2001–02 St. Louis Blues season

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.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===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
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	82	35	43	78 	46 	13 	11 	0 	10
 	LW 	73	38	37	75 	117	21 	13 	0 	7
 	C 	61	15	34	49 	40 	20 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	78	7 	40	47 	120	23 	4 	1 	3
 	D 	71	11	35	46 	52 	3 	6 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	23	22	45 	36 	8 	6 	0 	4
 	RW 	67	19	22	41 	26 	11 	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	15	26	41 	93 	-5 	8 	0 	2
 	RW 	80	11	15	26 	87 	8 	1 	3 	2
 	D 	81	3 	21	24 	55 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	77	9 	8 	17 	99 	9 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	71	7 	10	17 	41 	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	64	6 	7 	13 	100	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	66	5 	7 	12 	78 	3 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	52	5 	7 	12 	26 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	41	4 	7 	11 	6 	3 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	15	6 	4 	10 	8 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	56	4 	6 	10 	22 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	8 	10 	18 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	23	2 	4 	6 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	0 	6 	6 	30 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	0 	5 	5 	160	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	0 	3 	3 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	3 	3 	28 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	9 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3491	58	34	20	4 	127	2.18	5 	1293	1166	.902
 	1446	25	9 	11	4 	54 	2.24	2 	543 	489 	.901
 	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
 	LW 	10	4	7	11 	6 	3 	2 	1 	1
 	RW 	10	7	3	10 	18 	1 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	5	5	10 	18 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	1	7	8 	24 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	7	7 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	3	0	3 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	10	3	0	3 	2 	-1 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	10	0	3	3 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1	1	2 	4 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	9 	0	2	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	1	1 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	590	10	5	5	18	1.83	3 	252	234	.929
 	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
==References==
Category:St. Louis Blues seasons
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:2002 in hockey