2002–03 Dallas Stars season

The 2002–03 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' tenth season, 36th overall of the franchise.

2002–03 Dallas Stars
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st Western
2002–03 record	46–17–15–4
Goals for	245
Goals against	169
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Derian Hatcher

Regular season

• January 20, 2003: In a game against the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy becomes the first goaltender to appear in 1,000 regular season games. At the end of the game, Marty Turco raised his mask to praise Patrick.[1]

The Stars led all NHL teams in most shutouts for, with 11.[2]

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
3	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
4	11	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
5	14	San Jose Sharks	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73

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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	T	October 9, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	0–0–1–0
2	W	October 11, 2002	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	1–0–1–0
3	W	October 12, 2002	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	2–0–1–0
4	W	October 15, 2002	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	3–0–1–0
5	L	October 17, 2002	1–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	3–1–1–0
6	L	October 19, 2002	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	3–2–1–0
7	W	October 20, 2002	5–2	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	4–2–1–0
8	T	October 24, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	4–2–2–0
9	W	October 26, 2002	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	5–2–2–0
10	W	October 28, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	6–2–2–0
11	OTL	October 30, 2002	2–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	6–2–2–1
12	L	November 1, 2002	2–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	6–3–2–1
13	T	November 3, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	6–3–3–1
14	W	November 6, 2002	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	7–3–3–1
15	W	November 8, 2002	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	8–3–3–1
16	L	November 10, 2002	2–3	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	8–4–3–1
17	W	November 12, 2002	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	9–4–3–1
18	W	November 13, 2002	6–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	10–4–3–1
19	W	November 15, 2002	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	11–4–3–1
20	W	November 17, 2002	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	12–4–3–1
21	T	November 20, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	12–4–4–1
22	W	November 22, 2002	4–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	13–4–4–1
23	L	November 23, 2002	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	13–5–4–1
24	W	November 25, 2002	5–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	14–5–4–1
25	W	November 27, 2002	5–0	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	15–5–4–1
26	T	November 29, 2002	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (2002–03)	15–5–5–1
27	L	November 30, 2002	2–5	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–6–5–1
28	W	December 4, 2002	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	16–6–5–1
29	T	December 6, 2002	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	16–6–6–1
30	L	December 11, 2002	0–3	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	16–7–6–1
31	W	December 13, 2002	3–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	17–7–6–1
32	W	December 15, 2002	5–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	18–7–6–1
33	T	December 17, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	18–7–7–1
34	T	December 19, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	18–7–8–1
35	L	December 21, 2002	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	18–8–8–1
36	L	December 22, 2002	0–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	18–9–8–1
37	L	December 26, 2002	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	18–10–8–1
38	W	December 27, 2002	4–0	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	19–10–8–1
39	T	December 29, 2002	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	19–10–9–1
40	W	December 31, 2002	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	20–10–9–1
41	W	January 2, 2003	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	21–10–9–1
42	W	January 4, 2003	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	22–10–9–1
43	T	January 5, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	22–10–10–1
44	W	January 7, 2003	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	23–10–10–1
45	W	January 9, 2003	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	24–10–10–1
46	W	January 11, 2003	6–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	25–10–10–1
47	W	January 18, 2003	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	26–10–10–1
48	T	January 20, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	26–10–11–1
49	W	January 22, 2003	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	27–10–11–1
50	L	January 24, 2003	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	27–11–11–1
51	W	January 25, 2003	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	28–11–11–1
52	W	January 27, 2003	5–3	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	29–11–11–1
53	W	January 29, 2003	4–1	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	30–11–11–1
54	T	February 5, 2003	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	30–11–12–1
55	W	February 8, 2003	3–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	31–11–12–1
56	W	February 9, 2003	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	32–11–12–1
57	W	February 11, 2003	2–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	33–11–12–1
58	L	February 14, 2003	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	33–12–12–1
59	W	February 16, 2003	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	34–12–12–1
60	T	February 19, 2003	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	34–12–13–1
61	T	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	34–12–14–1
62	W	February 23, 2003	3–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	35–12–14–1
63	T	February 25, 2003	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	35–12–15–1
64	OTL	February 27, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	35–12–15–2
65	L	February 28, 2003	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	35–13–15–2
66	W	March 2, 2003	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	36–13–15–2
67	W	March 5, 2003	7–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	37–13–15–2
68	L	March 7, 2003	1–2	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	37–14–15–2
69	W	March 9, 2003	3–0	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	38–14–15–2
70	W	March 11, 2003	2–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	39–14–15–2
71	L	March 12, 2003	2–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	39–15–15–2
72	L	March 15, 2003	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	39–16–15–2
73	L	March 17, 2003	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	39–17–15–2
74	W	March 19, 2003	5–4 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	40–17–15–2
75	OTL	March 21, 2003	2–3 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	40–17–15–3
76	W	March 23, 2003	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	41–17–15–3
77	W	March 25, 2003	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	42–17–15–3
78	OTL	March 27, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	42–17–15–4
79	W	March 29, 2003	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	43–17–15–4
80	W	March 31, 2003	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	44–17–15–4
81	W	April 2, 2003	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	45–17–15–4
82	W	April 6, 2003	2–0	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	46–17–15–4

Playoffs

Quarterfinals: (1) Dallas Stars vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers

April 9	Edmonton Oilers		2–1		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:52 – pp – Mike Modano (1)
Ryan Smyth (1) – sh – 03:22 Shawn Horcoff (1) – 07:10		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Tommy Salo 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 21 saves / 23 shots

April 11	Edmonton Oilers		1–6		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Marty Reasoner (1) – pp – 06:35		First period			10:03 – pp – Sergei Zubov (1) 14:12 – pp – Scott Young (1) 19:10 – Scott Young (2)
No scoring		Second period			18:52 – Jason Arnott (1)
No scoring		Third period			04:21 – Mike Modano (2) 06:39 – pp – Ulf Dahlen (1)
Tommy Salo 24 saves / 29 shots Jussi Markkanen 11 saves / 12 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 12 saves / 13 shots

April 13	Dallas Stars		2–3		Edmonton Oilers	Skyreach Centre	Recap
Jason Arnott (2) – pp – 10:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Jere Lehtinen (1) – 03:23		Third period			02:33 – Georges Laraque (1) 04:40 – Fernando Pisani (1) 05:38 – Radek Dvorak (1)
Marty Turco 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Tommy Salo 30 saves / 32 shots

April 15	Dallas Stars		3–1		Edmonton Oilers	Skyreach Centre	Recap
Sergei Zubov (2) – 01:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Stu Barnes (1) – 05:52 Niko Kapanen (1) – 06:15		Third period			02:07 – Shawn Horcoff (2)
Marty Turco 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Tommy Salo 25 saves / 28 shots

April 17	Edmonton Oilers		2–5		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:02 – pp – Scott Young (3) 09:55 – pp – Sergei Zubov (3)
No scoring		Second period			05:34 – Mike Modano (3)
Mike Comrie (1) – 09:58 Eric Brewer (1) – 18:08		Third period			05:39 – Sergei Zubov (4) 19:33 – en – Manny Malhotra (1)
Tommy Salo 23 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 15 saves / 17 shots

April 19	Dallas Stars		3–2		Edmonton Oilers	Skyreach Centre	Recap
Scott Young (4) – 00:43 Philippe Boucher (1) – 10:39		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:22 – Ryan Smyth (2) 08:34 – Shawn Horcoff (3)
Mike Modano (4) – 13:08		Third period			No scoring
Marty Turco 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Tommy Salo 21 saves / 24 shots

Dallas won series 4–2

Semifinals: (1) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

April 24	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		4–3	5OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Jason Krog (3) – 13:08		First period			17:39 – Derian Hatcher (1)
Rob Niedermayer (1) – sh – 04:04 Steve Rucchin (2) – 08:58		Second period			16:32 – Jason Arnott (3)
No scoring		Third period			17:13 – Brenden Morrow (1)
Petr Sykora (1) – 00:48		Fifth overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 60 saves / 63 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 50 saves / 54 shots

April 26	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		3–2	OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Adam Oates (2) – pp – 10:17		First period			19:58 – pp – Brenden Morrow (2)
No scoring		Second period			08:39 – Mike Modano (5)
Rob Niedermayer (2) – 18:51		Third period			No scoring
Mike Leclerc (1) – 01:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 29 saves / 31 shots Martin Gerber 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 24 saves / 27 shots

April 28	Dallas Stars		2–1		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	Recap
Jere Lehtinen (2) – 02:24		First period			16:09 – pp – Steve Rucchin (3)
Jere Lehtinen (3) – pp – 03:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Marty Turco 31 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Jean-Sebastien Giguere 30 saves / 32 shots

April 30	Dallas Stars		0–1		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:13 – pp – Mike Leclerc (2)
Marty Turco 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Jean-Sebastien Giguere 28 saves / 28 shots

May 3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		1–4		Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:20 – Rob DiMaio (1) 14:20 – Stu Barnes (2)
No scoring		Second period			18:10 – sh – Niko Kapanen (2)
Paul Kariya (3) – 04:02		Third period			15:12 – Niko Kapanen (3)
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 16 saves / 19 shots Martin Gerber 5 saves / 6 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 14 saves / 15 shots

May 5	Dallas Stars		3–4		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	Recap
Kirk Muller (1) – 05:10		First period			No scoring
Niko Kapanen (4) – 14:20		Second period			02:25 – pp – Steve Thomas (2) 04:23 – Stanislav Chistov (3)
Brenden Morrow (3) – pp – 14:49		Third period			03:22 – Ruslan Salei (1) 18:54 – Sandis Ozolinsh (1)
Marty Turco 22 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Jean-Sebastien Giguere 26 saves / 29 shots

Anaheim won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Modano	C	79	28	57	85	30	34	5	2	6
Sergei Zubov	D	82	11	44	55	26	21	8	0	2
Bill Guerin	RW	64	25	25	50	113	5	11	0	2
Jere Lehtinen	RW	80	31	17	48	20	39	5	0	3
Jason Arnott	C	72	23	24	47	51	9	7	0	6
Brenden Morrow	LW	71	21	22	43	134	20	2	3	4
Scott Young	RW	79	23	19	42	30	24	5	1	4
Pierre Turgeon	C	65	12	30	42	18	4	3	0	5
Ulf Dahlen	LW	63	17	20	37	14	11	9	0	1
Darryl Sydor	D	81	5	31	36	40	22	2	0	1
Niko Kapanen	C	82	5	29	34	44	25	0	1	1
Derian Hatcher	D	82	8	22	30	106	37	1	1	2
Philippe Boucher	D	80	7	20	27	94	28	1	1	3
Rob DiMaio	RW	69	10	9	19	76	18	0	0	2
Manny Malhotra	C	59	3	7	10	42	-2	0	0	1
Stephane Robidas	D	76	3	7	10	35	15	0	0	1
Steve Ott	C	26	3	4	7	31	6	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	13	2	5	7	8	2	2	0	1
Claude Lemieux	RW	32	2	4	6	14	-9	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	68	1	5	6	58	1	0	0	1
Kirk Muller	LW	55	1	5	6	18	-6	0	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	20	1	3	4	8	-3	1	0	0
David Oliver	RW	6	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	55	0	3	3	16	0	0	0	0
John Erskine	D	16	2	0	2	29	1	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	43	1	1	2	69	1	0	0	0
Sami Helenius	D	5	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
Corey Hirsch	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Montgomery	C	1	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Jon Sim	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Marty Turco	3203	55	31	10	10	92	1.72	7	1359	1267	.932
Ron Tugnutt	1701	31	15	10	5	70	2.47	4	672	602	.896
Corey Hirsch	97	2	0	1	0	4	2.47	0	39	35	.897
Team:	5001	82	46	21	15	166	1.99	11	2070	1904	.920

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Modano	C	12	5	10	15	4	2	1	0	2
Sergei Zubov	D	12	4	10	14	4	2	2	0	0
Brenden Morrow	LW	12	3	5	8	16	3	2	0	0
Niko Kapanen	C	12	4	3	7	12	4	0	1	0
Scott Young	RW	10	4	3	7	6	5	2	0	1
Darryl Sydor	D	12	0	6	6	6	-3	0	0	0
Jason Arnott	C	11	3	2	5	6	-2	1	0	0
Jere Lehtinen	RW	12	3	2	5	0	1	1	0	1
Stu Barnes	C	12	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	2
Rob DiMaio	RW	12	1	4	5	10	2	0	0	0
Ulf Dahlen	LW	11	1	3	4	0	-3	1	0	0
Philippe Boucher	D	11	1	2	3	11	1	0	0	0
Derian Hatcher	D	11	1	2	3	33	8	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	12	0	3	3	8	1	0	0	0
Kirk Muller	LW	12	1	1	2	8	0	0	0	0
Manny Malhotra	C	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Claude Lemieux	RW	7	0	1	1	10	-1	0	0	0
Stephane Robidas	D	12	0	1	1	20	1	0	0	0
Pierre Turgeon	C	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
David Oliver	RW	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Steve Ott	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Marty Turco	798	12	6	6	25	1.88	0	310	285	.919
Team:	798	12	6	6	25	1.88	0	310	285	.919

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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

Dallas'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	26	Martin Vagner	Czech Republic	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
2	32	Janos Vas	Hungary	Malmo IF (Sweden)
2	34	Tobias Stephan	Switzerland	EHC Chur (Switzerland)
2	42	Marius Holtet	Norway	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
2	43	Trevor Daley	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	78	Geoff Waugh	Canada	Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)
4	110	Jarkko Immonen	Finland	Blues Jr. (Finland)
5	147	David Bararuk	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
6	180	Kirill Sidorenko	Russia	Zauralie Kurgan (Russia)
7	210	Bryan Hamm	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	243	Tuomas Mikkonen	Finland	JYP (Finland)
9	273	Ned Havern	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003_games.html
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
4. "2002-03 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

• "2002–03 Dallas Stars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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