St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2003 · Nationwide Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 34–25

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Game summary

The St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Monday, December 29, 2003 at Nationwide Arena. The Blues outshot the Blue Jackets 34-25.

Goals came from Geoff Sanderson, Doug Weight, Keith Tkachuk, Todd Marchant and Ryan Johnson.

Brent Johnson made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	1	1	1	3	34
CBJ	1	0	1	2	25

Scoring

1st period

Geoff Sanderson (6)Nikolay Zherdev (4), Darryl Sydor (10)0–113:08 CBJ · PPG
Doug Weight (9)Mark Rycroft (9)1–118:11 STL · PPG

2nd period

Keith Tkachuk (17)Doug Weight (23), Eric Nickulas (10)2–109:49 STL

3rd period

Todd Marchant (4)David Vyborny (11)2–203:31 CBJ · PPG
Ryan Johnson (2)Unassisted3–216:16 STL

Team stats

STLCBJ

34Shots on goal25

59%Faceoff %41%

1/5Power play2/6

27Penalty minutes25

6Hits15

13Blocked shots17

1Giveaways3

2Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 01:48Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 09:00Jody Shelley · fighting5 min
1st 09:00Steve McLaren · fighting5 min
1st 09:54David Ling · fighting5 min
1st 09:54Jamal Mayers · fighting5 min
1st 11:15Eric Nickulas · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 12:13Murray Baron · high sticking2 min
1st 14:32Scott Lachance · high sticking2 min
1st 14:32Scott Lachance · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:39Eric Nickulas · slashing2 min
2nd 07:48David Ling · fighting5 min
2nd 07:48Lasse Pirjeta · tripping2 min
2nd 07:48Dallas Drake · fighting5 min
2nd 18:01Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 01:59Murray Baron · holding2 min
3rd 06:00Doug Weight · cross checking2 min
3rd 08:14Trevor Letowski · high sticking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

39Doug WeightC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	2	56	23:02
7Keith TkachukL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	39	20:39
17Ryan JohnsonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	83	10:10
20Eric NickulasR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	4	–	16:27
42Mark RycroftR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:37
9Jeff HeeremaR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	10:13
10Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	67	20:21
12Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	56	13:47
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:41
21Jamal MayersR	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	5	100	15:09
22Michael DantonC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:04
80Steve McLarenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	00:50
23Murray BaronD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	4	–	17:37
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	19:08
37Jeff FinleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:45
44Chris ProngerD	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	–	29:57
46Christian LaflammeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:17
55Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	14:40

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Chris OsgoodG		1	1	0	1.000	03:52
35Brent JohnsonG	W	24	22	2	.917	56:08

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:48
9David VybornyR	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	–	21:51
13Nikolay ZherdevR	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:38
26Todd MarchantC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	63	23:31
5Darryl SydorD	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	–	21:02
10Trevor LetowskiR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	15:48
17David LingR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	–	05:24
20Lasse PirjetaL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	25	08:54
25Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	40	20:27
27Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	36	14:33
28Tyler WrightC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	10:58
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:25
61Rick NashL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	18:33
2Anders ErikssonD	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	–	25:34
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	–	12:26
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	20:14
23Derrick WalserD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	14:29
24Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	20:08

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG	L	34	31	3	.912	58:38
40Fred BrathwaiteG		0	0	0	–	–