2001–02 New York Rangers season

The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the 76th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record. Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2-2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2-2 tie.Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.71, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	Oct 5, 2001 	1–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	0–1–0–0
2 	W	Oct 7, 2001 	5–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres 	1–1–0–0
3 	L	Oct 10, 2001	2–5 	Washington Capitals 	1–2–0–0
4 	T	Oct 13, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators 	1–2–1–0
5 	W	Oct 15, 2001	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	2–2–1–0
6 	W	Oct 17, 2001	4–3 OT	New Jersey Devils 	3–2–1–0
7 	W	Oct 19, 2001	4–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	4–2–1–0
8 	L	Oct 20, 2001	2–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	4–3–1–0
9 	L	Oct 22, 2001	1–5 	San Jose Sharks 	4–4–1–0
10	L	Oct 25, 2001	1–5 	@ St. Louis Blues 	4–5–1–0
11	W	Oct 27, 2001	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	5–5–1–0
12	W	Oct 29, 2001	4–2 	Dallas Stars 	6–5–1–0
13	L	Oct 31, 2001	1–3 	Florida Panthers 	6–6–1–0
14	L	Nov 2, 2001 	2–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	6–7–1–0
15	W	Nov 3, 2001 	5–3 	@ Florida Panthers 	7–7–1–0
16	W	Nov 6, 2001 	3–1 	Minnesota Wild 	8–7–1–0
17	W	Nov 8, 2001 	6–2 	@ New York Islanders 	9–7–1–0
18	W	Nov 10, 2001	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	10–7–1–0
19	W	Nov 11, 2001	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens 	11–7–1–0
20	W	Nov 14, 2001	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	12–7–1–0
21	L	Nov 17, 2001	0–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	12–7–1–1
22	W	Nov 18, 2001	6–2 	Atlanta Thrashers 	13–7–1–1
23	W	Nov 20, 2001	5–3 	Colorado Avalanche 	14–7–1–1
24	L	Nov 23, 2001	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals 	14–8–1–1
25	L	Nov 25, 2001	2–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	14–9–1–1
26	T	Nov 27, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres 	14–9–2–1
27	W	Nov 29, 2001	5–0 	Carolina Hurricanes 	15–9–2–1
28	W	Dec 1, 2001 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	16–9–2–1
29	W	Dec 2, 2001 	1–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	17–9–2–1
30	L	Dec 4, 2001 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals 	17–10–2–1
31	L	Dec 6, 2001 	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	17–11–2–1
32	L	Dec 8, 2001 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	17–12–2–1
33	L	Dec 10, 2001	3–4 OT	Carolina Hurricanes 	17–12–2–2
34	L	Dec 12, 2001	2–4 	Nashville Predators 	17–13–2–2
35	W	Dec 15, 2001	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	18–13–2–2
36	W	Dec 17, 2001	4–2 	Florida Panthers 	19–13–2–2
37	T	Dec 19, 2001	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils 	19–13–3–2
38	L	Dec 21, 2001	1–2 	New York Islanders 	19–14–3–2
39	W	Dec 23, 2001	3–2 	Ottawa Senators 	20–14–3–2
40	W	Dec 28, 2001	5–3 	@ San Jose Sharks 	21–14–3–2
41	W	Dec 29, 2001	5–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	22–14–3–2
42	L	Dec 31, 2001	0–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	22–15–3–2
43	L	Jan 2, 2002 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	22–16–3–2
44	L	Jan 3, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche 	22–16–3–3
45	L	Jan 5, 2002 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	22–17–3–3
46	L	Jan 9, 2002 	0–4 	Los Angeles Kings 	22–18–3–3
47	L	Jan 12, 2002	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	22–19–3–3
48	T	Jan 14, 2002	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets 	22–19–4–3
49	L	Jan 16, 2002	0–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	22–20–4–3
50	L	Jan 17, 2002	4–6 	@ New Jersey Devils 	22–21–4–3
51	W	Jan 22, 2002	5–4 	@ New York Islanders 	23–21–4–3
52	W	Jan 23, 2002	8–4 	Boston Bruins 	24–21–4–3
53	W	Jan 26, 2002	6–3 	Washington Capitals 	25–21–4–3
54	L	Jan 28, 2002	0–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	25–22–4–3
55	L	Jan 30, 2002	3–6 	New York Islanders 	25–23–4–3
56	L	Feb 6, 2002 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	25–24–4–3
57	W	Feb 8, 2002 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	26–24–4–3
58	W	Feb 10, 2002	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	27–24–4–3
59	L	Feb 13, 2002	2–4 	@ Dallas Stars 	27–25–4–3
60	L	Feb 26, 2002	3–4 	New Jersey Devils 	27–26–4–3
61	L	Feb 28, 2002	0–3 	Ottawa Senators 	27–27–4–3
62	W	Mar 2, 2002 	6–5 	Philadelphia Flyers 	28–27–4–3
63	L	Mar 4, 2002 	3–5 	Calgary Flames 	28–28–4–3
64	W	Mar 5, 2002 	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild 	29–28–4–3
65	L	Mar 7, 2002 	1–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	29–29–4–3
66	L	Mar 9, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	29–29–4–4
67	W	Mar 11, 2002	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens 	30–29–4–4
68	L	Mar 13, 2002	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	30–30–4–4
69	L	Mar 16, 2002	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils 	30–31–4–4
70	L	Mar 17, 2002	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings 	30–32–4–4
71	L	Mar 19, 2002	1–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	30–33–4–4
72	W	Mar 21, 2002	5–2 	@ Ottawa Senators 	31–33–4–4
73	L	Mar 22, 2002	2–5 	Atlanta Thrashers 	31–34–4–4
74	L	Mar 25, 2002	2–4 	@ New York Islanders 	31–35–4–4
75	L	Mar 27, 2002	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	31–36–4–4
76	W	Mar 30, 2002	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	32–36–4–4
77	W	Apr 1, 2002 	6–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	33–36–4–4
78	W	Apr 4, 2002 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	34–36–4–4
79	W	Apr 6, 2002 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins 	35–36–4–4
80	W	Apr 8, 2002 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	36–36–4–4
81	L	Apr 10, 2002	2–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	36–37–4–4
82	L	Apr 13, 2002	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	36–38–4–4
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Eric Lindros 	72	37	36	73 	138
Theoren Fleury 	82	24	39	63 	216
Mike York 	69	18	39	57 	16
Petr Nedvěd 	78	21	25	46 	36
Radek Dvořák 	65	17	20	37 	14
Andreas Johansson	70	14	10	24 	46
Sandy McCarthy 	82	10	13	23 	171
Mark Messier 	41	7 	16	23 	32
Matthew Barnaby 	48	8 	13	21 	144
Pavel Bure 	12	12	8 	20 	6
Mikael Samuelsson	67	6 	10	16 	23
Manny Malhotra 	56	7 	6 	13 	42
Zdeno Cíger 	29	6 	7 	13 	16
Martin Ručínský 	15	3 	10	13 	6
Jeff Toms 	38	7 	4 	11 	10
Michal Grošek 	15	3 	2 	5 	12
Steve McKenna 	54	2 	1 	3 	144
Rem Murray 	11	1 	2 	3 	4
Roman Lyashenko 	15	2 	0 	2 	0
Jason Dawe 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Rico Fata 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
Richard Scott 	5 	0 	0 	0 	5
Trent Whitfield 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defensemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Brian Leetch 	82	10	45	55 	28
Vladimir Malakhov	81	6 	22	28 	83
Bryan Berard 	82	2 	21	23 	60
Dave Karpa 	75	1 	10	11 	131
Tom Poti 	11	1 	7 	8 	2
Igor Ulanov 	36	0 	9 	9 	53
Sylvain Lefebvre 	41	0 	5 	5 	23
Tomáš Klouček 	52	1 	3 	4 	137
Dale Purinton 	40	0 	4 	4 	113
Darren Van Impe 	17	1 	0 	1 	12
Peter Smrek 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4
Mike Mottau 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Mike Richter 	55	24	26	4	2 	2.95
Dan Blackburn 	31	12	16	0	0 	3.28
Johan Holmqvist	1 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00
==See also==
*2001–02 NHL season
==References==
*2001-02 New York Rangers Statistics
Category:New York Rangers seasons
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:2002 in hockey