2001–02 New York Islanders season

The 2001–02 New York Islanders season was the thirtieth season in the franchise's history. This season saw the Islanders finish in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 42 wins, 28 losses, 8 ties, and 4 overtime losses for 96 points. They qualified for the playoffs as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, but lost their first-round playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 2001 	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W	October 6, 2001 	3–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	2–0–0–0
3 	W	October 10, 2001 	6–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	3–0–0–0
4 	W	October 11, 2001 	6–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	4–0–0–0
5 	L	October 13, 2001 	4–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	4–0–0–1
6 	W	October 17, 2001 	4–0 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	5–0–0–1
7 	W	October 18, 2001 	2–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	6–0–0–1
8 	T	October 20, 2001 	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	6–0–1–1
9 	W	October 26, 2001 	3–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	7–0–1–1
10 	W	October 28, 2001 	3–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	8–0–1–1
11 	W	October 30, 2001 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	9–0–1–1
12 	L	November 2, 2001 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	9–1–1–1
13 	W	November 3, 2001 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	10–1–1–1
14 	W	November 6, 2001 	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	11–1–1–1
15 	L	November 8, 2001 	2–6 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	11–2–1–1
16 	L	November 10, 2001	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	11–3–1–1
17 	T	November 14, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	11–3–2–1
18 	L	November 16, 2001	0–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	11–4–2–1
19 	L	November 17, 2001	1–6 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	11–5–2–1
20 	W	November 19, 2001	3–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	12–5–2–1
21 	W	November 21, 2001	5–4 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	13–5–2–1
22 	W	November 23, 2001	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	14–5–2–1
23 	W	November 24, 2001	5–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	15–5–2–1
24 	T	November 27, 2001	5–5 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	15–5–3–1
25 	T	November 29, 2001	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	15–5–4–1
26 	L	December 1, 2001 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	15–6–4–1
27 	L	December 4, 2001 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	15–7–4–1
28 	W	December 6, 2001 	2–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	16–7–4–1
29 	L	December 7, 2001 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	16–8–4–1
30 	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	16–8–5–1
31 	L	December 12, 2001	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	16–8–5–2
32 	L	December 15, 2001	1–3 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	16–9–5–2
33 	W	December 18, 2001	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	17–9–5–2
34 	W	December 21, 2001	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	18–9–5–2
35 	L	December 22, 2001	2–4 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	18–10–5–2
36 	L	December 27, 2001	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	18–11–5–2
37 	W	December 29, 2001	6–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	19–11–5–2
38 	L	January 1, 2002 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	19–12–5–2
39 	W	January 3, 2002 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	20–12–5–2
40 	L	January 5, 2002 	0–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	20–13–5–2
41 	W	January 6, 2002 	3–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	21–13–5–2
42 	L	January 8, 2002 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	21–14–5–2
43 	L	January 10, 2002 	0–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	21–15–5–2
44 	W	January 12, 2002 	5–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	22–15–5–2
45 	W	January 15, 2002 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	23–15–5–2
46 	L	January 17, 2002 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	23–16–5–2
47 	W	January 19, 2002 	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	24–16–5–2
48 	L	January 22, 2002 	4–5 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	24–17–5–2
49 	L	January 24, 2002 	4–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	24–17–5–3
50 	W	January 26, 2002 	6–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	25–17–5–3
51 	L	January 29, 2002 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	25–18–5–3
52 	W	January 30, 2002 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	26–18–5–3
53 	T	February 4, 2002 	6–6 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	26–18–6–3
54 	W	February 5, 2002 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	27–18–6–3
55 	W	February 7, 2002 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	28–18–6–3
56 	L	February 10, 2002	3–4 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	28–19–6–3
57 	W	February 12, 2002	1–0 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	29–19–6–3
58 	T	February 26, 2002	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	29–19–7–3
59 	L	March 1, 2002 	3–4 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	29–20–7–3
60 	W	March 2, 2002 	4–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	30–20–7–3
61 	L	March 4, 2002 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	30–21–7–3
62 	L	March 7, 2002 	0–5 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	30–22–7–3
63 	L	March 8, 2002 	2–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	30–23–7–3
64 	W	March 10, 2002 	6–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	31–23–7–3
65 	W	March 12, 2002 	3–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	32–23–7–3
66 	L	March 13, 2002 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	32–24–7–3
67 	L	March 16, 2002 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	32–25–7–3
68 	L	March 19, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	32–25–7–4
69 	W	March 21, 2002 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	33–25–7–4
70 	W	March 23, 2002 	2–1 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	34–25–7–4
71 	W	March 25, 2002 	4–2 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	35–25–7–4
72 	L	March 27, 2002 	1–4 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	35–26–7–4
73 	W	March 28, 2002 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	36–26–7–4
74 	L	March 30, 2002 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	36–27–7–4
75 	W	April 1, 2002 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	37–27–7–4
76 	T	April 3, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	37–27–8–4
77 	W	April 4, 2002 	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	38–27–8–4
78 	W	April 6, 2002 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	39–27–8–4
79 	L	April 8, 2002 	1–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	39–28–8–4
80 	W	April 11, 2002 	5–2 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	40–28–8–4
81 	W	April 12, 2002 	3–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	41–28–8–4
82 	W	April 14, 2002 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	42–28–8–4
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	32	43	75 	25 	-3 	15 	0 	5
 	RW 	78	30	30	60 	32 	10 	9 	1 	6
 	C 	80	25	35	60 	62 	19 	3 	6 	5
 	C 	71	17	35	52 	30 	18 	1 	4 	4
 	RW 	82	22	29	51 	48 	-8 	6 	0 	6
 	LW 	79	17	21	38 	113	1 	4 	0 	2
 	LW/C	71	13	25	38 	80 	-4 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	70	11	26	37 	78 	7 	4 	1 	1
 	D 	81	12	22	34 	62 	23 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	76	10	22	32 	26 	15 	2 	1 	0
 	C 	80	12	15	27 	111	-4 	3 	1 	4
 	C 	37	7 	17	24 	6 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	LW/C	80	9 	12	21 	60 	-9 	0 	3 	0
 	D 	62	3 	16	19 	38 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	C 	82	8 	10	18 	36 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	C/LW	59	3 	12	15 	16 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	74	2 	5 	7 	176	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	60	2 	4 	6 	104	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	6 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	4 	5 	16 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	66	0 	4 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	16 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2 	0 	2 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	0 	2 	2 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	2 	2 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	1 	1 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	0 	0 	31 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3743	66	32	25	6 	156	2.50	4 	1727	1571	.910
 	1217	25	10	7 	2 	55 	2.71	2 	549 	494 	.900
Team: 	4960	82	42	32	8 	211	2.55	6 	2276	2065	.907
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	3	4	7 	2 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	5	7 	4 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	6	7 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	4	2	6 	2 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	2	4	6 	11 	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	2	2	4 	4 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	4	4 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2	1	3 	6 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	1	2 	17 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	1	1	2 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	1	1 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	7 	0	1	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	15 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	7 	0	0	0 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	392	7 	3	4	17	2.60	0 	193	176	.912
 	26 	1 	0	0	2 	4.62	0 	19 	17 	.895
Team: 	418	7 	3	4	19	2.73	0 	212	193	.910
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; 
==See also==
*2001–02 NHL season
==References==
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Category:2001 in hockey
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