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2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	33–37–6–6
HomeRecord	19–19–2–1
RoadRecord	14–18–4–5
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	3rd
GoalsFor	203
GoalsAgainst	221
GeneralManager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
AltCaptain	Ian Laperriere
Mathieu Schneider
Bryan Smolinski
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	17,569
MinorLeague	Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals
GoalsLeader	Zigmund Palffy (37)
AssistsLeader	Zigmund Palffy (48)
PointsLeader	Zigmund Palffy (85)
PIMLeader	Ian Laperriere (122)
PlusMinusLeader	Zigmund Palffy (+22)
WinsLeader	Felix Potvin (17)
GAALeader	Jamie Storr (2.55)

Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski Reading Royals The 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, ending a three season playoff streak.

Regular season

The Kings tied the Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2002||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 16, 2002||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||3–0–0–0 || |- |4||October 17, 2002||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||3–1–0–0 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||3–1–1–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2002||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||3–1–2–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2002||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||4–1–2–0 || |- |8||October 27, 2002||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||4–2–2–0 || |- |9||October 29, 2002||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||5–2–2–0 || |- |10||October 31, 2002||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||5–2–2–1 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
33	RW	76	37	48	85	22	47
10	D	65	14	29	43	0	57
21	C	58	18	20	38	−1	18
44	D	82	13	25	38	−13	68
32	C	66	12	26	38	5	30
25	C	62	16	19	35	−5	26
24	LW	79	14	17	31	12	34
41	C	26	6	22	28	9	22
17	D	57	8	16	24	2	28
22	RW	73	7	12	19	−9	122
28	RW	20	13	4	17	2	21
42	LW	75	5	12	17	−15	56
27	C	57	4	12	16	−1	28
29	C	62	8	6	14	−10	33
26	D	50	5	7	12	2	14
57	RW	27	5	7	12	−5	12
23	LW	70	3	6	9	−13	22
27	RW	15	0	9	9	3	4
13	C	28	5	3	8	−4	22
63	D	53	3	3	6	1	97
3	D	49	1	5	6	−7	24
14	D	82	0	6	6	0	49
11	C	15	2	3	5	−6	0
31	C	17	2	2	4	−3	0
19	C	12	1	3	4	0	33
6	D	17	0	3	3	5	14
36	D	42	0	3	3	−4	24
5	D	10	0	3	3	−4	4
38	D	21	0	2	2	−4	24
51	C	10	0	2	2	−1	5
43	LW	14	0	2	2	−3	19
52	C	22	0	2	2	−5	21
49	LW	19	1	0	1	0	28
53	D	2	0	1	1	1	0
1	G	39	0	1	1		8
62	C	5	0	0	0	−1	0
58	LW	6	0	0	0	−1	4
12	LW	4	0	0	0	0	17
37	LW	19	0	0	0	0	57
35	G	12	0	0	0		0
6	D	3	0	0	0	1	0
39	G	42	0	0	0		4
55	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
39	Felix Potvin	42	17	20	3	987	105	2.66	.894	3	2367
1	Jamie Storr	39	12	19	2	904	86	2.55	.905	3	2027
35	Cristobal Huet	12	4	4	1	241	21	2.33	.913	1	541

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Mathieu Schneider
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Alexander Frolov
Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Ian Laperriere	title=Award Winners	url=http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=697	website=Los Angeles Kings	access-date=December 22, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030604204344/http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=697	archive-date=June 4, 2003	date=April 3, 2003}}
Bill Libby Memorial Award	Zigmund Palffy
Defensive Player	Mattias Norstrom
Jim Fox Community Service	Craig Johnson
Jamie Storr
Leading Scorer	Zigmund Palffy
Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Alexander Frolov
Most Popular Player	Ian Laperriere
Outstanding Defenseman	Mattias Norstrom
Unsung Hero	Derek Armstrong

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Alexander Frolov	October 9, 2002
Michael Cammalleri	November 8, 2002
Joe Corvo	December 14, 2002
Jared Aulin	December 17, 2002
Jerred Smithson	December 29, 2002
Tomas Zizka	January 22, 2003
Scott Barney	January 25, 2003
Chris Schmidt	February 11, 2003
Cristobal Huet	February 20, 2003

Transactions

The Kings 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 Los Angeles Kings	To [Minnesota Wild](2002-03-minnesota-wild-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [New York Rangers](2002-03-new-york-rangers-season)	title=FORWARD DEREK ARMSTRONG ACQUIRED	url=http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=227	website=Los Angeles Kings	access-date=December 10, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030813000155/http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=227	archive-date=August 13, 2003	date=July 16, 2002}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Buffalo Sabres](2002-03-buffalo-sabres-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Nashville Predators](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Detroit Red Wings](2002-03-detroit-red-wings-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To Philadelphia Flyers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Chris McAlpine
Brad Norton
Jon Sim

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Nelson Emerson
Nate Miller
Greg Phillips
Philippe Boucher
Kelly Buchberger
Ted Donato
Rich Brennan
Marcel Cousineau
Rob Valicevic
Scott Thomas

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Felix Potvin
Derek Bekar
Jason Holland
Joe Corvo
Cristobal Huet
Alexander Frolov
Derek Armstrong
Brad Chartrand
Pavel Rosa
Richard Seeley
Adam Mair
Michael Cammalleri
Eric Belanger
Mike Pudlick
Mikko Eloranta
Steve Kelly
Jamie Storr
Jaroslav Bednar
Mattias Norstrom
Scott Barney
Aaron Miller
Noah Clarke
Zigmund Palffy
Lubomir Visnovsky
Tim Gleason

Draft picks

Los Angeles'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	18	Denis Grebeshkov	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	50	Sergei Anshakov	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
3	66	Petr Kanko	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	104	Aaron Rome	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4	115	Mark Rooneem	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	152	Gregory Hogeboom	Miami University (NCHC)
5	157	Joel Andresen	St. Albert Steel (AJHL)
6	185	Ryan Murphy	Boston College (Hockey East)
7	215	Mikhail Lyubushin	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
8	248	Tuukka Pulliainen	TuTo (Finland)
9	279	Connor James	University of Denver (NCHC)

Notes

References

"2002-03 NHL Summary".
"2002-03 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
(April 3, 2003). "Award Winners".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 22, 2002). "RONNING TRADED".
(July 16, 2002). "FORWARD DEREK ARMSTRONG ACQUIRED".
(July 24, 2002). "KINGS ACQUIRE RASMUSSEN".
(November 26, 2002). "KINGS ACQUIRE YUSHKEVICH".
(February 4, 2003). "KINGS ACQUIRE GREG KOEHLER".
(March 1, 2003). "YUSHKEVICH TRADED TO FLYERS".
(March 11, 2003). "KINGS TRADE SMOLINSKI".
(March 11, 2003). "SCHNEIDER TRADED TO RED WINGS".
(May 28, 2003). "GOALTENDER ACQUIRED".
(August 27, 2002). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN CHRIS MCALPINE".
(October 8, 2002). "ROSTER MOVES".
(March 8, 2003). "JON SIM CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
{{hockey-reference. e/emersne01. Nelson Emerson, retrieved December 10, 2022
(July 1, 2002). "BLACKHAWKS".
{{eliteprospects. 88287. Nate Miller, retrieved December 10, 2022
{{eliteprospects. 86833. Greg Phillips, retrieved December 10, 2022
(July 3, 2002). "Boucher Leaves for Dallas, $9.3 Million".
(July 7, 2002). "Coyotes sign Buchberger to 1-year deal".
(July 9, 2002). "RANGERS ADD FORWARD DONATO".
(July 18, 2002). "Boston Bruins sign five players".
{{hockey-reference. c/cousima01. Marcel Cousineau, retrieved December 10, 2022
(July 24, 2002). "Mighty Ducks Sign Pair".
(September 5, 2002). "Sharks Sign Jakopin, Three Others".
(June 27, 2002). "POTVIN TO REMAIN A KING".
(June 28, 2002). "KINGS EXERCISE OPTIONS".
(July 8, 2002). "DEFENSEMAN JOE CORVO SIGNED".
(July 9, 2002). "CRISTOBAL HUET INKS DEAL".
(July 15, 2002). "KINGS MOVE FORWARD WITH FROLOV".
(July 16, 2002). "FORWARD BRAD CHARTRAND SIGNED".
(July 16, 2002). "FORWARD PAVEL ROSA SIGNED".
(July 16, 2002). "DEFENSEMAN SEELEY SIGNED".
(July 20, 2002). "FORWARD ADAM MAIR SIGNED".
(July 25, 2002). "CAMMALLERI SIGNS WITH THE KINGS".
(July 26, 2002). "KINGS SIGN CENTER ERIC BELANGER".
(July 30, 2002). "DEFENSEMAN MIKE PUDLICK SIGNS".
(August 1, 2002). "KINGS SIGN THREE PLAYERS".
(August 15, 2002). "KINGS SIGN FORWARD JAROSLAV BEDNAR".
(September 14, 2002). "CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR MATTIAS NORSTROM".
(October 2, 2002). "PLAYER TRANSACTIONS".
(March 10, 2003). "KINGS & MILLER AGREE TO TERMS".
(April 3, 2003). "KINGS SIGN PROSPECT".
(April 8, 2003). "PALFFY TO STAY IN LA".
(April 8, 2003). "OPTION EXERCISED".
(May 30, 2003). "DEFENSEMAN SIGNED".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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