2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' seventy-seventh season of operation. Finishing ninth in the Western Conference, they failed to qualify for the playoffs.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
*January 8, 2003: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Michael Leighton gained a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0-0 tie versus the Phoenix Coyotes. Coyotes goaltender Zac Bierk earned his first career shutout, although it was not his NHL debut. It was the first time that two goalies in the same game both earned their first career shutouts. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 10, 2002 	1–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	0–1–0–0
2 	W	October 13, 2002 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	1–1–0–0
3 	W	October 17, 2002 	4–1 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	2–1–0–0
4 	L	October 19, 2002 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	2–2–0–0
5 	L	October 24, 2002 	2–3 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	2–3–0–0
6 	T	October 26, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	2–3–1–0
7 	W	October 27, 2002 	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	3–3–1–0
8 	W	October 29, 2002 	3–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	4–3–1–0
9 	W	October 31, 2002 	2–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	5–3–1–0
10 	L	November 2, 2002 	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	5–4–1–0
11 	L	November 3, 2002 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	5–5–1–0
12 	W	November 5, 2002 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	6–5–1–0
13 	W	November 7, 2002 	5–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	7–5–1–0
14 	W	November 9, 2002 	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	8–5–1–0
15 	T	November 11, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	8–5–2–0
16 	T	November 15, 2002	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	8–5–3–0
17 	W	November 17, 2002	4–2 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	9–5–3–0
18 	L	November 19, 2002	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	9–6–3–0
19 	L	November 20, 2002	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	9–7–3–0
20 	L	November 23, 2002	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	9–8–3–0
21 	L	November 25, 2002	0–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	9–9–3–0
22 	W	November 28, 2002	4–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	10–9–3–0
23 	L	November 30, 2002	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	10–10–3–0
24 	L	December 1, 2002 	2–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	10–11–3–0
25 	W	December 4, 2002 	1–0 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	11–11–3–0
26 	L	December 6, 2002 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	11–12–3–0
27 	W	December 8, 2002 	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	12–12–3–0
28 	W	December 10, 2002	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	13–12–3–0
29 	W	December 11, 2002	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	14–12–3–0
30 	T	December 13, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	14–12–4–0
31 	L	December 15, 2002	0–5 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	14–13–4–0
32 	W	December 17, 2002	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	15–13–4–0
33 	W	December 20, 2002	3–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	16–13–4–0
34 	W	December 22, 2002	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	17–13–4–0
35 	T	December 26, 2002	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	17–13–5–0
36 	T	December 28, 2002	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	17–13–6–0
37 	W	December 30, 2002	2–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	18–13–6–0
38 	W	January 2, 2003 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	19–13–6–0
39 	T	January 4, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	19–13–7–0
40 	L	January 5, 2003 	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	19–13–7–1
41 	T	January 8, 2003 	0–0 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	19–13–8–1
42 	L	January 9, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	19–13–8–2
43 	W	January 12, 2003 	2–0 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	20–13–8–2
44 	L	January 13, 2003 	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	20–13–8–3
45 	W	January 15, 2003 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	21–13–8–3
46 	L	January 17, 2003 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	21–14–8–3
47 	L	January 18, 2003 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	21–15–8–3
48 	L	January 20, 2003 	1–5 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	21–16–8–3
49 	T	January 23, 2003 	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	21–16–9–3
50 	L	January 25, 2003 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	21–17–9–3
51 	L	January 26, 2003 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	21–18–9–3
52 	W	January 30, 2003 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	22–18–9–3
53 	L	February 5, 2003 	1–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	22–19–9–3
54 	T	February 6, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	22–19–10–3
55 	W	February 8, 2003 	3–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	23–19–10–3
56 	L	February 10, 2003	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	23–20–10–3
57 	L	February 12, 2003	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	23–21–10–3
58 	L	February 14, 2003	2–4 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	23–22–10–3
59 	W	February 15, 2003	7–1 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	24–22–10–3
60 	L	February 17, 2003	4–5 	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	24–23–10–3
61 	L	February 20, 2003	1–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	24–24–10–3
62 	L	February 23, 2003	0–3 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	24–25–10–3
63 	L	February 25, 2003	0–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	24–26–10–3
64 	L	February 27, 2003	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	24–27–10–3
65 	L	March 1, 2003 	4–5 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	24–27–10–4
66 	L	March 2, 2003 	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	24–27–10–5
67 	L	March 5, 2003 	4–7 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	24–28–10–5
68 	L	March 7, 2003 	0–2 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	24–29–10–5
69 	W	March 9, 2003 	8–5 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	25–29–10–5
70 	L	March 12, 2003 	2–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	25–30–10–5
71 	W	March 14, 2003 	4–0 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	26–30–10–5
72 	W	March 17, 2003 	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	27–30–10–5
73 	L	March 19, 2003 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	27–31–10–5
74 	L	March 22, 2003 	1–8 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	27–32–10–5
75 	T	March 23, 2003 	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	27–32–11–5
76 	L	March 25, 2003 	2–9 	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	27–33–11–5
77 	W	March 27, 2003 	4–1 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	28–33–11–5
78 	L	March 28, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	28–33–11–6
79 	T	March 30, 2003 	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	28–33–12–6
80 	W	April 3, 2003 	6–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	29–33–12–6
81 	T	April 4, 2003 	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	29–33–13–6
82 	W	April 6, 2003 	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	30–33–13–6
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	82	26	35	61 	42 	15 	4 	2 	3
 	C 	74	15	43	58 	70 	0 	2 	3 	1
 	RW 	54	22	22	44 	14 	10 	3 	0 	5
 	LW 	82	15	27	42 	40 	-6 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	82	19	20	39 	20 	7 	3 	0 	6
 	RW 	54	12	21	33 	77 	-7 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	66	18	13	31 	8 	-3 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	82	14	15	29 	113	0 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	57	6 	23	29 	24 	7 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	67	5 	23	28 	26 	-7 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	60	6 	15	21 	26 	-3 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	61	12	6 	18 	125	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	69	4 	13	17 	51 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	70	2 	14	16 	44 	-9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	40	4 	10	14 	12 	-8 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	75	2 	11	13 	50 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	53	2 	10	12 	24 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	7 	4 	11 	76 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	48	4 	5 	9 	30 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	5 	0 	5 	4 	-3 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	3 	5 	87 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	4 	5 	23 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	3 	1 	4 	22 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	4 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	1 	2 	31 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	9 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	1 	1 	28 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	62	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	0 	0 	0 	58 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3650	62	26	28	7 	144	2.37	8 	1690	1546	.915
 	447 	8 	2 	3 	2 	21 	2.82	1 	241 	220 	.913
 	617 	11	2 	5 	2 	38 	3.70	0 	284 	246 	.866
 	270 	6 	0 	3 	2 	18 	4.00	0 	125 	107 	.856
Team: 	4984	82	30	39	13 	221	2.66	9 	2340	2119	.906
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==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Chicago Blackhawks season, 2002–03
Chicago Blackhawks season, 2002–03
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