2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season

2001–02 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
2001–02 record	40–27–11–4
Goals for	214
Goals against	190
Team information
General manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
Alternate captains	Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski Ian Laperriere Kelly Buchberger
Arena	Staples Center
Team leaders
Goals	Zigmund Palffy (32)
Assists	Jason Allison (55)
Points	Jason Allison (74)
Penalty minutes	Ian Laperriere (125)
Plus/minus	Craig Johnson (+14) Aaron Miller (+14)
Wins	Felix Potvin (31)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (1.90)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the National Hockey League.

Offseason[]

NHL draft[]

Los Angeles'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	18	Jens Karlsson	Sweden	Frolunda HC (Sweden)
1	30	Dave Steckel	United States	Ohio State University (NCAA)
2	49	Michael Cammalleri	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	51	Jaroslav Bednar	Czech Republic	HIFK (Finland)
3	83		Finland	Karpat (Finland)
4	116	Richard Petiot	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
5	152	Terry Denike	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
5	153	Tuukka Mantyla	Finland	Tappara (Finland)
7	214	Cristobal Huet	France	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
8	237	Mike Gabinet	Canada	University of Nebraska at Omaha (NCAA)
9	277	Sebastien Laplante	Canada	Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL)

Regular season[]

The Kings tied the Red Wings for most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 73, and had the best power-play percentage, at 20.68%.^[1]

All-Star game[]

The 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on February 2, 2002, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The final score was World 8, North America 5.

Season standings[]

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

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.

Western Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results[]

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

Playoffs[]

In a rematch of the previous playoff season, Colorado defeated the Kings in the first round in seven games.

Round 1: Los Angeles vs. Colorado[]

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		3–4		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20		Second period			04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25		Third period			01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 14:26 – Greg de Vries (1)
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		3–5		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23 Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13		First period			07:01 – Joe Sakic (2) 15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3)
Jason Allison (1) – 08:43		Second period			11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1) 16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2)
No scoring		Third period			08:45 – Chris Drury (1)
Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

April 22	Colorado Avalanche		1–3		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01		First period			00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3)
No scoring		Second period			00:43 – Jason Allison (2) 08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots

April 23	Colorado Avalanche		1–0		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots

April 25	Los Angeles Kings		1–0	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots

April 27	Colorado Avalanche		1–3		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:21 – Jason Allison (3) 06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1)
Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37		Second period			06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats			Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots

April 29	Los Angeles Kings		0–4		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:08 – Chris Drury (2) 06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2) 17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4)
No scoring		Third period			16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1)
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots

Colorado won series 4–3

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Jason Allison C 73 19 55 74 68 2 5 0 2 Adam Deadmarsh RW 76 29 33 62 71 8 12 0 5 Zigmund Palffy RW 63 32 27 59 26 5 15 1 6 Jaroslav Modry D 80 4 38 42 65 -4 4 0 0 Bryan Smolinski C 80 13 25 38 56 7 4 1 0 Steve Heinze RW 73 15 16 31 46 -15 8 0 4 Philippe Boucher D 80 7 23 30 94 0 4 0 2 Mathieu Schneider D 55 7 23 30 68 3 4 0 0 Craig Johnson LW 72 13 14 27 24 14 4 1 3 Eric Belanger C 53 8 16 24 21 2 2 1 1 Ian Laperriere RW 81 8 14 22 125 5 0 0 3 Lubomir Visnovsky D 72 4 17 21 14 -5 1 0 2 Mikko Eloranta LW 71 9 9 18 54 0 1 0 2 Aaron Miller D 74 5 12 17 54 14 0 1 3 Brad Chartrand C 46 7 9 16 40 5 0 0 1 Kelly Buchberger RW 74 6 7 13 105 -13 0 0 1 Glen Murray RW 9 6 5 11 0 5 4 0 2 Mattias Norstrom D 79 2 9 11 38 -2 0 0 0 Nelson Emerson RW 41 5 2 7 25 -8 0 0 1 Randy Robitaille C 18 4 3 7 17 -9 2 0 0 Jaroslav Bednar RW 22 4 2 6 8 -4 1 0 2 Andreas Lilja D 26 1 4 5 22 3 1 0 0 Cliff Ronning C 14 1 4 5 8 0 1 0 0 Jozef Stumpel C 9 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 Ken Belanger LW 43 2 0 2 85 -5 0 0 0 Adam Mair C 18 1 1 2 57 1 0 0 0 Rob Valicevic RW 17 1 1 2 8 -4 0 0 0 Jere Karalahti D 30 0 1 1 29 -5 0 0 0 Steve Kelly C 8 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Felix Potvin G 71 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 Kip Brennan LW 4 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 Ted Donato LW 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Ryan Flinn LW 10 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 Jason Holland D 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Jamie Storr G 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Felix Potvin 4071 71 31 27 8 157 2.31 6 1686 1529 .907 Jamie Storr 886 19 9 4 3 28 1.90 2 360 332 .922 Team: 4957 82 40 31 11 185 2.24 8 2046 1861 .910

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Zigmund Palffy RW 7 4 5 9 0 4 0 0 0 Jason Allison C 7 3 3 6 4 2 0 0 1 Adam Deadmarsh RW 4 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 Craig Johnson LW 7 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 1 Bryan Smolinski C 7 2 0 2 2 -1 1 0 0 Brad Chartrand C 7 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 Mikko Eloranta LW 7 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Jaroslav Modry D 7 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Philippe Boucher D 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 Nelson Emerson RW 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 Ian Laperriere RW 7 0 1 1 9 -5 0 0 0 Cliff Ronning C 4 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Mathieu Schneider D 7 0 1 1 18 -8 0 0 0 Lubomir Visnovsky D 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jaroslav Bednar RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Belanger C 7 0 0 0 4 -5 0 0 0 Kelly Buchberger RW 7 0 0 0 7 -3 0 0 0 Steve Heinze RW 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Steve Kelly C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andreas Lilja D 5 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Aaron Miller D 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Mattias Norstrom D 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Felix Potvin G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Storr G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Felix Potvin 417 7 3 4 15 2.16 1 201 186 .925 Jamie Storr 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Team: 418 7 3 4 15 2.15 1 201 186 .925

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Transactions[]

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season. ^[4]

Trades[]

June 24, 2001	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round pick in 2001 -	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th round pick in 2001 - 6th round pick in 2001 -
October 24, 2001	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Allison Mikko Eloranta	To Boston Bruins Glen Murray Jozef Stümpel
December 18, 2001	To Los Angeles Kings Rich Brennan	To Nashville Predators Brett Hauer
March 16, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings Cliff Ronning	To Nashville Predators Jere Karalahti 4th round pick in 2003 - Teemu Lassila
March 19, 2002	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Stéphane Fiset

Free agent signings[]

July 2, 2001	From Edmonton Oilers Brett Hauer
July 2, 2001	From Boston Bruins Ken Belanger (1 year, $393,500)
July 3, 2001	From Buffalo Sabres Steve Heinze (3 years, $6 million)
July 6, 2001	From Nashville Predators Randy Robitaille
August 16, 2001	From Nashville Predators Rob Valicevic (1 year, $500,000)
August 23, 2001	From Buffalo Sabres Jason Holland
September 25, 2001	From St. Louis Blues Derek Bekar

Free agents lost[]

July 2, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings Luc Robitaille (2 years, $9.5 million)
July 2, 2001	To Nashville Predators Stu Grimson (2 years, $1.45 million)
July 18, 2001	To New York Islanders Marko Tuomainen
August 8, 2001	To Nashville Predators Rich Brennan (1 year, $400,000)
September 29, 2001	To Sheffield Steelers (BISL) Peter Leboutillier

Waivers[]

January 3, 2002	To Pittsburgh Penguins Randy Robitaille
January 28, 2002	From New York Islanders Ted Donato
March 6, 2002	To Boston Bruins Ted Donato
March 19, 2002	From Boston Bruins Ted Donato

References[]

• Kings on Hockey Database