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The 2002–03 New York Islanders season was the 31st season in the franchise's history.
2002–03 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 8th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 35–34–11–2 |
Home record | 18–18–5–0 |
Road record | 17–16–6–2 |
Goals for | 224 |
Goals against | 231 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Peter Laviolette |
Captain | Michael Peca |
Alternate captains | Adrian Aucoin Kenny Jonsson Alexei Yashin |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 14,930 (92.0%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Bridgeport Sound Tigers Trenton Titans |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dave Scatchard (27) |
Assists | Alexei Yashin (39) |
Points | Alexei Yashin (65) |
Penalty minutes | Eric Cairns (124) |
Plus/minus | Roman Hamrlik (+21) |
Wins | Chris Osgood (17) |
Goals against average | Garth Snow (2.31) |
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No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
The Islanders lost in the first round to the Ottawa Senators 4–1.
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October: 3–6–1–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 1–2–1–0)
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November: 5–7–2–0 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 3–3–1–0)
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December: 8–3–2–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 3–1–1–0)
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January: 8–4–0–2 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 3–2–0–2)
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February: 5–4–3–0 (home: 3–1–2–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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March: 5–8–2–0 (home: 1–4–0–0; road: 4–4–2–0)
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April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 0–1–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2003 Stanley Cup playoffs[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Ottawa Senators – Senators win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
79 | Alexei Yashin | C | 81 | 26 | 39 | 65 | −12 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
55 | Jason Blake | C | 81 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 16 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
37 | Mark Parrish | RW | 81 | 23 | 25 | 48 | −11 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
38 | Dave Scatchard | C | 81 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 9 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 74 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −9 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
27 | Michael Peca | C | 66 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −4 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
4 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 73 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 21 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
3 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 73 | 8 | 27 | 35 | −5 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
45 | Arron Asham | RW | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 16 |
28 | Jason Wiemer | C | 81 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 23 |
12 | Oleg Kvasha | LW | 69 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 71 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
15 | Brad Isbister‡ | LW | 53 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −9 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Mattias Weinhandl | RW | 47 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Mattias Timander | D | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
24 | Radek Martinek | D | 66 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
13 | Claude Lapointe‡ | C | 66 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Janne Niinimaa† | D | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 12 |
33 | Eric Cairns | D | 60 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −7 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 |
16 | Raffi Torres‡ | LW | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Justin Mapletoft | C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44[lower-alpha 1] | Sven Butenschon† | D | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Trent Hunter | RW | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Eric Manlow | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Justin Papineau† | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Randy Robitaille† | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
20 | Steve Webb | RW | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
39 | Rick DiPietro | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | Eric Godard | RW | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
32 | Alan Letang | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
59 | Alain Nasreddine | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Chris Osgood‡ | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
8 | Tomi Pettinen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36[lower-alpha 2] | Ray Schultz | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Brandon Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Garth Snow | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Chris Osgood‡ | 37 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 912 | 97 | 2.92 | .894 | 2 | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Garth Snow | 43 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1120 | 92 | 2.31 | .918 | 1 | 2390 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 134 | 12 | 2.36 | .910 | 1 | 305 |
39 | Rick DiPietro | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 273 | 29 | 2.97 | .894 | 0 | 585 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 15 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Roman Hamrlik | [4] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Mattias Weinhandl | [5] | |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Jason Blake | [6] |
Garth Snow |
The Islanders 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.[7]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To New York Islanders Arron Asham 5th-round pick in 2002 |
To Montreal Canadiens Mariusz Czerkawski |
[8] |
June 22, 2002 | To New York Islanders Eric Godard |
To Florida Panthers Florida's 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[9] |
June 22, 2002 | To New York Islanders Mattias Timander |
To Columbus Blue Jackets 4th-round pick in 2002 |
[10] |
July 3, 2002 | To New York Islanders Jason Wiemer |
To Florida Panthers Branislav Mezei |
[11] |
October 11, 2002 | To New York Islanders Sven Butenschon |
To Florida Panthers Juraj Kolnik 9th-round pick in 2003 |
[12] |
March 9, 2003 | To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[13] |
March 9, 2003 | To New York Islanders 5th-round pick in 2003 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Claude Lapointe |
[13] |
March 11, 2003 | To New York Islanders Justin Papineau 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To St. Louis Blues Chris Osgood 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
[14] |
March 11, 2003 | To New York Islanders Janne Niinimaa 2nd-round pick in 2003 |
To Edmonton Oilers Brad Isbister Raffi Torres |
[15] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 18, 2002 | Alan Letang | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [16] | |
July 19, 2002 | Eric Manlow | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [17] | |
July 22, 2002 | Blaine Down | Barrie Colts (OHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [18] |
August 3, 2002 | Brandon Smith | San Jose Sharks | Free agency | [19] | |
August 6, 2002 | Jeff Hamilton | Karpat (Liiga) | Free agency | [20] | |
September 6, 2002 | Alain Nasreddine | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [21] | |
May 26, 2003 | Wade Dubielewicz | University of Denver (WCHA) | 1-year | Free agency | [22][23] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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June 14, 2002 | Chris Armstrong | EV Zug (NLA) | Free agency (VI) | [25] |
July 1, 2002 | Jim Cummins[lower-alpha 4] | Contract expiration (III) | [24] | |
July 9, 2002 | Kip Miller | Washington Capitals | Free agency (III) | [27] |
July 12, 2002 | Raymond Giroux | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
July 17, 2002 | Jason Krog | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (VI) | [29] |
July 29, 2002 | Jason Podollan | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [30] |
August 6, 2002 | Dick Tarnstrom | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [31] |
August 26, 2002 | Dave Roche | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
Ken Sutton | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [32] | |
October 14, 2002 | Evgeny Korolev | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency[lower-alpha 5] | [34] |
November 3, 2002 | Mats Lindgren | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (UFA) | [35] |
January 9, 2003 | Darren Van Impe | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [36] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 3, 2002 | Mattias Weinhandl | multi-year | Entry-level | [37] |
July 17, 2002 | Martin Chabada | multi-year | Entry-level | [38] |
July 23, 2002 | Adrian Aucoin | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] |
July 26, 2002 | Eric Cairns | 2-year | Re-signing | [40] |
August 1, 2002 | Jason Wiemer | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
August 2, 2002 | Mattias Timander | 2-year | Re-signing | [42] |
August 3, 2002 | Arron Asham | 1-year | Re-signing | [19] |
August 6, 2002 | Mark Parrish | 2-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 7, 2002 | Shawn Bates | 2-year | Extension | [44] |
August 20, 2002 | Dave Scatchard | 2-year | Arbitration award | [45] |
September 12, 2002 | Steve Webb | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
New York's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[47]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 22 | Sean Bergenheim | ![]() | Jokerit (Finland) |
3 | 87 | Frans Nielsen | ![]() | Malmö IF (Sweden) |
5 | 149 | Marcus Paulsson | ![]() | Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden) |
6 | 189 | Alexei Stonkus | ![]() | Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia) |
7 | 220 | Brad Topping | ![]() | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
8 | 252 | Martin Chabada | ![]() | Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) |
9 | 283 | Per Braxenholm | ![]() | Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden) |
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