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The 2002–03 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 5th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.
2002–03 Nashville Predators | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 13th Western |
2002–03 record | 27–35–13–7 |
Home record | 18–17–5–1 |
Road record | 9–18–8–6 |
Goals for | 183 |
Goals against | 206 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Barry Trotz |
Captain | Greg Johnson Scott Walker (interim) |
Alternate captains | Brent Gilchrist (road) Bill Houlder (road) Kimmo Timonen (home) Scott Walker (home) |
Arena | Gaylord Entertainment Center |
Average attendance | 13,228 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Milwaukee Admirals Toledo Storm |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Andreas Johansson (20) |
Assists | Kimmo Timonen (34) |
Points | David Legwand (48) |
Penalty minutes | Cale Hulse (121) |
Plus/minus | Jason York (+13) |
Wins | Tomas Vokoun (25) |
Goals against average | Tomas Vokoun (2.20) |
Greg Johnson was named team captain on October 8.[1] In addition to being an alternate captain for home games, Scott Walker was briefly interim captain during Johnson's absence due to injury during the season.[2]
The Predators tied the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut out, with 10, and tied the Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored, with 2.[3][4]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 269 | 203 | 110 |
2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 253 | 222 | 99 |
3 | 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 207 | 226 | 79 |
4 | 13 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 183 | 206 | 74 |
5 | 15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 263 | 69 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Z- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 245 | 169 | 111 |
2 | Y- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 269 | 203 | 110 |
3 | Y- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 251 | 194 | 105 |
4 | X- Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 264 | 208 | 104 |
5 | X- St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 253 | 222 | 99 |
6 | X- Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 198 | 178 | 95 |
7 | X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 |
8 | X- Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 231 | 230 | 92 |
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9 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 207 | 226 | 79 |
10 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 203 | 221 | 78 |
11 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 204 | 230 | 78 |
12 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 228 | 75 |
13 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 183 | 206 | 74 |
14 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 263 | 69 |
Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 1–5–1–2 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 0–2–1–2)
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November: 3–6–3–2 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 1–4–2–2)
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December: 6–6–2–0 (home: 3–5–1–0; road: 3–1–1–0)
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January: 7–6–2–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 3–4–1–0)
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February: 8–2–1–0 (home: 7–1–0–0; road: 1–1–1–0)
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March: 2–8–4–2 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 1–4–2–2)
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April: 0–2–0–1 (home: 0–0–0–1; road: 0–2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
11 | David Legwand | C | 64 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −2 | 34 |
44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 72 | 6 | 34 | 40 | −3 | 46 |
21 | Andreas Johansson | C | 56 | 20 | 17 | 37 | −4 | 22 |
25 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 79 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −18 | 32 |
5 | Andy Delmore | D | 71 | 18 | 16 | 34 | −17 | 28 |
17 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 82 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −3 | 101 |
24 | Scott Walker | RW | 60 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 58 |
33 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 78 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −1 | 38 |
18 | Adam Hall | RW | 79 | 16 | 12 | 28 | −8 | 31 |
43 | Vitali Yachmenev | LW | 62 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 12 |
15 | Rem Murray† | LW | 53 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
27 | Jason York† | D | 74 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 52 |
22 | Greg Johnson | C | 38 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 22 |
10 | Clarke Wilm | C | 82 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −11 | 36 |
3 | Karlis Skrastins | D | 82 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −18 | 44 |
16 | Denis Pederson | RW | 43 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 39 |
4 | Mark Eaton | D | 50 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
32 | Cale Hulse | D | 80 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −11 | 121 |
19 | Martin Erat | RW | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −9 | 14 |
38 | Vernon Fiddler | C | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
23 | Bill Houlder | D | 82 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 46 |
14[lower-alpha 1] | Oleg Petrov† | RW | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −11 | 14 |
14 | Jon Sim†‡ | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Wyatt Smith | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
7 | Scottie Upshall | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
34 | Wade Flaherty† | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | Reid Simpson† | LW | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 56 |
29 | Tomas Vokoun | G | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
20 | Todd Warriner† | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
26 | Andrew Berenzweig‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51 | Francis Bouillon‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
9 | Greg Classen | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
1 | Mike Dunham‡ | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | Brian Finley | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
54 | Darren Haydar | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
28 | Tomas Kloucek† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
35 | Jan Lasak | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Cameron Mann | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
20 | Nathan Perrott‡ | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
39 | Domenic Pittis | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
36 | Robert Schnabel | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Pascal Trepanier‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
29 | Tomas Vokoun | 69 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 1771 | 146 | 2.20 | .918 | 3 | 3974 |
1 | Mike Dunham‡ | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 397 | 43 | 3.15 | .892 | 0 | 819 |
35 | Jan Lasak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 3.33 | .872 | 0 | 90 |
31 | Brian Finley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3.83 | .769 | 0 | 47 |
34 | Wade Flaherty† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 4.71 | .852 | 0 | 51 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Adam Hall | [7] |
The Predators were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[8]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Boston's 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations[lower-alpha 2] |
[9] |
June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
[9] |
June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo's 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[9] |
June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Detroit Red Wings Boston's 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[9] |
June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Washington Capitals Rights to Petr Sykora |
[9] |
June 29, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Rights to Ed Belfour Rights to Cameron Mann |
To Dallas Stars David Gosselin 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[10] |
June 30, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Rights to Tie Domi |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th-round pick in 2003 |
[11] |
October 23, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Jason York |
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations |
[12] |
December 12, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Tomas Kloucek Rem Murray Rights to Marek Zidlicky |
To New York Rangers Mike Dunham |
[13] |
December 31, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Bob Wren |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott |
[14] |
February 4, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Future considerations |
To Los Angeles Kings Greg Koehler |
[15] |
February 17, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Jon Sim |
To Dallas Stars Andrew Berenzweig Conditional draft pick in 2004 |
[16] |
March 3, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Oleg Petrov |
To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2003 |
[17] |
March 9, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Wade Flaherty |
To Florida Panthers Pascal Trepanier |
[18] |
March 10, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Future considerations |
To Ottawa Senators Bob Wren |
[19] |
March 11, 2003 | To Nashville Predators Alexander Riazantsev |
To Colorado Avalanche 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[20] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 11, 2002 | Brent Gilchrist | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [21] | |
Clarke Wilm | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [22] | ||
July 15, 2002 | Greg Koehler | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency | [23] | |
Wyatt Smith | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [23] | ||
July 16, 2002 | Pascal Trepanier | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency | [24] | |
July 24, 2002 | Denis Pederson | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [25] | |
Domenic Pittis | Edmonton Oilers | 2-year | Free agency | [25] | |
September 6, 2002 | Andreas Johansson | New York Rangers | Free agency | [26] | |
October 4, 2002 | Francis Bouillon | Montreal Canadiens | Waiver draft | [27] | |
December 3, 2002 | Reid Simpson | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [28] | |
March 11, 2003 | Todd Warriner | Philadelphia Flyers | Waivers | [29] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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June 20, 2002 | Pavel Skrbek | Lulea HF (SHL) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 4] | [32] |
July 1, 2002 | Jay Legault[lower-alpha 5] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [30] | |
July 2, 2002 | Ed Belfour | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [34] |
July 12, 2002 | Tie Domi | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [35] |
July 16, 2002 | Steve Dubinsky | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [36] |
July 18, 2002 | Bill Bowler | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) | [37] |
July 19, 2002 | Petr Sachl | Porin Assat (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
July 20, 2002 | Brett Hauer | Geneve-Servette HC (NLA) | Free agency | [39] |
July 22, 2002 | Marian Cisar | HC Znojemsti Orli (ELH) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 6] | [40] |
August 4, 2002 | Petr Hubacek | HC Zlin (ELH) | Free agency[lower-alpha 7] | [42] |
August 5, 2002 | Mark Mowers | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
August 13, 2002 | Jukka Hentunen | Jokerit (Liiga) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 8] | [45] |
August 22, 2002 | Chris Mason | Florida Panthers | Free agency (VI) | [46] |
Steve Parsons | Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [47] | |
August 28, 2002 | Jeremy Stevenson | Houston Aeros (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [48] |
October 4, 2002 | Petr Tenkrat | Florida Panthers | Waiver draft | [27] |
October 9, 2002 | Marty Wilford | Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [49] |
October 25, 2002 | Francis Bouillon | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers | [50] |
November 15, 2002 | Reid Simpson | Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [28] |
March 8, 2003 | Jon Sim | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [51] |
March 18, 2003 | Cameron Mann | ERC Ingolstadt (DEL) | Free agency[lower-alpha 9] | [52] |
March 27, 2003 | Jere Karalahti | HIFK (Liiga) | Free agency | [53] |
June 1, 2003 | Stu Grimson | Retirement | [54] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 30, 2002 | Mike Dunham | 1-year | Extension[lower-alpha 10] | [55] |
Vladimir Orszagh | 1-year | Option exercised | [55] | |
Robert Schnabel | Extension | [55] | ||
Kimmo Timonen | 1-year | Option exercised | [55] | |
Vitali Yachmenev | 1-year | Option exercised | [55] | |
July 7, 2002 | Dan Hamhuis | Entry-level | [56] | |
July 15, 2002 | Cameron Mann | Re-signing | [23] | |
July 17, 2002 | Andy Delmore | Re-signing | [57] | |
July 18, 2002 | Cale Hulse | Re-signing | [58] | |
July 30, 2002 | Greg Classen | Re-signing | [59] | |
July 31, 2002 | David Legwand | Re-signing | [60] | |
Bryan Lundbohm | Re-signing | [60] | ||
August 1, 2002 | Vladimir Orszagh | Extension | [61] | |
September 5, 2002 | Jan Lasak | Re-signing | [62] | |
Peter Smrek | Re-signing | [62] | ||
September 10, 2002 | Darren Haydar | Entry-level | [63] | |
October 7, 2002 | Scottie Upshall | Entry-level | [64] | |
May 29, 2003 | Jordin Tootoo | Entry-level | [65] | |
May 30, 2003 | Oleg Petrov | 1-year | Option exercised | [66] |
Nashville's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[67]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Scottie Upshall | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
4 | 102 | Brandon Segal | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
5 | 138 | Patrick Jarrett | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
6 | 172 | Mike McKenna | United States | St. Lawrence University (ECAC) |
7 | 203 | Josh Morrow | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
8 | 235 | Kaleb Betts | Canada | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) |
9 | 264 | Matthew Davis | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
9 | 266 | Steven Spencer | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
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