2002β03 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 3rd Pacific |
Conference | 10th Western |
2002β03 record | 33β36β6β7 |
Home record | 19β18β2β2 |
Road record | 14β18β4β5 |
Goals for | 203 |
Goals against | 221 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dave Taylor |
Coach | Andy Murray |
Captain | Mattias Norstrom |
Alternate captains |
Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski Ian Laperriere |
Arena | Staples Center |
Average attendance | 17,569 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zigmund Palffy (37) |
Assists | Zigmund Palffy (48) |
Points | Zigmund Palffy (85) |
Penalty minutes | Ian Laperriere (122) |
Plus/minus | Zigmund Palffy (+22) |
Wins | Felix Potvin (17) |
Goals against average | Jamie Storr (2.55) |
The 2002β03 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 36th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, ending a three season playoff streak.
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The Kings tied the Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 245 | 169 | 111 |
2 | 7 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 193 | 95 |
3 | 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 203 | 221 | 78 |
4 | 11 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 204 | 230 | 78 |
5 | 14 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
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 | 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 |
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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 β Pacific, CE β Central, NW β Northwest
Z β Clinched Conference; Y β Clinched Division; X β Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 5β2β2β1 (home: 2β1β1β0; road: 3β1β1β1)
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November: 5β5β2β2 (home: 3β2β0β0; road: 2β3β2β2)
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December: 6β7β0β0 (home: 4β3β0β0; road: 2β4β0β0)
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January: 4β10β0β1 (home: 3β6β0β0; road: 1β4β0β1)
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February: 7β5β0β0 (home: 4β1β0β0; road: 3β4β0β0)
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March: 4β7β2β2 (home: 2β5β1β2; road: 2β2β1β0)
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April: 2β0β0β1 (home: 1β0β0β0; road: 1β0β0β1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
33 | Zigmund Palffy | RW | 76 | 37 | 48 | 85 | 22 | 47 |
10 | Mathieu Schneiderβ‘ | D | 65 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 0 | 57 |
21 | Bryan Smolinskiβ‘ | C | 58 | 18 | 20 | 38 | β1 | 18 |
44 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 82 | 13 | 25 | 38 | β13 | 68 |
32 | Derek Armstrong | C | 66 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 30 |
25 | Eric Belanger | C | 62 | 16 | 19 | 35 | β5 | 26 |
24 | Alexander Frolov | LW | 79 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 34 |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 26 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 22 |
17 | Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 57 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 28 |
22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 73 | 7 | 12 | 19 | β9 | 122 |
28 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 20 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 21 |
42 | Mikko Eloranta | LW | 75 | 5 | 12 | 17 | β15 | 56 |
27 [b] | Erik Rasmussen | C | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | β1 | 28 |
29 | Brad Chartrand | C | 62 | 8 | 6 | 14 | β10 | 33 |
26 | Joe Corvo | D | 50 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
57 | Steve Heinze | RW | 27 | 5 | 7 | 12 | β5 | 12 |
23 | Craig Johnson | LW | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | β13 | 22 |
27 | Jaroslav Bednarβ‘ | RW | 15 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Michael Cammalleri | C | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8 | β4 | 22 |
63 | Brad Norton | D | 53 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 97 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | β7 | 24 |
14 | Mattias Norstrom | D | 82 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 49 |
11 | Steve Kelly | C | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | β6 | 0 |
31 | Jared Aulin | C | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | β3 | 0 |
19 | Sean Averyβ | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33 |
6 | Andreas Liljaβ‘ | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
36 | Dmitri Yushkevichβ β‘ | D | 42 | 0 | 3 | 3 | β4 | 24 |
5 | Tomas Zizka | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | β4 | 4 |
38 | Chris McAlpine | D | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β4 | 24 |
51 | Chris Schmidt | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β1 | 5 |
43 | Jon Simβ | LW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β3 | 19 |
52 | Jerred Smithson | C | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β5 | 21 |
49 | Ryan Flinn | LW | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
53 | Jason Holland | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1 | Jamie Storr | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
62 | Scott Barney | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
58 | Derek Bekar | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 4 |
12 | Ken Belanger | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
37 | Kip Brennan | LW | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
35 | Cristobal Huet | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Maxim Kuznetsovβ | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
39 | Felix Potvin | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
55 | Pavel Rosa | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
39 | Felix Potvin | 42 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 987 | 105 | 2.66 | .894 | 3 | 2367 |
1 | Jamie Storr | 39 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 904 | 86 | 2.55 | .905 | 3 | 2027 |
35 | Cristobal Huet | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 241 | 21 | 2.33 | .913 | 1 | 541 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mathieu Schneider | [4] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Alexander Frolov | [5] | |
Team | Ace Bailey Memorial Award | Ian Laperriere | [6] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Zigmund Palffy | [6] | |
Defensive Player | Mattias Norstrom | [6] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Craig Johnson | [6] | |
Jamie Storr | |||
Leading Scorer | Zigmund Palffy | [6] | |
Mark Bavis Memorial Award | Alexander Frolov | [6] | |
Most Popular Player | Ian Laperriere | [6] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Mattias Norstrom | [6] | |
Unsung Hero | Derek Armstrong | [6] |
The Kings 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. [7]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2002 |
To
Minnesota Wild Cliff Ronning |
[8] |
July 16, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings Derek Armstrong |
To
New York Rangers Conditional draft pick in 2003 [c] |
[9] |
July 24, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings Erik Rasmussen |
To
Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[10] |
November 26, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings Dmitri Yushkevich 5th-round pick in 2003 |
To
Florida Panthers Jaroslav Bednar Andreas Lilja |
[11] |
February 4, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Greg Koehler |
To
Nashville Predators Future considerations |
[12] |
March 1, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2004 |
To
Philadelphia Flyers Dmitri Yushkevich |
[13] |
March 11, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Rights to Tim Gleason |
To
Ottawa Senators Bryan Smolinski |
[14] |
March 11, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Sean Avery Maxim Kuznetsov 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
To
Detroit Red Wings Mathieu Schneider |
[15] |
May 28, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings Roman Cechmanek |
To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2004 |
[16] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 27, 2002 | Chris McAlpine | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency | [17] | |
October 8, 2002 | Brad Norton | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency | [18] |
March 8, 2003 | Jon Sim | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [19] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [d] | Ref |
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June 30, 2002 | Nelson Emerson [e] | Buyout | [22] | |
July 1, 2002 | Nate Miller [f] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [20] | |
Greg Phillips [g] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [20] | ||
July 2, 2002 | Philippe Boucher | Dallas Stars | Free agency (V) | [25] |
July 7, 2002 | Kelly Buchberger | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) | [26] |
July 8, 2002 | Ted Donato | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [27] |
July 18, 2002 | Rich Brennan | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
July 20, 2002 | Marcel Cousineau | Severstal Cherepovets ( RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [29] |
July 24, 2002 | Rob Valicevic | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
September 5, 2002 | Scott Thomas | San Jose Sharks | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 27, 2002 | Felix Potvin | 1-year | Option exercised | [32] |
June 28, 2002 | Derek Bekar | 1-year | Option exercised | [33] |
Jason Holland | 2-year | Re-signing | [33] | |
July 8, 2002 | Joe Corvo | 2-year | Re-signing | [34] |
July 9, 2002 | Cristobal Huet | 2-year | Entry-level | [35] |
July 15, 2002 | Alexander Frolov | 3-year | Entry-level | [36] |
July 16, 2002 | Derek Armstrong | 1-year [h] | Re-signing | [9] |
Brad Chartrand | 1-year [h] | Re-signing | [37] | |
Pavel Rosa | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] | |
Richard Seeley | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] | |
July 20, 2002 | Adam Mair | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
July 25, 2002 | Michael Cammalleri | multi-year | Entry-level | [41] |
July 26, 2002 | Eric Belanger | 2-year | Re-signing | [42] |
July 30, 2002 | Mike Pudlick | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 1, 2002 | Mikko Eloranta | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] |
Steve Kelly | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] | |
Jamie Storr | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] | |
August 15, 2002 | Jaroslav Bednar | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
September 14, 2002 | Mattias Norstrom | multi-year | Extension | [46] |
October 2, 2002 | Scott Barney | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
March 10, 2003 | Aaron Miller | 4-year | Extension | [48] |
April 3, 2003 | Noah Clarke | 1-year | Entry-level | [49] |
April 8, 2003 | Zigmund Palffy | 1-year | Option exercised | [50] |
Lubomir Visnovsky | 1-year | Option exercised | [51] | |
May 30, 2003 | Tim Gleason | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. [53]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Denis Grebeshkov | Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
2 | 50 | Sergei Anshakov | Russia | CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia) |
3 | 66 | Petr Kanko | Czech Republic | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
4 | 104 | Aaron Rome | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
4 | 115 | Mark Rooneem | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
5 | 152 | Gregory Hogeboom | Canada | Miami University (NCHC) |
5 | 157 | Joel Andresen | Canada | St. Albert Steel (AJHL) |
6 | 185 | Ryan Murphy | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
7 | 215 | Mikhail Lyubushin | Russia | Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
8 | 248 | Tuukka Pulliainen | Finland | TuTo (Finland) |
9 | 279 | Connor James | Canada | University of Denver (NCHC) |
KINGS: Nelson Emerson will become an unrestricted free agent after Los Angeles exercised a buyout on the forward's contract.