2002–03_Los_Angeles_Kings_season

2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

The 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 36th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, ending a three season playoff streak.

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2002–03 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	10th Western
2002–03 record	33–36–6–7
Home record	19–18–2–2
Road record	14–18–4–5
Goals for	203
Goals against	221
Team information
General manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
Alternate captains	Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski Ian Laperriere
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	17,569
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals
Team leaders
Goals	Zigmund Palffy (37)
Assists	Zigmund Palffy (48)
Points	Zigmund Palffy (85)
Penalty minutes	Ian Laperriere (122)
Plus/minus	Zigmund Palffy (+22)
Wins	Felix Potvin (17)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (2.55)
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Offseason

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Regular season

The Kings tied the Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just four.^[1]

Final standings

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Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
3	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
4	11	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
5	14	San Jose Sharks	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73

^[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.

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Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Dallas Stars	PA	82	46	17	15	4	245	169	111
2	Y- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	20	10	4	269	203	110
3	Y- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	19	13	8	251	194	105
4	X- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	23	13	1	264	208	104
5	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	24	11	6	253	222	99
6	X- Minnesota Wild	NW	82	42	29	10	1	198	178	95
7	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	40	27	9	6	203	193	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	26	11	9	231	230	92
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9	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	30	33	13	6	207	226	79
10	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	33	37	6	6	203	221	78
11	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	35	11	5	204	230	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	29	36	13	4	186	228	75
13	Nashville Predators	CE	82	27	35	13	7	183	206	74
14	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	28	37	9	8	214	239	73
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	29	42	8	3	213	263	69

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2002–03 regular season^[3]

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 9, 2002	4–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	1–0–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 12, 2002	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	2–0–0–0	Recap
3	W	October 16, 2002	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	3–0–0–0	Recap
4	L	October 17, 2002	1–4	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	3–1–0–0	Recap
5	T	October 19, 2002	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	3–1–1–0	Recap
6	T	October 23, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	3–1–2–0	Recap
7	W	October 25, 2002	6–2	@ New York Rangers (2002–03)	4–1–2–0	Recap
8	L	October 27, 2002	1–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	4–2–2–0	Recap
9	W	October 29, 2002	4–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	5–2–2–0	Recap
10	OTL	October 31, 2002	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	5–2–2–1	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	W	November 2, 2002	6–5 OT	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	6–2–2–1	Recap
12	L	November 4, 2002	2–5	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	6–3–2–1	Recap
13	L	November 5, 2002	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	6–4–2–1	Recap
14	W	November 8, 2002	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	7–4–2–1	Recap
15	L	November 9, 2002	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	7–5–2–1	Recap
16	OTL	November 12, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2002–03)	7–5–2–2	Recap
17	L	November 14, 2002	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	7–6–2–2	Recap
18	W	November 16, 2002	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	8–6–2–2	Recap
19	T	November 19, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	8–6–3–2	Recap
20	OTL	November 21, 2002	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	8–6–3–3	Recap
21	W	November 23, 2002	2–0	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	9–6–3–3	Recap
22	L	November 27, 2002	2–5	Florida Panthers (2002–03)	9–7–3–3	Recap
23	T	November 29, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	9–7–4–3	Recap
24	W	November 30, 2002	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	10–7–4–3	Recap

December: 6–7–0–0 (home: 4–3–0–0; road: 2–4–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	L	December 5, 2002	2–3	Nashville Predators (2002–03)	10–8–4–3	Recap
26	L	December 7, 2002	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	10–9–4–3	Recap
27	W	December 10, 2002	3–0	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	11–9–4–3	Recap
28	W	December 11, 2002	3–0	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	12–9–4–3	Recap
29	W	December 14, 2002	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	13–9–4–3	Recap
30	L	December 15, 2002	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	13–10–4–3	Recap
31	W	December 17, 2002	6–2	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	14–10–4–3	Recap
32	W	December 19, 2002	5–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	15–10–4–3	Recap
33	L	December 22, 2002	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	15–11–4–3	Recap
34	L	December 23, 2002	0–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	15–12–4–3	Recap
35	W	December 26, 2002	4–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	16–12–4–3	Recap
36	L	December 29, 2002	1–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	16–13–4–3	Recap
37	L	December 30, 2002	0–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2002–03)	16–14–4–3	Recap

January: 4–10–0–1 (home: 3–6–0–0; road: 1–4–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	L	January 2, 2003	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	16–15–4–3	Recap
39	L	January 4, 2003	2–3	Dallas Stars (2002–03)	16–16–4–3	Recap
40	W	January 6, 2003	3–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	17–16–4–3	Recap
41	L	January 7, 2003	4–7	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	17–17–4–3	Recap
42	L	January 9, 2003	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	17–18–4–3	Recap
43	L	January 11, 2003	1–2	St. Louis Blues (2002–03)	17–19–4–3	Recap
44	W	January 13, 2003	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	18–19–4–3	Recap
45	L	January 16, 2003	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	18–20–4–3	Recap
46	OTL	January 18, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	18–20–4–4	Recap
47	L	January 22, 2003	5–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	18–21–4–4	Recap
48	L	January 23, 2003	1–2	Minnesota Wild (2002–03)	18–22–4–4	Recap
49	W	January 25, 2003	2–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (2002–03)	19–22–4–4	Recap
50	L	January 27, 2003	0–3	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	19–23–4–4	Recap
51	L	January 28, 2003	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	19–24–4–4	Recap
52	W	January 30, 2003	3–0	Ottawa Senators (2002–03)	20–24–4–4	Recap

February: 7–5–0–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 3–4–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	W	February 5, 2003	4–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	21–24–4–4	Recap
54	W	February 7, 2003	8–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	22–24–4–4	Recap
55	L	February 9, 2003	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2002–03)	22–25–4–4	Recap
56	W	February 11, 2003	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (2002–03)	23–25–4–4	Recap
57	W	February 13, 2003	4–2	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	24–25–4–4	Recap
58	L	February 15, 2003	2–3	New York Islanders (2002–03)	24–26–4–4	Recap
59	W	February 17, 2003	3–2	San Jose Sharks (2002–03)	25–26–4–4	Recap
60	L	February 20, 2003	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2002–03)	25–27–4–4	Recap
61	W	February 21, 2003	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2002–03)	26–27–4–4	Recap
62	L	February 24, 2003	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	26–28–4–4	Recap
63	W	February 25, 2003	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2002–03)	27–28–4–4	Recap
64	L	February 27, 2003	1–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	27–29–4–4	Recap

March: 4–7–2–2 (home: 2–5–1–2; road: 2–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
65	W	March 1, 2003	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2002–03)	28–29–4–4	Recap
66	L	March 4, 2003	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002–03)	28–30–4–4	Recap
67	L	March 6, 2003	1–2	Edmonton Oilers (2002–03)	28–31–4–4	Recap
68	W	March 8, 2003	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (2002–03)	29–31–4–4	Recap
69	L	March 10, 2003	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2002–03)	29–32–4–4	Recap
70	L	March 12, 2003	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	29–33–4–4	Recap
71	W	March 14, 2003	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (2002–03)	30–33–4–4	Recap
72	T	March 15, 2003	0–0 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2002–03)	30–33–5–4	Recap
73	L	March 18, 2003	1–4	Calgary Flames (2002–03)	30–34–5–4	Recap
74	T	March 20, 2003	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2002–03)	30–34–6–4	Recap
75	OTL	March 22, 2003	3–4 OT	Boston Bruins (2002–03)	30–34–6–5	Recap
76	OTL	March 25, 2003	1–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2002–03)	30–34–6–6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Recap
77	L	March 27, 2003	0–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	30–35–6–6	Recap
78	L	March 29, 2003	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	30–36–6–6	Recap
79	W	March 31, 2003	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2002–03)	31–36–6–6	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	W	April 2, 2003	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2002–03)	32–36–6–6	Recap
81	OTL	April 4, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2002–03)	32–36–6–7	Recap
82	W	April 6, 2003	2–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (2002–03)	33–36–6–7	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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 Kings only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
33	Zigmund Palffy	RW	76	37	48	85	22	47
10	Mathieu Schneider‡	D	65	14	29	43	0	57
21	Bryan Smolinski‡	C	58	18	20	38	−1	18
44	Jaroslav Modry	D	82	13	25	38	−13	68
32	Derek Armstrong	C	66	12	26	38	5	30
25	Eric Belanger	C	62	16	19	35	−5	26
24	Alexander Frolov	LW	79	14	17	31	12	34
41	Jason Allison	C	26	6	22	28	9	22
17	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	57	8	16	24	2	28
22	Ian Laperriere	RW	73	7	12	19	−9	122
28	Adam Deadmarsh	RW	20	13	4	17	2	21
42	Mikko Eloranta	LW	75	5	12	17	−15	56
27^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Erik Rasmussen	C	57	4	12	16	−1	28
29	Brad Chartrand	C	62	8	6	14	−10	33
26	Joe Corvo	D	50	5	7	12	2	14
57	Steve Heinze	RW	27	5	7	12	−5	12
23	Craig Johnson	LW	70	3	6	9	−13	22
27	Jaroslav Bednar‡	RW	15	0	9	9	3	4
13	Michael Cammalleri	C	28	5	3	8	−4	22
63	Brad Norton	D	53	3	3	6	1	97
3	Aaron Miller	D	49	1	5	6	−7	24
14	Mattias Norstrom	D	82	0	6	6	0	49
11	Steve Kelly	C	15	2	3	5	−6	0
31	Jared Aulin	C	17	2	2	4	−3	0
19	Sean Avery†	C	12	1	3	4	0	33
6	Andreas Lilja‡	D	17	0	3	3	5	14
36	Dmitri Yushkevich†‡	D	42	0	3	3	−4	24
5	Tomas Zizka	D	10	0	3	3	−4	4
38	Chris McAlpine	D	21	0	2	2	−4	24
51	Chris Schmidt	C	10	0	2	2	−1	5
43	Jon Sim†	LW	14	0	2	2	−3	19
52	Jerred Smithson	C	22	0	2	2	−5	21
49	Ryan Flinn	LW	19	1	0	1	0	28
53	Jason Holland	D	2	0	1	1	1	0
1	Jamie Storr	G	39	0	1	1		8
62	Scott Barney	C	5	0	0	0	−1	0
58	Derek Bekar	LW	6	0	0	0	−1	4
12	Ken Belanger	LW	4	0	0	0	0	17
37	Kip Brennan	LW	19	0	0	0	0	57
35	Cristobal Huet	G	12	0	0	0		0
6	Maxim Kuznetsov†	D	3	0	0	0	1	0
39	Felix Potvin	G	42	0	0	0		4
55	Pavel Rosa	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Felix Potvin	42	17	20	3	987	105	2.66	.894	3	2367
1	Jamie Storr	39	12	19	2	904	86	2.55	.905	3	2027
35	Cristobal Huet	12	4	4	1	241	21	2.33	.913	1	541

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mathieu Schneider	^[4]
League (in-season)	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Alexander Frolov	^[5]
Team	Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Ian Laperriere	^[6]
	Bill Libby Memorial Award	Zigmund Palffy	^[6]
	Defensive Player	Mattias Norstrom	^[6]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Craig Johnson	^[6]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Jamie Storr	^[6]
	Leading Scorer	Zigmund Palffy	^[6]
	Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Alexander Frolov	^[6]
	Most Popular Player	Ian Laperriere	^[6]
	Outstanding Defenseman	Mattias Norstrom	^[6]
	Unsung Hero	Derek Armstrong	^[6]

Transactions

The Kings 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.^[7]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2002	To Minnesota Wild Cliff Ronning	^[8]
July 16, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings Derek Armstrong	To New York Rangers Conditional draft pick in 2003^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[9]
July 24, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings Erik Rasmussen	To Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair 5th-round pick in 2003	^[10]
November 26, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings Dmitri Yushkevich 5th-round pick in 2003	To Florida Panthers Jaroslav Bednar Andreas Lilja	^[11]
February 4, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Greg Koehler	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	^[12]
March 1, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2004	To Philadelphia Flyers Dmitri Yushkevich	^[13]
March 11, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Rights to Tim Gleason	To Ottawa Senators Bryan Smolinski	^[14]
March 11, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Sean Avery Maxim Kuznetsov 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Detroit Red Wings Mathieu Schneider	^[15]
May 28, 2003	To Los Angeles Kings Roman Cechmanek	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[16]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)	Chris McAlpine	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	^[17]
October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)	Brad Norton	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	^[18]
March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)	Jon Sim	Nashville Predators		Waivers	^[19]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Ref
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)	Nelson Emerson^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Buyout	^[22]
July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)	Nate Miller^{[lower-alpha 6]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[20]
July 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)	Greg Phillips^{[lower-alpha 7]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[20]
July 2, 2002 (2002-07-02)	Philippe Boucher	Dallas Stars	Free agency (V)	^[25]
July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)	Kelly Buchberger	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	^[26]
July 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)	Ted Donato	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	^[27]
July 18, 2002 (2002-07-18)	Rich Brennan	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	^[28]
July 20, 2002 (2002-07-20)	Marcel Cousineau	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	^[29]
July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24)	Rob Valicevic	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (UFA)	^[30]
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)	Scott Thomas	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 27, 2002 (2002-06-27)	Felix Potvin	1-year	Option exercised	^[32]
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Derek Bekar	1-year	Option exercised	^[33]
June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)	Jason Holland	2-year	Re-signing	^[33]
July 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)	Joe Corvo	2-year	Re-signing	^[34]
July 9, 2002 (2002-07-09)	Cristobal Huet	2-year	Entry-level	^[35]
July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)	Alexander Frolov	3-year	Entry-level	^[36]
July 16, 2002 (2002-07-16)	Derek Armstrong	1-year^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Re-signing	^[9]
	Brad Chartrand	1-year^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Re-signing	^[37]
	Pavel Rosa	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]
	Richard Seeley	1-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 20, 2002 (2002-07-20)	Adam Mair	1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
July 25, 2002 (2002-07-25)	Michael Cammalleri	multi-year	Entry-level	^[41]
July 26, 2002 (2002-07-26)	Eric Belanger	2-year	Re-signing	^[42]
July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	Mike Pudlick	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
August 1, 2002 (2002-08-01)	Mikko Eloranta	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
	Steve Kelly	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
	Jamie Storr	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
August 15, 2002 (2002-08-15)	Jaroslav Bednar	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)	Mattias Norstrom	multi-year	Extension	^[46]
October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)	Scott Barney	1-year	Re-signing	^[47]
March 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)	Aaron Miller	4-year	Extension	^[48]
April 3, 2003 (2003-04-03)	Noah Clarke	1-year	Entry-level	^[49]
April 8, 2003 (2003-04-08)	Zigmund Palffy	1-year	Option exercised	^[50]
April 8, 2003 (2003-04-08)	Lubomir Visnovsky	1-year	Option exercised	^[51]
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30)	Tim Gleason	3-year	Entry-level	^[52]

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^[53]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Denis Grebeshkov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	50	Sergei Anshakov	Russia	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
3	66	Petr Kanko	Czech Republic	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	104	Aaron Rome	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4	115	Mark Rooneem	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	152	Gregory Hogeboom	Canada	Miami University (NCHC)
5	157	Joel Andresen	Canada	St. Albert Steel (AJHL)
6	185	Ryan Murphy	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
7	215	Mikhail Lyubushin	Russia	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
8	248	Tuukka Pulliainen	Finland	TuTo (Finland)
9	279	Connor James	Canada	University of Denver (NCHC)

Notes

Rule 84.2 of the NHL rulebook states "A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team." The Kings pulled Huet in OT and lost the game in OT, so they forfeited that 1 point for the OTL
Rasmussen wore number 9 through January 9.
6th-rounder
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[20]
Emerson retired on July 28.^[21]
Miller retired.^[23]
Phillips retired.^[24]
Club option for a second year.

References

"Los Angeles Kings 2002-03 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
"2002-03 Los Angeles Kings Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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