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Alexei Smirnov's 2002-2003 season

Points
5
NHL#600
Goals
3
NHL#459
Assists
2
NHL#637
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#439
Games
44
53%
53% of 82

Left winger Alexei Smirnov was 20 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Anaheim Ducks. He played 44 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 2 assists for 5 points, 0.11 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Alexei Smirnov makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠3 win against St. Louis Blues

    Alexei was 20 years old · Savvis Center, USA

    His first NHL game
    1
    Goals
    1
    Assists
    2
    Points
    +2
    +/-
    7:21
    TOI
    First NHL assistFirst NHL goalFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Fredrik Olausson and Niclas Hävelid.

    • The game
      ANA4–3STL
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG07:21TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Alexei Smirnov records his first NHL assist

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 10

    Milestone

    Alexei Smirnov scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 10

    • The game
      ANA2–4DAL
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:55TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2ANA
      L
      game 3/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:22TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–2ANA
      L
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:34TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–2ANA
      game 5/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG08:10TOI
    • The game
      COL2–3ANA
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:09TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–2VAN
      game 7/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG08:31TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–4EDM
      L
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:08TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–5TOR
      L
      game 9/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:55TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      NSH1–2ANA
      W
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG07:36TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2COL
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:42TOI
    • The game
      MIN0–1ANA
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG09:01TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–3NJD
      L
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:45TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–3NYR
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG11:35TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–0ANA
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:40TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8215 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#447
      1
      goals
      NHL#323
      1
      assists
      NHL#462
      ANA
      8-7-3W-L-OT22Points
      3rd in the Pacific·7th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA4–4ANA
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:19TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–2ANA
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG12:26TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      CHI2–3ANA
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG08:41TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–1ANA
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:14TOI
    • The game
      EDM1–0ANA
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:05TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8220 of 41 played
      2
      points
      NHL#576
      1
      goals
      NHL#472
      1
      assists
      NHL#581
      ANA
      15-16-3W-L-OT40Points
      3rd in the Pacific·10th in the Western Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA5–3COL
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG07:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–2ANA
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:27TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–3CBJ
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG08:31TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA1–3OTT
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG11:14TOI
    • The game
      ANA1–0MIN
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:43TOI
    • The game
      MIN2–1ANA
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1ANA
      L
      game 49/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG08:16TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–3SJS
      W
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG12:29TOI
    • February 2003
    • The game
      ANA1–2EDM
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:25TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–4ANA
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:22TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–2DAL
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG05:56TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA1–2NSH
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:04TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–2ANA
      game 59/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:09TOI
    • The game
      CBJ0–2ANA
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:29TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–2ANA
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:32TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–0CAR
      W
      game 62/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:21TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8236 of 62 played
      5
      points
      NHL#541
      3
      goals
      NHL#404
      2
      assists
      NHL#583
      ANA
      29-21-4W-L-OT70Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Pacific·6th in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA0–2TBL
      L
      game 63/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG09:19TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–1FLA
      W
      game 64/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG06:19TOI
    • March 2003
    • The game
      ATL4–1ANA
      L
      game 66/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:58TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3ANA
      W
      game 68/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:10TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–1ANA
      L
      game 69/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:45TOI
    • The game
      DET1–4ANA
      W
      game 70/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:35TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–3STL
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:47TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2SJS
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:39TOI
    The season in numbers

    Alexei Smirnov closes the 2002-2003 season with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#600
    Games
    44of 82
    54%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#459
    Assists
    2
    NHL#637
    P/GP
    0.11
    NHL#549
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#439
    Events
    5
    career best in points
    3
    career best in goals
    2
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL assist
    19 days later
    Playoffs

    Anaheim Ducks are in the playoffs

    First round

    Anaheim Ducks meet Detroit Red Wings

    ANAvsDET
    6 days later
    First round

    Anaheim Ducks knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–0

    ANA4–0DET
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    8 days later
    Second round

    Anaheim Ducks meet Dallas Stars

    ANAvsDAL
    11 days later
    Second round

    Anaheim Ducks knock Dallas Stars out 4–2

    ANA4–2DAL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Anaheim Ducks meet Minnesota Wild

    ANAvsMIN
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    Swedes on Minnesota Wild
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      ANA1–0MIN
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:58TOI
    • Anaheim Duckslead1–0againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 2
      ANA2–0MIN
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG01:45TOI
    • Anaheim Duckslead2–0againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 3
      MIN0–4ANA
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG06:41TOI
    • Anaheim Duckslead3–0againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 4
      MIN1–2ANA
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:02TOI
    Conference final

    Anaheim Ducks knock Minnesota Wild out 4–0

    ANA4–0MIN
    Advance
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    11 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Anaheim Ducks play the Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey Devils

    ANAvsNJD
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    13 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New Jersey Devils knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–3

    ANA3–4NJD
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Alexei Smirnov ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#262
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#174
    Assists
    0
    NHL#235
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#130
    DET4–0→DAL4–2→MIN4–0→NJD3–4