2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 11th National Hockey League (NHL) season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning made it back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Division1st Southeast

Conference3rd Eastern

2002–03 record36–25–16–5

Home record22–9–7–3

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2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2002–03 record	36–25–16–5
Home record	22–9–7–3
Road record	14–16–9–2
Goals for	219
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk
Alternate captains	Vincent Lecavalier Fredrik Modin
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Average attendance	16,545
Minor league affiliates	Springfield Falcons Pensacola Ice Pilots
Team leaders
Goals	Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis (33)
Assists	Brad Richards and Vaclav Prospal (57)
Points	Vaclav Prospal (79)
Penalty minutes	Andre Roy (119)
Plus/minus	Martin St. Louis (+10)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (30)
Goals against average	John Grahame (2.23)
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Regular season

Final standings

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Southeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
2	6	Washington Capitals	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
3	11	Atlanta Thrashers	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
4	13	Florida Panthers	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
5	15	Carolina Hurricanes	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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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.

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Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	8	1	263	182	113
2	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
3	Y- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	36	25	16	5	219	210	93
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
5	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	44	28	7	3	236	208	98
6	X- Washington Capitals	SE	82	39	29	8	6	224	220	92
7	X- Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	31	11	4	245	237	87
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
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9	New York Rangers	AT	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	30	35	8	9	206	234	77
11	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	31	39	7	5	226	284	74
12	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	27	37	10	8	190	219	72
13	Florida Panthers	SE	82	24	36	13	9	176	237	70
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65
15	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	22	43	11	6	171	240	61

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Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

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2002–03 regular season^[3]

October: 7–1–2–0 (home: 4–0–0–0; road: 3–1–2–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October 10, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	1–0–0–0	W
2	October 12, 2002	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	2–0–0–0	W
3	October 18, 2002	8–5	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	3–0–0–0	W
4	October 19, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	3–0–1–0	T
5	October 21, 2002	4–2	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	4–0–1–0	W
6	October 23, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	4–0–2–0	T
7	October 25, 2002	3–2	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	5–0–2–0	W
8	October 26, 2002	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	5–1–2–0	L
9	October 28, 2002	6–1	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	6–1–2–0	W
10	October 30, 2002	3–0	New York Rangers (2002–03)	7–1–2–0	W

November: 5–6–1–1 (home: 3–3–0–1; road: 2–3–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	November 1, 2002	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	7–2–2–0	L
12	November 2, 2002	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	7–3–2–0	L
13	November 5, 2002	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	7–4–2–0	L
14	November 8, 2002	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	8–4–2–0	W
15	November 9, 2002	2–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	8–4–2–1	OTL
16	November 11, 2002	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	9–4–2–1	W
17	November 15, 2002	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	10–4–2–1	W
18	November 17, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	11–4–2–1	W
19	November 19, 2002	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	11–5–2–1	L
20	November 21, 2002	2–7	New York Islanders (2002–03)	11–6–2–1	L
21	November 23, 2002	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	12–6–2–1	W
22	November 27, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	12–6–3–1	T
23	November 29, 2002	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	12–7–3–1	L

December: 5–6–2–2 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 1–4–1–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	December 1, 2002	3–4	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	12–8–3–1	L
25	December 3, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	12–8–3–2	OTL
26	December 5, 2002	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	13–8–3–2	W
27	December 7, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	13–8–3–3	OTL
28	December 8, 2002	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	13–9–3–3	L
29	December 10, 2002	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	13–10–3–3	L
30	December 12, 2002	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	14–10–3–3	W
31	December 14, 2002	4–3	New York Islanders (2002–03)	15–10–3–3	W
32	December 18, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	15–10–4–3	T
33	December 19, 2002	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	15–11–4–3	L
34	December 21, 2002	2–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	15–11–5–3	T
35	December 23, 2002	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	15–12–5–3	L
36	December 27, 2002	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	16–12–5–3	W
37	December 29, 2002	5–3	New York Rangers (2002–03)	17–12–5–3	W
38	December 31, 2002	3–6	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	17–13–5–3	L

January: 5–6–2–1 (home: 3–1–2–1; road: 2–5–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	January 2, 2003	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	17–14–5–3	L
40	January 4, 2003	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	17–15–5–3	L
41	January 7, 2003	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	18–15–5–3	W
42	January 9, 2003	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	18–15–5–4	OTL
43	January 11, 2003	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	18–15–6–4	T
44	January 14, 2003	0–7	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	18–16–6–4	L
45	January 17, 2003	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	18–17–6–4	L
46	January 18, 2003	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	18–18–6–4	L
47	January 20, 2003	6–2	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	19–18–6–4	W
48	January 22, 2003	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	19–18–7–4	T
49	January 24, 2003	4–1	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	20–18–7–4	W
50	January 25, 2003	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	20–19–7–4	L
51	January 28, 2003	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	21–19–7–4	W
52	January 30, 2003	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	22–19–7–4	W

February: 5–3–3–1 (home: 5–2–0–1; road: 0–1–3–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	February 4, 2003	1–5	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	22–20–7–4	L
54	February 6, 2003	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	22–20–7–5	OTL
55	February 8, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2002–03)	22–20–8–5	T
56	February 11, 2003	2–6	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	22–21–8–5	L
57	February 14, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	22–21–9–5	T
58	February 15, 2003	5–2	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	23–21–9–5	W
59	February 17, 2003	3–1	Washington Capitals (2002–03)	24–21–9–5	W
60	February 19, 2003	2–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	25–21–9–5	W
61	February 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	25–21–10–5	T
62	February 23, 2003	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	25–22–10–5	L
63	February 25, 2003	2–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	26–22–10–5	W
64	February 27, 2003	3–1	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	27–22–10–5	W

March: 8–1–6–0 (home: 2–0–4–0; road: 6–1–2–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
65	March 1, 2003	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	28–22–10–5	W
66	March 4, 2003	3–1	@ New York Islanders (2002–03)	29–22–10–5	W
67	March 5, 2003	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	29–23–10–5	L
68	March 7, 2003	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	30–23–10–5	W
69	March 9, 2003	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	30–23–11–5	T
70	March 12, 2003	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	31–23–11–5	W
71	March 14, 2003	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	32–23–11–5	W
72	March 15, 2003	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	33–23–11–5	W
73	March 17, 2003	3–3 OT	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	33–23–12–5	T
74	March 20, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2002–03)	33–23–13–5	T
75	March 22, 2003	4–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	34–23–13–5	W
76	March 24, 2003	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	35–23–13–5	W
77	March 27, 2003	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	35–23–14–5	T
78	March 29, 2003	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	35–23–15–5	T
79	March 31, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2002–03)	35–23–16–5	T

April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	April 2, 2003	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	36–23–16–5	W
81	April 4, 2003	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	36–24–16–5	L
82	April 6, 2003	2–6	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	36–25–16–5	L

Lightning score listed first;

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Playoffs

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2003 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Washington Capitals (6) – Lightning win 4–2

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	April 10, 2003	0–3	Washington Capitals	Capitals lead 1–0	L
2	April 12, 2003	3–6	Washington Capitals	Capitals lead 2–0	L
3	April 15, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals	Capitals lead 2–1	W
4	April 16, 2003	3–1	@ Washington Capitals	Series tied 2–2	W
5	April 18, 2003	2–1	Washington Capitals	Lightning lead 3–2	W
6	April 20, 2003	2–1 3OT	@ Washington Capitals	Lightning win 4–2	W

Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New Jersey Devils (2) – Devils win 4–1

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	April 24, 2003	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 1–0	L
2	April 26, 2003	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 2–0	L
3	April 28, 2003	4–3	New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 2–1	W
4	April 30, 2003	1–3	New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 3–1	L
5	May 2, 2003	1–2 3OT	@ New Jersey Devils	Devils win 4–1	L

Lightning score listed first;

Legend: W Win L Loss

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
20	Vaclav Prospal	C	80	22	57	79	9	53	11	4	2	6	−3	8
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	80	33	45	78	0	39	11	3	3	6	−2	22
19	Brad Richards	C	80	17	57	74	3	24	11	0	5	5	−3	12
26	Martin St. Louis	RW	82	33	37	70	10	32	11	7	5	12	5	0
22	Dan Boyle	D	77	13	40	53	9	44	11	0	7	7	0	6
33	Fredrik Modin	LW	76	17	23	40	7	43	11	2	0	2	2	18
25	Dave Andreychuk	LW	72	20	14	34	−12	34	11	3	3	6	−1	10
17	Ruslan Fedotenko	LW	76	19	13	32	−7	44	11	0	1	1	−6	2
13	Pavel Kubina	D	75	3	19	22	−7	78	11	0	0	0	−4	12
7	Ben Clymer	RW	65	6	12	18	−2	57	11	0	2	2	−2	6
36	Andre Roy	RW	62	10	7	17	0	119	5	0	1	1	0	2
37	Brad Lukowich	D	70	1	14	15	4	46	9	0	1	1	−2	2
21	Cory Sarich	D	82	5	9	14	−3	63	11	0	2	2	2	6
27	Tim Taylor	C	82	4	8	12	−13	38	11	0	1	1	1	6
16	Alexander Svitov	C	63	4	4	8	−4	58	7	0	0	0	−2	6
44	Nolan Pratt	D	67	1	7	8	−6	35	4	0	1	1	−1	0
28	Sheldon Keefe	RW	37	2	5	7	−1	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Nikita Alexeev	RW	37	4	2	6	−6	8	11	1	0	1	−3	0
2	Stan Neckar	D	70	1	4	5	−6	43	7	0	2	2	0	2
5	Jassen Cullimore	D	28	1	3	4	3	31	11	1	1	2	−2	4
11	Chris Dingman	LW	51	2	1	3	−11	91	10	1	0	1	1	4
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	G	65	0	3	3		8	10	0	0	0		0
18	Jimmie Olvestad	LW	37	0	3	3	−2	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Janne Laukkanen†	D	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
9	Brian Holzinger‡	C	5	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Marc Bergevin†	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	John Grahame†	G	17	0	0	0		9	1	0	0	0		0
30	Kevin Hodson‡	G	7	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Evgeny Konstantinov	G	1	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Darren Rumble	D	19	0	0	0	−2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	65	30	22	11	1760	156	2.47	.911	4	3787	10	5	5	299	26	2.42	.913	0	644
47	John Grahame†	17	6	5	4	424	34	2.23	.920	2	914	1	0	1	48	2	1.08	.958	0	111
30	Kevin Hodson‡	7	0	3	1	101	12	2.54	.881	0	283	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Evgeny Konstantinov	1	0	0	0	6	1	3.00	.833	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Nikolai Khabibulin^[a]	^[5]
		Vincent Lecavalier^[b]
		Martin St. Louis
	NHL Player of the Month	Nikolai Khabibulin (March)	^[7]
	NHL Player of the Week	Nikolai Khabibulin (November 18)	^[8]
		Nikolai Khabibulin (March 3)	^[9]
		Vaclav Prospal (March 17)	^[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Alexander Svitov	^[11]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Alexander Svitov	October 10, 2002	^[12]

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Transactions

The Lightning 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.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2002 (2002-06-21)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Ruslan Fedotenko Tampa Bay’s 2nd-round pick in 2002 Phoenix’s 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2002	^[14]
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Brad Lukowich 7th-round pick in 2003	To Dallas Stars 2nd-round pick in 2002	^[15]
June 22, 2002 (2002-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2002 5th-round pick in 2002	To San Jose Sharks Phoenix’s 2nd-round pick in 2002	^[16]
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2002 8th-round pick in 2002 Philadelphia’s 8th-round pick in 2002 9th-round pick in 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2003	^[17]
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2002	To Ottawa Senators Josef Boumedienne	^[17]
October 10, 2002 (2002-10-10)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Boyd Kane	To New York Rangers Gordie Dwyer	^[18]
January 13, 2003 (2003-01-13)	To Tampa Bay Lightning John Grahame	To Boston Bruins 4th-round pick in 2004	^[19]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Bergevin	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Holzinger	^[20]
May 12, 2003 (2003-05-12)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marc Bergevin	^[21]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11)	Darren Rumble	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[22]
January 23, 2003 (2003-01-23)	Corey Foster	Springfield Falcons (AHL)		Free agency	^[23]^[24]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	Janne Laukkanen	New York Rangers		Waivers	^[25]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
August 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)	Dieter Kochan	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	^[27]
N/A	Kyle Kos	Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[28]
N/A	Gaetan Royer	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Mathieu Biron	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waiver draft	^[30]
October 20, 2002 (2002-10-20)	Grant Ledyard		Retirement (III)	^[31]
January 16, 2003 (2003-01-16)	Kevin Hodson		Retirement	^[32]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 17, 2002 (2002-06-17)	Alexander Svitov	3-year	Entry-level	^[33]
June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	Dave Andreychuk	1-year	Option exercised	^[34]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Fredrik Modin	1-year	Re-signing	^[35]
July 22, 2002 (2002-07-22)	Pavel Kubina	multi-year	Re-signing	^[36]
July 26, 2002 (2002-07-26)	Mathieu Biron	1-year	Re-signing	^[37]
July 27, 2002 (2002-07-27)	Shane Willis	1-year	Re-signing	^[38]
July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	Chris Dingman	multi-year	Re-signing	^[39]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Ben Clymer	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Andre Roy	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)	Dan Boyle	1-year	Re-signing	^[42]
August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07)	Mike Jones	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
August 13, 2002 (2002-08-13)	Vaclav Prospal	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Gordie Dwyer	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Ruslan Fedotenko	2-year	Re-signing	^[45]
May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14)	Tim Taylor	multi-year	Extension	^[46]
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30)	Jean-Francois Soucy	3-year	Entry-level	^[47]
June 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)	Eero Somervuori	1-year	Entry-level	^[48]

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Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[49]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	60	Adam Henrich	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	100	Dmitri Kazionov	Russia	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
5	135	Joseph Pearce	United States	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs (EJHL)
5	162	Gerard Dicaire	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	170	P. J. Atherton	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
6	174	Karri Akkanen	Finland	Ilves Jrs. (Finland)
6	183	Paul Ranger	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	213	Fredrik Norrena	Finland	TPS (Finland)
8	233	Vasily Koshechkin	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
8	255	Ryan Craig	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8	256	Darren Reid	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	286	Alexei Glukhov	Russia	Khimik Voskresensk Jr. (Russia)
9	287	John Toffey	United States	Ohio State University (CCHA)

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Notes

[a]
Khabibulin was voted to the starting lineup.^[4]
[b]
Lecavalier was an injury replacement for Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[6]
[c]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[26]

2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning season

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

See also

Notes

References

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