2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the 2001-02 season, Patrick Roy had a Goals Against Average of 1.94 and a Save Percentage of .925. For his efforts, Patrick Roy earned the Jennings Trophy, and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, pp.478-479 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
==Regular season==
*December 26, 2001: In a 2-0 shutout over the Dallas Stars, Patrick Roy became the first goalie to win 500 games in a career.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p475, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 3, 2001 	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W	October 9, 2001 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	2–0–0–0
3 	L	October 11, 2001 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	2–1–0–0
4 	L	October 13, 2001 	0–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	2–2–0–0
5 	W	October 16, 2001 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	3–2–0–0
6 	L	October 18, 2001 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	3–3–0–0
7 	W	October 20, 2001 	5–0 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	4–3–0–0
8 	L	October 21, 2001 	2–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	4–4–0–0
9 	W	October 23, 2001 	5–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	5–4–0–0
10 	W	October 25, 2001 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	6–4–0–0
11 	L	October 27, 2001 	0–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	6–5–0–0
12 	W	October 28, 2001 	3–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	7–5–0–0
13 	L	October 31, 2001 	0–1 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	7–6–0–0
14 	L	November 2, 2001 	2–4 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	7–7–0–0
15 	L	November 3, 2001 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	7–8–0–0
16 	T	November 6, 2001 	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	7–8–1–0
17 	L	November 8, 2001 	0–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	7–9–1–0
18 	L	November 10, 2001	0–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	7–10–1–0
19 	W	November 14, 2001	1–0 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	8–10–1–0
20 	W	November 16, 2001	1–0 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	9–10–1–0
21 	W	November 18, 2001	2–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	10–10–1–0
22 	L	November 20, 2001	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	10–11–1–0
23 	L	November 21, 2001	4–5 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	10–12–1–0
24 	W	November 24, 2001	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	11–12–1–0
25 	W	November 27, 2001	4–1 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	12–12–1–0
26 	W	November 30, 2001	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	13–12–1–0
27 	T	December 1, 2001 	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	13–12–2–0
28 	W	December 3, 2001 	4–2 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	14–12–2–0
29 	W	December 5, 2001 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	15–12–2–0
30 	W	December 7, 2001 	4–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	16–12–2–0
31 	W	December 8, 2001 	2–0 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	17–12–2–0
32 	T	December 10, 2001	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	17–12–3–0
33 	W	December 12, 2001	5–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	18–12–3–0
34 	L	December 14, 2001	0–3 	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	18–13–3–0
35 	W	December 16, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	19–13–3–0
36 	W	December 19, 2001	2–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	20–13–3–0
37 	T	December 21, 2001	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	20–13–4–0
38 	W	December 23, 2001	6–3 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	21–13–4–0
39 	W	December 26, 2001	2–0 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	22–13–4–0
40 	L	December 27, 2001	1–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	22–14–4–0
41 	L	December 29, 2001	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	22–15–4–0
42 	T	January 1, 2002 	4–4 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	22–15–5–0
43 	W	January 3, 2002 	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	23–15–5–0
44 	L	January 5, 2002 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	23–16–5–0
45 	W	January 9, 2002 	7–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	24–16–5–0
46 	T	January 12, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	24–16–6–0
47 	L	January 15, 2002 	0–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	24–16–6–1
48 	W	January 17, 2002 	3–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	25–16–6–1
49 	W	January 19, 2002 	3–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	26–16–6–1
50 	W	January 21, 2002 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	27–16–6–1
51 	W	January 23, 2002 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	28–16–6–1
52 	W	January 24, 2002 	2–0 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	29–16–6–1
53 	W	January 26, 2002 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	30–16–6–1
54 	L	January 28, 2002 	4–6 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	30–17–6–1
55 	L	January 30, 2002 	2–5 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	30–18–6–1
56 	L	February 4, 2002 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	30–19–6–1
57 	W	February 8, 2002 	6–0 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	31–19–6–1
58 	L	February 9, 2002 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	31–20–6–1
59 	W	February 11, 2002	5–2 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	32–20–6–1
60 	W	February 13, 2002	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	33–20–6–1
61 	T	February 26, 2002	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	33–20–7–1
62 	W	February 28, 2002	2–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	34–20–7–1
63 	L	March 2, 2002 	1–2 	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	34–21–7–1
64 	W	March 4, 2002 	2–0 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	35–21–7–1
65 	W	March 6, 2002 	4–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	36–21–7–1
66 	W	March 9, 2002 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	37–21–7–1
67 	W	March 11, 2002 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	38–21–7–1
68 	L	March 14, 2002 	0–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	38–22–7–1
69 	W	March 16, 2002 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	39–22–7–1
70 	W	March 17, 2002 	5–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	40–22–7–1
71 	L	March 19, 2002 	0–3 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	40–23–7–1
72 	L	March 21, 2002 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	40–24–7–1
73 	L	March 23, 2002 	0–2 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	40–25–7–1
74 	W	March 28, 2002 	3–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	41–25–7–1
75 	L	March 30, 2002 	3–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	41–26–7–1
76 	W	April 1, 2002 	5–1 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	42–26–7–1
77 	W	April 3, 2002 	6–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	43–26–7–1
78 	L	April 5, 2002 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	43–27–7–1
79 	W	April 7, 2002 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	44–27–7–1
80 	L	April 9, 2002 	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	44–28–7–1
81 	W	April 12, 2002 	3–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	45–28–7–1
82 	T	April 14, 2002 	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	45–28–8–1
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	26	53	79 	18 	12 	9 	1 	4
 	D 	75	16	40	56 	58 	16 	10 	0 	2
 	LW 	70	13	35	48 	36 	8 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	82	21	25	46 	38 	1 	5 	0 	6
 	C 	67	19	27	46 	18 	14 	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	62	21	23	44 	24 	0 	7 	1 	5
 	D 	82	10	21	31 	42 	-3 	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	52	18	12	30 	14 	7 	6 	0 	3
 	D 	55	5 	22	27 	55 	7 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	53	10	14	24 	30 	1 	1 	0 	5
 	D 	82	8 	12	20 	57 	18 	1 	1 	3
 	C 	73	5 	12	17 	48 	1 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	74	5 	10	15 	26 	-5 	0 	0 	3
 	RW 	56	7 	7 	14 	14 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	74	4 	9 	13 	59 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	6 	6 	12 	39 	8 	0 	1 	3
 	LW 	41	6 	6 	12 	39 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	50	2 	7 	9 	47 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	2 	5 	7 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	2 	3 	5 	14 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	63	1 	4 	5 	154	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	25	2 	2 	4 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	36	0 	4 	4 	25 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	3 	3 	26 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	1 	2 	9 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	2 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	0 	0 	0 	60 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	19 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	20	9	18	27 	20 	8 	0 	0 	4
 	C 	21	9	10	19 	4 	-2 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	19	5	8 	13 	0 	-8 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	21	4	9 	13 	2 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	21	7	5 	12 	8 	7 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	20	6	6 	12 	16 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	21	5	7 	12 	10 	4 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	21	1	6 	7 	28 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	3	3 	6 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0	6 	6 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	1	4 	5 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	21	1	2 	3 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	1	2 	3 	9 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	1	2 	3 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0	3 	3 	18 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	1	1 	2 	13 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	0	2 	2 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0	0 	0 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
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==
===Team trophies===
===Player awards and trophies===
*Patrick Roy, William Jennings Trophy
*Patrick Roy, First Team All-Star 
==See also==
*2001–02 NHL season
*2001 NHL Entry Draft
*List of Colorado Avalanche seasons
==References==
===General===
*The Internet Hockey Database
*Colorado Avalanche Database
*Official National Hockey League Site
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