2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season

2002–03 Vancouver Canucks
2002–03 Vancouver Canucks
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	4th Western
2002–03 record	45–23–13–1
Home record	22–13–6–0
Road record	23–10–7–1
Goals for	264
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,396
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL); Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (48)
Assists	Markus Naslund (56)
Points	Markus Naslund (104)
Penalty minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (144)
Plus/minus	Marek Malik (+23)
Wins	Dan Cloutier (33)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (1.57)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 33rd NHL season.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

The Canucks led all teams in power-play goals scored, with 87.^[2] They also set a franchise record with a 10 game win streak in November 2002.

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

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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.

Conference standings[]

Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
8.5
9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results[]

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

Playoffs[]

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (W5) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver won series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 10	St. Louis	6–0	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	0–1	Boxscore
2	April 12	St. Louis	1–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	1–1	Boxscore
3	April 14	Vancouver	1–3	St. Louis		Cloutier	19,699	1–2	Boxscore
4	April 16	Vancouver	1–4	St. Louis		Cloutier	19,936	1–3	Boxscore
5	April 18	St. Louis	3–5	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	2–3	Boxscore
6	April 20	Vancouver	4–3	St. Louis		Cloutier	19,522	3–3	Boxscore
7	April 22	St. Louis	1–4	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	4–3	Boxscore

Western Conference Semi-finals vs. (W6) Minnesota Wild: Minnesota won series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 20	Minnesota	3–4	Vancouver	OT	Cloutier	18,514	1–0	Boxscore
2	April 22	Minnesota	3–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	1–1	Boxscore
3	April 25	Vancouver	3–2	Minnesota		Cloutier	19,394	2–1	Boxscore
4	April 27	Vancouver	3–2	Minnesota	OT	Cloutier	19,386	3–1	Boxscore
5	April 29	Minnesota	7–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	3–2	Boxscore
6	May 2	Vancouver	1–5	Minnesota		Cloutier	19,350	3–3	Boxscore
7	May 5	Minnesota	4–2	Vancouver		Cloutier	18,514	3–4	Boxscore

Legend: = Win = Loss

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Markus Naslund	82	48	56	104	+6	52
Todd Bertuzzi	82	46	51	97	+2	144
Brendan Morrison	82	25	46	71	+18	36
Ed Jovanovski	67	6	40	46	+19	113
Matt Cooke	82	15	27	42	+21	82
Trevor Linden	71	19	22	41	−1	30
Henrik Sedin	78	8	31	39	+9	38
Brent Sopel	81	7	30	37	−15	23
Daniel Sedin	79	14	17	31	+8	34
Sami Salo	79	9	21	30	+9	10
Trent Klatt	82	16	13	29	+10	8
Mattias Ohlund	59	2	27	29	+1	42
Trevor Letowski	78	11	14	25	+8	36
Artem Chubarov	62	7	13	20	+4	6
Marek Malik^†	69	7	11	18	+23	52
Mats Lindgren	54	5	9	14	−2	18
Todd Warriner^†	30	4	6	10	0	22
Bryan Allen	48	5	3	8	+8	73
Murray Baron	78	2	4	6	+13	62
Brandon Reid	7	2	3	5	+4	0
Jarkko Ruutu	36	2	2	4	−7	66
Nolan Baumgartner	8	1	2	3	+4	4
Harold Druken^‡	3	1	1	2	−1	0
Jan Hlavac^‡	9	1	1	2	−1	6
Jason King	8	0	2	2	0	0
Pat Kavanagh	3	1	0	1	+2	2
Fedor Fedorov	7	0	1	1	0	4
Darren Langdon^†	45	0	1	1	−2	143
Mikko Jokela	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zenith Komarniski	1	0	0	0	0	2
Bryan Helmer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brad May^†	3	0	0	0	+1	10

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Markus Naslund	14	5	9	14	−6	18
Brendan Morrison	14	4	7	11	−4	18
Ed Jovanovski	14	7	1	8	−5	22
Brent Sopel	14	2	6	8	−2	4
Mattias Ohlund	13	3	4	7	+1	12
Trent Klatt	14	2	4	6	+1	2
Todd Bertuzzi	14	2	4	6	−3	60
Daniel Sedin	14	1	5	6	−2	8
Henrik Sedin	14	3	2	5	−2	8
Sami Salo	12	1	3	4	−2	0
Murray Baron	14	0	4	4	0	10
Matt Cooke	14	2	1	3	+3	12
Trevor Linden	14	1	2	3	−4	10
Marek Malik	14	1	1	2	−7	10
Jarkko Ruutu	13	0	2	2	+1	14
Artem Chubarov	14	0	2	2	−2	4
Trevor Letowski	6	0	1	1	−1	0
Brandon Reid	9	0	1	1	0	0
Bryan Allen	1	0	0	0	−2	2
Nolan Baumgartner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brad May	14	0	0	0	−5	15

Goaltenders[]

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Dan Cloutier	57	57	3,376:27	33	16	7	136	2.42	1,477	.908	2	3	24
Peter Skudra	23	20	1,192:24	9	5	6	54	2.72	522	.897	1	1	0
Alex Auld	7	5	382:23	3	3	0	10	1.57	165	.939	1	0	0
Tyler Moss	1	0	22:27	0	0	0	1	2.67	14	.929	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Dan Cloutier	14	14	832:56	7	7	45	3.24	341	.868	0	0	0	8
Alex Auld	1	0	19:59	0	0	1	3.00	5	.800	0	0	0	0

^†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
^‡Traded to another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Markus Naslund	Lester B. Pearson Award winner	June 12, 2003
Markus Naslund	NHL First All-Star Team	June 12, 2003
Todd Bertuzzi	NHL First All-Star Team	June 12, 2003

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Vancouver Canucks: Jeff Farkas	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Josh Holden
June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	To Vancouver Canucks: Future considerations (8th round pick in 2003)	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Bonni
September 4, 2002 (2002-09-04)	To Vancouver Canucks: Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Brad Leeb
September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)	To Vancouver Canucks: Sami Salo	To Ottawa Senators: Peter Schaefer
November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01)	To Vancouver Canucks: Darren Langdon Marek Malik	To Carolina Hurricanes: Harold Druken Jan Hlavac
January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)	To Vancouver Canucks: Chris Herperger Chris Nielsen	To Atlanta Thrashers: Jeff Farkas
January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24)	To Vancouver Canucks: Mikko Jokela	To New Jersey Devils: Steve Kariya
February 5, 2003 (2003-02-05)	To Vancouver Canucks: Conditional draft pick	To Philadelphia Flyers: Todd Warriner
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Vancouver Canucks: Brad May	To Phoenix Coyotes: Future considerations (3rd round pick in 2003)

Draft picks[]

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft which was held on June 22–23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	49	Kirill Koltsov	D	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2	55^[a]	Denis Grot	D	Russia	Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
3	68^[b]	Brett Skinner	D	Canada	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3	83^[c]	Lukas Mensator	G	Czech Republic	HC Karlovy Vary U20 (Czech U20)
4	114	John Laliberte	LW	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
5	151	Rob McVicar	G	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	214	Marc-Andre Roy	LW	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7	223^[d]	Ilya Krikunov	LW	Russia	Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
8	247	Matt Violin	G	Canada	Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA)
9	277		C	Switzerland	EV Zug (NLA)
9	278^[e]	MMatt Gens	RW	United States	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)

Draft notes^[4]

The Canucks' first-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note A.^[a]
^a The New York Islanders' second-round pick (previously acquired by the Washington Capitals) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent the Canucks' 2002 first-round pick and 2003 third-round pick to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick.
^b The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick (previously acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on December 17, 2001 that sent Donald Brashear and the Canucks' 2002 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for Jan Hlavac and this pick.
The Canucks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 31, 2001 that sent Alex Auld to Vancouver in exchange for the Canucks' 2001 second-round pick and this pick.
^c The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on February 15, 2001 that sent Felix Potvin to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
The Canucks' sixth-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note B.^[b]
^d The Canucks received a seventh-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Bob Essensa.
^e The Canucks received a ninth-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Greg Hawgood.

References[]

^ "NHL Attendance Report - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "2002-03 NHL Summary".
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
^ "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

External links[]

"2002–03 Vancouver Canucks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

[1] "NHL Attendance Report - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2015.

[2] "2002-03 NHL Summary".

[3] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.

[4] "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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