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Nikolai Khabibulin's 2002-2003 season

Wins
30
NHL#11
Save pct
.911
NHL#37
GAA
2.47
NHL#36
Shutouts
4
NHL#14
Games
65
79%
79% of 82

Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was 29 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning. He played 65 games and won 30 of them, at .911. In the playoffs he played 10 games and won 5.

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

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nikolai Khabibulin plays the 2002-2003 season for Tampa Bay Lightning

    TBLTampa Bay Lightning

    Nikolai was 29 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TBL4–3FLA
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA63:29TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–5TBL
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA59:59TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL5–8TBL
      W
      game 3/823
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA59:47TOIW
      .808
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–3PIT
      game 4/825
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA65:00TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2NYR
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA59:50TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–2CBJ
      game 6/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3TBL
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL6–1FLA
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–3TBL
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • November 2002
    • The game
      TBL2–3WSH
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:53TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5PIT
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA58:52TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–4TOR
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA58:48TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4TBL
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–2TBL
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA62:30TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–4TBL
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–4TBL
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–1CAR
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA63:45TOIW
      .972
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–2TBL
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA58:55TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI7–2TBL
      L
      game 20/824
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA39:53TOIL
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–1NJD
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#1
      .909
      SV%
      NHL#21
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#21
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      TBL
      12-6-1W-L-OT27Points
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN5–3TBL
      L
      game 23/826
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:16TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • December 2002
    • The game
      TBL3–4NYR
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:33TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–4TOR
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      .917SV%
      44SV48SA4GA63:48TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3TBL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:59TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3BOS
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA63:11TOIL
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–3CHI
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA59:15TOIL
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5MIN
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      .733SV%
      11SV15SA4GA33:25TOIL
      .733
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–2MTL
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4TBL
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–1CAR
      game 32/822
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA65:00TOI
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–2TBL
      game 34/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA64:56TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–3WSH
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA57:32TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–5TBL
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5TBL
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–3TBL
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      .813SV%
      13SV16SA3GA21:59TOI
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–4CGY
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA58:40TOIL
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–5STL
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA42:08TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      DET0–1TBL
      W
      game 41/825
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#5
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#19
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#22
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      TBL
      18-15-3W-L-OT44Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ATL3–2TBL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA64:33TOIL
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–3TBL
      game 43/823
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA48:13TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–7OTT
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      .731SV%
      19SV26SA7GA50:22TOIL
      .731
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3PHI
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA58:50TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2TBL
      game 48/823
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA64:42TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3NSH
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA58:13TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • February 2003
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      .917SV%in relief
      11SV12SA1GA31:34TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–2TBL
      L
      game 54/824
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA63:49TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–4FLA
      game 55/824
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA65:00TOI
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–6NYI
      L
      game 56/824
      His night
      .818SV%
      27SV33SA6GA59:44TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–5TBL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3TBL
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      14SV15SA1GA59:51TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–2CAR
      game 61/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA65:00TOI
      .920
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8250 of 62 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#14
      .901
      SV%
      NHL#29
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#25
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#17
      TBL
      25-22-5W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Southeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA0–2TBL
      W
      game 63/826
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA59:50TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–3TBL
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA59:53TOIW
      .972
      View the game
    • March 2003
    • The game
      TBL2–1OTT
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–1NYI
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–4TBL
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:50TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–1TBL
      game 69/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA64:46TOI
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–4TBL
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–1MTL
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–0PHX
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–1SJS
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2TBL
      game 77/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1TBL
      game 78/824
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA63:56TOI
      .967
      View the game
    • April 2003
    • The game
      MTL1–2TBL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA59:58TOIW
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–1TBL
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA39:54TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin closes the 2002-2003 season with 30 wins

    TBLTampa Bay Lightning
    Wins
    30
    Games
    65of 82
    79%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .911
    GAA
    2.47
    Starts
    64
    Events
    9×
    First star
    7×
    Second star
    10×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Tampa Bay Lightning are in the playoffs

    First round

    Tampa Bay Lightning meet Washington Capitals

    TBLvsWSH
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH3–0TBL
      L
      3
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA59:50TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 2
      WSH6–3TBL
      L
      3
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA58:18TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 3
      TBL4–3WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA62:29TOIW
      .842
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 4
      TBL3–1WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:51TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightningare2–2withWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      WSH1–2TBL
      W
      3
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      TBL2–1WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      .984SV%
      60SV61SA1GA104:03TOIW
      .984
      View the game
    First round

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

    TBL4–2WSH
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.921SV%2.1GAA
    4 days later
    Second round

    Tampa Bay Lightning meet New Jersey Devils

    TBLvsNJD
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      TBL0–3NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 2
      TBL2–3NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA62:09TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 3
      NJD3–4TBL
      W
      1
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:34TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 4
      NJD3–1TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA58:11TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–1

    TBL1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    4Games1Wins.901SV%3.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 5 wins

    TBLTampa Bay Lightning
    Wins
    5
    Games
    10
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .913
    GAA
    2.42
    Starts
    10
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    WSH4–2→NJD1–4