2002–03 Washington Capitals season

The 2002–03 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2002–03 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	6th Eastern
2002–03 record	39–29–8–6
Goals for	224
Goals against	220
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk

Off-season

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.[1]

On January 11, 2003, the Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2.[2] Jaromir Jagr had seven points in the game (three goals, four assists). It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a game since March 30, 2002, when the San Jose Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home by a score of 10–2.[3] Furthermore, it was the first time that the Capitals had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[4]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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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[6]

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 11, 2002	5–4	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 12, 2002	2–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	2–0–0–0
3	W	October 17, 2002	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	3–0–0–0
4	L	October 19, 2002	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	3–1–0–0
5	L	October 20, 2002	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	3–2–0–0
6	W	October 23, 2002	2–1	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	4–2–0–0
7	L	October 25, 2002	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	4–3–0–0
8	T	October 26, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	4–3–1–0
9	L	October 28, 2002	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	4–4–1–0
10	L	October 30, 2002	2–7	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	4–5–1–0
11	W	November 1, 2002	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	5–5–1–0
12	L	November 2, 2002	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	5–6–1–0
13	W	November 5, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	6–6–1–0
14	W	November 7, 2002	2–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	7–6–1–0
15	W	November 9, 2002	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–6–1–0
16	L	November 13, 2002	1–6	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	8–7–1–0
17	T	November 15, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	8–7–2–0
18	L	November 16, 2002	0–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	8–8–2–0
19	L	November 19, 2002	2–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	8–9–2–0
20	L	November 21, 2002	3–4	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	8–10–2–0
21	W	November 23, 2002	6–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	9–10–2–0
22	L	November 26, 2002	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	9–11–2–0
23	W	November 27, 2002	4–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	10–11–2–0
24	L	November 29, 2002	2–6	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	10–12–2–0
25	L	December 1, 2002	4–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	10–13–2–0
26	W	December 3, 2002	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	11–13–2–0
27	W	December 6, 2002	7–6 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	12–13–2–0
28	L	December 7, 2002	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	12–14–2–0
29	L	December 11, 2002	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	12–15–2–0
30	W	December 13, 2002	4–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	13–15–2–0
31	L	December 14, 2002	0–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	13–16–2–0
32	T	December 16, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	13–16–3–0
33	W	December 19, 2002	5–3	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	14–16–3–0
34	W	December 21, 2002	3–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	15–16–3–0
35	W	December 23, 2002	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	16–16–3–0
36	W	December 27, 2002	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	17–16–3–0
37	OTL	December 28, 2002	1–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	17–16–3–1
38	W	December 30, 2002	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	18–16–3–1
39	OTL	January 1, 2003	1–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	18–16–3–2
40	T	January 3, 2003	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	18–16–4–2
41	T	January 4, 2003	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	18–16–5–2
42	W	January 10, 2003	4–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	19–16–5–2
43	W	January 11, 2003	12–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	20–16–5–2
44	W	January 13, 2003	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03)	21–16–5–2
45	OTL	January 15, 2003	1–2 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	21–16–5–3
46	L	January 17, 2003	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	21–17–5–3
47	L	January 18, 2003	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	21–18–5–3
48	T	January 20, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	21–18–6–3
49	W	January 22, 2003	5–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	22–18–6–3
50	T	January 25, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	22–18–7–3
51	W	January 26, 2003	7–2	New York Rangers (2002–03)	23–18–7–3
52	L	January 28, 2003	3–5	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	23–19–7–3
53	W	January 30, 2003	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	24–19–7–3
54	W	February 4, 2003	5–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	25–19–7–3
55	L	February 5, 2003	1–4	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	25–20–7–3
56	W	February 7, 2003	3–0	New York Islanders (2002–03)	26–20–7–3
57	L	February 9, 2003	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	26–21–7–3
58	W	February 12, 2003	5–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	27–21–7–3
59	L	February 14, 2003	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	27–22–7–3
60	W	February 15, 2003	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	28–22–7–3
61	L	February 17, 2003	1–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	28–23–7–3
62	L	February 20, 2003	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	28–24–7–3
63	L	February 22, 2003	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	28–25–7–3
64	W	February 24, 2003	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	29–25–7–3
65	W	February 26, 2003	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	30–25–7–3
66	OTL	March 1, 2003	1–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	30–25–7–4
67	W	March 2, 2003	2–0	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	31–25–7–4
68	W	March 4, 2003	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	32–25–7–4
69	T	March 6, 2003	4–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	32–25–8–4
70	OTL	March 8, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	32–25–8–5
71	W	March 10, 2003	2–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	33–25–8–5
72	L	March 14, 2003	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	33–26–8–5
73	W	March 16, 2003	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	34–26–8–5
74	W	March 20, 2003	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	35–26–8–5
75	L	March 22, 2003	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	35–27–8–5
76	L	March 23, 2003	0–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	35–28–8–5
77	W	March 25, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	36–28–8–5
78	W	March 28, 2003	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	37–28–8–5
79	OTL	March 29, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	37–28–8–6
80	W	April 1, 2003	3–0	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	38–28–8–6
81	L	April 3, 2003	1–5	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	38–29–8–6
82	W	April 5, 2003	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	39–29–8–6

Playoffs

(3) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (6) Washington Capitals

April 10	Washington Capitals		3–0		Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum	Recap
Robert Lang (1) – 16:01		First period			No scoring
Robert Lang (2) – 17:57		Second period			No scoring
Michael Nylander (1) – 01:02		Third period			No scoring
Olaf Kolzig 28 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Nikolai Khabibulin 19 saves / 22 shots

April 12	Washington Capitals		6–3		Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum	Recap
Jaromir Jagr (1) – 04:47 Peter Bondra (1) – pp – 07:22 Jaromir Jagr (2) – pp – 18:24		First period			11:48 – Vaclav Prospal (1)
Michael Nylander (2) – pp – 01:39		Second period			18:48 – Fredrik Modin (1)
Peter Bondra (2) – 03:09 Mike Grier (1) – en – 19:18		Third period			10:44 – Dave Andreychuk (1)
Olaf Kolzig 40 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Nikolai Khabibulin 25 saves / 30 shots

April 15	Tampa Bay Lightning		4–3	OT	Washington Capitals	MCI Center	Recap
Vincent Lecavalier (1) – 03:46		First period			14:21 – pp – Dainius Zubrus (1)
Vaclav Prospal (2) – 03:44		Second period			10:25 – Dainius Zubrus (2)
Martin St. Louis (1) – 11:13		Third period			17:04 – Brendan Witt (1)
Vincent Lecavalier (2) – pp – 02:29		First overtime period			No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 16 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats			Olaf Kolzig 24 saves / 28 shots

April 16	Tampa Bay Lightning		3–1		Washington Capitals	MCI Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Martin St. Louis (2) – 11:55 Martin St. Louis (3) – sh – 17:40		Second period			15:39 – Peter Bondra (3)
Vincent Lecavalier (3) – 01:24		Third period			No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Olaf Kolzig 22 saves / 25 shots

April 18	Washington Capitals		1–2		Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:52 – pp – Vaclav Prospal (3)
Michael Nylander (3) – 17:01		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:53 – Martin St. Louis (4)
Olaf Kolzig 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Nikolai Khabibulin 22 saves / 23 shots

April 20	Tampa Bay Lightning		2–1	3OT	Washington Capitals	MCI Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			17:34 – pp – Peter Bondra (4)
Dave Andreychuk (2) – pp – 15:54		Third period			No scoring
Martin St. Louis (5) – pp – 04:03		Third overtime period			No scoring
Nikolai Khabibulin 60 saves / 61 shots		Goalie stats			Olaf Kolzig 44 saves / 46 shots

Tampa Bay won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jaromir Jagr	RW	75	36	41	77	38	5	13	2	9
Robert Lang	C	82	22	47	69	22	12	10	0	2
Sergei Gonchar	D	82	18	49	67	52	13	7	0	2
Peter Bondra	RW	76	30	26	56	52	-3	9	2	4
Michael Nylander	C	71	17	39	56	36	3	7	0	2
Kip Miller	C	72	12	38	50	18	-1	3	0	4
Dainius Zubrus	C	63	13	22	35	43	15	2	0	0
Jeff Halpern	C	82	13	21	34	88	6	1	2	2
Mike Grier	RW	82	15	17	32	36	-14	2	2	2
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	77	15	15	30	71	3	2	0	3
Ivan Ciernik	RW	47	8	10	18	24	6	0	0	2
Ken Klee	D	70	1	16	17	89	22	0	0	0
Calle Johansson	D	82	3	12	15	22	9	1	0	0
Brian Sutherby	C	72	2	9	11	93	7	0	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	69	2	9	11	106	12	0	0	0
Sergei Berezin	LW	9	5	4	9	4	10	0	0	2
Jason Doig	D	55	3	5	8	108	-3	0	0	1
Glen Metropolit	C	23	2	3	5	6	4	0	0	1
Andreas Salomonsson	RW	32	1	4	5	14	-1	0	0	0
Rick Berry	D	43	2	1	3	87	-3	0	0	1
Josh Green	LW	21	1	2	3	7	1	0	0	0
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	34	0	3	3	12	1	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	14	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	1
Steve Eminger	D	17	0	2	2	24	-3	0	0	0
Chris Simon	LW	10	0	2	2	23	-3	0	0	0
Josef Boumedienne	D	6	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Stephen Peat	RW	27	1	0	1	57	-3	0	0	0
Jean-François Fortin	D	33	0	1	1	22	-3	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastien Charpentier	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sylvain Cote	D	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Farrell	RW	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Colin Forbes	C	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Alex Henry	D	38	0	0	0	80	-4	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Pettinger	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	3894	66	33	25	6	156	2.40	4	1925	1769	.919
Sebastien Charpentier	859	17	5	7	1	40	2.79	0	426	386	.906
Craig Billington	217	5	1	3	1	17	4.70	0	96	79	.823
Team:	4970	82	39	35	8	213	2.57	4	2447	2234	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jaromir Jagr	RW	6	2	5	7	2	1	0	0
Peter Bondra	RW	6	4	2	6	8	2	0	0
Michael Nylander	C	6	3	2	5	8	1	0	1
Sergei Gonchar	D	6	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Dainius Zubrus	C	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	0
Robert Lang	C	6	2	1	3	2	0	0	1
Mike Grier	RW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Kip Miller	C	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sergei Berezin	LW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ivan Ciernik	RW	2	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Jason Doig	D	6	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Jeff Halpern	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Calle Johansson	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Klee	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Sutherby	C	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	404	6	2	4	14	2.08	1	192	178	.927
Team:	404	6	2	4	14	2.08	1	192	178	.927

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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

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Washington'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	12	Steve Eminger	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
1	13	Alexander Semin	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk Jrs. (Russia)
1	17	Boyd Gordon	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	59	Maxime Daigneault	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
3	77	Patrick Wellar	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	92	Derek Krestanovich	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	109	Jevon Desautels	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	118	Petr Dvorak	Czech Republic	Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
5	145	Robert Gherson	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
6	179	Marian Havel	Czech Republic	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	209	Joni Lindlof	Finland	Tappara Jr. (Finland)
8	242	Igor Ignatushkin	Russia	Elemash Elektrosal (Russia)
9	272	Patric Blomdahl	Sweden	AIK IF Jr. (Sweden)

Farm teams

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200301110WSH.html
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200203300SJS.html
4. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199902030WSH.html
5. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
6. "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
7. "2002-03 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

• "2002–03 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links