2001–02 St. Louis Blues season

2001–02 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Central
2001–02 record	43–27–8
Goals for	227
Goals against	188
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Chris Pronger
Arena	Savvis Center
Team leaders
Goals	Keith Tkachuk (38)
Assists	Pavol Demitra (43)
Points	Pavol Demitra (78)
Penalty minutes	Reed Low (160)
Wins	Brent Johnson (34)
Goals against average	Reinhard Divis (0.00)

The 2001-02 St. Louis Blues season was the 35th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 43 wins, 27 losses, eight ties and four overtime losses, good for 98 points. The Blues qualified for the playoffs for the 23rd consecutive season, and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks, four games to one, in the Western Conference Quarter-finals before losing the Western Conference Semi-finals to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, also in five games.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 4, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	0–0–1–0
2	T	October 6, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	0–0–2–0
3	L	October 11, 2001	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	0–1–2–0
4	W	October 13, 2001	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	1–1–2–0
5	T	October 17, 2001	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	1–1–3–0
6	W	October 19, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	2–1–3–0
7	W	October 20, 2001	2–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	3–1–3–0
8	L	October 22, 2001	2–3	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	3–2–3–0
9	W	October 25, 2001	5–1	New York Rangers (2001–02)	4–2–3–0
10	L	October 27, 2001	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	4–3–3–0
11	W	October 31, 2001	1–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	5–3–3–0
12	W	November 1, 2001	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	6–3–3–0
13	W	November 3, 2001	4–1	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	7–3–3–0
14	L	November 6, 2001	1–4	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	7–4–3–0
15	W	November 8, 2001	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	8–4–3–0
16	W	November 10, 2001	4–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	9–4–3–0
17	L	November 13, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	9–4–3–1
18	L	November 15, 2001	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	9–5–3–1
19	L	November 17, 2001	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	9–6–3–1
20	L	November 20, 2001	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	9–7–3–1
21	L	November 23, 2001	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	9–8–3–1
22	W	November 24, 2001	5–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	10–8–3–1
23	W	November 27, 2001	4–2	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	11–8–3–1
24	W	November 29, 2001	3–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	12–8–3–1
25	W	December 1, 2001	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	13–8–3–1
26	T	December 2, 2001	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	13–8–4–1
27	L	December 5, 2001	0–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	13–9–4–1
28	T	December 6, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	13–9–5–1
29	W	December 8, 2001	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	14–9–5–1
30	T	December 12, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	14–9–6–1
31	L	December 13, 2001	3–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	14–9–6–2
32	W	December 15, 2001	4–0	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	15–9–6–2
33	L	December 18, 2001	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	15–10–6–2
34	L	December 21, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	15–10–6–3
35	W	December 22, 2001	2–0	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	16–10–6–3
36	L	December 26, 2001	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	16–11–6–3
37	W	December 28, 2001	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	17–11–6–3
38	W	December 30, 2001	7–2	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	18–11–6–3
39	L	January 1, 2002	1–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	18–12–6–3
40	W	January 3, 2002	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	19–12–6–3
41	W	January 5, 2002	5–2	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	20–12–6–3
42	W	January 8, 2002	6–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	21–12–6–3
43	W	January 9, 2002	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	22–12–6–3
44	W	January 12, 2002	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	23–12–6–3
45	W	January 15, 2002	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	24–12–6–3
46	W	January 17, 2002	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	25–12–6–3
47	W	January 19, 2002	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	26–12–6–3
48	W	January 21, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	27–12–6–3
49	W	January 23, 2002	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	28–12–6–3
50	L	January 25, 2002	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	28–13–6–3
51	L	January 26, 2002	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	28–14–6–3
52	L	January 28, 2002	0–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	28–15–6–3
53	W	January 30, 2002	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	29–15–6–3
54	L	February 5, 2002	3–4	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	29–16–6–3
55	W	February 7, 2002	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	30–16–6–3
56	L	February 9, 2002	0–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	30–17–6–3
57	W	February 12, 2002	3–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	31–17–6–3
58	L	February 13, 2002	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	31–18–6–3
59	T	February 26, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	31–18–7–3
60	L	February 28, 2002	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	31–19–7–3
61	T	March 2, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	31–19–8–3
62	L	March 7, 2002	0–3	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	31–20–8–3
63	L	March 9, 2002	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	31–21–8–3
64	L	March 11, 2002	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	31–22–8–3
65	W	March 13, 2002	2–0	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	32–22–8–3
66	L	March 14, 2002	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	32–23–8–3
67	W	March 17, 2002	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	33–23–8–3
68	W	March 19, 2002	5–1	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	34–23–8–3
69	L	March 20, 2002	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	34–24–8–3
70	W	March 22, 2002	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	35–24–8–3
71	L	March 24, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	35–24–8–4
72	L	March 26, 2002	1–2	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	35–25–8–4
73	W	March 28, 2002	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	36–25–8–4
74	W	March 30, 2002	4–2	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	37–25–8–4
75	L	April 1, 2002	3–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	37–26–8–4
76	W	April 3, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	38–26–8–4
77	W	April 5, 2002	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	39–26–8–4
78	L	April 7, 2002	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	39–27–8–4
79	W	April 9, 2002	3–2	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	40–27–8–4
80	W	April 11, 2002	4–1	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	41–27–8–4
81	W	April 13, 2002	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	42–27–8–4
82	W	April 14, 2002	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	43–27–8–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	82	35	43	78	46	13	11	0	10
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	73	38	37	75	117	21	13	0	7
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	61	15	34	49	40	20	3	0	1
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	78	7	40	47	120	23	4	1	3
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	71	11	35	46	52	3	6	0	4
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman	LW	80	23	22	45	36	8	6	0	4
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	67	19	22	41	26	11	5	0	1
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	64	15	26	41	93	-5	8	0	2
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	80	11	15	26	87	8	1	3	2
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	D	81	3	21	24	55	9	0	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	77	9	8	17	99	9	0	1	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	71	7	10	17	41	-2	0	0	2
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	64	6	7	13	100	2	0	0	1
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	66	5	7	12	78	3	1	0	2
Varlamov, SergeiSergei Varlamov	LW	52	5	7	12	26	4	0	0	0
Corso, DanielDaniel Corso	C	41	4	7	11	6	3	1	0	2
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	15	6	4	10	8	2	2	0	1
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	56	4	6	10	22	-2	1	0	0
Van Ryn, MikeMike Van Ryn	D	48	2	8	10	18	10	0	0	1
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	LW	23	2	4	6	2	2	0	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	78	0	6	6	30	12	0	0	0
Low, ReedReed Low	RW	58	0	5	5	160	-3	0	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	G	58	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	30	0	3	3	2	6	0	0	0
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	23	0	3	3	28	1	0	0	0
Rycroft, MarkMark Rycroft	RW	9	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	8	0	2	2	9	-1	0	0	0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	8	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme	D	8	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papineau, JustinJustin Papineau	C	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	3491	58	34	20	4	127	2.18	5	1293	1166	.902
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	1446	25	9	11	4	54	2.24	2	543	489	.901
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	25	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	4	1.000
Team:	4962	82	43	31	8	181	2.19	7	1840	1659	.902

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	10	4	7	11	6	3	2	1	1
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	10	7	3	10	18	1	4	0	1
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	10	5	5	10	18	1	1	0	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	9	1	7	8	24	5	0	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	10	0	7	7	4	3	0	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	10	3	0	3	2	-1	0	0	2
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	10	3	0	3	2	-1	1	1	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	10	0	3	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	10	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	1
Stillman, CoryCory Stillman	LW	9	0	2	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	9	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	10	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corso, DanielDaniel Corso	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	10	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	10	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	G	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	LW	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Van Ryn, MikeMike Van Ryn	D	9	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Varlamov, SergeiSergei Varlamov	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	590	10	5	5	18	1.83	3	252	234	.929
Brathwaite, FredFred Brathwaite	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	591	10	5	5	18	1.83	3	252	234	.929

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season