2002-03 Boston Bruins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-31-11-4 - 87 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-1
Coach: Robbie Ftorek (33-28-8, 4 OTL)
Coach: Mike O'Connell (3-3-3)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
2002-03 Boston Bruins RosterTeam Record: 36-31-11-4 - 87 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-1
Coach: Robbie Ftorek (33-28-8, 4 OTL)
Coach: Mike O'Connell (3-3-3)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
2002-03 Boston Bruins Results
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 36 wins and 31 losses (and 4 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 87 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Bruins scored 245 goals and conceded 237. Glen Murray netted 44 goals for Boston, while Mike Knuble and Joe Thornton tallied 30 or more as well. Joe Thornton contributed 65 assists. Steve Shields topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.76 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Robbie Ftorek and Mike O'Connell coached the team. The 2002-03 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | C | 77 | 36 | 65 | 101 | 109 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 196 | 18.4 |
| Glen Murray | R | 82 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 331 | 13.3 |
| Mike Knuble | R | 75 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 185 | 16.2 |
| Brian Rolston | C | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 281 | 9.6 |
| Jozef Stumpel | C | 78 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Bryan Berard | D | 80 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 64 | -4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 4.9 |
| P.J. Axelsson | L | 66 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 13.9 |
| Nick Boynton | D | 78 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 4.4 |
| Jonathan Girard | D | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 4.9 |
| Michal Grosek | R | 63 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 2.7 |
| Marty McInnis | L | 77 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 7.4 |
| Martin Lapointe | R | 59 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 87 | -19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 7.3 |
| Ivan Huml | L | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 |
| Hal Gill | D | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 3.5 |
| Rob Zamuner | L | 55 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 10.6 |
| Sean O'Donnell | D | 70 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 |
| Sergei Samsonov | L | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 21.7 |
| P.J. Stock | C | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 160 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Don Sweeney | D | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5.5 |
| Sean Brown | D | 69 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 117 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Lee Goren | R | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Andy Hilbert | C | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| John Grahame | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Vernarsky | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Zdenek Kutlak | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Rich Brennan | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Dan McGillis | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Martin Samuelsson | R | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ian Moran | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Jarno Kultanen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Raycroft | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hackett | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Matt Herr | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brantt Myhres | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Thomas | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1561 | 245 | 409 | 654 | 1346 | 53 | 59 | 111 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 2636 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | 36 | 2112 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 2.76 | 930 | 833 | .896 |
| John Grahame | 23 | 1352 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 2.71 | 625 | 564 | .902 |
| Jeff Hackett | 18 | 991 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 3.21 | 500 | 447 | .894 |
| Tim Thomas | 4 | 220 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.00 | 118 | 107 | .907 |
| Andrew Raycroft | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 146 | 134 | .918 |
| Totals | 86 | 4975 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 2.82 | 2553 | 2319 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Glen Murray | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Mike Knuble | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Rolston | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jozef Stumpel | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Bryan Berard | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| P.J. Axelsson | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Nick Boynton | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Jonathan Girard | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Michal Grosek | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Marty McInnis | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Martin Lapointe | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Hal Gill | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Zamuner | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Sergei Samsonov | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Don Sweeney | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Goren | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Dan McGillis | D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33.3 | |
| Ian Moran | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Hackett | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 70 | -28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 5.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.03 | 58 | 52 | .897 |
| Jeff Hackett | 3 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.68 | 76 | 71 | .934 |
| Totals | 5 | 298 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2.21 | 145 | 134 | .924 |
