2002–03 New York Islanders season

2002–03 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2002–03 record	35–34–11–2
Goals for	224
Goals against	231
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Michael Peca
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	14,930 (92.0%)

The 2002–03 New York Islanders season was the 31st season in the franchise's history.

Regular season

Final 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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Islanders lost in the first round to the Ottawa Senators 4-1.

Round 1: Ottawa Senators vs. New York Islanders

April 9	New York Islanders		3–0		Ottawa Senators	Corel Centre	Recap
Dave Scatchard (1) – 07:59 Alexei Yashin (1) – 11:35		First period			No scoring
Shawn Bates (1) – pp – 09:06		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Garth Snow 25 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 31 saves / 34 shots

April 12	New York Islanders		0–3		Ottawa Senators	Corel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:43 – Marian Hossa (1) 08:24 – Vaclav Varada (1)
No scoring		Second period			14:25 – pp – Marian Hossa (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Garth Snow 28 saves / 31 shots Rick DiPietro 3 saves / 3 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 16 saves / 16 shots

April 14	Ottawa Senators		3–2	2OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Todd White (1) – pp – 18:42		First period			08:14 – Alexei Yashin (2) 19:06 – pp – Randy Robitaille (1)
Chris Phillips (1) – 19:16		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Todd White (2) – 02:25		Second overtime period			No scoring
Patrick Lalime 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Garth Snow 29 saves / 32 shots

April 16	Ottawa Senators		3–1		New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Mike Fisher (1) – 00:28 Anton Volchenkov (1) – 04:12		First period			No scoring
Marian Hossa (3) – pp – 08:01		Second period			02:48 – Adrian Aucoin (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Lalime 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Garth Snow 25 saves / 28 shots

April 17	New York Islanders		1–4		Ottawa Senators	Corel Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:53 – pp – Martin Havlat (1)
Mark Parrish (1) – pp – 06:48		Second period			11:05 – Todd White (3) 18:13 – Radek Bonk (1)
No scoring		Third period			17:45 – en – Radek Bonk (2)
Garth Snow 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Lalime 31 saves / 32 shots

Ottawa won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	81	26	39	65	32	-12	14	0	7
Jason Blake	C	81	25	30	55	58	16	3	1	4
Mark Parrish	RW	81	23	25	48	28	-11	9	0	5
Dave Scatchard	C	81	27	18	45	108	9	5	0	2
Shawn Bates	C	74	13	29	42	52	-9	1	6	1
Michael Peca	C	66	13	29	42	43	-4	4	2	2
Roman Hamrlik	D	73	9	32	41	87	21	3	0	2
Adrian Aucoin	D	73	8	27	35	70	-5	5	0	1
Arron Asham	RW	78	15	19	34	57	1	4	0	1
Jason Wiemer	C	81	9	19	28	116	5	0	1	2
Oleg Kvasha	LW/C	69	12	14	26	44	4	0	1	2
Kenny Jonsson	D	71	8	18	26	24	-8	3	1	0
Brad Isbister	LW	53	10	13	23	34	-9	2	0	2
Mattias Weinhandl	RW	47	6	17	23	10	-2	1	0	0
Mattias Timander	D	80	3	13	16	24	-2	0	0	1
Radek Martinek	D	66	2	11	13	26	15	0	0	1
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	66	6	6	12	20	-3	0	0	1
Janne Niinimaa	D	13	1	5	6	14	-2	1	0	0
Eric Cairns	D	60	1	4	5	124	-7	0	0	0
Raffi Torres	LW	17	0	5	5	10	0	0	0	0
Justin Mapletoft	C	11	2	2	4	2	-1	1	0	0
Sven Butenschon	D	37	0	4	4	26	-6	0	0	0
Trent Hunter	RW	8	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0
Eric Manlow	C	8	2	1	3	4	2	1	0	0
Justin Papineau	C	5	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	1
Randy Robitaille	C	10	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	49	1	0	1	75	-5	0	0	0
Rick DiPietro	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Godard	RW	19	0	0	0	48	-3	0	0	0
Alan Letang	D	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Alain Nasreddine	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	37	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Tomi Pettinen	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	4	0	0	0	28	-1	0	0	0
Brandon Smith	D	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	43	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	1993	37	17	14	4	97	2.92	2	912	815	.894
Garth Snow	2390	43	16	17	5	92	2.31	1	1120	1028	.918
Rick DiPietro	585	10	2	5	2	29	2.97	0	273	244	.894
Team:	4968	82	35	36	11	218	2.63	3	2305	2087	.905

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	5	2	2	4	2	-1	0	0	0
Adrian Aucoin	D	5	1	2	3	4	-1	0	0	0
Randy Robitaille	C	5	1	1	2	0	-1	1	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	D	5	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Shawn Bates	C	5	1	0	1	0	-2	1	0	0
Mark Parrish	RW	5	1	0	1	4	-1	1	0	0
Dave Scatchard	C	5	1	0	1	6	-3	0	0	1
Jason Blake	C	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Eric Godard	RW	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson	D	5	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Oleg Kvasha	LW/C	5	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Janne Niinimaa	D	5	0	1	1	12	-4	0	0	0
Arron Asham	RW	5	0	0	0	16	-1	0	0	0
Eric Cairns	D	5	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0
Rick DiPietro	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Mapletoft	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Radek Martinek	D	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Justin Papineau	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Peca	C	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mattias Timander	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	5	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Jason Wiemer	C	5	0	0	0	23	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Garth Snow	305	5	1	4	12	2.36	1	134	122	.910
Rick DiPietro	15	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	3	1.000
Team:	320	5	1	4	12	2.25	1	137	125	.912

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;

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

New York'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	22	Sean Bergenheim	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
3	87	Frans Nielsen	Denmark	Malmo IF (Sweden)
5	149	Marcus Paulsson	Sweden	Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden)
6	189	Alexei Stonkus	Russia	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia)
7	220	Brad Topping	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
8	252	Martin Chabada	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
9	283	Per Braxenholm	Sweden	Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

• "2002–03 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.