2002–03 Ottawa Senators season

The 2002–03 Ottawa Senators season was the 11th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators reach the highest point in the playoffs until the 2006–07 season. They were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils, the eventual Stanley Cup winning team in the Eastern Conference final. On top of their larger success, with their total 113 points they won the Presidents' Trophy, the Northeast Division title and the Eastern Conference title.

2002–03 Ottawa Senators
Presidents' Trophy winners
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	1st Eastern
2002–03 record	52–21–8–1
Home record	28–10–3–1
Road record	24–12–5–0
Goals for	263
Goals against	182
Team information
General manager	John Muckler
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Zdeno Chara Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	17,198 (89.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa (45)
Assists	Daniel Alfredsson (51)
Points	Marian Hossa (80)
Penalty minutes	Chris Neil (147)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+29)
Wins	Patrick Lalime (39)
Goals against average	Patrick Lalime (2.16)

Banner at Scotiabank Place

After their long history of debt problems, the Senators filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2003. They continued regular season play after receiving emergency financing from the NHL. Despite the off-ice problems, they had a successful year, compared to their early day woes. The Presidents' Trophy awarded to the Senators made them the first Canadian team to win it since the Calgary Flames in their championship season of 1989, and the first Eastern Conference team to win it since the New York Rangers' title in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. In the playoffs, they defeated their former teammate Alexei Yashin and his New York Islanders, then the Philadelphia Flyers before coming within one game of making it into the Finals, falling to the New Jersey Devils.

Regular season

Right winger Marian Hossa led Ottawa in scoring, just eclipsing Yashin's previous record of 44 goals. Without the goaltending issues that had plagued Senators teams of the past, Patrick Lalime showed one of his best seasons, with career bests in goals against average (GAA) and wins.

After a slow start to the season after an even .500 ratio, the Senators turned around their game with a ten-game unbeaten streak. Fans were concerned whether their start was due to off-ice problems. These worries, however, were soon irrelevant to fans when the Senators again clinched a playoff berth. Before the playoffs, the Senators addressed toughness concerns through separate trades to the Buffalo Sabres for grinders Vaclav Varada and Rob Ray respectively, plus two-way forward Bryan Smolinski from the Los Angeles Kings.

Division standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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

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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
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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

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	L	October 10, 2002	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	0–1–0–0	16,865
2	W	October 12, 2002	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	1–1–0–0	19,198
3	W	October 15, 2002	2–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	2–1–0–0	13,816
4	W	October 23, 2002	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	3–1–0–0	14,847
5	T	October 24, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	3–1–1–0	17,565
6	L	October 26, 2002	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	3–2–1–0	20,812
7	L	October 29, 2002	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	3–3–1–0	19,077
8	L	October 30, 2002	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	3–4–1–0	17,987
9	W	November 2, 2002	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	4–4–1–0	18,210
10	W	November 6, 2002	5–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	5–4–1–0	18,007
11	L	November 8, 2002	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	5–5–1–0	16,926
12	L	November 9, 2002	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	5–6–1–0	13,954
13	W	November 12, 2002	5–3	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	6–6–1–0	12,659
14	W	November 14, 2002	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	7–6–1–0	13,323
15	W	November 16, 2002	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	8–6–1–0	15,298
16	T	November 19, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	8–6–2–0	11,044
17	W	November 21, 2002	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	9–6–2–0	16,010
18	W	November 23, 2002	5–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	10–6–2–0	15,684
19	W	November 25, 2002	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	11–6–2–0	18,035
20	T	November 27, 2002	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	11–6–3–0	14,887
21	W	November 29, 2002	6–2	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	12–6–3–0	15,822
22	W	November 30, 2002	4–2	New York Islanders (2002–03)	13–6–3–0	15,121
23	L	December 4, 2002	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	13–7–3–0	12,137
24	T	December 5, 2002	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	13–7–4–0	17,189
25	W	December 7, 2002	5–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	14–7–4–0	15,328
26	W	December 10, 2002	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	15–7–4–0	9,966
27	W	December 12, 2002	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	16–7–4–0	11,893
28	W	December 14, 2002	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	17–7–4–0	17,284
29	L	December 16, 2002	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	17–8–4–0	16,807
30	W	December 18, 2002	3–0	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	18–8–4–0	11,876
31	W	December 19, 2002	9–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	19–8–4–0	14,848
32	W	December 21, 2002	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	20–8–4–0	19,543
33	T	December 23, 2002	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	20–8–5–0	17,787
34	W	December 26, 2002	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	21–8–5–0	12,677
35	W	December 27, 2002	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	22–8–5–0	18,500
36	L	December 30, 2002	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	22–9–5–0	11,584
37	W	December 31, 2002	6–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	23–9–5–0	14,452
38	W	January 2, 2003	8–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	24–9–5–0	18,026
39	OTL	January 4, 2003	1–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	24–9–5–1	16,406
40	W	January 6, 2003	5–2	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	25–9–5–1	18,200
41	L	January 8, 2003	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	25–10–5–1	18,422
42	W	January 9, 2003	1–0	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	26–10–5–1	16,058
43	W	January 11, 2003	2–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	27–10–5–1	16,839
44	W	January 14, 2003	7–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	28–10–5–1	18,500
45	W	January 16, 2003	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	29–10–5–1	18,034
46	W	January 18, 2003	5–2	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	30–10–5–1	18,500
47	L	January 20, 2003	2–6	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	30–11–5–1	12,022
48	W	January 22, 2003	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	31–11–5–1	13,944
49	T	January 23, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	31–11–6–1	10,805
50	W	January 25, 2003	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	32–11–6–1	18,241
51	L	January 27, 2003	3–5	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	32–12–6–1	18,532
52	L	January 29, 2003	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	32–13–6–1	13,230
53	L	January 30, 2003	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	32–14–6–1	16,518
54	W	February 5, 2003	5–3	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	33–14–6–1	18,200
55	T	February 6, 2003	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	33–14–7–1	16,599
56	W	February 8, 2003	3–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	34–14–7–1	18,371
57	W	February 12, 2003	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	35–14–7–1	14,197
58	W	February 13, 2003	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	36–14–7–1	18,115
59	L	February 15, 2003	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	36–15–7–1	19,415
60	W	February 17, 2003	3–2	New York Rangers (2002–03)	37–15–7–1	18,094
61	W	February 19, 2003	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	38–15–7–1	12,298
62	L	February 20, 2003	3–4	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	38–16–7–1	15,250
63	W	February 22, 2003	4–0	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	39–16–7–1	17,971
64	L	February 25, 2003	0–3	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	39–17–7–1	17,371
65	W	February 27, 2003	3–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	40–17–7–1	18,500
66	L	March 1, 2003	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	40–18–7–1	18,033
67	W	March 4, 2003	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	41–18–7–1	18,500
68	W	March 8, 2003	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	42–18–7–1	14,354
69	W	March 9, 2003	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	43–18–7–1	18,500
70	W	March 11, 2003	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	44–18–7–1	18,230
71	W	March 13, 2003	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	45–18–7–1	18,011
72	L	March 15, 2003	2–5	New York Islanders (2002–03)	45–19–7–1	18,349
73	L	March 16, 2003	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	45–20–7–1	20,058
74	W	March 18, 2003	6–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	46–20–7–1	16,531
75	W	March 21, 2003	5–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	47–20–7–1	16,114
76	W	March 22, 2003	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	48–20–7–1	18,613
77	T	March 25, 2003	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	48–20–8–1	18,036
78	L	March 28, 2003	2–3	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	48–21–8–1	18,311
79	W	March 29, 2003	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	49–21–8–1	21,273
80	W	April 1, 2003	3–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	50–21–8–1	18,500
81	W	April 3, 2003	5–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	51–21–8–1	15,784
82	W	April 5, 2003	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	52–21–8–1	19,445

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Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the team played the New York Islanders, facing former team captain Alexei Yashin for the first time in the playoffs. Yashin played well in the first game and the Islanders won the first game at the Corel Centre 3–0. The loss by the Senators was attributed to paying too much attention to stopping Yashin and not enough on the rest of the Islanders. The Senators adjusted their play for the next game winning it and the next three games in a row to win the series 4–1.

In the second round, the team faced the Philadelphia Flyers who had defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round. The Senators won the series on the basis of their strong defence, holding the Flyers to only ten goals in the six games, advancing to the Eastern Conference final series against the New Jersey Devils to decide the Prince of Wales Trophy.

The first two games of the series were in Ottawa and the wins were split between the Senators and Devils. In New Jersey, the Devils won both games to put the Senators at the brink of elimination. However, the Senators came back, winning the fifth game at home and the sixth game in New Jersey to force a seventh and deciding game at home.

In the seventh game, Ottawa got out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Magnus Arvedson. The Devils would score the next two on goals in the second period by Jamie Langenbrunner. Going into the third down 2-1 the Sens tied it on a goal by Radek Bonk and dominated play in the third, when with two minutes remaining, Devils' forward Jeff Friesen deked out Patrick Lalime and shot over his leg pad, into the net, to score the series-winning goal.[4]

Conference Quarter-final

Date	Visiting Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes	Attendance
April 9	NY Islanders	3	Ottawa	0		18,273
April 12	NY Islanders	0	Ottawa	3		18,500
April 14	Ottawa	3	NY Islanders	2	2:25 OT	16,234
April 16	Ottawa	3	NY Islanders	1		16,234
April 17	NY Islanders	1	Ottawa	4		18,500

Ottawa Senators win series 4 games to 1

Eastern Conference Semi-final

Date	Visiting Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes	Attendance
April 25	Philadelphia	2	Ottawa	4		18,197
April 27	Philadelphia	2	Ottawa	0		18,500
April 29	Ottawa	3	Philadelphia	2	6:43 OT	19,680
May 1	Ottawa	0	Philadelphia	1		19,842
May 3	Philadelphia	2	Ottawa	5		18,500
May 5	Ottawa	5	Philadelphia	1		19,454

Ottawa Senators win series 4 games to 2

Eastern Conference Final

Date	Visiting Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes	Attendance
May 10	New Jersey	2	Ottawa	3	3:08 OT	18,500
May 13	New Jersey	4	Ottawa	1		18,500
May 15	Ottawa	0	New Jersey	1		19,040
May 17	Ottawa	2	New Jersey	5		19,040
May 19	New Jersey	1	Ottawa	3		18,500
May 21	Ottawa	2	New Jersey	1	15:51 OT	19,040
May 23	New Jersey	3	Ottawa	2		18,500

New Jersey Devils win series 4 games to 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Marian Hossa	RW	80	45	35	80	34	8	14	0	10
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	78	27	51	78	42	15	9	0	6
Todd White	C	80	25	35	60	28	19	8	1	5
Martin Havlat	RW	67	24	35	59	30	20	9	0	4
Radek Bonk	C	70	22	32	54	36	6	11	0	4
Wade Redden	D	76	10	35	45	70	23	4	0	3
Zdeno Chara	D	74	9	30	39	116	29	3	0	2
Mike Fisher	C	74	18	20	38	54	13	5	1	3
Magnus Arvedson	LW	80	16	21	37	48	13	2	0	4
Shaun Van Allen	C	78	12	20	32	66	17	2	2	3
Karel Rachunek	D	58	4	25	29	30	23	3	0	1
Peter Schaefer	LW	75	6	17	23	32	11	0	0	1
Jason Spezza	C	33	7	14	21	8	-3	3	0	0
Petr Schastlivy	LW	33	9	10	19	4	3	5	0	2
Chris Phillips	D	78	3	16	19	71	7	2	0	1
Anton Volchenkov	D	57	3	13	16	40	-4	0	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	70	3	8	11	14	-3	0	0	1
Chris Neil	RW	68	6	4	10	147	8	0	0	0
Bryan Smolinski	C	10	3	5	8	2	1	0	0	0
Vaclav Varada	RW	11	2	6	8	8	3	1	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	67	0	8	8	130	-1	0	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	54	1	6	7	18	11	0	0	0
Brian Pothier	D	14	2	4	6	6	11	0	0	1
Steve Martins	C	14	2	3	5	10	3	0	0	0
Brad Smyth	RW	12	3	1	4	15	-2	2	0	0
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	20	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	0
Toni Dahlman	RW	12	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Patrick Lalime	G	67	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Josh Langfeld	RW	12	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0
Dennis Bonvie	RW	12	0	0	0	29	-1	0	0	0
Ray Emery	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Prusek	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Ray	RW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Joey Tetarenko	RW	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Lalime	3943	67	39	20	7	142	2.16	8	1591	1449	.911
Martin Prusek	935	18	12	2	1	37	2.37	0	415	378	.911
Ray Emery	85	3	1	0	0	2	1.41	0	26	24	.923
Team:	4963	82	52	22	8	181	2.19	8	2032	1851	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Marian Hossa	RW	18	5	11	16	6	-1	3	0	1
Radek Bonk	C	18	6	5	11	10	2	2	0	0
Martin Havlat	RW	18	5	6	11	14	4	1	0	2
Bryan Smolinski	C	18	2	7	9	6	4	0	0	0
Wade Redden	D	18	1	8	9	10	1	0	0	1
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	18	4	4	8	12	-3	4	0	1
Zdeno Chara	D	18	1	6	7	14	3	0	0	0
Todd White	C	18	5	1	6	6	-1	1	1	2
Chris Phillips	D	18	2	4	6	12	3	0	0	1
Vaclav Varada	RW	18	2	4	6	18	4	0	0	0
Magnus Arvedson	LW	18	1	5	6	16	-4	0	0	0
Peter Schaefer	LW	16	2	3	5	6	3	0	1	0
Mike Fisher	C	18	2	2	4	16	-1	0	1	1
Karel Rachunek	D	17	1	3	4	14	-5	0	0	0
Jason Spezza	C	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Shaun Van Allen	C	18	1	1	2	12	-1	0	0	1
Anton Volchenkov	D	17	1	1	2	4	3	0	0	1
Chris Neil	RW	15	1	0	1	24	1	0	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	18	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Pothier	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Lalime	1122	18	11	7	34	1.82	1	449	415	.924
Team:	1122	18	11	7	34	1.82	1	449	415	.924

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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;

Awards and records

• Molson Cup – Daniel Alfredsson
• Presidents' Trophy

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning Seventh-round pick in 2002 draft	To Ottawa Senators Josef Boumedienne
June 29, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Shawn McEachern Sixth-round pick in 2004 draft	To Ottawa Senators Brian Pothier
September 21, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Sami Salo	To Ottawa Senators Peter Schaefer
October 1, 2002	To Florida Panthers Jani Hurme	To Ottawa Senators Greg Watson, Billy Thompson
December 16, 2002	To Washington Capitals Josef Boumedienne	To Ottawa Senators Dean Melanson
January 15, 2003	To Washington Capitals Joel Kwiatkowski	To Ottawa Senators Ninth-round pick in 2003 draft. This pick returned to Washington for future considerations.
February 25, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres Jakub Klepis	To Ottawa Senators Vaclav Varada Fifth-round pick in 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Tim Cook)
March 4, 2003	To Florida Panthers Simon Lajeunesse	To Ottawa Senators Joey Tetarenko
March 10, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Rob Ray
March 10, 2003	To Nashville Predators future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Bob Wren
March 11, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Tim Gleason Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Bryan Smolinski

Waivers

January 15, 2003

To St. Louis Blues Steve Martins

Source: Ottawa Senators 2007–08 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2007. p. 185.

Roster

2002-03 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Ray Emery  31 – Martin Prusek  40 – Patrick Lalime		Defencemen 2 – Brian Pothier  3 – Zdeno Chara  – A 4 – Chris Phillips  6 – Wade Redden  – A 7 – Curtis Leschyshyn  – A 23 – Karel Rachunek  24 – Anton Volchenkov  29 – Joel Kwiatkowski  34 – Shane Hnidy	Wingers 9 – Martin Havlat  10 – Toni Dahlman  11 – Daniel Alfredsson  – C 15 – Peter Schaefer  16 – Jody Hull  18 – Marian Hossa  19 – Petr Schastlivy  20 – Magnus Arvedson  25 – Chris Neil  26 – Vaclav Varada  27 – Dennis Bonvie  32 – Rob Ray  33 – Josh Langfeld  36 – Joey Tetarenko  38 – Brad Smyth		Centres 12 – Mike Fisher  14 – Radek Bonk  21 – Steve Martins  21 – Bryan Smolinski  22 – Shaun Van Allen  28 – Todd White  39 – Jason Spezza  GM: John Muckler Coach: Jacques Martin

Sources:

• "NHL.com – Player Search". NHL. Retrieved 2010-02-08.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held on June 22 and June 23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	16	Jakub Klepis	Czech Republic	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	47	Alexei Kaigorodov	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
3	75	Arttu Luttinen	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
4	113	Scott Dobben	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
4	125	Johan Bjork	Sweden	Malmö IF (Elitserien)
5	150	Brock Hooton	Canada	Quesnel Millionaires (BCHL)
8	246	Josef Vavra	Czech Republic	HC Vsetín (Czech Extraliga)
9	276	Vitaly Atyushov	Russia	Molot-Prikamye Perm (RSL)

Farm teams

• Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

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 Ottawa Senators Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
4. "Ottawa Senators". Chris Robinson. pp. 74–91.
5. "2002-03 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.