# 2001–02 Washington Capitals season

The 2001–02 Washington Capitals season was the team's 28th season of play. The team finished second in the Southeast, but ninth overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.

## Off-season

On September 27, Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt were named co-captains.

## Regular season

The Caps tied the New Jersey Devils for fewest short-handed goals scored, with just 2.

### 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 :
| 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

## Schedule and results

2001–02 regular season :
October: 5–6–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 3–5–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 20016–1New Jersey Devils (2001–02)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 8, 20010–4@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)1–1–0–0Recap
3WOctober 10, 20015–2@ New York Rangers (2001–02)2–1–0–0Recap
4LOctober 12, 20011–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)2–2–0–0Recap
5LOctober 13, 20012–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)2–3–0–0Recap
6WOctober 16, 20013–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)3–3–0–0Recap
7WOctober 19, 20014–1Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)4–3–0–0Recap
8LOctober 20, 20013–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)4–4–0–0Recap
9TOctober 23, 20011–1 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)4–4–1–0Recap
10WOctober 24, 20014–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)5–4–1–0Recap
11LOctober 26, 20010–1@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)5–5–1–0Recap
12LOctober 30, 20010–3Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)5–6–1–0Recap :
November: 5–7–2–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 0–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13TNovember 2, 20012–2 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2001–02)5–6–2–0Recap
14LNovember 3, 20011–4@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)5–7–2–0Recap
15LNovember 6, 20012–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)5–8–2–0Recap
16LNovember 8, 20012–3Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)5–9–2–0Recap
17WNovember 10, 20013–0Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)6–9–2–0Recap
18LNovember 13, 20015–11Ottawa Senators (2001–02)6–10–2–0Recap
19LNovember 15, 20010–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)6–11–2–0Recap
20WNovember 17, 20014–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)7–11–2–0Recap
21WNovember 21, 20013–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)8–11–2–0Recap
22WNovember 23, 20016–2New York Rangers (2001–02)9–11–2–0Recap
23LNovember 24, 20013–5@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)9–12–2–0Recap
24TNovember 27, 20015–5 OT@ New York Islanders (2001–02)9–12–3–0Recap
25LNovember 28, 20012–5Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)9–13–3–0Recap
26WNovember 30, 20016–2Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)10–13–3–0Recap :
December: 5–4–4–0 (home: 3–1–3–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
27WDecember 2, 20014–3 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)11–13–3–0Recap
28WDecember 4, 20015–2New York Rangers (2001–02)12–13–3–0Recap
29TDecember 6, 20013–3 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)12–13–4–0Recap
30LDecember 8, 20011–3@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)12–14–4–0Recap
31TDecember 11, 20012–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)12–14–5–0Recap
32WDecember 13, 20012–1Boston Bruins (2001–02)13–14–5–0Recap
33WDecember 15, 20015–2Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)14–14–5–0Recap
34LDecember 19, 20012–5@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)14–15–5–0Recap
35LDecember 21, 20013–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)14–16–5–0Recap
36TDecember 22, 20014–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)14–16–6–0Recap
37LDecember 26, 20011–4Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)14–17–6–0Recap
38WDecember 28, 20013–2 OT@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)15–17–6–0Recap
39TDecember 30, 20015–5 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2001–02)15–17–7–0Recap :
January: 5–9–1–1 (home: 3–4–1–1; road: 2–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
40WJanuary 1, 20023–2New York Islanders (2001–02)16–17–7–0Recap
41LJanuary 3, 20021–4@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)16–18–7–0Recap
42LJanuary 5, 20024–7@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)16–19–7–0Recap
43LJanuary 7, 20021–2Florida Panthers (2001–02)16–20–7–0Recap
44WJanuary 9, 20026–3Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)17–20–7–0Recap
45TJanuary 11, 20023–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)17–20–8–0Recap
46WJanuary 12, 20021–0@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)18–20–8–0Recap
47WJanuary 14, 20021–0 OTBoston Bruins (2001–02)19–20–8–0Recap
48LJanuary 16, 20020–2@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)19–21–8–0Recap
49LJanuary 18, 20021–3@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)19–22–8–0Recap
50LJanuary 19, 20021–5Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)19–23–8–0Recap
51WJanuary 22, 20023–0@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)20–23–8–0Recap
52LJanuary 23, 20023–5Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)20–24–8–0Recap
53LJanuary 26, 20023–6@ New York Rangers (2001–02)20–25–8–0Recap
54OTLJanuary 27, 20022–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (2001–02)20–25–8–1Recap
55LJanuary 30, 20021–4St. Louis Blues (2001–02)20–26–8–1Recap :
February: 4–1–1–0 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
56WFebruary 6, 20022–1Minnesota Wild (2001–02)21–26–8–1Recap
57TFebruary 8, 20023–3 OT@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)21–26–9–1Recap
58WFebruary 9, 20024–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)22–26–9–1Recap
59WFebruary 11, 20023–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)23–26–9–1Recap
60WFebruary 26, 20024–3Florida Panthers (2001–02)24–26–9–1Recap
61LFebruary 28, 20022–5San Jose Sharks (2001–02)24–27–9–1Recap :
March: 9–5–1–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 6–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
62WMarch 2, 20023–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)25–27–9–1Recap
63LMarch 4, 20022–3Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)25–28–9–1Recap
64WMarch 6, 20023–2Calgary Flames (2001–02)26–28–9–1Recap
65TMarch 8, 20022–2 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)26–28–10–1Recap
66WMarch 10, 20024–2Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)27–28–10–1Recap
67LMarch 12, 20022–5Dallas Stars (2001–02)27–29–10–1Recap
68LMarch 15, 20024–5@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)27–30–10–1Recap
69LMarch 16, 20021–4@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)27–31–10–1Recap
70WMarch 19, 20023–0@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)28–31–10–1Recap
71WMarch 21, 20024–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)29–31–10–1Recap
72WMarch 23, 20025–2@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)30–31–10–1Recap
73LMarch 24, 20022–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)30–32–10–1Recap
74WMarch 26, 20024–3@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)31–32–10–1Recap
75WMarch 29, 20023–1@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)32–32–10–1Recap
76WMarch 30, 20024–2New York Islanders (2001–02)33–32–10–1Recap :
April: 3–1–1–1 (home: 2–0–1–1; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77WApril 3, 20024–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)34–32–10–1Recap
78TApril 5, 20020–0 OTOttawa Senators (2001–02)34–32–11–1Recap
79LApril 6, 20024–5@ New York Islanders (2001–02)34–33–11–1Recap
80WApril 9, 20023–1Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)35–33–11–1Recap
81WApril 12, 20023–1@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)36–33–11–1Recap
82OTLApril 13, 20023–4 OTNew Jersey Devils (2001–02)36–33–11–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Capitals only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 68 | Jaromir Jagr | RW | 69 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 77 | 39 | 31 | 70 | −2 | 80 |
| 77 | Adam Oates‡ | C | 66 | 11 | 57 | 68 | −2 | 22 |
| 55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 76 | 26 | 33 | 59 | −1 | 58 |
| 10 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 69 | 23 | 29 | 52 | −5 | 8 |
| 9 | Dainius Zubrus | C | 71 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 38 |
| 13 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 80 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −1 | 40 |
| 17 | Chris Simon | LW | 82 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −8 | 137 |
| 8 | Dmitri Khristich | C | 61 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 48 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −9 | 29 |
| 20 | Glen Metropolit† | C | 33 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Ken Klee | D | 68 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Sylvain Cote | D | 70 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −15 | 26 |
| 22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 28 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 23 |
| 4 | Frantisek Kucera | D | 56 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 61 | 7 | 3 | 10 | −8 | 44 |
| 19 | Brendan Witt | D | 68 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −1 | 78 |
| 36 | Colin Forbes† | C | 38 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 15 |
| 14 | Joe Sacco | RW | 65 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −13 | 51 |
| 29 | Joe Reekie‡ | D | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −7 | 41 |
| 24 | Rob Zettler | D | 49 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 56 |
| 51 | Stephen Peat | RW | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 85 |
| 58 | Jean-Francois Fortin | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 20 |
| 16 | Trevor Linden‡ | RW | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
| 6 | Calle Johansson | D | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 8 |
| 40 | Nolan Yonkman | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | Ivan Ciernik† | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Chris Corrinet | RW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
| 27 | Chris Ferraro | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Peter Ferraro | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 33 | Benoit Hogue† | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 8 |
| 38 | Todd Rohloff | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 14 |
| 23 | Trent Whitfield‡† | C | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 28 |
| 1 | Craig Billington | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 39 | Patrick Boileau | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 35 | Sebastien Charpentier | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 34 | Jakub Cutta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| 46 | Mike Farrell | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 57 | Dean Melanson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 41 | Brian Sutherby | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 37 | Olaf Kolzig | 71 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 1977 | 192 | 2.79 | .903 | 6 | 4131 |
| 1 | Craig Billington | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 295 | 36 | 3.04 | .878 | 0 | 710 |
| 35 | Sebastien Charpentier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 5 | 2.46 | .936 | 0 | 122 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Sergei Gonchar (Defense) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Sergei Gonchar |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jaromir Jagr |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Brian Sutherby | October 6, 2001 |
| First game | Stephen Peat | October 8, 2001 |
| First game | Chris Corrinet | October 30, 2001 |
| First game | Mike Farrell | November 23, 2001 |
| First game | Jean-Francois Fortin | January 9, 2002 |
| First game | Todd Rohloff | January 9, 2002 |
| First game | Nolan Yonkman | January 14, 2002 |
| First game | Sebastien Charpentier | April 12, 2002 |
| 400th goal scored | Peter Bondra | December 4, 2001 |
| 25th shutout | Olaf Kolzig | January 22, 2002 |

## Transactions

The Capitals 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 Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2002 | To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
| July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11) | To Washington Capitals Jaromir JagrFrantisek Kucera | To Pittsburgh Penguins Kris BeechRoss LupaschukMichal SivekFuture considerations |
| August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22) | To Washington Capitals Chris Ferraro | To New Jersey Devils Future considerations |
| November 10, 2001 (2001-11-10) | To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 20023rd-round pick in 2002 or 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks Trevor Linden2nd-round pick in 2002 |
| January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17) | To Washington Capitals Future considerations | To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Reekie |
| March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19) | To Washington Capitals Maxime Ouellet1st-round pick in 20022nd-round pick in 20023rd-round pick in 2002 | To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Oates |
| June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12) | To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2002 | To Dallas Stars Philadelphia’s 1st-round pick in 20022nd-round pick in 2002 6th-round pick in 2003 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01) | Peter Ferraro | Boston Bruins | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 20, 2001 (2001-10-20) | Glen Metropolit | Tampa Bay Lightning | | Waivers |
| January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08) | Colin Forbes | Portland Pirates (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19) | Ivan Ciernik | Ottawa Senators | | Waivers |
| February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01) | Trent Whitfield | New York Rangers | | Waivers |
| March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19) | Benoit Hogue | Boston Bruins | | Waivers |
| April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09) | Graham Mink | Portland Pirates (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01) | Jamie Huscroft | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01) | Brantt Myhres | | Contract expiration (UFA) |
| July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02) | Jason Marshall | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12) | Jeff Nelson | Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL) | Free agency |
| July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19) | Stefan Ustorf | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| September 24, 2001 (2001-09-24) | James Black | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25) | Derek Bekar | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (VI) |
| September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28) | Glen Metropolit | Tampa Bay Lightning | Waiver draft |
| N/A | Steve Shirreffs | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03) | Terry Yake | Essen Mosquitoes (DEL) | Free agency (III) |
| January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16) | Trent Whitfield | New York Rangers | Waivers |
| June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11) | Frantisek Kucera | HC Slavia Praha (ELH) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30) | Adam Oates | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) | Ulf Dahlen | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19) | Todd Rohloff | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30) | Andrei Nikolishin | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31) | Trent Whitfield | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) | Corey Hirsch | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03) | Dean Melanson | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06) | Sebastien Charpentier | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07) | Mark Murphy | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20) | Olaf Kolzig | 5-year | Re-signing |
| August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30) | Glen Metropolit | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14) | Brendan Witt | 3-year | Extension |
| September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27) | Jeff Halpern | 2-year | Re-signing |
| October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01) | Brian Sutherby | 3-year | Entry-level |
| October 18, 2001 (2001-10-18) | Jaromir Jagr | 5-year | Extension |
| June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03) | Sebastien Charpentier | 1-year | Option exercised |

## Draft picks

Washington'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) |
| 2 | 58 | Nathan Paetsch | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 3 | 90 | Owen Fussey | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
| 4 | 125 | Jeff Lucky | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 5 | 160 | Artyom Ternavsky | Russia | Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 191 | Zbynek Novak | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |
| 7 | 221 | Johnny Oduya | Sweden | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
| 8 | 249 | Matthew Maglione | United States | Princeton University (NCAA) |
| 8 | 254 | Peter Polcik | Slovakia | HK Ardo Nitra (Slovakia) |
| 9 | 275 | Robert Muller | Germany | Adler Manheim (Germany) |
| 9 | 284 | Viktor Hubl | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |