2002–03 St. Louis Blues season

The 2002-03 St. Louis Blues season was the 36th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the regular-season with a record of 41 wins, 24 losses, 11 overtime losses and six ties, good for 99 points, and the team qualified for the NHL Playoffs for the 24th consecutive season, only to lose in the Western Conference Quarter-finals to the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
*April 6, 2003: In a game against the St. Louis Blues, Patrick Roy played the last regular season game of his career. The Avalanche won the game by a score of 5-2. It was Roy’s 1,029th game, and his 551st victory. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.483, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 10, 2002 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	0–1–0–0
2 	T	October 12, 2002 	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	0–1–1–0
3 	W	October 15, 2002 	2–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	1–1–1–0
4 	W	October 17, 2002 	7–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	2–1–1–0
5 	W	October 19, 2002 	5–3 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	3–1–1–0
6 	W	October 24, 2002 	2–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	4–1–1–0
7 	W	October 26, 2002 	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	5–1–1–0
8 	W	October 30, 2002 	7–0 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	6–1–1–0
9 	W	November 2, 2002 	6–1 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	7–1–1–0
10 	W	November 3, 2002 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	8–1–1–0
11 	W	November 5, 2002 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	9–1–1–0
12 	L	November 7, 2002 	2–5 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	9–2–1–0
13 	W	November 9, 2002 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	10–2–1–0
14 	L	November 12, 2002	3–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	10–3–1–0
15 	L	November 15, 2002	0–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	10–4–1–0
16 	W	November 16, 2002	1–0 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	11–4–1–0
17 	L	November 20, 2002	2–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	11–5–1–0
18 	W	November 21, 2002	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	12–5–1–0
19 	L	November 23, 2002	1–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	12–6–1–0
20 	L	November 25, 2002	1–4 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	12–7–1–0
21 	T	November 27, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	12–7–2–0
22 	W	November 29, 2002	7–2 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	13–7–2–0
23 	L	November 30, 2002	4–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	13–7–2–1
24 	W	December 3, 2002 	4–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	14–7–2–1
25 	T	December 5, 2002 	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	14–7–3–1
26 	W	December 7, 2002 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	15–7–3–1
27 	L	December 8, 2002 	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	15–7–3–2
28 	L	December 10, 2002	0–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	15–8–3–2
29 	T	December 12, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	15–8–4–2
30 	W	December 14, 2002	4–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	16–8–4–2
31 	L	December 17, 2002	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	16–9–4–2
32 	L	December 18, 2002	2–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	16–10–4–2
33 	T	December 20, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	16–10–5–2
34 	W	December 23, 2002	5–0 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	17–10–5–2
35 	W	December 26, 2002	3–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	18–10–5–2
36 	W	December 28, 2002	6–1 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	19–10–5–2
37 	W	December 29, 2002	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	20–10–5–2
38 	L	December 31, 2002	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	20–11–5–2
39 	L	January 2, 2003 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	20–12–5–2
40 	W	January 4, 2003 	5–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	21–12–5–2
41 	L	January 7, 2003 	1–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	21–12–5–3
42 	W	January 9, 2003 	4–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	22–12–5–3
43 	W	January 11, 2003 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	23–12–5–3
44 	L	January 12, 2003 	1–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	23–13–5–3
45 	W	January 14, 2003 	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	24–13–5–3
46 	L	January 16, 2003 	2–3 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	24–13–5–4
47 	W	January 18, 2003 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	25–13–5–4
48 	W	January 20, 2003 	5–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	26–13–5–4
49 	L	January 21, 2003 	4–8 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	26–14–5–4
50 	T	January 23, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	26–14–6–4
51 	L	January 25, 2003 	2–4 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	26–15–6–4
52 	W	January 28, 2003 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	27–15–6–4
53 	W	January 30, 2003 	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	28–15–6–4
54 	T	February 5, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	28–15–7–4
55 	T	February 6, 2003 	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	28–15–8–4
56 	W	February 8, 2003 	4–1 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	29–15–8–4
57 	W	February 11, 2003	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	30–15–8–4
58 	L	February 13, 2003	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	30–15–8–5
59 	L	February 15, 2003	3–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	30–16–8–5
60 	W	February 17, 2003	5–3 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	31–16–8–5
61 	L	February 20, 2003	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	31–17–8–5
62 	L	February 22, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	31–17–8–6
63 	L	February 23, 2003	1–3 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	31–18–8–6
64 	W	February 27, 2003	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	32–18–8–6
65 	W	March 1, 2003 	2–0 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	33–18–8–6
66 	W	March 4, 2003 	2–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	34–18–8–6
67 	W	March 6, 2003 	6–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	35–18–8–6
68 	L	March 7, 2003 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	35–19–8–6
69 	W	March 11, 2003 	4–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	36–19–8–6
70 	T	March 13, 2003 	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	36–19–9–6
71 	W	March 15, 2003 	1–0 	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	37–19–9–6
72 	W	March 18, 2003 	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	38–19–9–6
73 	W	March 20, 2003 	3–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	39–19–9–6
74 	L	March 22, 2003 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	39–20–9–6
75 	L	March 23, 2003 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	39–21–9–6
76 	W	March 26, 2003 	1–0 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	40–21–9–6
77 	W	March 27, 2003 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	41–21–9–6
78 	L	March 29, 2003 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	41–22–9–6
79 	T	March 31, 2003 	5–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	41–22–10–6
80 	L	April 3, 2003 	4–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	41–23–10–6
81 	T	April 4, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	41–23–11–6
82 	L	April 6, 2003 	2–5 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	41–24–11–6
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	78	36	57	93 	32 	0 	11 	0 	4
 	D 	80	16	52	68 	61 	22 	9 	1 	2
 	LW 	79	24	43	67 	56 	12 	6 	0 	4
 	C 	70	15	52	67 	52 	-6 	7 	0 	3
 	RW 	80	26	31	57 	176	1 	13 	0 	4
 	LW 	56	31	24	55 	139	1 	14 	0 	5
 	C 	80	22	27	49 	38 	22 	3 	1 	5
 	RW 	51	9 	29	38 	20 	16 	2 	2 	1
 	D 	81	8 	25	33 	48 	-1 	2 	1 	2
 	RW 	80	20	10	30 	66 	-7 	4 	1 	2
 	LW 	61	16	14	30 	38 	-1 	4 	4 	3
 	D 	82	3 	16	19 	190	23 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	68	4 	6 	10 	28 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	71	2 	8 	10 	95 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	66	6 	3 	9 	114	0 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	47	0 	9 	9 	45 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	2 	5 	7 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	3 	3 	6 	18 	-8 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	22	2 	4 	6 	10 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	79	2 	4 	6 	234	3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	28	0 	6 	6 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	1 	3 	4 	8 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	64	1 	3 	4 	46 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1 	3 	4 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	1 	3 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	20	0 	3 	3 	8 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	1 	1 	38 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2042	38	16	13	5 	84 	2.47	2 	844 	760 	.900
 	1615	30	12	9 	4 	74 	2.75	2 	631 	557 	.883
 	397 	8 	5 	1 	0 	13 	1.96	1 	148 	135 	.912
 	532 	9 	4 	3 	2 	27 	3.05	2 	241 	214 	.888
 	83 	2 	2 	0 	0 	1 	0.72	0 	34 	33 	.971
 	293 	6 	1 	4 	0 	16 	3.28	1 	132 	116 	.879
 	30 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	10 	10 	1.000
Team: 	4992	82	41	30	11 	215	2.58	8 	2040	1825	.895
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	5	8	13 	2 	0 	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	4	2	6 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	4	6 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	3	5 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	4	5 	23 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1	3	4 	14 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	3	4 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	1	3 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	2	3 	2 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	2	2 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	2	2 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	1	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	417	7 	3	4	17	2.45	1 	183	166	.907
Team: 	417	7 	3	4	17	2.45	1 	183	166	.907
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; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
St. Louis Blues season, 2002–03
St. Louis Blues season, 2002–03
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