2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 2002 	5–1 	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W	October 12, 2002 	6–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	2–0–0–0
3 	L	October 13, 2002 	0–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	2–1–0–0
4 	T	October 17, 2002 	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	2–1–1–0
5 	L	October 19, 2002 	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	2–2–1–0
6 	W	October 22, 2002 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	3–2–1–0
7 	L	October 25, 2002 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	3–3–1–0
8 	L	October 26, 2002 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	3–4–1–0
9 	T	October 29, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	3–4–2–0
10 	L	October 31, 2002 	0–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	3–5–2–0
11 	T	November 1, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	3–5–3–0
12 	L	November 3, 2002 	2–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	3–6–3–0
13 	L	November 7, 2002 	0–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	3–7–3–0
14 	L	November 9, 2002 	4–6 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	3–8–3–0
15 	L	November 12, 2002	3–4 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	3–9–3–0
16 	L	November 15, 2002	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	3–10–3–0
17 	L	November 16, 2002	1–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	3–11–3–0
18 	L	November 19, 2002	3–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	3–11–3–1
19 	W	November 22, 2002	5–4 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	4–11–3–1
20 	L	November 23, 2002	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	4–12–3–1
21 	T	November 27, 2002	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	4–12–4–1
22 	L	November 29, 2002	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	4–13–4–1
23 	L	November 30, 2002	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	4–14–4–1
24 	W	December 4, 2002 	4–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	5–14–4–1
25 	W	December 6, 2002 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	6–14–4–1
26 	W	December 7, 2002 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	7–14–4–1
27 	L	December 10, 2002	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	7–15–4–1
28 	T	December 13, 2002	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	7–15–5–1
29 	L	December 14, 2002	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	7–16–5–1
30 	W	December 18, 2002	4–2 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	8–16–5–1
31 	L	December 20, 2002	0–3 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	8–17–5–1
32 	L	December 21, 2002	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	8–18–5–1
33 	L	December 23, 2002	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	8–19–5–1
34 	L	December 26, 2002	2–3 	Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	8–20–5–1
35 	L	December 28, 2002	3–4 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	8–21–5–1
36 	L	December 30, 2002	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	8–22–5–1
37 	L	December 31, 2002	0–1 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03) 	8–22–5–2
38 	W	January 3, 2003 	6–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	9–22–5–2
39 	W	January 4, 2003 	2–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	10–22–5–2
40 	L	January 7, 2003 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	10–23–5–2
41 	W	January 10, 2003 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	11–23–5–2
42 	W	January 11, 2003 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	12–23–5–2
43 	W	January 14, 2003 	1–0 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	13–23–5–2
44 	T	January 16, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	13–23–6–2
45 	W	January 18, 2003 	1–0 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 	14–23–6–2
46 	T	January 21, 2003 	0–0 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	14–23–7–2
47 	W	January 24, 2003 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	15–23–7–2
48 	L	January 25, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	15–23–7–3
49 	L	January 27, 2003 	1–5 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	15–24–7–3
50 	L	January 30, 2003 	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	15–24–7–4
51 	L	February 4, 2003 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	15–25–7–4
52 	L	February 7, 2003 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	15–26–7–4
53 	L	February 8, 2003 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	15–27–7–4
54 	L	February 11, 2003	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	15–28–7–4
55 	L	February 13, 2003	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	15–29–7–4
56 	W	February 15, 2003	5–4 	New York Rangers (2002–03) 	16–29–7–4
57 	L	February 17, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	16–29–7–5
58 	W	February 19, 2003	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	17–29–7–5
59 	L	February 21, 2003	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	17–30–7–5
60 	W	February 23, 2003	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	18–30–7–5
61 	T	February 24, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	18–30–8–5
62 	L	February 26, 2003	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	18–31–8–5
63 	W	February 28, 2003	5–3 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	19–31–8–5
64 	L	March 1, 2003 	1–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	19–31–8–6
65 	L	March 4, 2003 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	19–32–8–6
66 	W	March 6, 2003 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	20–32–8–6
67 	W	March 8, 2003 	4–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	21–32–8–6
68 	T	March 9, 2003 	1–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	21–32–9–6
69 	L	March 12, 2003 	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	21–32–9–7
70 	L	March 14, 2003 	2–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	21–33–9–7
71 	L	March 15, 2003 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	21–34–9–7
72 	W	March 18, 2003 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	22–34–9–7
73 	L	March 19, 2003 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	22–35–9–7
74 	L	March 22, 2003 	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	22–35–9–8
75 	W	March 24, 2003 	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	23–35–9–8
76 	W	March 26, 2003 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	24–35–9–8
77 	W	March 28, 2003 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	25–35–9–8
78 	W	March 29, 2003 	3–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	26–35–9–8
79 	L	March 31, 2003 	0–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	26–36–9–8
80 	W	April 2, 2003 	4–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	27–36–9–8
81 	L	April 5, 2003 	5–8 	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	27–37–9–8
82 	T	April 6, 2003 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	27–37–10–8
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	79	26	49	75 	20 	-3 	11 	1 	3
 	C 	66	15	29	44 	86 	-5 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	21	14	35 	30 	-2 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	76	14	21	35 	44 	-14	2 	0 	2
 	C 	68	11	21	32 	20 	-13	2 	1 	2
 	C/LW	74	15	16	31 	40 	4 	3 	4 	4
 	LW 	78	14	14	28 	38 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	10	16	26 	30 	4 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	80	12	13	25 	32 	-28	6 	0 	2
 	D 	65	8 	13	21 	57 	-7 	3 	1 	0
 	D 	70	3 	18	21 	85 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	65	2 	17	19 	20 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	79	6 	11	17 	146	-4 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	69	4 	12	16 	26 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	46	3 	10	13 	28 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	14	7 	5 	12 	12 	1 	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	44	7 	4 	11 	23 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	5 	6 	11 	21 	-12	2 	0 	2
 	D 	50	0 	9 	9 	63 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	58	1 	5 	6 	178	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	1 	4 	5 	14 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	59	0 	5 	5 	49 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	1 	3 	4 	16 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1 	3 	4 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	29 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	2 	0 	2 	17 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	8 	0 	2 	2 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	41	0 	0 	0 	92 	-5 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3170	54	17	28	6 	135	2.56	4 	1468	1333	.908
 	912 	15	6 	8 	1 	40 	2.63	1 	410 	370 	.902
 	891 	16	4 	9 	3 	36 	2.42	1 	411 	375 	.912
Team: 	4973	82	27	45	10 	211	2.55	6 	2289	2078	.908
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==
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