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
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)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Western Conference^[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season[2]
October: 5–3–3–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 3–1–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 T October 4, 2001 3–3 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 0–0–1–0 Recap 2 T October 6, 2001 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 0–0–2–0 Recap 3 L October 11, 2001 5–6 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 0–1–2–0 Recap 4 W October 13, 2001 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 1–1–2–0 Recap 5 T October 17, 2001 2–2 OT Dallas Stars (2001–02) 1–1–3–0 Recap 6 W October 19, 2001 3–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 2–1–3–0 Recap 7 W October 20, 2001 2–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 3–1–3–0 Recap 8 L October 22, 2001 2–3 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 3–2–3–0 Recap 9 W October 25, 2001 5–1 New York Rangers (2001–02) 4–2–3–0 Recap 10 L October 27, 2001 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 4–3–3–0 Recap 11 W October 31, 2001 1–0 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 5–3–3–0 Recap
November: 7–5–0–1 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 1–4–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 W November 1, 2001 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 6–3–3–0 Recap 13 W November 3, 2001 4–1 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 7–3–3–0 Recap 14 L November 6, 2001 1–4 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 7–4–3–0 Recap 15 W November 8, 2001 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 8–4–3–0 Recap 16 W November 10, 2001 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 9–4–3–0 Recap 17 OTL November 13, 2001 2–3 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 9–4–3–1 Recap 18 L November 15, 2001 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 9–5–3–1 Recap 19 L November 17, 2001 0–2 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 9–6–3–1 Recap 20 L November 20, 2001 0–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 9–7–3–1 Recap 21 L November 23, 2001 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 9–8–3–1 Recap 22 W November 24, 2001 5–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 10–8–3–1 Recap 23 W November 27, 2001 4–2 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 11–8–3–1 Recap 24 W November 29, 2001 3–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 12–8–3–1 Recap
December: 6–3–3–2 (home: 5–1–0–1; road: 1–2–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 25 W December 1, 2001 4–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 13–8–3–1 Recap 26 T December 2, 2001 4–4 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 13–8–4–1 Recap 27 L December 5, 2001 0–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 13–9–4–1 Recap 28 T December 6, 2001 1–1 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 13–9–5–1 Recap 29 W December 8, 2001 2–0 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 14–9–5–1 Recap 30 T December 12, 2001 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 14–9–6–1 Recap 31 OTL December 13, 2001 3–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 14–9–6–2 Recap 32 W December 15, 2001 4–0 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 15–9–6–2 Recap 33 L December 18, 2001 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 15–10–6–2 Recap 34 OTL December 21, 2001 3–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 15–10–6–3 Recap 35 W December 22, 2001 2–0 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 16–10–6–3 Recap 36 L December 26, 2001 1–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 16–11–6–3 Recap 37 W December 28, 2001 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 17–11–6–3 Recap 38 W December 30, 2001 7–2 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 18–11–6–3 Recap
January: 11–4–0–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 6–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 39 L January 1, 2002 1–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 18–12–6–3 Recap 40 W January 3, 2002 4–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 19–12–6–3 Recap 41 W January 5, 2002 5–2 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 20–12–6–3 Recap 42 W January 8, 2002 6–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 21–12–6–3 Recap 43 W January 9, 2002 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 22–12–6–3 Recap 44 W January 12, 2002 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 23–12–6–3 Recap 45 W January 15, 2002 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 24–12–6–3 Recap 46 W January 17, 2002 5–4 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 25–12–6–3 Recap 47 W January 19, 2002 2–1 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 26–12–6–3 Recap 48 W January 21, 2002 4–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 27–12–6–3 Recap 49 W January 23, 2002 5–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 28–12–6–3 Recap 50 L January 25, 2002 1–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 28–13–6–3 Recap 51 L January 26, 2002 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 28–14–6–3 Recap 52 L January 28, 2002 0–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 28–15–6–3 Recap 53 W January 30, 2002 4–1 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 29–15–6–3 Recap
February: 2–4–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 L February 5, 2002 3–4 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 29–16–6–3 Recap 55 W February 7, 2002 3–1 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 30–16–6–3 Recap 56 L February 9, 2002 0–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 30–17–6–3 Recap 57 W February 12, 2002 3–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 31–17–6–3 Recap 58 L February 13, 2002 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 31–18–6–3 Recap 59 T February 26, 2002 4–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 31–18–7–3 Recap 60 L February 28, 2002 2–3 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 31–19–7–3 Recap
March: 6–6–1–1 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 61 T March 2, 2002 1–1 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 31–19–8–3 Recap 62 L March 7, 2002 0–3 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 31–20–8–3 Recap 63 L March 9, 2002 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 31–21–8–3 Recap 64 L March 11, 2002 2–3 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 31–22–8–3 Recap 65 W March 13, 2002 2–0 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 32–22–8–3 Recap 66 L March 14, 2002 1–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 32–23–8–3 Recap 67 W March 17, 2002 3–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 33–23–8–3 Recap 68 W March 19, 2002 5–1 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 34–23–8–3 Recap 69 L March 20, 2002 2–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 34–24–8–3 Recap 70 W March 22, 2002 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 35–24–8–3 Recap 71 OTL March 24, 2002 3–4 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 35–24–8–4 Recap 72 L March 26, 2002 1–2 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 35–25–8–4 Recap 73 W March 28, 2002 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 36–25–8–4 Recap 74 W March 30, 2002 4–2 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 37–25–8–4 Recap
April: 6–2–0–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 75 L April 1, 2002 3–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 37–26–8–4 Recap 76 W April 3, 2002 2–1 OT @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 38–26–8–4 Recap 77 W April 5, 2002 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 39–26–8–4 Recap 78 L April 7, 2002 2–4 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 39–27–8–4 Recap 79 W April 9, 2002 3–2 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 40–27–8–4 Recap 80 W April 11, 2002 4–1 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 41–27–8–4 Recap 81 W April 13, 2002 3–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 42–27–8–4 Recap 82 W April 14, 2002 5–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 43–27–8–4 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs[2]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks: Blues win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Attendance Series Recap 1 L April 18, 2002 1–2 Chicago Blackhawks 18,807 Blackhawks lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 20, 2002 2–0 Chicago Blackhawks 19,143 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W April 21, 2002 4–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks 20,532 Blues lead 2–1 Recap 4 W April 23, 2002 1–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks 18,019 Blues lead 3–1 Recap 5 W April 25, 2002 5–3 Chicago Blackhawks 19,999 Blues win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings: Red Wings win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Attendance Series Recap 1 L May 2, 2002 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings 20,058 Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 L May 4, 2002 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings 20,058 Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 W May 7, 2002 6–1 Detroit Red Wings 19,107 Red Wings lead 2–1 Recap 4 L May 9, 2002 3–4 Detroit Red Wings 19,999 Red Wings lead 3–1 Recap 5 L May 11, 2002 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings 20,058 Red Wings win 4–1 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			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

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		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
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
First game	Mark Rycroft	October 4, 2001	[7]
	Justin Papineau	March 7, 2002
	Reinhard Divis	April 7, 2002
	Barret Jackman	April 14, 2002
1,000th game played	Mike Keane	January 17, 2002	[8]

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.^[9]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)	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	[10]
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers Lubos Bartecko	[11]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	To St. Louis Blues Michel Riesen Doug Weight	To Edmonton Oilers Jochen Hecht Jan Horacek Marty Reasoner	[12]
December 5, 2001 (2001-12-05)	To St. Louis Blues Steven Halko 4th-round pick in 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill	[13]
February 11, 2002 (2002-02-11)	To St. Louis Blues Shjon Podein	To Colorado Avalanche Mike Keane	[14]
March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)	To St. Louis Blues Ray Ferraro	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick in 2002	[15]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Mike Keane	Dallas Stars	multi-year	Free agency	[16]
	Rich Pilon	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	[17]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Steve McLaren	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	[18]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Ed Campbell	Worcester IceCats (AHL)		Free agency	[19]
July 26, 2001 (2001-07-26)	Jamie Thompson	Worcester IceCats (AHL)		Free agency	[20]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Christian Laflamme	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	[21]
November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	Marc Bergevin	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[22]
March 6, 2002 (2002-03-06)	Ted Donato	Los Angeles Kings		Waivers	[23]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[lower-alpha 5]	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Alexei Gusarov[lower-alpha 6]		Contract expiration (III)	[24]
	Pierre Turgeon	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	[26]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Dwayne Roloson	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (III)	[27]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Todd Reirden	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (UFA)	[28]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Pascal Rheaume	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	[29]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Mike Peluso	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (VI)	[30]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Chris Murray	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (UFA)	[31]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)	Jaroslav Obsut	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	[32]
September 5, 2001 (2001-09-05)	Vladimir Chebaturkin	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency	[33]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Reid Simpson	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (III)	[34]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Sebastien Bordeleau	Minnesota Wild	Waiver draft	[35]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Michel Riesen	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency[lower-alpha 7]	[37]
October 12, 2001 (2001-10-12)	Dan Trebil	Hammarby IF (Allsvenskan)	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Ted Donato	Los Angeles Kings	Waivers	[39]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29)	Alexander Khavanov	1-year	Option exercised	[40]
	Jamal Mayers	1-year	Option exercised	[40]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Scott Mellanby	2-year	Re-signing	[41]
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Doug Weight	multi-year	Re-signing	[12]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Keith Tkachuk	1-year	Re-signing	[42]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Darren Rumble		Re-signing	[43]
	Cory Stillman	1-year	Re-signing	[44]
August 18, 2001 (2001-08-18)	Pavol Demitra	2-year	Arbitration award	[45]
August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)	Eric Boguniecki	multi-year	Re-signing	[46]
October 15, 2001 (2001-10-15)	Al MacInnis	2-year	Extension	[47]

Draft picks

St. Louis's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[48]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
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

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Stillman wore number 12 through November 23.^[3]
2. Keane wore number 25 through November 23.^[3]
3. Boguniecki wore number 14 during the regular season.
4. Pronger was voted to the starting lineup.^[6]
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[24]
6. Gusarov retired.^[25]
7. St. Louis retained Riesen’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[36]

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