2002–03 Boston Bruins season
The 2002–03 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins's 79th season of operation.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: (2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Boston Bruins
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 77 | 36 | 65 | 101 | 109 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | |
| RW | 82 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |
| RW | 75 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| C/RW | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| C | 78 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 80 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 64 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 66 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| D | 78 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| D | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| LW | 63 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 77 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 59 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 87 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 41 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 55 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 70 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 160 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 69 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 117 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/LW | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 2112 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 97 | 2.76 | 0 | 930 | 833 | .896 | |
| 1352 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 2.71 | 1 | 625 | 564 | .902 | |
| 991 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 53 | 3.21 | 1 | 500 | 447 | .894 | |
| 220 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3.00 | 0 | 118 | 107 | .907 | |
| 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 146 | 134 | .918 | |
| Team: | 4975 | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 234 | 2.82 | 2 | 2319 | 2085 | .899 |
Playoffs
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 179 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.68 | 0 | 76 | 71 | .934 | |
| 119 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.03 | 0 | 58 | 52 | .897 | |
| Team: | 298 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2.21 | 0 | 134 | 123 | .918 |
Awards and records
- Willie O'Ree, Lester Patrick Trophy
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 29 | Hannu Toivonen | HPK | |
| 2 | 56 | Vladislav Evseev | CSKA Moscow Jr. | |
| 4 | 130 | Jan Kubista | HC Pardubice Jr. | |
| 5 | 153 | Peter Hamerlik | Kingston Frontenacs | |
| 7 | 228 | Dmitri Utkin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Jr. | |
| 8 | 259 | Yan Stastny | University of Notre Dame | |
| 9 | 290 | Pavel Frolov | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Jrs. |