2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2002–03 record	27–44–6
Goals for	189
Goals against	255
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Rick Kehoe
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Martin Straka
Arena	Mellon Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (28)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (63)
Points	Mario Lemieux (91)
Penalties in minutes	Steve McKenna (128)
Plus/minus	Guillaume Lefebvre Mathias Johansson (+1)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (14)
Goals against average	Sebastien Caron (2.64)

< 2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Roster
7 Draft Picks
8 Farm teams
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

**Atlantic Division**
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
3	8	New York Islanders	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
4	9	New York Rangers	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
5	14	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65

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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

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	C	67	28	63	91	43	-25	14	0	4
Kovalev, AlexAlex Kovalev	RW	54	27	37	64	50	-11	8	0	1
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	C	60	18	28	46	12	-18	7	0	4
Tarnstrom, DickDick Tarnstrom	D	61	7	34	41	50	-11	3	0	0
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	C	57	14	25	39	34	1	11	0	4
Morozov, AlekseyAleksey Morozov	RW	27	9	16	25	16	-3	6	0	2
Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen	LW	75	9	12	21	93	-25	0	2	1
Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	C	41	5	12	17	8	5	1	0	2
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	70	5	11	16	55	-30	1	0	0
Fata, RicoRico Fata	RW	27	5	8	13	10	-6	0	0	0
Kraft, MilanMilan Kraft	C	31	7	5	12	10	-8	0	0	1
Surovy, TomasTomas Surovy	C	26	4	7	11	10	0	1	0	2
McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna	LW	79	9	1	10	128	-18	5	0	3
Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival	D	53	4	6	10	40	-5	1	0	0
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan	RW	52	4	5	9	30	-6	0	1	0
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	C	33	4	3	7	8	-10	1	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	69	2	5	7	36	-9	0	0	0
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	C	82	2	5	7	46	-22	0	0	1
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen	D	17	1	6	7	8	-3	0	0	0
Moran, IanIan Moran	D	70	0	7	7	46	-17	0	0	0
Meloche, EricEric Meloche	RW	13	5	1	6	4	-2	2	0	1
Sivek, MichalMichal Sivek	C	38	3	3	6	14	-5	1	0	0
Lefebvre, GuillaumeGuillaume Lefebvre	LW	12	2	4	6	0	1	0	0	0
Johansson, MathiasMathias Johansson	C	12	1	5	6	4	1	1	0	0
Lintner, RichardRichard Lintner	D	19	3	2	5	10	-9	1	0	0
Jonsson, HansHans Jonsson	D	63	1	4	5	36	-23	0	0	0
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor	D	76	3	1	4	76	-28	0	0	0
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture	LW	44	2	2	4	72	-8	0	0	0
Ference, AndrewAndrew Ference	D	22	1	3	4	36	-16	1	0	0
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	9	1	2	3	6	-6	0	0	0
Focht, DanDan Focht	D	12	0	3	3	19	-7	0	0	0
Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson	RW	22	2	0	2	8	-21	1	0	0
Heins, ShawnShawn Heins	D	27	1	1	2	33	-2	0	0	1
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	G	41	0	2	2	18	0	0	0	0
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	G	21	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Beech, KrisKris Beech	C	12	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Bouchard, JoelJoel Bouchard	D	7	0	1	1	0	-6	0	0	0
Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos	RW	8	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Vujtek, VladimirVladimir Vujtek	LW	5	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Abid, RamziRamzi Abid	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron	G	24	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Koltsov, KonstantinKonstantin Koltsov	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Lupaschuk, RossRoss Lupaschuk	D	3	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar	D	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	D	6	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	2410	41	14	22	4	126	3.14	1	1197	1071	.895
Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron	1408	24	7	14	2	62	2.64	2	741	679	.916
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	1132	21	6	13	0	59	3.13	1	589	530	.900
Team:	4950	82	27	49	6	247	2.99	4	2527	2280	.902

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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

Player	Award
Sebastien Caron	Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
Johan Hedberg	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Mario Lemieux	Most Valuable Player Award A.T. Caggiano Booster Club Award Leading Point Scorer Award
Steve McKenna	Baz Bastein Memorial "Good Guy" Award Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Martin Straka	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee

Transactions

The Penguins were involved with the following transactions during the 2002-03 season:

Trades

February 9, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round draft pick in 2004; Pittsburgh selected Brian Gifford	To Calgary Flames Andrew Ference
February 9, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Shawn Heins	To San Jose Sharks 5th round draft pick in 2003; San Jose selected Patrick Ehelechner
February 10, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Bouchard Richard Lintner Rico Fata Mikael Samuelsson	To New York Rangers Alexei Kovalev Mike Wilson Janne Laukkanen Dan LaCouture
March 9, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th round draft pick in 2003 previously acquired from Philadelphia; Pittsburgh selected Evgeni Isakov	To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre	To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Bradley	To San Jose Sharks Wayne Primeau
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki Dupont Mathais Johansson	To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguibs Brian Holzinger	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Bergevin
March 11, 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th round draft pick in 2003; Pittsburgh selected Paul Bissonnette	To Boston Bruins Ian Moran

Free agents signed with Pittsburgh

Player	Former team	Date of signing
Vujtek, VladimirVladimir Vujtek	HPK Hameenlinna (Finland)	July 15, 2002
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	New York Rangers	August 13, 2002

Signed with new team

Player	New team	Date of signing
Vujtek, VladimirVladimir Vujtek	HC Vikovice (Czech)	November 15, 2002

Claimed from waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
August 6, 2002	Dick Tarnstrom	New York Islanders

Roster

Mario Lemieux Alex Kovalev Straka, Martin Tarnstrom, Dick Hrdina, Jan Morozov, Aleksey Nieminen, Ville Robitaille, Randy Primeau, Wayne Fata, Rico Kraft, Milan Surovy, Tomas McKenna, Steve Rozsival, Michal Donovan, Shean Daigle, Alexandre Bergevin, Marc Manderville, Kent Laukkanen, Janne Moran, Ian Meloche, Eric Sivek, Michal Lefebvre, Guillaume Johansson, Mathias Lintner, Richard Jonsson, Hans Pushor, Jamie LaCouture, Dan Ference, Andrew Holzinger, BrianB Focht, Dan Samuelsson, Mikael Heins, Shawn Hedberg, Johan Aubin, Jean-SebastienJ0 Beech, Kris Bouchard, Joel Kostopoulos, Tom Vujtek, Vladimir Abid, Ramzi Caron, Sebastien Koltsov, Konstantin Lupaschuk, Ross Melichar, Josef Orpik, Brooks

Goaltending

Hedberg, Johan Caron, Sebastien Aubin, Jean-Sebastien

Draft Picks

Selected Marc-Andre Fleury First Overall

Farm teams

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
^ "2002-03 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/2003.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PIT/2003_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft Picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links