2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers season

2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	11th Eastern
2002–03 record	31–39–7
Team information
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Shawn McEachern
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Dany Heatley (41)
Assists	Vyacheslav Kozlov (49)
Points	Dany Heatley (89)

The 2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fourth season. The Thrashers placed third in the Southeast, eleventh in the East to miss the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 2002	3–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 2002	4–5 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	0–1–0–1
3	L	October 16, 2002	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	0–2–0–1
4	L	October 18, 2002	5–8	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	0–3–0–1
5	L	October 19, 2002	4–5	New York Islanders (2002–03)	0–4–0–1
6	L	October 21, 2002	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	0–5–0–1
7	L	October 23, 2002	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	0–6–0–1
8	L	October 26, 2002	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	0–7–0–1
9	L	October 29, 2002	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	0–8–0–1
10	T	October 31, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	0–8–1–1
11	W	November 2, 2002	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	1–8–1–1
12	L	November 7, 2002	0–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	1–9–1–1
13	W	November 9, 2002	6–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	2–9–1–1
14	W	November 11, 2002	2–1	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	3–9–1–1
15	W	November 13, 2002	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	4–9–1–1
16	L	November 15, 2002	1–5	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	4–10–1–1
17	L	November 17, 2002	1–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	4–11–1–1
18	W	November 19, 2002	4–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	5–11–1–1
19	L	November 22, 2002	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	5–12–1–1
20	L	November 23, 2002	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	5–13–1–1
21	L	November 26, 2002	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	5–14–1–1
22	W	November 28, 2002	7–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	6–14–1–1
23	W	December 1, 2002	5–4	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	7–14–1–1
24	L	December 5, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	7–14–1–2
25	L	December 6, 2002	6–7 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	7–14–1–3
26	L	December 8, 2002	0–3	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	7–15–1–3
27	L	December 11, 2002	2–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	7–16–1–3
28	L	December 13, 2002	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	7–17–1–3
29	L	December 14, 2002	0–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	7–18–1–3
30	W	December 16, 2002	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	8–18–1–3
31	L	December 18, 2002	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–19–1–3
32	L	December 20, 2002	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	8–19–1–4
33	L	December 23, 2002	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	8–20–1–4
34	W	December 27, 2002	5–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	9–20–1–4
35	L	December 28, 2002	0–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	9–21–1–4
36	W	December 30, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	10–21–1–4
37	L	January 2, 2003	1–8	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	10–22–1–4
38	L	January 3, 2003	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	10–23–1–4
39	L	January 5, 2003	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	10–24–1–4
40	T	January 7, 2003	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	10–24–2–4
41	W	January 9, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	11–24–2–4
42	L	January 11, 2003	3–7	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	11–25–2–4
43	W	January 13, 2003	7–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	12–25–2–4
44	W	January 15, 2003	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	13–25–2–4
45	W	January 17, 2003	3–1	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	14–25–2–4
46	L	January 19, 2003	1–4	New York Islanders (2002–03)	14–26–2–4
47	W	January 21, 2003	8–4	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	15–26–2–4
48	T	January 23, 2003	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	15–26–3–4
49	W	January 25, 2003	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	16–26–3–4
50	W	January 28, 2003	5–2	New York Rangers (2002–03)	17–26–3–4
51	L	January 30, 2003	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	17–27–3–4
52	W	February 4, 2003	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	18–27–3–4
53	W	February 7, 2003	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	19–27–3–4
54	L	February 8, 2003	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	19–28–3–4
55	L	February 12, 2003	1–5	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	19–29–3–4
56	T	February 14, 2003	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	19–29–4–4
57	L	February 15, 2003	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	19–30–4–4
58	W	February 17, 2003	4–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	20–30–4–4
59	L	February 19, 2003	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	20–31–4–4
60	T	February 23, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	20–31–5–4
61	L	February 25, 2003	0–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	20–32–5–4
62	W	February 27, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	21–32–5–4
63	L	March 1, 2003	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	21–33–5–4
64	W	March 2, 2003	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	22–33–5–4
65	T	March 6, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	22–33–6–4
66	L	March 7, 2003	1–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	22–34–6–4
67	L	March 9, 2003	4–6	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	22–35–6–4
68	W	March 11, 2003	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	23–35–6–4
69	L	March 13, 2003	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	23–36–6–4
70	W	March 15, 2003	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	24–36–6–4
71	W	March 17, 2003	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	25–36–6–4
72	L	March 19, 2003	4–5 OT	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	25–36–6–5
73	L	March 21, 2003	1–5	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	25–37–6–5
74	W	March 22, 2003	3–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	26–37–6–5
75	L	March 24, 2003	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	26–38–6–5
76	W	March 26, 2003	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	27–38–6–5
77	T	March 28, 2003	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	27–38–7–5
78	W	March 29, 2003	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	28–38–7–5
79	W	March 31, 2003	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	29–38–7–5
80	L	April 2, 2003	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	29–39–7–5
81	W	April 5, 2003	3–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	30–39–7–5
82	W	April 6, 2003	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	31–39–7–5

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	LW	77	41	48	89	58	-8	19	1	6
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov	LW	79	21	49	70	66	-10	9	1	2
Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk	LW	81	38	29	67	57	-24	9	0	3
Savard, MarcMarc Savard	C	57	16	31	47	77	-11	6	0	4
Stefan, PatrikPatrik Stefan	C	71	13	21	34	12	-10	3	0	2
Tremblay, YannickYannick Tremblay	D	75	8	22	30	32	-27	5	0	1
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern	RW	46	10	16	26	28	-27	4	1	1
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	80	9	17	26	14	-16	2	0	2
Kaberle, FrantisekFrantisek Kaberle	D	79	7	19	26	32	-19	3	1	2
Sutton, AndyAndy Sutton	D	53	3	18	21	114	-8	1	1	0
Bartecko, LubosLubos Bartecko	LW	37	7	9	16	8	3	0	0	1
Tjarnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjarnqvist	D	75	3	12	15	26	-20	1	0	0
Snyder, DanDan Snyder	C	36	10	4	14	34	-4	0	1	1
Tapper, BradBrad Tapper	RW	35	10	4	14	23	2	1	0	3
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	56	4	9	13	24	-8	0	2	1
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	43	2	9	11	16	-4	0	0	0
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	D	72	1	9	10	118	-10	0	0	0
Cowan, JeffJeff Cowan	LW	66	3	5	8	115	-15	0	0	0
Svartvadet, PerPer Svartvadet	C	62	1	7	8	8	-11	0	0	0
Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan	C	23	5	2	7	6	-8	1	0	0
Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers	RW	74	2	4	6	171	-13	0	0	1
Herperger, ChrisChris Herperger	C	27	4	1	5	7	-11	0	0	0
Piros, KamilKamil Piros	C	3	3	2	5	2	4	0	0	1
Weaver, MikeMike Weaver	D	40	0	5	5	20	-5	0	0	0
Safronov, KirillKirill Safronov	D	32	2	2	4	14	-10	0	0	0
Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen	G	52	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Butsayev, YuriYuri Butsayev	LW	16	2	0	2	8	-5	0	0	0
DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta	D	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby	D	15	0	2	2	41	0	0	0	0
Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio	LW	5	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Lessard, FrancisFrancis Lessard	RW	18	0	2	2	61	1	0	0	0
Simon, BenBen Simon	LW	10	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
Blatny, ZdenekZdenek Blatny	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Cassivi, FredericFrederic Cassivi	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Farkas, JeffJeff Farkas	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Gamache, SimonSimon Gamache	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Krupp, UweUwe Krupp	D	4	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Vigier, J.P.J.P. Vigier	RW	13	0	0	0	4	-13	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen	2856	52	21	19	5	137	2.88	2	1452	1315	.906
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	895	17	5	11	1	65	4.36	0	472	407	.862
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	1097	21	4	13	1	65	3.56	0	605	540	.893
Cassivi, FredericFrederic Cassivi	123	2	1	1	0	11	5.37	0	58	47	.810
Team:	4971	82	31	44	7	278	3.36	2	2587	2309	.893

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;