🧥 Away Blue Jackets 14-18-3 before this game
2–5
Final
🎵 Home Blues 22-10-4 before this game
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CBJ 2002
STL 2125

Blue Jackets at Blues

Blues beat Blue Jackets 5–2 at Enterprise Center on December 29, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Dec 29, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 Enterprise Center, St. Louis 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blues lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Pavol Demitra
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:01 TOI · +1
2nd star 🎵 STL
Al MacInnis
2 A
4 shots · 24:45 TOI · +2
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson
2 G
4 shots · 17:47 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Geoff Sanderson SH Go-ahead 1st · 06:45
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek · beat Brent Johnson
1–0
🎵 Cory Stillman PP Tying 1st · 07:28
Assists: Petr Cajanek, Eric Boguniecki · beat Marc Denis
1–1
🎵 Scott Mellanby Go-ahead 1st · 08:19
Assists: Pavol Demitra, Al MacInnis · beat Marc Denis
1–2
🧥 Geoff Sanderson Tying 1st · 17:24
Assists: Tyler Wright · beat Brent Johnson
2–2
2nd period
🎵 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 2nd · 17:18
Assists: Alexander Khavanov, Al MacInnis · beat Marc Denis
2–3
3rd period
🎵 Pavol Demitra 3rd · 06:10
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, Barret Jackman · beat Marc Denis
2–4
🎵 Tyson Nash 3rd · 12:30
Assists: Steve Dubinsky, Reed Low · beat Marc Denis
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ STL🎵
26 Shots on goal 38
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
2 Hits 3
26 Penalty minutes 28
CBJ shooting 7.7% (2/26) STL shooting 13.2% (5/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
33/38
.868 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 14-18-3 (40% win rate, 35 games)
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 22-10-4 (61% win rate, 36 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Whitney · Sanderson · Sillinger 22:18
L2 Nash · Wright · Vyborny 14:54
L3 Pronger · Marshall · Hyvonen 12:53
L4 Pirjeta · Kallio 9:15
D1 Spacek · Richardson 25:12
D2 Lachance · Westcott 18:24
D3 Walser · Klesla 12:52
D4 Grand-Pierre 7:49
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · Weight · Demitra 18:18
L2 Stillman · Boguniecki · Mellanby 16:14
L3 Rucinsky · Cajanek · Drake 13:14
L4 Nash · Dubinsky · Low 8:13
D1 MacInnis · Khavanov 24:04
D2 Jackman · Laflamme 19:08
D3 Salvador · Finley 16:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →
Dec 28, 2002
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
6–1 · Blues won
Nov 20, 2002
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
2–3 · Blue Jackets won
Nov 7, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
5–2 · Blue Jackets won
Oct 17, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
1–7 · Blues won
Jan 3, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL
2–4 · Blues won

❓ CBJ vs STL, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Blues on December 29, 2002?

Blues won 5–2.

What was the final score of Blue Jackets vs Blues?

The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Blues 5.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Geoff Sanderson (2).

Who scored for Blues?

Cory Stillman, Martin Rucinsky, Pavol Demitra, Scott Mellanby, Tyson Nash.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 33 saves on 38 shots (.868 save percentage).

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Blues played?

At Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Blues home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets vs Blues season series?

Blues lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Dec 28
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
6–1 · STL won
Next game · Dec 31
🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ
2–5 · CBJ won
🎵Blues
Previous game · Dec 28
🎵STL @ 🧥CBJ
6–1 · STL won
Next game · Dec 31
🎵STL @ 🐙DET
1–5 · DET won
Also on December 29, 2002
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
3–5 final
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
1–6 final
🦆ANA @ 🔥CGY
2–4 final
🐙DET @ ⭐DAL
2–2 final
Blue Jackets season page Blues season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule