San Jose Sharks vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2003 · Savvis Center

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2–4

29–35

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 4–2 on Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Savvis Center. The Blues outshot the Sharks 35–29.

Scott Mellanby scored twice. Patrick Marleau, Chris Pronger, Jamal Mayers and Alyn McCauley also scored.

Chris Osgood made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Vesa Toskala stopped 31 of 35.

Goals
SJS	0	1	1	2	29
STL	1	2	1	4	35

Scoring

1st period

Scott Mellanby (3)Pavol Demitra (20), Keith Tkachuk (11)0–107:07 STL

2nd period

Patrick Marleau (12)Marco Sturm (10), Brad Stuart (11)1–105:47 SJS ·
Chris Pronger (6)Doug Weight (18), Keith Tkachuk (12)1–212:45 STL ·
Jamal Mayers (3)Chris Pronger (16)1–317:26 STL ·

3rd period

Scott Mellanby (4)Keith Tkachuk (13), Pavol Demitra (21)1–415:24 STL
Alyn McCauley (9)Jonathan Cheechoo (7), Tom Preissing (4)2–419:45 SJS ·

Team stats

SJSSTL

2935

43%57%

2/71/4

1420

1610

611

1513

54

Penalties

3:44 into the first periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
3:44 into the first periodMichael Danton · slashing2 min
8:46 into the first periodDallas Drake · hooking2 min
11:47 into the first periodMike Ricci · holding2 min
1:51 into the second periodAlexander Khavanov · high sticking2 min
5:32 into the second periodChris Osgood · interference2 min
8:21 into the second periodJonathan Cheechoo · interference2 min
11:10 into the second periodMike Ricci · roughing2 min
11:10 into the second periodPetr Cajanek · roughing2 min
12:14 into the second periodAlyn McCauley · tripping2 min
16:57 into the second periodBryce Salvador · tripping2 min
19:51 into the second periodEric Nickulas · hooking obstruction2 min
3:56 into the third periodPatrick Marleau · boarding2 min
8:42 into the third periodScott Mellanby · hooking2 min
10:51 into the third periodAlexander Korolyuk · tripping2 min
10:51 into the third periodChristian Backman · tripping2 min
18:14 into the third periodJamal Mayers · high sticking2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

10Alyn McCauleyC	1	0	1	−1	4	1	0	2	47	16:54
12Patrick MarleauC	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	59	18:36
14Jonathan CheechooR	0	1	1	−2	3	0	0	2	–	15:16
19Marco SturmL	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	17:58
7Brad StuartD	0	1	1	−1	4	3	0	0	–	23:43
42Tom PreissingD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	1	0	–	17:47
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	−1	0	4	0	0	28	15:50
17Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	12:04
18Mike RicciC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	4	27	08:43
23Niko DimitrakosR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:46
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	63	18:55
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	02:50
28Nisse EkmanR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	15:26
94Alexander KorolyukL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	–	14:07
2Mike RathjeD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	22:28
4Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	17:15
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	21:59
44Christian EhrhoffD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	16:48

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
20Evgeni NabokovG		0	0	0	–	–
35Vesa ToskalaG	L	35	31	4	.886	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

7Keith TkachukL	0	3	3	+2	1	0	0	0	63	19:44
19Scott MellanbyR	2	0	2	+2	3	3	0	2	–	13:44
38Pavol DemitraR	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	60	21:18
44Chris ProngerD	1	1	2	+2	2	1	1	0	–	26:44
21Jamal MayersR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	50	09:15
39Doug WeightC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	50	17:12
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	100	16:29
12Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100	05:53
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	11:15
20Eric NickulasR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	12:41
22Michael DantonC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	12:26
26Petr CajanekC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	57	16:39
42Mark RycroftR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:55
23Murray BaronD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	18:05
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	4	2	–	18:21
29Alexander KhavanovD	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	–	17:24
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:45
55Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	14:30

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
30Chris OsgoodG	W	29	27	2	.931	59:45
35Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–