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2002–03 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2002–03
year	2002
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	39–29–8–6
HomeRecord	24–13–2–2
RoadRecord	15–16–6–4
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	224
GoalsAgainst	220
Coach	Bruce Cassidy
GeneralManager	George McPhee
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk
AltCaptain	Peter Bondra
Jaromir Jagr
Calle Johansson
Brendan Witt
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,787
MinorLeague	Portland Pirates
Richmond Renegades
GoalsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (36)
AssistsLeader	Sergei Gonchar (49)
PointsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (77)
PIMLeader	Jason Doig (108)
PlusMinusLeader	Ken Klee (+22)
WinsLeader	Olaf Kolzig (33)
GAALeader	Olaf Kolzig (2.40)

Jaromir Jagr Calle Johansson Brendan Witt Richmond Renegades The 2002–03 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season

Head coach Ron Wilson was fired on May 10. The Capitals named Bruce Cassidy their new head coach on June 25. Steve Konowalchuk was named the team’s lone captain while Brendan Witt, who was co-captain of the team in 2001–02 with Konowalchuk, remained one of four alternate captains.

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.

On January 11, 2003, the Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2. Jaromir Jagr had seven points in the game (three goals, four assists). It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a game since March 30, 2002, when the San Jose Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home by a score of 10–2. Furthermore, it was the first time that the Capitals had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 11, 2002||5–4 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2002–03) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 12, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2002–03) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 17, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03) ||3–0–0–0 || |- |4||October 19, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03) ||3–1–0–0 || |- |5||October 20, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2002–03) ||3–2–0–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2002–03) ||4–2–0–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03) ||4–3–0–0 || |- |8||October 26, 2002||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2002–03) ||4–3–1–0 || |- |9||October 28, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03) ||4–4–1–0 || |- |10||October 30, 2002||2–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2002–03) ||4–5–1–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 10, 2003 || 3–0 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning || Capitals lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 12, 2003 || 6–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning || Capitals lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 15, 2003 || 3–4 OT || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning || Capitals lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 16, 2003 || 1–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 18, 2003 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning || Lightning lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 20, 2003 || 1–2 3OT || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning || 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 Capitals only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
68	RW	75	36	41	77	5	38	6	2	5	7	2	2
20	C	82	22	47	69	12	22	6	2	1	3	3	2
55	D	82	18	49	67	13	52	6	0	5	5	2	4
12	RW	76	30	26	56	−3	52	6	4	2	6	2	8
92	C	71	17	39	56	3	36	6	3	2	5	0	8
14	C	72	12	38	50	−1	18	5	0	2	2	0	2
9	C	63	13	22	35	15	43	6	2	2	4	−2	4
11	C	82	13	21	34	6	88	6	0	1	1	−2	2
25	RW	82	15	17	32	−14	36	6	1	1	2	0	2
22	LW	77	15	15	30	3	71	6	0	0	0	−3	6
27	RW	47	8	10	18	6	24	2	0	1	1	1	6
2	D	70	1	16	17	22	89	6	0	0	0	2	6
6	D	82	3	12	15	9	22	6	0	1	1	−4	0
46	C	72	2	9	11	7	93	5	0	0	0	0	10
19	D	69	2	9	11	12	106	6	1	0	1	−1	0
94	LW	9	5	4	9	10	4	6	0	1	1	−2	0
54	D	55	3	5	8	−3	108	6	0	1	1	1	6
21	C	23	2	3	5	4	6
16	RW	32	1	4	5	−1	14
4	D	43	2	1	3	−3	87
8	LW	21	1	2	3	1	7
29	D	34	0	3	3	1	12	6	0	0	0	1	2
23	C	14	1	1	2	1	6	6	0	0	0	1	10
44	D	17	0	2	2	−3	24
17	LW	10	0	2	2	−3	23
39	D	6	1	0	1	−1	0
51	RW	27	1	0	1	−3	57
58	D	33	0	1	1	−3	22
1	G	5	0	0	0		0
35	G	17	0	0	0		0
3	D	1	0	0	0	0	4
41	RW	4	0	0	0	1	2
36	C	5	0	0	0	−2	0
45	D	38	0	0	0	−4	80
37	G	66	0	0	0		0	6	0	0	0		4
18	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
37	Olaf Kolzig	66	33	25	6	1925	156	2.40	.919	4	3894	6	2	4	192	14	2.08	.927	1	404
35	Sebastien Charpentier	17	5	7	1	426	40	2.79	.906	0	859	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Craig Billington	5	1	3	1	96	17	4.70	.823	0	217	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Sergei Gonchar (Defense)
[NHL All-Star Game](2003-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Sergei Gonchar
Jaromir Jagr
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Brian Sutherby

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Steve Eminger	October 11, 2002

Transactions

The Capitals 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 Washington Capitals	To [Nashville Predators](2002-03-nashville-predators-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Edmonton Oilers](2002-03-edmonton-oilers-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2002-03-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Ottawa Senators](2002-03-ottawa-senators-season)
To Washington Capitals	To Ottawa Senators
To Washington Capitals	To Chicago Blackhawks

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Robert Lang
Kip Miller
Dwayne Zinger
Chris Hajt
Jason Doig
Rick Berry
Andreas Salomonsson
Alex Henry
Josh Green

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Dmitri Khristich	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
Martin Hlinka
Dmitri Mironov
Patrick Boileau	Detroit Red Wings
Benoit Hogue
Ulf Dahlen	Dallas Stars
Corey Hirsch	Dallas Stars
Rob Zettler
Mike Siklenka	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
Sylvain Cote
Curtis Cruickshank	San Diego Gulls (ECHL)
Joe Sacco	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)
Craig Billington
Glen Metropolit	Jokerit (Liiga)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Ivan Ciernik
Mark Murphy
Trent Whitfield
Chris Simon
Jean-Francois Fortin
Colin Forbes
Glen Metropolit
Chris Ferraro
Peter Ferraro
Owen Fussey
Steve Eminger
Dainius Zubrus
Sebastien Charpentier
Josef Boumedienne

Draft picks

Washington'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	12	Steve Eminger	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
1	13	Alexander Semin	Traktor Chelyabinsk Jrs. (Russia)
1	17	Boyd Gordon	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	59	Maxime Daigneault	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
3	77	Patrick Wellar	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	92	Derek Krestanovich	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	109	Jevon Desautels	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	118	Petr Dvorak	Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
5	145	Robert Gherson	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
6	179	Marian Havel	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	209	Joni Lindlof	Tappara Jr. (Finland)
8	242	Igor Ignatushkin	Elemash Elektrosal (Russia)
9	272	Patric Blomdahl	AIK IF Jr. (Sweden)

Notes

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