2002–03 New York Islanders season

The 2002-03 New York Islanders season was the thirty-first season in the franchise's history. 
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 10, 2002 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L	October 12, 2002 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	0–2–0–0
3 	W	October 15, 2002 	4–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	1–2–0–0
4 	T	October 17, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	1–2–1–0
5 	W	October 19, 2002 	5–4 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	2–2–1–0
6 	L	October 22, 2002 	1–4 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	2–3–1–0
7 	W	October 24, 2002 	5–3 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	3–3–1–0
8 	L	October 26, 2002 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	3–4–1–0
9 	L	October 29, 2002 	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	3–5–1–0
10 	L	October 30, 2002 	2–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	3–6–1–0
11 	L	November 2, 2002 	1–6 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	3–7–1–0
12 	L	November 4, 2002 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	3–8–1–0
13 	L	November 7, 2002 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	3–9–1–0
14 	W	November 8, 2002 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	4–9–1–0
15 	W	November 10, 2002	3–2 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	5–9–1–0
16 	L	November 12, 2002	3–5 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	5–10–1–0
17 	L	November 14, 2002	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	5–11–1–0
18 	W	November 16, 2002	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	6–11–1–0
19 	T	November 20, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	6–11–2–0
20 	W	November 21, 2002	7–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	7–11–2–0
21 	W	November 23, 2002	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	8–11–2–0
22 	T	November 27, 2002	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	8–11–3–0
23 	L	November 29, 2002	2–4 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	8–12–3–0
24 	L	November 30, 2002	2–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	8–13–3–0
25 	W	December 3, 2002 	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	9–13–3–0
26 	W	December 6, 2002 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	10–13–3–0
27 	W	December 7, 2002 	6–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	11–13–3–0
28 	L	December 10, 2002	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	11–14–3–0
29 	T	December 13, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	11–14–4–0
30 	L	December 14, 2002	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	11–15–4–0
31 	T	December 17, 2002	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	11–15–5–0
32 	W	December 19, 2002	4–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	12–15–5–0
33 	L	December 21, 2002	1–3 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	12–16–5–0
34 	W	December 23, 2002	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	13–16–5–0
35 	W	December 28, 2002	3–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	14–16–5–0
36 	W	December 30, 2002	2–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	15–16–5–0
37 	W	December 31, 2002	1–0 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	16–16–5–0
38 	W	January 3, 2003 	8–4 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	17–16–5–0
39 	L	January 4, 2003 	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	17–16–5–1
40 	W	January 7, 2003 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	18–16–5–1
41 	L	January 9, 2003 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	18–17–5–1
42 	W	January 11, 2003 	7–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	19–17–5–1
43 	L	January 13, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	19–17–5–2
44 	L	January 15, 2003 	0–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	19–18–5–2
45 	W	January 16, 2003 	3–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	20–18–5–2
46 	W	January 19, 2003 	4–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	21–18–5–2
47 	L	January 21, 2003 	0–5 	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	21–19–5–2
48 	W	January 24, 2003 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	22–19–5–2
49 	L	January 25, 2003 	1–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	22–20–5–2
50 	W	January 28, 2003 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	23–20–5–2
51 	W	January 30, 2003 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	24–20–5–2
52 	L	February 4, 2003 	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	24–21–5–2
53 	L	February 7, 2003 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	24–22–5–2
54 	W	February 8, 2003 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	25–22–5–2
55 	W	February 11, 2003	6–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	26–22–5–2
56 	L	February 13, 2003	0–2 	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	26–23–5–2
57 	W	February 15, 2003	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	27–23–5–2
58 	T	February 17, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	27–23–6–2
59 	W	February 19, 2003	3–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	28–23–6–2
60 	W	February 21, 2003	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	29–23–6–2
61 	T	February 23, 2003	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	29–23–7–2
62 	L	February 25, 2003	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	29–24–7–2
63 	T	February 27, 2003	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	29–24–8–2
64 	W	March 1, 2003 	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	30–24–8–2
65 	T	March 3, 2003 	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	30–24–9–2
66 	L	March 4, 2003 	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	30–25–9–2
67 	L	March 6, 2003 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	30–26–9–2
68 	L	March 8, 2003 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	30–27–9–2
69 	L	March 11, 2003 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	30–28–9–2
70 	W	March 13, 2003 	5–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	31–28–9–2
71 	W	March 15, 2003 	5–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	32–28–9–2
72 	L	March 17, 2003 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	32–29–9–2
73 	T	March 18, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	32–29–10–2
74 	W	March 20, 2003 	6–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	33–29–10–2
75 	L	March 22, 2003 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	33–30–10–2
76 	W	March 25, 2003 	9–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	34–30–10–2
77 	L	March 28, 2003 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	34–31–10–2
78 	L	March 30, 2003 	0–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	34–32–10–2
79 	T	April 1, 2003 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	34–32–11–2
80 	L	April 3, 2003 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	34–33–11–2
81 	L	April 5, 2003 	2–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	34–34–11–2
82 	W	April 6, 2003 	2–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	35–34–11–2
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	81	26	39	65 	32 	-12	14 	0 	7
 	C 	81	25	30	55 	58 	16 	3 	1 	4
 	RW 	81	23	25	48 	28 	-11	9 	0 	5
 	C 	81	27	18	45 	108	9 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	74	13	29	42 	52 	-9 	1 	6 	1
 	C 	66	13	29	42 	43 	-4 	4 	2 	2
 	D 	73	9 	32	41 	87 	21 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	73	8 	27	35 	70 	-5 	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	15	19	34 	57 	1 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	81	9 	19	28 	116	5 	0 	1 	2
 	LW/C	69	12	14	26 	44 	4 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	71	8 	18	26 	24 	-8 	3 	1 	0
 	LW 	53	10	13	23 	34 	-9 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	47	6 	17	23 	10 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	80	3 	13	16 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	66	2 	11	13 	26 	15 	0 	0 	1
 	LW/C	66	6 	6 	12 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	1 	5 	6 	14 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	60	1 	4 	5 	124	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	5 	5 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	2 	4 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	37	0 	4 	4 	26 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	4 	4 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2 	1 	3 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	2 	3 	4 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	10	1 	2 	3 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	49	1 	0 	1 	75 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	0 	0 	0 	48 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	28 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1993	37	17	14	4 	97 	2.92	2 	912 	815 	.894
 	2390	43	16	17	5 	92 	2.31	1 	1120	1028	.918
 	585 	10	2 	5 	2 	29 	2.97	0 	273 	244 	.894
Team: 	4968	82	35	36	11 	218	2.63	3 	2305	2087	.905
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	1	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	5 	0	1	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	23 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	305	5 	1	4	12	2.36	1 	134	122	.910
 	15 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0 	3 	3 	1.000
Team: 	320	5 	1	4	12	2.25	1 	137	125	.912
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==
New York Islanders season, 2002–03
New York Islanders season, 2002–03
category:New York Islanders seasons