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Zdeno Chara's 2002-2003 season

Points
39
NHL#154
Goals
9
NHL#254
Assists
30
NHL#102
Plus/minus
+29
NHL#10
Games
74
90%
90% of 82

Defenceman Zdeno Chara was 25 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Ottawa Senators. He played 74 of a possible 82 games and scored 9 goals and 30 assists for 39 points, 0.53 points per game. In the playoffs he played 18 games for 7 points.

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

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Zdeno Chara plays the 2002-2003 season for Ottawa Senators

    OTTOttawa Senators

    Zdeno was 25 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD2–1OTT
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:23TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–1TOR
      W
      game 2/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP26:43TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHX1–2OTT
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:14TOI
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    • The game
      CAR1–4OTT
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG24:23TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT2–2BOS
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:13TOI
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    • The game
      OTT3–5MTL
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:39TOI
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    • The game
      OTT1–2PHI
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:49TOI
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    • The game
      PIT4–1OTT
      L
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:51TOI
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    • November 2002
    • The game
      DET2–5OTT
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP22:38TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT5–2COL
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG23:13TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      LAK3–2OTT
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG23:30TOI
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    • The game
      OTT1–7BOS
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP24:31TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT5–3NYI
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG2PPP30:15TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      FLA2–3OTT
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG29:01TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF1–4OTT
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG26:30TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT4–4CAR
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG32:28TOI
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    • The game
      MTL2–3OTT
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG26:36TOI
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    • The game
      CBJ2–5OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:26TOI
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    • The game
      TOR0–2OTT
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG24:06TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–2NYI
      game 20/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG24:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–2WSH
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG26:23TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#166
      2
      goals
      NHL#267
      9
      assists
      NHL#100
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#25
      OTT
      12-6-0W-L-OT27Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–4OTT
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG26:29TOI
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    • December 2002
    • The game
      OTT0–1CHI
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG23:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–2STL
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:29TOI
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    • The game
      CAR2–5OTT
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP23:58TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT4–2BUF
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:36TOI
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    • The game
      OTT5–2BOS
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP22:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–4OTT
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP27:37TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2OTT
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP26:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0NJD
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:58TOI
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    • The game
      SJS3–9OTT
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:12TOI
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    • The game
      OTT3–1PHI
      W
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:20TOI
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    • The game
      PHI2–2OTT
      game 33/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP24:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–2BUF
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3OTT
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG24:06TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–3NSH
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:21TOI
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    • The game
      OTT6–3TBL
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:56TOI
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    • The game
      ATL1–8OTT
      W
      game 38/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG21:25TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–1OTT
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG25:51TOI
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    • The game
      OTT5–2NYR
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP20:42TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–6VAN
      L
      game 41/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:42TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      21
      points
      NHL#143
      3
      goals
      NHL#316
      18
      assists
      NHL#65
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#20
      OTT
      25-10-1W-L-OT56Points
      1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OTT1–0CGY
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG26:55TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–0EDM
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP24:11TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–7OTT
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG21:40TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–3OTT
      W
      game 45/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP26:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5OTT
      W
      game 46/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–6TBL
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–1FLA
      W
      game 48/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG28:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–3ATL
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–4OTT
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–5DAL
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:21TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–3ANA
      L
      game 52/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG27:45TOI
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    • The game
      OTT0–3LAK
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG24:01TOI
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    • February 2003
    • The game
      OTT5–3NYR
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG29:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2OTT
      game 55/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP28:30TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL1–3OTT
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP26:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0PIT
      W
      game 57/825
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG25:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM0–2OTT
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–2TOR
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP26:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      28
      points
      NHL#159
      6
      goals
      NHL#266
      22
      assists
      NHL#103
      +20
      +/-
      NHL#5
      OTT
      38-16-1W-L-OT84Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • March 2003
    • The game
      OTT5–1PIT
      W
      game 68/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP24:58TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4OTT
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG24:50TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–4OTT
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:35TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3OTT
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG23:02TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2OTT
      L
      game 72/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–6DET
      L
      game 73/825
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG18:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–5CAR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG28:22TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT5–1ATL
      W
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–1FLA
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–2OTT
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP26:39TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2OTT
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–1MTL
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG22:10TOI
      View the game
    • April 2003
    • The game
      BOS2–3OTT
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT5–1WSH
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–1TOR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG23:10TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Zdeno Chara closes the 2002-2003 season with 39 points

    OTTOttawa Senators
    Points
    39
    NHL#154
    Games
    74of 82
    90%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#254
    Assists
    30
    NHL#102
    P/GP
    0.53
    NHL#169
    +/-
    +29
    NHL#10
    Events
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals
    2×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    4×
    Third star
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 9 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
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI3–0OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG24:50TOI
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    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      NYI0–3OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:56TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2NYI
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP35:08TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      OTT3–1NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG24:36TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI1–4OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:43TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    OTT4–1NYI
    Advance
    5Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    8 days later
    Second round

    Ottawa Senators meet Philadelphia Flyers

    OTTvsPHI
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PHI2–4OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG27:58TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      PHI2–0OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:23TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP25:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • May 2003
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      OTT0–1PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:46TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorsare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      PHI2–5OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:36TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      OTT5–1PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG23:16TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Ottawa Senators knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    OTT4–2PHI
    Advance
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Ottawa Senators meet New Jersey Devils

    OTTvsNJD
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NJD2–3OTT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:53TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD4–1OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG23:58TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      OTT0–1NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:14TOI
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 4
      OTT2–5NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:38TOI
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      NJD1–3OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP26:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 6
      OTT2–1NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG27:44TOI
      View the game
    • Ottawa Senatorsare3–3withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 7
      NJD3–2OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:58TOI
      View the game
    Conference final

    New Jersey Devils knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

    OTT3–4NJD
    Eliminated
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Zdeno Chara ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 7 points

    OTTOttawa Senators
    Points
    7
    NHL#48
    Games
    18
    Goals
    1
    NHL#97
    Assists
    6
    NHL#24
    P/GP
    0.39
    NHL#59
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#29
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    1
    First playoff goal
    1×
    Third star
    2 points
    best game
    NYI4–1→PHI4–2→NJD3–4