2002–03 San Jose Sharks season

Regular season

After 24 games and an 8–12–2–2 record, Darryl Sutter was fired. One game was coached by Cap Raeder before Ron Wilson, the former coach of the Washington Capitals was hired. Wilson was not able to guide the team to the playoffs and finished with a 19–25–7–6 record for the season. General manager Dean Lombardi was fired on March 18.

Captain Owen Nolan was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Sharks' penalty kill struggled, as they finished 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 81.01%.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 10, 2002||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||Kiprusoff ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||Kiprusoff ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 17, 2002||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (2002–03) ||Toskala ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 19, 2002||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (2002–03) ||Toskala ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 21, 2002||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (2002–03) ||Kiprusoff ||1–4–0–0 || |- |6||October 24, 2002||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||Kiprusoff ||2–4–0–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2002||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||Kiprusoff ||3–4–0–0 || |- |8||October 27, 2002||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03) ||Nabokov ||3–5–0–0 || |- |9||October 29, 2002||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03) ||Nabokov ||3–6–0–0 || |- |10||October 31, 2002||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota Wild (2002–03) ||Nabokov ||3–6–0–1 ||

| Legend:

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

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

The Sharks 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

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

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

Notes

References

References

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