2002–03 New York Rangers season

The 2002–03 New York Rangers season was the 77th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers posted a 32–36–10–4 record, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division. The Rangers' ninth-place finish in the Eastern Conference left them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth straight season.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	Oct 9, 2002 	4–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	Oct 11, 2002	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–1–0–0
3 	L	Oct 12, 2002	0–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	1–2–0–0
4 	W	Oct 15, 2002	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2–2–0–0
5 	T	Oct 17, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres 	2–2–1–0
6 	T	Oct 19, 2002	2–2 OT	Nashville Predators 	2–2–2–0
7 	L	Oct 21, 2002	2–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	2–3–2–0
8 	L	Oct 23, 2002	1–2 	Washington Capitals 	2–4–2–0
9 	L	Oct 25, 2002	2–6 	Los Angeles Kings 	2–5–2–0
10	W	Oct 26, 2002	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	3–5–2–0
11	W	Oct 28, 2002	3–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes 	4–5–2–0
12	L	Oct 30, 2002	0–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	4–6–2–0
13	L	Nov 2, 2002 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins 	4–7–2–0
14	L	Nov 3, 2002 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues 	4–8–2–0
15	W	Nov 5, 2002 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	5–8–2–0
16	W	Nov 7, 2002 	1–0 OT	Calgary Flames 	6–8–2–0
17	L	Nov 9, 2002 	3–6 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets 	6–9–2–0
18	W	Nov 11, 2002	5–4 	@ San Jose Sharks 	7–9–2–0
19	W	Nov 14, 2002	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames 	8–9–2–0
20	L	Nov 16, 2002	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	8–10–2–0
21	W	Nov 19, 2002	3–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	9–10–2–0
22	T	Nov 21, 2002	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils 	9–10–3–0
23	L	Nov 23, 2002	1–3 	New York Islanders 	9–11–3–0
24	W	Nov 25, 2002	3–1 	Carolina Hurricanes 	10–11–3–0
25	L	Nov 28, 2002	4–7 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	10–12–3–0
26	T	Nov 29, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars 	10–12–4–0
27	W	Dec 1, 2002 	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	11–12–4–0
28	W	Dec 3, 2002 	5–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	12–12–4–0
29	L	Dec 5, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	12–12–4–1
30	L	Dec 6, 2002 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	12–13–4–1
31	L	Dec 8, 2002 	1–4 	Boston Bruins 	12–14–4–1
32	L	Dec 11, 2002	3–4 	Chicago Blackhawks 	12–15–4–1
33	L	Dec 14, 2002	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	12–16–4–1
34	W	Dec 16, 2002	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks 	13–16–4–1
35	L	Dec 19, 2002	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	13–17–4–1
36	L	Dec 21, 2002	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	13–18–4–1
37	T	Dec 23, 2002	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils 	13–18–5–1
38	L	Dec 26, 2002	1–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	13–19–5–1
39	W	Dec 28, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers 	14–19–5–1
40	L	Dec 29, 2002	3–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	14–20–5–1
41	W	Dec 31, 2002	2–0 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	15–20–5–1
42	T	Jan 4, 2003 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals 	15–20–6–1
43	L	Jan 6, 2003 	2–5 	Ottawa Senators 	15–21–6–1
44	W	Jan 8, 2003 	5–1 	Carolina Hurricanes 	16–21–6–1
45	L	Jan 9, 2003 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	16–22–6–1
46	W	Jan 11, 2003	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	17–22–6–1
47	W	Jan 13, 2003	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	18–22–6–1
48	W	Jan 15, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals 	19–22–6–1
49	L	Jan 19, 2003	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	19–23–6–1
50	W	Jan 21, 2003	5–0 	@ New York Islanders 	20–23–6–1
51	W	Jan 23, 2003	4–2 	@ Nashville Predators 	21–23–6–1
52	L	Jan 25, 2003	1–4 	Atlanta Thrashers 	21–24–6–1
53	L	Jan 26, 2003	2–7 	@ Washington Capitals 	21–25–6–1
54	L	Jan 28, 2003	2–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	21–26–6–1
55	L	Jan 30, 2003	3–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche 	21–26–6–2
56	L	Feb 5, 2003 	3–5 	Ottawa Senators 	21–27–6–2
57	T	Feb 6, 2003 	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues 	21–27–7–2
58	L	Feb 8, 2003 	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	21–28–7–2
59	W	Feb 12, 2003	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers 	22–28–7–2
60	W	Feb 14, 2003	1–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	23–28–7–2
61	L	Feb 15, 2003	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	23–29–7–2
62	L	Feb 17, 2003	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators 	23–30–7–2
63	W	Feb 19, 2003	4–2 	@ Minnesota Wild 	24–30–7–2
64	W	Feb 21, 2003	6–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	25–30–7–2
65	L	Feb 23, 2003	1–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche 	25–31–7–2
66	T	Feb 25, 2003	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils 	25–31–8–2
67	W	Feb 27, 2003	4–1 	Boston Bruins 	26–31–8–2
68	W	Mar 1, 2003 	5–2 	Florida Panthers 	27–31–8–2
69	T	Mar 3, 2003 	1–1 OT	New York Islanders 	27–31–9–2
70	W	Mar 7, 2003 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers 	28–31–9–2
71	L	Mar 10, 2003	1–2 	Florida Panthers 	28–32–9–2
72	L	Mar 13, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators 	28–32–9–3
73	L	Mar 15, 2003	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils 	28–33–9–3
74	W	Mar 17, 2003	1–0 	New York Islanders 	29–33–9–3
75	W	Mar 19, 2003	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	30–33–9–3
76	W	Mar 22, 2003	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	31–33–9–3
77	L	Mar 26, 2003	1–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	31–34–9–3
78	W	Mar 29, 2003	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins 	32–34–9–3
79	L	Mar 31, 2003	3–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers 	32–34–9–4
80	T	Apr 1, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders 	32–34–10–4
81	L	Apr 4, 2003 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils 	32–35–10–4
82	L	Apr 5, 2003 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	32–36–10–4
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	27	31	58 	64 	-4 	8 	3 	4
 	C 	81	19	34	53 	141	5 	9 	0 	3
 	D 	80	11	37	48 	58 	-6 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	78	18	22	40 	30 	-2 	8 	1 	5
 	RW 	79	14	22	36 	142	9 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	64	16	19	35 	52 	-1 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	39	19	11	30 	16 	4 	5 	1 	3
 	D 	51	12	18	30 	20 	-3 	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	63	6 	21	27 	16 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	8 	14	22 	32 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	55	8 	11	19 	16 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	71	3 	14	17 	52 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	82	6 	9 	15 	81 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	66	5 	9 	14 	77 	-12	2 	1 	1
 	D 	80	3 	11	14 	85 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	24	10	3 	13 	20 	2 	3 	0 	2
 	C/LW	32	6 	6 	12 	4 	-3 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	27	5 	7 	12 	14 	6 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	36	3 	9 	12 	34 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	58	3 	9 	12 	161	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	36	2 	4 	6 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	4 	5 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	1 	4 	5 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	4 	4 	16 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	2 	1 	3 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1 	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	2 	2 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	0 	2 	2 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1 	0 	1 	0 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	1 	1 	50 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	51 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0 	0 	0 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
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; 
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
*2002-03 New York Rangers Statistics
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