2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division3rd Southeast
Conference13th Eastern
2001–02 record27–40–11–4
Goals for178
Goals against219
Team information
General managerJay Feaster
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainVacant
ArenaIce Palace
Team leaders
GoalsDave Andreychuk (21)
AssistsBrad Richards (42)
PointsBrad Richards (62)
Penalty minutesDave Andreychuk (109)
WinsNikolai Khabibulin (24)
Goals against averageNikolai Khabibulin (2.36)

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

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[]

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  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  Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9 261 Vitali Smolyaninov  Kazakhstan Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9 281 Ilya Solaryov  Kazakhstan Molot-Prikamye Perm (Russia)
9 289  Sweden Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

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.

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