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2002–03 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	New York Islanders
Record	35–34–11–2
HomeRecord	18–18–5–0
RoadRecord	17–16–6–2
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	3rd
GoalsFor	224
GoalsAgainst	231
GeneralManager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Michael Peca
AltCaptain	Adrian Aucoin
Kenny Jonsson
Alexei Yashin
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance	14,930 (92.0%)
MinorLeague	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Trenton Titans
GoalsLeader	Dave Scatchard (27)
AssistsLeader	Alexei Yashin (39)
PointsLeader	Alexei Yashin (65)
PIMLeader	Eric Cairns (124)
PlusMinusLeader	Roman Hamrlik (+21)
WinsLeader	Chris Osgood (17)
GAALeader	Garth Snow (2.31)

Kenny Jonsson Alexei Yashin Trenton Titans The 2002–03 New York Islanders season was the 31st season in the franchise's history.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

The Islanders lost in the first round to the Ottawa Senators 4–1.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 15, 2002||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 17, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||1–2–1–0 || |- |5||October 19, 2002||5–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||2–2–1–0 || |- |6||October 22, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||2–3–1–0 || |- |7||October 24, 2002||5–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||3–3–1–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||2–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||3–4–1–0 || |- |9||October 29, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||3–5–1–0 || |- |10||October 30, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||3–6–1–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 9, 2003 || 3–0 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Islanders lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 12, 2003 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 14, 2003 || 2–3 2OT || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 16, 2003 || 1–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 17, 2003 || 1–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Senators 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 Islanders only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
79	C	81	26	39	65	−12	32	5	2	2	4	−1	2
55	C	81	25	30	55	16	58	5	0	1	1	−2	2
37	RW	81	23	25	48	−11	28	5	1	0	1	−1	4
38	C	81	27	18	45	9	108	5	1	0	1	−3	6
17	C	74	13	29	42	−9	52	5	1	0	1	−2	0
27	C	66	13	29	42	−4	43	5	0	0	0	−1	4
4	D	73	9	32	41	21	87	5	0	2	2	−2	2
3	D	73	8	27	35	−5	70	5	1	2	3	−1	4
45	RW	78	15	19	34	1	57	5	0	0	0	−1	16
28	C	81	9	19	28	5	116	5	0	0	0	−3	23
12	LW	69	12	14	26	4	44	5	0	1	1	−1	2
29	D	71	8	18	26	−8	24	5	0	1	1	−2	0
15	LW	53	10	13	23	−9	34
11	RW	47	6	17	23	−2	10
2	D	80	3	13	16	−2	24	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	D	66	2	11	13	15	26	4	0	0	0	−1	4
13	C	66	6	6	12	−3	20
44	D	13	1	5	6	−2	14	5	0	1	1	−4	12
33	D	60	1	4	5	−7	124	5	0	0	0	−1	13
16	LW	17	0	5	5	0	10
26	C	11	2	2	4	−1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
44	D	37	0	4	4	−6	26
21	RW	8	0	4	4	5	4
10	C	8	2	1	3	2	4
16	C	5	1	2	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	C	10	1	2	3	0	2	5	1	1	2	−1	0
20	RW	49	1	0	1	−5	75	5	0	0	0	−2	10
39	G	10	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0		0
49	RW	19	0	0	0	−3	48	2	0	1	1	1	4
32	D	4	0	0	0	−1	0
59	D	3	0	0	0	0	2
35	G	37	0	0	0		12
8	D	2	0	0	0	1	0
36	D	4	0	0	0	−1	28
6	D	3	0	0	0	−2	0
30	G	43	0	0	0		24	5	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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

No.	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
35	37	17	14	4	912	97	2.92	.894	2	1993	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	43	16	17	5	1120	92	2.31	.918	1	2390	5	1	4	134	12	2.36	.910	1	305
39	10	2	5	2	273	29	2.97	.894	0	585	1	0	0	3	0	0.00	1.000	0	15

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	Roman Hamrlik
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Mattias Weinhandl
Bob Nystrom Award	Jason Blake
Garth Snow

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Tomi Pettinen	October 12, 2002
Justin Mapletoft	October 15, 2002
Eric Godard	October 17, 2002
Mattias Weinhandl	November 4, 2002

Transactions

The Islanders 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 New York Islanders	To [Montreal Canadiens](2002-03-montreal-canadiens-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2002-03-columbus-blue-jackets-season)
To New York Islanders	To Florida Panthers
To New York Islanders	To Florida Panthers
To New York Islanders	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2002-03-pittsburgh-penguins-season)	title=Islanders Acquire Randy Robitaille; Traded Lapointe to Philly	url=http://www.newyorkislanders.com/news/robitaille030903.html	website=New York Islanders	access-date=November 26, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402162019/http://www.newyorkislanders.com/news/robitaille030903.html	archive-date=April 2, 2003	date=March 9, 2003}}
To New York Islanders	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To New York Islanders	To [St. Louis Blues](2002-03-st-louis-blues-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Edmonton Oilers](2002-03-edmonton-oilers-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Alan Letang
Eric Manlow
Blaine Down
Brandon Smith
Jeff Hamilton
Alain Nasreddine
Wade Dubielewicz

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Chris Armstrong
Jim Cummins
Kip Miller
Raymond Giroux
Jason Krog
Jason Podollan
Dick Tarnstrom
Dave Roche
Ken Sutton
Evgeny Korolev
Mats Lindgren
Darren Van Impe

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mattias Weinhandl
Martin Chabada
Adrian Aucoin
Eric Cairns
Jason Wiemer
Mattias Timander
Arron Asham
Mark Parrish
Shawn Bates
Dave Scatchard
Steve Webb

Draft picks

New York'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)
1	22	Sean Bergenheim	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
3	87	Frans Nielsen	Denmark	Malmö IF (Sweden)
5	149	Marcus Paulsson	Sweden	Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden)
6	189	Alexei Stonkus	Russia	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia)
7	220	Brad Topping	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
8	252	Martin Chabada	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
9	283	Per Braxenholm	Sweden	Morrums GoIS IK (Sweden)

Notes

References

"2002-03 New York Islanders Schedule".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
"New York Islanders – Awards and Honors".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 22, 2002). "Czerkawski Dealt To Montreal For Asham And a Pick".
(June 22, 2002). "Isles Get Godard for Pick".
(June 22, 2002). "Timander Acquired From Columbus For Pick".
(July 3, 2002). "Islanders Acquire Wiemer for Mezei".
(October 11, 2002). "Islanders Acquire Butenschon for Kolnik".
(March 9, 2003). "Islanders Acquire Randy Robitaille; Traded Lapointe to Philly".
(March 11, 2003). "ISLANDERS TRADE OZZIE FOR TOP PROSPECT AND PICK UPGRADE".
(March 11, 2003). "ISLANDERS ACQUIRE JANNE NIINIMAA AND 2ND ROUND PICK FOR ISBISTER, TORRES".
(July 18, 2002). "Islanders Add D Alan Letang".
(July 19, 2002). "Laviolette Protege Eric Manlow Signs On".
(July 22, 2002). "OHL Playoff Ace Blaine Down Signs With Islanders".
(August 3, 2002). "Former Laviolette captain Brandon Smith Signs With Islanders".
(August 6, 2002). "Islanders Sign Former All-American Jeff Hamilton".
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(May 8, 2007). "Wade Dubielewicz rewarded by Islanders".
(July 2, 2003). "Dubielewicz Gets His Chance".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
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(July 9, 2002). "Caps ink free agent C Kip Miller".
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(August 6, 2002). "Tarnstrom Claimed Off Waivers By Pittsburgh".
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(July 1, 2007). "NHL Releases Free Agent List".
(October 14, 2002). "Islanders Recall Torres and Mapletoft".
(November 4, 2002). "Canucks ink Lindgren".
(January 9, 2003). "Syracuse Signs NHL Veteran Van Impe".
(July 3, 2002). "Islanders Sign Elite Prospect Mattias Weinhandl".
(July 17, 2002). "Chabada Signs Multi-Year Contract".
(July 23, 2002). "Aucoin Inks Two-Year Deal".
(July 26, 2002). "Cairns Re-Ups For Two Years".
(August 1, 2002). "Wiemer Signs One-Year Deal".
(August 2, 2002). "Timander Signs Two-Year Deal".
(August 6, 2002). "Parrish Re-Ups For Two Years".
(August 7, 2002). "BATES EARNS EXTENSION".
(August 20, 2002). "Isles' Scatchard wins arbitration case".
(September 12, 2002). "Webby Ready To Roll".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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