2002–03 Boston Bruins season

2002–03 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd Northeast
2002–03 record	36–31–11
Goals for	245
Goals against	237
Team information
General Manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Robbie Ftorek, Mike O'Connell
Captain	Joe Thornton
Team leaders
<2001–02	2003–04>

Offseason

Regular season

Final 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.

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	77	36	65	101	109	12	12	2	4
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	82	44	48	92	64	9	12	0	5
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	75	30	29	59	45	18	9	0	4
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	81	27	32	59	32	1	6	5	5
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	78	14	37	51	12	0	4	0	2
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	80	10	28	38	64	-4	4	0	1
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	66	17	19	36	24	8	2	2	1
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	78	7	17	24	99	8	0	1	2
Girard, JonathanJonathan Girard	D	73	6	16	22	21	4	2	0	2
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	63	2	18	20	71	2	0	0	1
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	77	9	10	19	38	-11	0	0	1
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	59	8	10	18	87	-19	1	0	1
Huml, IvanIvan Huml	LW	41	6	11	17	30	3	0	0	2
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	76	4	13	17	56	21	0	0	0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	55	10	6	16	18	2	3	0	1
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	70	1	15	16	76	8	0	0	1
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	8	5	6	11	2	8	1	0	3
Stock, P.J.P.J. Stock	C	71	1	9	10	160	-5	1	0	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	67	3	5	8	24	-1	0	0	0
Brown, SeanSean Brown	D	69	1	5	6	117	-6	0	0	0
Goren, LeeLee Goren	RW	14	2	1	3	7	-2	2	0	0
Hilbert, AndyAndy Hilbert	C/LW	14	0	3	3	7	-1	0	0	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	23	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kutlak, ZdenekZdenek Kutlak	D	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vernarsky, KrisKris Vernarsky	C	14	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Brennan, RichRich Brennan	D	7	0	1	1	6	3	0	0	0
McGillis, DanDan McGillis	D	10	0	1	1	10	2	0	0	0
Moran, IanIan Moran	D	8	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Samuelsson, MartinMartin Samuelsson	RW	8	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Herr, MattMatt Herr	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kultanen, JarnoJarno Kultanen	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn	D	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Myhres, BranttBrantt Myhres	RW	1	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0
Oliwa, KrzysztofKrzysztof Oliwa	LW	33	0	0	0	110	-4	0	0	0
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	36	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Thomas, TimTim Thomas	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	2112	36	12	13	9	97	2.76	0	930	833	.896
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	1352	23	11	9	2	61	2.71	1	625	564	.902
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	991	18	8	9	0	53	3.21	1	500	447	.894
Thomas, TimTim Thomas	220	4	3	1	0	11	3.00	0	118	107	.907
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	300	5	2	3	0	12	2.40	0	146	134	.918
Team:	4975	82	36	35	11	234	2.82	2	2319	2085	.899

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
McGillis, DanDan McGillis	D	5	3	0	3	2	-2	2	0	1
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	5	1	2	3	4	-5	1	0	0
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	5	1	1	2	4	-5	0	0	0
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	5	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	5	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	5	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	3	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	5	1	0	1	14	-2	0	0	0
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Girard, JonathanJonathan Girard	D	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Moran, IanIan Moran	D	5	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	5	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Goren, LeeLee Goren	RW	5	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	5	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	179	3	1	2	5	1.68	0	76	71	.934
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	119	2	0	2	6	3.03	0	58	52	.897
Team:	298	5	1	4	11	2.21	0	134	123	.918

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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

• Willie O'Ree, Lester Patrick Trophy^[3]

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

• "2002–03 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/2003_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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