# 2001–02 Ottawa Senators season

The 2001–02 Ottawa Senators season was the tenth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators place third in the Northeast Division, with 94 points. In the playoffs, they upset the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, limiting the Flyers' high-powered offence to just two goals for the franchise's second playoff series win. This led to a second round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in which the Sens lost in a tense seven-game affair.

## Off-season

Prior to the season, former captain Alexei Yashin was traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and the Islanders' first-round draft pick (second overall), which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. Chara and Muckalt would play for the Senators, while Spezza returned to junior.

## Regular season

On November 13, 2001, the Senators defeated the Washington Capitals on the road by a score of 11–5. Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored a hat-trick in the game. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1. It was also the first time in modern franchise history that the Senators had scored ten goals in a regular-season game.

### Final standings

Northeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 236 | 201 | 101 |
| 2 | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 249 | 207 | 100 |
| 3 | 7 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 243 | 208 | 94 |
| 4 | 8 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 |
| 5 | 10 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 200 | 82 |
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 :
| 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 |
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| 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

## Playoffs

In the first round, Ottawa was matched against the Philadelphia Flyers, who were favoured. After the Flyers won the first game, the Senators won the next four. Patrick Lalime would record three consecutive shutouts in games two through four. The Senators won the series by winning the fifth game in overtime, in Philadelphia.
The Senators would go against the Toronto Maple Leafs for the third consecutive season in the playoffs. The teams would take turns winning games and the series would go seven games, with the deciding game won in Toronto by the Maple Leafs.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2001–02 regular season :
October: 6–6–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 5–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1WOctober 3, 20015–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)1–0–0–019,173Recap
2LOctober 4, 20014–6Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)1–1–0–018,500Recap
3LOctober 6, 20012–3@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)1–2–0–016,590Recap
4WOctober 9, 20016–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)2–2–0–010,052Recap
5WOctober 10, 20012–0@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)3–2–0–014,651Recap
6TOctober 13, 20012–2 OTNew York Rangers (2001–02)3–2–1–017,103Recap
7LOctober 16, 20012–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)3–3–1–014,907Recap
8LOctober 18, 20010–3Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)3–4–1–015,521Recap
9LOctober 20, 20012–3@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)3–5–1–015,124Recap
10LOctober 23, 20011–2New Jersey Devils (2001–02)3–6–1–015,107Recap
11WOctober 25, 20017–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)4–6–1–019,534Recap
12WOctober 27, 20014–1St. Louis Blues (2001–02)5–6–1–016,119Recap
13WOctober 30, 20016–3@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)6–6–1–011,548Recap :
November: 6–2–2–0 (home: 5–1–2–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
14WNovember 3, 20013–0Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)7–6–1–015,942Recap
15WNovember 8, 20011–0Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)8–6–1–017,752Recap
16WNovember 10, 20013–2Nashville Predators (2001–02)9–6–1–016,895Recap
17WNovember 13, 200111–5@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)10–6–1–015,023Recap
18TNovember 15, 20011–1 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2001–02)10–6–2–014,117Recap
19WNovember 17, 20012–1 OTToronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)11–6–2–018,500Recap
20WNovember 20, 20013–0Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)12–6–2–015,547Recap
21TNovember 22, 20014–4 OTCalgary Flames (2001–02)12–6–3–016,839Recap
22LNovember 24, 20013–6Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)12–7–3–015,839Recap
23LNovember 27, 20012–4@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)12–8–3–019,786Recap :
December: 8–6–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 4–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
24WDecember 1, 20012–1 OTBoston Bruins (2001–02)13–8–3–016,480Recap
25LDecember 3, 20012–4@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)13–9–3–018,007Recap
26WDecember 5, 20016–3@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)14–9–3–018,532Recap
27LDecember 6, 20012–4@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)14–10–3–012,522Recap
28WDecember 8, 20015–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)15–10–3–015,277Recap
29TDecember 11, 20012–2 OT@ New York Islanders (2001–02)15–10–4–012,235Recap
30WDecember 13, 20016–0Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)16–10–4–017,585Recap
31LDecember 15, 20010–2New Jersey Devils (2001–02)16–11–4–017,142Recap
32WDecember 18, 20015–1@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)17–11–4–011,166Recap
33LDecember 20, 20012–4Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)17–12–4–016,207Recap
34WDecember 22, 20011–0@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)18–12–4–015,089Recap
35LDecember 23, 20012–3@ New York Rangers (2001–02)18–13–4–018,200Recap
36LDecember 26, 20012–3@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)18–14–4–017,565Recap
37WDecember 27, 20015–2New York Islanders (2001–02)19–14–4–018,500Recap
38WDecember 29, 20015–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)20–14–4–017,148Recap
39OTLDecember 31, 20014–5 OTChicago Blackhawks (2001–02)20–14–4–117,622Recap :
January: 7–3–2–2 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 2–2–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
40WJanuary 3, 20024–1Washington Capitals (2001–02)21–14–4–118,296Recap
41LJanuary 5, 20021–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)21–15–4–119,235Recap
42WJanuary 7, 20024–3Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)22–15–4–118,500Recap
43OTLJanuary 9, 20023–4 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)22–15–4–210,721Recap
44WJanuary 11, 20024–2@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)23–15–4–214,105Recap
45WJanuary 12, 20022–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)24–15–4–213,712Recap
46LJanuary 15, 20021–4Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)24–16–4–216,246Recap
47LJanuary 17, 20022–5@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)24–17–4–215,989Recap
48WJanuary 19, 20024–1Minnesota Wild (2001–02)25–17–4–217,398Recap
49OTLJanuary 20, 20022–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)25–17–4–320,058Recap
50TJanuary 22, 20021–1 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)25–17–5–319,469Recap
51WJanuary 24, 20024–3Boston Bruins (2001–02)26–17–5–317,093Recap
52TJanuary 26, 20021–1 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)26–17–6–321,273Recap
53WJanuary 30, 20023–1Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)27–17–6–315,761Recap :
February: 4–1–1–1 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 3–0–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
54TFebruary 4, 20024–4 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)27–17–7–312,358Recap
55WFebruary 6, 20026–4@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)28–17–7–318,136Recap
56OTLFebruary 8, 20022–3 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)28–17–7–418,104Recap
57LFebruary 9, 20022–3Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)28–18–7–418,500Recap
58WFebruary 12, 20025–1Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)29–18–7–417,332Recap
59WFebruary 26, 20025–2@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)30–18–7–420,254Recap
60WFebruary 28, 20023–0@ New York Rangers (2001–02)31–18–7–418,200Recap :
March: 6–6–1–3 (home: 3–3–0–3; road: 3–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
61OTLMarch 2, 20022–3 OTWashington Capitals (2001–02)31–18–7–517,814Recap
62TMarch 4, 20021–1 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)31–18–8–515,815Recap
63LMarch 7, 20022–5@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)31–19–8–517,496Recap
64LMarch 9, 20022–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)31–20–8–515,381Recap
65WMarch 10, 20024–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)32–20–8–512,358Recap
66WMarch 12, 20024–3 OT@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)33–20–8–518,064Recap
67LMarch 14, 20021–4Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)33–21–8–518,397Recap
68WMarch 16, 20024–3New York Islanders (2001–02)34–21–8–518,137Recap
69WMarch 17, 20022–0Florida Panthers (2001–02)35–21–8–516,405Recap
70LMarch 19, 20021–5@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)35–22–8–513,381Recap
71LMarch 21, 20022–5New York Rangers (2001–02)35–23–8–516,245Recap
72OTLMarch 23, 20022–3 OTAtlanta Thrashers (2001–02)35–23–8–616,061Recap
73OTLMarch 24, 20022–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (2001–02)35–23–8–717,098Recap
74WMarch 27, 20024–1@ New York Islanders (2001–02)36–23–8–713,384Recap
75LMarch 28, 20023–4Florida Panthers (2001–02)36–24–8–714,352Recap
76WMarch 30, 20023–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)37–24–8–717,859Recap :
April: 2–3–1–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
77WApril 2, 20024–3Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)38–24–8–716,371Recap
78TApril 5, 20020–0 OT@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)38–24–9–718,672Recap
79LApril 7, 20021–3Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)38–25–9–717,994Recap
80LApril 9, 20023–4@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)38–26–9–721,273Recap
81WApril 11, 20024–0Boston Bruins (2001–02)39–26–9–716,731Recap
82LApril 13, 20022–5Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)39–27–9–718,500Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Philadelphia Flyers – Senators win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesAttendanceRecap
1LApril 17, 20020–1 OT@ Philadelphia FlyersFlyers lead 1–019,420Recap
2WApril 20, 20023–0@ Philadelphia FlyersSeries tied 1–119,734Recap
3WApril 22, 20023–0Philadelphia FlyersSenators lead 2–118,239Recap
4WApril 24, 20023–0Philadelphia FlyersSenators lead 3–118,500Recap
5WApril 26, 20022–1 OT@ Philadelphia FlyersSenators win 4–119,639Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesAttendanceRecap
1WMay 2, 20025–0@ Toronto Maple LeafsSenators lead 1–019,406Recap
2LMay 4, 20022–3 3OT@ Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 1–119,454Recap
3WMay 6, 20023–2Toronto Maple LeafsSenators lead 2–118,500Recap
4LMay 8, 20021–2Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 2–218,500Recap
5WMay 10, 20024–2@ Toronto Maple LeafsSenators lead 3–219,499Recap
6LMay 12, 20023–4Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 3–318,500Recap
7LMay 14, 20020–3@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs win 4–319,551Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 78 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 3 | 45 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 14 | Radek Bonk | C | 82 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
| 18 | Marian Hossa | RW | 80 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 11 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Martin Havlat | RW | 72 | 22 | 28 | 50 | −7 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 28 | Todd White | C | 81 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Shawn McEachern | RW | 80 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 9 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Magnus Arvedson | LW | 74 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 | Wade Redden | D | 79 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Mike Fisher | C | 58 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Zdeno Chara | D | 75 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 156 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Chris Phillips | D | 63 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Sami Salo | D | 66 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Karel Rachunek | D | 51 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Chris Neil | RW | 72 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 231 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12 |
| 26 | Andre Roy‡ | RW | 56 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Chris Herperger | C | 72 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 79 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −5 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Ricard Persson | D | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 26 | Benoit Brunet† | LW | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Bill Muckalt | RW | 70 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −3 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Jody Hull† | RW | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Ivan Ciernik‡ | RW | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Shane Hnidy | D | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −10 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 12 |
| 36 | Juha Ylonen† | C | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Steve Martins | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Chris Bala | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Toni Dahlman | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 13 | Petr Schastlivy | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Jani Hurme | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Joel Kwiatkowski | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Simon Lajeunesse | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Josh Langfeld | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Martin Prusek | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Jamie Rivers‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | 61 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 1521 | 148 | 2.48 | .903 | 7 | 3583 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 332 | 18 | 1.39 | .946 | 4 | 778 |
| 35 | Jani Hurme | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 578 | 54 | 2.48 | .907 | 3 | 1309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Simon Lajeunesse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Martin Prusek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2.90 | .800 | 0 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Wade Redden |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Mike Fisher |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Martin Havlat |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Karel Rachunek |
| Team | Molson Cup | Daniel Alfredsson |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Chris Neil | October 3, 2001 |
| First game | Toni Dahlman | January 3, 2002 |
| First game | Simon Lajeunesse | March 7, 2002 |
| First game | Martin Prusek | March 23, 2002 |
| First game | Chris Bala | March 27, 2002 |
| First game | Josh Langfeld | March 30, 2002 |

## Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To New York Islanders Alexei Yashin | To Ottawa Senators Zdeno CharaBill Muckalt1st-round pick in 2001 |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 20017th-round pick in 2001Tampa Bay’s 2nd-round pick in 2002 | To Ottawa Senators 1st-round pick in 2001 |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2001 | To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 20013rd-round pick in 2001 |
| June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) | To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 3rd-round pick in 2001 | To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 20017th-round pick in 2001 |
| June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) | To Montreal Canadiens Andreas Dackell | To Ottawa Senators 8th-round pick in 2001 |
| June 29, 2001 (2001-06-29) | To New York Rangers Sean Gagnon | To Ottawa Senators Jason DoigJeff Ulmer |
| March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Andre Roy6th-round pick 2002 | To Ottawa Senators Juha Ylonen |
| March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16) | To Dallas Stars Conditional draft pick in 2003 | To Ottawa Senators Benoit Brunet |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Chris Herperger | Chicago Blackhawks | | Free agency |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | David Hymovitz | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Joe Murphy | Rochester Americans (AHL) | | Free agency |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Travis Richards | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | | Free agency |
| July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27) | Wade Brookbank | Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) | multi-year | Free agency |
| August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30) | Steve Martins | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency |
| January 24, 2002 (2002-01-24) | Jody Hull | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| N/A | Konstantin Gorovikov | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| N/A | Craig Millar | HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) | Free agency (UFA) |
| June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28) | David Oliver | Munich Barons (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01) | Bob Prier | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03) | Jason York | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (III) |
| July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05) | Mike Sillinger | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (V) |
| July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06) | Rob Zamuner | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Derek King | Munich Barons (DEL) | Free agency (III) |
| July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31) | Chris Szysky | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30) | Eric Lacroix | | Retirement (UFA) |
| October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13) | Jamie Rivers | Boston Bruins | Waivers |
| November 13, 2001 (2001-11-13) | Vyacheslav Butsayev | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19) | Ivan Ciernik | Washington Capitals | Waivers |
| April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19) | Mike Fountain | HC Lada Togliatti (RSL) | Free agency |
| May 3, 2002 (2002-05-03) | John Gruden | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02) | Curtis Leschyshyn | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04) | Josh Langfeld | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04) | Julien Vauclair | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Chris Bala | | Entry-level |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Ivan Ciernik | | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Toni Dahlman | | Entry-level |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | John Gruden | | Re-signing |
| July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23) | Martin Prusek | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24) | Magnus Arvedson | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24) | Patrick Lalime | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30) | Joel Kwiatkowski | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30) | Chris Phillips | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15) | Wade Redden | 2-year | Arbitration award |
| September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06) | Jason Spezza | multi-year | Entry-level |
| September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21) | Daniel Alfredsson | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 24, 2001 (2001-09-24) | Zdeno Chara | multi-year | Re-signing |
| September 26, 2001 (2001-09-26) | Marian Hossa | 3-year | Re-signing |
| February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28) | Ray Emery | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09) | Todd White | 3-year | Extension |
| May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29) | Antoine Vermette | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2001 NHL entry draft held on June 23 and 24, 2001, at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Spezza | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 1 | 23 | Tim Gleason | United States | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 3 | 81 | Neil Komadoski | United States | University of Notre Dame (NCAA) |
| 4 | 99 | Ray Emery | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 4 | 127 | Christoph Schubert | Germany | Munich Barons (DEL) |
| 5 | 162 | Stefan Schauer | Germany | Riessersee SC (Germany) |
| 6 | 193 | Brooks Laich | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 7 | 218 | Jan Platil | Czech Republic | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
| 7 | 223 | Brandon Bochenski | United States | University of North Dakota (NCAA) |
| 8 | 235 | Neil Petruic | Canada | Kindersley Klippers (SJHL) |
| 8 | 256 | Gregg Johnson | United States | Boston University (NCAA) |
| 9 | 286 | Toni Dahlman | Finland | Ilves (SM-liiga) |

## Farm teams

* Grand Rapids Griffins (American Hockey League)
* Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)