2001–02 New York Islanders season

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2001–02 New York Islanders
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference5th Eastern
2001–02 record42–28–8–4
Goals for239
Goals against220
Team information
General managerMike Milbury
CoachPeter Laviolette
CaptainMichael Peca
ArenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance14,548 (89.6%)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexei Yashin (32)
AssistsAlexei Yashin (43)
PointsAlexei Yashin (75)
Penalty minutesEric Cairns (176)
WinsChris Osgood (32)
Goals against averageChris Osgood (2.50)

The 2001–02 New York Islanders season was the 30th season of the professional ice hockey team the New York Islanders. This season saw the Islanders finish in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 42 wins, 28 losses, eight ties and four overtime losses for 96 points. They qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994 as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, but lost their first-round playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.

Off-season[]

Newly acquired forward Michael Peca is named team captain.

Regular season[]

The Islanders scored the most shorthanded goals during the regular season, with 17.[1]

Final standings[]

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 27 10 3 234 192 97
2 5 New York Islanders 82 42 28 8 4 239 220 96
3 6 New Jersey Devils 82 41 28 9 4 205 187 95
4 11 New York Rangers 82 36 38 4 4 227 258 80
5 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 28 41 8 5 198 249 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.

Eastern Conference[2]
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


Schedule and results[]

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

Playoffs[]

Round 1: NY Islanders vs. Toronto

Game 1: NY Islanders 1 Toronto 3

Game 2: NY Islanders 0 Toronto 2

Game 3: Toronto 1 NY Islanders 6

Game 4: Toronto 3 NY Islanders 4

Game 5: NY Islanders 3 Toronto 6

Game 6: Toronto 3 NY Islanders 5

Game 7: NY Islanders 2 Toronto 4

Leafs win series 4–3, advance to semi-finals

Roster[]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
3 Canada Adrian Aucoin D R 29 2001 Ottawa, Ontario
17 United States Shawn Bates LW R 27 2001 Melrose, Massachusetts
55 United States Jason Blake C L 28 2000 Moorhead, Minnesota
33 Canada Eric Cairns D L 27 1998 Oakville, Ontario
18 United States Jim Cummins RW R 32 2001 Dearborn, Michigan
21 Poland Mariusz Czerkawski RW L 30 1997 Radomsko, Poland
14 United States Ted Donato LW L 33 2001 Boston, Massachusetts
41 Canada Ray Giroux D L 25 1999 North Bay, Ontario
7 Canada Kevin Haller D L 31 2000 Trochu, Alberta
4 Czech Republic Roman Hamrlik D L 28 2000 Zlín, Czechoslovakia
15 Canada Brad Isbister LW R 25 1999 Edmonton, Alberta
29 Sweden Kenny Jonsson D L 27 1995 Ängelholm, Sweden
14 Russia Alexander Kharitonov LW R 26 2001 Moscow, Soviet Union
45 Finland Marko Kiprusoff D R 30 2001 Turku, Finland
25 Czech Republic Juraj Kolnik RW R 21 2000 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
25 Russia Evgeny Korolev D L 23 1999 Moscow, Soviet Union
28 Canada Jason Krog C R 26 1999 Fernie, British Columbia
12 Russia Oleg Kvasha LW R 23 2001 Moscow, Soviet Union
13 Canada Claude Lapointe C L 33 1998 Lachine, Quebec
10 Sweden Mats Lindgren LW L 27 1998 Skellefteå, Sweden
24 Czech Republic Radek Martinek D R 25 2001 Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
2 Czech Republic Branislav Mezei D L 21 2000 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
11 United States Kip Miller C L 33 2001 Lansing, Michigan
35 Canada Chris Osgood G L 29 2001 Peace River, Alberta
37 United States Mark Parrish RW R 25 2000 Bloomington, Minnesota
27 Canada Michael Peca (C) C R 28 2001 Toronto, Ontario
56 Canada Jason Podollan RW R 26 2001 Vernon, British Columbia
51 Canada Dave Roche LW L 27 2001 Lindsay, Ontario
38 Canada Dave Scatchard RW R 26 1999 Hinton, Alberta
39 Canada Ray Schultz D L 25 1998 Red Deer, Alberta
30 United States Garth Snow G L 32 2001 Wrentham, Massachusetts
6 Canada Ken Sutton D L 32 2001 Edmonton, Alberta
47 Sweden Dick Tarnstrom D L 27 1994 Sundbyberg, Sweden
16 Canada Raffi Torres LW L 20 2000 Toronto, Ontario
46 Finland Marko Tuomainen RW R 30 2001 Kuopio, Finland
28 Canada Darren Van Impe D L 29 2001 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
20 Canada Steve Webb RW R 27 1998 Peterborough, Ontario
79 Russia Alexei Yashin C R 28 2001 Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union

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Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alexei Yashin C 78 32 43 75 25 -3 15 0 5
Mark Parrish RW 78 30 30 60 32 10 9 1 6
Michael Peca C 80 25 35 60 62 19 3 6 5
Shawn Bates C 71 17 35 52 30 18 1 4 4
Mariusz Czerkawski RW 82 22 29 51 48 -8 6 0 6
Brad Isbister LW 79 17 21 38 113 1 4 0 2
Oleg Kvasha LW/C 71 13 25 38 80 -4 2 0 3
Roman Hamrlik D 70 11 26 37 78 7 4 1 1
Adrian Aucoin D 81 12 22 34 62 23 7 0 1
Kenny Jonsson D 76 10 22 32 26 15 2 1 0
Dave Scatchard C 80 12 15 27 111 -4 3 1 4
Kip Miller C 37 7 17 24 6 2 2 0 1
Claude Lapointe LW/C 80 9 12 21 60 -9 0 3 0
Dick Tarnstrom D 62 3 16 19 38 -12 0 0 0
Jason Blake C 82 8 10 18 36 -11 0 0 1
Mats Lindgren C/LW 59 3 12 15 16 0 0 0 1
Eric Cairns D 74 2 5 7 176 -2 0 0 1
Steve Webb RW 60 2 4 6 104 0 0 0 0
Marko Kiprusoff D 27 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 0
Radek Martinek D 23 1 4 5 16 5 0 0 1
Chris Osgood G 66 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 0
Darren Van Impe D 14 1 2 3 16 6 0 0 0
Juraj Kolnik RW 7 2 0 2 0 -2 1 0 0
Evgeny Korolev D 17 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Branislav Mezei D 24 0 2 2 12 2 0 0 0
Ken Sutton D 21 0 2 2 8 -5 0 0 0
Raffi Torres LW 14 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 0
Jim Cummins RW 10 0 0 0 31 -5 0 0 0
Ted Donato LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Ray Giroux D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Kevin Haller D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Alexander Kharitonov LW 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Jason Krog C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Podollan RW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Roche LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Schultz D 2 0 0 0 5 -1 0 0 0
Garth Snow G 25 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Marko Tuomainen RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Chris Osgood 3743 66 32 25 6 156 2.50 4 1727 1571 .910
Garth Snow 1217 25 10 7 2 55 2.71 2 549 494 .900
Team: 4960 82 42 32 8 211 2.55 6 2276 2065 .907

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alexei Yashin C 7 3 4 7 2 -2 1 0 0
Adrian Aucoin D 7 2 5 7 4 -1 2 0 0
Roman Hamrlik D 7 1 6 7 6 -6 0 0 0
Kip Miller C 7 4 2 6 2 -2 2 0 1
Shawn Bates C 7 2 4 6 11 -5 1 0 1
Mariusz Czerkawski RW 7 2 2 4 4 -3 1 0 0
Darren Van Impe D 7 0 4 4 8 -5 0 0 0
Mark Parrish RW 7 2 1 3 6 -6 2 0 0
Kenny Jonsson D 5 1 2 3 4 -2 1 0 0
Trent Hunter RW 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
Brad Isbister LW 3 1 1 2 17 0 1 0 1
Dave Scatchard C 7 1 1 2 22 -2 0 0 0
Michael Peca C 5 1 0 1 2 -5 0 0 0
Jason Blake C 7 0 1 1 13 -2 0 0 0
Oleg Kvasha LW/C 7 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0
Eric Cairns D 7 0 0 0 15 -2 0 0 0
Jim Cummins RW 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Evgeny Korolev D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Claude Lapointe LW/C 7 0 0 0 14 -2 0 0 0
Chris Osgood G 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Ray Schultz D 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Garth Snow G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Tarnstrom D 5 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve Webb RW 7 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Chris Osgood 392 7 3 4 17 2.60 0 193 176 .912
Garth Snow 26 1 0 0 2 4.62 0 19 17 .895
Team: 418 7 3 4 19 2.73 0 212 193 .910

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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[]

New York'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)
4 101 Cory Stillman  Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5 132 Dusan Salficky  Czech Republic HC Plzeň (Czech Republic)
6 166 Andy Chiodo  Canada Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7 197 Jan Holub  Czech Republic HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic)
8 228 Mike Bray  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9 260 Brian Perez  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9 280 Roman Kuhtinov  Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
9 287 Juha-Pekka Ketola  Finland Lukko (Finland)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2001-02 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-05.
  4. ^ "2001-02 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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