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2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	5th
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	44–28–7–3
HomeRecord	24–13–4–0
RoadRecord	20–15–3–3
GoalsFor	236
GoalsAgainst	208
GeneralManager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
AltCaptain	Bryan McCabe
Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Attendance	19,240
MinorLeague	St. John's Maple Leafs
Greensboro Generals
GoalsLeader	Mats Sundin (37)
AssistsLeader	Alexander Mogilny (46)
PointsLeader	Alexander Mogilny (79)
PIMLeader	Wade Belak (196)
PlusMinusLeader	Tomas Kaberle (+20)
WinsLeader	Ed Belfour (37)
GAALeader	Ed Belfour (2.26)

Gary Roberts Greensboro Generals

The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.

Off-season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2002 NHL entry draft
The free agency period began on July 1.

The Leafs signed free agent goaltender Ed Belfour to be their starting goaltender to replace the departed Curtis Joseph, who signed with the Detroit Red Wings to be their starting goaltender after Dominik Hasek retired following their Stanley Cup championship the previous season.

Regular season

The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.

Season standings

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 2002||6–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2002–03) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 14, 2002||4–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 15, 2002||4–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 17, 2002||5–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03) ||2–3–0–0 || |- |6||October 19, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03) ||2–3–1–0 || |- |7||October 21, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2002–03) ||2–4–1–0 || |- |8||October 23, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||2–5–1–0 || |- |9||October 26, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2002–03) ||2–6–1–0 || |- |10||October 28, 2002||5–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03) ||3–6–1–0 || |- |11||October 31, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03) ||3–6–2–0 ||

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| Legend:

† Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 9, 2003 || 5–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || 18,937 || Maple Leafs lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 11, 2003 || 1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || 19,597 || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 14, 2003 || 4–3 2OT || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers || 19,533 || Maple Leafs lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 16, 2003 || 2–3 3OT || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers || 19,574 || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 19, 2003 || 1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || 19,828 || Flyers lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 21, 2003 || 2–1 2OT || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers || 19,573 || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || April 22, 2003 || 1–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || 19,870 || Flyers win 4–3 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Maple Leafs only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
89	RW	73	33	46	79	4	12	6	5	2	7	2	4
13	C	75	37	35	72	1	58	7	1	3	4	−1	6
15	D	82	11	36	47	20	30	7	2	1	3	−6	0
80	RW	72	16	29	45	11	124	3	0	0	0	−3	0
67	D	82	7	38	45	13	46	7	0	3	3	−5	2
21	C	81	12	30	42	7	26	7	2	1	3	−4	0
16	LW	77	10	26	36	−7	119	6	0	3	3	1	6
19	RW	67	14	21	35	5	36	7	1	0	1	−4	8
14	LW	79	13	19	32	2	12	7	0	1	1	−1	0
28	RW	79	15	14	29	−1	171	7	1	0	1	0	13
39	C	75	12	12	24	2	67	4	2	1	3	3	4
24	D	75	6	18	24	9	135	7	0	3	3	−3	10
25	D	73	6	11	17	10	46	7	0	2	2	4	4
12	LW	66	4	13	17	10	57	7	0	1	1	−2	4
27	LW	46	7	8	15	−5	49	2	0	0	0	−2	2
18	C	64	6	9	15	3	16
11	RW	14	7	5	12	2	16	7	0	2	2	−4	2
8	D	78	4	7	11	3	28	7	1	1	2	1	2
26	LW	44	3	7	10	8	16	4	0	1	1	1	2
2	D	55	3	6	9	−2	196	2	0	0	0	−2	4
7	LW	14	5	3	8	−2	10	7	1	1	2	−4	8
29	D	17	3	4	7	−7	12
23	LW	13	0	3	3	4	11
22	D	7	0	3	3	3	4	5	0	1	1	0	2
20	G	62	0	2	2		24	7	0	0	0		4
23	C	5	0	2	2	1	2
55	D	42	0	2	2	−10	41
9	C	5	1	0	1	−2	2
41	C	1	1	0	1	1	0
45	D	2	0	1	1	0	0
10	C	5	0	1	1	1	0
44	D	4	0	0	0	1	0
93	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
96	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	0	−3	0
37	G	19	0	0	0		0
32	G	3	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
20	Ed Belfour	62	37	20	5	1816	141	2.26	.922	7	3738	7	3	4	282	24	2.71	.915	0	532
37	Trevor Kidd	19	6	10	2	565	59	3.10	.896	0	1143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Mikael Tellqvist	3	1	1	0	38	4	2.79	.895	0	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Lady Byng Trophy	Alexander Mogilny
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Ed Belfour
Mats Sundin
NHL Player of the Week	Ed Belfour (November 25)
Molson Cup	Ed Belfour

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	400th goal	First game	1,000th point	1,000th game played	400th win
Mats Sundin	October 14, 2002
Carlo Colaiacovo	October 23, 2002
Mikael Tellqvist	January 18, 2003
Matt Stajan	April 5, 2003
Mats Sundin	March 10, 2003
Mats Sundin	March 24, 2003
Ed Belfour	April 1, 2003

Transactions

The Maple Leafs 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 [Calgary Flames](2002-03-calgary-flames-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs	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](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Vancouver Canucks](2002-03-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Vancouver Canucks	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Calgary Flames	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Nashville Predators	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Florida Panthers](2002-03-florida-panthers-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Vancouver Canucks	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Nashville Predators	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [San Jose Sharks](2002-03-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Carolina Hurricanes](2002-03-carolina-hurricanes-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Montreal Canadiens](2002-03-montreal-canadiens-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Chicago Blackhawks](2002-03-chicago-blackhawks-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Carolina Hurricanes	To Toronto Maple Leafs

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ed Belfour
Tie Domi
Tom Fitzgerald
Aaron Gavey
Nathan Barrett
Trevor Kidd
Tyson Marsh
Harold Druken

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Corey Schwab
Nathan Dempsey
Donald MacLean
Garry Valk
Tom Barrasso
Cory Cross
Harold Druken
Shayne Corson

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Ric Jackman
Wade Belak
Alyn McCauley
Jonas Hoglund
Robert Svehla
Marc Moro
Aki Berg
Dmitri Yakushin
Nik Antropov
Ryan Bonni
Josh Holden
Brad Leeb
Carlo Colaiacovo
Gary Roberts
Brendan Bell
Matt Stajan
David Turon
Kyle Wellwood
Pierre Hedin
Ian White

Draft picks

Toronto'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	24	Alexander Steen	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
2	57	Matt Stajan	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	74	Todd Ford	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	88	Dominic D'Amour	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	122	David Turon	Femax Havířov ([Czech Republic](1st-czech-republic-hockey-league))
6	191	Ian White	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	222	Scott May	Ohio State University (CCHA)
8	254	Jarkko Immonen	JYP (Finland)
9	285	Staffan Kronwall	Huddinge IK (Sweden)

Notes

References

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"2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule".
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(November 25, 2002). "Belfour named NHL Player of the Week".
Toronto Maple Leafs 2015–16 Media Guide, p.373
(October 14, 2002). "Late Lemieux Goal Stops Leafs".
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(March 11, 2003). "Sundin Nets Point 1000 In Leafs Win".
(March 29, 2003). "Sundin Honoured, Leafs Play 60-Plus Again".
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(July 18, 2002). "Maple Leafs complete trade with Florida Panthers".
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(January 2, 2003). "Maple Leafs Acquire Nathan Perrott".
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(March 9, 2003). "Maple Leafs Acquire Glen Wesley".
(March 11, 2003). "Maple Leafs Obtain Former Captain".
(March 11, 2003). "Housley Traded To Toronto".
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(May 29, 2003). "Maple Leafs Acquire Two Players".
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(August 26, 2002). "Leafs players contract status".
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(July 13, 2002). "'Tie is our guy,' Domi returns to Leafs".
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(July 31, 2002). "Leafs add free agent centre Nathan Barrett".
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"TYSON MARSH".
(December 11, 2002). "Maple Leafs claim Harold Druken off waivers".
(July 2, 2002). "NHL FREE-AGENT LIST".
(July 8, 2002). "Devils sign free agent Schwab".
(July 17, 2002). "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17+".
(October 9, 2002). "+SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9+".
(November 4, 2002). "Blues sign Tom Barrasso".
(December 17, 2002). "Rangers Agree to Terms with Defenseman Cory Cross".
(January 17, 2003). "Druken reclaimed by Carolina".
(April 16, 2003). "Shayne Corson quits Toronto".
(February 18, 2004). "Stars agree to terms with Shayne Corson".
"RICHARD JACKMAN".
(July 16, 2002). "Maple Leafs sign McCauley and Belak".
(July 17, 2002). "Leafs re-sign Hoglund".
(July 18, 2002). "Quinn Says Svehla Better Than Yushky".
(July 29, 2002). "Leafs re-sign Berg".
"DMITRI YAKUSHIN".
"NIKOLAI ANTROPOV".
"RYAN BONNI".
"JOSH HOLDEN".
"BRAD LEEB".
(October 7, 2002). "Leafs sign Colaiacovo to multi-year deal".
(February 18, 2003). "Maple Leafs Re-Sign Gary Roberts".
(March 25, 2003). "Maple Leafs Sign Brendan Bell".
(April 4, 2003). "Maple Leafs Agree To Terms With Matt Stajan".
(April 8, 2003). "Maple Leafs Agree To Terms With David Turon".
(May 7, 2003). "Maple Leafs Agree To Terms With Kyle Wellwood".
(May 29, 2003). "Maple Leafs Sign Pierre Hedin".
(June 9, 2003). "Maple Leafs Agree Terms With Ian White".
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