2001–02 Buffalo Sabres season

==Offseason==
The Sabres traded both of their stars, Mike Peca, their captain and Dominik Hasek in the offseason. Peca was sent to the Islanders for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 4, 2001 	1–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	0–1–0–0
2 	W	October 6, 2001 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	1–1–0–0
3 	L	October 7, 2001 	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	1–1–0–1
4 	W	October 10, 2001 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	2–1–0–1
5 	L	October 12, 2001 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	2–2–0–1
6 	W	October 14, 2001 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	3–2–0–1
7 	T	October 16, 2001 	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	3–2–1–1
8 	L	October 19, 2001 	1–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	3–3–1–1
9 	W	October 20, 2001 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	4–3–1–1
10 	W	October 23, 2001 	4–1 	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	5–3–1–1
11 	L	October 26, 2001 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	5–4–1–1
12 	L	October 27, 2001 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	5–5–1–1
13 	L	October 30, 2001 	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	5–6–1–1
14 	W	November 2, 2001 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	6–6–1–1
15 	L	November 3, 2001 	0–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	6–7–1–1
16 	W	November 8, 2001 	8–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	7–7–1–1
17 	L	November 10, 2001	2–4 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	7–8–1–1
18 	W	November 12, 2001	5–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	8–8–1–1
19 	L	November 13, 2001	1–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	8–9–1–1
20 	L	November 16, 2001	0–2 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	8–10–1–1
21 	L	November 17, 2001	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	8–11–1–1
22 	L	November 19, 2001	2–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	8–12–1–1
23 	W	November 21, 2001	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	9–12–1–1
24 	W	November 23, 2001	5–2 	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	10–12–1–1
25 	L	November 24, 2001	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	10–13–1–1
26 	T	November 27, 2001	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	10–13–2–1
27 	W	November 28, 2001	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	11–13–2–1
28 	W	December 1, 2001 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	12–13–2–1
29 	W	December 4, 2001 	4–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	13–13–2–1
30 	L	December 7, 2001 	1–4 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	13–14–2–1
31 	L	December 8, 2001 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	13–15–2–1
32 	L	December 12, 2001	3–4 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	13–16–2–1
33 	W	December 14, 2001	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	14–16–2–1
34 	L	December 15, 2001	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	14–17–2–1
35 	L	December 19, 2001	5–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	14–18–2–1
36 	T	December 21, 2001	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	14–18–3–1
37 	L	December 22, 2001	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	14–19–3–1
38 	W	December 26, 2001	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	15–19–3–1
39 	T	December 29, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	15–19–4–1
40 	L	December 31, 2001	4–5 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	15–20–4–1
41 	L	January 3, 2002 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	15–21–4–1
42 	W	January 6, 2002 	4–1 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	16–21–4–1
43 	W	January 8, 2002 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	17–21–4–1
44 	L	January 10, 2002 	0–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	17–22–4–1
45 	W	January 12, 2002 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	18–22–4–1
46 	W	January 16, 2002 	3–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	19–22–4–1
47 	L	January 17, 2002 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	19–23–4–1
48 	W	January 19, 2002 	3–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	20–23–4–1
49 	L	January 21, 2002 	2–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	20–24–4–1
50 	L	January 23, 2002 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	20–25–4–1
51 	W	January 25, 2002 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	21–25–4–1
52 	W	January 27, 2002 	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	22–25–4–1
53 	T	January 29, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	22–25–5–1
54 	T	February 5, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	22–25–6–1
55 	W	February 8, 2002 	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	23–25–6–1
56 	L	February 10, 2002	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	23–26–6–1
57 	T	February 12, 2002	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	23–26–7–1
58 	L	February 26, 2002	1–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	23–27–7–1
59 	W	March 1, 2002 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	24–27–7–1
60 	T	March 2, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	24–27–8–1
61 	L	March 4, 2002 	0–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	24–28–8–1
62 	W	March 7, 2002 	5–0 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	25–28–8–1
63 	W	March 8, 2002 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	26–28–8–1
64 	W	March 10, 2002 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	27–28–8–1
65 	L	March 12, 2002 	0–3 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	27–29–8–1
66 	W	March 14, 2002 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	28–29–8–1
67 	L	March 15, 2002 	2–5 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	28–30–8–1
68 	T	March 17, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	28–30–9–1
69 	W	March 19, 2002 	5–1 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	29–30–9–1
70 	L	March 21, 2002 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	29–31–9–1
71 	L	March 23, 2002 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	29–32–9–1
72 	W	March 24, 2002 	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	30–32–9–1
73 	L	March 26, 2002 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	30–33–9–1
74 	L	March 28, 2002 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	30–34–9–1
75 	W	March 30, 2002 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	31–34–9–1
76 	W	April 1, 2002 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	32–34–9–1
77 	T	April 3, 2002 	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	32–34–10–1
78 	W	April 5, 2002 	3–1 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	33–34–10–1
79 	W	April 7, 2002 	5–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	34–34–10–1
80 	T	April 10, 2002 	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	34–34–11–1
81 	L	April 12, 2002 	1–3 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	34–35–11–1
82 	W	April 13, 2002 	3–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	35–35–11–1
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	82	37	36	73 	33 	14 	15 	5 	5
 	C 	68	17	31	48 	26 	6 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	82	10	35	45 	34 	4 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	76	23	21	44 	42 	-10	7 	0 	3
 	RW 	81	21	19	40 	69 	-9 	3 	1 	0
 	C 	82	15	24	39 	75 	0 	1 	0 	5
 	C/LW	82	20	17	37 	32 	-4 	4 	1 	5
 	D 	82	1 	33	34 	80 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	59	8 	20	28 	34 	-6 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	76	7 	16	23 	82 	-7 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	38	9 	13	22 	16 	0 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	48	10	10	20 	35 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	69	8 	11	19 	34 	-1 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	56	5 	8 	13 	16 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	58	2 	11	13 	26 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	81	2 	11	13 	43 	18 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	65	5 	5 	10 	113	15 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	60	3 	6 	9 	22 	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	61	2 	6 	8 	28 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	3 	3 	6 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	35	2 	3 	5 	129	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	2 	3 	5 	200	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	3 	4 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	72	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4085	72	31	28	10 	151	2.22	4 	1781	1630	.915
 	518 	10	4 	3 	1 	23 	2.66	0 	217 	194 	.894
 	350 	9 	0 	5 	0 	17 	2.91	0 	113 	96 	.850
Team: 	4953	82	35	36	11 	191	2.31	4 	2111	1920	.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==
category:Buffalo Sabres seasons
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:2002 in hockey