2002–03 Washington Capitals season
2002–03 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 2nd Southeast |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 39–29–8–6 |
Home record | 24–13–2–2 |
Road record | 15–16–6–4 |
Goals for | 224 |
Goals against | 220 |
Team information | |
General manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Bruce Cassidy |
Captain | Steve Konowalchuk |
Alternate captains | Peter Bondra Jaromir Jagr Calle Johansson Brendan Witt |
Arena | MCI Center |
Average attendance | 15,787 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Richmond Renegades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jaromir Jagr (36) |
Assists | Sergei Gonchar (49) |
Points | Jaromir Jagr (77) |
Penalty minutes | Jason Doig (108) |
Plus/minus | Ken Klee (+22) |
Wins | Olaf Kolzig (33) |
Goals against average | Olaf Kolzig (2.40) |
The 2002–03 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Off-season
[edit]Head coach Ron Wilson was fired on May 10.[1] The Capitals named Bruce Cassidy their new head coach on June 25.[2] Steve Konowalchuk was named the team’s lone captain while Brendan Witt, who was co-captain of the team in 2001–02 with Konowalchuk, remained one of four alternate captains.[3]
Regular season
[edit]The Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.[4]
On January 11, 2003, the Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2.[5] Jaromir Jagr had seven points in the game (three goals, four assists). It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a game since March 30, 2002, when the San Jose Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home by a score of 10–2.[6] Furthermore, it was the first time that the Capitals had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[7]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
Playoffs
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Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 4–5–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 3–4–1–0)
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November: 6–7–1–0 (home: 5–4–0–0; road: 1–3–1–0)
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December: 8–4–1–1 (home: 5–0–0–0; road: 3–4–1–1)
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January: 6–3–4–2 (home: 5–2–1–2; road: 1–1–3–0)
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February: 6–6–0–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–0–0)
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March: 7–3–1–3 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 4–2–0–3)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 0–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
68 | Jaromir Jagr | RW | 75 | 36 | 41 | 77 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Robert Lang | C | 82 | 22 | 47 | 69 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 82 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 13 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 76 | 30 | 26 | 56 | −3 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
92 | Michael Nylander† | C | 71 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
14 | Kip Miller | C | 72 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Dainius Zubrus | C | 63 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
25 | Mike Grier | RW | 82 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −14 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 77 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
27 | Ivan Ciernik | RW | 47 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 70 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 82 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
46 | Brian Sutherby | C | 72 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
94 | Sergei Berezin† | LW | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
54 | Jason Doig | D | 55 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
21 | Glen Metropolit | C | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Andreas Salomonsson† | RW | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Rick Berry | D | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Josh Green† | LW | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Joel Kwiatkowski† | D | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
23 | Trent Whitfield | C | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
44 | Steve Eminger | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | Chris Simon‡ | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Josef Boumedienne† | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
51 | Stephen Peat | RW | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
58 | Jean-Francois Fortin | D | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Craig Billington‡ | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
35 | Sebastien Charpentier | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Sylvain Cote‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Mike Farrell | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Colin Forbes | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Alex Henry† | D | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
18 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 66 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 1925 | 156 | 2.40 | .919 | 4 | 3894 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 192 | 14 | 2.08 | .927 | 1 | 404 |
35 | Sebastien Charpentier | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 426 | 40 | 2.79 | .906 | 0 | 859 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Craig Billington‡ | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 17 | 4.70 | .823 | 0 | 217 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Sergei Gonchar (Defense) | [11] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sergei Gonchar | [12] |
Jaromir Jagr[a] | |||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Brian Sutherby | [14] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Steve Eminger | October 11, 2002 | [15] |
Transactions
[edit]The Capitals were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2002, the day after the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2003, the day of the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.[16]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Washington Capitals
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To Nashville Predators
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[17] |
October 7, 2002 | To Washington Capitals |
To Edmonton Oilers
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[18] |
November 1, 2002 | To Washington Capitals
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To Chicago Blackhawks |
[19] |
December 16, 2002 | To Washington Capitals |
To Ottawa Senators |
[20] |
January 15, 2003 | To Washington Capitals |
To Ottawa Senators
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[21] |
March 11, 2003 | To Washington Capitals |
To Chicago Blackhawks
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[22] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2002 | Robert Lang | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5-year | Free agency | [23] |
July 9, 2002 | Kip Miller | New York Islanders | 2-year | Free agency | [24] |
Dwayne Zinger | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year[c] | Free agency | [24] | |
July 23, 2002 | Chris Hajt | Edmonton Oilers | 1-year[c] | Free agency | [25] |
September 13, 2002 | Jason Doig | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
October 4, 2002 | Rick Berry | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waiver draft | [27] | |
October 15, 2002 | Andreas Salomonsson | New Jersey Devils | Waivers | [28] | |
October 24, 2002 | Alex Henry | Edmonton Oilers | Waivers | [29] | |
January 15, 2003 | Josh Green | New York Rangers | Waivers | [30] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via[d] | Ref |
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N/A | Dmitri Khristich | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency (III) | [32] |
July 1, 2002 | Martin Hlinka[e] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [31] | |
Dmitri Mironov[f] | Contract expiration (III) | [31] | ||
August 5, 2002 | Patrick Boileau | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (VI) | [35] |
August 11, 2002 | Benoit Hogue | Retirement (III) | [36] | |
August 13, 2002 | Ulf Dahlen | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [37] |
August 14, 2002 | Corey Hirsch | Dallas Stars | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
August 27, 2002 | Rob Zettler | Retirement (III) | [39] | |
October 10, 2002 | Mike Siklenka | Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
November 12, 2002 | Sylvain Cote[g] | Release | [42] | |
November 13, 2002 | Curtis Cruickshank | San Diego Gulls (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
January 2, 2003 | Joe Sacco | Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [44] |
December 16, 2002 | Craig Billington[h] | Buyout | [46] | |
April 22, 2003 | Glen Metropolit | Jokerit (Liiga) | Free agency[i] | [48] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 23, 2002 | Ivan Ciernik | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] |
Mark Murphy | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] | |
Trent Whitfield | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] | |
July 24, 2002 | Chris Simon | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 30, 2002 | Jean-Francois Fortin | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] |
July 31, 2002 | Colin Forbes | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] |
Glen Metropolit | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
September 6, 2002 | Chris Ferraro | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
Peter Ferraro | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] | |
September 13, 2002 | Owen Fussey | 3-year | Entry-level | [26] |
October 7, 2002 | Steve Eminger | 3-year | Entry-level | [53] |
October 8, 2002 | Dainius Zubrus | 2-year | Re-signing | [54] |
March 20, 2003 | Sebastien Charpentier | 1-year[c] | Extension | [55] |
May 15, 2003 | Josef Boumedienne | 1-year | Extension | [56] |
Draft picks
[edit]Washington's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[57]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 12 | Steve Eminger | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
1 | 13 | Alexander Semin | Russia | Traktor Chelyabinsk Jrs. (Russia) |
1 | 17 | Boyd Gordon | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
2 | 59 | Maxime Daigneault | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
3 | 77 | Patrick Wellar | Canada | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
3 | 92 | Derek Krestanovich | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
4 | 109 | Jevon Desautels | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
4 | 118 | Petr Dvorak | Czech Republic | Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic) |
5 | 145 | Robert Gherson | Canada | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
6 | 179 | Marian Havel | Czech Republic | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
7 | 209 | Joni Lindlof | Finland | Tappara Jr. (Finland) |
8 | 242 | Igor Ignatushkin | Russia | Elemash Elektrosal (Russia) |
9 | 272 | Patric Blomdahl | Sweden | AIK IF Jr. (Sweden) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Jagr was voted to the starting lineup.[13]
- ^ 9th-round pick in 2003
- ^ a b c Club option for a second year.
- ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[31]
- ^ Hlinka was inactive during the 2002–03 season.[33]
- ^ Mironov, who last played during the 2000–01 season, retired.[34]
- ^ Cote retired.[41]
- ^ Billington retired and was named a goaltending coach with the Colorado Avalanche on January 7, 2003.[45]
- ^ Washington retained Metropolit’s NHL rights until they were claimed in the NHL Waiver Draft by the Ottawa Senators on October 3, 2003.[47]
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10/10 - ADD Mike Siklenka, signed a PTO
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- ^ "Gulls Lose to Falcons, 5-4". OurSports Central. November 13, 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
Cruickshank... signed with the Gulls today
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