2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season

2002–03 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
2002–03 record	33–36–6
Team information
Captain	Mattias Norstrom

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
3	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
4	11	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
5	14	San Jose Sharks	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73

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

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Palffy, ZiggyZiggy Palffy RW 76 37 48 85 47 22 10 2 5 Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider D 65 14 29 43 57 0 10 0 1 Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 58 18 20 38 18 -1 6 1 8 Modry, JaroslavJaroslav Modry D 82 13 25 38 68 -13 8 0 1 Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong C 66 12 26 38 30 5 2 0 1 Belanger, EricEric Belanger C 62 16 19 35 26 -5 0 3 1 Frolov, AlexanderAlexander Frolov LW 79 14 17 31 34 12 1 0 3 Allison, JasonJason Allison C 26 6 22 28 22 9 2 0 3 Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky D 57 8 16 24 28 2 1 0 1 Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere RW 73 7 12 19 122 -9 1 1 1 Deadmarsh, AdamAdam Deadmarsh RW 20 13 4 17 21 2 4 0 1 Eloranta, MikkoMikko Eloranta LW 75 5 12 17 56 -15 1 0 1 Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen LW/C 57 4 12 16 28 -1 0 0 1 Chartrand, BradBrad Chartrand C 62 8 6 14 33 -10 0 1 2 Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo D 50 5 7 12 14 2 2 0 0 Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze RW 27 5 7 12 12 -5 1 0 0 Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson LW 70 3 6 9 22 -13 0 0 0 Bednar, JaroslavJaroslav Bednar RW 15 0 9 9 4 3 0 0 0 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri C 28 5 3 8 22 -4 2 0 2 Norton, BradBrad Norton D 53 3 3 6 97 1 0 0 0 Miller, AaronAaron Miller D 49 1 5 6 24 -7 0 0 0 Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom D 82 0 6 6 49 0 0 0 0 Kelly, SteveSteve Kelly C 15 2 3 5 0 -6 0 0 1 Aulin, JaredJared Aulin C/RW 17 2 2 4 0 -3 1 0 0 Avery, SeanSean Avery C 12 1 3 4 33 0 0 0 0 Lilja, AndreasAndreas Lilja D 17 0 3 3 14 5 0 0 0 Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich D 42 0 3 3 24 -4 0 0 0 Zizka, TomasTomas Zizka D 10 0 3 3 4 -4 0 0 0 McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine D 21 0 2 2 24 -4 0 0 0 Schmidt, ChrisChris Schmidt C/D 10 0 2 2 5 -1 0 0 0 Sim, JonJon Sim LW 14 0 2 2 19 -3 0 0 0 Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson C 22 0 2 2 21 -5 0 0 0 Flinn, RyanRyan Flinn LW 19 1 0 1 28 0 0 0 0 Holland, JasonJason Holland D 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Storr, JamieJamie Storr G 39 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 Barney, ScottScott Barney C 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Bekar, DerekDerek Bekar LW 6 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Belanger, KenKen Belanger LW 4 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 Brennan, KipKip Brennan LW 19 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 Huet, CristobalCristobal Huet G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kuznetsov, MaximMaxim Kuznetsov D 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin G 42 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Rosa, PavelPavel Rosa RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin 2367 42 17 20 3 105 2.66 3 987 882 .894 Storr, JamieJamie Storr 2027 39 12 19 2 86 2.55 3 904 818 .905 Huet, CristobalCristobal Huet 541 12 4 4 1 21 2.33 1 241 220 .913 Team: 4935 82 33 43 6 212 2.58 7 2132 1920 .901

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;