2001–02 Washington Capitals season

The was the team's twenty-eighth season of play. The team finished second in the Southeast, but ninth-overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 6, 2001 	6–1 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	October 8, 2001 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	1–1–0–0
3 	W	October 10, 2001 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	2–1–0–0
4 	L	October 12, 2001 	1–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	2–2–0–0
5 	L	October 13, 2001 	2–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	2–3–0–0
6 	W	October 16, 2001 	3–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	3–3–0–0
7 	W	October 19, 2001 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	4–3–0–0
8 	L	October 20, 2001 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	4–4–0–0
9 	T	October 23, 2001 	1–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	4–4–1–0
10 	W	October 24, 2001 	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	5–4–1–0
11 	L	October 26, 2001 	0–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	5–5–1–0
12 	L	October 30, 2001 	0–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	5–6–1–0
13 	T	November 2, 2001 	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	5–6–2–0
14 	L	November 3, 2001 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	5–7–2–0
15 	L	November 6, 2001 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	5–8–2–0
16 	L	November 8, 2001 	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	5–9–2–0
17 	W	November 10, 2001	3–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	6–9–2–0
18 	L	November 13, 2001	5–11 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	6–10–2–0
19 	L	November 15, 2001	0–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	6–11–2–0
20 	W	November 17, 2001	4–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	7–11–2–0
21 	W	November 21, 2001	3–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	8–11–2–0
22 	W	November 23, 2001	6–2 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	9–11–2–0
23 	L	November 24, 2001	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	9–12–2–0
24 	T	November 27, 2001	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	9–12–3–0
25 	L	November 28, 2001	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	9–13–3–0
26 	W	November 30, 2001	6–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	10–13–3–0
27 	W	December 2, 2001 	4–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	11–13–3–0
28 	W	December 4, 2001 	5–2 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	12–13–3–0
29 	T	December 6, 2001 	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	12–13–4–0
30 	L	December 8, 2001 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	12–14–4–0
31 	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	12–14–5–0
32 	W	December 13, 2001	2–1 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	13–14–5–0
33 	W	December 15, 2001	5–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	14–14–5–0
34 	L	December 19, 2001	2–5 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	14–15–5–0
35 	L	December 21, 2001	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	14–16–5–0
36 	T	December 22, 2001	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	14–16–6–0
37 	L	December 26, 2001	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	14–17–6–0
38 	W	December 28, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	15–17–6–0
39 	T	December 30, 2001	5–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	15–17–7–0
40 	W	January 1, 2002 	3–2 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	16–17–7–0
41 	L	January 3, 2002 	1–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	16–18–7–0
42 	L	January 5, 2002 	4–7 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	16–19–7–0
43 	L	January 7, 2002 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	16–20–7–0
44 	W	January 9, 2002 	6–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	17–20–7–0
45 	T	January 11, 2002 	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	17–20–8–0
46 	W	January 12, 2002 	1–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	18–20–8–0
47 	W	January 14, 2002 	1–0 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	19–20–8–0
48 	L	January 16, 2002 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	19–21–8–0
49 	L	January 18, 2002 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	19–22–8–0
50 	L	January 19, 2002 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	19–23–8–0
51 	W	January 22, 2002 	3–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	20–23–8–0
52 	L	January 23, 2002 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	20–24–8–0
53 	L	January 26, 2002 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	20–25–8–0
54 	L	January 27, 2002 	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	20–25–8–1
55 	L	January 30, 2002 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	20–26–8–1
56 	W	February 6, 2002 	2–1 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	21–26–8–1
57 	T	February 8, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	21–26–9–1
58 	W	February 9, 2002 	4–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	22–26–9–1
59 	W	February 11, 2002	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	23–26–9–1
60 	W	February 26, 2002	4–3 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	24–26–9–1
61 	L	February 28, 2002	2–5 	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	24–27–9–1
62 	W	March 2, 2002 	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	25–27–9–1
63 	L	March 4, 2002 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	25–28–9–1
64 	W	March 6, 2002 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	26–28–9–1
65 	T	March 8, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	26–28–10–1
66 	W	March 10, 2002 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	27–28–10–1
67 	L	March 12, 2002 	2–5 	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	27–29–10–1
68 	L	March 15, 2002 	4–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	27–30–10–1
69 	L	March 16, 2002 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	27–31–10–1
70 	W	March 19, 2002 	3–0 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	28–31–10–1
71 	W	March 21, 2002 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	29–31–10–1
72 	W	March 23, 2002 	5–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	30–31–10–1
73 	L	March 24, 2002 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	30–32–10–1
74 	W	March 26, 2002 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	31–32–10–1
75 	W	March 29, 2002 	3–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	32–32–10–1
76 	W	March 30, 2002 	4–2 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	33–32–10–1
77 	W	April 3, 2002 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	34–32–10–1
78 	T	April 5, 2002 	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	34–32–11–1
79 	L	April 6, 2002 	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	34–33–11–1
80 	W	April 9, 2002 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	35–33–11–1
81 	W	April 12, 2002 	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	36–33–11–1
82 	L	April 13, 2002 	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	36–33–11–2
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	69	31	48	79 	30 	0 	10 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	39	31	70 	80 	-2 	17 	1 	8
 	C 	66	11	57	68 	22 	-2 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	76	26	33	59 	58 	-1 	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	69	23	29	52 	8 	-5 	7 	0 	4
 	C 	71	17	26	43 	38 	5 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	80	13	23	36 	40 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	82	14	17	31 	137	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	LW/C	61	9 	12	21 	12 	2 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	48	5 	14	19 	29 	-9 	0 	0 	4
 	C 	33	1 	16	17 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	68	8 	8 	16 	38 	4 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	70	3 	11	14 	26 	-15	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	28	2 	12	14 	23 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	13	14 	12 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	7 	3 	10 	44 	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	68	3 	7 	10 	78 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	38	5 	3 	8 	15 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	65	0 	7 	7 	51 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	2 	4 	6 	41 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	1 	4 	5 	56 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	38	2 	2 	4 	85 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	1 	3 	4 	20 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	1 	2 	3 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	2 	0 	2 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	71	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	1 	1 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	0 	1 	1 	28 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4131	71	31	29	8 	192	2.79	6 	1977	1785	.903
 	710 	17	4 	5 	3 	36 	3.04	0 	295 	259 	.878
 	122 	2 	1 	1 	0 	5 	2.46	0 	78 	73 	.936
Team: 	4963	82	36	35	11 	233	2.82	6 	2350	2117	.901
Note: 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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
Forwards 
Name Birthday Position Height Weight Birthplace
Aulin, Jared 15 March, 1982 Center 5' 11" 190 lbs Calgary, Alberta
Cassels, Andrew 23 July, 1969 Center 6' 1" 185 lbs Bramalea, Ontario
Clark, Chris 8 March, 1976 Right Wing 6' 0" 205 lbs South Windsor, CT
Fehr, Eric 7 Sept., 1985 Right Wing 6' 2" 185 lbs Winkler, Manitoba
Fleischmann, Tomas 16 May, 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 192 lbs Koprivinive, Czech Rep.
Fussey, Owen 2 April, 1983 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba
Gordon, Boyd 19 October, 1983 Right Wing 6' 0" 195 lbs Unity, Saskatchewan
Halpern, Jeff 3 May, 1976 Center 5' 10" 200 lbs Potomac, MD
Johansson, Jonas 18 March, 1984 Right Wing 6' 2" 192 lbs Jonkoping, Sweden
Klepis, Jakub 5 June, 1985 Center 6' 1" 210 lbs Prague, Czech Rep.
Laich, Brooks 23 June, 1983 Center 6' 2" 204 lbs Wawota, Saskatchewan
Mink, Graham 21 May, 1979 Center 6' 3" 220 lbs Stowe, VT
Ovechkin, Alexander 17 Sept, 1985 Left Wing 6' 2" 212 lbs Moscow, Russia
Peat, Stephen 10 March, 1980 Right Wing 6' 1" 220 lbs Princeton, BC
Pettinger, Matt 22 October, 1980 Left Wing 6' 1" 200 lbs Victoria, BC
Semin, Alexander 3 March, 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 183 lbs Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sutherby, Brian 1 March, 1982 Center 6' 3" 210 lbs Edmonton, Alberta
Willsie, Brian 13 June, 1977 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs London, Ontario
Zubrus, Dainius 16 June, 1978 RW/C 6' 4" 227 lbs Elektrenai, Lithuania
Defensemen
Biron, Mathieu 29 April, 1980 Defense 6' 5" 220 lbs Lac-St-Charles, Quebec
Boumedienne, Josef 12 January, 1978 Defense 6' 1" 200 lbs Stockholm, Sweden
Cutta, Jakub 29 Dec., 1981 Defense 6' 3" 220 lbs Jablonec, Czech Rep.
Eminger, Steve 31 Oct., 1983 Defense 6' 2" 200 lbs Toronto, Ontario
Majesky, Ivan 2 Sept., 1976 Defense 6' 5" 230 lbs Banska Bystrica, Czech
Morrissonn, Shaone 23 Dec., 1982 Defense 6' 3" 205 lbs Vancouver, BC
Muir, Bryan 8 June, 1973 Defense 6' 4" 220 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba
Witt, Brendan 20 Feb, 1975 Defense 6' 2" 224 lbs Humbolt, Saskatchewan
Yonkman, Nolan 1 April, 1981 Defense 6' 6" 235 lbs Punnichy, Saskatchewan
Zinger, Dwayne 5 July, 1976 Defense 6' 4" 225 lbs Coronation, Alberta
Goaltenders
Daigneault, Maxime 23 Jan, 1984 Goalie 6' 2" 202 lbs St. Jacques-le-Mineur, PQ
Kolzig, Olaf 6 April, 1970 Goalie 6' 4" 225 lbs Johannesburg, South Africa
Mueller, Robert 25 June, 1980 Goalie 5' 7" 163 lbs Rosenheim, Germany
Ouellet, Maxime 17 June, 1981 Goalie 6' 2" 195 lbs Beauport, Quebec
Stana, Rastislav 10 Jan, 1980 Goalie 6' 2" 181 lbs Kosice, Slovakia
==See also==
*2001–02 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Category:Washington Capitals seasons
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:2002 in hockey