2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	Northeast
Conference	Eastern
Team information
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre

The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs' It was the 85th season of the franchise, and the 75th season as the Maple Leafs.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2002 NHL Entry Draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Season 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
4	L	October 15, 2002	4–5	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	1–3–0–0
5	W	October 17, 2002	5–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	2–3–0–0
6	T	October 19, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	2–3–1–0
7	L	October 21, 2002	1–4	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	2–4–1–0
8	L	October 23, 2002	1–4	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	2–5–1–0
9	L	October 26, 2002	3–4	New York Rangers (2002–03)	2–6–1–0
10	W	October 28, 2002	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	3–6–1–0
11	T	October 31, 2002	3–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	3–6–2–0
12	L	November 2, 2002 †	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	3–7–2–0
13	W	November 5, 2002	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	4–7–2–0
14	L	November 8, 2002	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	4–8–2–0
15	L	November 9, 2002	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	4–9–2–0
16	W	November 12, 2002	4–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	5–9–2–0
17	W	November 15, 2002	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	6–9–2–0
18	L	November 16, 2002	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	6–10–2–0
19	W	November 19, 2002	2–0	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	7–10–2–0
20	W	November 23, 2002	6–0	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	8–10–2–0
21	L	November 25, 2002	0–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	8–11–2–0
22	W	November 26, 2002	5–4	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	9–11–2–0
23	W	November 29, 2002	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	10–11–2–0
24	W	November 30, 2002	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	11–11–2–0
25	W	December 3, 2002	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	12–11–2–0
26	L	December 6, 2002	2–4	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	12–12–2–0
27	W	December 7, 2002	1–0	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	13–12–2–0
28	W	December 10, 2002	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	14–12–2–0
29	L	December 12, 2002	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	14–13–2–0
30	W	December 14, 2002	4–1	New York Rangers (2002–03)	15–13–2–0
31	L	December 16, 2002	0–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	15–14–2–0
32	T	December 18, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	15–14–3–0
33	W	December 19, 2002	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	16–14–3–0
34	T	December 21, 2002	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	16–14–4–0
35	W	December 23, 2002	5–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	17–14–4–0
36	W	December 27, 2002	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–14–4–0
37	L	December 28, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–14–4–1
38	W	December 31, 2002	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	19–14–4–1
39	L	January 3, 2003	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	19–15–4–1
40	W	January 4, 2003	2–1	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	20–15–4–1
41	W	January 7, 2003	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	21–15–4–1
42	W	January 9, 2003	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	22–15–4–1
43	L	January 11, 2003	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	22–16–4–1
44	L	January 13, 2003	1–5	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	22–17–4–1
45	W	January 14, 2003	3–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	23–17–4–1
46	W	January 17, 2003	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	24–17–4–1
47	W	January 18, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	25–17–4–1
48	L	January 21, 2003	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	25–18–4–1
49	L	January 24, 2003	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	25–19–4–1
50	L	January 25, 2003	0–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	25–20–4–1
51	W	January 29, 2003	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	26–20–4–1
52	W	January 30, 2003	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	27–20–4–1
53	W	February 5, 2003	6–0	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	28–20–4–1
54	W	February 6, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	29–20–4–1
55	W	February 8, 2003	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	30–20–4–1
56	L	February 11, 2003	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	30–21–4–1
57	W	February 12, 2003	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	31–21–4–1
58	W	February 15, 2003	2–1	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	32–21–4–1
59	W	February 18, 2003	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	33–21–4–1
60	W	February 20, 2003	6–2	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	34–21–4–1
61	W	February 22, 2003	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	35–21–4–1
62	L	February 23, 2003	2–5	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	35–22–4–1
63	W	February 25, 2003	5–2	New York Islanders (2002–03)	36–22–4–1
64	L	February 27, 2003	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	36–23–4–1
65	W	March 1, 2003	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	37–23–4–1
66	L	March 3, 2003	1–2	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	37–24–4–1
67	L	March 4, 2003	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	37–25–4–1
68	L	March 6, 2003	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	37–26–4–1
69	T	March 8, 2003	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	37–26–5–1
70	W	March 10, 2003	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	38–26–5–1
71	L	March 13, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	38–26–5–2
72	W	March 15, 2003	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	39–26–5–2
73	T	March 18, 2003	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (2002–03)	39–26–6–2
74	L	March 20, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	39–26–6–3
75	W	March 22, 2003	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	40–26–6–3
76	L	March 24, 2003	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	40–27–6–3
77	T	March 25, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	40–27–7–3
78	W	March 28, 2003	5–2	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	41–27–7–3
79	W	March 29, 2003	4–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	42–27–7–3
80	W	April 1, 2003	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	43–27–7–3
81	W	April 3, 2003	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	44–27–7–3
82	L	April 5, 2003	1–3	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	44–28–7–3

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	73	33	46	79	12	4	5	3	9
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	75	37	35	72	58	1	16	3	8
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	82	11	36	47	30	20	4	1	2
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	72	16	29	45	124	11	2	1	6
Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla	82	7	38	45	46	13	2	0	1
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	81	12	30	42	26	7	1	1	1
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	77	10	26	36	119	-7	4	1	2
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	67	14	21	35	36	5	7	0	1
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	79	13	19	32	12	2	2	0	3
Domi, TieTie Domi	79	15	14	29	171	-1	4	0	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	75	12	12	24	67	2	2	1	3
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	75	6	18	24	135	9	3	0	1
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	73	6	11	17	46	10	1	0	3
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	66	4	13	17	57	10	0	0	0
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	46	7	8	15	49	-5	0	0	0
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	64	6	9	15	16	3	0	0	0
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	14	7	5	12	16	2	5	0	1
Berg, AkiAki Berg	78	4	7	11	28	3	0	0	2
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	44	3	7	10	16	8	1	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	55	3	6	9	196	-2	0	0	0
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	14	5	3	8	10	-2	3	0	0
Pilar, KarelKarel Pilar	17	3	4	7	12	-7	1	0	1
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	13	0	3	3	11	4	0	0	0
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	7	0	3	3	4	3	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	62	0	2	2	24	0	0	0	0
Druken, HaroldHarold Druken	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Jackman, RicRic Jackman	42	0	2	2	41	-10	0	0	0
Holden, JoshJosh Holden	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	3738	62	37	20	5	141	2.26	7	1816	1675	.922
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	1143	19	6	10	2	59	3.10	0	565	506	.896
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	86	3	1	1	0	4	2.79	0	38	34	.895
Team:	4967	82	44	31	7	204	2.46	7	2419	2215	.916

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	6	5	2	7	4	0	1	0
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	7	1	3	4	6	1	0	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	4	2	1	3	4	0	1	1
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	1
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	7	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla	7	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	6	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	7	1	0	1	13	0	0	0
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	7	1	0	1	8	1	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	532	7	3	4	24	2.71	0	282	258	.915
Team:	532	7	3	4	24	2.71	0	282	258	.915

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; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots on goal;SV=Goals saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

• Alexander Mogilny, Lady Byng Trophy

Milestones

     Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ed Belfour	400th NHL Win	April 1, 2003
Mikael Tellqvist	1st NHL Game	January 18, 2003

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2002-03 season.

Trades

July 18, 2002	To Florida Panthers Dmitry Yushkevich	To Toronto Maple Leafs Robert Svehla
September 4, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Leeb
December 31, 2002	To Nashville Predators Bob Wren	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott
March 5, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Alyn McCauley Brad Boyes 1st round pick in 2003 - Mark Stuart	To Toronto Maple Leafs Owen Nolan
March 9, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd round pick in 2004 - Kyle Wharton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley
March 11, 2003	To Montreal Canadiens 6th round pick in 2003 - Mark Flood	To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Gilmour
March 11, 2003	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th round pick in 2003 - Chris Porter 4th round pick in 2004 - Karel Hromas	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley
May 29, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken Jeff Daw
June 21, 2003	To Minnesota Wild 3rd round pick in 2003 - Danny Irmen	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2003 - Martin Sagat 4th round pick in 2003 - Konstantin Volkov

Waivers

November 11, 2002	From Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken
January 16, 2003	To Carolina Hurricanes Harold Druken

Free agents

Player Former Team Ed Belfour Nashville Predators Tie Domi Nashville Predators Tom Fitzgerald Chicago Blackhawks Aaron Gavey Minnesota Wild Trevor Kidd Florida Panthers Dwayne Hay Calgary Flames

Player New Team Corey Schwab New Jersey Devils Nathan Dempsey Chicago Blackhawks Don MacLean Columbus Blue Jackets Tom Barrasso St. Louis Blues Cory Cross New York Rangers

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in Toronto, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 20 Ed Belfour  32 Mikael Tellqvist  37 Trevor Kidd		Defensemen 2 Wade Belak  8 Aki Berg  15 Tomas Kaberle  22 Glen Wesley  24 Bryan McCabe  - A 25 Jyrki Lumme  29 Karel Pilar  44 Anders Eriksson  45 Carlo Colaiacovo  55 Ric Jackman  67 Robert Svehla  96 Phil Housley		Wingers 7 Gary Roberts  - A 11 Owen Nolan  12 Tom Fitzgerald  14 Jonas Hoglund  16 Darcy Tucker  19 Mikael Renberg  23 Alexei Ponikarovsky  26 Paul Healey  27 Shayne Corson  28 Tie Domi  89 Alexander Mogilny		Centres 9 Josh Holden  10 Aaron Gavey  13 Mats Sundin  - C 18 Alyn McCauley  21 Robert Reichel  23 Harold Druken  39 Travis Green  41 Matt Stajan  80 Nik Antropov  93 Doug Gilmour  GM: Pat Quinn Coach: Pat Quinn

Playoffs

Philadelphia vs. Toronto
Date	Away	Home
April 9	Toronto 5	3 Philadelphia
April 11	Toronto 1	4 Philadelphia
April 14	Philadelphia 3	4 Toronto	2OT
April 16	Philadelphia 3	2 Toronto	3OT1
April 19	Toronto 1	4 Philadelphia
April 21	Philadelphia 1	2 Toronto	2OT
April 22	Toronto 1	6 Philadelphia
Philadelphia wins series 4–3

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season