2002–03 Washington Capitals season

2002–03 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Southeast
2002–03 record	39–29–8
Goals for	224
Goals against	220
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk
Team leaders
<2001–02	2003–04>

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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

Z- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	RW	75	36	41	77	38	5	13	2	9
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	C	82	22	47	69	22	12	10	0	2
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	82	18	49	67	52	13	7	0	2
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	76	30	26	56	52	-3	9	2	4
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	71	17	39	56	36	3	7	0	2
Miller, KipKip Miller	C	72	12	38	50	18	-1	3	0	4
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	63	13	22	35	43	15	2	0	0
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern	C	82	13	21	34	88	6	1	2	2
Grier, MikeMike Grier	RW	82	15	17	32	36	-14	2	2	2
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	77	15	15	30	71	3	2	0	3
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik	RW	47	8	10	18	24	6	0	0	2
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	70	1	16	17	89	22	0	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	82	3	12	15	22	9	1	0	0
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby	C	72	2	9	11	93	7	0	0	0
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	69	2	9	11	106	12	0	0	0
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	LW	9	5	4	9	4	10	0	0	2
Doig, JasonJason Doig	D	55	3	5	8	108	-3	0	0	1
Metropolit, GlenGlen Metropolit	C	23	2	3	5	6	4	0	0	1
Salomonsson, AndreasAndreas Salomonsson	RW	32	1	4	5	14	-1	0	0	0
Berry, RickRick Berry	D	43	2	1	3	87	-3	0	0	1
Green, JoshJosh Green	LW	21	1	2	3	7	1	0	0	0
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski	D	34	0	3	3	12	1	0	0	0
Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield	C	14	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	1
Eminger, SteveSteve Eminger	D	17	0	2	2	24	-3	0	0	0
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	10	0	2	2	23	-3	0	0	0
Boumedienne, JosefJosef Boumedienne	D	6	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Peat, StephenStephen Peat	RW	27	1	0	1	57	-3	0	0	0
Fortin, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Fortin	D	33	0	1	1	22	-3	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Farrell, MikeMike Farrell	RW	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes	C	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Henry, AlexAlex Henry	D	38	0	0	0	80	-4	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pettinger, MattMatt Pettinger	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	3894	66	33	25	6	156	2.40	4	1925	1769	.919
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier	859	17	5	7	1	40	2.79	0	426	386	.906
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	217	5	1	3	1	17	4.70	0	96	79	.823
Team:	4970	82	39	35	8	213	2.57	4	2447	2234	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	RW	6	2	5	7	2	1	0	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	6	4	2	6	8	2	0	0
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	6	3	2	5	8	1	0	1
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	6	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	0
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	C	6	2	1	3	2	0	0	1
Grier, MikeMike Grier	RW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Miller, KipKip Miller	C	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	LW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik	RW	2	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Doig, JasonJason Doig	D	6	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby	C	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield	C	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	404	6	2	4	14	2.08	1	192	178	.927
Team:	404	6	2	4	14	2.08	1	192	178	.927

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;

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

• "2002–03 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.