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Alex Kovalev's 2002-2003 season

Points
77
NHL#19
Goals
37
NHL#8
Assists
40
NHL#37
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#749
Games
78
97%
97% of 80

Right winger Alex Kovalev was 29 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins och New York Rangers. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 37 goals and 40 assists for 77 points, 0.99 points per game. He moved from Pittsburgh Penguins to New York Rangers in February. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2002-2003
  1. Season opener

    Alex Kovalev opens the 2002-2003 season with Pittsburgh Penguins

    Alex was 29 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TOR6–0PIT
      L
      game 1/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-9SOG25:30TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–6PIT
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP19:14TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT5–4TOR
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP20:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ATL2–3PIT
      W
      game 4/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG24:50TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL3–3PIT
      game 5/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG24:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–3MTL
      game 6/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP15:03TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT3–7DET
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -3+/-6SOG1PPP23:09TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3PIT
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP24:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–1OTT
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG21:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 2002
    • The game
      TBL3–5PIT
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      -1+/-5SOG2PPP25:45TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PIT3–4FLA
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG25:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–4TBL
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG21:08TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–3CAR
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP22:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–1MIN
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–2PIT
      L
      game 16/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP24:06TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT4–5MTL
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP26:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2PIT
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:30TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–1ATL
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–4PIT
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP21:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–7PIT
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP20:24TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      28
      points
      NHL#4
      13
      goals
      NHL#3
      15
      assists
      NHL#16
      PIT
      10-5-3W-L-OT26Points
      1st in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–1BUF
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP25:24TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP27:45TOI
      +2 assists
    • December 2002
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG24:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–3NJD
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:56TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–4TOR
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP26:03TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT2–5SJS
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP24:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–3LAK
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP29:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT0–5ANA
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:15TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5PHX
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG20:52TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1PIT
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:28TOI
    • The game
      CGY0–2PIT
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP20:31TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG18:52TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PIT6–1NYR
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP17:11TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–3PIT
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:20TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ATL3–2PIT
      L
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG15:40TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5CBJ
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG20:47TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–1ATL
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG23:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3PIT
      W
      game 40/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      L
      game 41/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP23:42TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      52
      points
      NHL#3
      19
      goals
      NHL#12
      33
      assists
      NHL#2
      PIT
      17-16-5W-L-OT42Points
      4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–2PIT
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG27:04TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1PIT
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:32TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–1BOS
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG25:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–0CAR
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–2TBL
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG21:45TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT0–3FLA
      L
      game 47/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG25:36TOI
    • The game
      PIT0–0BUF
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:26TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1PIT
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-10SOG24:13TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–5PIT
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +3+/-7SOG24:37TOI
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      PIT2–5NYI
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG22:11TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–2WSH
      L
      game 52/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG25:35TOI
    • February 2003
    • The game
      VAN3–2PIT
      L
      game 53/827
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-10SOG24:37TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      FLA6–0PIT
      L
      game 54/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG19:06TOI
    • The game
      PIT5–2BOS
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP21:48TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      NYR3–1FLA
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG22:44TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT0–1NYR
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP18:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–5BUF
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:59TOI
    Milestone

    Alex Kovalev reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · February 15

    • The game
      NYR2–3OTT
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      67
      points
      NHL#5
      30
      goals
      NHL#5
      37
      assists
      NHL#15
      NYR
      23-30-2W-L-OT55Points
      5th in the Atlantic·11th in the Eastern Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–2MIN
      W
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–2ANA
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG18:29TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–4COL
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3NJD
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG18:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYR
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG18:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 2003
    • The game
      FLA2–5NYR
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP18:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–1NYR
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:07TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–5NYR
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–1NYR
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3OTT
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:01TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3NJD
      L
      game 73/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:57TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–1NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3NYR
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG20:28TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:37TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–1NYR
      L
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:29TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG22:00TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      ATL4–3NYR
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG24:34TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 2003
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 80/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG23:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–5MTL
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:04TOI
    The season in numbers

    Alex Kovalev closes the 2002-2003 season with 77 points

    Pittsburgh Penguins did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    77
    NHL#19
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    37
    NHL#8
    Assists
    40
    NHL#37
    P/GP
    0.99
    NHL#20
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#749
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    750
    NHL games
    6×
    First star
    8×
    Second star
    5×
    Third star
    11 i rad
    games with a point · 19 pts
    5 i rad
    games with a goal