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Janne Niinimaa's 2002-2003 season

Points
34
NHL#188
Goals
5
NHL#366
Assists
29
NHL#109
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#749
Games
76
91%
91% of 83

Defenceman Janne Niinimaa was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Edmonton Oilers och New York Islanders. He played 76 of a possible 83 games and scored 5 goals and 29 assists for 34 points, 0.45 points per game. He moved from Edmonton Oilers to New York Islanders in March. 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

    Janne Niinimaa opens the 2002-2003 season with Edmonton Oilers

    EDMEdmonton Oilers

    Janne was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI2–2EDM
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP32:16TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      EDM3–2NSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG29:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM0–3DAL
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG27:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4SJS
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP27:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3EDM
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG27:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–3COL
      game 6/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP32:21TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–1EDM
      L
      game 7/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP29:24TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4EDM
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP29:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–3EDM
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP27:20TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 2002
    • The game
      BUF1–1EDM
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG33:43TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–1CHI
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–5NYR
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG27:49TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–4NYI
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM6–3NJD
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG24:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–6BOS
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–2MIN
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG29:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL0–5EDM
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP23:59TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–1EDM
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG27:19TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–3EDM
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–1CGY
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–1EDM
      game 21/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG29:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      12
      points
      NHL#123
      4
      goals
      NHL#140
      8
      assists
      NHL#98
      0
      +/-
      NHL#92
      EDM
      8-8-1W-L-OT21Points
      4th in the Northwest·10th in the Western Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Janne Niinimaa reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 23

    Milestone

    Janne Niinimaa reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 23

    • The game
      EDM5–4DET
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–1CBJ
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL0–1EDM
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:24TOI
      View the game
    • December 2002
    • The game
      MIN1–2EDM
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG26:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3TBL
      L
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–0FLA
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–0ATL
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–4EDM
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–4EDM
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP27:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–3EDM
      L
      game 31/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4MIN
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG27:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–2COL
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG28:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4VAN
      L
      game 34/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG30:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–2EDM
      L
      game 35/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG28:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–3EDM
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN2–1EDM
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG30:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5EDM
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP31:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–5SJS
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG25:08TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      17
      points
      NHL#187
      4
      goals
      NHL#260
      13
      assists
      NHL#133
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#211
      EDM
      18-13-5W-L-OT46Points
      4th in the Northwest·8th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM5–4LAK
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP26:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–0EDM
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4CGY
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–4EDM
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG26:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX5–1EDM
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN1–5EDM
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG21:56TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–3VAN
      game 52/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG31:19TOI
      View the game
    • February 2003
    • The game
      ANA1–2EDM
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG26:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–3EDM
      L
      game 54/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG24:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–0EDM
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–4TOR
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP31:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM0–2OTT
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG28:27TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–4PIT
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP21:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–6DET
      L
      game 60/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP22:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2EDM
      L
      game 61/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG26:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL3–3EDM
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG30:49TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      26
      points
      NHL#189
      4
      goals
      NHL#352
      22
      assists
      NHL#111
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#189
      EDM
      26-21-8W-L-OT67Points
      4th in the Northwest·8th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM2–4COL
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–4STL
      L
      game 64/82
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG28:35TOI
      View the game
    • March 2003
    • The game
      EDM3–3CBJ
      game 65/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP30:16TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–2EDM
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG29:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–1LAK
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG26:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–1ANA
      W
      game 68/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–2EDM
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2EDM
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG22:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2OTT
      W
      game 71/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:47TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–1NYR
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3TOR
      game 73/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG23:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–3MTL
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–2NYI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP20:42TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI9–2CHI
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–2NYI
      L
      game 77/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–6NJD
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:47TOI
      View the game
    • April 2003
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG30:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5DET
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL3–2NYI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP22:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–1CAR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG22:12TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Janne Niinimaa closes the 2002-2003 season with 34 points

    EDMEdmonton OilersNYINew York Islanders
    Points
    34
    NHL#188
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#366
    Assists
    29
    NHL#109
    P/GP
    0.45
    NHL#216
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#749
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    250
    career points
    1×
    First star
    4×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet Ottawa Senators

    NYIvsOTT
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI3–0OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      NYI0–3OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:09TOI
      View the game
    • New York Islandersare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2NYI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG31:29TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      OTT3–1NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:24TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI1–4OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:18TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYI1–4OTT
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Janne Niinimaa ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 1 points

    EDMEdmonton OilersNYINew York Islanders
    Points
    1
    NHL#190
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#174
    Assists
    1
    NHL#155
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#308
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    OTT1–4