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Don Sweeney's 2002-2003 season

Points
8
NHL#522
Goals
3
NHL#459
Assists
5
NHL#524
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#439
Games
67
81%
81% of 82

Defenceman Don Sweeney was 36 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 67 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points, 0.12 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Sweeney plays the 2002-2003 season for Boston Bruins

    Don was 36 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 15th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BOS1–5MIN
      L
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1COL
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:42TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–3VAN
      W
      game 3/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:07TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–3CGY
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:52TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3EDM
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG15:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1TOR
      W
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG16:30TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–2BOS
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4BOS
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA4–1BOS
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:33TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–2DET
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:59TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–7BOS
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG14:16TOI
    • The game
      EDM1–6BOS
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:46TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:45TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:12TOI
    Milestone

    Don Sweeney reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against New York Islanders · November 14

    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:09TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–2TOR
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:23TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3BOS
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:55TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4BOS
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:47TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–7BOS
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#466
      0
      goals
      NHL#477
      2
      assists
      NHL#406
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#59
      BOS
      14-3-1W-L-OT32Points
      1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:48TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:05TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      STL4–0BOS
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:25TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4BOS
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG11:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–3BOS
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:20TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1NYR
      W
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:38TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–2BOS
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:44TOI
    • The game
      OTT5–2BOS
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:50TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–5WSH
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:24TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–3BOS
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:54TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–5BOS
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG08:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5TBL
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:56TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–0ATL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:34TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–0BOS
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:43TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–8NYI
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:30TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5TOR
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:30TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:49TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      3
      points
      NHL#543
      0
      goals
      NHL#577
      3
      assists
      NHL#474
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#161
      BOS
      21-15-1W-L-OT47Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR2–6BOS
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG11:16TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–1BOS
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG13:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–3ATL
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1PIT
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG03:54TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–1BOS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:55TOI
    • February 2003
    • The game
      COL3–2BOS
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–6BOS
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG08:49TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG08:00TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Don Sweeney reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · February 11

    • The game
      BOS6–5FLA
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:23TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5TBL
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–5NSH
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:17TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1CAR
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–3NJD
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG17:51TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–4NYI
      game 61/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL5–5BOS
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:01TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
      6
      points
      NHL#517
      2
      goals
      NHL#471
      4
      assists
      NHL#511
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#212
      BOS
      28-24-2W-L-OT66Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYR
      L
      game 63/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG13:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2003
    • The game
      PHI3–2BOS
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:00TOI
    • The game
      VAN6–4BOS
      L
      game 65/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:35TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2CAR
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:40TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:36TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5BOS
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:40TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–8CHI
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:31TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4OTT
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:38TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–4BOS
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG16:44TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–4BOS
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:59TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–2PHX
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:29TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3LAK
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:46TOI
    • April 2003
    • The game
      BUF5–8BOS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG16:47TOI
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Don Sweeney closes the 2002-2003 season with 8 points

    Points
    8
    NHL#522
    Games
    67of 82
    82%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#459
    Assists
    5
    NHL#524
    P/GP
    0.12
    NHL#542
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#439
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    50
    career goals
    1×
    Second star
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet New Jersey Devils

    BOSvsNJD
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BOS1–2NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:52TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS2–4NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:56TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      NJD3–0BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:47TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      NJD1–5BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS0–3NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:16TOI
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Don Sweeney ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#190
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#174
    Assists
    1
    NHL#155
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    0
    NHL#130
    Events
    100
    playoff games
    10
    playoff assists
    NJD1–4