2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season

2002–03 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Northeast
2002–03 record	27–37–10
Team information
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Stu Barnes

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
3	7	Boston Bruins	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
5	12	Buffalo Sabres	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	79	26	49	75	20	-3	11	1	3
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	66	15	29	44	86	-5	4	0	2
Kotalik, AlesAles Kotalik	RW	68	21	14	35	30	-2	4	0	2
Dumont, J.P.J.P. Dumont	RW	76	14	21	35	44	-14	2	0	2
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	68	11	21	32	20	-13	2	1	2
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	74	15	16	31	40	4	3	4	4
Pyatt, TaylorTaylor Pyatt	LW	78	14	14	28	38	-8	2	0	0
Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht	LW	49	10	16	26	30	4	2	0	2
Connolly, TimTim Connolly	C	80	12	13	25	32	-28	6	0	2
Kalinin, DmitriDmitri Kalinin	D	65	8	13	21	57	-7	3	1	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	70	3	18	21	85	-5	0	0	1
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	D	65	2	17	19	20	-8	0	0	1
Mair, AdamAdam Mair	C	79	6	11	17	146	-4	0	1	1
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	69	4	12	16	26	-3	2	0	1
Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder	D	46	3	10	13	28	-3	1	0	0
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	14	7	5	12	12	1	5	0	1
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	44	7	4	11	23	-2	1	0	0
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	35	5	6	11	21	-12	2	0	2
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	50	0	9	9	63	1	0	0	0
Boulton, EricEric Boulton	LW	58	1	5	6	178	1	0	0	0
Botterill, JasonJason Botterill	LW	17	1	4	5	14	1	1	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	59	0	5	5	49	-16	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, RoryRory Fitzpatrick	D	36	1	3	4	16	-7	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	11	1	3	4	2	-1	0	0	0
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	14	0	3	3	29	-1	0	0	0
Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	LW	25	2	0	2	17	-4	0	0	1
Milley, NormNorm Milley	RW	8	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Bartovic, MilanMilan Bartovic	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	54	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hecl, RadoslavRadoslav Hecl	D	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	1	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Janik, DougDoug Janik	D	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Kristek, JaroslavJaroslav Kristek	RW	6	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
McMorrow, SeanSean McMorrow	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	41	0	0	0	92	-5	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	3170	54	17	28	6	135	2.56	4	1468	1333	.908
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	912	15	6	8	1	40	2.63	1	410	370	.902
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	891	16	4	9	3	36	2.42	1	411	375	.912
Team:	4973	82	27	45	10	211	2.55	6	2289	2078	.908

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

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