2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.

2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	5th Eastern
2002–03 record	44-28-7-3
Goals for	236
Goals against	208
Team information
General Manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (37)
Assists	Alexander Mogilny (46)
Points	Alexander Mogilny (79)
Penalty minutes	Wade Belak (196)
Wins	Ed Belfour (37)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.26)

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2002 NHL Entry Draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
3	7	Boston Bruins	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
5	12	Buffalo Sabres	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72

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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.

Eastern Conference[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
8.5
9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 2002	6-0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 12, 2002	1-2	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	1–1–0–0
3	L	October 14, 2002	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	1–2–0–0
4	L	October 15, 2002	4–5	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	1–3–0–0
5	W	October 17, 2002	5–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	2–3–0–0
6	T	October 19, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	2–3–1–0
7	L	October 21, 2002	1–4	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	2–4–1–0
8	L	October 23, 2002	1–4	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	2–5–1–0
9	L	October 26, 2002	3–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	2–6–1–0
10	W	October 28, 2002	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	3–6–1–0
11	T	October 31, 2002	3–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	3–6–2–0
12	L	November 2, 2002 †	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	3–7–2–0
13	W	November 5, 2002	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	4–7–2–0
14	L	November 8, 2002	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	4–8–2–0
15	L	November 9, 2002	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	4–9–2–0
16	W	November 12, 2002	4–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	5–9–2–0
17	W	November 15, 2002	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	6–9–2–0
18	L	November 16, 2002	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	6–10–2–0
19	W	November 19, 2002	2–0	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	7–10–2–0
20	W	November 23, 2002	6–0	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–10–2–0
21	L	November 25, 2002	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	8–11–2–0
22	W	November 26, 2002	5–4	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	9–11–2–0
23	W	November 29, 2002	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	10–11–2–0
24	W	November 30, 2002	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	11–11–2–0
25	W	December 3, 2002	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	12–11–2–0
26	L	December 6, 2002	2–4	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	12–12–2–0
27	W	December 7, 2002	1–0	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	13–12–2–0
28	W	December 10, 2002	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	14–12–2–0
29	L	December 12, 2002	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	14–13–2–0
30	W	December 14, 2002	4–1	New York Rangers (2002–03)	15–13–2–0
31	L	December 16, 2002	0–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	15–14–2–0
32	T	December 18, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	15–14–3–0
33	W	December 19, 2002	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	16–14–3–0
34	T	December 21, 2002	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	16–14–4–0
35	W	December 23, 2002	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	17–14–4–0
36	W	December 27, 2002	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–14–4–0
37	OTL	December 28, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–14–4–1
38	W	December 31, 2002	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	19–14–4–1
39	L	January 3, 2003	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	19–15–4–1
40	W	January 4, 2003	2–1	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	20–15–4–1
41	W	January 7, 2003	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	21–15–4–1
42	W	January 9, 2003	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	22–15–4–1
43	L	January 11, 2003	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	22–16–4–1
44	L	January 13, 2003	1–5	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	22–17–4–1
45	W	January 14, 2003	3–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	23–17–4–1
46	W	January 17, 2003	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	24–17–4–1
47	W	January 18, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	25–17–4–1
48	L	January 21, 2003	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	25–18–4–1
49	L	January 24, 2003	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	25–19–4–1
50	L	January 25, 2003	0–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	25–20–4–1
51	W	January 29, 2003	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	26–20–4–1
52	W	January 30, 2003	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	27–20–4–1
53	W	February 5, 2003	6–0	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	28–20–4–1
54	W	February 6, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	29–20–4–1
55	W	February 8, 2003	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	30–20–4–1
56	L	February 11, 2003	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	30–21–4–1
57	W	February 12, 2003	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	31–21–4–1
58	W	February 15, 2003	2–1	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	32–21–4–1
59	W	February 18, 2003	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	33–21–4–1
60	W	February 20, 2003	6–2	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	34–21–4–1
61	W	February 22, 2003	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	35–21–4–1
62	L	February 23, 2003	2–5	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	35–22–4–1
63	W	February 25, 2003	5–2	New York Islanders (2002–03)	36–22–4–1
64	L	February 27, 2003	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	36–23–4–1
65	W	March 1, 2003	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	37–23–4–1
66	L	March 3, 2003	1–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	37–24–4–1
67	L	March 4, 2003	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	37–25–4–1
68	L	March 6, 2003	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	37–26–4–1
69	T	March 8, 2003	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	37–26–5–1
70	W	March 10, 2003	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	38–26–5–1
71	OTL	March 13, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	38–26–5–2
72	W	March 15, 2003	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	39–26–5–2
73	T	March 18, 2003	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03)	39–26–6–2
74	OTL	March 20, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	39–26–6–3
75	W	March 22, 2003	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	40–26–6–3
76	L	March 24, 2003	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	40–27–6–3
77	T	March 25, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	40–27–7–3
78	W	March 28, 2003	5–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	41–27–7–3
79	W	March 29, 2003	4–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	42–27–7–3
80	W	April 1, 2003	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	43–27–7–3
81	W	April 3, 2003	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	44–27–7–3
82	L	April 5, 2003	1–3	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	44–28–7–3

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Philadelphia won series 4–3 # Date Opponent Score Location Series Decision 1 April 9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 First Union Center (18,937) 1–0 Ed Belfour (1–0) 2 April 11 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 First Union Center (19,597) 1–1 Ed Belfour (1–1) 3 April 14 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 (2OT) Air Canada Centre (19,533) 2–1 Ed Belfour (2–1) 4 April 16 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3 (3OT) Air Canada Centre (19,574) 2–2 Ed Belfour (2–2) 5 April 19 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–4 First Union Center (19,828) 2–3 Ed Belfour (2–3) 6 April 21 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 (2OT) Air Canada Centre (19,573) 3–3 Ed Belfour (3–3) 7 April 22 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–6 First Union Center (19,870) 3–4 Ed Belfour (3–4)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexander Mogilny	73	33	46	79	12	4	5	3	9
Mats Sundin	75	37	35	72	58	1	16	3	8
Tomas Kaberle	82	11	36	47	30	20	4	1	2
Nik Antropov	72	16	29	45	124	11	2	1	6
Robert Svehla	82	7	38	45	46	13	2	0	1
Robert Reichel	81	12	30	42	26	7	1	1	1
Darcy Tucker	77	10	26	36	119	-7	4	1	2
Mikael Renberg	67	14	21	35	36	5	7	0	1
Jonas Hoglund	79	13	19	32	12	2	2	0	3
Tie Domi	79	15	14	29	171	-1	4	0	0
Travis Green	75	12	12	24	67	2	2	1	3
Bryan McCabe	75	6	18	24	135	9	3	0	1
Jyrki Lumme	73	6	11	17	46	10	1	0	3
Tom Fitzgerald	66	4	13	17	57	10	0	0	0
Shayne Corson	46	7	8	15	49	-5	0	0	0
Alyn McCauley	64	6	9	15	16	3	0	0	0
Owen Nolan	14	7	5	12	16	2	5	0	1
Aki Berg	78	4	7	11	28	3	0	0	2
Paul Healey	44	3	7	10	16	8	1	0	0
Wade Belak	55	3	6	9	196	-2	0	0	0
Gary Roberts	14	5	3	8	10	-2	3	0	0
Karel Pilar	17	3	4	7	12	-7	1	0	1
Alexei Ponikarovsky	13	0	3	3	11	4	0	0	0
Glen Wesley	7	0	3	3	4	3	0	0	0
Ed Belfour	62	0	2	2	24	0	0	0	0
Harold Druken	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Ric Jackman	42	0	2	2	41	-10	0	0	0
Josh Holden	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Matt Stajan	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Carlo Colaiacovo	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Gavey	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Anders Eriksson	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Gilmour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Housley	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Trevor Kidd	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mikael Tellqvist	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	3738	62	37	20	5	141	2.26	7	1816	1675	.922
Trevor Kidd	1143	19	6	10	2	59	3.10	0	565	506	.896
Mikael Tellqvist	86	3	1	1	0	4	2.79	0	38	34	.895
Team:	4967	82	44	31	7	204	2.46	7	2419	2215	.916

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexander Mogilny	6	5	2	7	4	0	1	0
Mats Sundin	7	1	3	4	6	1	0	0
Travis Green	4	2	1	3	4	0	1	1
Tomas Kaberle	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	1
Robert Reichel	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe	7	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
Robert Svehla	7	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Darcy Tucker	6	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Aki Berg	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Gary Roberts	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
Jyrki Lumme	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Owen Nolan	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Tie Domi	7	1	0	1	13	0	0	0
Mikael Renberg	7	1	0	1	8	1	0	1
Tom Fitzgerald	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Paul Healey	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Jonas Hoglund	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Glen Wesley	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Nik Antropov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Belak	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Ed Belfour	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Shayne Corson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Phil Housley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	532	7	3	4	24	2.71	0	282	258	.915
Team:	532	7	3	4	24	2.71	0	282	258	.915

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

• Alexander Mogilny, Lady Byng Trophy

Records

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ed Belfour	400th NHL Win	April 1, 2003
Mikael Tellqvist	1st NHL Game	January 18, 2003

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season.

Trades

July 18, 2002	To Florida Panthers Dmitri Yushkevich	To Toronto Maple Leafs Robert Svehla
September 4, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Leeb
December 31, 2002	To Nashville Predators Bob Wren	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott
March 5, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Alyn McCauley Brad Boyes 1st round pick in 2003 (Mark Stuart)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Owen Nolan
March 9, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd round pick in 2004 (Kyle Wharton)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley
March 11, 2003	To Montreal Canadiens 6th round pick in 2003 (Mark Flood)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Gilmour
March 11, 2003	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th round pick in 2003 (Chris Porter) 4th round pick in 2004 (Karel Hromas)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley
May 29, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken Jeff Daw
June 21, 2003	To Minnesota Wild 3rd round pick in 2003 (Danny Irmen)	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2003 (Martin Sagat) 4th round pick in 2003 (Konstantin Volkov)

Waivers

November 11, 2002	From Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken
January 16, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken

Free agents

Player Former Team Ed Belfour San Jose Sharks Tom Fitzgerald Chicago Blackhawks Aaron Gavey Minnesota Wild Trevor Kidd Florida Panthers Dwayne Hay Calgary Flames

Player New Team Corey Schwab New Jersey Devils Nathan Dempsey Chicago Blackhawks Don MacLean Columbus Blue Jackets Tom Barrasso St. Louis Blues Cory Cross New York Rangers

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	24	Alexander Steen	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
2	57	Matt Stajan	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	74	Todd Ford	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	88	Dominic D'Amour	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	122	David Turon	Czech Republic	Femax Havířov (Czech Republic)
6	191	Ian White	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	222	Scott May	Canada	Ohio State University (CCHA)
8	254	Jarkko Immonen	Finland	JYP (Finland)
9	285	Staffan Kronwall	Sweden	Huddinge IK (Sweden)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

ECHL

Roster

2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 20 – Ed Belfour  32 – Mikael Tellqvist  37 – Trevor Kidd		Defensemen 2 – Wade Belak  8 – Aki Berg  15 – Tomas Kaberle  22 – Glen Wesley  24 – Bryan McCabe  - A 25 – Jyrki Lumme  29 – Karel Pilar  44 – Anders Eriksson  45 – Carlo Colaiacovo  55 – Ric Jackman  67 – Robert Svehla  96 – Phil Housley		Wingers 7 – Gary Roberts  - A 11 – Owen Nolan  12 – Tom Fitzgerald  14 – Jonas Hoglund  16 – Darcy Tucker  19 – Mikael Renberg  23 – Alexei Ponikarovsky  26 – Paul Healey  27 – Shayne Corson  28 – Tie Domi  89 – Alexander Mogilny		Centres 9 – Josh Holden  10 – Aaron Gavey  13 – Mats Sundin  - C 18 – Alyn McCauley  21 – Robert Reichel  23 – Harold Druken  39 – Travis Green  41 – Matt Stajan  80 – Nik Antropov  93 – Doug Gilmour  GM: Pat Quinn Coach: Pat Quinn

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
3. "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.