The Carolina Hurricanes had the fewest goals by a team in 2002-03, with 171 scored.

	TEAM	G	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Hurricanes	171	2002-03	82	22	43	11	6	61	.372	240	-69	13.8	81.9	29.44	7.1	28.44	.897
2	Panthers	176	2002-03	82	24	36	13	9	70	.427	237	-61	14.1	81.5	27.18	7.9	33.23	.913
3	Predators	183	2002-03	82	27	35	13	7	74	.451	206	-23	13.9	82.7	28.24	7.9	27.46	.909
4	Flames	186	2002-03	82	29	36	13	4	75	.457	228	-42	12.1	83.3	28.55	7.9	27.10	.897
5	Penguins	189	2002-03	82	27	44	6	5	65	.396	255	-66	18.3	83.5	25.35	9.1	30.91	.899
6	Sabres	190	2002-03	82	27	37	10	8	72	.439	219	-29	14.4	85.4	28.60	8.1	28.01	.905
7	Wild	198	2002-03	82	42	29	10	1	95	.579	178	20	14.2	86.0	25.44	9.5	28.48	.924
8	Kings	203	2002-03	82	33	37	6	6	78	.476	221	-18	14.6	83.3	27.71	8.9	26.11	.897
9	Mighty Ducks	203	2002-03	82	40	27	9	6	95	.579	193	10	16.1	87.4	27.39	9.0	28.99	.919
10	Coyotes	204	2002-03	82	31	35	11	5	78	.476	230	-26	14.3	81.3	28.01	8.9	29.98	.906
11	Canadiens	206	2002-03	82	30	35	8	9	77	.470	234	-28	14.0	81.7	25.84	9.7	32.66	.913
12	Blackhawks	207	2002-03	82	30	33	13	6	79	.482	226	-19	12.7	84.8	27.79	9.1	28.60	.904
13	Rangers	210	2002-03	82	32	36	10	4	78	.476	231	-21	16.2	81.2	30.06	8.5	29.59	.905
14	Flyers	211	2002-03	82	45	20	13	4	107	.652	166	45	14.3	85.2	30.94	8.3	24.62	.918
15	Blue Jackets	213	2002-03	82	29	42	8	3	69	.421	263	-50	17.3	85.3	26.13	9.9	32.21	.900
16	Sharks	214	2002-03	82	28	37	9	8	73	.445	239	-25	18.1	81.0	28.09	9.3	29.17	.900
17	Devils	216	2002-03	82	46	20	10	6	108	.659	166	50	11.9	87.9	31.72	8.3	23.57	.914
18	Lightning	219	2002-03	82	36	25	16	5	93	.567	210	9	17.9	82.6	29.21	9.1	28.02	.909
19	Islanders	224	2002-03	82	35	34	11	2	83	.506	231	-7	15.1	83.5	29.60	9.2	28.27	.900
20	Capitals	224	2002-03	82	39	29	8	6	92	.561	220	4	17.2	81.3	27.11	10.1	29.93	.910
21	Thrashers	226	2002-03	82	31	39	7	5	74	.451	284	-58	17.3	81.7	26.38	10.4	31.62	.890
22	Oilers	231	2002-03	82	36	26	11	9	92	.561	230	1	14.5	82.6	27.96	10.1	27.41	.898
23	Maple Leafs	236	2002-03	82	44	28	7	3	98	.598	208	28	17.5	86.9	26.26	11.0	29.55	.914
24	Bruins	245	2002-03	82	36	31	11	4	87	.530	237	8	18.2	82.7	32.15	9.3	28.32	.898
25	Stars	245	2002-03	82	46	17	15	4	111	.677	169	76	19.0	85.5	30.07	9.9	25.28	.918