2001–02 San Jose Sharks season

The 2001–02 San Jose Sharks season was the 11th in franchise history. 
==Offseason==
===NHL Entry Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	20 	Marcel Goc 	Center 	 	Schwenningen Wild Wings (DEL)
4 	106	Christian Ehrhoff	Defense 	 	Duisburg EV (GerObL)
4 	107	Dmitri Patzold 	Goaltender	 	Cologne Sharks (DEL)
5 	140	Tomas Plihal 	Left Wing 	 	HC Bili Tygri Liberec (Czech)
6 	175	Ryane Clowe 	Left Wing 	 	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6 	182	Tom Cavanagh 	Center 	 	Harvard University (NCAA)
==Regular season==
On March 10, 2002 Evgeni Nabokov became the first netminder in NHL history to score a powerplay goal, doing so against the Vancouver Canucks. He was also the first European goaltender to score a goal.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 4, 2001 	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	0–0–0–1
2 	T	October 6, 2001 	0–0 OT	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	0–0–1–1
3 	W	October 11, 2001 	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	1–0–1–1
4 	W	October 13, 2001 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	2–0–1–1
6 	L	October 18, 2001 	1–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	2–1–2–1
7 	T	October 20, 2001 	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	2–1–3–1
8 	W	October 22, 2001 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	3–1–3–1
9 	L	October 23, 2001 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	3–2–3–1
10 	L	October 25, 2001 	2–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	3–3–3–1
11 	W	October 27, 2001 	2–0 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	4–3–3–1
12 	W	October 31, 2001 	4–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	5–3–3–1
13 	W	November 1, 2001 	5–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	6–3–3–1
14 	W	November 3, 2001 	5–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	7–3–3–1
15 	W	November 6, 2001 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	8–3–3–1
16 	T	November 7, 2001 	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	8–3–4–1
17 	L	November 9, 2001 	2–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	8–4–4–1
18 	L	November 11, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	8–4–4–2
19 	W	November 14, 2001	4–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	9–4–4–2
20 	L	November 15, 2001	3–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	9–5–4–2
21 	L	November 17, 2001	2–3 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	9–5–4–3
22 	L	November 21, 2001	0–2 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	9–6–4–3
23 	L	November 24, 2001	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	9–7–4–3
24 	W	November 27, 2001	3–2 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	10–7–4–3
25 	W	November 29, 2001	5–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	11–7–4–3
26 	W	November 30, 2001	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	12–7–4–3
27 	T	December 4, 2001 	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	12–7–5–3
28 	W	December 6, 2001 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	13–7–5–3
29 	W	December 8, 2001 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	14–7–5–3
30 	W	December 11, 2001	5–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	15–7–5–3
31 	W	December 14, 2001	3–0 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	16–7–5–3
32 	W	December 17, 2001	4–1 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	17–7–5–3
33 	W	December 19, 2001	4–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	18–7–5–3
34 	L	December 21, 2001	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	18–8–5–3
35 	T	December 23, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	18–8–6–3
36 	L	December 26, 2001	1–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	18–9–6–3
37 	L	December 28, 2001	3–5 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	18–10–6–3
38 	L	December 30, 2001	2–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	18–11–6–3
39 	W	January 2, 2002 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	19–11–6–3
40 	W	January 4, 2002 	5–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	20–11–6–3
41 	W	January 5, 2002 	6–0 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	21–11–6–3
42 	L	January 8, 2002 	2–6 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	21–12–6–3
43 	W	January 9, 2002 	6–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	22–12–6–3
44 	L	January 12, 2002 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	22–13–6–3
45 	W	January 15, 2002 	1–0 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	23–13–6–3
46 	W	January 17, 2002 	3–2 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	24–13–6–3
47 	L	January 19, 2002 	1–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	24–14–6–3
48 	W	January 21, 2002 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	25–14–6–3
49 	T	January 23, 2002 	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	25–14–7–3
50 	L	January 24, 2002 	2–6 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	25–15–7–3
51 	L	January 27, 2002 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	25–16–7–3
52 	L	January 29, 2002 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	25–17–7–3
53 	W	January 30, 2002 	6–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	26–17–7–3
54 	W	February 6, 2002 	2–0 	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	27–17–7–3
55 	W	February 8, 2002 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	28–17–7–3
56 	W	February 10, 2002	4–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	29–17–7–3
57 	W	February 12, 2002	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	30–17–7–3
58 	W	February 26, 2002	5–1 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	31–17–7–3
59 	W	February 28, 2002	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	32–17–7–3
60 	L	March 1, 2002 	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	32–18–7–3
61 	L	March 3, 2002 	1–4 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	32–19–7–3
62 	L	March 5, 2002 	0–2 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	32–20–7–3
63 	W	March 7, 2002 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	33–20–7–3
64 	W	March 9, 2002 	2–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	34–20–7–3
65 	W	March 10, 2002 	7–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	35–20–7–3
66 	L	March 13, 2002 	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	35–21–7–3
67 	W	March 15, 2002 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	36–21–7–3
68 	T	March 16, 2002 	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	36–21–8–3
69 	L	March 18, 2002 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	36–22–8–3
70 	L	March 20, 2002 	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	36–23–8–3
71 	W	March 21, 2002 	4–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	37–23–8–3
72 	L	March 23, 2002 	0–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	37–24–8–3
73 	W	March 26, 2002 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	38–24–8–3
74 	L	March 28, 2002 	2–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	38–25–8–3
75 	W	March 30, 2002 	10–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	39–25–8–3
76 	W	April 2, 2002 	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	40–25–8–3
77 	W	April 4, 2002 	5–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	41–25–8–3
78 	W	April 6, 2002 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	42–25–8–3
79 	L	April 8, 2002 	1–3 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	42–26–8–3
80 	W	April 10, 2002 	5–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	43–26–8–3
81 	L	April 11, 2002 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	43–27–8–3
82 	W	April 13, 2002 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	44–27–8–3
==Playoffs==
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"	Date 	Away 	Home 	OT
April 17 	Phoenix 1 	2 San José 	 	
April 20 	Phoenix 3 	1 San José 	 	
April 22 	San José 4 	1 Phoenix 	 	
April 24 	San José 2 	1 Phoenix 	 	
April 26 	Phoenix 1 	4 San José 	 	
San José wins series 4–1.	San José wins series 4–1.	San José wins series 4–1.	San José wins series 4–1.	
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	75	23	43	66 	93 	7 	8 	2 	2
 	C 	82	20	38	58 	60 	8 	7 	2 	4
 	RW 	82	29	25	54 	40 	-11	9 	1 	8
 	C 	79	19	34	53 	44 	9 	5 	2 	0
 	C 	79	21	23	44 	40 	9 	3 	0 	5
 	LW 	77	26	16	42 	116	11 	6 	0 	5
 	LW 	77	21	20	41 	32 	23 	4 	3 	5
 	RW 	73	9 	30	39 	50 	7 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	82	6 	27	33 	57 	13 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	81	17	14	31 	51 	11 	1 	3 	1
 	D 	82	6 	23	29 	39 	13 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	54	9 	13	22 	43 	22 	0 	0 	2
 	RW/C	69	9 	13	22 	73 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	72	2 	20	22 	178	22 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	5 	15	20 	44 	4 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	48	5 	13	18 	29 	2 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	52	5 	12	17 	48 	23 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	75	2 	12	14 	57 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	55	7 	4 	11 	15 	4 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	32	3 	7 	10 	14 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	49	3 	3 	6 	72 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	67	1 	3 	4 	14 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	2 	2 	24 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	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 	12	6	5	11 	6 	3 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	12	4	6	10 	4 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	12	3	6	9 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	5	3	8 	2 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	12	2	6	8 	12 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1	6	7 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	3	3	6 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	3	2	5 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	3	1	4 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	12	1	3	4 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1	3	4 	6 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	4	4 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	2	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	3	3 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1	1	2 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	2	2 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	12	0	2	2 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	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; 
==References==
==External links==
* Sharks on Hockey Database
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