2001–02 Ottawa Senators season

The 2001–02 Ottawa Senators 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 Maple Leafs, which the Sens lost in a tense seven-game affair.
Prior to the season, former captain Alexei Yashin was traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt, and the Isles' 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==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
 Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 3, 2001 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	October 4, 2001 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	1–1–0–0
3 	L	October 6, 2001 	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	1–2–0–0
4 	W	October 9, 2001 	6–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	2–2–0–0
5 	W	October 10, 2001 	2–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	3–2–0–0
6 	T	October 13, 2001 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	3–2–1–0
7 	L	October 16, 2001 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	3–3–1–0
8 	L	October 18, 2001 	0–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	3–4–1–0
9 	L	October 20, 2001 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	3–5–1–0
10 	L	October 23, 2001 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	3–6–1–0
11 	W	October 25, 2001 	7–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	4–6–1–0
12 	W	October 27, 2001 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	5–6–1–0
13 	W	October 30, 2001 	6–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	6–6–1–0
14 	W	November 3, 2001 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	7–6–1–0
15 	W	November 8, 2001 	1–0 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	8–6–1–0
16 	W	November 10, 2001	3–2 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	9–6–1–0
17 	W	November 13, 2001	11–5 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	10–6–1–0
18 	T	November 15, 2001	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	10–6–2–0
19 	W	November 17, 2001	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	11–6–2–0
20 	W	November 20, 2001	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	12–6–2–0
21 	T	November 22, 2001	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	12–6–3–0
22 	L	November 24, 2001	3–6 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	12–7–3–0
23 	L	November 27, 2001	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	12–8–3–0
24 	W	December 1, 2001 	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	13–8–3–0
25 	L	December 3, 2001 	2–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	13–9–3–0
26 	W	December 5, 2001 	6–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	14–9–3–0
27 	L	December 6, 2001 	2–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	14–10–3–0
28 	W	December 8, 2001 	5–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	15–10–3–0
29 	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	15–10–4–0
30 	W	December 13, 2001	6–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	16–10–4–0
31 	L	December 15, 2001	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	16–11–4–0
32 	W	December 18, 2001	5–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	17–11–4–0
33 	L	December 20, 2001	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	17–12–4–0
34 	W	December 22, 2001	1–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	18–12–4–0
35 	L	December 23, 2001	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	18–13–4–0
36 	L	December 26, 2001	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	18–14–4–0
37 	W	December 27, 2001	5–2 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	19–14–4–0
38 	W	December 29, 2001	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	20–14–4–0
39 	L	December 31, 2001	4–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	20–14–4–1
40 	W	January 3, 2002 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	21–14–4–1
41 	L	January 5, 2002 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	21–15–4–1
42 	W	January 7, 2002 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	22–15–4–1
43 	L	January 9, 2002 	3–4 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	22–15–4–2
44 	W	January 11, 2002 	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	23–15–4–2
45 	W	January 12, 2002 	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	24–15–4–2
46 	L	January 15, 2002 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	24–16–4–2
47 	L	January 17, 2002 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	24–17–4–2
48 	W	January 19, 2002 	4–1 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	25–17–4–2
49 	L	January 20, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	25–17–4–3
50 	T	January 22, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	25–17–5–3
51 	W	January 24, 2002 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	26–17–5–3
52 	T	January 26, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	26–17–6–3
53 	W	January 30, 2002 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	27–17–6–3
54 	T	February 4, 2002 	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	27–17–7–3
55 	W	February 6, 2002 	6–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	28–17–7–3
56 	L	February 8, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	28–17–7–4
57 	L	February 9, 2002 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	28–18–7–4
58 	W	February 12, 2002	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	29–18–7–4
59 	W	February 26, 2002	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	30–18–7–4
60 	W	February 28, 2002	3–0 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	31–18–7–4
61 	L	March 2, 2002 	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	31–18–7–5
62 	T	March 4, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	31–18–8–5
63 	L	March 7, 2002 	2–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	31–19–8–5
64 	L	March 9, 2002 	2–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	31–20–8–5
65 	W	March 10, 2002 	4–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	32–20–8–5
66 	W	March 12, 2002 	4–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	33–20–8–5
67 	L	March 14, 2002 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	33–21–8–5
68 	W	March 16, 2002 	4–3 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	34–21–8–5
69 	W	March 17, 2002 	2–0 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	35–21–8–5
70 	L	March 19, 2002 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	35–22–8–5
71 	L	March 21, 2002 	2–5 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	35–23–8–5
72 	L	March 23, 2002 	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	35–23–8–6
73 	L	March 24, 2002 	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	35–23–8–7
74 	W	March 27, 2002 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	36–23–8–7
75 	L	March 28, 2002 	3–4 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	36–24–8–7
76 	W	March 30, 2002 	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	37–24–8–7
77 	W	April 2, 2002 	4–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	38–24–8–7
78 	T	April 5, 2002 	0–0 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	38–24–9–7
79 	L	April 7, 2002 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	38–25–9–7
80 	L	April 9, 2002 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	38–26–9–7
81 	W	April 11, 2002 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	39–26–9–7
82 	L	April 13, 2002 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	39–27–9–7
==Playoffs==
Conference Quarter-finals
Date 	Visiting Team	Score	Home Team 	Score	Notes
April 17	Ottawa 	0 	Philadelphia	1 	7:47 OT
April 20	Ottawa 	3 	Philadelphia	0 	
April 22	Philadelphia 	0 	Ottawa 	3 	
April 24	Philadelphia 	0 	Ottawa 	3 	
April 26	Ottawa 	2 	Philadelphia	1 	7:33 OT
Ottawa Senators win series 4 games to 1
Eastern Conference Semi-finals 
Date 	Visiting Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Notes
May 2 	Ottawa 	5 	Toronto 	0 	
May 4 	Ottawa 	2 	Toronto 	3 	44:30 OT
May 6 	Toronto 	2 	Ottawa 	3 	
May 8 	Toronto 	2 	Ottawa 	1 	
May 10	Ottawa 	4 	Toronto 	2 	
May 12	Toronto 	4 	Ottawa 	3 	
May 14	Ottawa 	0 	Toronto 	3 	
Toronto Maple Leafs win series 4 games to 3
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	78	37	34	71 	45 	3 	9 	1 	4
 	C 	82	25	45	70 	52 	3 	6 	2 	5
 	RW 	80	31	35	66 	50 	11 	9 	1 	4
 	RW 	72	22	28	50 	66 	-7 	9 	0 	6
 	C 	81	20	30	50 	24 	12 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	15	31	46 	52 	9 	5 	0 	3
 	LW 	74	12	27	39 	35 	27 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	79	9 	25	34 	48 	22 	4 	1 	1
 	C 	58	15	9 	24 	55 	8 	0 	3 	4
 	D 	75	10	13	23 	156	30 	4 	1 	2
 	D 	63	6 	16	22 	29 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	66	4 	14	18 	14 	1 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	51	3 	15	18 	24 	7 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	72	10	7 	17 	231	5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	56	6 	8 	14 	148	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	72	4 	9 	13 	43 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	1 	9 	10 	44 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	2 	7 	9 	42 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	5 	3 	8 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	70	0 	8 	8 	46 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	24	2 	2 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	23	1 	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	1 	1 	2 	57 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	1 	2 	2 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	14	1 	0 	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	1 	1 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	12 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3583	61	27	24	8 	148	2.48	7 	1521	1373	.903
 	1309	25	12	9 	1 	54 	2.48	3 	578 	524 	.907
 	24 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	9 	9 	1.000
 	62 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3 	2.90	0 	15 	12 	.800
Team: 	4978	82	39	34	9 	205	2.47	10	2123	1918	.903
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	12	7	6	13 	4 	6 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	12	4	6	10 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	12	3	7	10 	6 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	12	2	5	7 	14 	0 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	12	3	2	5 	6 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	12	0	5	5 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2	2	4 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0	4	4 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2	1	3 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	1	3 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	2	1	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0	3	3 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1	1	2 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1	1	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	12 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	1	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0	0	0 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	0	0 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	778	12	7	5	18	1.39	4 	332	314	.946
Team: 	778	12	7	5	18	1.39	4 	332	314	.946
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
* Molson Cup - Daniel Alfredsson
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 23, 2001 	To New York IslandersAlexei Yashin 	To Ottawa SenatorsBill MuckaltZdeno CharaIslanders' first-round pick, second overall in 2001 Draft (Jason Spezza)
June 24, 2001 	To Montreal CanadiensAndreas Dackell 	To Ottawa SenatorsMontreal's eighth-round pick 2001 Draft ( Neil Petruic)
June 29, 2001 	To New York RangersSean Gagnon 	To Ottawa SenatorsJason DoigJeff Ulmer
March 15, 2002	To Tampa Bay LightningAndre RoyOttawa's sixth-round pick 2002 Draft ( Paul Ranger)	To Ottawa SenatorsYuha Ylonen
March 16, 2002	To Dallas StarsOttawa's sixth-round pick 2003 Draft ( Elias Granath) 	To Ottawa SenatorsBenoit Brunet
===Waivers===
November 13, 2001	To Boston BruinsJamie Rivers
January 19, 2002 	To Washington CapitalsIvan Ciernik
Source: 
==Roster==
						
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*GM: Marshall Johnston
*Coach: Jacques Martin
*Coach: Roger Neilson	
Sources: 
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==Draft picks==
Ottawa's draft picks from the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held on June 23 and June 24, 2001 at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	2 	Jason Spezza 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
1 	23 	Tim Gleason 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2 	60 	Victor Uchevatov 	 	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
3 	81 	Neil Komadoski 	 	Notre Dame (NCAA)
4 	99 	Ray Emery 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 	127	Christoph Schubert	 	Munich Barons (DEL)
5 	162	Stefan Schauer 	 	Riessersee SC (Germany)
6 	193	Brooks Laich 	 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7 	218	Jan Platil 	 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7 	223	Brandon Bochenski 	 	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
8 	235	Neil Petruic 	 	Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)
8 	256	Gregg Johnson 	 	Boston University (NCAA)
9 	286	Toni Dahlman 	 	Ilves (SM-liiga)
==Farm teams==
* Grand Rapids Griffins (American Hockey League)
* Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)
==See also==
* 2001–02 NHL season
==References==
Category:Ottawa Senators
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Category:2001 in hockey
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