The thumping continues an unhappy trend for the Blues who have now lost their last seven matches against the Saints by an average margin of 64 points. St Kilda was dominant in every statistical category that matters, but none more so than inside 50s, which finished a lopsided 58-32.
Nick Riewoldt was in scintillating form and was the dominant forward on the ground, terrorising the Carlton defence and taking 13 marks to finish with nine goals. At the other end of the ground St Kilda's defensive unit provided the launch pad for many attacking forays with Jason Gram (27 touches), Leigh Fisher (15 possessions) and Brendon Goddard (17 disposals) all in fine form.
Lenny Hayes was the Saints' most prolific onballer and provided excellent drive through the middle with 34 possessions.
Amazingly, Brendan Fevola was the Blues' only goalkicker for the entire match and is one of the few players who can hold his head high after trying his heart out all day to finish with four goals.
It was the 200th meeting between the two sides and it won't be one that Carlton fans will remember fondly as their side barely fired a shot.
Stephen Milne started the rout with a nice goal on the run and it was all downhill for the Blues from there.
Former skipper Riewoldt was unstoppable early and could have had five goals in the first quarter, but for some errant kicking. He still had three before the first break while Steven Baker - who did a superb job negating Nick Stevens - had two as the Saints put the result beyond doubt with their best first quarter for the season.
Fevola scored Carlton's only major for the term - and the half for that matter - after missing two previous attempts with the big spearhead accounting for his side's entire score for the quarter.
St Kilda led by 41 points at the conclusion of the first quarter and probably should have been even further in front with some gettable shots on goal sailing wide.
The Blues managed to slow the scoring frenzy in the second term, but it was hard to see where their next goal was coming from. Their problems were compounded 18 minutes in when Jarrad Waite went down clutching his left knee with the young forward helped to the bench where he stayed for the rest of the match.
Frustrations boiled over with several players involved in a heated exchange near the boundary fence, but it did little to spur the Blues who went further behind when Brett Voss threaded the eye of the needle for a goal.
Milne bagged his second late in the quarter, while Carlton failed to register a major at the other end and went into the main break 56 points down after registering the club's second lowest first-half score ever against the Saints.
After a quieter second quarter, Riewoldt rediscovered his touch in the third and banged through another three goals to pile on the misery for the Blues. His fifth goal provided a good snapshot of the day as he marked the ball easily after two Carlton players had flown and collided with each other.
Fevola continued to be the Blues' only avenue to goal and guided through his second from 50, out on the boundary.
Eighty-one points was the margin as the final term got underway and any hopes the Blues would at least fight out the contest were soon dashed. Fraser Gehrig was gifted his third goal when Bret Thornton and Matthew Lappin inexplicably spoiled each other in the goal-square.
Riewoldt continued the goal-kicking clinic with another three for the term, while Fevola - the only bright light in a dark day for the Blues - added another two to his tally.
St Kilda coach Grant Thomas said he hoped the huge win would give the Saints' season some momentum and he praised the performance of Riewoldt in particular.
"It was a good performance from him, he has kicked 9.3 and they are the sort of numbers you like a forward to have when he is kicking for goal," he said of Riewoldt.
"But I don't want to take anything away from the guys up the ground that created the opportunities for him and Fraser (Gehrig) was important in that as well in the way he made space for him and they worked well together."
Denis Pagan was at a loss to explain the listless performance from his players in the wake of their commendable efforts in the win over Essendon last week.
"It's amazing, last week we were very hard - we spoke about it all week - and we knew the Saints would come out hard," he said.
"After watching last week's game we showed the blokes some of the things they did last week, but it was just a complete change in psyche from last week.
"I think everything that you do is based on your state of mind and your attitude and we were just terrible with our attack on the footy today."
CARLTON: 1.2 1.5 2.6 4.10 (34)
ST KILDA: 7.7 9.13 14.15 18.18 (126)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 4
St Kilda: Riewoldt 9, Gehrig 3, Milne 2, Baker 2, Peckett, Voss
BEST – Carlton: Fevola, Scotland, Simpson
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Hayes, Gram, Baker, Goddard, Dal Santo, Maguire, Ball
INJURIES – Carlton: Waite (knee).
St Kilda: Nil
CHANGES – Carlton: Nil.
St Kilda: Nil
UMPIRES: Allen, K Nicholls, M Nicholls
REPORTS - Nil.
CROWD - 39,908 at MCG
