2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2001–02 record	27–40–11–4
Goals for	178
Goals against	219
Team information
General Manager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Vacant
Arena	Ice Palace
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Andreychuk (21)
Assists	Brad Richards (42)
Points	Brad Richards (62)
Penalty minutes	Dave Andreychuk (109)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (24)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (2.36)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 2001	2–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 2001	0–5	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	0–2–0–0
3	L	October 11, 2001	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	0–3–0–0
4	W	October 13, 2001	1–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	1–3–0–0
5	W	October 14, 2001	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	2–3–0–0
6	L	October 16, 2001	1–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	2–4–0–0
7	W	October 20, 2001	5–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	3–4–0–0
8	T	October 23, 2001	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	3–4–1–0
9	W	October 25, 2001	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	4–4–1–0
10	L	October 27, 2001	3–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	4–5–1–0
11	L	October 30, 2001	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	4–6–1–0
12	L	November 2, 2001	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	4–7–1–0
13	OTL	November 3, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	4–7–1–1
14	L	November 6, 2001	0–3	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	4–8–1–1
15	L	November 8, 2001	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	4–9–1–1
16	W	November 10, 2001	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	5–9–1–1
17	L	November 15, 2001	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	5–10–1–1
18	W	November 17, 2001	2–0	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	6–10–1–1
19	W	November 20, 2001	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	7–10–1–1
20	L	November 21, 2001	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	7–11–1–1
21	W	November 23, 2001	2–0	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	8–11–1–1
22	W	November 25, 2001	4–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	9–11–1–1
23	L	November 27, 2001	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	9–12–1–1
24	W	November 29, 2001	5–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	10–12–1–1
25	L	December 1, 2001	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	10–13–1–1
26	L	December 2, 2001	0–1	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	10–14–1–1
27	T	December 4, 2001	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	10–14–2–1
28	W	December 6, 2001	1–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	11–14–2–1
29	L	December 8, 2001	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	11–15–2–1
30	T	December 10, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	11–15–3–1
31	W	December 12, 2001	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	12–15–3–1
32	L	December 14, 2001	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	12–16–3–1
33	W	December 17, 2001	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	13–16–3–1
34	W	December 21, 2001	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	14–16–3–1
35	W	December 26, 2001	1–0	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	15–16–3–1
36	L	December 27, 2001	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	15–17–3–1
37	OTL	December 29, 2001	4–5 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	15–17–3–2
38	L	December 31, 2001	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	15–18–3–2
39	L	January 2, 2002	0–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	15–19–3–2
40	L	January 4, 2002	0–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	15–20–3–2
41	W	January 6, 2002	3–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	16–20–3–2
42	L	January 8, 2002	1–2	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	16–21–3–2
43	L	January 12, 2002	1–2	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	16–22–3–2
44	T	January 13, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	16–22–4–2
45	W	January 15, 2002	5–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	17–22–4–2
46	T	January 18, 2002	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	17–22–5–2
47	L	January 19, 2002	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	17–23–5–2
48	W	January 21, 2002	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	18–23–5–2
49	L	January 23, 2002	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	18–24–5–2
50	L	January 25, 2002	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	18–25–5–2
51	L	January 26, 2002	2–6	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	18–26–5–2
52	W	January 28, 2002	1–0	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	19–26–5–2
53	L	January 30, 2002	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	19–27–5–2
54	T	February 4, 2002	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	19–27–6–2
55	W	February 6, 2002	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	20–27–6–2
56	L	February 7, 2002	1–3	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	20–28–6–2
57	L	February 9, 2002	2–4	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	20–29–6–2
58	L	February 11, 2002	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	20–30–6–2
59	OTL	February 26, 2002	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	20–30–6–3
60	W	March 1, 2002	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	21–30–6–3
61	W	March 2, 2002	3–2	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	22–30–6–3
62	L	March 6, 2002	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	22–31–6–3
63	L	March 8, 2002	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	22–32–6–3
64	W	March 10, 2002	5–1	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	23–32–6–3
65	T	March 12, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	23–32–7–3
66	W	March 14, 2002	3–2	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	24–32–7–3
67	T	March 17, 2002	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	24–32–8–3
68	T	March 18, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	24–32–9–3
69	W	March 20, 2002	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	25–32–9–3
70	T	March 22, 2002	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	25–32–10–3
71	OTL	March 24, 2002	3–4 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	25–32–10–4
72	L	March 26, 2002	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	25–33–10–4
73	L	March 28, 2002	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	25–34–10–4
74	L	March 30, 2002	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	25–35–10–4
75	L	April 1, 2002	4–6	New York Rangers (2001–02)	25–36–10–4
76	L	April 3, 2002	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	25–37–10–4
77	W	April 4, 2002	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	26–37–10–4
78	L	April 7, 2002	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	26–38–10–4
79	T	April 9, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	26–38–11–4
80	L	April 10, 2002	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	26–39–11–4
81	L	April 12, 2002	1–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	26–40–11–4
82	W	April 14, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	27–40–11–4

Playoffs

The Lightning failed to make it to the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Brad Richards C 82 20 42 62 13 -18 5 0 0 Vaclav Prospal C 81 18 37 55 38 -11 7 0 2 Dave Andreychuk LW 82 21 17 38 109 -12 9 1 5 Vincent Lecavalier C 76 20 17 37 61 -18 5 0 3 Martin St. Louis RW 53 16 19 35 20 4 6 1 2 Ben Clymer RW 81 14 20 34 36 -10 4 0 2 Pavel Kubina D 82 11 23 34 106 -22 5 2 3 Fredrik Modin LW 54 14 17 31 27 0 2 0 4 Dan Boyle D 41 5 15 20 27 -15 2 0 1 Jimmie Olvestad LW 74 3 11 14 24 3 0 0 0 Sheldon Keefe RW 39 6 7 13 16 -11 0 0 1 Jassen Cullimore D 78 4 9 13 58 -1 0 0 1 Juha Ylonen C 65 3 10 13 8 -10 0 0 0 Zdeno Ciger LW 27 6 6 12 10 -12 0 0 2 Cory Sarich D 72 0 11 11 105 -4 0 0 0 Nikita Alexeev RW 44 4 4 8 8 -9 1 0 1 Tim Taylor C 48 4 4 8 25 -2 0 1 0 Stan Neckar D 77 1 7 8 24 -18 0 1 0 Shane Willis RW 21 4 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 Martin Cibak C 26 1 5 6 8 -6 0 0 0 Grant Ledyard D 53 1 3 4 12 -5 0 0 0 Chris Dingman LW 14 0 4 4 26 -8 0 0 0 Brian Holzinger C 23 1 2 3 4 -4 0 0 0 Nolan Pratt D 46 0 3 3 51 -4 0 0 0 Andre Roy RW 9 1 1 2 63 -5 0 0 0 Gordie Dwyer LW 26 0 2 2 60 -4 0 0 0 Nikolai Khabibulin G 70 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Andrei Zyuzin D 9 0 2 2 6 -6 0 0 0 Dmitry Afanasenkov LW 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Matthew Barnaby RW 29 0 0 0 70 -7 0 0 0 Mathieu Biron D 36 0 0 0 12 -16 0 0 0 Josef Boumedienne D 3 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Sascha Goc D 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dieter Kochan G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kristian Kudroc D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Glen Metropolit C 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Gaetan Royer RW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Ryan Tobler LW 4 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0 Kevin Weekes G 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nikolai Khabibulin 3896 70 24 32 10 153 2.36 7 1914 1761 .920 Kevin Weekes 830 19 3 9 0 40 2.89 2 470 430 .915 Dieter Kochan 237 5 0 3 1 16 4.05 0 129 113 .876 Team: 4963 82 27 44 11 209 2.53 9 2513 2304 .917

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Alexander Svitov	Russia	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
2	47	Alexander Polushin	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
2	61	Andreas Holmqvist	Sweden	Hammarby IF (Sweden)
3	94	Evgeny Artyukhin	Russia	HC Podolsk (Russia)
4	123	Aaron Lobb	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
5	138	Paul Lynch	United States	Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)
6	188	Art Femenella	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	219	Dennis Packard	United States	Harvard University (NCAA)
7	222	Jeremy Van Hoof	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8	252	Jean-Francois Soucy	Canada	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
8	259	Dmitri Bezrukov	Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9	261	Vitali Smolyaninov	Kazakhstan	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9	281	Ilya Solaryov	Kazakhstan	Molot-Prikamye Perm (Russia)
9	289	Henrik Bergfors	Sweden	Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden)

Farm teams

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
2. "2001-02 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

• "2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links