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Niklas Sundström's 2002-2003 season

Points
26
Swedish flag#24NHL#264
Goals
7
Swedish flag#25NHL#305
Assists
19
Swedish flag#19NHL#218
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#439
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Right winger Niklas Sundström was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks och Montréal Canadiens. He played all 80 games and scored 7 goals and 19 assists for 26 points, 0.33 points per game. That was 24th among the Swedes and 264th in the NHL. He moved from San Jose Sharks to Montréal Canadiens in January. Montréal Canadiens did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2002-2003
  1. Season opener

    Niklas Sundström opens the 2002-2003 season with San Jose Sharks

    Niklas was 27 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET6–3SJS
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5VAN
      L
      game 2/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:20TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–4SJS
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:46TOI
    • The game
      COL3–1SJS
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:44TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      L
      game 5/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:18TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1NSH
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:56TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–4CBJ
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG14:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3CHI
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP14:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3DET
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP16:06TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–2MIN
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2002
    • The game
      SJS4–3ANA
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:03TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–5SJS
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–2SJS
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:31TOI
    • The game
      MIN4–2SJS
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:28TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–4SJS
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3ATL
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–4TBL
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG14:35TOI
    • The game
      SJS7–3FLA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2WSH
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:45TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2PHI
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:22TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4PIT
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:10TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#21NHL#253
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#32NHL#471
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#12NHL#123
      SJS
      7-10-2W-L-OT18Points
      4th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS4–1STL
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4NSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:42TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2SJS
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG15:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2002
    • The game
      SJS3–2PHX
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:40TOI
    • The game
      CBJ2–3SJS
      W
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:51TOI
    • The game
      NSH4–2SJS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:40TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5SJS
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG10:31TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–2SJS
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:59TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2NYR
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:19TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–1MTL
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:44TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–9OTT
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:20TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3TOR
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–5BOS
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:09TOI
    • The game
      ANA1–4SJS
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:07TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–3SJS
      game 36/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG11:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–2SJS
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:34TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:42TOI
    • The game
      COL6–1SJS
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:33TOI
    • The game
      EDM5–5SJS
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG14:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–1SJS
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:50TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      11
      points
      Swedish flag#27NHL#307
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#34NHL#477
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#211
      SJS
      15-18-3W-L-OT38Points
      5th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–3SJS
      W
      game 42/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG14:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–3LAK
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:02TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2SJS
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:25TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHX
      L
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:30TOI
  2. Trade

    Niklas Sundström is traded from San Jose Sharks to Montréal Canadiens

    Here he joins fellow Swede Andreas Dackell.

    His spell with San Jose Sharks · 1999–00 to 2002–03
    281
    Games
    33
    Goals
    104
    Assists
    137
    Points
    Montréal Canadiens received
    San Jose Sharks received
    • The game
      NJD5–4SJS
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:37TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–1MTL
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:16TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–4MTL
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG12:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–6MTL
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:51TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3NYI
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:06TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Niklas Sundström reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against New York Islanders · January 30

    • The game
      ATL4–3MTL
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG14:23TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL3–6BOS
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG11:33TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3TOR
      L
      game 56/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:45TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–0WSH
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:08TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG12:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CBJ2–1MTL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:59TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG14:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA3–0MTL
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:48TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:13TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8260 of 62 played
      19
      points
      Swedish flag#25NHL#260
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#23NHL#264
      13
      assists
      Swedish flag#21NHL#231
      MTL
      24-24-7W-L-OT62Points
      4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR5–3MTL
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–4WSH
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN6–3MTL
      L
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:17TOI
    • March 2003
    • The game
      VAN1–1MTL
      game 66/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3ANA
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:01TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      L
      game 68/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2LAK
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–1NSH
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:05TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–0FLA
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:12TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL4–2ATL
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–1MTL
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:45TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–0MTL
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG10:56TOI
    • The game
      NYI6–3MTL
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:58TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–5MTL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:09TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3MTL
      L
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:43TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–4BUF
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:04TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–1MTL
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:16TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–0CAR
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 2003
    • The game
      MTL1–2TBL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:27TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–5MTL
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG16:33TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Niklas Sundström closes the 2002-2003 season with 26 points

    San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    26
    #24NHL#264
    Games
    80of 82
    98%
    Goals
    7
    #25NHL#305
    Assists
    19
    #19NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.33
    #28NHL#321
    +/-
    -1
    #32NHL#439
    Events
    100
    career goals
    1×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts