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, 8 ties and 4 overtime losses, enough 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 Quarterfinals before losing the Western Conference Semifinals to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, also in five games.
2001–02 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 4th Western |
2001–02 record | 43–27–8–4 |
Home record | 27–12–1–1 |
Road record | 16–15–7–3 |
Goals for | 227 |
Goals against | 188 |
Team information | |
General manager | Larry Pleau |
Coach | Joel Quenneville |
Captain | Chris Pronger |
Alternate captains | Al MacInnis Doug Weight |
Arena | Savvis Center |
Average attendance | 18,968 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Worcester IceCats Peoria Rivermen |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Keith Tkachuk (38) |
Assists | Pavol Demitra (43) |
Points | Pavol Demitra (78) |
Penalty minutes | Reed Low (160) |
Plus/minus | Chris Pronger (+23) |
Wins | Brent Johnson (34) |
Goals against average | Brent Johnson (2.18) |
Off-season
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 51 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 251 | 187 | 116 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 212 | 169 | 99 |
3 | y – San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 248 | 199 | 99 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 43 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 227 | 188 | 98 |
5 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 216 | 207 | 96 |
6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 228 | 210 | 95 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 214 | 190 | 95 |
8 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 254 | 211 | 94 |
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9 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 205 | 182 | 92 |
10 | Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 215 | 213 | 90 |
11 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 201 | 220 | 79 |
12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 195 | 238 | 73 |
13 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 198 | 69 |
14 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 196 | 230 | 69 |
15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CEN | 82 | 22 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 164 | 255 | 57 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 5–3–3–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 3–1–2–0)
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November: 7–5–0–1 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 1–4–0–1)
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December: 6–3–3–2 (home: 5–1–0–1; road: 1–2–3–1)
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January: 11–4–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 6–2–0–0)
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February: 2–4–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–3–1–0)
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March: 6–6–1–1 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–1–1)
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April: 6–2–0–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks: Blues win 4–1
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings: Red Wings win 4–1
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 82 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 73 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 21 | 117 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
39 | Doug Weight | C | 61 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
44 | Chris Pronger | D | 78 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 23 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
2 | Al MacInnis | D | 71 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 3 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
61[lower-alpha 1] | Cory Stillman | LW | 80 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 67 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
19 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 64 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −5 | 93 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
10 | Dallas Drake | RW | 80 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 87 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
29 | Alexander Khavanov | D | 81 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 77 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
32 | Mike Eastwood | C | 71 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −2 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
9 | Tyson Nash | LW | 64 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
27 | Bryce Salvador | D | 66 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
17 | Sergei Varlamov | LW | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Daniel Corso | C | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Ray Ferraro† | C | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
12[lower-alpha 2] | Mike Keane‡ | RW | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Mike Van Ryn | D | 48 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
25 | Shjon Podein† | LW | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
37 | Jeff Finley | D | 78 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
34 | Reed Low | RW | 58 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −3 | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Brent Johnson | G | 58 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | Marc Bergevin† | D | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Sean Hill‡ | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Mark Rycroft | RW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
47 | Rich Pilon | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33[lower-alpha 3] | Eric Boguniecki | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
46 | Christian Laflamme | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | Reinhard Divis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Ted Donato†‡ | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Barret Jackman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Justin Papineau | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Brent Johnson | 58 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 1293 | 127 | 2.18 | .902 | 5 | 3491 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 252 | 18 | 1.83 | .929 | 3 | 590 |
40 | Fred Brathwaite | 25 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 543 | 54 | 2.24 | .901 | 2 | 1446 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | |
30 | Reinhard Divis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Larry Pleau | [4] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Pavol Demitra | [5] |
Chris Pronger[lower-alpha 4] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Mike Keane | January 17, 2002 | [7] |
Transactions
The Blues were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.[8]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Fred Brathwaite Daniel Tkaczuk Sergei Varlamov 9th-round pick in 2001 |
To Calgary Flames Roman Turek 4th-round pick in 2001 |
[9] |
June 24, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2001 |
To Atlanta Thrashers Lubos Bartecko |
[10] |
June 30, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Michel Riesen Doug Weight |
To Edmonton Oilers Jochen Hecht Jan Horacek Marty Reasoner |
[11] |
December 5, 2001 | To St. Louis Blues Steven Halko 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill |
[12] |
February 11, 2002 | To St. Louis Blues Shjon Podein |
To Colorado Avalanche Mike Keane |
[13] |
March 18, 2002 | To St. Louis Blues Ray Ferraro |
To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2002 |
[14] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Mike Keane | Dallas Stars | multi-year | Free agency | [15] |
Rich Pilon | San Jose Sharks | 1-year | Free agency | [16] | |
July 16, 2001 | Steve McLaren | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency | [17] | |
July 17, 2001 | Ed Campbell | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency | [18] | |
July 26, 2001 | Jamie Thompson | Worcester IceCats (AHL) | Free agency | [19] | |
August 21, 2001 | Christian Laflamme | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency | [20] | |
November 6, 2001 | Marc Bergevin | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [21] | |
March 6, 2002 | Ted Donato | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [22] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 5] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Alexei Gusarov[lower-alpha 6] | Contract expiration (III) | [23] | |
Pierre Turgeon | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [25] | |
July 2, 2001 | Dwayne Roloson | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (III) | [26] |
July 16, 2001 | Todd Reirden | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) | [27] |
July 31, 2001 | Pascal Rheaume | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (UFA) | [28] |
August 1, 2001 | Mike Peluso | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (VI) | [29] |
August 7, 2001 | Chris Murray | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
August 9, 2001 | Jaroslav Obsut | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
September 5, 2001 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [32] |
September 10, 2001 | Reid Simpson | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (III) | [33] |
September 28, 2001 | Sebastien Bordeleau | Minnesota Wild | Waiver draft | [34] |
October 2, 2001 | Michel Riesen | HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency[lower-alpha 7] | [36] |
October 12, 2001 | Dan Trebil | Hammarby IF (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
March 19, 2002 | Ted Donato | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [38] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 29, 2001 | Alexander Khavanov | 1-year | Option exercised | [39] |
Jamal Mayers | 1-year | Option exercised | [39] | |
June 30, 2001 | Scott Mellanby | 2-year | Re-signing | [40] |
July 1, 2001 | Doug Weight | multi-year | Re-signing | [11] |
July 12, 2001 | Keith Tkachuk | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
July 18, 2001 | Darren Rumble | Re-signing | [42] | |
Cory Stillman | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] | |
August 18, 2001 | Pavol Demitra | 2-year | Arbitration award | [44] |
August 29, 2001 | Eric Boguniecki | multi-year | Re-signing | [45] |
October 15, 2001 | Al MacInnis | 2-year | Extension | [46] |
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[47]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 57 | Jay McClement | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
3 | 89 | Tuomas Nissinen | Finland | KalPa (Finland) |
4 | 122 | Igor Valeev | Russia | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
5 | 159 | Dmitri Semin | Russia | Spartak Moscow (Russia) |
6 | 190 | Brett Scheffelmaier | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
8 | 253 | Petr Cajanek | Czech Republic | RI OKNA Zlín (Czech Republic) |
9 | 270 | Grant Jacobsen | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
9 | 283 | Simon Skoog | Sweden | Mörrums GoIS IK Jr. (Sweden) |
See also
Notes
- Stillman wore number 12 through November 23.[3]
- Keane wore number 25 through November 23.[3]
- Boguniecki wore number 14 during the regular season.
- Pronger was voted to the starting lineup.[6]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[23]
- Gusarov retired.[24]
- St. Louis retained Riesen’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[35]
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