2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

NHL team season

The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

Regular season

The Penguins were shut out an NHL-high ten times, tied with the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.^[1]

Final standings

^[2]

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.

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

• Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1000 assists for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–2 win over Boston on February 8.

Awards

Transactions

The Penguins 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.^[17]

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Other

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.^[63]

Draft notes^[64]

• a Compensatory pick received for loss of Group III free agent Garth Snow.
• b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Garth Snow per Michel Leduc.
• c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Marc Bergevin.

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. Kovalev and Lemieux were voted to the starting lineup.^[8] Lemieux did not play and was replaced by Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[9]
2. 9th-round pick in 2003.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[35]

References

• "Pittsburgh Penguins 2002-03 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
• "2002-03 Pittsburgh Penguins Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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