St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2002 · Joe Louis Arena

1–5

30–22

Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 5–1 on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at Joe Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Red Wings 30–22.

Brendan Shanahan scored twice. Keith Tkachuk, Sean Avery, Darren McCarty and Kirk Maltby also scored.

Curtis Joseph made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 12 of 16.

Goals
STL	1	0	0	1	30
DET	1	2	2	5	22

Scoring

1st period

Keith Tkachuk (12)Doug Weight (29), Pavol Demitra (25)1–004:20 STL ·
Sean Avery (4)Boyd Devereaux (6), Mathieu Dandenault (6)1–113:13 DET

2nd period

Darren McCarty (8)Jason Woolley (11), Chris Chelios (13)1–204:01 DET ·
Kirk Maltby (10)Dmitri Bykov (5), Sergei Fedorov (14)1–314:56 DET

3rd period

Brendan Shanahan (13)Sergei Fedorov (15), Jason Woolley (12)1–401:59 DET
Brendan Shanahan (14)Nicklas Lidstrom (20), Sergei Fedorov (16)1–506:22 DET ·

Team stats

STLDET

3022

40%60%

1/32/9

8644

Penalties

3:21 into the first periodSean Avery · slashing2 min
9:12 into the first periodDallas Drake · tripping2 min
18:12 into the first periodTomas Holmstrom · roughing2 min
18:12 into the first periodTomas Holmstrom · misconduct10 min
18:12 into the first periodSean Avery · roughing2 min
18:12 into the first periodTyson Nash · roughing2 min
18:12 into the first periodTyson Nash · misconduct10 min
18:12 into the first periodReed Low · roughing2 min
18:12 into the first periodBarret Jackman · roughing2 min
2:42 into the second periodReed Low · high sticking2 min
7:55 into the second periodChris Chelios · hooking2 min
12:48 into the second periodCory Stillman · hooking obstruction2 min
16:28 into the second periodTomas Holmstrom · tripping2 min
16:28 into the second periodTyson Nash · roughing2 min
4:25 into the third periodChristian Laflamme · hooking2 min
11:27 into the third periodBarret Jackman · roughing2 min
11:27 into the third periodBarret Jackman · roughing2 min
13:35 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · holding2 min
15:50 into the third periodDarren McCarty · fighting5 min
15:50 into the third periodDarren McCarty · game misconduct10 min
15:50 into the third periodTomas Holmstrom · roughing2 min
15:50 into the third periodMaxim Kuznetsov · fighting5 min
15:50 into the third periodDoug Weight · roughing2 min
15:50 into the third periodBryce Salvador · fighting5 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · instigator2 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · roughing2 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · fighting5 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · misconduct10 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · game misconduct10 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · game misconduct10 min
15:50 into the third periodReed Low · game misconduct10 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	33	18:28
38Pavol DemitraR	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	47	17:33
39Doug WeightC	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	38	20:02
9Tyson NashL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	14	–	10:27
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	–	11:53
18Steve DubinskyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	12:05
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:15
22Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	–	13:19
26Petr CajanekC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	15	13:30
33Eric BogunieckiC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	12:43
34Reed LowR	0	0	0	0	1	0	53	–	07:37
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	100	10:50
2Al MacInnisD	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	–	24:20
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	–	22:34
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	5	–	18:57
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	–	20:27
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	–	13:41
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	18:00

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Brent JohnsonG	L	16	12	4	.750	41:59
40Fred BrathwaiteG		6	5	1	.833	18:01

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

91Sergei FedorovC	0	3	3	+2	3	1	0	79	19:20
14Brendan ShanahanL	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	–	19:26
15Jason WoolleyD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	–	18:50
11Mathieu DandenaultR	0	1	1	+2	1	1	2	–	13:16
18Kirk MaltbyL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	–	15:35
21Boyd DevereauxC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	–	07:01
25Darren McCartyR	1	0	1	0	2	0	15	–	16:56
42Sean AveryL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	4	78	05:19
5Nicklas LidstromD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	29:20
24Chris CheliosD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	–	19:55
55Dmitri BykovD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	–	19:41
8Igor LarionovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	16:10
17Brett HullR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:53
20Luc RobitailleL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	–	19:17
33Kris DraperC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	73	16:19
40Henrik ZetterbergC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	15:14
96Tomas HolmstromL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	16	–	08:45
32Maxim KuznetsovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	–	14:36

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
31Curtis JosephG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:58
34Manny LegaceG		0	0	0	–	00:00