2002–03 Ottawa Senators season

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2002–03 Ottawa Senators
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Northeast Division Champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	1st Eastern
2002–03 record	52–21–9
Home record	29–9–3
Road record	29–12–0
Goals for	263
Goals against	182
General Manager	John Muckler
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Zdeno Chara Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa (45)
Assists	Daniel Alfredsson (51)
Points	Marian Hossa (80)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Neil (147)
Plus/Minus	Zdeno Chara (+29)
Wins	Patrick Lalime (39)
Goals against average	Patrick Lalime (2.16)

The 2002–03 Ottawa Senators season saw the Senators reach the highest point in the playoffs until the 2006–07 season. They were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils, the eventual Stanley Cup winning team in the Eastern Conference final. On top of their larger success, with their total 113 points they won the President's Trophy, the Northeast division title and the Eastern Conference title.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

After their long history of debt problems, the Senators filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2003. Fortunately, they continued regular season play after getting some emergency financing from the NHL. Despite the off-ice problems, they had a successful year, compared to their early day woes. The President's Trophy awarded to the Senators then marked them the first Canadian team to have won it since the Calgary Flames in 1989. In the playoffs they defeated their former teammate Alexei Yashin and his New York Islanders, then the Philadelphia Flyers before coming within one game of making it into the finals, falling to the Devils.

Right winger Marian Hossa lead the scoring for Ottawa with a huge gap over the rest of the roster, just passing Yashin's past record of 44. Without a goaltending situation, Patrick Lalime showed one of his best years, with career bests in GAA and wins.

Despite a slow start to the season after an even .500 ratio, the Senators turned around their game with a 10–game unbeaten streak. Fans were cornerened if their start was with the off-ice problems however this was soon irrelevant to the fans when they again made a playoff berth. Before the playoffs, the Senators explained they need more grit, so two separate trades to Buffalo included tough guys Vaclav Varada and Rob Ray respectively, plus two-way forward Bryan Smolinski from the Los Angeles Kings.

After the other two smooth playoff rounds into the deciding game seven for the Prince of Wales Trophy, with home-ice advantage, Ottawa tied the 2–2 game up from a one-timer goal from Radek Bonk. However with two minutes remaining, Devils' forward Jeff Friesen deked out Lalime and shot over his leg pad, into the net, eliminating Ottawa that night. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Division standings

Northeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Ottawa Senators (1)	82	52	21	8	314	211	113
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
Montreal Canadiens (7)	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
Buffalo Sabres (4)	82	52	24	6	281	239	110

[edit] Game log

[edit] October 2002

  Date          Opponent           Score    
10/10/2002 New Jersey Devils      L 1 – 2    
10/12/2002 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 – 1    
10/15/2002 Phoenix Coyotes        W 2 – 1    
10/23/2002 Carolina Hurricanes    W 4 – 1     
10/24/2002 at Boston Bruins       T 2 – 2    
10/26/2002 at Montreal Canadiens  L 3 – 5    
10/29/2002 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1 – 2    
10/30/2002 Pittsburgh Penguins    L 1 – 4

[edit] November

  Date          Opponent           Score    
11/2/2002 Detroit Red Wings        W 5 – 2    
11/6/2002 at Colorado Avalanche    W 5 – 2    
11/8/2002 Los Angeles Kings        L 2 – 3    
11/9/2002 at Boston Bruins         L 1 – 7    
11/12/2002 at New York Islanders   W 5 – 3    
11/14/2002 Florida Panthers        W 3 – 2    
11/16/2002 Buffalo Sabres          W 4 – 1    
11/19/2002 at Carolina Hurricanes  T 4 – 4    
11/21/2002 Montreal Canadiens      W 3 – 2    
11/23/2002 Columbus Blue Jackets   W 5 – 2    
11/25/2002 Toronto Maple Leafs     W 2 – 0    
11/27/2002 at New York Islanders   T 2 – 2    
11/29/2002 at Washington Capitals  W 6 – 2    
11/30/2002 New York Islanders      W 4 – 2

[edit] December

  Date          Opponent           Score    
12/4/2002 at Chicago Blackhawks    L 0 – 1    
12/5/2002 at St. Louis Blues       T 2 – 2    
12/7/2002 Carolina Hurricanes      W 5 – 2    
12/10/2002 at Buffalo Sabres       W 4 – 2    
12/12/2002 at Boston Bruins        W 5 – 2    
12/14/2002 New Jersey Devils       W 4 – 3    
12/16/2002 Montreal Canadiens      L 2 – 3    
12/18/2002 at New Jersey Devils    W 3 – 0    
12/19/2002 San Jose Sharks         W 9 – 3    
12/21/2002 at Philadelphia Flyers  W 3 – 1    
12/23/2002 Philadelphia Flyers     T 2 – 2    
12/26/2002 at Buffalo Sabres       W 3 – 2    
12/27/2002 Montreal Canadiens      W 3 – 2    
12/30/2002 at Nashville Predators  L 2 – 3    
12/31/2002 at Tampa Bay Lightning  W 6 – 3

[edit] January 2003

  Date          Opponent           Score    
1/2/2003 Atlanta Thrashers         W 8 – 1    
1/4/2003 Buffalo Sabres            L 1 – 2    
1/6/2003 at New York Rangers       W 5 – 2    
1/8/2003 at Vancouver Canucks      L 4 – 6    
1/9/2003 at Calgary Flames         W 1 – 0    
1/11/2003 at Edmonton Oilers       W 2 – 0    
1/14/2003 Tampa Bay Lightning      W 7 – 0    
1/16/2003 Anaheim Ducks            W 3 – 1    
1/18/2003 Washington Capitals      W 5 – 2    
1/20/2003 at Tampa Bay Lightning   L 2 – 6    
1/22/2003 at Florida Panthers      W 2 – 1    
1/23/2003 at Atlanta Thrashers     T 3 – 3    
1/25/2003 Buffalo Sabres           W 4 – 3    
1/27/2003 at Dallas Stars          L 3 – 5    
1/29/2003 at Anaheim Ducks         L 2 – 3    
1/30/2003 at Los Angeles Kings     L 0 – 3

[edit] February

  Date          Opponent           Score    
2/5/2003 at New York Rangers           W 5 – 3    
2/6/2003 Philadelphia Flyers           T 2 – 2    
2/8/2003 Atlanta Thrashers             W 3 – 1    
2/12/2003 at Pittsburgh Penguins       W 3 – 0    
2/13/2003 Edmonton Oilers              L 2 – 0    
2/15/2003 at Toronto Maple Leafs       L 1 – 2    
2/17/2003 New York Rangers             W 3 – 2    
2/19/2003 at New Jersey Devils         W 5 – 3    
2/20/2003 Florida Panthers             L 3 – 4    
2/22/2003 Nashville Predators          W 4 – 0    
2/25/2003 Minnesota Wild               L 0 – 3    
2/27/2003 Dallas Stars                 W 3 – 2

[edit] March

  Date          Opponent           Score    
3/1/2003 Tampa Bay Lightning           L 1 – 2    
3/4/2003 Toronto Maple Leafs           W 4 – 1    
3/8/2003 at Pittsburgh Penguins        W 5 – 1    
3/9/2003 Pittsburgh Penguins           W 4 – 2    
3/11/2003 Boston Bruins                W 4 – 3    
3/13/2003 New York Rangers             W 3 – 2    
3/15/2003 New York Islanders           L 2 – 5    
3/16/2003 at Detroit Red Wings         L 2 – 6    
3/18/2003 at Carolina Hurricanes       W 6 – 5    
3/21/2003 at Atlanta Thrashers         W 5 – 1    
3/22/2003 at Florida Panthers          W 3 – 1    
3/25/2003 Colorado Avalanche           T 2 – 2    
3/28/2003 Washington Capitals          L 2 – 3    
3/29/2003 at Montreal Canadiens        W 3 – 1

[edit] April

  Date          Opponent           Score    
4/1/2003 Boston Bruins                 W 3 – 2    
4/3/2003 at Washington Capitals        W 5 – 1    
4/5/2003 at Toronto Maple Leafs        W 3 – 1

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) New York Islanders

Date      Opponent                    W-L Score 
4/9/2003  New York Islanders           L  0 – 3  
4/12/2003 New York Islanders           W  3 – 0   
4/14/2003 at New York Islanders        W  3 – 2   
4/16/2003 at New York Islanders        W  3 – 1  
4/17/2003 New York Islanders           W  4 – 1

[edit] Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Philadelphia Flyers

4/25/2003 Philadelphia Flyers          W  4 – 2  
4/27/2003 Philadelphia Flyers          L  0 – 2   
4/29/2003 at Philadelphia Flyers       W  3 – 2  
5/1/2003  at Philadelphia Flyers       L  0 – 1  
5/3/2003  Philadelphia Flyers          W  5 – 2 
5/5/2003  at Philadelphia Flyers       W  5 – 1

[edit] Eastern Conference Finals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils

5/10/2003 New Jersey Devils            W  3 – 2  
5/13/2003 New Jersey Devils            L  1 – 4 
5/15/2003 at New Jersey Devils         L  0 – 1   
5/17/2003 at New Jersey Devils         L  2 – 5  
5/19/2003 New Jersey Devils            W  3 – 1  
5/21/2003 at New Jersey Devils         W  2 – 1  
5/23/2003 New Jersey Devils            L  2 – 3

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Marian Hossa	80	45	35	80	+8	34
Daniel Alfredsson	78	27	51	78	+15	42
Todd White	80	25	35	60	+19	28
Martin Havlat	67	24	35	59	+20	30
Radek Bonk	70	22	32	54	+6	36
Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Marian Hossa	18	5	11	16	-1	2
Radek Bonk	18	6	5	11	+2	4
Martin Havlat	18	5	6	11	+4	11
Bryan Smolinski	18	2	7	9	+4	4
Wade Redden	18	1	8	9	+1	10

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[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against;
SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrick Lalime	67	3943	39	20	1	142	8	.911	2.16
Martin Prusek	18	934	12	2	0	37	0	.911	2.37
Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Patrick Lalime	18	1122	11	7	-	34	1	.924	1.82

^[3]

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

2003	To Vancouver Canucks Sami Salo	To Ottawa Senators Peter Schaefer
January 3, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres Jakub Klepis	To Ottawa Senators Vaclav Varada 2003 NHL Entry Draft 5th-Round Pick Tim Cook
January 5, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres ?	To Ottawa Senators Rob Ray
January 3, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Tim Gleason Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Bryan Smolinski

[edit] Draft Picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held on June 22 and June 23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	16	Jakub Klepis	Czech Republic	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	47	Alexei Kaigorodov	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
3	75	Arttu Luttinen	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
4	113	Scott Dobben	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
4	125	Johan Bjork	Sweden	Malmö IF (Sweden)
5	150	Brock Hooton	Canada	Quesnel Millionaires (BCHL)
8	246	Josef Vavra	Czech Republic	Vsetin HC (Czech.)
9	276	Vitaly Atyushov	Russia	Perm Molot (Russia)

[edit] See also

2002–03 NHL season

[edit] References

^ "Ottawa Senators", Chris Robinson, p. 74–91. Retrieved on 2007–07–07.
^ "Regular season stats".
^ "Playoff goaltender stats".

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