2002–03 Washington Capitals season

2002–03 Washington Capitals
Division 2nd Southeast
Conference 6th Eastern
2002–03 record 39–29–8
Goals for 224
Goals against 220
Team information
General Manager George McPhee
Coach Bruce Cassidy
Captain Steve Konowalchuk
Team leaders
<2001–02 2003–04>

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.[1]

On January 11, 2003, the Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2.[2] Jaromir Jagr had seven points in the game (three goals, four assists). It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a game since March 30, 2002, when the San Jose Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home by a score of 10–2.[3] Furthermore, it was the first time that the Capitals had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[4]

Final standings

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
13Tampa Bay Lightning 82 36 25 16 5 219 210 93
26Washington Capitals 82 39 29 8 6 224 220 92
311Atlanta Thrashers 82 31 39 7 5 226 284 74
413Florida Panthers 82 24 36 13 9 176 237 70
515Carolina Hurricanes 82 22 43 11 6 171 240 61

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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.

Eastern Conference[6]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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
8.5
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

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 11, 20025–4 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 1–0–0–0
2WOctober 12, 20022–1 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 2–0–0–0
3WOctober 17, 20022–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 3–0–0–0
4LOctober 19, 20021–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 3–1–0–0
5LOctober 20, 20022–5 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 3–2–0–0
6WOctober 23, 20022–1 @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 4–2–0–0
7LOctober 25, 20022–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 4–3–0–0
8TOctober 26, 20021–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 4–3–1–0
9LOctober 28, 20022–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 4–4–1–0
10LOctober 30, 20022–7 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 4–5–1–0
11WNovember 1, 20023–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 5–5–1–0
12LNovember 2, 20021–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 5–6–1–0
13WNovember 5, 20024–3 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 6–6–1–0
14WNovember 7, 20022–1 OT Florida Panthers (2002–03) 7–6–1–0
15WNovember 9, 20024–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 8–6–1–0
16LNovember 13, 20021–6 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 8–7–1–0
17TNovember 15, 20022–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 8–7–2–0
18LNovember 16, 20020–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 8–8–2–0
19LNovember 19, 20022–3 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 8–9–2–0
20LNovember 21, 20023–4 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 8–10–2–0
21WNovember 23, 20026–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 9–10–2–0
22LNovember 26, 20024–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 9–11–2–0
23WNovember 27, 20024–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 10–11–2–0
24LNovember 29, 20022–6 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 10–12–2–0
25LDecember 1, 20024–5 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 10–13–2–0
26WDecember 3, 20024–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 11–13–2–0
27WDecember 6, 20027–6 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 12–13–2–0
28LDecember 7, 20023–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 12–14–2–0
29LDecember 11, 20020–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 12–15–2–0
30WDecember 13, 20024–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 13–15–2–0
31LDecember 14, 20020–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 13–16–2–0
32TDecember 16, 20022–2 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 13–16–3–0
33WDecember 19, 20025–3 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 14–16–3–0
34WDecember 21, 20023–1 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 15–16–3–0
35WDecember 23, 20023–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 16–16–3–0
36WDecember 27, 20023–2 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 17–16–3–0
37LDecember 28, 20021–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 17–16–3–1
38WDecember 30, 20024–3 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 18–16–3–1
39LJanuary 1, 20031–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 18–16–3–2
40TJanuary 3, 20032–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 18–16–4–2
41TJanuary 4, 20032–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2002–03) 18–16–5–2
42WJanuary 10, 20034–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 19–16–5–2
43WJanuary 11, 200312–2 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 20–16–5–2
44WJanuary 13, 20034–3 OT New York Islanders (2002–03) 21–16–5–2
45LJanuary 15, 20031–2 OT New York Rangers (2002–03) 21–16–5–3
46LJanuary 17, 20031–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 21–17–5–3
47LJanuary 18, 20032–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 21–18–5–3
48TJanuary 20, 20033–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 21–18–6–3
49WJanuary 22, 20035–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 22–18–6–3
50TJanuary 25, 20031–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 22–18–7–3
51WJanuary 26, 20037–2 New York Rangers (2002–03) 23–18–7–3
52LJanuary 28, 20033–5 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 23–19–7–3
53WJanuary 30, 20032–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 24–19–7–3
54WFebruary 4, 20035–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 25–19–7–3
55LFebruary 5, 20031–4 New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 25–20–7–3
56WFebruary 7, 20033–0 New York Islanders (2002–03) 26–20–7–3
57LFebruary 9, 20030–2 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 26–21–7–3
58WFebruary 12, 20035–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 27–21–7–3
59LFebruary 14, 20031–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 27–22–7–3
60WFebruary 15, 20032–1 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 28–22–7–3
61LFebruary 17, 20031–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 28–23–7–3
62LFebruary 20, 20032–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 28–24–7–3
63LFebruary 22, 20031–5 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 28–25–7–3
64WFebruary 24, 20034–1 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 29–25–7–3
65WFebruary 26, 20033–2 Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 30–25–7–3
66LMarch 1, 20031–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 30–25–7–4
67WMarch 2, 20032–0 Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 31–25–7–4
68WMarch 4, 20032–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 32–25–7–4
69TMarch 6, 20034–4 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 32–25–8–4
70LMarch 8, 20034–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 32–25–8–5
71WMarch 10, 20032–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 33–25–8–5
72LMarch 14, 20031–3 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 33–26–8–5
73WMarch 16, 20032–1 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 34–26–8–5
74WMarch 20, 20034–1 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 35–26–8–5
75LMarch 22, 20033–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 35–27–8–5
76LMarch 23, 20030–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) 35–28–8–5
77WMarch 25, 20034–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 36–28–8–5
78WMarch 28, 20033–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 37–28–8–5
79LMarch 29, 20033–4 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 37–28–8–6
80WApril 1, 20033–0 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 38–28–8–6
81LApril 3, 20031–5 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 38–29–8–6
82WApril 5, 20035–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 39–29–8–6

Playoffs

(3) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (6) Washington Capitals

Tampa Bay won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr RW 75 36 41 77 3851329
Lang, RobertRobert Lang C 82 22 47 69 22121002
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 82 18 49 67 5213702
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 76 30 26 56 52-3924
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander C 71 17 39 56 363702
Miller, KipKip Miller C 72 12 38 50 18-1304
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus C 63 13 22 35 4315200
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern C 82 13 21 34 886122
Grier, MikeMike Grier RW 82 15 17 32 36-14222
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 77 15 15 30 713203
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik RW 47 8 10 18 246002
Klee, KenKen Klee D 70 1 16 17 8922000
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 82 3 12 15 229100
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby C 72 2 9 11 937000
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt D 69 2 9 11 10612000
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin LW 9 5 4 9 410002
Doig, JasonJason Doig D 55 3 5 8 108-3001
Metropolit, GlenGlen Metropolit C 23 2 3 5 64001
Salomonsson, AndreasAndreas Salomonsson RW 32 1 4 5 14-1000
Berry, RickRick Berry D 43 2 1 3 87-3001
Green, JoshJosh Green LW 21 1 2 3 71000
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski D 34 0 3 3 121000
Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield C 14 1 1 2 61001
Eminger, SteveSteve Eminger D 17 0 2 2 24-3000
Simon, ChrisChris Simon LW 10 0 2 2 23-3000
Boumedienne, JosefJosef Boumedienne D 6 1 0 1 0-1001
Peat, StephenStephen Peat RW 27 1 0 1 57-3000
Fortin, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Fortin D 33 0 1 1 22-3000
Billington, CraigCraig Billington G 5 0 0 0 00000
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier G 17 0 0 0 00000
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote D 1 0 0 0 40000
Farrell, MikeMike Farrell RW 4 0 0 0 21000
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes C 5 0 0 0 0-2000
Henry, AlexAlex Henry D 38 0 0 0 80-4000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 66 0 0 0 00000
Pettinger, MattMatt Pettinger LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 3894 66 33 25 6 156 2.40 419251769.919
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier 859 17 5 7 1 40 2.79 0426386.906
Billington, CraigCraig Billington 217 5 1 3 1 17 4.70 09679.823
Team: 4970 82 39 35 8 213 2.57 424472234.913

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr RW 6 2 5 7 2100
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 6 4 2 6 8200
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander C 6 3 2 5 8101
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 6 0 5 5 4000
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus C 6 2 2 4 4100
Lang, RobertRobert Lang C 6 2 1 3 2001
Grier, MikeMike Grier RW 6 1 1 2 2000
Miller, KipKip Miller C 5 0 2 2 2000
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt D 6 1 0 1 0000
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin LW 6 0 1 1 0000
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik RW 2 0 1 1 6000
Doig, JasonJason Doig D 6 0 1 1 6000
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern C 6 0 1 1 2000
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 6 0 1 1 0000
Klee, KenKen Klee D 6 0 0 0 6000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 6 0 0 0 4000
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 6 0 0 0 6000
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski D 6 0 0 0 2000
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby C 5 0 0 0 10000
Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield C 6 0 0 0 10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 404 6 2 4 14 2.08 1192178.927
Team: 404 6 2 4 14 2.08 1192178.927

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

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