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2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	3rd
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	1st
Record	36–25–16–5
HomeRecord	22–9–7–3
RoadRecord	14–16–9–2
GoalsFor	219
GoalsAgainst	210
GeneralManager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk
AltCaptain	Vincent Lecavalier
Fredrik Modin
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Attendance	16,545
MinorLeague	Springfield Falcons
Pensacola Ice Pilots
GoalsLeader	Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis (33)
AssistsLeader	Brad Richards and Vaclav Prospal (57)
PointsLeader	Vaclav Prospal (79)
PIMLeader	Andre Roy (119)
PlusMinusLeader	Martin St. Louis (+10)
WinsLeader	Nikolai Khabibulin (30)
GAALeader	John Grahame (2.23)
DivisionWin	yes

Fredrik Modin Pensacola Ice Pilots The 2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 11th National Hockey League (NHL) season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning made it back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 2002||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||5–1 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 18, 2002||8–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||3–0–0–0 || |- |4||October 19, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||3–0–1–0 || |- |5||October 21, 2002||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||4–0–1–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03) ||4–0–2–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2002–03) ||5–0–2–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2002–03) ||5–1–2–0 || |- |9||October 28, 2002||6–1 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||6–1–2–0 || |- |10||October 30, 2002||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2002–03) ||7–1–2–0 ||

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Legend:

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 10, 2003 || 0–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 12, 2003 || 3–6 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 15, 2003 || 4–3 OT || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 16, 2003 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 18, 2003 || 2–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || Lightning lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 20, 2003 || 2–1 3OT || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Lightning win 4–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
20	C	80	22	57	79	9	53	11	4	2	6	−3	8
4	C	80	33	45	78	0	39	11	3	3	6	−2	22
19	C	80	17	57	74	3	24	11	0	5	5	−3	12
26	RW	82	33	37	70	10	32	11	7	5	12	5	0
22	D	77	13	40	53	9	44	11	0	7	7	0	6
33	LW	76	17	23	40	7	43	11	2	0	2	2	18
25	LW	72	20	14	34	−12	34	11	3	3	6	−1	10
17	LW	76	19	13	32	−7	44	11	0	1	1	−6	2
13	D	75	3	19	22	−7	78	11	0	0	0	−4	12
7	RW	65	6	12	18	−2	57	11	0	2	2	−2	6
36	RW	62	10	7	17	0	119	5	0	1	1	0	2
37	D	70	1	14	15	4	46	9	0	1	1	−2	2
21	D	82	5	9	14	−3	63	11	0	2	2	2	6
27	C	82	4	8	12	−13	38	11	0	1	1	1	6
16	C	63	4	4	8	−4	58	7	0	0	0	−2	6
44	D	67	1	7	8	−6	35	4	0	1	1	−1	0
28	RW	37	2	5	7	−1	24
15	RW	37	4	2	6	−6	8	11	1	0	1	−3	0
2	D	70	1	4	5	−6	43	7	0	2	2	0	2
5	D	28	1	3	4	3	31	11	1	1	2	−2	4
11	LW	51	2	1	3	−11	91	10	1	0	1	1	4
35	G	65	0	3	3		8	10	0	0	0		0
18	LW	37	0	3	3	−2	16
23	D	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
9	C	5	0	1	1	1	2
3	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0
47	G	17	0	0	0		9	1	0	0	0		0
30	G	7	0	0	0		2
1	G	1	0	0	0		2
38	D	19	0	0	0	−2	6

Goaltending

No.	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
35	65	30	22	11	1760	156	2.47	.911	4	3787	10	5	5	299	26	2.42	.913	0	644
47	17	6	5	4	424	34	2.23	.920	2	914	1	0	1	48	2	1.08	.958	0	111
30	7	0	3	1	101	12	2.54	.881	0	283	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	1	0	0	0	6	1	3.00	.833	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Nikolai Khabibulin
Vincent Lecavalier
Martin St. Louis
NHL Player of the Month	Nikolai Khabibulin (March)
NHL Player of the Week	Nikolai Khabibulin (November 18)
Nikolai Khabibulin (March 3)
Vaclav Prospal (March 17)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Alexander Svitov

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Alexander Svitov	October 10, 2002

Transactions

The Lightning 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 Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2002-03-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Dallas Stars](2002-03-dallas-stars-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [San Jose Sharks](2002-03-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2002-03-carolina-hurricanes-season)	title=LIGHTNING MAKE 12 SELECTIONS, 2 TRADES ON DAY 2 OF 2002 NHL ENTRY DRAFT	url=http://www.tampabaylightning.com/prdetail.cfm?pressreleaseID=492&category=3	website=Tampa Bay Lightning	access-date=December 3, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223094450/http://www.tampabaylightning.com/prdetail.cfm?pressreleaseID=492&category=3	archive-date=December 23, 2002	date=June 23, 2002}}
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [New York Rangers](2002-03-new-york-rangers-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Boston Bruins](2002-03-boston-bruins-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2002-03-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To Pittsburgh Penguins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Darren Rumble
Corey Foster
Janne Laukkanen

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Dieter Kochan	Minnesota Wild
Kyle Kos	Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL)
Gaetan Royer	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Mathieu Biron	Columbus Blue Jackets
Grant Ledyard
Kevin Hodson

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Alexander Svitov
Dave Andreychuk
Fredrik Modin
Pavel Kubina
Mathieu Biron
Shane Willis
Chris Dingman
Ben Clymer
Andre Roy
Dan Boyle
Mike Jones
Vaclav Prospal
Gordie Dwyer
Ruslan Fedotenko
Tim Taylor
Jean-Francois Soucy
Eero Somervuori

Draft picks

Tampa Bay'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)
2	60	Adam Henrich	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	100	Dmitri Kazionov	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
5	135	Joseph Pearce	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs (EJHL)
5	162	Gerard Dicaire	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	170	P. J. Atherton	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
6	174	Karri Akkanen	Ilves Jrs. (Finland)
6	183	Paul Ranger	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	213	Fredrik Norrena	TPS (Finland)
8	233	Vasily Koshechkin	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
8	255	Ryan Craig	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8	256	Darren Reid	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	286	Alexei Glukhov	Khimik Voskresensk Jr. (Russia)
9	287	John Toffey	Ohio State University (CCHA)

Notes

References

"2002-03 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule".
"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
"2003 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(January 28, 2003). "NHL - Lemieux rules himself out of All-Star Game".
(April 1, 2003). "KHABIBULIN NAMED NHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH".
(November 18, 2002). "LIGHTNING'S NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN NAMED NHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK".
(March 3, 2003). "LIGHTNING'S NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN NAMED NHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK".
(March 17, 2003). "LIGHTNING'S VACLAV PROSPAL NAMED NHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK".
(January 18, 2003). "NHL - 2003 YoungStars Rosters".
"2002-03 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(July 21, 2002). "LIGHTNING ACQUIRE RW RUSLAN FEDOTENKO".
(June 22, 2002). "LIGHTNING ACQUIRE D BRAD LUKOWICH, 7TH ROUND CHOICE IN 2003 FROM DALLAS".
(June 22, 2002). "LIGHTNING SELECT LW ADAM HENRICH; MAKE 2 TRADES".
(June 23, 2002). "LIGHTNING MAKE 12 SELECTIONS, 2 TRADES ON DAY 2 OF 2002 NHL ENTRY DRAFT".
(October 10, 2002). "LIGHTNING ACQUIRE LW BOYD KANE FROM NY RANGERS".
(January 13, 2003). "LIGHTNING ACQUIRE GOALTENDER JOHN GRAHAME".
(March 11, 2003). "LIGHTNING ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN MARC BERGEVIN".
(May 12, 2003). "LIGHTNING SEND DEFENSEMAN MARC BERGEVIN TO PITTSBURGH FOR DRAFT PICK".
(September 11, 2002). "LIGHTNING SIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN DARREN RUMBLE".
(November 7, 2002). "Falcons Make Roster Changes".
"Player Profiles".
(March 11, 2003). "LIGHTNING CLAIM DEFENSEMAN JANNE LAUKKANEN OFF WAIVERS FROM NY RANGERS".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
(August 6, 2002). "Sports transactions".
(December 5, 2002). "Bombers Land Kos from Arkansas in Three-Way Deal".
(November 21, 2002). "Falcons acquire Royer".
(October 5, 2002). "NO ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER FOR SABRES ON DRAFT DAY".
{{hockey-reference. l/ledyagr01. Grant Ledyard, retrieved December 3, 2022
(January 16, 2003). "GOALTENDER KEVIN HODSON RETIRES".
(July 17, 2002). "LIGHTNING FINALIZE SIGNING OF 2001 1ST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ALEXANDER SVITOV".
(June 25, 2002). "LIGHTNING EXERCISE OPTION ON LW DAVE ANDREYCHUK".
(July 16, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN LEFT WING FREDRIK MODIN".
(July 22, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN PAVEL KUBINA".
(July 26, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN MATHIEU BIRON".
(July 27, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN RIGHT WING SHANE WILLIS".
(July 30, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN LEFT WING CHRIS DINGMAN".
(August 1, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN F BEN CLYMER".
(August 1, 2002). "LIGHTNING AGREE TO TERMS WITH LW ANDRE ROY".
(August 6, 2002). "LIGHTNING AGREE TO TERMS WITH DEFENSEMAN DAN BOYLE".
(August 7, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN MIKE JONES".
(August 13, 2002). "LIGHTNING AGREE TO TERMS WITH C VACLAV PROSPAL".
(August 15, 2002). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN RIGHT WING RUSLAN FEDOTENKO".
(May 14, 2003). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN CENTER TIM TAYLOR".
(May 30, 2003). "LIGHTNING SIGN 2001 DRAFT CHOICE JEAN-FRANCOIS SOUCY".
(June 4, 2003). "LIGHTNING SIGN FINNISH STAR EERO SOMERVUORI".
"2002 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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