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2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

Vacant (Mar.–Apr.) Rhett Warrener The 2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season was the 33rd season of operation for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for a second consecutive season. The 72 points accumulated in the regular season was the lowest total for the franchise since the 1986–87 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 10, 2002||5–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||6–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 13, 2002||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 17, 2002||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2002–03) ||2–1–1–0 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||2–2–1–0 || |- |6||October 22, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||3–2–1–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||3–3–1–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||3–4–1–0 || |- |9||October 29, 2002||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||3–4–2–0 || |- |10||October 31, 2002||0–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2002–03) ||3–5–2–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
81	LW	79	26	49	75	−3	20
77	C	66	15	29	44	−5	86
12	RW	68	21	14	35	−2	30
17	RW	76	14	21	35	−14	44
41	C	68	11	21	32	−13	20
37	C	74	15	16	31	4	40
24	LW	78	14	14	28	−8	38
71	LW	49	10	16	26	4	30
18	C	80	12	13	25	−28	32
45	D	65	8	13	21	−7	57
44	D	70	3	18	21	−5	85
51	D	65	2	17	19	−8	20
22	C	79	6	11	17	−4	146
3	D	69	4	12	16	−3	26
10	D	46	3	10	13	−3	28
48	C	14	7	5	12	1	12
25	RW	44	7	4	11	−2	23
61	RW	35	5	6	11	−12	21
4	D	50	0	9	9	1	63
26	LW	58	1	5	6	1	178
28	LW	17	1	4	5	1	14
74	D	59	0	5	5	−16	49
8	D	36	1	3	4	−7	16
16	C	11	1	3	4	−1	2
5	D	14	0	3	3	−1	29
55	LW	25	2	0	2	−4	17
19	RW	8	0	2	2	−2	6
15	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0
43	G	54	0	1	1		12
60	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	D	14	0	0	0	0	2
6	D	1	0	0	0	−2	2
33	D	6	0	0	0	1	2
29	RW	6	0	0	0	−2	4
23	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	G	15	0	0	0		0
35	G	16	0	0	0		0
32	RW	41	0	0	0	−5	92

Goaltending

No.	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
43	54	17	28	6	1468	135	2.56	.908	4	3170
30	15	6	8	1	410	40	2.63	.902	1	912
35	16	4	9	3	411	36	2.42	.912	1	891

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Miroslav Satan
NHL Player of the Week	Miroslav Satan (December 9)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Ales Kotalik (January)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Ryan Miller
Taylor Pyatt
Henrik Tallinder

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Ryan Miller	November 19, 2002
Radoslav Hecl	November 30, 2002
Jaroslav Kristek	January 10, 2003
Doug Janik	March 14, 2003
Sean McMorrow	March 22, 2003
Paul Gaustad	March 24, 2003
Milan Bartovic	April 2, 2003

Transactions

The Sabres 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 Buffalo Sabres	To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2002-03-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	last1=Schultz	first1=Janet	title=Sabres Trade Kozlov Acquire Jochen Hecht	url=http://www.sabres.com/news/archives02/06.22.02.html	website=Buffalo Sabres	access-date=November 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819221922/http://www.sabres.com/news/archives02/06.22.02.html	archive-date=August 19, 2003	date=June 22, 2002}}
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2002-03-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Nashville Predators](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Edmonton Oilers](2002-03-edmonton-oilers-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Los Angeles Kings](2002-03-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Detroit Red Wings](2002-03-detroit-red-wings-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To Ottawa Senators
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Dallas Stars](2002-03-dallas-stars-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2002-03-phoenix-coyotes-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Peter Ratchuk
Jason Botterill

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Christian Matte	ZSC Lions (NLA)
Richard Smehlik	Atlanta Thrashers
Darren Van Oene	Boston Bruins
Bob Corkum
Mike Hurlbut
Bob Essensa
Mario Larocque	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Luc Theoret	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL)
Jeremy Adduono	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Curtis Brown
Jay McKee
Rob Ray
Mika Noronen
James Patrick
Tim Connolly
Brian Campbell
Chris Gratton
Rhett Warrener
Rory Fitzpatrick
Martin Biron
Radoslav Hecl
Jason Pominville
Francois Methot
Ryan Miller
Maxim Afinogenov
Jiri Novotny
Vaclav Varada
Derek Roy
Chris Thorburn

Draft picks

Buffalo'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	11	Keith Ballard	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
1	20	Daniel Paille	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	76	Michael Tessier	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
3	82	John Adams	Boston College (Hockey East)
4	108	Jakub Hulva	HC Vitkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
4	121	Marty Magers	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	178	Maxim Shchevyev	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
7	208	Radoslav Hecl	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
8	241	Dennis Wideman	London Knights (OHL)
9	271	Martin Cizek	Slavia Prague Jr. (Czech Republic)

Notes

References

National Hockey League. (2010). "The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011". Triumph Books.
"2002-03 Buffalo Sabres Schedule".
(January 28, 2003). "Sabres Going to the All Star Game".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(December 9, 2002). "Sabres Satan Named Player of the Week".
(January 31, 2003). "Sabres Kotalik Named Rookie of the Month".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 22, 2002). "Sabres Trade Kozlov Acquire Jochen Hecht".
(July 24, 2002). "Sabres Acquire Adam Mair From The LA Kings For Erik Rasmussen".
(November 16, 2002). "Sabres Trade Jason Woolley to Detroit".
(February 25, 2003). "Sabres Acquire Jakub Klepis from Ottawa Senators for Vaclav Varada".
(March 10, 2003). "Sabres Trade Rob Ray to the Ottawa Senators".
(March 10, 2003). "Sabres Acquire Mike Ryan and Second Round Selection from Dallas in Exchange for Stu Barnes".
(March 11, 2003). "Sabres Acquire Daniel Briere From Phoenix in Exchange for Chris Gratton".
(August 7, 2002). "Sabres Sign Fitzpatrick and Ratchuk".
(August 8, 2002). "Sabres Sign Jason Botterill and Francois Methot".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
{{hockey-reference. m/mattech01. Christian Matte, retrieved November 28, 2022
(July 10, 2002). "+SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 10+".
(July 29, 2002). "Bruins Re-Sign P.J. Axelsson and Sign Darren Van Oene".
{{hockey-reference. c/corkubo01. Bob Corkum, retrieved November 28, 2022
{{hockey-reference. h/hurlbmi01. Mike Hurlbut, retrieved November 28, 2022
{{hockey-reference. e/essenbo01. Bob Essensa, retrieved November 28, 2022
(September 22, 2002). "PENGUINS OPEN TRAINING CAMP TOMORROW AT THE FIRST UNION ARENA AT CASEY PLAZA".
(October 2, 2002). "Mudbugs Announce Affiliation with AHL's Rochester Americans".
(December 3, 2002). "Sound Tigers Sign Adduono".
(June 27, 2002). "Sabres Pick Up Contract Options and Extend Qualifying Offers".
(July 3, 2002). "Sabres Agree To Terms With Rob Ray".
(July 12, 2002). "Sabres Agree To Terms With Goaltender Mika Noronen".
(July 25, 2002). "Sabres Agree to Terms with James Patrick".
(July 30, 2002). "Sabres Agree to Terms with Tim Connolly".
(July 31, 2002). "Sabres Sign Warrener, Gratton, Campbell".
(August 8, 2002). "Sabres Sign Goaltender Martin Biron".
(August 7, 2002). "Sabres Sign Jason Pominville And Radoslav Hecl".
(August 26, 2002). "Sabres Sign Ryan Miller".
(September 4, 2002). "Sabres Agree To Terms with Maxim Afinogenov".
(September 18, 2002). "Sabres Sign 2001 1st Round Draft Pick".
(October 4, 2002). "Sabres Agree To Terms With Vaclav Varada".
(May 28, 2003). "BUFFALO SABRES SIGN MEMORIAL CUP MVP DEREK ROY".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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