2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===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
 	C 	67	28	63	91 	43 	-25	14 	0 	4
 	RW 	54	27	37	64 	50 	-11	8 	0 	1
 	C 	60	18	28	46 	12 	-18	7 	0 	4
 	D 	61	7 	34	41 	50 	-11	3 	0 	0
 	C 	57	14	25	39 	34 	1 	11 	0 	4
 	RW 	27	9 	16	25 	16 	-3 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	75	9 	12	21 	93 	-25	0 	2 	1
 	C 	41	5 	12	17 	8 	5 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	70	5 	11	16 	55 	-30	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	5 	8 	13 	10 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	7 	5 	12 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	26	4 	7 	11 	10 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	79	9 	1 	10 	128	-18	5 	0 	3
 	D 	53	4 	6 	10 	40 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	52	4 	5 	9 	30 	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	33	4 	3 	7 	8 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	D 	69	2 	5 	7 	36 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	82	2 	5 	7 	46 	-22	0 	0 	1
 	D 	17	1 	6 	7 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	0 	7 	7 	46 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	5 	1 	6 	4 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	38	3 	3 	6 	14 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2 	4 	6 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	5 	6 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	3 	2 	5 	10 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	4 	5 	36 	-23	0 	0 	0
 	D 	76	3 	1 	4 	76 	-28	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	2 	2 	4 	72 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	3 	4 	36 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	2 	3 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	3 	3 	19 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	2 	0 	2 	8 	-21	1 	0 	0
 	D 	27	1 	1 	2 	33 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	41	0 	2 	2 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	1 	1 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2410	41	14	22	4 	126	3.14	1 	1197	1071	.895
 	1408	24	7 	14	2 	62 	2.64	2 	741 	679 	.916
 	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
Note: 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==
Player 	Award
Sebastien Caron	Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
Johan Hedberg 	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Mario Lemieux 	Most Valuable Player AwardA.T. Caggiano Booster Club AwardLeading Point Scorer Award
Steve McKenna 	Baz Bastein Memorial "Good Guy" AwardEdward 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 BouchardRichard LintnerRico FataMikael Samuelsson 	To New York Rangers Alexei KovalevMike WilsonJanne LaukkanenDan 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 AbidDan FochtGuillaume Lefebvre 	To Phoenix Coyotes Jan HrdinaFrancois Leroux
March 11, 2003 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Bradley 	To San Jose Sharks Wayne Primeau
March 11, 2003 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DupontMathais 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
 	HPK Hameenlinna (Finland)	July 15, 2002
 	New York Rangers 	August 13, 2002
;Signed with new team
Player	New team 	Date of signing
 	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==
Picked Marc Andre Fleury first overall
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
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==External links==
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