2002–03 Florida Panthers season

The 2002–03 Florida Panthers season was their tenth season in the National Hockey League. They didn't make the playoffs, but did host the 53rd All-Star Game that season.

2002–03 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	11th Eastern
2002–03 record	24–36–13–9
Goals for	176
Goals against	237
Team information
General manager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Vacant
Arena	Office Depot Center
Team leaders
Goals	Olli Jokinen (36)
Assists	Olli Jokinen (29)
Points	Olli Jokinen (65)
Penalty minutes	Peter Worrell (193)
Plus/minus	Andreas Lilja (+8)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (20)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.71)

Offseason

NHL Draft

Florida's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Jay Bouwmeester	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
1	9	Petr Taticek	Czech Republic	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	40	Rob Globke	United States	University of Notre Dame (Hockey East)
3	67	Gregory Campbell	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
5	134	Topi Jaakola	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
5	158	Vince Bellissimo	Canada	Topeka ScareCrows (USHL)
6	169	Jeremy Swanson	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	196	Mikael Vuorio	Finland	Lukko (Finland)
7	200	Denis Yachmenev	Russia	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	232	Peter Hafner	United States	Taft High School (USHS-CT)

Regular season

All-Star Game

The 53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held during the 2002–03 NHL season, and took place at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers, on February 2, 2003. It was the first All-Star Game since the 1997 All-Star Game to use the Eastern Conference – Western Conference format.

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

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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[2]

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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Olli Jokinen C 81 36 29 65 79 -17 13 3 6 Viktor Kozlov C 74 22 34 56 18 -8 7 1 1 Kristian Huselius LW 78 20 23 43 20 -6 3 0 3 Marcus Nilson LW 82 15 19 34 31 2 7 1 0 Ivan Novoseltsev RW 78 10 17 27 30 -16 1 0 0 Sandis Ozolinsh D 51 7 19 26 40 -16 5 0 2 Valeri Bure RW 46 5 21 26 10 -11 3 0 2 Niklas Hagman LW 80 8 15 23 20 -8 2 0 0 Stephen Weiss C 77 6 15 21 17 -13 0 0 2 Jaroslav Bednar RW 52 5 13 18 14 -2 2 0 1 Jay Bouwmeester D 82 4 12 16 14 -29 2 0 0 Matt Cullen C 30 6 6 12 22 -4 2 1 1 Andreas Lilja D 56 4 8 12 56 8 0 0 0 Ivan Majesky D 82 4 8 12 92 -18 0 0 2 Mathieu Biron D 34 1 8 9 14 -18 0 1 0 Stephane Matteau LW 52 4 4 8 27 -9 0 0 0 Brad Ference D 60 2 6 8 118 2 0 0 0 Ryan Johnson C 58 2 5 7 26 -13 0 0 0 Dmitry Yushkevich D 23 1 6 7 14 -12 0 0 0 Denis Shvidki RW 23 4 2 6 12 -7 2 0 1 Peter Worrell LW 63 2 3 5 193 -14 0 0 0 Lance Ward D 36 3 1 4 78 -4 0 0 1 Jeff Toms C 8 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 1 Byron Ritchie C 30 0 3 3 19 -4 0 0 0 Pavel Trnka D 22 0 3 3 24 -1 0 0 0 Branislav Mezei D 11 2 0 2 10 -2 0 0 1 Igor Ulanov D 56 1 1 2 39 7 0 0 0 Eric Beaudoin LW 15 0 1 1 25 -7 0 0 0 Juraj Kolnik RW 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Igor Kravchuk D 7 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 Jim Campbell RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre Dagenais RW 9 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Darcy Hordichuk LW 3 0 0 0 15 -1 0 0 0 Jani Hurme G 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Roberto Luongo G 65 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Jamie Rivers D 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Kyle Rossiter D 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Joey Tetarenko RW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roberto Luongo 3627 65 20 34 7 164 2.71 6 2011 1847 .918 Jani Hurme 1376 28 4 11 6 66 2.88 1 707 641 .907 Team: 5003 82 24 45 13 230 2.76 7 2718 2488 .915

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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;

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
2. "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2002-03 Florida Panthers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

External links

• Panthers on Hockey Database