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The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.
2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 2nd Northeast |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 44–28–7–3 |
Home record | 24–13–4–0 |
Road record | 20–15–3–3 |
Goals for | 236 |
Goals against | 208 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pat Quinn |
Coach | Pat Quinn |
Captain | Mats Sundin |
Alternate captains | Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts |
Arena | Air Canada Centre |
Average attendance | 19,240 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs Greensboro Generals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mats Sundin (37) |
Assists | Alexander Mogilny (46) |
Points | Alexander Mogilny (79) |
Penalty minutes | Wade Belak (196) |
Plus/minus | Tomas Kaberle (+20) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (37) |
Goals against average | Ed Belfour (2.26) |
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.[1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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 Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.
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October: 3–6–2–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 1–1–1–0)
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November: 8–5–0–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
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December: 8–3–2–1 (home: 5–0–1–0; road: 3–3–1–1)
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January: 8–6–0–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 5–4–0–0)
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February: 9–3–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 5–1–0–0)
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March: 6–4–3–2 (home: 3–1–2–0; road: 3–3–1–2)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2003 Stanley Cup playoffs[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 73 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 75 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
15 | Tomas Kaberle | D | 82 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
80[lower-alpha 1] | Nik Antropov | RW | 72 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
67 | Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 2 |
21 | Robert Reichel | C | 81 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
16 | Darcy Tucker | LW | 77 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −7 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
19 | Mikael Renberg | RW | 67 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
14 | Jonas Hoglund | LW | 79 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
28 | Tie Domi | RW | 79 | 15 | 14 | 29 | −1 | 171 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
39 | Travis Green | C | 75 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
24 | Bryan McCabe | D | 75 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 135 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 10 |
25 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Tom Fitzgerald | LW | 66 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
27 | Shayne Corson‡ | LW | 46 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
18 | Alyn McCauley‡ | C | 64 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Owen Nolan† | RW | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
8 | Aki Berg | D | 78 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Paul Healey | LW | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Wade Belak | D | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
7 | Gary Roberts | LW | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 8 |
29 | Karel Pilar | D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23[lower-alpha 2] | Alexei Ponikarovsky | LW | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Glen Wesley† | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Ed Belfour | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
23 | Harold Druken†‡ | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Ric Jackman | D | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Josh Holden | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Matt Stajan | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Carlo Colaiacovo | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Aaron Gavey | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Anders Eriksson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
93 | Doug Gilmour† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
96 | Phil Housley† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
20 | Ed Belfour | 62 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 1816 | 141 | 2.26 | .922 | 7 | 3738 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 282 | 24 | 2.71 | .915 | 0 | 532 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 565 | 59 | 3.10 | .896 | 0 | 1143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 2.79 | .895 | 0 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lady Byng Trophy | Alexander Mogilny | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ed Belfour[lower-alpha 3] | [7] |
Mats Sundin[lower-alpha 4] | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Ed Belfour (November 25) | [9] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Ed Belfour | [10] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal | Mats Sundin | October 14, 2002 | [11] |
First game | Carlo Colaiacovo | October 23, 2002 | [12] |
Mikael Tellqvist | January 18, 2003 | ||
Matt Stajan | April 5, 2003 | ||
1,000th point | Mats Sundin | March 10, 2003 | [13] |
1,000th game played | Mats Sundin | March 24, 2003 | [14] |
400th win | Ed Belfour | April 1, 2003 | [15] |
The Maple Leafs 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.[16]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[17] |
To Nashville Predators
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[17] | |
June 23, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks |
To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[18] |
June 25, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[19] |
June 30, 2002 | To Calgary Flames
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[20] |
To Nashville Predators
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[21] | |
July 18, 2002 | To Florida Panthers
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[22] |
September 4, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks |
To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[23] |
December 31, 2002 | To Nashville Predators |
To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[24] |
March 5, 2003 | To San Jose Sharks
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[25] |
March 9, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[26] |
March 11, 2003 | To Montreal Canadiens
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[27] |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[29] | |
May 29, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes |
To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[30] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2002 | Ed Belfour | Nashville Predators | 2-year | Free agency | [31][32] |
July 12, 2002 | Tie Domi | Nashville Predators | 3-year | Free agency | [33][34] |
July 17, 2002 | Tom Fitzgerald | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [35] | |
July 24, 2002 | Aaron Gavey | Minnesota Wild | multi-year | Free agency | [36] |
July 31, 2002 | Nathan Barrett | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [37] |
August 26, 2002 | Trevor Kidd | Florida Panthers | 2-year | Free agency | [38][32] |
September 18, 2002 | Tyson Marsh | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | Free agency | [39] | |
December 11, 2002 | Harold Druken | Carolina Hurricanes | Waivers | [40] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 7] | Ref |
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July 8, 2002 | Corey Schwab | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) | [42] |
July 12, 2002 | Nathan Dempsey | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
July 17, 2002 | Donald MacLean | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (VI) | [43] |
October 9, 2002 | Garry Valk | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | [44] |
November 4, 2002 | Tom Barrasso | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [45] |
December 17, 2002 | Cory Cross | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [46] |
January 17, 2003 | Harold Druken | Carolina Hurricanes | Waivers | [47] |
April 15, 2003 | Shayne Corson | Retirement | [48][49] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 14, 2002 | Ric Jackman | Re-signing | [50] | |
July 16, 2002 | Wade Belak | Re-signing | [51] | |
Alyn McCauley | Re-signing | [51] | ||
July 17, 2002 | Jonas Hoglund | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
July 18, 2002 | Robert Svehla | 1-year[lower-alpha 8] | Re-signing | [53] |
July 24, 2002 | Marc Moro | multi-year | Re-signing | [36] |
July 29, 2002 | Aki Berg | multi-year | Re-signing | [54] |
September 16, 2002 | Dmitri Yakushin | Re-signing | [55] | |
September 18, 2002 | Nik Antropov | Re-signing | [56] | |
Ryan Bonni | Re-signing | [57] | ||
Josh Holden | Re-signing | [58] | ||
Brad Leeb | Re-signing | [59] | ||
October 7, 2002 | Carlo Colaiacovo | multi-year | Entry-level | [60] |
February 18, 2003 | Gary Roberts | 1-year | Extension | [61] |
March 25, 2003 | Brendan Bell | multi-year | Entry-level | [62] |
April 3, 2003 | Matt Stajan | 3-year | Entry-level | [63] |
April 8, 2003 | David Turon | multi-year | Entry-level | [64] |
May 7, 2003 | Kyle Wellwood | Entry-level | [65] | |
May 29, 2003 | Pierre Hedin | multi-year | Entry-level | [66] |
June 9, 2003 | Ian White | Entry-level | [67] |
Toronto's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[68]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 24 | Alexander Steen | Sweden | Frölunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 57 | Matt Stajan | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
3 | 74 | Todd Ford | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
3 | 88 | Dominic D'Amour | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
4 | 122 | David Turon | Czech Republic | Femax Havířov (Czech Republic) |
6 | 191 | Ian White | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 222 | Scott May | Canada | Ohio State University (CCHA) |
8 | 254 | Jarkko Immonen | Finland | JYP (Finland) |
9 | 285 | Staffan Kronwall | Sweden | Huddinge IK (Sweden) |
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