2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2002–03 record	36–25–16–5
Home record	23–9–7–3
Road record	14–15–9–2
Goals for	219
Goals against	210
Team information
General Manager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis (33)
Assists	Brad Richards and Vaclav Prospal (57)
Points	Vaclav Prospal (79)
Penalties in minutes	Andre Roy (119)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (30)
Goals against average	John Grahame (2.23)
<2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 11th National Hockey League season in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Lightning made it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 12, 2002	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	2–0–0–0
3	W	October 18, 2002	8–5	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	3–0–0–0
4	T	October 19, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	3–0–1–0
5	W	October 21, 2002	4–2	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	4–0–1–0
6	T	October 23, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	4–0–2–0
7	W	October 25, 2002	3–2	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	5–0–2–0
8	L	October 26, 2002	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	5–1–2–0
9	W	October 28, 2002	6–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	6–1–2–0
10	W	October 30, 2002	3–0	New York Rangers (2002–03)	7–1–2–0
11	L	November 1, 2002	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	7–2–2–0
12	L	November 2, 2002	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	7–3–2–0
13	L	November 5, 2002	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	7–4–2–0
14	W	November 8, 2002	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	8–4–2–0
15	L	November 9, 2002	2–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	8–4–2–1
16	W	November 11, 2002	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	9–4–2–1
17	W	November 15, 2002	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	10–4–2–1
18	W	November 17, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	11–4–2–1
19	L	November 19, 2002	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	11–5–2–1
20	L	November 21, 2002	2–7	New York Islanders (2002–03)	11–6–2–1
21	W	November 23, 2002	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	12–6–2–1
22	T	November 27, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	12–6–3–1
23	L	November 29, 2002	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	12–7–3–1
24	L	December 1, 2002	3–4	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	12–8–3–1
25	L	December 3, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	12–8–3–2
26	W	December 5, 2002	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	13–8–3–2
27	L	December 7, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	13–8–3–3
28	L	December 8, 2002	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	13–9–3–3
29	L	December 10, 2002	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	13–10–3–3
30	W	December 12, 2002	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	14–10–3–3
31	W	December 14, 2002	4–3	New York Islanders (2002–03)	15–10–3–3
32	T	December 18, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	15–10–4–3
33	L	December 19, 2002	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	15–11–4–3
34	T	December 21, 2002	2–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–11–5–3
35	L	December 23, 2002	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	15–12–5–3
36	W	December 27, 2002	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	16–12–5–3
37	W	December 29, 2002	5–3	New York Rangers (2002–03)	17–12–5–3
38	L	December 31, 2002	3–6	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	17–13–5–3
39	L	January 2, 2003	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	17–14–5–3
40	L	January 4, 2003	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	17–15–5–3
41	W	January 7, 2003	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	18–15–5–3
42	L	January 9, 2003	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	18–15–5–4
43	T	January 11, 2003	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	18–15–6–4
44	L	January 14, 2003	0–7	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	18–16–6–4
45	L	January 17, 2003	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	18–17–6–4
46	L	January 18, 2003	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	18–18–6–4
47	W	January 20, 2003	6–2	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	19–18–6–4
48	T	January 22, 2003	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	19–18–7–4
49	W	January 24, 2003	4–1	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	20–18–7–4
50	L	January 25, 2003	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	20–19–7–4
51	W	January 28, 2003	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	21–19–7–4
52	W	January 30, 2003	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	22–19–7–4
53	L	February 4, 2003	1–5	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	22–20–7–4
54	L	February 6, 2003	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	22–20–7–5
55	T	February 8, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	22–20–8–5
56	L	February 11, 2003	2–6	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	22–21–8–5
57	T	February 14, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	22–21–9–5
58	W	February 15, 2003	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	23–21–9–5
59	W	February 17, 2003	3–1	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	24–21–9–5
60	W	February 19, 2003	2–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	25–21–9–5
61	T	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	25–21–10–5
62	L	February 23, 2003	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	25–22–10–5
63	W	February 25, 2003	2–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	26–22–10–5
64	W	February 27, 2003	3–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	27–22–10–5
65	W	March 1, 2003	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	28–22–10–5
66	W	March 4, 2003	3–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	29–22–10–5
67	L	March 5, 2003	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	29–23–10–5
68	W	March 7, 2003	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	30–23–10–5
69	T	March 9, 2003	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	30–23–11–5
70	W	March 12, 2003	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	31–23–11–5
71	W	March 14, 2003	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	32–23–11–5
72	W	March 15, 2003	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	33–23–11–5
73	T	March 17, 2003	3–3 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	33–23–12–5
74	T	March 20, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	33–23–13–5
75	W	March 22, 2003	4–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	34–23–13–5
76	W	March 24, 2003	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	35–23–13–5
77	T	March 27, 2003	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	35–23–14–5
78	T	March 29, 2003	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	35–23–15–5
79	T	March 31, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	35–23–16–5
80	W	April 2, 2003	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	36–23–16–5
81	L	April 4, 2003	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	36–24–16–5
82	L	April 6, 2003	2–6	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	36–25–16–5

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals vs. Washington Capitals

Tampa Bay vs. Washington
Date	Away	Home	Score	OT
April 10	Washington	Tampa Bay	3 – 0
April 12	Washington	Tampa Bay	6 – 3
April 15	Tampa Bay	Washington	4 – 3	OT
April 16	Tampa Bay	Washington	3 – 1
April 18	Washington	Tampa Bay	2 – 1
April 20	Tampa Bay	Washington	2 – 1	3OT
Tampa Bay wins series 4–2

Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs. New Jersey Devils

New Jersey vs. Tampa Bay
Date	Away	Home	Score	OT
April 24	Tampa Bay	New Jersey	3 – 0
April 26	Tampa Bay	New Jersey	3 – 2	OT
April 28	New Jersey	Tampa Bay	4 – 3
April 30	New Jersey	Tampa Bay	3 – 1
May 2	Tampa Bay	New Jersey	2 – 1	3OT
New Jersey wins series 4–1

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal	C	80	22	57	79	53	9	9	0	4
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier	C	80	33	45	78	39	0	11	2	3
Richards, BradBrad Richards	C	80	17	57	74	24	3	4	0	2
St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis	RW	82	33	37	70	32	10	12	3	5
Boyle, DanDan Boyle	D	77	13	40	53	44	9	8	0	1
Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin	LW	76	17	23	40	43	7	2	1	4
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	72	20	14	34	34	-12	15	0	3
Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko	LW	76	19	13	32	44	-7	6	0	6
Kubina, PavelPavel Kubina	D	75	3	19	22	78	-7	0	0	0
Clymer, BenBen Clymer	RW	65	6	12	18	57	-2	1	0	1
Roy, AndreAndre Roy	RW	62	10	7	17	119	0	0	0	2
Lukowich, BradBrad Lukowich	D	70	1	14	15	46	4	0	0	0
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich	D	82	5	9	14	63	-3	0	0	2
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	82	4	8	12	38	-13	0	0	1
Svitov, AlexanderAlexander Svitov	C	63	4	4	8	58	-4	1	0	0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt	D	67	1	7	8	35	-6	0	0	0
Keefe, SheldonSheldon Keefe	RW	37	2	5	7	24	-1	0	0	0
Alexeev, NikitaNikita Alexeev	RW	37	4	2	6	8	-6	1	0	1
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	70	1	4	5	43	-6	0	0	1
Cullimore, JassenJassen Cullimore	D	28	1	3	4	31	3	0	0	0
Dingman, ChrisChris Dingman	LW	51	2	1	3	91	-11	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	65	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0
Olvestad, JimmieJimmie Olvestad	LW	37	0	3	3	16	-2	0	0	0
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen	D	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	17	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Konstantinov, EvgenyEvgeny Konstantinov	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rumble, DarrenDarren Rumble	D	19	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	3787	65	30	22	11	156	2.47	4	1760	1604	.911
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	914	17	6	5	4	34	2.23	2	424	390	.920
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	283	7	0	3	1	12	2.54	0	101	89	.881
Konstantinov, EvgenyEvgeny Konstantinov	20	1	0	0	0	1	3.00	0	6	5	.833
Team:	5004	82	36	30	16	203	2.43	6	2291	2088	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis	RW	11	7	5	12	0	5	1	2	3
Boyle, DanDan Boyle	D	11	0	7	7	6	0	0	0	0
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal	C	11	4	2	6	8	-3	2	0	0
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	11	3	3	6	10	-1	1	0	1
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier	C	11	3	3	6	22	-2	1	0	1
Richards, BradBrad Richards	C	11	0	5	5	12	-3	0	0	0
Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin	LW	11	2	0	2	18	2	0	0	0
Cullimore, JassenJassen Cullimore	D	11	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Clymer, BenBen Clymer	RW	11	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich	D	11	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
Alexeev, NikitaNikita Alexeev	RW	11	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Dingman, ChrisChris Dingman	LW	10	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko	LW	11	0	1	1	2	-6	0	0	0
Lukowich, BradBrad Lukowich	D	9	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt	D	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Roy, AndreAndre Roy	RW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	11	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kubina, PavelPavel Kubina	D	11	0	0	0	12	-4	0	0	0
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen	D	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Svitov, AlexanderAlexander Svitov	C	7	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	644	10	5	5	26	2.42	0	299	273	.913
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	111	1	0	1	2	1.08	0	48	46	.958
Team:	755	11	5	6	28	2.23	0	347	319	.919

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;

Draft picks

See also: 2002 NHL Entry Draft

Tampa's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada..

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	60	Adam Henrich	Wing	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)

Roster

2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster

Goaltenders: 1 Konstantinov  30 Hodson  35 Khabibulin  47 Grahame  Defensemen 2 Neckar • 3 Bergevin • 5 Cullimore • 7 Clymer • 13 Kubina • 21 Sarich • 22 Boyle • 23 Laukkanen • 37 Lukowich • 38 Rumble • 44 Pratt  Forwards 4 Lecavalier • 9 Holzinger • 11 Dingman • 15 Alexeev • 16 Svitov • 17 Fedotenko • 18 Olvestad • 19 Richards • 20 Prospal • 25 Andreychuk • 26 St. Louis • 27 Taylor • 28 Keefe • 33 Modin • 36 Roy  General Manager: Jay Feaster •  Coach: John Tortorella

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season