2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season

2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2002–03 record	27–44–6–5
Home record	15–22–2–2
Road record	12–22–4–3
Goals for	189
Goals against	255
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Rick Kehoe
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Alexei Kovalev (Oct.–Feb.) Martin Straka
Arena	Mellon Arena
Average attendance	14,750
Minor league affiliate(s)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Mario Lemieux (28)
Assists	Mario Lemieux (63)
Points	Mario Lemieux (91)
Penalty minutes	Steve McKenna (128)
Plus/minus	Guillaume Lefebvre Mathias Johansson (+1)
Wins	Johan Hedberg (14)
Goals against average	Sebastien Caron (2.64)

The 2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 36th season. The team finished fifth and last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

Regular season

The Penguins were shut out an NHL-high ten times, tied with the Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.^[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	20	10	6	216	166	108
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	13	4	211	166	107
3	8	New York Islanders	82	35	34	11	2	224	231	83
4	9	New York Rangers	82	32	36	10	4	210	231	78
5	14	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	27	44	6	5	189	255	65

^[2]

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.

Eastern Conference^[3]

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
8.5
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

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

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2002–03 regular season[4]
October: 6–2–2–0 (home: 4–1–1–0 ; road: 2–1–1–0), 14 Points # Oct Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 1 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15309) 0–1–0–0 0 Recap 2 12 New York Rangers 0–6 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14813) 1–1–0–0 2 Recap 3 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (18843) 2–1–0–0 4 Recap 4 16 Atlanta Thrashers 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12161) 3–1–0–0 6 Recap 5 19 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16106) 3–1–1–0 7 Recap 6 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (19895) 3–1–2–0 8 Recap 7 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena (20058) 3–2–2–0 8 Recap 8 26 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16188) 4–2–2–0 10 Recap 9 28 Washington Capitals 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14303) 5–2–2–0 12 Recap 10 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (17987) 6–2–2–0 14 Recap
November: 5–4–1–3 (home: 3–2–0–1 ; road: 2–2–1–2), 14 Points # Nov Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 11 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17108) 7–2–2–0 16 Recap 12 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 OT Florida Panthers BB&T Center (14244) 7–2–2–1 17 Recap 13 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (18741) 7–3–2–1 17 Recap 14 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (18730) 7–4–2–1 17 Recap 15 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center (18568) 7–4–3–1 18 Recap 16 16 New York Islanders 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15723) 7–5–3–1 18 Recap 17 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 OT Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21273) 7–5–3–2 19 Recap 18 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13549) 7–5–3–3 20 Recap 19 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (17375) 8–5–3–3 22 Recap 20 23 San Jose Sharks 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 9–5–3–3 24 Recap 21 27 Philadelphia Flyers 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16385) 10–5–3–3 26 Recap 22 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (15733) 11–5–3–3 28 Recap 23 30 Boston Bruins 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15111) 11–6–3–3 28 Recap
December: 4–9–0–2 (home: 3–3–0–1 ; road: 1–6–0–1), 10 Points # Dec Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 24 3 Washington Capitals 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (11640) 11–7–3–3 28 Recap 25 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (16860) 11–8–3–3 28 Recap 26 7 New York Islanders 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13170) 11–9–3–3 28 Recap 27 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19388) 11–10–3–3 28 Recap 28 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose (17496) 11–11–3–3 28 Recap 29 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 OT Los Angeles Kings Staples Center (18184) 11–11–3–4 29 Recap 30 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Honda Center (16542) 11–12–3–4 29 Recap 31 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Phoenix Coyotes America West Arena (13174) 11–13–3–4 29 Recap 32 19 New Jersey Devils 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14220) 11–14–3–4 29 Recap 33 21 Calgary Flames 0–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12571) 12–14–3–4 31 Recap 34 23 Buffalo Sabres 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16569) 13–14–3–4 33 Recap 35 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 14–14–3–4 35 Recap 36 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16109) 15–14–3–4 37 Recap 37 30 Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16989) 15–14–3–5 38 Recap 38 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena (18136) 15–15–3–5 38 Recap
January: 6–7–1–0 (home: 2–3–0–0 ; road: 4–4–1–0), 13 Points # Jan Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 39 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena (14177) 16–15–3–5 40 Recap 40 4 New York Islanders 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14331) 17–15–3–5 42 Recap 41 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum (14857) 17–16–3–5 42 Recap 42 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13889) 17–17–3–5 42 Recap 43 11 New York Rangers 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14769) 17–18–3–5 42 Recap 44 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Boston Bruins TD Garden (15672) 18–18–3–5 44 Recap 45 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (15265) 19–18–3–5 46 Recap 46 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (18202) 20–18–3–5 48 Recap 47 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Florida Panthers BB&T Center (18313) 20–19–3–5 48 Recap 48 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–0 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (13858) 20–19–4–5 49 Recap 49 23 Boston Bruins 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13271) 20–20–4–5 49 Recap 50 25 Chicago Blackhawks 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 21–20–4–5 51 Recap 51 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 New York Islanders Nassau Coliseum (14246) 21–21–4–5 51 Recap 52 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18277) 21–22–4–5 51 Recap
February: 4–8–0–0 (home: 2–6–0–0 ; road: 2–2–0–0), 8 Points # Feb Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 53 4 Vancouver Canucks 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13202) 21–23–4–5 51 Recap 54 6 Florida Panthers 6–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12231) 21–24–4–5 51 Recap 55 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Boston Bruins TD Garden (17565) 22–24–4–5 53 Recap 56 12 Ottawa Senators 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14197) 22–25–4–5 53 Recap 57 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 22–26–4–5 53 Recap 58 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (18235) 23–26–4–5 55 Recap 59 18 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13552) 24–26–4–5 57 Recap 60 20 Colorado Avalanche 5–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13751) 24–27–4–5 57 Recap 61 22 St. Louis Blues 1–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14718) 25–27–4–5 59 Recap 62 23 New Jersey Devils 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17148) 25–28–4–5 59 Recap 63 25 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (11736) 25–29–4–5 59 Recap 64 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–6 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena (13581) 25–30–4–5 59 Recap
March: 1–13–2–0 (home: 0–7–1–0 ; road: 1–6–1–0), 4 Points # Mar Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 65 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center (18007) 25–31–4–5 59 Recap 66 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Dallas Stars American Airlines Center (18532) 25–32–4–5 59 Recap 67 4 Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13686) 25–33–4–5 59 Recap 68 6 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14812) 25–34–4–5 59 Recap 69 8 Ottawa Senators 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (14354) 25–35–4–5 59 Recap 70 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (18500) 25–36–4–5 59 Recap 71 12 Nashville Predators 2–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17148) 25–36–5–5 60 Recap 72 15 Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (17032) 25–37–5–5 60 Recap 73 16 Florida Panthers 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (16958) 25–38–5–5 60 Recap 74 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (13840) 25–39–5–5 60 Recap 75 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19487) 25–40–5–5 60 Recap 76 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 New Jersey Devils Izod Center (15401) 25–41–5–5 60 Recap 77 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1 Chicago Blackhawks United Center (16234) 25–41–6–5 61 Recap 78 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) (18200) 26–41–6–5 63 Recap 79 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19654) 26–42–6–5 63 Recap 80 31 Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (12505) 26–43–6–5 63 Recap
April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0 ; road: 0–1–0–0), 2 Points # Apr Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points Recap 81 2 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins Civic Arena (15718) 27–43–6–5 65 Recap 82 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18277) 27–44–6–5 65 Recap
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT Loss        = Tie

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[5] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mario Lemieux 67 28 63 91 -25 43 Alex Kovalev^‡ 54 27 37 64 -11 50 Martin Straka 60 18 28 46 -18 12 Dick Tarnstrom 61 7 34 41 -11 50 Jan Hrdina^‡ 57 14 25 39 1 34 Aleksey Morozov 27 9 16 25 -3 16 Ville Nieminen 75 9 12 21 -25 93 Randy Robitaille^‡ 41 5 12 17 5 8 Wayne Primeau^‡ 70 5 11 16 -30 55 Rico Fata^† 27 5 8 13 -6 10 Milan Kraft 31 7 5 12 -8 10 Tomas Surovy 26 4 7 11 0 10 Steve McKenna 79 9 1 10 -18 128 Michal Rozsival 53 4 6 10 -5 40 Shean Donovan^‡ 52 4 5 9 -6 30 Alexandre Daigle 33 4 3 7 -10 8 Marc Bergevin^‡ 69 2 5 7 -9 36 Kent Manderville 82 2 5 7 -22 46 Janne Laukkanen^‡ 17 1 6 7 -3 8 Ian Moran^‡ 70 0 7 7 -17 46 Eric Meloche 13 5 1 6 -2 4 Michal Sivek 38 3 3 6 -5 14 Guillaume Lefebvre^† 12 2 4 6 1 0 Mathias Johansson^† 12 1 5 6 1 4 Richard Lintner^† 19 3 2 5 -9 10 Hans Jonsson 63 1 4 5 -23 36 Jamie Pushor 76 3 1 4 -28 76 Dan Lacouture^‡ 44 2 2 4 -8 72 Andrew Ference^‡ 22 1 3 4 -16 36 Brian Holzinger^† 9 1 2 3 -6 6 Dan Focht^† 12 0 3 3 -7 19 Mikael Samuelsson^† 22 2 0 2 -21 8 Shawn Heins^† 27 1 1 2 -2 33 Vladimir Vujtek 5 0 1 1 -4 0 Joel Bouchard^† 7 0 1 1 -6 0 Tom Kostopoulos 8 0 1 1 -4 0 Kris Beech 12 0 1 1 -3 6 Josef Melichar 8 0 0 0 -2 2 Ramzi Abid 3 0 0 0 -5 2 Konstantin Koltsov 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Ross Lupaschuk 3 0 0 0 -3 4 Brooks Orpik 6 0 0 0 -5 2 Total 189 331 520 — 1,067

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Johan Hedberg	41	39	2410:11	14	22	4	126	3.14	1197	0.895	1	0	2	18
Sebastien Caron	24	23	1408:07	7	14	2	62	2.64	741	0.916	2	0	0	6
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	21	20	1132:16	6	13	0	59	3.13	589	0.900	1	0	1	2
Total		82	4950:34	27	49	6	247	2.99	2527	0.902	4	0	3	26

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

• Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1000 assists for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–2 win over Boston on February 8.

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Sebastien Caron (Goaltender)	[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Alexei Kovalev[a]	[10]
		Mario Lemieux[a]
	NHL Player of the Month	Mario Lemieux (October)	[11]
	NHL Player of the Week	Mario Lemieux (October 21)	[12]
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Mario Lemieux	[13]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Steve McKenna	[14]
	Leading Scorer Award	Mario Lemieux
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	No winner	[15]
	Most Valuable Player Award	Mario Lemieux	[16]
	Players' Player Award	No winner	[15]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Johan Hedberg	[13]
		Steve McKenna

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Michal Sivek	November 29, 2002	[17]
	Ross Lupaschuk	December 10, 2002
	Brooks Orpik
	Sebastien Caron	January 11, 2003
	Konstantin Koltsov	January 28, 2003
	Tomas Surovy	February 14, 2003

Transactions

The Penguins 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.^[18]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)	To New York Rangers Krzysztof Oliwa	To Pittsburgh Penguins Future considerations[b]	[19]
February 9, 2003 (2003-02-09)	To San Jose Sharks Conditional 5th-round pick in 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Shawn Heins	[20]
February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10)	To Calgary Flames Andrew Ference	To Pittsburgh Penguins Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2004	[21]
	To New York Rangers Alexei Kovalev Dan LaCouture Janne Laukkanen Mike Wilson	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Bouchard Rico Fata Richard Lintner Mikael Samuelsson Cash ($3.9 million)	[21]
March 9, 2003 (2003-03-09)	To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille	To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th-round pick in 2003	[22]
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)	To San Jose Sharks Wayne Primeau	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Bradley	[23]
	To Phoenix Coyotes Jan Hrdina Francois Leroux	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ramzi Abid Dan Focht Guillaume Lefebvre	[24]
	To Boston Bruins Ian Moran	To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2003	[25]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Bergevin	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Holzinger	[26]
	To Calgary Flames Shean Donovan	To Pittsburgh Penguins Micki DuPont Mattias Johansson	[27]
May 12, 2003 (2003-05-12)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2003	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marc Bergevin	[28]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	Brendan Buckley	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)		Free agency	[29]
July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)	Steve McKenna	New York Rangers		Free agency	[30]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Vladimir Vujtek	HPK (Liiga)		Free agency	[31]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Francois Leroux	Berlin Capitals (DEL)		Free agency	[32]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Marc Bergevin	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	[33]
August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)	Dick Tarnstrom	New York Islanders		Waivers	[34]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Alexandre Daigle	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[35]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)	Robert Lang	Washington Capitals	Free agency (III)	[37]
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Martin Sonnenberg	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
	Darcy Verot	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
July 11, 2002 (2002-07-11)	Jeff Toms	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
July 17, 2002 (2002-07-17)	Robert Dome	Calgary Flames	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07)	Peter Ratchuk	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
August 8, 2002 (2002-08-08)	Bert Robertsson	Ilves (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[42]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Dylan Gyori	Roanoke Express (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[43]
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)	John Jakopin	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (UFA)	[44]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Kevin Stevens		Retirement (III)	[45]
October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)	Rick Berry	Washington Capitals	Waiver draft	[46]
October 31, 2002 (2002-10-31)	Alexandre Mathieu	Lexington Men O' War (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[47]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin		Re-signing	[48]
June 26, 2002 (2002-06-26)	Mario Lemieux	1-year	Re-signing	[49]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Konstantin Koltsov		Entry-level	[50]
July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	Rick Berry		Re-signing	[51]
	Ville Nieminen		Re-signing	[51]
	Jamie Pushor		Re-signing	[51]
July 31, 2002 (2002-07-31)	Andrew Ference		Re-signing	[52]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Shean Donovan	1-year	Re-signing	[53]
	Randy Robitaille		Re-signing	[54]
August 2, 2002 (2002-08-02)	Dan LaCouture		Re-signing	[55]
August 3, 2002 (2002-08-03)	Matt Murley		Entry-level	[56]
August 7, 2002 (2002-08-07)	Alexei Morozov		Re-signing	[57]
September 3, 2002 (2002-09-03)	Colby Armstrong		Entry-level	[58]
	Rob Tallas		Re-signing	[59]
September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)	Tom Kostopoulos		Re-signing	[60]
	Josef Melichar		Re-signing	[61]
September 11, 2002 (2002-09-11)	Michal Rozsival		Re-signing	[62]
September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)	Matt Hussey		Entry-level	[45]
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30)	Drew Fata		Entry-level	[63]
	Alexandre Rouleau		Entry-level	[63]

Other

Name	Date	Notes
Herb Brooks	August 16, 2002	Hired as director of player development
Rick Kehoe	April 15, 2003	Fired as head coach

Draft picks

See also: List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 2002 NHL entry draft.^[64]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Ryan Whitney	Defense	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
2	35	Ondrej Nemec	Defense	Czech Republic	HC Vsetín (Czech Republic)
3	69	Erik Christensen	Center	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	101	Daniel Fernholm	Defense	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
5	136^[a]	Andy Sertich	Left wing	United States	Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
5	137^[b]	Cam Paddock	Center	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	171	Robert Goepfert	Goaltender	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	202	Patrik Bartschi	Forward	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)
8	234	Maxime Talbot	Center	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	239^[c]	Ryan Lannon	Defense	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
9	265	Dwight LaBrosse	Goaltender	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)

Draft notes^[65]

• ^a Compensatory pick received for loss of Group III free agent Garth Snow.
• ^b Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Garth Snow per Michel Leduc.
• ^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Marc Bergevin.

See also

• 2002–03 NHL season

Notes

1. Kovalev and Lemieux were voted to the starting lineup.^[8] Lemieux did not play and was replaced by Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[9]
2. 9th-round pick in 2003.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[36]

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