2002–03 NHL season

The 2002–03 NHL season had 30 teams. The New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup Final. The Ottawa Senators finished with the best regular-season record. Peter Forsberg led the league with 106 points and Milan Hejduk led in goals with 50.

Stanley Cup Final winner: NJD New Jersey Devils

Eastern Conference

Atlantic

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
NJD New Jersey Devils	81	46	20	6	107	.660	38	46	214	164	+50	25-11-2	21-9-4	W1
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	81	44	20	4	105	.648	38	44	205	164	+41	21-10-2	23-10-2	W4
NYI New York Islanders	81	34	34	2	81	.500	29	34	222	230	-8	18-18-0	16-16-2	L2
NYR New York Rangers	82	32	36	4	78	.476	26	32	210	231	-21	17-18-2	15-18-2	L2
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	5	65	.396	24	27	189	255	-66	15-22-2	12-22-3	L1

Northeast

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
OTT Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	1	113	.689	45	52	263	182	+81	28-9-1	24-12-0	W4
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	82	44	28	3	98	.598	37	44	236	208	+28	24-13-0	20-15-3	L1
BOS Boston Bruins	82	36	31	4	87	.530	30	36	245	237	+8	23-11-2	13-20-2	W1
MTL Montréal Canadiens	82	30	35	9	77	.470	28	30	206	234	-28	16-16-4	14-19-5	W1
BUF Buffalo Sabres	81	27	37	8	71	.438	24	27	188	217	-29	18-16-2	9-21-6	L1

Southeast

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning	81	36	24	5	93	.574	34	36	217	204	+13	22-9-3	14-15-2	L1
WSH Washington Capitals	82	39	29	6	92	.561	33	39	224	220	+4	24-13-2	15-16-4	W1
ATL Atlanta Thrashers	81	30	39	5	72	.444	23	30	220	282	-62	14-19-3	16-20-2	W1
FLA Florida Panthers	81	24	35	9	70	.432	20	24	174	231	-57	8-20-5	16-15-4	W1
CAR Carolina Hurricanes	81	22	42	6	61	.377	20	22	170	238	-68	12-16-3	10-26-3	L5

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
NYR New York Rangers	82	32	36	4	78	.476	26	32	210	231	-21	17-18-2	15-18-2	L2
MTL Montréal Canadiens	82	30	35	9	77	.470	28	30	206	234	-28	16-16-4	14-19-5	W1
BUF Buffalo Sabres	81	27	37	8	71	.438	24	27	188	217	-29	18-16-2	9-21-6	L1
FLA Florida Panthers	81	24	35	9	70	.432	20	24	174	231	-57	8-20-5	16-15-4	W1
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	5	65	.396	24	27	189	255	-66	15-22-2	12-22-3	L1
CAR Carolina Hurricanes	81	22	42	6	61	.377	20	22	170	238	-68	12-16-3	10-26-3	L5

Western Conference

Central

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
DET Detroit Red Wings	81	48	20	3	109	.673	41	48	266	199	+67	28-6-2	20-14-1	T1
STL St. Louis Blues	81	41	23	6	99	.611	35	41	251	217	+34	23-11-3	18-12-3	T1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	81	29	33	6	77	.475	26	29	203	223	-20	16-15-2	13-18-4	T1
NSH Nashville Predators	81	27	34	7	74	.457	22	27	183	204	-21	18-17-1	9-17-6	L1
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	81	29	41	3	69	.426	25	29	210	259	-49	20-14-2	9-27-1	T1

Northwest

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
VAN Vancouver Canucks	81	45	22	1	104	.642	40	45	264	206	+58	22-12-0	23-10-1	T1
COL Colorado Avalanche	81	41	19	8	103	.636	34	41	246	192	+54	20-9-3	21-10-5	W1
MIN Minnesota Wild	81	41	29	1	93	.574	33	41	194	175	+19	24-13-0	17-16-1	L2
EDM Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	9	92	.561	29	36	231	230	+1	20-12-4	16-14-5	L1
CGY Calgary Flames	82	29	36	4	75	.457	23	29	186	228	-42	14-16-1	15-20-3	W2

Pacific

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
DAL Dallas Stars	81	45	17	4	109	.673	40	45	243	169	+74	27-5-2	18-12-2	W3
ANA Anaheim Ducks	82	40	27	6	95	.579	34	40	203	193	+10	22-10-2	18-17-4	OT1
PHX Phoenix Coyotes	81	31	35	5	77	.475	27	31	201	227	-26	17-16-2	14-19-3	W1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	81	32	37	6	76	.469	26	32	201	221	-20	19-19-1	13-18-5	OT1
SJS San Jose Sharks	81	28	37	8	72	.444	26	28	211	236	-25	17-16-3	11-21-5	T2

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
EDM Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	9	92	.561	29	36	231	230	+1	20-12-4	16-14-5	L1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	81	32	37	6	76	.469	26	32	201	221	-20	19-19-1	13-18-5	OT1
CGY Calgary Flames	82	29	36	4	75	.457	23	29	186	228	-42	14-16-1	15-20-3	W2
NSH Nashville Predators	81	27	34	7	74	.457	22	27	183	204	-21	18-17-1	9-17-6	L1
SJS San Jose Sharks	81	28	37	8	72	.444	26	28	211	236	-25	17-16-3	11-21-5	T2
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	81	29	41	3	69	.426	25	29	210	259	-49	20-14-2	9-27-1	T1

Leaders

Points

1	Peter Forsberg	106
2	Markus Naslund	104
3	Joe Thornton	101
4	Milan Hejduk	98
5	Todd Bertuzzi	97

Goals

1	Milan Hejduk	50
2	Markus Naslund	48
3	Todd Bertuzzi	46
4	Marian Hossa	45
5	Glen Murray	44

Assists

1	Peter Forsberg	77
2	Joe Thornton	65
3	Mario Lemieux	63
4	Brad Richards	57
5	Vinny Prospal	57

Plus/minus

1	Milan Hejduk	+52
2	Peter Forsberg	+52
3	Nicklas Lidstrom	+40
4	Jere Lehtinen	+39
5	Derian Hatcher	+37

Power-play goals

1	Todd Bertuzzi	25
2	Markus Naslund	24
3	Dany Heatley	19
4	Milan Hejduk	18
5	Mats Sundin	16

Shots on goal

1	Glen Murray	331
2	Jarome Iginla	316
3	Jeff O'Neill	316
4	Petr Sykora	299
5	Al Macinnis	299

TOI per game

1	Nicklas Lidstrom	27:32
2	Al Macinnis	26:43
3	Adrian Aucoin	26:38
4	Rob Blake	26:21
5	Roman Hamrlik	26:20

Hits

1	Ivan Majesky	147
2	Peter Worrell	110
3	Shane Doan	103
4	Derian Hatcher	102
5	Darius Kasparaitis	97

Blocked shots

1	Willie Mitchell	65
2	Scott Stevens	62
3	Danny Markov	53
4	Robert Svehla	53
5	Andrei Zyuzin	50

Goalie wins

1	Martin Brodeur	41
2	Patrick Lalime	40
3	Ed Belfour	37
4	Patrick Roy	35
5	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	34

Save %

1	Marty Turco	.932
2	Sean Burke	.930
3	Martin Gerber	.929
4	Dwayne Roloson	.927
5	Manny Legace	.925

Goals-against avg

1	Marty Turco	1.72
2	Roman Cechmanek	1.83
3	Martin Gerber	1.94
4	Dwayne Roloson	2.00
5	Martin Brodeur	2.02

Shutouts

1	Martin Brodeur	9
2	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	8
3	Patrick Lalime	8
4	Jocelyn Thibault	8
5	Marty Turco	7

Rate stats need 25+ games (skaters) or 21+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
ANA Anaheim Ducks	82	203	193	2.48	2.35	27.39	28.99
ATL Atlanta Thrashers	82	226	284	2.76	3.46	26.38	31.62
BOS Boston Bruins	82	245	237	2.99	2.89	32.15	28.32
BUF Buffalo Sabres	82	190	219	2.32	2.67	28.60	28.01
CAR Carolina Hurricanes	82	171	240	2.09	2.93	29.44	28.44
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	82	213	263	2.60	3.21	26.13	32.21
CGY Calgary Flames	82	186	228	2.27	2.78	28.55	27.10
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	82	207	226	2.52	2.76	27.79	28.60
COL Colorado Avalanche	82	251	194	3.06	2.37	29.10	28.33
DAL Dallas Stars	82	245	169	2.99	2.06	30.07	25.28
DET Detroit Red Wings	82	269	203	3.28	2.48	29.77	28.79
EDM Edmonton Oilers	82	231	230	2.82	2.80	27.96	27.41
FLA Florida Panthers	82	176	237	2.15	2.89	27.18	33.23
LAK Los Angeles Kings	82	203	221	2.48	2.70	27.71	26.11
MIN Minnesota Wild	82	198	178	2.41	2.17	25.44	28.48
MTL Montréal Canadiens	82	206	234	2.51	2.85	25.84	32.66
NJD New Jersey Devils	82	216	166	2.63	2.02	31.72	23.57
NSH Nashville Predators	82	183	206	2.23	2.51	28.24	27.46
NYI New York Islanders	82	224	231	2.73	2.82	29.60	28.27
NYR New York Rangers	82	210	231	2.56	2.82	30.06	29.59
OTT Ottawa Senators	82	263	182	3.21	2.22	29.78	24.79
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	82	211	166	2.57	2.02	30.94	24.62
PHX Phoenix Coyotes	82	204	230	2.49	2.80	28.01	29.98
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	189	255	2.30	3.11	25.35	30.91
SJS San Jose Sharks	82	214	239	2.61	2.91	28.09	29.17
STL St. Louis Blues	82	253	222	3.09	2.71	28.06	24.96
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning	82	219	210	2.67	2.56	29.21	28.02
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	82	236	208	2.88	2.54	26.26	29.55
VAN Vancouver Canucks	82	264	208	3.22	2.54	29.12	26.65
WSH Washington Capitals	82	224	220	2.73	2.68	27.11	29.93