2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season

2002–03 Vancouver Canucks
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	4th Western
2002–03 record	45–23–13–1
Home record	22–13–6–0
Road record	23–10–7–1
Goals for	264
Goals against	208
Team information
General Manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,396[1]
Minor league affiliations	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (48)
Assists	Markus Naslund (56)
Points	Markus Naslund (104)
Penalties in minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (144)
Plus/minus	(+): Marek Malik (+23) (−): Brent Sopel (−15)
Wins	Dan Cloutier (33)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (1.57)
<2001–02 2003–04>

The 2002–03 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 33rd NHL season.

Regular season

The Canucks led all teams in power-play goals scored, with 87.^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
2	4	Vancouver Canucks	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
3	6	Minnesota Wild	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
4	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
5	12	Calgary Flames	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75

^[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.

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
8.5
9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

2003 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (W5) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 St. Louis 6–0 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 0–1 Boxscore 2 April 12 St. Louis 1–2 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 1–1 Boxscore 3 April 14 Vancouver 1–3 St. Louis Cloutier 19,699 1–2 Boxscore 4 April 16 Vancouver 1–4 St. Louis Cloutier 19,936 1–3 Boxscore 5 April 18 St. Louis 3–5 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 2–3 Boxscore 6 April 20 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis Cloutier 19,522 3–3 Boxscore 7 April 22 St. Louis 1–4 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 4–3 Boxscore Western Conference Semifinals vs. (W6) Minnesota Wild: Minnesota won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Minnesota 3–4 Vancouver OT Cloutier 18,514 1–0 Boxscore 2 April 27 Minnesota 3–2 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 1–1 Boxscore 3 April 29 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Cloutier 19,394 2–1 Boxscore 4 May 2 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota OT Cloutier 19,386 3–1 Boxscore 5 May 5 Minnesota 7–2 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 3–2 Boxscore 6 April 20 Vancouver 1–5 Minnesota Cloutier 19,350 3–3 Boxscore 7 April 22 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Cloutier 18,514 3–4 Boxscore
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund 82 48 56 104 +6 52 Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi 82 46 51 97 +2 144 Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 82 25 46 71 +18 36 Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski 67 6 40 46 +19 113 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 82 15 27 42 +21 82 Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden 71 19 22 41 −1 30 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 78 8 31 39 +9 38 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel 81 7 30 37 −15 23 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 79 14 17 31 +8 34 Salo, SamiSami Salo 79 9 21 30 +9 10 Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt 82 16 13 29 +10 8 Ohlund, MattiasMattias Ohlund 59 2 27 29 +1 42 Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski 78 11 14 25 +8 36 Chubarov, ArtemArtem Chubarov 62 7 13 20 +4 6 Malik, MarekMarek Malik^† 69 7 11 18 +23 52 Lindgren, MatsMats Lindgren 54 5 9 14 −2 18 Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner^† 30 4 6 10 0 22 Allen, BryanBryan Allen 48 5 3 8 +8 73 Baron, MurrayMurray Baron 78 2 4 6 +13 62 Reid, BrandonBrandon Reid 7 2 3 5 +4 0 Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu 36 2 2 4 −7 66 Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner 8 1 2 3 +4 4 Druken, HaroldHarold Druken^‡ 3 1 1 2 −1 0 Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac^‡ 9 1 1 2 −1 6 King, JasonJason King 8 0 2 2 0 0 Kavanagh, PatPat Kavanagh 3 1 0 1 +2 2 Fedorov, FedorFedor Fedorov 7 0 1 1 0 4 Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon^† 45 0 1 1 −2 143 Jokela, MikkoMikko Jokela 1 0 0 0 0 0 Komarniski, ZenithZenith Komarniski 1 0 0 0 0 2 Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer 2 0 0 0 0 0 May, BradBrad May^† 3 0 0 0 +1 10

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Naslund, MarkusMarkus Naslund 14 5 9 14 −6 18 Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 14 4 7 11 −4 18 Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski 14 7 1 8 −5 22 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel 14 2 6 8 −2 4 Ohlund, MattiasMattias Ohlund 13 3 4 7 +1 12 Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt 14 2 4 6 +1 2 Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi 14 2 4 6 −3 60 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 14 1 5 6 −2 8 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 14 3 2 5 −2 8 Salo, SamiSami Salo 12 1 3 4 −2 0 Baron, MurrayMurray Baron 14 0 4 4 0 10 Cooke, MattMatt Cooke 14 2 1 3 +3 12 Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden 14 1 2 3 −4 10 Malik, MarekMarek Malik 14 1 1 2 −7 10 Ruutu, JarkkoJarkko Ruutu 13 0 2 2 +1 14 Chubarov, ArtemArtem Chubarov 14 0 2 2 −2 4 Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski 6 0 1 1 −1 0 Reid, BrandonBrandon Reid 9 0 1 1 0 0 Allen, BryanBryan Allen 1 0 0 0 −2 2 Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner 2 0 0 0 0 0 May, BradBrad May 14 0 0 0 −5 15

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier	57	57	3376-273,376:27	33	16	7	136	2.42	1,477	.908	2	0	3	24
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	23	20	1192-241,192:24	9	5	6	54	2.72	522	.897	1	0	1	0
Auld, AlexAlex Auld	7	5	0382-23382:23	3	3	0	10	1.57	165	.939	1	0	0	0
Moss, TylerTyler Moss	1	0	0022-2722:27	0	0	0	1	2.67	14	.929	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier	14	14	832-56832:56	7	7	45	3.24	341	.868	0	0	0	8
Auld, AlexAlex Auld	1	0	0019-5919:59	0	0	1	3.00	5	.800	0	0	0	0

^†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
^‡Traded to another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Markus Naslund	Lester B. Pearson Award winner	June 12, 2003
Markus Naslund	NHL First All-Star Team	June 12, 2003
Todd Bertuzzi	NHL First All-Star Team	June 12, 2003

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks: Jeff Farkas	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Josh Holden
June 25, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks: Future considerations (8th round pick in 2003)	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Ryan Bonni
September 4, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks: Tomas Mojzis	To Toronto Maple Leafs: Brad Leeb
September 21, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks: Sami Salo	To Ottawa Senators: Peter Schaefer
November 1, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks: Darren Langdon Marek Malik	To Carolina Hurricanes: Harold Druken Jan Hlavac
January 20, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks: Chris Herperger Chris Nielsen	To Atlanta Thrashers: Jeff Farkas
January 24, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks: Mikko Jokela	To New Jersey Devils: Steve Kariya
February 5, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks: Conditional draft pick	To Philadelphia Flyers: Todd Warriner
March 11, 2003	To Vancouver Canucks: Brad May	To Phoenix Coyotes: Future considerations (3rd round pick in 2003)

Draft picks Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft which was held on June 22–23, 2002 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 2 49 Kirill Koltsov D  Russia Avangard Omsk (RSL) 2 55^[a] Denis Grot D  Russia Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2) 3 68^[b] Brett Skinner D  Canada Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 3 83^[c] Lukas Mensator G  Czech Republic HC Karlovy Vary U20 (Czech U20) 4 114 John Laliberte LW  United States New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL) 5 151 Rob McVicar G  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 7 214 Marc-Andre Roy LW  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) 7 223^[d] Ilya Krikunov LW  Russia Elemach Elektrostal (Russia-2) 8 247 Matt Violin G  Canada Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA) 9 277 Thomas Nussli C   Switzerland EV Zug (NLA) 9 278^[e] MMatt Gens RW  United States St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA) Draft notes[4] The Canucks' first-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note A.^[a] ^a The New York Islanders' second-round pick (previously acquired by the Washington Capitals) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent the Canucks' 2002 first-round pick and 2003 third-round pick to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick. ^b The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick (previously acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers) went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on December 17, 2001 that sent Donald Brashear and the Canucks' 2002 sixth-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for Jan Hlavac and this pick. The Canucks' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 31, 2001 that sent Alex Auld to Vancouver in exchange for the Canucks' 2001 second-round pick and this pick. ^c The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Canucks as the result of a trade on February 15, 2001 that sent Felix Potvin to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick. The Canucks' sixth-round pick was involved in the trade detailed in Note B.^[b] ^d The Canucks received a seventh-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Bob Essensa. ^e The Canucks received a ninth-round pick from the National Hockey League as compensation for Group III free agent Greg Hawgood. See also 2002–03 NHL season References "NHL Attendance Report - 2002-03". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2015. 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. "2002 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 3, 2015. External links "2002–03 Vancouver Canucks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.