2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season

2002–03 Vancouver Canucks
Division 2nd Northwest
Conference 4th Western
2002–03 record 45–23–13–1
Home record 22–13–6–0
Road record 23–10–7–1
Goals for 264
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Brian Burke
Coach Marc Crawford
Captain Markus Naslund
Arena General Motors Place
Average attendance 18,396[1]
Minor league affiliations Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Markus Naslund (48)
Assists Markus Naslund (56)
Points Markus Naslund (104)
Penalties in minutes Todd Bertuzzi (144)
Plus/minus (+): Marek Malik (+23)
(−): Brent Sopel (−15)
Wins Dan Cloutier (33)
Goals against average Alex Auld (1.57)
<2001–02 2003–04>

The 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 33rd NHL season.

Regular season

The Canucks led all teams in power-play goals scored, with 87.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
13Colorado Avalanche 82 42 19 13 8 251 194 105
24Vancouver Canucks 82 45 23 13 1 264 208 104
36Minnesota Wild82 42 29 10 1 198 178 95
48Edmonton Oilers 82 36 26 11 9 231 230 92
512Calgary Flames 82 29 36 13 4 186 228 75

[3]

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.

Conference standings

Western Conference
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Dallas Stars PA 82 46 17 15 4 245 169 111
2 Y- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 48 20 10 4 269 203 110
3 Y- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 42 19 13 8 251 194 105
4 X- Vancouver Canucks NW 82 45 23 13 1 264 208 104
5 X- St. Louis Blues CE 82 41 24 11 6 253 222 99
6 X- Minnesota Wild NW 82 42 29 10 1 198 178 95
7 X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 40 27 9 6 203 193 95
8 X- Edmonton Oilers NW 82 36 26 11 9 231 230 92
8.5
9 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 30 33 13 6 207 226 79
10 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 33 37 6 6 203 221 78
11 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 31 35 11 5 204 230 78
12 Calgary Flames NW 82 29 36 13 4 186 228 75
13 Nashville Predators CE 82 27 35 13 7 183 206 74
14 San Jose Sharks PA 82 28 37 9 8 214 239 73
15 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 29 42 8 3 213 263 69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 10, 20023–0 @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 1–0–0–0
2WOctober 12, 20025–3 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 2–0–0–0
3LOctober 14, 20022–3 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 2–1–0–0
4LOctober 16, 20023–6 Boston Bruins (2002–03) 2–2–0–0
5TOctober 18, 20022–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 2–2–1–0
6TOctober 19, 20022–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 2–2–2–0
7WOctober 21, 20025–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 3–2–2–0
8TOctober 24, 20022–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 3–2–3–0
9LOctober 26, 20021–4 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 3–3–3–0
10TOctober 29, 20021–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 3–3–4–0
11LOctober 31, 20021–5 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 3–4–4–0
12WNovember 2, 20024–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 4–4–4–0
13WNovember 4, 20024–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 5–4–4–0
14LNovember 6, 20020–4 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 5–5–4–0
15WNovember 9, 20025–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 6–5–4–0
16WNovember 12, 20026–3 St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 7–5–4–0
17WNovember 14, 20023–2 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 8–5–4–0
18WNovember 16, 20023–1 New York Rangers (2002–03) 9–5–4–0
19WNovember 20, 20025–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 10–5–4–0
20WNovember 22, 20024–1 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 11–5–4–0
21WNovember 25, 20022–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 12–5–4–0
22WNovember 27, 20023–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) 13–5–4–0
23WNovember 29, 20025–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) 14–5–4–0
24WNovember 30, 20025–2 @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) 15–5–4–0
25LDecember 3, 20021–2 @ New York Islanders (2002–03) 15–6–4–0
26WDecember 4, 20023–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) 16–6–4–0
27LDecember 7, 20022–4 Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 16–7–4–0
28LDecember 9, 20021–2 Calgary Flames (2002–03) 16–8–4–0
29WDecember 11, 20023–1 Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 17–8–4–0
30WDecember 14, 20026–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 18–8–4–0
31TDecember 15, 20023–3 OT Calgary Flames (2002–03) 18–8–5–0
32LDecember 17, 20022–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 18–9–5–0
33WDecember 19, 20023–1 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 19–9–5–0
34WDecember 21, 20024–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 20–9–5–0
35LDecember 23, 20023–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 20–10–5–0
36WDecember 26, 20024–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 21–10–5–0
37WDecember 28, 20027–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 22–10–5–0
38LDecember 31, 20023–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 22–11–5–0
39WJanuary 2, 20033–2 Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 23–11–5–0
40WJanuary 4, 20033–2 Florida Panthers (2002–03) 24–11–5–0
41WJanuary 8, 20036–4 Ottawa Senators (2002–03) 25–11–5–0
42LJanuary 10, 20032–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 25–12–5–0
43LJanuary 11, 20030–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 25–13–5–0
44WJanuary 14, 20034–3 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 26–13–5–0
45LJanuary 16, 20032–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 26–14–5–0
46WJanuary 17, 20034–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 27–14–5–0
47WJanuary 19, 20034–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 28–14–5–0
48LJanuary 21, 20032–3 @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) 28–15–5–0
49LJanuary 24, 20032–5 Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 28–16–5–0
50WJanuary 26, 20031–0 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 29–16–5–0
51TJanuary 28, 20032–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2002–03) 29–16–6–0
52TJanuary 30, 20033–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 29–16–7–0
53WFebruary 4, 20033–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) 30–16–7–0
54TFebruary 5, 20034–4 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 30–16–8–0
55WFebruary 7, 20034–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) 31–16–8–0
56WFebruary 10, 20032–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) 32–16–8–0
57WFebruary 13, 20032–1 OT Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) 33–16–8–0
58TFebruary 15, 20032–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) 33–16–9–0
59WFebruary 18, 20034–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) 34–16–9–0
60WFebruary 20, 20034–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 35–16–9–0
61WFebruary 22, 20033–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) 36–16–9–0
62WFebruary 23, 20037–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 37–16–9–0
63WFebruary 25, 20038–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) 38–16–9–0
64LFebruary 27, 20032–3 San Jose Sharks (2002–03) 38–17–9–0
65TMarch 1, 20031–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) 38–17–10–0
66WMarch 3, 20036–4 @ Boston Bruins (2002–03) 39–17–10–0
67LMarch 4, 20030–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) 39–18–10–0
68LMarch 6, 20034–5 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) 39–18–10–1
69TMarch 8, 20033–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 39–18–11–1
70WMarch 11, 20034–3 New York Islanders (2002–03) 40–18–11–1
71TMarch 13, 20034–4 OT St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 40–18–12–1
72LMarch 15, 20030–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) 40–19–12–1
73WMarch 17, 20034–2 @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) 41–19–12–1
74LMarch 18, 20034–6 @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) 41–20–12–1
75WMarch 20, 20037–3 Nashville Predators (2002–03) 42–20–12–1
76WMarch 23, 20036–0 Washington Capitals (2002–03) 43–20–12–1
77LMarch 25, 20033–4 Dallas Stars (2002–03) 43–21–12–1
78WMarch 27, 20035–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 44–21–12–1
79WMarch 29, 20035–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 45–21–12–1
80LMarch 30, 20031–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) 45–22–12–1
81TApril 2, 20033–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) 45–22–13–1
82LApril 6, 20030–2 Los Angeles Kings (2002–03) 45–23–13–1

Playoffs

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund 82 48 56 104 +6 52
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi 82 46 51 97 +2 144
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 82 25 46 71 +18 36
Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski 67 6 40 46 +19 113
Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 82 15 27 42 +21 82
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden 71 19 22 41 −1 30
Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 78 8 31 39 +9 38
Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel 81 7 30 37 −15 23
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 79 14 17 31 +8 34
Salo, SamiSami Salo 79 9 21 30 +9 10
Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt 82 16 13 29 +10 8
Ohlund, MattiasMattias Ohlund 59 2 27 29 +1 42
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski 78 11 14 25 +8 36
Chubarov, ArtemArtem Chubarov 62 7 13 20 +4 6
Malik, MarekMarek Malik† 69 7 11 18 +23 52
Lindgren, MatsMats Lindgren 54 5 9 14 −2 18
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner† 30 4 6 10 0 22
Allen, BryanBryan Allen 48 5 3 8 +8 73
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron 78 2 4 6 +13 62
Reid, BrandonBrandon Reid 7 2 3 5 +4 0
Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu 36 2 2 4 −7 66
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner 8 1 2 3 +4 4
Druken, HaroldHarold Druken‡ 3 1 1 2 −1 0
Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac‡ 9 1 1 2 −1 6
King, JasonJason King 8 0 2 2 0 0
Kavanagh, PatPat Kavanagh 3 1 0 1 +2 2
Fedorov, FedorFedor Fedorov 7 0 1 1 0 4
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon† 45 0 1 1 −2 143
Jokela, MikkoMikko Jokela 1 0 0 0 0 0
Komarniski, ZenithZenith Komarniski 1 0 0 0 0 2
Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer 2 0 0 0 0 0
May, BradBrad May† 3 0 0 0 +1 10
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund 14 5 9 14 −6 18
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 14 4 7 11 −4 18
Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski 14 7 1 8 −5 22
Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel 14 2 6 8 −2 4
Ohlund, MattiasMattias Ohlund 13 3 4 7 +1 12
Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt 14 2 4 6 +1 2
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi 14 2 4 6 −3 60
Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 14 1 5 6 −2 8
Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 14 3 2 5 −2 8
Salo, SamiSami Salo 12 1 3 4 −2 0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron 14 0 4 4 0 10
Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 14 2 1 3 +3 12
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden 14 1 2 3 −4 10
Malik, MarekMarek Malik 14 1 1 2 −7 10
Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu 13 0 2 2 +1 14
Chubarov, ArtemArtem Chubarov 14 0 2 2 −2 4
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski 6 0 1 1 −1 0
Reid, BrandonBrandon Reid 9 0 1 1 0 0
Allen, BryanBryan Allen 1 0 0 0 −2 2
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner 2 0 0 0 0 0
May, BradBrad May 14 0 0 0 −5 15

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier 57 57 3376-273,376:27 33 16 7 136 2.42 1,477 .908 2 0 3 24
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra 23 20 1192-241,192:24 9 5 6 54 2.72 522 .897 1 0 1 0
Auld, AlexAlex Auld 7 5 0382-23382:23 3 3 0 10 1.57 165 .939 1 0 0 0
Moss, TylerTyler Moss 1 0 0022-2722:27 0 0 0 1 2.67 14 .929 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier 14 14 832-56832:56 7 7 45 3.24 341 .868 0 0 0 8
Auld, AlexAlex Auld 1 0 0019-5919:59 0 0 1 3.00 5 .800 0 0 0 0

†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
‡Traded to another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded Ref
Markus Naslund Lester B. Pearson Award winner June 12, 2003
Markus Naslund NHL First All-Star Team June 12, 2003
Todd Bertuzzi NHL First All-Star Team June 12, 2003

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 23, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks:
Jeff Farkas		 To Toronto Maple Leafs:
Josh Holden
June 25, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks:
Future considerations (8th round pick in 2003)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs:
Ryan Bonni
September 4, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks:
Tomas Mojzis		 To Toronto Maple Leafs:
Brad Leeb
September 21, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks:
Sami Salo 		To Ottawa Senators:
Peter Schaefer
November 1, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks:
Darren Langdon
Marek Malik		 To Carolina Hurricanes:
Harold Druken
Jan Hlavac
January 20, 2003 To Vancouver Canucks:
Chris Herperger
Chris Nielsen		 To Atlanta Thrashers:
Jeff Farkas
January 24, 2003 To Vancouver Canucks:
Mikko Jokela		 To New Jersey Devils:
Steve Kariya
February 5, 2003 To Vancouver Canucks:
Conditional draft pick		 To Philadelphia Flyers:
Todd Warriner
March 11, 2003 To Vancouver Canucks:
Brad May		 To Phoenix Coyotes:
Future considerations (3rd round pick in 2003)

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft which was held on June 22–23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 49 Kirill Koltsov D  Russia Avangard Omsk (RSL)
2 55[a] Denis Grot D  Russia Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
3 68[b] Brett Skinner D  Canada Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3 83[c] Lukas Mensator G  Czech Republic HC Karlovy Vary U20 (Czech U20)
4 114 John Laliberte LW  United States New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
5 151 Rob McVicar G  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7 214 Marc-Andre Roy LW  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7 223[d] Ilya Krikunov LW  Russia Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2)
8 247 Matt Violin G  Canada Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA)
9 277 Thomas Nussli C   Switzerland EV Zug (NLA)
9 278[e] MMatt Gens RW  United States St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)
Draft notes[4]
  • The Canucks' first-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note A.[a]
  • a The New York Islanders' second-round pick (previously acquired by the Washington Capitals) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent the Canucks' 2002 first-round pick and 2003 third-round pick to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick.
  • b The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick (previously acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on December 17, 2001 that sent Donald Brashear and the Canucks' 2002 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for Jan Hlavac and this pick.
  • The Canucks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 31, 2001 that sent Alex Auld to Vancouver in exchange for the Canucks' 2001 second-round pick and this pick.
  • c The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on February 15, 2001 that sent Felix Potvin to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
  • The Canucks' sixth-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note B.[b]
  • d The Canucks received a seventh-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Bob Essensa.
  • e The Canucks received a ninth-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Greg Hawgood.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NHL Attendance Report - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
  3. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  4. ↑ "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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