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Mark Messier's 2002-2003 season

Points
40
NHL#147
Goals
18
NHL#112
Assists
22
NHL#173
Plus/minus
-2
NHL#499
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Centre Mark Messier was 41 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 24th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 18 goals and 22 assists for 40 points, 0.51 points per game. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2002-2003
  1. Season opener

    Mark Messier plays the 2002-2003 season for New York Rangers

    Mark was 41 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 24th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–1CAR
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP20:15TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:02TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–6PIT
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:32TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–5NYR
      W
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:41TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–4BUF
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–2NYR
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:06TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–2NYR
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYR
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:18TOI
    • The game
      LAK6–2NYR
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–3TOR
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG18:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX2–3NYR
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:04TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3TBL
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG18:16TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:19TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–2NYR
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG22:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM2–5NYR
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP16:53TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY0–1NYR
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6CBJ
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:03TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–4SJS
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:07TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1CGY
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3VAN
      L
      game 20/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG22:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA2–3NYR
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG19:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      12
      points
      NHL#95
      9
      goals
      NHL#16
      3
      assists
      NHL#296
      NYR
      9-10-0W-L-OT20Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·7th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–4NJD
      game 22/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG19:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–1NYR
      L
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:10TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3NYR
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:03TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–7ATL
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG16:11TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3DAL
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:43TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      TBL3–4NYR
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:51TOI
    • The game
      CBJ3–5NYR
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:52TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3PHI
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:41TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG20:06TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1NYR
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:56TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4TOR
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP15:45TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–2NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:10TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYR
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:04TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3DET
      L
      game 36/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT6–1NYR
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–1FLA
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5TBL
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP18:01TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      19
      points
      NHL#143
      12
      goals
      NHL#50
      7
      assists
      NHL#278
      NYR
      15-20-1W-L-OT36Points
      5th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:51TOI
    • The game
      OTT5–2NYR
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP21:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CAR1–5NYR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP17:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3MTL
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–1PIT
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:05TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–5NYR
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–1WSH
      W
      game 48/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2NYR
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–0NYI
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2NSH
      W
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ATL4–1NYR
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG21:04TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–7WSH
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–5ATL
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:14TOI
    • February 2003
    • The game
      OTT5–3NYR
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP22:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–4STL
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:46TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1FLA
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT0–1NYR
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:10TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–5BUF
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG22:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3OTT
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:39TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      31
      points
      NHL#122
      14
      goals
      NHL#94
      17
      assists
      NHL#158
      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
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:05TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR6–2ANA
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:26TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4COL
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:29TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3NJD
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYR
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP17:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 2003
    • The game
      FLA2–5NYR
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–1NYR
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:19TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–5NYR
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–1NYR
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:08TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3OTT
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:25TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3NJD
      L
      game 73/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:14TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–1NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:23TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3NYR
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG19:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:23TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–1NYR
      L
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:47TOI
    • The game
      ATL4–3NYR
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG21:28TOI
      +2 points
    • April 2003
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:54TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:17TOI
    The season in numbers

    Mark Messier closes the 2002-2003 season with 40 points

    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    40
    NHL#147
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    18
    NHL#112
    Assists
    22
    NHL#173
    P/GP
    0.51
    NHL#176
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#499
    Events
    2×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts