2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes season

==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 9, 2002 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L	October 12, 2002 	2–5 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	0–2–0–0
3 	W	October 14, 2002 	4–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	1–2–0–0
4 	L	October 15, 2002 	1–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 	1–3–0–0
5 	L	October 17, 2002 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 	1–4–0–0
6 	W	October 19, 2002 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	2–4–0–0
7 	W	October 22, 2002 	2–1 	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	3–4–0–0
8 	L	October 24, 2002 	2–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	3–5–0–0
9 	L	October 26, 2002 	1–6 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	3–6–0–0
10 	L	October 28, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03) 	3–6–0–1
11 	W	October 29, 2002 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (2002–03) 	4–6–0–1
12 	L	October 31, 2002 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	4–7–0–1
13 	W	November 3, 2002 	2–1 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	5–7–0–1
14 	W	November 7, 2002 	4–1 	Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	6–7–0–1
15 	L	November 9, 2002 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	6–8–0–1
16 	L	November 11, 2002	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	6–9–0–1
17 	L	November 12, 2002	2–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	6–10–0–1
18 	W	November 15, 2002	5–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	7–10–0–1
19 	T	November 17, 2002	4–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	7–10–1–1
20 	T	November 20, 2002	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	7–10–2–1
21 	T	November 22, 2002	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03) 	7–10–3–1
22 	L	November 25, 2002	1–5 	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	7–11–3–1
23 	T	November 27, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	7–11–4–1
24 	L	November 28, 2002	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	7–12–4–1
25 	W	November 30, 2002	3–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	8–12–4–1
26 	L	December 3, 2002 	2–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	8–12–4–2
27 	L	December 5, 2002 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	8–13–4–2
28 	L	December 7, 2002 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 	8–14–4–2
29 	T	December 9, 2002 	3–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	8–14–5–2
30 	W	December 11, 2002	4–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 	9–14–5–2
31 	L	December 13, 2002	3–4 	Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	9–15–5–2
32 	W	December 15, 2002	2–1 	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	10–15–5–2
33 	W	December 17, 2002	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	11–15–5–2
34 	T	December 20, 2002	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	11–15–6–2
35 	L	December 22, 2002	0–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	11–16–6–2
36 	L	December 26, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	11–16–6–3
37 	W	December 28, 2002	4–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 	12–16–6–3
38 	W	December 30, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	13–16–6–3
39 	W	January 1, 2003 	2–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03) 	14–16–6–3
40 	W	January 3, 2003 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	15–16–6–3
41 	L	January 4, 2003 	0–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	15–17–6–3
42 	T	January 8, 2003 	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	15–17–7–3
43 	L	January 10, 2003 	1–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	15–18–7–3
44 	L	January 11, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	15–18–7–4
45 	L	January 14, 2003 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	15–19–7–4
46 	L	January 18, 2003 	0–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 	15–20–7–4
47 	W	January 20, 2003 	3–1 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	16–20–7–4
48 	W	January 23, 2003 	7–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	17–20–7–4
49 	W	January 24, 2003 	5–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	18–20–7–4
50 	L	January 26, 2003 	0–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	18–21–7–4
51 	W	January 28, 2003 	4–3 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	19–21–7–4
52 	L	February 5, 2003 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	19–22–7–4
53 	L	February 7, 2003 	2–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	19–23–7–4
54 	L	February 8, 2003 	1–3 	Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	19–24–7–4
55 	L	February 12, 2003	0–3 	New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 	19–25–7–4
56 	W	February 14, 2003	3–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 	20–25–7–4
57 	W	February 15, 2003	5–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	21–25–7–4
58 	W	February 18, 2003	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 	22–25–7–4
59 	W	February 20, 2003	2–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	23–25–7–4
60 	T	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 	23–25–8–4
61 	L	February 23, 2003	2–4 	Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	23–26–8–4
62 	W	February 26, 2003	4–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 	24–26–8–4
63 	W	February 28, 2003	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	25–26–8–4
64 	L	March 2, 2003 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	25–27–8–4
65 	W	March 4, 2003 	4–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 	26–27–8–4
66 	L	March 6, 2003 	3–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 	26–28–8–4
67 	W	March 8, 2003 	6–4 	San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	27–28–8–4
68 	T	March 10, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	27–28–9–4
69 	L	March 12, 2003 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 	27–29–9–4
70 	L	March 14, 2003 	0–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 	27–30–9–4
71 	W	March 15, 2003 	4–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 	28–30–9–4
72 	W	March 18, 2003 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (2002–03) 	29–30–9–4
73 	W	March 20, 2003 	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	30–30–9–4
74 	L	March 22, 2003 	0–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 	30–31–9–4
75 	L	March 24, 2003 	0–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 	30–32–9–4
76 	L	March 26, 2003 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 	30–33–9–4
77 	L	March 27, 2003 	1–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	30–34–9–4
78 	L	March 29, 2003 	1–6 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 	30–35–9–4
79 	L	March 31, 2003 	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 	30–35–9–5
80 	T	April 2, 2003 	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 	30–35–10–5
81 	W	April 4, 2003 	1–0 	Nashville Predators (2002–03) 	31–35–10–5
82 	T	April 6, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 	31–35–11–5
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	82	23	40	63 	47 	9 	8 	0 	3
 	RW 	82	21	37	58 	86 	3 	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	22	35	57 	92 	17 	8 	0 	6
 	C 	82	20	32	52 	56 	20 	4 	2 	2
 	C 	68	17	29	46 	50 	-21	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	59	13	23	36 	26 	-12	6 	0 	3
 	D 	78	6 	24	30 	30 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	79	12	15	27 	63 	-2 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	73	10	15	25 	78 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	64	4 	16	20 	36 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	10	8 	18 	30 	1 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	51	7 	10	17 	20 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	6 	10	16 	22 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	36	6 	8 	14 	30 	-3 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	31	6 	8 	14 	26 	1 	0 	0 	3
 	RW 	79	3 	9 	12 	109	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	66	2 	7 	9 	135	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	2 	7 	9 	82 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	1 	8 	9 	18 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	3 	4 	7 	32 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	3 	4 	7 	10 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	3 	1 	4 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	4 	0 	4 	4 	8 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	59	3 	0 	3 	135	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	2 	3 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	28 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	0 	1 	1 	21 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	0 	1 	1 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	0 	0 	0 	82 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2544	45	15	20	8 	128	3.02	0 	1210	1082	.894
 	1248	22	12	6 	2 	44 	2.12	2 	632 	588 	.930
 	884 	16	4 	9 	1 	32 	2.17	1 	471 	439 	.932
 	175 	4 	0 	3 	0 	11 	3.77	0 	88 	77 	.875
 	119 	2 	0 	2 	0 	6 	3.03	0 	48 	42 	.875
Team: 	4970	82	31	40	11 	221	2.67	3 	2449	2228	.910
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==
===Trades===
December 19, 2002	To Philadelphia FlyersFuture Considerations 	To Phoenix CoyotesPaul Ranheim
December 31, 2002	To Carolina HurricanesPatrick Desrochers 	To Phoenix CoyotesJean-Marc Pelletier Future Considerations
January 16, 2003 	To Dallas StarsClaude Lemieux 	To Phoenix CoyotesScott Pellerin 4th round pick in 2004 - Kevin Porter
March 8, 2003 	To Florida PanthersDarcy Hordichuk 2nd round pick in 2003 - Matt Smaby	To Phoenix CoyotesBrad Ference
March 10, 2003 	To Buffalo SabresDaniel Briere 3rd round pick in 2004 - Andrej Sekera 	To Phoenix CoyotesChris Gratton 4th round pick in 2004 - Liam Reddox
March 10, 2003 	To Philadelphia FlyersTony Amonte 	To Phoenix CoyotesGuillaume Lefebvre 3rd round pick in 2003 - Tyler Redenbach 2nd round pick in 2004 - Brandon Dubinsky
March 11, 2003 	To Vancouver CanucksBrad May 	To Phoenix Coyotes3rd round pick in 2003 - Dimitri Pestunov
March 11, 2003 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRamzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre 	To Phoenix CoyotesJan Hrdina Francois Leroux
May 31, 2003 	To Boston Bruins5th round pick in 2004 - Kris Versteeg 	To Phoenix CoyotesDarren McLachlan
June 21, 2003 	To Carolina HurricanesDanny Markov 4th round pick in 2004 - Billy Ryan	To Phoenix CoyotesDavid Tanabe Igor Knyazev
June 21, 2003 	To St. Louis Blues5th round pick in 2003 - Lee Stempniak 	To Phoenix CoyotesTyson Nash
June 22, 2003 	To Dallas Stars8th round pick in 2004 - Martin Houle 	To Phoenix Coyotes9th round pick in 2003 - Loic Burkhalter
===Free agents===
{| cellspacing="10"
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Player 	Former Team
Kelly Buchberger	Los Angeles Kings
Tony Amonte 	Chicago Blackhawks
Deron Quint 	Columbus Blue Jackets
Frank Banham 	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
Jason Bonsignore	Springfield Falcons (AHL)
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	New Team
Denis Pederson	Nashville Predators
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2002–03 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Phoenix Coyotes season, 2002–03
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