2002–03 Washington Capitals season

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2002–03 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Southeast
Conference6th Eastern
2002–03 record39–29–8–6
Goals for224
Goals against220
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachBruce Cassidy
CaptainSteve Konowalchuk

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

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  Czech Republic Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
5 145 Robert Gherson  Canada Sarnia Sting (OHL)
6 179  Czech Republic Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7 209  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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2002-03 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals Box Score — January 11, 2003".
  3. ^ "Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks Box Score — March 30, 2002".
  4. ^ "Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals Box Score — February 3, 1999".
  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.

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