2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.
2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 2nd Northeast |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
2002–03 record | 44–28–7–3 |
Home record | 24–13–4–0 |
Road record | 20–15–3–3 |
Goals for | 236 |
Goals against | 208 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pat Quinn |
Coach | Pat Quinn |
Captain | Mats Sundin |
Alternate captains | Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts |
Arena | Air Canada Centre |
Average attendance | 19,240 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs Greensboro Generals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mats Sundin (37) |
Assists | Alexander Mogilny (46) |
Points | Alexander Mogilny (79) |
Penalty minutes | Wade Belak (196) |
Plus/minus | Tomas Kaberle (+20) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (37) |
Goals against average | Ed Belfour (2.26) |
Off-season
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
- The 2002 NHL Entry Draft
- The free agency period began on July 1.
Regular season
The Maple Leafs were the most penalized team during the regular season, being penalized 426 times.[1]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 263 | 182 | 113 |
2 | Y- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 |
3 | Y- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 210 | 93 |
4 | X- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 211 | 166 | 107 |
5 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 236 | 208 | 98 |
6 | X- Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 224 | 220 | 92 |
7 | X- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 245 | 237 | 87 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 224 | 231 | 83 |
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9 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 210 | 231 | 78 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 234 | 77 |
11 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 226 | 284 | 74 |
12 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 190 | 219 | 72 |
13 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 176 | 237 | 70 |
14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 255 | 65 |
15 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 171 | 240 | 61 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
The Maple Leafs qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. They lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in 7 games in the first round.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 3–6–2–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 1–1–1–0)
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November: 8–5–0–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
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December: 8–3–2–1 (home: 5–0–1–0; road: 3–3–1–1)
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January: 8–6–0–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 5–4–0–0)
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February: 9–3–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 5–1–0–0)
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March: 6–4–3–2 (home: 3–1–2–0; road: 3–3–1–2)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
- † Hockey Hall of Fame Game
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Maple Leafs only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 73 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 75 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
15 | Tomas Kaberle | D | 82 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
80[lower-alpha 1] | Nik Antropov | RW | 72 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
67 | Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 2 |
21 | Robert Reichel | C | 81 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
16 | Darcy Tucker | LW | 77 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −7 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
19 | Mikael Renberg | RW | 67 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
14 | Jonas Hoglund | LW | 79 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
28 | Tie Domi | RW | 79 | 15 | 14 | 29 | −1 | 171 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
39 | Travis Green | C | 75 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
24 | Bryan McCabe | D | 75 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 135 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 10 |
25 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Tom Fitzgerald | LW | 66 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
27 | Shayne Corson‡ | LW | 46 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
18 | Alyn McCauley‡ | C | 64 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Owen Nolan† | RW | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
8 | Aki Berg | D | 78 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Paul Healey | LW | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Wade Belak | D | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
7 | Gary Roberts | LW | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 8 |
29 | Karel Pilar | D | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23[lower-alpha 2] | Alexei Ponikarovsky | LW | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Glen Wesley† | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Ed Belfour | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
23 | Harold Druken†‡ | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Ric Jackman | D | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Josh Holden | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Matt Stajan | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Carlo Colaiacovo | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Aaron Gavey | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Anders Eriksson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
93 | Doug Gilmour† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
96 | Phil Housley† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
20 | Ed Belfour | 62 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 1816 | 141 | 2.26 | .922 | 7 | 3738 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 282 | 24 | 2.71 | .915 | 0 | 532 |
37 | Trevor Kidd | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 565 | 59 | 3.10 | .896 | 0 | 1143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 2.79 | .895 | 0 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lady Byng Trophy | Alexander Mogilny | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ed Belfour[lower-alpha 3] | [7] |
Mats Sundin[lower-alpha 4] | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Ed Belfour (November 25) | [9] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Ed Belfour | [10] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal | Mats Sundin | October 14, 2002 | [11] |
1,000th point | Mats Sundin | March 10, 2003 | [12] |
1,000th game played | Mats Sundin | March 24, 2003 | [13] |
400th win | Ed Belfour | April 1, 2003 | [14] |
Transactions
The Maple Leafs 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.[15]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[16] |
June 22, 2002 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[16] |
June 23, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks Jeff Farkas |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Josh Holden |
[17] |
June 25, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations[lower-alpha 5] |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Bonni |
[18] |
June 30, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Rights to Tie Domi |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th-round pick in 2003 |
[19] |
June 30, 2002 | To Calgary Flames Rights to Curtis Joseph |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 8th-round pick in 2003 |
[20] |
July 18, 2002 | To Florida Panthers Rights to Dmitri Yushkevich |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Robert Svehla |
[21] |
September 4, 2002 | To Vancouver Canucks Tomas Mojzis |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Leeb |
[22] |
December 31, 2002 | To Nashville Predators Bob Wren |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Nathan Perrott |
[23] |
March 5, 2003 | To San Jose Sharks Brad Boyes Alyn McCauley 1st-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Owen Nolan |
[24] |
March 9, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Glen Wesley |
[25] |
March 11, 2003 | To Montreal Canadiens 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Doug Gilmour |
[26] |
March 11, 2003 | To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations[lower-alpha 6] |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Housley |
[28] |
May 29, 2003 | To Carolina Hurricanes Allan Rourke |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Harold Druken |
[29] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2002 | Ed Belfour | Nashville Predators | 2-year | Free agency | [30][31] |
July 12, 2002 | Tie Domi | Nashville Predators | 3-year | Free agency | [32][33] |
July 17, 2002 | Tom Fitzgerald | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [34] | |
July 24, 2002 | Aaron Gavey | Minnesota Wild | multi-year | Free agency | [35] |
July 31, 2002 | Nathan Barrett | Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [36] |
August 26, 2002 | Trevor Kidd | Florida Panthers | 2-year | Free agency | [37][31] |
September 18, 2002 | Tyson Marsh | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | Free agency | [38] | |
December 11, 2002 | Harold Druken | Carolina Hurricanes | Waivers | [39] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 7] | Ref |
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July 8, 2002 | Corey Schwab | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (III) | [41] |
July 12, 2002 | Nathan Dempsey | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
July 17, 2002 | Donald MacLean | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (VI) | [42] |
October 9, 2002 | Garry Valk | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | [43] |
November 4, 2002 | Tom Barrasso | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [44] |
December 17, 2002 | Cory Cross | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [45] |
January 16, 2003 | Harold Druken | Carolina Hurricanes | Waivers | [46] |
April 15, 2003 | Shayne Corson | Retirement | [47][48] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 14, 2002 | Ric Jackman | Re-signing | [49] | |
July 16, 2002 | Wade Belak | Re-signing | [50] | |
Alyn McCauley | Re-signing | [50] | ||
July 17, 2002 | Jonas Hoglund | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] |
July 18, 2002 | Robert Svehla | 1-year[lower-alpha 8] | Re-signing | [52] |
July 24, 2002 | Marc Moro | multi-year | Re-signing | [35] |
July 29, 2002 | Aki Berg | multi-year | Re-signing | [53] |
September 16, 2002 | Dmitri Yakushin | Re-signing | [54] | |
September 18, 2002 | Nik Antropov | Re-signing | [55] | |
Ryan Bonni | Re-signing | [56] | ||
Josh Holden | Re-signing | [57] | ||
Brad Leeb | Re-signing | [58] | ||
October 7, 2002 | Carlo Colaiacovo | multi-year | Entry-level | [59] |
February 18, 2003 | Gary Roberts | 1-year | Extension | [60] |
March 25, 2003 | Brendan Bell | multi-year | Entry-level | [61] |
April 3, 2003 | Matt Stajan | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
April 8, 2003 | David Turon | multi-year | Entry-level | [63] |
May 7, 2003 | Kyle Wellwood | Entry-level | [64] | |
May 29, 2003 | Pierre Hedin | multi-year | Entry-level | [65] |
June 9, 2003 | Ian White | Entry-level | [66] |
Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[67]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 24 | Alexander Steen | Sweden | Frölunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 57 | Matt Stajan | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
3 | 74 | Todd Ford | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
3 | 88 | Dominic D'Amour | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
4 | 122 | David Turon | Czech Republic | Femax Havířov (Czech Republic) |
6 | 191 | Ian White | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 222 | Scott May | Canada | Ohio State University (CCHA) |
8 | 254 | Jarkko Immonen | Finland | JYP (Finland) |
9 | 285 | Staffan Kronwall | Sweden | Huddinge IK (Sweden) |
See also
Notes
- Antropov wore number 11 through March 6 and switched numbers when Nolan was acquired.
- Ponikarovsky wore number 22 in his first seven games and switched numbers when Wesley was acquired.
- Belfour did not play and was replaced by Patrick Lalime of the Ottawa Senators.[6]
- Sundin did not play and was replaced by Miroslav Satan of the Buffalo Sabres.[8]
- 8th-round pick in 2003
- Chicago would receive either a 4th-round pick in 2003 or a 9th-round pick in 2003 and a 4th-round pick in 2004.[27]
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[40]
- Svehla agreed to a series of one-year contracts.
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18-Sep-02: Signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Columbus Blue Jackets -- …signed center Don MacLean to a one-year contract.
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Chicago Blackhawks - Signed free agent right wing Garry Valk, who had been with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- "Blues sign Tom Barrasso". UPI. November 4, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- "Rangers Agree to Terms with Defenseman Cory Cross". NHL.com. December 16, 2002. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- "Druken reclaimed by Carolina". NHL.com. January 16, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- "Shayne Corson quits Toronto". UPI. April 16, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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Corson officially announced his retirement on April 15, 2003.
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14-Jul-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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(Svehla) has agreed to a series of one-year deals with Toronto
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16-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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18-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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18-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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18-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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18-Sep-02: Re-signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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