador · fighting5 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	17:47
28Tyler WrightC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	4	31	14:54
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	25:25
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:31
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	23:50
16Mike SillingerC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	72	22:18
17Tomi KallioR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	08:27
19Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	75	12:53
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	25	10:03
24Hannes HyvonenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:23
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:44
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	–	14:47
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	20:19
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	7	–	24:58
23Derrick WalserD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:56
34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	–	07:49
42Duvie WestcottD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	16:28
44Rostislav KleslaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	09:47

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG	L	38	33	5	.868	60:00
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

38Pavol DemitraR	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	38	19:01
2Al MacInnisD	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	24:45
7Keith TkachukL	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	2	50	18:18
9Tyson NashL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	08:13
18Steve DubinskyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50	09:22
19Scott MellanbyR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	4	–	16:14
22Martin RucinskyL	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	2	100	13:14
26Petr CajanekC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	45	14:49
33Eric BogunieckiC	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	15:45
34Reed LowR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	05:52
61Cory StillmanL	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	100	16:30
5Barret JackmanD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	5	–	19:26
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	23:24
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	11:10
39Doug WeightC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	2	38	18:08
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	9	–	16:37
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	15:40
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:49

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Brent JohnsonG	W	26	24	2	.923	59:47
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	00:00