2002–03 New Jersey Devils season

2002–03 New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2002–03 record	46–20–10–6
Home record	25–11–3–2
Road record	21–9–7–4
Goals for	216
Goals against	166
Team information
General Manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Patrik Elias Scott Niedermayer
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Average attendance	14,858
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Elias (28)
Assists	Scott Gomez (42)
Points	Patrik Elias (57)
Penalties in minutes	Turner Stevenson (115)
Plus/minus	Jeff Friesen Scott Niedermayer (+23)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (41)
Goals against average	Corey Schwab (1.47)
<2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 21st season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. After claiming Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference titles, the Devils won their third Stanley Cup championship in a seven game series against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Eastern Conference

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

Z- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 2002	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 12, 2002	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	2–0–0–0
3	W	October 18, 2002	3–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	3–0–0–0
4	L	October 19, 2002	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	3–1–0–0
5	W	October 23, 2002	2–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	4–1–0–0
6	W	October 25, 2002	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	5–1–0–0
7	W	October 26, 2002	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	6–1–0–0
8	L	October 29, 2002	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	6–2–0–0
9	W	November 2, 2002	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	7–2–0–0
10	L	November 5, 2002	2–3	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	7–3–0–0
11	W	November 7, 2002	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–3–0–0
12	L	November 9, 2002	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	8–4–0–0
13	W	November 12, 2002	3–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	9–4–0–0
14	W	November 15, 2002	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	10–4–0–0
15	L	November 16, 2002	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	10–5–0–0
16	W	November 19, 2002	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	11–5–0–0
17	T	November 21, 2002	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	11–5–1–0
18	L	November 23, 2002	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	11–6–1–0
19	L	November 27, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	11–6–1–1
20	W	November 29, 2002	2–1	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	12–6–1–1
21	W	November 30, 2002	5–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	13–6–1–1
22	W	December 2, 2002	1–0 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	14–6–1–1
23	L	December 4, 2002	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	14–6–1–2
24	W	December 6, 2002	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	15–6–1–2
25	L	December 7, 2002	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	15–7–1–2
26	W	December 10, 2002	2–0	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	16–7–1–2
27	L	December 12, 2002	2–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	16–8–1–2
28	L	December 14, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	16–8–1–3
29	L	December 18, 2002	0–3	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	16–9–1–3
30	W	December 19, 2002	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	17–9–1–3
31	W	December 21, 2002	5–3	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	18–9–1–3
32	T	December 23, 2002	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	18–9–2–3
33	L	December 27, 2002	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	18–10–2–3
34	W	December 28, 2002	2–1 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	19–10–2–3
35	W	December 30, 2002	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	20–10–2–3
36	L	January 1, 2003	1–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	20–11–2–3
37	W	January 3, 2003	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	21–11–2–3
38	L	January 4, 2003	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	21–12–2–3
39	W	January 7, 2003	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	22–12–2–3
40	W	January 10, 2003	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	23–12–2–3
41	T	January 11, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	23–12–3–3
42	W	January 13, 2003	6–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	24–12–3–3
43	W	January 15, 2003	5–0	New York Islanders (2002–03)	25–12–3–3
44	W	January 17, 2003	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	26–12–3–3
45	W	January 18, 2003	5–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	27–12–3–3
46	W	January 22, 2003	5–4 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	28–12–3–3
47	W	January 24, 2003	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	29–12–3–3
48	L	January 25, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	29–12–3–4
49	W	January 28, 2003	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	30–12–3–4
50	W	January 30, 2003	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	31–12–3–4
51	W	February 4, 2003	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	32–12–3–4
52	W	February 5, 2003	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	33–12–3–4
53	L	February 7, 2003	2–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	33–13–3–4
54	W	February 9, 2003	3–2	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	34–13–3–4
55	L	February 11, 2003	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	34–14–3–4
56	W	February 12, 2003	3–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	35–14–3–4
57	L	February 15, 2003	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	35–15–3–4
58	T	February 18, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	35–15–4–4
59	L	February 19, 2003	3–5	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	35–16–4–4
60	W	February 21, 2003	3–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	36–16–4–4
61	W	February 23, 2003	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	37–16–4–4
62	T	February 25, 2003	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	37–16–5–4
63	T	February 27, 2003	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	37–16–6–4
64	W	March 1, 2003	2–1 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	38–16–6–4
65	L	March 4, 2003	2–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	38–17–6–4
66	L	March 5, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	38–17–6–5
67	W	March 8, 2003	4–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	39–17–6–5
68	L	March 11, 2003	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	39–18–6–5
69	L	March 13, 2003	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	39–19–6–5
70	W	March 15, 2003	3–1	New York Rangers (2002–03)	40–19–6–5
71	L	March 17, 2003	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	40–20–6–5
72	W	March 18, 2003	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	41–20–6–5
73	W	March 21, 2003	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	42–20–6–5
74	W	March 22, 2003	4–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	43–20–6–5
75	W	March 24, 2003	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	44–20–6–5
76	T	March 27, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	44–20–7–5
77	T	March 28, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	44–20–8–5
78	W	March 30, 2003	6–0	New York Islanders (2002–03)	45–20–8–5
79	L	April 1, 2003	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	45–20–8–6
80	T	April 3, 2003	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	45–20–9–6
81	W	April 4, 2003	2–1	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	46–20–9–6
82	T	April 6, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	46–20–10–6

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias	LW	81	28	29	57	22	17	6	0	4
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	78	22	33	55	65	17	5	1	5
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	C	80	13	42	55	48	17	2	0	4
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	81	23	28	51	26	23	3	0	4
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	80	17	28	45	56	10	3	0	4
Madden, JohnJohn Madden	C	80	19	22	41	26	13	2	2	3
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	D	79	3	37	40	14	18	2	0	0
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	81	11	28	39	62	23	3	0	3
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta	RW	58	12	13	25	23	5	2	0	3
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	77	7	13	20	115	7	0	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	81	4	16	20	41	18	0	0	2
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin	LW	52	11	8	19	16	-2	3	1	1
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo	LW	68	6	11	17	23	12	0	1	4
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	50	5	8	13	22	2	2	0	1
White, ColinColin White	D	72	5	8	13	98	19	0	0	1
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	76	4	8	12	88	3	0	0	2
Bicek, JiriJiri Bicek	RW	44	5	6	11	25	7	1	0	1
Berglund, ChristianChristian Berglund	LW	38	4	5	9	20	3	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	69	2	7	9	33	6	0	0	0
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp	C	26	5	3	8	21	0	2	0	3
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	37	1	6	7	6	10	0	1	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	21	4	1	5	8	3	0	1	1
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	10	1	3	4	7	-3	0	0	0
Danton, MikeMike Danton	C	17	2	0	2	35	0	0	0	0
Guolla, SteveSteve Guolla	C	12	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	12	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Darby, CraigCraig Darby	C	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Giroux, RaymondRaymond Giroux	D	11	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin	D	1	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	73	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	4374	73	41	23	9	147	2.02	9	1706	1559	.914
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	614	11	5	3	1	15	1.47	1	223	208	.933
Team:	4988	82	46	26	10	162	1.95	10	1929	1767	.916

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	24	11	7	18	16	1	0	4
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	24	2	16	18	16	1	0	0
Madden, JohnJohn Madden	C	24	6	10	16	2	2	1	1
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	24	10	4	14	6	1	0	4
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias	LW	24	5	8	13	26	2	0	2
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo	LW	24	6	6	12	2	0	0	1
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	C	24	3	9	12	2	0	0	0
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	D	23	2	9	11	8	2	0	0
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	17	3	6	9	4	1	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	24	3	6	9	14	1	0	1
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta	RW	24	1	8	9	6	0	0	0
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	24	6	2	8	8	2	0	1
White, ColinColin White	D	24	0	5	5	29	0	0	0
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin	LW	19	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp	C	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	1
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	24	1	2	3	13	0	0	0
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	15	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	14	1	1	2	26	0	0	0
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	16	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	24	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Bicek, JiriJiri Bicek	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	13	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	1491	24	16	8	41	1.65	7	622	581	.934
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	28	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	8	8	1.000
Team:	1519	24	16	8	41	1.62	7	630	589	.935

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;

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	20	No first-round pick
2	51	Anton Kadeykin	Russia	D	Elemash Elektrostal (Vysshaya Liga)
2	53	Barry Tallackson	United States	RW	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3	64	Jason Ryznar	United States	LW	University of Michigan (CCHA)
3	84	Marek Chvatal	Czech Republic	D	HC Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga)
3	85	Ahren Nittel	Canada	LW	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	117	Cam Janssen	United States	RW	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5	154	Krisjanis Redlihs	Latvia	D	HK Liepājas Metalurgs (Latvian Hockey League)
6	187	Eric Johansson	Canada	C	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
7	218	Ilkka Pikkarainen	Finland	RW	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
8	250	Dan Glover	Canada	D	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
9	281	Bill Kinkel	United States	LW	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

Roster

2002-03 New Jersey Devils
Goaltenders 30 Martin Brodeur  35 Corey Schwab		Defensemen 2 Richard Smehlik  3 Ken Daneyko  4 Scott Stevens  - C 5 Colin White  6 Tommy Albelin  7 Raymond Giroux  7 Andrei Zyuzin  10 Oleg Tverdovsky  27 Scott Niedermayer  28 Brian Rafalski		Wingers 8 Steve Guolla  9 Jiri Bicek  12 Jeff Friesen  14 Brian Gionta  15 Jamie Langenbrunner  17 Christian Berglund  18 Sergei Brylin  19 Jim McKenzie  20 Jay Pandolfo  24 Turner Stevenson  26 Patrik Elias  29 Grant Marshall		Centers 9 Craig Darby  11 John Madden  16 Mike Rupp  21 Pascal Rheaume  22 Mike Danton  23 Scott Gomez  25 Joe Nieuwendyk  GM: Lou Lamoriello Coach: Pat Burns

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

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