2002–03 Nashville Predators season

2002–03 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	13th Western
2002–03 record	27–35–13
Goals for	183
Goals against	206
Team information
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson

Regular season

Final 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

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.

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	C	64	17	31	48	34	-2	3	1	4
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	D	72	6	34	40	46	-3	4	0	0
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	56	20	17	37	22	-4	10	0	0
Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	C	79	11	24	35	32	-18	3	0	1
Delmore, AndyAndy Delmore	D	71	18	16	34	28	-17	14	0	6
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	LW	82	12	22	34	101	-3	2	0	2
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	60	15	18	33	58	2	7	0	5
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	78	16	16	32	38	-1	3	0	3
Hall, AdamAdam Hall	RW	79	16	12	28	31	-8	8	0	2
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	LW	62	5	15	20	12	7	0	0	1
Murray, RemRem Murray	C/LW	53	6	13	19	18	1	1	0	0
York, JasonJason York	D	74	4	15	19	52	13	2	0	0
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	38	8	9	17	22	7	0	0	0
Wilm, ClarkeClarke Wilm	C	82	5	11	16	36	-11	0	0	0
Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins	D	82	3	10	13	44	-18	0	1	0
Pederson, DenisDenis Pederson	C/RW	43	4	6	10	39	2	0	0	0
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	D	50	2	7	9	22	1	0	0	0
Hulse, CaleCale Hulse	D	80	2	6	8	121	-11	0	0	1
Erat, MartinMartin Erat	RW	27	1	7	8	14	-9	1	0	0
Fiddler, VernonVernon Fiddler	C	19	4	2	6	14	2	0	0	1
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	82	2	4	6	46	-2	0	0	1
Petrov, OlegOleg Petrov	RW	17	2	2	4	2	-4	0	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	41	1	2	3	14	-11	0	0	0
Sim, JonJon Sim	LW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, WyattWyatt Smith	C	11	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	LW	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simpson, ReidReid Simpson	LW	26	0	1	1	56	-4	0	0	0
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	G	69	0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	LW	6	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Berenzweig, BubbaBubba Berenzweig	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon	D	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Classen, GregGreg Classen	C	8	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley, BrianBrian Finley	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haydar, DarrenDarren Haydar	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Kloucek, TomasTomas Kloucek	D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Lasak, JanJan Lasak	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mann, CameronCameron Mann	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Perrott, NathanNathan Perrott	RW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Pittis, DomenicDomenic Pittis	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Schnabel, RobertRobert Schnabel	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trepanier, PascalPascal Trepanier	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	3974	69	25	31	11	146	2.20	3	1771	1625	.918
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	819	15	2	9	2	43	3.15	0	397	354	.892
Finley, BrianBrian Finley	47	1	0	0	0	3	3.83	0	13	10	.769
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	51	1	0	1	0	4	4.71	0	27	23	.852
Lasak, JanJan Lasak	90	3	0	1	0	5	3.33	0	39	34	.872
Team:	4981	82	27	42	13	201	2.42	3	2247	2046	.911

Note: Pos = Position; 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; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 000200058X. 

• 2002–03 Nashville Predators Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.