2002–03 New York Rangers season

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2002–03 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	9th Eastern
2002–03 record	32–36–10–4
Goals for	210
Goals against	231
Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Bryan Trottier Glen Sather
Captain	Mark Messier
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,148 (99.7%)
Team leaders
Goals	Petr Nedved (27)
Assists	Tom Poti (37)
Points	Petr Nedved (58)
Penalties in minutes	Dale Purinton (161)
Wins	Mike Dunham (19)
Goals against average	Mike Dunham (2.29)

<2001–02	2003–04>

The 2002–03 New York Rangers season was the 77th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers posted a 32–36–10–4 record, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division.^[1] The Rangers' ninth-place finish in the Eastern Conference left them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth straight season.^[2]

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Schedule and Results
2 Playoffs
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Skaters
- 3.2 Goaltenders
4 Draft picks
5 See also
6 References

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

^[3]

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^[4]
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

Schedule and Results

2002-03 Game Log

October: 4-6-2-0 (Home: 2-4-1-0; Road: 2-2-1-0)

November: 6-6-2-0 (Home: 4-2-0-0; Road: 2-4-2-0)

December: 5-8-1-1 (Home: 3-5-1-0; Road: 2-3-0-1)

January: 6-6-1-1 (Home: 2-3-1-1; Road: 4-3-0-0)

February: 5-5-2-0 (Home: 2-1-0-0; Road: 3-4-2-0)

March: 6-3-1-2 (Home: 4-2-1-1; Road: 2-1-0-1)

April: 0-2-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0-0; Road: 0-1-1-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.^[2]

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved	78	27	31	58	-4	64
Lindros, EricEric Lindros	81	19	34	53	5	141
Poti, TomTom Poti	80	11	37	48	-6	60
Messier, MarkMark Messier	78	18	22	40	-2	30
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	79	14	22	36	9	142
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	64	16	19	35	-1	50
Bure, PavelPavel Bure	39	19	11	30	4	16
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	51	12	18	30	-3	20
Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak^‡	63	6	21	27	-3	16
Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson^‡	58	8	14	22	0	32
Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark	55	8	11	19	-3	16
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	71	3	14	17	-7	52
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	82	6	9	15	-4	81
Petrovicky, RonaldRonald Petrovicky	66	5	9	14	-12	77
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	80	3	11	14	5	85
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev^†	24	10	3	13	2	20
Murray, RemRem Murray^‡	32	6	6	12	-3	4
Bouchard, JoelJoel Bouchard^‡	27	5	7	12	6	14
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov^†	36	3	9	12	3	34
Purinton, DaleDale Purinton	58	3	9	12	-2	161
Fata, RicoRico Fata^‡	36	2	4	6	-1	6
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter^†	11	1	4	5	0	6
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture^†	24	1	4	5	4	0
Cross, CoryCory Cross^‡	26	0	4	4	13	16
Donato, TedTed Donato	49	2	1	3	-1	6
Tripp, JohnJohn Tripp	9	1	2	3	1	2
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa	19	0	2	2	-1	14
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	35	0	2	2	-7	10
Lintner, RichardRichard Lintner^‡	10	1	0	1	-5	0
Dwyer, GordieGordie Dwyer^‡	17	0	1	1	-1	50
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Lyashenko, RomanRoman Lyashenko	2	0	0	0	-2	0
Pisa, AlesAles Pisa^†	3	0	0	0	1	0
Green, JoshJosh Green^†^‡	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	8	0	0	0	-2	2
Oliwa, KrzysztofKrzysztof Oliwa^‡	9	0	0	0	1	51
Tibbetts, BillyBilly Tibbetts	11	0	0	0	-2	12

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G= Goals; A= Assists; PIM= Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham^†	43	2467	19	17	5	94	2.29	1229	.924	5
Blackburn, DanDan Blackburn	32	1762	8	16	4	93	3.17	842	.890	1
Richter, MikeMike Richter	13	694	5	6	1	34	2.94	329	.897	0
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist	1	39	0	1	0	2	3.08	18	.889	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[5]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Air Canada Centre.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	33	Lee Falardeau	C	United States	Michigan State (CCHA)
3	81	Marcus Jonasen	LW	Sweden	Vasteras IK Jr. (Sweden)
4	127	Nate Guenin	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
5	143	Mike Walsh	LW	United States	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)
6	177	Jake Taylor	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
6	194	Kim Hirschovits	C	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
7	226	Joey Crabb	RW	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
8	240	Petr Prucha	LW	Czech Republic	HC Pardubice (Czech Extraliga)
9	270	Rob Flynn	RW	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)

References

^ "2002–03 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/2003.html. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Canadiens top ousted Rangers". The Hour. Associated Press. April 4, 2003. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YA0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_HQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4137,810680. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
^ "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=20022003&type=CON. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2002-03 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000482003.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 2002–03 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

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See also	Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Final

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