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2002–03 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Boston Bruins
Record	36–31–11–4
HomeRecord	23–11–5–2
RoadRecord	13–20–6–2
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	3rd
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	7th
GoalsFor	245
GoalsAgainst	237
GeneralManager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Robbie Ftorek (Oct.–Mar.)
Mike O'Connell (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Joe Thornton
AltCaptain	Martin Lapointe
Don Sweeney
Arena	Fleet Center
Attendance	15,029 (85.6%)
MinorLeague	Providence Bruins
GoalsLeader	Glen Murray (44)
AssistsLeader	Joe Thornton (65)
PointsLeader	Joe Thornton (101)
PIMLeader	P. J. Stock (160)
PlusMinusLeader	Hal Gill (+21)
WinsLeader	Steve Shields (12)
GAALeader	John Grahame (2.71)

Mike O'Connell (Mar.–Apr.) Don Sweeney The 2002–03 Boston Bruins season was the team's 79th season of operation.

Offseason

Joe Thornton was named the 17th captain in team history on October 8, 2002.

Regular season

Head coach Robbie Ftorek was fired on March 19 and general manager Mike O'Connell assumed coaching duties on an interim basis through the end of the season.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 11, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 14, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 16, 2002||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 17, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||2–1–1–0 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||4–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||3–1–1–0 || |- |6||October 21, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03) ||4–1–1–0 || |- |7||October 24, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||4–1–2–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||4–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||5–1–2–0 || |- |9||October 30, 2002||7–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||6–1–2–0 || |- |10||October 31, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||6–2–2–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 9, 2003 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 11, 2003 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 13, 2003 || 0–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 3–0 || |- | 4 || April 15, 2003 || 5–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 17, 2003 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Devils win 4–1 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

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 Bruins only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	C	77	36	65	101	12	109	5	1	2	3	−5	4
27	RW	82	44	48	92	9	64	5	1	1	2	−5	4
26	RW	75	30	29	59	18	45	5	0	2	2	−2	2
12	C	81	27	32	59	1	32	5	0	2	2	−1	0
16	C	78	14	37	51	0	12	5	0	2	2	0	0
34	D	80	10	28	38	−4	64	3	1	0	1	−1	2
11	LW	66	17	19	36	8	24	5	0	0	0	−2	6
44	D	78	7	17	24	8	99	5	0	1	1	−2	4
46	D	73	6	16	22	4	21	2	0	1	1	−1	0
22	LW	63	2	18	20	2	71	5	0	0	0	−1	13
10	RW	77	9	10	19	−11	38	5	1	0	1	1	2
20	RW	59	8	10	18	−19	87	5	1	0	1	−2	14
36	LW	41	6	11	17	3	30
25	D	76	4	13	17	21	56	5	0	0	0	−1	4
17	LW	55	10	6	16	2	18	5	0	0	0	0	4
21	D	70	1	15	16	8	76
14	LW	8	5	6	11	8	2	5	0	2	2	−1	0
42	C	71	1	9	10	−5	160
32	D	67	3	5	8	−1	24	5	0	1	1	0	0
23	D	69	1	5	6	−6	117
37	RW	14	2	1	3	−2	7	5	0	0	0	−1	5
29	C	14	0	3	3	−1	7
47	G	23	0	2	2		2
39	D	4	1	0	1	0	0
76	C	14	1	0	1	−2	2
59	D	7	0	1	1	3	6
6	D	10	0	1	1	2	10	5	3	0	3	−2	2
18	D	8	0	1	1	−1	2	5	0	1	1	−2	4
43	RW	8	0	1	1	−1	2
30	G	18	0	0	0		2	3	0	0	0		0
63	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
64	D	2	0	0	0	1	0
28	D	11	0	0	0	0	8
55	RW	1	0	0	0	0	31
33	LW	33	0	0	0	−4	110
1	G	5	0	0	0		0
31	G	36	0	0	0		8	2	0	0	0		0
70	G	4	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
31	Steve Shields	36	12	13	9	930	97	2.76	.896	0	2112	2	0	2	58	6	3.03	.897	0	119
47	John Grahame	23	11	9	2	625	61	2.71	.902	1	1352	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Jeff Hackett	18	8	9	0	500	53	3.21	.894	1	991	3	1	2	76	5	1.68	.934	0	179
70	Tim Thomas	4	3	1	0	118	11	3.00	.907	0	220	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Andrew Raycroft	5	2	3	0	146	12	2.40	.918	0	300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Lester Patrick Trophy	Ray Bourque
Willie O'Ree
NHL Second All-Star Team	Joe Thornton (Center)
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Glen Murray
Joe Thornton
NHL Player of the Week	Joe Thornton (December 2)
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Joe Thornton
John P. Bucyk Award	Nick Boynton
Seventh Player Award	Mike Knuble
Three Stars Awards	Joe Thornton (1st)
Glen Murray (2nd)
Mike Knuble (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Tim Thomas	October 19, 2002
Shaone Morrisonn	November 19, 2002
Martin Samuelsson	January 15, 2003
Kris Vernarsky	January 20, 2003
Don Sweeney	November 14, 2002

Transactions

The Bruins 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Boston Bruins	To [St. Louis Blues](2002-03-st-louis-blues-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2002-03-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	title=Bruins Acquire and Sign Goaltender Steve Shields	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=725	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=November 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314093306/http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=725	archive-date=March 14, 2004	date=June 25, 2002}}
To Boston Bruins	To [New York Rangers](2002-03-new-york-rangers-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2002-03-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Boston Bruins	To New York Rangers
To Boston Bruins	To [San Jose Sharks](2002-03-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Boston Bruins	To San Jose Sharks
To Boston Bruins	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2002-03-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2002-03-phoenix-coyotes-season)	title=Bruins sign Jurcina	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=828	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=November 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314114302/http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=828	archive-date=March 14, 2004	date=May 31, 2003}}

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Michal Grosek
Bill Bowler
Rich Brennan
Kevin Dallman
Matt Herr
Martin Wilde
Darren Van Oene
Chris Paradise
Bryan Berard
Brantt Myhres

Players lost

Date		Player
Vratislav Cech	HC Havirov (ELH)	Free agency (UFA)
Bill Guerin	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)
Tony Tuzzolino	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)
Eric Manlow	New York Islanders	Free agency (VI)
Jeff Maund	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)	Free agency (VI)
Pavel Kolarik	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)	Free agency (UFA)
Dennis Bonvie	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (UFA)
Jeff Norton	Frisk Asker (Eliteserien)	Free agency (III)
Darryl Laplante	Augusta Lynx (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)
Jeff Zehr	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Eric Van Acker	Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Jamie Rivers	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Byron Dafoe	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency (III)
John Emmons	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)
Jarno Kultanen	HIFK (Liiga)	Free agency

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Martin Samuelsson
Steve Shields
P. J. Stock
Tim Thomas
Shaone Morrisonn
Mike Knuble
Nick Boynton
Sean Brown
John Grahame
Glen Murray
P. J. Axelsson
Jonathan Girard
Jay Henderson
Lee Goren
Peter Hamerlik
Joe Thornton
Milan Jurcina

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	29	Hannu Toivonen	HPK (Finland)
2	56	Vladislav Evseev	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
4	130	Jan Kubista	HC Pardubice Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	153	Peter Hamerlik	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7	228	Dmitri Utkin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Jr. (Russia)
8	259	Yan Stastny	University of Notre Dame (Hockey East)
9	290	Pavel Frolov	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jrs. (Russia)

Notes

References

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(November 15, 2002). "Hockey Today".
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