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Vaclav Varada's 2002-2003 season

Points
19
NHL#336
Goals
9
NHL#254
Assists
10
NHL#389
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#292
Games
55
68%
68% of 80

Right winger Vaclav Varada was 26 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres och Ottawa Senators. He played 55 of a possible 80 games and scored 9 goals and 10 assists for 19 points, 0.35 points per game. He moved from Buffalo Sabres to Ottawa Senators in February. In the playoffs he played 18 games for 6 points.

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

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Vaclav Varada opens the 2002-2003 season with Buffalo Sabres

    Vaclav was 26 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:54TOI
    • The game
      BUF6–1MTL
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–3CHI
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:48TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–4BUF
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:43TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2BUF
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:33TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG17:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–1BUF
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG18:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:57TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1VAN
      game 9/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:29TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3CGY
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:54TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      BUF1–1EDM
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:09TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3CBJ
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:39TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–2CAR
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:57TOI
    • The game
      ATL6–4BUF
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG15:58TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG13:16TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–2BUF
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:59TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4OTT
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–4NJD
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:34TOI
    • The game
      CBJ4–5BUF
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG14:56TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF1–4BOS
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:57TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–1BUF
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG18:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      NHL#299
      4
      goals
      NHL#154
      2
      assists
      NHL#410
      BUF
      4-12-1W-L-OT13Points
      5th in the Northeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·29th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–1BUF
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:03TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      ANA0–4BUF
      W
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:31TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–2BUF
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:00TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–1BUF
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:01TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–2PHI
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:17TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:25TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–0BUF
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:19TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–6MTL
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:42TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–2BUF
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:10TOI
    • The game
      MIN4–3BUF
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG12:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–0BUF
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–6BUF
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:24TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1OTT
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:10TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      9
      points
      NHL#361
      5
      goals
      NHL#231
      4
      assists
      NHL#425
      BUF
      11-23-2W-L-OT29Points
      5th in the Northeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·29th in the whole NHL
    • February 2003
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG16:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK4–1BUF
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:22TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1TBL
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG15:58TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–2FLA
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:58TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8244 of 62 played
      11
      points
      NHL#411
      7
      goals
      NHL#247
      4
      assists
      NHL#511
      BUF
      18-31-5W-L-OT49Points
      5th in the Northeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DAL2–3OTT
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:28TOI
    • March 2003
    • The game
      TBL2–1OTT
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:01TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4OTT
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:36TOI
    • The game
      OTT5–1ATL
      W
      game 75/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:09TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT3–1FLA
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG17:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–2OTT
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP14:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–2OTT
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG18:41TOI
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Vaclav Varada reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Washington Capitals · March 28

    • The game
      OTT3–1MTL
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:24TOI
    • April 2003
    • The game
      BOS2–3OTT
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT5–1WSH
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:49TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–1TOR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG16:55TOI
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Vaclav Varada closes the 2002-2003 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    NHL#336
    Games
    55of 82
    67%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#254
    Assists
    10
    NHL#389
    P/GP
    0.35
    NHL#304
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#292
    Events
    100
    career assists
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Ottawa Senators are in the playoffs

    First round

    Ottawa Senators meet New York Islanders

    OTTvsNYI
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      NYI3–0OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:20TOI
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      NYI0–3OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG11:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2NYI
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:57TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      OTT3–1NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG09:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI1–4OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG13:41TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    OTT4–1NYI
    Advance
    5Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    8 days later
    Second round

    Ottawa Senators meet Philadelphia Flyers

    OTTvsPHI
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      PHI2–4OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:42TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      PHI2–0OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:47TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • May 2003
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      OTT0–1PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:13TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorsare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      PHI2–5OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:21TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      OTT5–1PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:28TOI
    Second round

    Ottawa Senators knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    OTT4–2PHI
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Ottawa Senators meet New Jersey Devils

    OTTvsNJD
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      NJD2–3OTT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:24TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD4–1OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:00TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      OTT0–1NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:52TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 4
      OTT2–5NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG13:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      NJD1–3OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:50TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 6
      OTT2–1NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG17:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • Ottawa Senatorsare3–3withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 7
      NJD3–2OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:15TOI
    Conference final

    New Jersey Devils knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

    OTT3–4NJD
    Eliminated
    7Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Vaclav Varada ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 6 points

    Points
    6
    NHL#57
    Games
    18
    Goals
    2
    NHL#57
    Assists
    4
    NHL#51
    P/GP
    0.33
    NHL#72
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#19
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    10
    playoff goals
    NYI4–1→PHI4–2→NJD3–4