2002–03 Nashville Predators season

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2002–03 Nashville Predators
Division4th Central
Conference13th Western
2002–03 record27–35–13–7
Goals for183
Goals against206
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachBarry Trotz
CaptainGreg Johnson

The 2002–03 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 5th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season[]

Regular season[]

The Predators tied the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut out, with 10, and tied the Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored, with 2.[1][2]

Final standings[]

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Detroit Red Wings 82 48 20 10 4 269 203 110
2 5 St. Louis Blues 82 41 24 11 6 253 222 99
3 9 Chicago Blackhawks 82 30 33 13 6 207 226 79
4 13 Nashville Predators 82 27 35 13 7 183 206 74
5 15 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 29 42 8 3 213 263 69

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

Playoffs[]

The Predators missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
David Legwand C 64 17 31 48 34 -2 3 1 4
Kimmo Timonen D 72 6 34 40 46 -3 4 0 0
Andreas Johansson C 56 20 17 37 22 -4 10 0 0
Denis Arkhipov C 79 11 24 35 32 -18 3 0 1
Andy Delmore D 71 18 16 34 28 -17 14 0 6
Scott Hartnell LW 82 12 22 34 101 -3 2 0 2
Scott Walker RW 60 15 18 33 58 2 7 0 5
Vladimir Orszagh RW 78 16 16 32 38 -1 3 0 3
Adam Hall RW 79 16 12 28 31 -8 8 0 2
Vitali Yachmenev LW 62 5 15 20 12 7 0 0 1
Rem Murray C/LW 53 6 13 19 18 1 1 0 0
Jason York D 74 4 15 19 52 13 2 0 0
Greg Johnson C 38 8 9 17 22 7 0 0 0
Clarke Wilm C 82 5 11 16 36 -11 0 0 0
Karlis Skrastins D 82 3 10 13 44 -18 0 1 0
Denis Pederson C/RW 43 4 6 10 39 2 0 0 0
Mark Eaton D 50 2 7 9 22 1 0 0 0
Cale Hulse D 80 2 6 8 121 -11 0 0 1
Martin Erat RW 27 1 7 8 14 -9 1 0 0
Vernon Fiddler C 19 4 2 6 14 2 0 0 1
Bill Houlder D 82 2 4 6 46 -2 0 0 1
Oleg Petrov RW 17 2 2 4 2 -4 0 0 0
Brent Gilchrist LW 41 1 2 3 14 -11 0 0 0
Jon Sim LW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wyatt Smith C 11 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Scottie Upshall LW 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Wade Flaherty G 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Reid Simpson LW 26 0 1 1 56 -4 0 0 0
Tomas Vokoun G 69 0 1 1 28 0 0 0 0
Todd Warriner LW 6 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Andrew Berenzweig D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Francis Bouillon D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Greg Classen C 8 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Mike Dunham G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Finley G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darren Haydar RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Tomas Kloucek D 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Jan Lasak G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron Mann RW 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Nathan Perrott RW 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Domenic Pittis C 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Robert Schnabel D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pascal Trepanier D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tomas Vokoun 3974 69 25 31 11 146 2.20 3 1771 1625 .918
Mike Dunham 819 15 2 9 2 43 3.15 0 397 354 .892
Brian Finley 47 1 0 0 0 3 3.83 0 13 10 .769
Wade Flaherty 51 1 0 1 0 4 4.71 0 27 23 .852
Jan Lasak 90 3 0 1 0 5 3.33 0 39 34 .872
Team: 4981 82 27 42 13 201 2.42 3 2247 2046 .911

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/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[]

Nashville'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 6 Scottie Upshall  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 102 Brandon Segal  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 138 Patrick Jarrett  Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6 172 Mike McKenna  United States St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
7 203 Josh Morrow  Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL)
8 235 Kaleb Betts  Canada Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
9 264 Matthew Davis  Canada Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
9 266 Steven Spencer  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  • Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.
  1. ^ "2002-03 NHL Schedule and Results - Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "2002-03 NHL Summary - Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com.
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  4. ^ "2002-03 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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