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Chris Gratton's 2002-2003 season

Points
45
NHL#117
Goals
15
NHL#146
Assists
30
NHL#102
Plus/minus
-16
NHL#839
Games
80
96%
96% of 83

Centre Chris Gratton was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres och Phoenix Coyotes. He played 80 of a possible 83 games and scored 15 goals and 30 assists for 45 points, 0.56 points per game. He moved from Buffalo Sabres to Phoenix Coyotes in March. Phoenix Coyotes did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2002-2003
  1. Season opener

    Chris Gratton opens the 2002-2003 season with Buffalo Sabres

    Chris was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:20TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF6–1MTL
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP17:06TOI
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Chris Gratton reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · October 12

    • The game
      BUF0–3CHI
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:25TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–4BUF
      game 4/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG18:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHX3–2BUF
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG18:20TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG18:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD2–1BUF
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP16:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–1VAN
      game 9/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3CGY
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:21TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      BUF1–1EDM
      game 11/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3CBJ
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:40TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–2CAR
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:40TOI
    • The game
      ATL6–4BUF
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP18:02TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP19:02TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR3–2BUF
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-7SOG19:44TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4OTT
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG16:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–4NJD
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP19:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CBJ4–5BUF
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4BOS
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:56TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–1BUF
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG18:22TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      18
      points
      NHL#51
      8
      goals
      NHL#46
      10
      assists
      NHL#72
      BUF
      4-12-1W-L-OT13Points
      5th in the Northeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·29th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–1BUF
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG17:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG13:46TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      ANA0–4BUF
      W
      game 24/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG15:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP14:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG18:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT4–2BUF
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:14TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–1BUF
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–2PHI
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:04TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP17:28TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      FLA3–0BUF
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–6MTL
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG17:44TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG17:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT3–2BUF
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP18:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN4–3BUF
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG16:27TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–0BUF
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:31TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–6BUF
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1OTT
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:00TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP18:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:05TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      30
      points
      NHL#64
      9
      goals
      NHL#118
      21
      assists
      NHL#42
      BUF
      11-23-2W-L-OT29Points
      5th in the Northeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·29th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG12:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–0MIN
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–2SJS
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG15:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–0PHX
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG12:30TOI
    • The game
      PIT0–0BUF
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:20TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–4BUF
      W
      game 47/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG13:55TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–4OTT
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP11:25TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NSH5–1BUF
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG14:36TOI
      +1 goal
    • February 2003
    • The game
      VAN4–2BUF
      L
      game 52/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–3NYI
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG13:19TOI
    • The game
      STL3–2BUF
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:33TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:53TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–5BUF
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–4ATL
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:53TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–1BUF
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–1TBL
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP14:41TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–2FLA
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG16:48TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3WSH
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:19TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8260 of 62 played
      43
      points
      NHL#72
      15
      goals
      NHL#92
      28
      assists
      NHL#54
      BUF
      18-31-5W-L-OT49Points
      5th in the Northeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Chris Gratton reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · February 26

    • The game
      DAL3–5BUF
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:14TOI
    • March 2003
    • The game
      BUF1–2NYI
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG14:37TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1BUF
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–4BUF
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG15:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–0FLA
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:39TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1TBL
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:35TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2PHX
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:11TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–0PHX
      L
      game 70/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–4PHX
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:13TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–2PHX
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–3PHX
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:30TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–0PHX
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      PHX0–2CGY
      L
      game 75/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:23TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–4EDM
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:38TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–5VAN
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:18TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–6COL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP19:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK5–4PHX
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:18TOI
    • April 2003
    • The game
      VAN3–3PHX
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      NSH0–1PHX
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:22TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–3SJS
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:58TOI
    The season in numbers

    Chris Gratton closes the 2002-2003 season with 45 points

    Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    45
    NHL#117
    Games
    80of 82
    98%
    Goals
    15
    NHL#146
    Assists
    30
    NHL#102
    P/GP
    0.56
    NHL#145
    +/-
    -16
    NHL#839
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    250
    career assists
    1×
    First star
    3×
    Second star
    5×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts