Regular season and playoffsDET
Nicklas Lidström's 2002-2003 season
Defenceman Nicklas Lidström was 32 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played all 82 games and scored 18 goals and 44 assists for 62 points, 0.76 points per game. That was 5th among the Swedes and 46th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 2 points. He won James Norris Memorial Trophy, the first since Nicklas Lidström in 2002.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
2002-2003Playoffs
- Year 200224 years agoSeason opener
Nicklas Lidström plays the 2002-2003 season for Detroit Red Wings
Nicklas was 32 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 12th season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.
- +2 pointsThe gameDET6–3SJSWgame 1/82
4His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-2SOG1PPP26:55TOI - The gameDET2–3LAKLgame 2/824His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG16:07TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameDET4–2ANAWgame 3/825His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG24:49TOI
- The gameMTL3–2DETLgame 4/823His nightNo points0+/-3SOG25:23TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET5–3MINWgame 5/822His night+1P+1G0+/-6SOG1PPP25:58TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCGY0–4DETWgame 6/823His night+1P+1A+3+/-2SOG1SHP16:05TOI
- +1 assistThe gameLAK3–3DETgame 7/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG33:49TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT3–7DETWgame 8/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP27:13TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET1–3NSHLgame 9/822His night+1P+1G-1+/-1SOG1PPP31:18TOI
- November 2002
- The gameDET2–5OTTLgame 11/823His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG26:56TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDAL3–3DETgame 12/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-6SOG1PPP29:53TOI
- The gameCHI2–0DETLgame 13/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG28:43TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameBOS1–2DETWgame 14/823His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP32:25TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNSH1–4DETWgame 15/823His night+1P+1A+2+/-4SOG27:38TOI
- The gameANA1–2DETWgame 16/825His nightNo points+2+/-3SOG33:15TOI
- The gameDET2–1TORWgame 17/825His nightNo points+1+/-5SOG29:08TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET5–0CGYWgame 18/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP26:39TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET1–4VANLgame 19/827His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP26:36TOI
- The gameDET1–1EDMgame 20/823His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG32:27TOI
- The gameEDM5–4DETLgame 21/822His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG31:37TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8217points#6NHL#487goals#7NHL#5710assists#7NHL#63+15+/-#1NHL#3DET11-6-1W-L-OT26Points1st in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·7th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameNJD2–3DETWgame 22/823His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP29:37TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameDET4–6CARLgame 23/823His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG1PPP31:14TOI
- December 2002
- The gameANA1–2DETWgame 25/826His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG27:36TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET5–3PHXWgame 26/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG1SHP30:52TOI
- The gameDET3–3DALgame 27/823His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG34:14TOI
- +1 assistThe gameSTL3–4DETWgame 28/821His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP32:51TOI
- The gameMIN3–2DETLgame 29/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG28:56TOI
- The gameCBJ4–6DETWgame 30/822His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG29:37TOI
- The gameDET2–2NYIgame 31/825His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG32:36TOI
- The gameDAL1–1DETgame 32/822His nightNo points0+/-1SOG18:05TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR2–3DETWgame 33/823His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-3SOG2PPP16:21TOI
- The gameDET1–0CBJWgame 34/822His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG30:08TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCBJ2–4DETWgame 35/822His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG28:27TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET4–2NSHWgame 36/823His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP26:28TOI
MilestoneNicklas Lidström reaches 500 career assists
in the game against Nashville Predators · December 28
- The gameDET2–2DALgame 37/822His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG33:36TOI
- +1 assistThe gameSTL1–5DETWgame 38/822His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP29:20TOI
Year 200323 years ago- The gamePHX4–1DETLgame 39/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG25:47TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameDET4–3CHIWgame 40/822His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP31:48TOI
- The gameDET0–1TBLLgame 41/824His nightNo points0+/-2SOG29:09TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8231points#6NHL#569goals#11NHL#11322assists#5NHL#30+16+/-#1NHL#4DET23-10-1W-L-OT54Points1st in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·3rd in the whole NHL - The gameDET2–1FLAWgame 42/825His nightNo points0+/-3SOG29:55TOI
- The gameDET2–3PHILgame 43/823His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG26:41TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameCHI4–5DETWgame 44/822His night+2P+2G+2+/-5SOG30:54TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET1–4CHILgame 45/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP29:06TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET4–2COLWgame 46/823His night+1P+1A+3+/-2SOG27:13TOI
- +1 assistThe gameVAN4–1DETLgame 47/827His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG27:42TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET3–4EDMLgame 48/822His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP29:31TOI
- The gameDET1–4CGYLgame 50/823His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG28:08TOI
- The gameDET0–1NJDLgame 51/822His nightNo points0+/-1SOG27:33TOI
- The gameFLA2–2DETgame 52/824His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG17:59TOI
- February 2003
- The gameNSH5–5DETgame 53/823His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG30:37TOI
- The gameCOL1–0DETLgame 54/823His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG28:48TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET3–5COLLgame 55/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP29:49TOI
- +1 assistThe gameSJS4–5DETWgame 56/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP27:27TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameBUF2–4DETWgame 57/822His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP29:50TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET6–2ATLWgame 58/824His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG1PPP24:16TOI
- The gameEDM2–6DETWgame 60/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG23:16TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET5–1WSHWgame 61/824His night+1P+1A+4+/-1SOG26:28TOI
- +1 assistThe gameLAK4–5DETWgame 62/823His night+1P+1A+3+/-1SOG26:51TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8246points#6NHL#5412goals#14NHL#14534assists#5NHL#28+25+/-#1NHL#3DET33-17-3W-L-OT78PointsPlayoff spot1st in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·5th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameTOR2–7DETWgame 63/825His night+1P+1A+4+/-1SOG24:18TOI
- March 2003
- The gameDET3–2CBJWgame 65/822His nightNo points0+/-3SOG30:51TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL2–3DETWgame 66/823His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG1PPP30:33TOI
- +4 assistsThe gameSTL2–7DETWgame 67/822His night+4P+4A+4+/-2SOG1PPP18:17TOI
- The gameDET1–4ANALgame 68/826His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG28:27TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET3–2LAKWgame 69/823His night+1P+1G0+/-1SOG1PPP28:00TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET3–2PHXWgame 70/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP23:59TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCOL3–5DETWgame 71/823His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG25:44TOI
- +1 goalThe gameOTT2–6DETWgame 72/824His night+1P+1G+2+/-1SOG1PPP25:28TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET5–1PITWgame 73/827His night+1P+1A+3+/-0SOG22:52TOI
- The gameDET0–4MINLgame 75/821His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG25:47TOI
- The gameMIN0–4DETWgame 76/822His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG25:39TOI
- The gameDET0–3SJSLgame 77/822His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG23:18TOI
- +1 goalThe gameDET6–2STLWgame 78/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG1PPP24:59TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNSH0–3DETWgame 79/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG25:29TOI
- April 2003
- The gameNYI2–5DETWgame 80/823His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG25:19TOI
- The gameDET5–5CBJgame 81/822His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG31:09TOI
- The gameDET3–4CHILgame 82/822His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG29:23TOI
The season in numbersNicklas Lidström closes the 2002-2003 season with 62 points
Events500career assists4×First star6×Second star1×Third star6 i radgames with a point · 7 pts4 days laterPlayoffsDetroit Red Wings are in the playoffs
First roundDetroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks
DETvsANASwedes on Detroit Red WingsSwedes on Anaheim Ducks- Game 1ANA2–1DETL5His nightNo points-1+/-7SOG41:26TOI
- Anaheim Duckslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
- +1 assistGame 2ANA3–2DETL5His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG29:20TOI
- Anaheim Duckslead2–0againstDetroit Red Wings
- +1 assistGame 3DET1–2ANAL5His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP31:51TOI
- Anaheim Duckslead3–0againstDetroit Red Wings
- Game 4DET2–3ANAL5His nightNo points0+/-2SOG31:44TOI
First roundAnaheim Ducks knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–0
DET0–4ANAEliminated4Games2Points0Goals2AssistsThe run in numbersNicklas Lidström ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 2 points
ANA0–4HonourNicklas Lidström won James Norris Memorial Trophy for 2002-2003