2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers season

The was the Thrashers' fourth season. The Thrashers placed third in the Southeast, eleventh in the East to miss the playoffs.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results 	Regular season results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 11, 2002 	3–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L 	October 12, 2002 	4–5 OT 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	0–1–0–1
3 	L 	October 16, 2002 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	0–2–0–1
4 	L 	October 18, 2002 	5–8 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	0–3–0–1
5 	L 	October 19, 2002 	4–5 	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	0–4–0–1
6 	L 	October 21, 2002 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	0–5–0–1
7 	L 	October 23, 2002 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	0–6–0–1
8 	L 	October 26, 2002 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	0–7–0–1
9 	L 	October 29, 2002 	0–4 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	0–8–0–1
10 	T 	October 31, 2002 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	0–8–1–1
11 	W 	November 2, 2002 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	1–8–1–1
12 	L 	November 7, 2002 	0–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	1–9–1–1
13 	W 	November 9, 2002 	6–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	2–9–1–1
14 	W 	November 11, 2002 	2–1 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	3–9–1–1
15 	W 	November 13, 2002 	3–2 OT 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	4–9–1–1
16 	L 	November 15, 2002 	1–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	4–10–1–1
17 	L 	November 17, 2002 	1–5 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	4–11–1–1
18 	W 	November 19, 2002 	4–3 OT 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	5–11–1–1
19 	L 	November 22, 2002 	1–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	5–12–1–1
20 	L 	November 23, 2002 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	5–13–1–1
21 	L 	November 26, 2002 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	5–14–1–1
22 	W 	November 28, 2002 	7–4 	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	6–14–1–1
23 	W 	December 1, 2002 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	7–14–1–1
24 	L 	December 5, 2002 	3–4 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	7–14–1–2
25 	L 	December 6, 2002 	6–7 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	7–14–1–3
26 	L 	December 8, 2002 	0–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	7–15–1–3
27 	L 	December 11, 2002 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	7–16–1–3
28 	L 	December 13, 2002 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	7–17–1–3
29 	L 	December 14, 2002 	0–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	7–18–1–3
30 	W 	December 16, 2002 	1–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	8–18–1–3
31 	L 	December 18, 2002 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	8–19–1–3
32 	L 	December 20, 2002 	2–3 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	8–19–1–4
33 	L 	December 23, 2002 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	8–20–1–4
34 	W 	December 27, 2002 	5–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	9–20–1–4
35 	L 	December 28, 2002 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	9–21–1–4
36 	W 	December 30, 2002 	3–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	10–21–1–4
37 	L 	January 2, 2003 	1–8 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	10–22–1–4
38 	L 	January 3, 2003 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	10–23–1–4
39 	L 	January 5, 2003 	4–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	10–24–1–4
40 	T 	January 7, 2003 	3–3 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	10–24–2–4
41 	W 	January 9, 2003 	3–2 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	11–24–2–4
42 	L 	January 11, 2003 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	11–25–2–4
43 	W 	January 13, 2003 	7–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	12–25–2–4
44 	W 	January 15, 2003 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	13–25–2–4
45 	W 	January 17, 2003 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	14–25–2–4
46 	L 	January 19, 2003 	1–4 	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	14–26–2–4
47 	W 	January 21, 2003 	8–4 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	15–26–2–4
48 	T 	January 23, 2003 	3–3 OT 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	15–26–3–4
49 	W 	January 25, 2003 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	16–26–3–4
50 	W 	January 28, 2003 	5–2 	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	17–26–3–4
51 	L 	January 30, 2003 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	17–27–3–4
52 	W 	February 4, 2003 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	18–27–3–4
53 	W 	February 7, 2003 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	19–27–3–4
54 	L 	February 8, 2003 	1–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	19–28–3–4
55 	L 	February 12, 2003 	1–5 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	19–29–3–4
56 	T 	February 14, 2003 	2–2 OT 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	19–29–4–4
57 	L 	February 15, 2003 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	19–30–4–4
58 	W 	February 17, 2003 	4–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	20–30–4–4
59 	L 	February 19, 2003 	0–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	20–31–4–4
60 	T 	February 23, 2003 	3–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	20–31–5–4
61 	L 	February 25, 2003 	0–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	20–32–5–4
62 	W 	February 27, 2003 	4–3 OT 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	21–32–5–4
63 	L 	March 1, 2003 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	21–33–5–4
64 	W 	March 2, 2003 	4–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	22–33–5–4
65 	T 	March 6, 2003 	4–4 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	22–33–6–4
66 	L 	March 7, 2003 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	22–34–6–4
67 	L 	March 9, 2003 	4–6 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	22–35–6–4
68 	W 	March 11, 2003 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	23–35–6–4
69 	L 	March 13, 2003 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	23–36–6–4
70 	W 	March 15, 2003 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	24–36–6–4
71 	W 	March 17, 2003 	3–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	25–36–6–4
72 	L 	March 19, 2003 	4–5 OT 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	25–36–6–5
73 	L 	March 21, 2003 	1–5 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	25–37–6–5
74 	W 	March 22, 2003 	3–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	26–37–6–5
75 	L 	March 24, 2003 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	26–38–6–5
76 	W 	March 26, 2003 	5–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	27–38–6–5
77 	T 	March 28, 2003 	1–1 OT 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	27–38–7–5
78 	W 	March 29, 2003 	3–2 	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	28–38–7–5
79 	W 	March 31, 2003 	4–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	29–38–7–5
80 	L 	April 2, 2003 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	29–39–7–5
81 	W 	April 5, 2003 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	30–39–7–5
82 	W 	April 6, 2003 	6–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	31–39–7–5
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	77	41	48	89 	58 	-8 	19 	1 	6
 	LW 	79	21	49	70 	66 	-10	9 	1 	2
 	LW 	81	38	29	67 	57 	-24	9 	0 	3
 	C 	57	16	31	47 	77 	-11	6 	0 	4
 	C 	71	13	21	34 	12 	-10	3 	0 	2
 	D 	75	8 	22	30 	32 	-27	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	46	10	16	26 	28 	-27	4 	1 	1
 	C 	80	9 	17	26 	14 	-16	2 	0 	2
 	D 	79	7 	19	26 	32 	-19	3 	1 	2
 	D 	53	3 	18	21 	114	-8 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	37	7 	9 	16 	8 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	75	3 	12	15 	26 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	C 	36	10	4 	14 	34 	-4 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	35	10	4 	14 	23 	2 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	56	4 	9 	13 	24 	-8 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	43	2 	9 	11 	16 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	1 	9 	10 	118	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	66	3 	5 	8 	115	-15	0 	0 	0
 	C 	62	1 	7 	8 	8 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	23	5 	2 	7 	6 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	2 	4 	6 	171	-13	0 	0 	1
 	C 	27	4 	1 	5 	7 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	3 	2 	5 	2 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	40	0 	5 	5 	20 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	32	2 	2 	4 	14 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	2 	0 	2 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	1 	2 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	2 	2 	41 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	0 	2 	2 	61 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	1 	1 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	0 	0 	4 	-13	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2856	52	21	19	5 	137	2.88	2 	1452	1315	.906
 	895 	17	5 	11	1 	65 	4.36	0 	472 	407 	.862
 	1097	21	4 	13	1 	65 	3.56	0 	605 	540 	.893
 	123 	2 	1 	1 	0 	11 	5.37	0 	58 	47 	.810
Team: 	4971	82	31	44	7 	278	3.36	2 	2587	2309	.893
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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
==References==
Atlanta Thrashers seasons, 2002-03
Atlanta Thrashers seasons, 2002-03
Category:Atlanta Thrashers seasons