2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' 77th season of operation. Finishing ninth in the Western Conference, they failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
Conference	9th Western
2002–03 record	30–33–13–6
Goals for	207
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Alexei Zhamnov
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	14,794 (72.2%)

Regular season

• January 8, 2003: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Michael Leighton gained a shutout in his NHL debut in a 0-0 tie versus the Phoenix Coyotes. Coyotes goaltender Zac Bierk earned his first career shutout, although it was not his NHL debut. It was the first time that two goalies in the same game both earned their first career shutouts.[1]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
3	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

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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.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Sullivan	RW	82	26	35	61	42	15	4	2	3
Alex Zhamnov	C	74	15	43	58	70	0	2	3	1
Eric Daze	RW	54	22	22	44	14	10	3	0	5
Kyle Calder	LW	82	15	27	42	40	-6	7	0	2
Tyler Arnason	C	82	19	20	39	20	7	3	0	6
Theoren Fleury	RW	54	12	21	33	77	-7	1	0	3
Sergei Berezin	LW	66	18	13	31	8	-3	5	0	0
Mark Bell	C	82	14	15	29	113	0	0	2	0
Phil Housley	D	57	6	23	29	24	7	2	0	2
Nathan Dempsey	D	67	5	23	28	26	-7	1	0	2
Andrei Nikolishin	C	60	6	15	21	26	-3	0	1	0
Chris Simon	LW	61	12	6	18	125	-4	2	0	2
Steve Thomas	LW	69	4	13	17	51	0	0	0	1
Jon Klemm	D	70	2	14	16	44	-9	1	0	1
Alexander Karpovtsev	D	40	4	10	14	12	-8	3	0	1
Steve Poapst	D	75	2	11	13	50	14	0	0	0
Mike Eastwood	C	53	2	10	12	24	-6	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	65	7	4	11	76	7	0	0	0
Igor Korolev	C	48	4	5	9	30	-1	1	0	1
Igor Radulov	LW	7	5	0	5	4	-3	3	0	0
Jason Strudwick	D	48	2	3	5	87	-4	0	0	0
Steve McCarthy	D	57	1	4	5	23	-1	0	0	0
Boris Mironov	D	20	3	1	4	22	-1	1	0	0
Michael Nylander	C	9	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Shawn Thornton	RW	13	1	1	2	31	-4	0	0	0
Burke Henry	D	16	0	2	2	9	-13	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
Sami Helenius	D	10	0	1	1	28	3	0	0	0
Garry Valk	RW	16	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Peter White	C	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Anderson	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Michael Leighton	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brett McLean	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Steve Passmore	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Jocelyn Thibault	G	62	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Ryan VandenBussche	RW	22	0	0	0	58	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Jocelyn Thibault	3650	62	26	28	7	144	2.37	8	1690	1546	.915
Michael Leighton	447	8	2	3	2	21	2.82	1	241	220	.913
Steve Passmore	617	11	2	5	2	38	3.70	0	284	246	.866
Craig Anderson	270	6	0	3	2	18	4.00	0	125	107	.856
Team:	4984	82	30	39	13	221	2.66	9	2340	2119	.906

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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;

Draft picks

Chicago'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	21	Anton Babchuk	Russia	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
2	54	Duncan Keith	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)
3	93	Alexander Kozhevnikov	Russia	Krylya Sovetov Jr. (Russia)
4	128	Matt Ellison	Canada	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
5	156	James Wisniewski	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	188	Kevin Kantee	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
7	219	Tyson Kellerman	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8	251	Jason Kostadine	United States	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
9	282	Adam Burish	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
3. "2002-03 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

• "2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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