2002–03 Detroit Red Wings season

Coming off their latest Stanley Cup victory, the Red Wings started looking towards the future. Dominik Hasek and Scotty Bowman had retired over the summer and captain Steve Yzerman was out for the first 66 games of the regular season. The weight of the team fell on Sergei Fedorov and veteran Brett Hull, who helped the Red Wings score the most goals of any team in the regular season. As newly acquired goaltender Curtis Joseph held steady in net, two more pieces of the Stanley Cup team would be traded over the course of the year. Maxim Kuznetsov and Sean Avery left in a trade for the Los Angeles Kings' Mathieu Schneider right before the trade deadline in an effort to push the Wings towards the playoffs. However, the moves did not come to complete fruition, as the Wings met the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round and shocked everyone by being swept in four games.

Three Red Wings were named to the roster for the 2003 All-Star Game: defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom, center Sergei Fedorov and Head Coach Dave Lewis. It was Lidstrom's seventh appearance at the All-Star Game, Fedorov's sixth and Lewis's first appearance as a coach.^[1]

The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2002–03 as 20,058 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.

Regular season

The Red Wings led the NHL in scoring during the regular season, with 269 goals for, and power-play percentage, at 23.82% (76 for 319). They also tied the Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals for fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.^[2]

Season standings

Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
3	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

^[3]

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. For complete final standings, see 2002–03 NHL season

Schedule and results

October

Record: 6–3–1–0; Home: 3–1–1–0; Road: 3–2–0–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 10	Detroit	6 – 3	San Jose		Joseph	17,496	1–0–0–0	2
2	October 12	Detroit	2 – 3	Los Angeles		Joseph	18,177	1–1–0–0	2
3	October 13	Detroit	4 – 2	Anaheim		Legace	17,174	2–1–0–0	4
4	October 17	Montreal	3 – 2	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	2–2–0–0	4
5	October 19	Detroit	5 – 3	Minnesota		Joseph	19,344	3–2–0–0	6
6	October 21	Calgary	0 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	4–2–0–0	8
7	October 23	Los Angeles	3 – 3	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	4–2–1–0	9
8	October 25	Pittsburgh	3 – 7	Detroit		Legace	20,058	5–2–1–0	11
9	October 26	Detroit	1 – 3	Nashville		Joseph	17,113	5–3–1–0	11
10	October 29	San Jose	2 – 3	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	6–3–1–0	13

November

Record: 6–4–2–1; Home: 4–1–1–1; Road: 2–3–1–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 2	Detroit	2 – 5	Ottawa		Joseph	18,210	6–4–1–0	13
12	November 3	Dallas	3 – 3	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	6–4–2–0	14
13	November 5	Chicago	2 – 0	Detroit		Legace	20,058	6–5–2–0	14
14	November 7	Boston	1 – 2	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,058	7–5–2–0	16
15	November 12	Nashville	1 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	8–5–2–0	18
16	November 15	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	9–5–2–0	20
17	November 16	Detroit	2 – 1	Toronto		Legace	19,110	10–5–2–0	22
18	November 19	Detroit	5 – 0	Calgary		Joseph	16,061	11–5–2–0	24
19	November 22	Detroit	1 – 4	Vancouver		Legace	18,422	11–6–2–0	24
20	November 23	Detroit	1 – 1	Edmonton	OT	Joseph	16,839	11–6–3–0	25
21	November 25	Edmonton	5 – 4	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,058	11–6–3–1	26
22	November 27	New Jersey	2 – 3	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	12–6–3–1	28
23	November 29	Detroit	4 – 6	Carolina		Joseph	20,066	12–7–3–1	28

December

Record: 10–1–4–0; Home: 7–1–1–0; Road: 3–0–3–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1	Calgary	2 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,066	13–7–3–1	30
25	December 3	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit		Joseph	18,504	14–7–3–1	32
26	December 5	Detroit	5 – 3	Phoenix		Joseph	15,189	15–7–3–1	34
27	December 6	Detroit	3 – 3	Dallas	OT	Joseph	18,532	15–7–4–1	35
28	December 8	St. Louis	3 – 4	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	16–7–4–1	37
29	December 12	Minnesota	3 – 2	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	16–8–4–1	37
30	December 14	Columbus	4 – 6	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	17–8–4–1	39
31	December 17	Detroit	2 – 2	NY Islanders	OT	Legace	14,884	17–8–5–1	40
32	December 19	Dallas	1 – 1	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,058	17–8–6–1	41
33	December 21	NY Rangers	2 – 3	Detroit		Legace	20,058	18–8–6–1	43
34	December 23	Detroit	1 – 0	Columbus		Joseph	18,136	19–8–6–1	45
35	December 26	Columbus	2 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	20–8–6–1	47
36	December 28	Detroit	4 – 2	Nashville		Legace	17,113	21–8–6–1	49
37	December 29	Detroit	2 – 2	Dallas	OT	Joseph	18,532	21–8–7–1	50
38	December 31	St. Louis	1 – 5	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	22–8–7–1	52

January

Record: 5–7–1–1; Home: 1–2–1–0; Road: 4–5–0–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 3	Phoenix	4 – 1	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	22–9–7–1	52
40	January 5	Detroit	4 – 3	Chicago	OT	Joseph	21,295	23–9–7–1	54
41	January 7	Detroit	0 – 1	Tampa Bay		Joseph	19,941	23–10–7–1	54
42	January 8	Detroit	2 – 1	Florida	OT	Legace	19,250	24–10–7–1	56
43	January 11	Detroit	2 – 3	Philadelphia		Joseph	19,654	24–11–7–1	56
44	January 13	Chicago	4 – 5	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	25–11–7–1	58
45	January 15	Detroit	1 – 4	Chicago		Legace	21,391	25–12–7–1	58
46	January 16	Detroit	2 – 4	Colorado		Joseph	18,007	26–12–7–1	60
47	January 19	Vancouver	4 – 1	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	26–13–7–1	60
48	January 22	Detroit	3 – 4	Edmonton	OT	Joseph	16,839	26–13–7–2	61
49	January 24	Detroit	5 – 2	Vancouver		Legace	18,422	27–13–7–2	63
50	January 25	Detroit	1 – 4	Calgary		Joseph	18,028	27–14–7–2	63
51	January 28	Detroit	0 – 1	New Jersey		Legace	16,453	27–15–7–2	63
52	January 30	Florida	2 – 2	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,058	27–15–8–2	64

February

Record: 7–2–1–1; Home: 5–1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 4	Nashville	5 – 5	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	27–15–9–2	65
54	February 6	Colorado	1 – 0	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	27–16–9–2	65
55	February 8	Detroit	3 – 5	Colorado		Joseph	18,007	27–17–9–2	65
56	February 10	San Jose	5 – 4	Detroit		Legace	20,058	28–17–9–2	67
57	February 13	Buffalo	2 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	29–17–9–2	69
58	February 15	Detroit	6 – 2	Atlanta		Joseph	18,857	30–17–9–2	71
59	February 18	Vancouver	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	30–17–9–3	72
60	February 20	Edmonton	2 – 6	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	31–17–9–3	74
61	February 22	Detroit	5 – 1	Washington		Joseph	18,277	32–17–9–3	76
62	February 24	Los Angeles	4 – 5	Detroit		Legace	20,058	33–17–9–3	78
63	February 27	Toronto	2 – 7	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	34–17–9–3	80

March

Record: 13–3–0–0; Home: 7–0–0–0; Road: 6–3–0–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 2	Phoenix	2 – 5	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	35–17–9–3	82
65	March 3	Detroit	3 – 2	Columbus		Legace	18,136	36–17–9–3	84
66	March 5	Tampa Bay	2 – 3	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	37–17–9–3	86
67	March 7	St. Louis	2 – 7	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	38–17–9–3	88
68	March 9	Detroit	1 – 4	Anaheim		Legace	17,174	38–18–9–3	88
69	March 10	Detroit	2 – 3	Los Angeles		Legace	18,344	39–18–9–3	90
70	March 12	Detroit	2 – 3	Phoenix		Joseph	15,813	40–18–9–3	92
71	March 15	Colorado	3 – 5	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	41–18–9–3	94
72	March 16	Ottawa	2 – 6	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	42–18–9–3	96
73	March 18	Detroit	5 – 1	Pittsburgh		Legace	13,840	43–18–9–3	98
74	March 22	Detroit	4 – 2	St. Louis		Joseph	19,995	44–18–9–3	100
75	March 23	Detroit	0 – 4	Minnesota		Legace	18,568	44–19–9–3	100
76	March 25	Minnesota	0 – 4	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	45–19–9–3	102
77	March 27	Detroit	0 – 3	San Jose		Joseph	17,496	45–20–9–3	102
78	March 29	Detroit	6 – 2	St. Louis		Legace	19,951	46–20–9–3	104
79	March 31	Nashville	0 – 3	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	47–20–9–3	106

April

Record: 1–0–1–1; Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–1–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	NY Islanders	2 – 5	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	48–20–9–3	108
81	April 4	Detroit	5 – 5	Columbus	OT	Legace	18,136	48–20–10–3	109
82	April 6	Detroit	3 – 4	Chicago	OT	Joseph	21,565	48–20–10–4	110

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
Yellow background indicates tie.
White background indicates overtime loss.

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2002–03 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed and played Anaheim in the first round. Anaheim upset Detroit in a four-game sweep. The Mighty Ducks would advance and reach the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in Game 7 to the New Jersey Devils.

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Anaheim wins series 4–0

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 10	Anaheim	2 – 1	Detroit	OT	Joseph	20,058	0 – 1
2	April 12	Anaheim	3 – 2	Detroit		Joseph	20,058	0 – 2
3	April 14	Detroit	1 – 2	Anaheim		Joseph	17,174	0 – 3
4	April 16	Detroit	2 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Joseph	17,174	0 – 4

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Sergei Fedorov	C	80	36	47	83	+15	52	4	1	2	3	-1	0
Brett Hull	RW	82	37	39	76	+11	22	4	0	1	1	-4	0
Brendan Shanahan	LW	78	30	38	68	+5	103	4	1	1	2	-1	4
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	82	18	44	62	+40	38	4	0	2	2	-1	0
Pavel Datsyuk	C	64	12	39	51	+20	16	4	0	0	0	-3	0
Henrik Zetterberg	LW	79	22	22	44	+6	8	4	1	0	1	-4	0
Igor Larionov	C	74	10	33	43	-7	48	4	0	1	1	+1	0
Tomas Holmstrom	LW	74	20	20	40	+11	62	4	1	1	2	+1	4
Kirk Maltby	LW	82	14	23	37	+17	91	4	0	0	0	-2	4
Kris Draper	C	82	14	21	35	+6	82	4	0	0	0	-2	4
Luc Robitaille	LW	81	11	20	31	+4	50	4	1	0	1	+1	0
Darren McCarty	RW	73	13	9	23	+10	138	4	0	0	0	-3	6
Chris Chelios	D	66	2	17	19	+4	78	4	0	0	0	-3	2
Mathieu Dandenault	D	74	4	15	19	+25	64	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Boyd Devereaux	C	61	3	9	12	+4	16	--	--	--	--	--	--
Dmitri Bykov	D	71	2	10	12	+1	43	4	0	0	0	-2	0
Sean Avery*	LW	39	5	6	11	+7	120	--	--	--	--	--	--
Steve Yzerman	C	16	2	6	8	+6	8	4	0	1	1	0	2
Patrick Boileau	D	25	2	6	8	+8	14	--	--	--	--	--	--
Mathieu Schneider*	D	13	2	5	7	+2	16	4	0	0	0	-4	6
Jiri Fischer	D	15	1	5	6	0	16	--	--	--	--	--	--
Jason Williams	C	16	3	3	6	+3	2	--	--	--	--	--	--
Maxim Kuznetsov*	D	57	0	3	3	0	54	--	--	--	--	--	--
Jesse Wallin	D	32	0	1	1	-2	19	--	--	--	--	--	--
Stacy Roest	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--

*Stats reflect games played with Detroit only.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

	Regular season									Playoffs
Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA	GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Curtis Joseph	61	3566	34	19	6	148	5	.912	2.49	4	289	0	4	10	0	.917	2.08
Manny Legace	25	1406	14	5	4	51	0	.925	2.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Awards and records

Trophies and awards

Milestones

Brett Hull scored his 700th career goal, February 10, 2003.

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2002–03 season.^[4]^[5]

Trades

November 16, 2002	To Detroit Red Wings Jason Woolley	To Buffalo Sabres Future considerations
March 11, 2003	To Detroit Red Wings Mathieu Schneider	To Los Angeles Kings Maxim Kuznetsov Sean Avery First-round pick in 2003 Draft Second-round pick in 2004 Draft

Free agents

Player signed	Former team
G Curtis Joseph	Calgary Flames
D Dmitry Bykov	Playing in Russia
D Patrick Boileau	Washington Capitals
C Mark Mowers	Nashville Predators
RW Stacy Roest	Minnesota Wild

Player lost	New team
RW Steve Brule	Colorado Avalanche
G Dominik Hasek	Retirement
D Uwe Krupp	Atlanta Thrashers
D Jiri Slegr	Playing in Czech Republic

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The Red Wings were slated to pick 30th overall but traded their first pick to the Atlanta Thrashers.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	58	Jiri Hudler C	Czech Republic	HC Vsetin (Czech Extraliga)
2	63	Tomas Fleischmann (LW)	Czech Republic	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
3	95	Valtteri Filppula (C)	Finland	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
4	131	Johan Berggren (D)	Sweden	Sunne (SWE)
5	166	Logan Koopmans (G)	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
6	197	Jimmy Cuddihy (C)	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
7	229	Derek Meech (D)	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
8	260	Pierre-Olivier Beaulie (D)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	262	Christian Soderstrom (LW)	Sweden	Timra IK (SWE)
9	291	Jonathan Ericsson (D)	Sweden	Sodertalje SK (SWE)

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2002–03.

Toledo Storm

The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2002–03 season.

References

Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com, game log on detroitredwings.com & game log on databasehockey.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

↑ Nothing Typical About It, Western Conference roster, ESPN.com, September 11, 2007
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2003.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
↑ Detroit Red Wings Preview, Jacob Luft, CNNSI.com, accessed September 7, 2007
↑ ESPN Trade Tracker, ESPN.com, accessed March 13, 2009
↑ Detroit Red Wings Draft History, hockeydb.com, accessed September 7, 2007

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Detroit Events Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2002–03 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Final

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