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2002–03 Boston Bruins
Division3rd Northeast
Conference7th Eastern
2002–03 record36–31–11–4
Goals for245
Goals against237
Team information
General managerMike O'Connell
CoachRobbie Ftorek (Oct-Apr)
Mike O'Connell interim (Apr)
CaptainJoe Thornton
ArenaFleet Center
Average attendance15,029 (85.6%)
Team leaders
GoalsGlen Murray
AssistsJoe Thornton
PointsJoe Thornton
Penalty minutesP.J. Stock
WinsSteve Shields
Goals against averageAndrew Raycroft

The 2002–03 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins's 79th season of operation.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 1 Ottawa Senators 82 52 21 8 1 263 182 113
2 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 44 28 7 3 236 208 98
3 7 Boston Bruins 82 36 31 11 4 245 237 87
4 10 Montreal Canadiens 82 30 35 8 9 206 234 77
5 12 Buffalo Sabres 82 27 37 10 8 190 219 72

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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[2]
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

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

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Boston Bruins

April 9 Boston Bruins 1–2 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:35 – Jamie Langenbrunner (1)
No Scoring Second period 11:38 – Jamie Langenbrunner (2)
Bryan Berard (1) – 03:29 Third period No Scoring
Steve Shields 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 26 saves / 27 shots
April 11 Boston Bruins 2–4 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
Glen Murray (1) – 08:52 First period 14:17 – Jeff Friesen (1)
19:34 – ppBrian Rafalski (1)
Dan McGillis (1) – pp – 13:59 Second period No Scoring
00:15 – ppJamie Langenbrunner (3)
14:24 – Joe Nieuwendyk (1)
Third period No Scoring
Steve Shields 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 24 saves / 26 shots
April 13 New Jersey Devils 3–0 Boston Bruins FleetCenter Recap  
No Scoring First period No Scoring
Scott Stevens (1) – 01:11 Second period No Scoring
Jay Pandolfo (1) – 12:00
John Madden (1) – en – 18:54
Third period No Scoring
Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jeff Hackett 19 saves / 21 shots
April 15 New Jersey Devils 1–5 Boston Bruins FleetCenter Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:47 – ppJoe Thornton (1)
No Scoring Second period 02:24 – ppDan McGillis (2)
17:15 – Dan McGillis (3)
Scott Niedermayer (1) – 01:37 Third period 01:45 – Martin Lapointe (1)
03:37 – Marty McInnis (1)
Martin Brodeur 19 saves / 24 shots
Corey Schwab 6 saves / 6 shots
Goalie stats Jeff Hackett 24 saves / 25 shots
April 17 Boston Bruins 0–3 New Jersey Devils Continental Airlines Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 08:31 – ppJohn Madden (2)
No Scoring Second period No Scoring
No Scoring Third period 07:41 – Jamie Langenbrunner (4)
19:08 – en – Jamie Langenbrunner (5)
Jeff Hackett 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Martin Brodeur 29 saves / 29 shots
New Jersey won series 4–1


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Thornton C 77 36 65 101 109 12 12 2 4
Glen Murray RW 82 44 48 92 64 9 12 0 5
Mike Knuble RW 75 30 29 59 45 18 9 0 4
Brian Rolston C/RW 81 27 32 59 32 1 6 5 5
Jozef Stumpel C 78 14 37 51 12 0 4 0 2
Bryan Berard D 80 10 28 38 64 -4 4 0 1
P.J. Axelsson LW 66 17 19 36 24 8 2 2 1
Nick Boynton D 78 7 17 24 99 8 0 1 2
Jonathan Girard D 73 6 16 22 21 4 2 0 2
Michal Grosek LW 63 2 18 20 71 2 0 0 1
Marty McInnis RW 77 9 10 19 38 -11 0 0 1
Martin Lapointe RW 59 8 10 18 87 -19 1 0 1
Ivan Huml LW 41 6 11 17 30 3 0 0 2
Hal Gill D 76 4 13 17 56 21 0 0 0
Rob Zamuner LW 55 10 6 16 18 2 3 0 1
Sean O'Donnell D 70 1 15 16 76 8 0 0 1
Sergei Samsonov LW 8 5 6 11 2 8 1 0 3
P.J. Stock C 71 1 9 10 160 -5 1 0 0
Don Sweeney D 67 3 5 8 24 -1 0 0 0
Sean Brown D 69 1 5 6 117 -6 0 0 0
Lee Goren RW 14 2 1 3 7 -2 2 0 0
Andy Hilbert C/LW 14 0 3 3 7 -1 0 0 0
John Grahame G 23 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Zdenek Kutlak D 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kris Vernarsky C 14 1 0 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Rich Brennan D 7 0 1 1 6 3 0 0 0
Dan McGillis D 10 0 1 1 10 2 0 0 0
Ian Moran D 8 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Martin Samuelsson RW 8 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Jeff Hackett G 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Matt Herr C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jarno Kultanen D 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Shaone Morrisonn D 11 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Brantt Myhres RW 1 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0
Krzysztof Oliwa LW 33 0 0 0 110 -4 0 0 0
Andrew Raycroft G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Shields G 36 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Tim Thomas G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Steve Shields 2112 36 12 13 9 97 2.76 0 930 833 .896
John Grahame 1352 23 11 9 2 61 2.71 1 625 564 .902
Jeff Hackett 991 18 8 9 0 53 3.21 1 500 447 .894
Tim Thomas 220 4 3 1 0 11 3.00 0 118 107 .907
Andrew Raycroft 300 5 2 3 0 12 2.40 0 146 134 .918
Team: 4975 82 36 35 11 234 2.82 2 2319 2085 .899

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dan McGillis D 5 3 0 3 2 -2 2 0 1
Joe Thornton C 5 1 2 3 4 -5 1 0 0
Glen Murray RW 5 1 1 2 4 -5 0 0 0
Mike Knuble RW 5 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0
Brian Rolston C/RW 5 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Sergei Samsonov LW 5 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Jozef Stumpel C 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Berard D 3 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Martin Lapointe RW 5 1 0 1 14 -2 0 0 0
Marty McInnis RW 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Nick Boynton D 5 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Jonathan Girard D 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Ian Moran D 5 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Don Sweeney D 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
P.J. Axelsson LW 5 0 0 0 6 -2 0 0 0
Hal Gill D 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Lee Goren RW 5 0 0 0 5 -1 0 0 0
Michal Grosek LW 5 0 0 0 13 -1 0 0 0
Jeff Hackett G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Shields G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Zamuner LW 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jeff Hackett 179 3 1 2 5 1.68 0 76 71 .934
Steve Shields 119 2 0 2 6 3.03 0 58 52 .897
Team: 298 5 1 4 11 2.21 0 134 123 .918

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 29 Hannu Toivonen  Finland HPK (Finland)
2 56 Vladislav Evseev  Russia CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
4 130 Jan Kubista  Czech Republic HC Pardubice Jr. (Czech Republic)
5 153 Peter Hamerlik  Slovakia Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7 228 Dmitri Utkin  Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Jr. (Russia)
8 259 Yan Stastny  Canada University of Notre Dame (Hockey East)
9 290 Pavel Frolov  Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jrs. (Russia)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
  2. ^ "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "2002-03 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. ^ Collins Gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6