2001-02 NHL season

The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Thirty teams each played 82 games. The season lasted from October 3, 2001 to June 13, 2002.

The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

League Business[]

The cash-strapped Pittsburgh Penguins, desperate to dump payroll, could no longer afford perennial superstar Jaromir Jagr.

He would be traded (along with Frantisek Kucera) to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Kris Beech, Ross Lupaschuk, Michal Sivek and $4.9 million.

Despite Mario Lemieux's return last season, the absence of Jagr proved devastating to the Penguins and they missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years. They would continue to miss the playoffs until the Sidney Crosby era began.

The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.

The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, a ribbon sticker on the back of their helmet as well as a red, white and blue ribbon painted on the ice behind each net (with the Canadian teams having a red and white ribbon painted on the ice behind either net).

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a pre-season game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers with both teams tied up 2–2, nine days after the attacks, the game was stopped.

A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and was declared a 2–2 tie.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference[]

Northeast Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
Toronto Maple Leafs	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
Ottawa Senators	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
Montreal Canadiens	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
Buffalo Sabres	35	35	11	1	213	200	82

Atlantic Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
New York Islanders	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
New Jersey Devils	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
New York Rangers	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
Pittsburgh Penguins	28	41	8	5	198	249	69

Southeast Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Carolina Hurricanes	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
Washington Capitals	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
Tampa Bay Lightning	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
Florida Panthers	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
Atlanta Thrashers	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Western Conference[]

Central Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
St. Louis Blues	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
Chicago Blackhawks	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
Nashville Predators	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
Columbus Blue Jackets	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Pacific Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
San Jose Sharks	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
Phoenix Coyotes	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
Los Angeles Kings	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
Dallas Stars	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

Northwest Division	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Colorado Avalanche	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
Vancouver Canucks	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
Edmonton Oilers	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
Calgary Flames	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
Minnesota Wild	26	35	12	9	195	238	73

Scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
Jarome Iginla	Calgary	82	52	44	96
Markus Näslund	Vancouver	81	40	50	90
Todd Bertuzzi	Vancouver	72	36	49	85
Mats Sundin	Toronto	82	41	39	80
Jaromir Jagr	Washington	69	31	48	79
Joe Sakic	Colorado	82	26	53	79
Pavol Demitra	St. Louis	82	35	43	78
Adam Oates	Washington/ Philadelphia	80	14	64	78
Mike Modano	Dallas	78	34	43	77
Ron Francis	Carolina	80	27	50	77

Stanley Cup playoffs[]

Main article: 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Playoff bracket[]

Template:NHLBracket

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The Stanley Cup

Note: All dates in 2002.

Finals[]

Main article: 2002 Stanley Cup Finals

NHL Awards[]

The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.

Presidents' Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Carolina Hurricanes
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Michael Peca, New York Islanders
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams Award:	Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	José Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche

All-Star teams[]

First Team	Position	Second Team
Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche	G	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings	D	Rob Blake, Colorado Avalanche
Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings	D	Sergei Gonchar, Washington Capitals
Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche	C	Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames	RW	Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins
Markus Naslund, Vancouver Canucks	LW	Brendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings

Debuts[]

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001-02 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

Ilya Bryzgalov, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
Ales Kotalik, Buffalo Sabres
Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo Sabres
Erik Cole, Carolina Hurricanes
Tyler Arnason, Chicago Blackhawks
Radim Vrbata, Colorado Avalanche
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Sean Avery, Detroit Red Wings
Kristian Huselius, Florida Panthers
Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
Nick Schultz, Minnesota Wild
Martin Erat, Nashville Predators
Brian Gionta, New Jersey Devils
Raffi Torres, New York Islanders
Trent Hunter*, New York Islanders
Chris Neil, Ottawa Senators
Vesa Toskala, San Jose Sharks
Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
Alex Auld, Vancouver Canucks

Last games[]

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001-02 (listed with their last team):

Jeff Norton, Boston Bruins
Bob Essensa, Buffalo Sabres
Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
Bob Probert, Chicago Blackhawks
John MacLean, Dallas Stars
Pat Verbeek, Dallas Stars
Dave Manson, Dallas Stars
Steve Duchesne, Detroit Red Wings
John Vanbiesbrouck, New Jersey Devils
Valeri Kamensky, New Jersey Devils
Stephane Richer, New Jersey Devils
Kevin Stevens, Philadelphia Flyers
Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
Gary Suter, San Jose Sharks
Ray Ferraro, St. Louis Blues
Grant Ledyard, Tampa Bay Lightning
Dmitri Khristich, Washington Capitals
Benoit Hogue, Washington Capitals

Trading Deadline[]

March 19, 2002: Anaheim traded C Dave Roche to NY Islanders for RW Ben Guite and the rights to RW Bjorn Melin.
March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded D Jiri Slegr to Detroit for C Yuri Butsayev and Detroit’s third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded LW Darcy Hordichuk and Atlanta’s fourth and fifth-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and Phoenix’s fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded C Bob Corkum to Buffalo for Buffalo’s fifth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Boston traded LW Greg Crozier to Minnesota for LW Darryl Laplante.
March 19, 2002: Boston traded D Bobby Allen to Edmonton for D Sean Brown.
March 19, 2002: Chicago traded D Jaroslav Spacek and Chicago’s second round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Columbus for D Lyle Odelein.
March 19, 2002: Columbus traded RW Blake Sloan to Calgary for D Jamie Allison.
March 19, 2002: Colorado Avalanche obtain D Darius Kasparaitis from Pittsburgh for D Rick Berry and LW Ville Nieminen.
March 19, 2002: New Jersey Devils obtain Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner from the Dallas Stars for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay]] and 2002 first round draft pick (Daniel Paille, later traded).
March 19, 2002: Edmonton Oilers traded D Tom Poti and C Rem Murray to the New York Rangers for C Mike York and the Rangers' fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft (Ivan Koltsov).
March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Darren Van Impe to NY Islanders for the Islanders' fifth-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Jeff Norton to Boston for Boston’s sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Los Angeles traded G Stephane Fiset to Montreal for future considerations.
March 19, 2002: Nashville traded D Richard Lintner to the New York Rangers for D Peter Smrek.
March 19, 2002: Pittsburgh traded RW Stephane Richer to New Jersey for a conditional pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
March 19, 2002: Washington Capitals traded C Adam Oates to Philadelphia Flyers for G Maxime Ouellet and Philadelphia's first, second and third-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft (Martin Vagner, Maxime Daigneault and Derek Krestanovich).
March 18, 2002: Florida Panthers traded Pavel Bure and 2002 second round draft pick (Lee Falardeau) to the New York Rangers for Igor Ulanov, rights to Filip Novak and 2002 first and second round draft picks (Petr Taticek and Rob Globke).