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2002–03 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Nashville Predators
Record	27–35–13–7
HomeRecord	18–17–5–1
RoadRecord	9–18–8–6
GoalsFor	183
GoalsAgainst	206
Division	Central
DivisionRank	4th
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	13th
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson
Scott Walker (interim)
AltCaptain	Brent Gilchrist (road)
Bill Houlder (road)
Kimmo Timonen (home)
Scott Walker (home)
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Attendance	13,228
MinorLeague	Milwaukee Admirals
Toledo Storm
GoalsLeader	Andreas Johansson (20)
AssistsLeader	Kimmo Timonen (34)
PointsLeader	David Legwand (48)
PIMLeader	Cale Hulse (121)
PlusMinusLeader	Jason York (+13)
WinsLeader	Tomas Vokoun (25)
GAALeader	Tomas Vokoun (2.20)

Scott Walker (interim) Bill Houlder (road) Kimmo Timonen (home) Scott Walker (home) Toledo Storm The 2002–03 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 5th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. This would be the last time the Preds finished with a losing record until 2012-13, and their last in a full, 82-game season until 2024-25.

Off-season

Greg Johnson was named team captain on October 8. In addition to being an alternate captain for home games, Scott Walker was briefly interim captain during Johnson's absence due to injury during the season.

Regular season

The Predators tied the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins for most times shut out, with 10, and tied the Montreal Canadiens for fewest short-handed goals scored, with 2.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 11, 2002||4–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 15, 2002||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||0–2–0–1 || |- |4||October 18, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||0–2–0–2 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||0–2–1–2 || |- |6||October 22, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||0–3–1–2 || |- |7||October 24, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2002–03) ||0–4–1–2 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||1–4–1–2 || |- |9||October 30, 2002||0–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2002–03) ||1–5–1–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
11	C	64	17	31	48	−2	34
44	D	72	6	34	40	−3	46
21	C	56	20	17	37	−4	22
25	C	79	11	24	35	−18	32
5	D	71	18	16	34	−17	28
17	LW	82	12	22	34	−3	101
24	RW	60	15	18	33	2	58
33	RW	78	16	16	32	−1	38
18	RW	79	16	12	28	−8	31
43	LW	62	5	15	20	7	12
15	LW	53	6	13	19	1	18
27	D	74	4	15	19	13	52
22	C	38	8	9	17	7	22
10	C	82	5	11	16	−11	36
3	D	82	3	10	13	−18	44
16	RW	43	4	6	10	2	39
4	D	50	2	7	9	1	22
32	D	80	2	6	8	−11	121
19	RW	27	1	7	8	−9	14
38	C	19	4	2	6	2	14
23	D	82	2	4	6	−2	46
14	RW	17	2	2	4	−4	2
41	LW	41	1	2	3	−11	14
14	LW	4	1	0	1	0	0
46	C	11	1	0	1	−1	0
7	LW	8	1	0	1	2	0
34	G	1	0	1	1		0
12	LW	26	0	1	1	−4	56
29	G	69	0	1	1		28
20	LW	6	0	1	1	−1	4
26	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
51	D	4	0	0	0	−1	2
9	C	8	0	0	0	−3	4
1	G	15	0	0	0		0
31	G	1	0	0	0		0
54	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
28	D	3	0	0	0	1	2
35	G	3	0	0	0		0
28	RW	4	0	0	0	−2	0
20	RW	1	0	0	0	0	5
39	C	2	0	0	0	0	2
36	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	D	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
29	Tomas Vokoun	69	25	31	11	1771	146	2.20	.918	3	3974
1	Mike Dunham	15	2	9	2	397	43	3.15	.892	0	819
35	Jan Lasak	3	0	1	0	39	5	3.33	.872	0	90
31	Brian Finley	1	0	0	0	13	3	3.83	.769	0	47
34	Wade Flaherty	1	0	1	0	27	4	4.71	.852	0	51

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Adam Hall

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Scottie Upshall	October 15, 2002
Vernon Fiddler	November 2, 2002
Darren Haydar	November 17, 2002
Brian Finley	January 1, 2003

Transactions

The Predators 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 Nashville Predators	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2002-03-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	title=Draft Day Transactions	url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/2002draft/draft_trades.asp	website=TSN.ca	access-date=November 28, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808073541/http://tsn.ca/nhl/2002draft/draft_trades.asp	archive-date=August 8, 2002}}
To Nashville Predators	To [Buffalo Sabres](2002-03-buffalo-sabres-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2002-03-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Detroit Red Wings](2002-03-detroit-red-wings-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Washington Capitals](2002-03-washington-capitals-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Dallas Stars](2002-03-dallas-stars-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Nashville Predators	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
To Nashville Predators	To [New York Rangers](2002-03-new-york-rangers-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Nashville Predators	To [Los Angeles Kings](2002-03-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Dallas Stars
To Nashville Predators	To [Montreal Canadiens](2002-03-montreal-canadiens-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Colorado Avalanche](2002-03-colorado-avalanche-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Brent Gilchrist
Clarke Wilm
Greg Koehler
Wyatt Smith
Pascal Trepanier
Denis Pederson
Domenic Pittis
Andreas Johansson
Francis Bouillon
Reid Simpson
Todd Warriner

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Pavel Skrbek
Jay Legault
Ed Belfour
Tie Domi
Steve Dubinsky
Brett Hauer
Bill Bowler
Petr Sachl
Marian Cisar
Petr Hubacek
Mark Mowers
Jukka Hentunen
Chris Mason
Steve Parsons
Jeremy Stevenson
Petr Tenkrat
Marty Wilford
Francis Bouillon
Reid Simpson
Jon Sim
Cameron Mann
Jere Karalahti
Stu Grimson

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mike Dunham
Vladimir Orszagh
Robert Schnabel
Kimmo Timonen
Vitali Yachmenev
Dan Hamhuis
Cameron Mann
Andy Delmore
Cale Hulse
Greg Classen
David Legwand
Bryan Lundbohm
Vladimir Orszagh
Jan Lasak
Peter Smrek
Darren Haydar
Scottie Upshall
Jordin Tootoo
Oleg Petrov

Draft picks

Nashville'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	6	Scottie Upshall	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	102	Brandon Segal	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	138	Patrick Jarrett	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	172	Mike McKenna	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
7	203	Josh Morrow	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
8	235	Kaleb Betts	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
9	264	Matthew Davis	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
9	266	Steven Spencer	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

Notes

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