2002-03 Atlanta Thrashers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-39-7-5 - 74 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Southeast Division
Coach: Curt Fraser (8-20-1, 4 OTL)
Coach: Don Waddell (4-5-1)
Coach: Bob Hartley (19-14-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
2002-03 Atlanta Thrashers RosterTeam Record: 31-39-7-5 - 74 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Southeast Division
Coach: Curt Fraser (8-20-1, 4 OTL)
Coach: Don Waddell (4-5-1)
Coach: Bob Hartley (19-14-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
2002-03 Atlanta Thrashers Results
The Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 74 points, finishing third in the NHL's Southeast Division.
The Thrashers netted 226 goals and surrendered 284, most in the circuit. Dany Heatley scored 41 goals for Atlanta, while Ilya Kovalchuk tallied 30 or more also. Vyacheslav Kozlov recorded 49 assists. Pasi Nurminen topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.88 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Curt Fraser, Don Waddell and Bob Hartley coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Heatley | R | 77 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 58 | -8 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 252 | 16.3 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | L | 79 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 66 | -10 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 11.4 |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | L | 81 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 57 | -24 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 257 | 14.8 |
| Marc Savard | C | 57 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 77 | -11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 12.6 |
| Patrik Stefan | C | 71 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 12 | -10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 13.5 |
| Yannick Tremblay | D | 75 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 32 | -27 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 5.3 |
| Shawn McEachern | L | 46 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 28 | -27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 8.3 |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 80 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 14 | -16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 10.5 |
| Frantisek Kaberle | D | 79 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 32 | -19 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Andy Sutton | D | 53 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 114 | -8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Lubos Bartecko | L | 37 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 75 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 26 | -20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Dan Snyder | C | 36 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 34 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 24.4 |
| Brad Tapper | R | 35 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 14.7 |
| Pascal Rheaume | C | 56 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 5.7 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 43 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Chris Tamer | D | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 118 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Jeff Cowan | L | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 115 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Per Svartvadet | C | 62 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Mark Hartigan | C | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Odgers | R | 74 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 171 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Chris Herperger | C | 27 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Kamil Piros | C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Mike Weaver | D | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Kirill Safronov | D | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Pasi Nurminen | G | 52 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yuri Butsayev | L | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Joe DiPenta | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Francis Lessard | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Tomi Kallio | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Garnet Exelby | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Ben Simon | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Simon Gamache | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Zdenek Blatny | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Frederic Cassivi | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milan Hnilicka | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.P. Vigier | R | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Farkas | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kurtis Foster | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1566 | 226 | 365 | 591 | 1227 | -293 | 64 | 122 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 2163 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasi Nurminen | 52 | 2856 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 137 | 2.88 | 1452 | 1315 | .906 |
| Byron Dafoe | 17 | 895 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.36 | 472 | 407 | .862 |
| Milan Hnilicka | 21 | 1097 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.56 | 605 | 540 | .893 |
| Frederic Cassivi | 2 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.37 | 58 | 47 | .810 |
| Totals | 92 | 4971 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 278 | 3.36 | 2865 | 2587 | .903 |
