2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 27–44–6–5 |
Home record | 15–22–2–2 |
Road record | 12–22–4–3 |
Goals for | 189 |
Goals against | 255 |
Team information | |
General manager | Craig Patrick |
Coach | Rick Kehoe |
Captain | Mario Lemieux |
Alternate captains | Alexei Kovalev (Oct-Feb) Martin Straka |
Arena | Mellon Arena |
Average attendance | 14,750 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mario Lemieux (28) |
Assists | Mario Lemieux (63) |
Points | Mario Lemieux (91) |
Penalty minutes | Steve McKenna (128) |
Plus/minus | Guillaume Lefebvre Mathias Johansson (+1) |
Wins | Johan Hedberg (14) |
Goals against average | Sebastien Caron (2.64) |
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The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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The Penguins were shut out an NHL-high ten times, tied with the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.[1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
2 | 4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
3 | 8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
4 | 9 | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
5 | 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
2 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
3 | Y- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
5 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
6 | X- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
7 | X- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
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9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
11 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
12 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
13 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
15 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 6–2–2–0 (home: 4–1–1–0 ; road: 2–1–1–0), 14 Points
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November: 5–4–1–3 (home: 3–2–0–1 ; road: 2–2–1–2), 14 Points
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December: 4–9–0–2 (home: 3–3–0–1 ; road: 1–6–0–1), 10 Points
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January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–0–0 ; road: 4–4–1–0), 13 Points
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February: 4–8–0–0 (home: 2–6–0–0 ; road: 2–2–0–0), 8 Points
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March: 1–13–2–0 (home: 0–7–1–0 ; road: 1–6–1–0), 4 Points
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0 ; road: 0–1–0–0), 2 Points
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Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Johan Hedberg | 41 | 39 | 2410:11 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 126 | 3.14 | 1197 | 0.895 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
Sebastien Caron | 24 | 23 | 1408:07 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 62 | 2.64 | 741 | 0.916 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 21 | 20 | 1132:16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 3.13 | 589 | 0.900 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 82 | 4950:34 | 27 | 49 | 6 | 247 | 2.99 | 2527 | 0.902 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Sebastien Caron (Goaltender) | [7] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Alexei Kovalev[a] | [10] |
Mario Lemieux[a] | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Mario Lemieux (October) | [11] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Mario Lemieux (October 21) | [12] | |
Team | A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award | Mario Lemieux | [13] |
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award | Steve McKenna | [14] | |
Leading Scorer Award | Mario Lemieux | ||
Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy | No winner | [15] | |
Most Valuable Player Award | Mario Lemieux | [16] | |
Players' Player Award | No winner | [15] | |
The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award | Johan Hedberg | [13] | |
Steve McKenna |
The Penguins were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[17]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2002 | ToNew York Rangers Krzysztof Oliwa |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations[b] |
[18] |
February 9, 2003 | ToSan Jose Sharks Conditional 5th-round pick in 2003 |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Shawn Heins |
[19] |
February 10, 2003 | ToCalgary Flames Andrew Ference |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
[20] |
February 10, 2003 | To New York Rangers Alexei Kovalev Dan LaCouture Janne Laukkanen Mike Wilson |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Bouchard Rico Fata Richard Lintner Mikael Samuelsson Cash ($3.9 million) |
[20] |
March 9, 2003 | ToNew York Islanders Randy Robitaille |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[21] |
March 11, 2003 | To San Jose Sharks Wayne Primeau |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Bradley |
[22] |
March 11, 2003 | ToPhoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre |
[23] |
March 11, 2003 | ToBoston Bruins Ian Moran |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2003 |
[24] |
March 11, 2003 | ToTampa Bay Lightning Marc Bergevin |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Holzinger |
[25] |
March 11, 2003 | To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DuPont Mattias Johansson |
[26] |
May 12, 2003 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2003 |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Marc Bergevin |
[27] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26) | Brendan Buckley | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | |
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12) | Steve McKenna | New York Rangers | Free agency | [29] | |
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15) | Vladimir Vujtek | HPK (Liiga) | Free agency | [30] | |
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16) | Francois Leroux | Berlin Capitals (DEL) | Free agency | [31] | |
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18) | Marc Bergevin | St. Louis Blues | Free agency | [32] | |
August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06) | Dick Tarnstrom | New York Islanders | Waivers | [33] | |
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04) | Alexandre Daigle | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency | [34] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[c] | Ref |
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July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01) | Robert Lang | Washington Capitals | Free agency (III) | [36] |
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09) | Martin Sonnenberg | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
Darcy Verot | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) | [37] | |
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11) | Jeff Toms | Florida Panthers | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17) | Robert Dome | Calgary Flames | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07) | Peter Ratchuk | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08) | Bert Robertsson | Ilves (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [41] |
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15) | Dylan Gyori | Roanoke Express (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05) | John Jakopin | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) | Kevin Stevens | Retirement (III) | [44] | |
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04) | Rick Berry | Washington Capitals | Waiver draft | [45] |
October 31, 2002 (2002-10-31) | Alexandre Mathieu | Lexington Men O' War (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [46] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25) | Jean-Sebastien Aubin | Re-signing | [47] | |
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26) | Mario Lemieux | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15) | Konstantin Koltsov | Entry-level | [49] | |
July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30) | Rick Berry | Re-signing | [50] | |
Ville Nieminen | Re-signing | [50] | ||
Jamie Pushor | Re-signing | [50] | ||
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31) | Andrew Ference | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01) | Shean Donovan | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
Randy Robitaille | Re-signing | [53] | ||
August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02) | Dan LaCouture | Re-signing | [54] | |
August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03) | Matt Murley | Entry-level | [55] | |
August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07) | Alexei Morozov | Re-signing | [56] | |
September 3, 2002 (2002-09-03) | Colby Armstrong | Entry-level | [57] | |
Rob Tallas | Re-signing | [58] | ||
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09) | Tom Kostopoulos | Re-signing | [59] | |
Josef Melichar | Re-signing | [60] | ||
September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11) | Michal Rozsival | Re-signing | [61] | |
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) | Matt Hussey | Entry-level | [44] | |
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30) | Drew Fata | Entry-level | [62] | |
Alexandre Rouleau | Entry-level | [62] |
Name | Date | Notes |
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Herb Brooks | August 16, 2002 | Hired as director of player development |
Rick Kehoe | April 15, 2003 | Fired as head coach |
Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.[63]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Ryan Whitney | Defense | ![]() |
Boston University (Hockey East) |
2 | 35 | Ondrej Nemec | Defense | ![]() |
HC Vsetín (Czech Republic) |
3 | 69 | Erik Christensen | Center | ![]() |
Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
4 | 101 | Daniel Fernholm | Defense | ![]() |
Djurgårdens IF (Sweden) |
5 | 136[a] | Andy Sertich | Left wing | ![]() |
Greenway High School (USHS-MN) |
5 | 137[b] | Cam Paddock | Center | ![]() |
Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
6 | 171 | Robert Goepfert | Goaltender | ![]() |
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) |
7 | 202 | Patrik Bartschi | Forward | ![]() |
Kloten Flyers (Switzerland) |
8 | 234 | Maxime Talbot | Center | ![]() |
Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
8 | 239[c] | Ryan Lannon | Defense | ![]() |
Harvard University (ECAC) |
9 | 265 | Dwight LaBrosse | Goaltender | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
Florida Panthers signed centre Jeff Toms to a two-year contract.
The Sabres also announced the signing of two defensemen - 24-year-old Buffalo native Peter Ratchuk and 27-year-old Rory Fitzpatrick.
LEXINGTON MEN O'WAR--Signed F Alex Mathieu.
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