2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.

2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division2nd Northeast
Conference5th Eastern
2002–03 record44-28-7-3
Goals for236
Goals against208
Team information
General managerPat Quinn
CoachPat Quinn
CaptainMats Sundin
Alternate captainsBryan McCabe
Gary Roberts
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsMats Sundin (37)
AssistsAlexander Mogilny (46)
PointsAlexander Mogilny (79)
Penalty minutesWade Belak (196)
WinsEd Belfour (37)
Goals against averageEd Belfour (2.26)

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Regular season

The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.[1]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
11Ottawa Senators82522181263182113
25Toronto Maple Leafs8244287323620898
37Boston Bruins82363111424523787
410Montreal Canadiens8230358920623477
512Buffalo Sabres82273710819021972

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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.

Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Ottawa SenatorsNE82522181263182113
2 Y- New Jersey DevilsAT824620106216166108
3 Y- Tampa Bay LightningSE82362516521921093
4 X- Philadelphia FlyersAT824520134211166107
5 X- Toronto Maple LeafsNE8244287323620898
6 X- Washington CapitalsSE8239298622422092
7 X- Boston BruinsNE82363111424523787
8 X- New York IslandersAT82353411222423183
8.5
9 New York RangersAT82323610421023178
10 Montreal CanadiensNE8230358920623477
11 Atlanta ThrashersSE8231397522628474
12 Buffalo SabresNE82273710819021972
13 Florida PanthersSE82243613917623770
14 Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8227446518925565
15 Carolina HurricanesSE82224311617124061

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs
Legend:        = Win        = Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alexander Mogilny73334679124539
Mats Sundin753735725811638
Tomas Kaberle821136473020412
Nik Antropov7216294512411216
Robert Svehla82738454613201
Robert Reichel81123042267111
Darcy Tucker77102636119-7412
Mikael Renberg67142135365701
Jonas Hoglund79131932122203
Tie Domi79151429171-1400
Travis Green75121224672213
Bryan McCabe75618241359301
Jyrki Lumme73611174610103
Tom Fitzgerald66413175710000
Shayne Corson46781549-5000
Alyn McCauley646915163000
Owen Nolan147512162501
Aki Berg784711283002
Paul Healey443710168100
Wade Belak55369196-2000
Gary Roberts1453810-2300
Karel Pilar1734712-7101
Alexei Ponikarovsky13033114000
Glen Wesley703343000
Ed Belfour62022240000
Harold Druken502221000
Ric Jackman4202241-10000
Josh Holden51012-2000
Matt Stajan110101000
Carlo Colaiacovo201100000
Aaron Gavey501101000
Anders Eriksson400001000
Doug Gilmour100000000
Phil Housley10002-1000
Trevor Kidd1900000000
Mikael Tellqvist300000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ed Belfour373862372051412.26718161675.922
Trevor Kidd1143196102593.100565506.896
Mikael Tellqvist86311042.7903834.895
Team:496782443172042.46724192215.916

Playoffs

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Alexander Mogilny65274010
Mats Sundin71346100
Travis Green42134011
Tomas Kaberle72130101
Robert Reichel72130000
Bryan McCabe703310000
Robert Svehla70332000
Darcy Tucker60336000
Aki Berg71122000
Gary Roberts71128000
Jyrki Lumme70224000
Owen Nolan70222000
Tie Domi710113000
Mikael Renberg71018101
Tom Fitzgerald70114000
Paul Healey40112000
Jonas Hoglund70110000
Glen Wesley50112000
Nik Antropov30000000
Wade Belak20004000
Ed Belfour70004000
Shayne Corson20002000
Phil Housley30000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ed Belfour532734242.710282258.915
Team:532734242.710282258.915

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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;

Awards and records

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record
Regular Season
PlayerMilestoneReached
Ed Belfour400th NHL WinApril 1, 2003
Mikael Tellqvist1st NHL GameJanuary 18, 2003

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season.

Trades

July 18, 2002 To Florida Panthers
Dmitri Yushkevich
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Robert Svehla
September 4, 2002 To Vancouver Canucks
Tomas Mojzis
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brad Leeb
December 31, 2002 To Nashville Predators
Bob Wren
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Nathan Perrott
March 5, 2003 To San Jose Sharks
Alyn McCauley
Brad Boyes
1st round pick in 2003 (Mark Stuart)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Owen Nolan
March 9, 2003 To Carolina Hurricanes
2nd round pick in 2004 (Kyle Wharton)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Glen Wesley
March 11, 2003 To Montreal Canadiens
6th round pick in 2003 (Mark Flood)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Doug Gilmour
March 11, 2003 To Chicago Blackhawks
9th round pick in 2003 (Chris Porter)
4th round pick in 2004 (Karel Hromas)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Phil Housley
May 29, 2003 To Carolina Hurricanes
Allan Rourke
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Harold Druken
Jeff Daw
June 21, 2003 To Minnesota Wild
3rd round pick in 2003 (Danny Irmen)
To Toronto Maple Leafs
3rd round pick in 2003 (Martin Sagat)
4th round pick in 2003 (Konstantin Volkov)

Waivers

November 11, 2002 From Carolina Hurricanes
Harold Druken
January 16, 2003 To Carolina Hurricanes
Harold Druken

Free agents

PlayerFormer Team
Ed BelfourSan Jose Sharks
Tom FitzgeraldChicago Blackhawks
Aaron GaveyMinnesota Wild
Trevor KiddFlorida Panthers
Dwayne HayCalgary Flames
PlayerNew Team
Corey SchwabNew Jersey Devils
Nathan DempseyChicago Blackhawks
Don MacLeanColumbus Blue Jackets
Tom BarrassoSt. Louis Blues
Cory CrossNew York Rangers

Draft picks

Toronto'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)
124Alexander Steen SwedenFrölunda HC (Sweden)
257Matt Stajan CanadaBelleville Bulls (OHL)
374Todd Ford CanadaSwift Current Broncos (WHL)
388Dominic D'Amour CanadaHull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4122David Turon Czech RepublicFemax Havířov (Czech Republic)
6191Ian White CanadaSwift Current Broncos (WHL)
7222Scott May CanadaOhio State University (CCHA)
8254Jarkko Immonen FinlandJYP (Finland)
9285Staffan Kronwall SwedenHuddinge IK (Sweden)

Farm teams

Roster

2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

See also

References

  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 163.
  3. "2002–2003 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  4. "2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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