🎵 Away Blues 33-15-4 before this game
4–1
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 23-25-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
STL 1304
WSH 1001

Blues at Capitals

Blues beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on January 30, 2002.

🗓 Wed, Jan 30, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Blues lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Pavol Demitra
2 G
3 shots · 19:53 TOI
2nd star 🎵 STL
Chris Pronger
2 A
5 shots · 28:48 TOI · +1
3rd star 🎵 STL
Keith Tkachuk
2 A
4 shots · 19:04 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🎵 Cory Stillman Go-ahead 1st · 08:51
Assists: Chris Pronger, Doug Weight · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🦅 Colin Forbes SH Tying 1st · 15:53
Assists: Peter Bondra, Frantisek Kucera · beat Brent Johnson
1–1
2nd period
🎵 Pavol Demitra Go-ahead 2nd · 03:40
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Scott Mellanby · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
🎵 Pavol Demitra PP 2nd · 11:30
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Scott Mellanby · beat Olie Kolzig
3–1
🎵 Mike Eastwood 2nd · 13:29
Assists: Chris Pronger, Mike Van Ryn · beat Olie Kolzig
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 25
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
12 Hits 25
18 Blocked shots 14
3 Takeaways 8
9 Giveaways 27
18 Penalty minutes 20
STL shooting 14.3% (4/28) WSH shooting 4.0% (1/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 59:52 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 33-15-4 (63% win rate, 52 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 23-25-6 (43% win rate, 54 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · Weight · Demitra 19:04
L2 Boguniecki · Mellanby · Keane 14:48
L3 Stillman · Eastwood · Mayers 13:35
L4 Nash · Corso · Drake 10:39
D1 Pronger · Finley 25:13
D2 Salvador · Khavanov 18:01
D3 Van Ryn · Bergevin 15:33
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Jagr · Bondra 19:26
L2 Forbes · Zubrus · Nikolishin 16:41
L3 Pettinger · Simon · Dahlen 11:58
L4 Peat 6:38
D1 Kucera · Gonchar 24:14
D2 Fortin · Witt 22:26
D3 Klee · Rohloff 14:10
D4 Zettler · Cote 9:41

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 3, 2001
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
1–4 · Blues won
Nov 2, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
0–2 · Blues won
Mar 20, 2000
🦅WSH @ 🎵STL
1–2 · Blues won
Jan 1, 2000
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
1–1 (OT) · Blues won
Apr 7, 1999
🎵STL @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Blues won

❓ STL vs WSH, answered

Who won Blues vs Capitals on January 30, 2002?

Blues won 4–1.

What was the final score of Blues vs Capitals?

The final score was Blues 4, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Blues?

Pavol Demitra (2), Cory Stillman, Mike Eastwood.

Who scored for Capitals?

Colin Forbes.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Blues vs Capitals season series?

Blues lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🎵Blues
Previous game · Jan 28
🦆ANA @ 🎵STL
1–0 · ANA won
Next game · Feb 5
🎵STL @ 🏝️NYI
3–4 · NYI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 27
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · BUF won
Next game · Feb 6
🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · WSH won
Also on January 30, 2002
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
6–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
🪶CHI @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🐧PIT
6–3 final
🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL
3–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🐆FLA
3–1 final
🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL
6–0 final
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 final
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