2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs' 84th season as a franchise, and the 74th season as the Maple Leafs. They finished second in the Northeast Division with a record of 43-25-10-4 for 100 points. Qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs as the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference, they downed the New York Islanders in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals and the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Conference Semi-finals. However, their luck ran out in the Conference Finals, as they were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in six games.
Leafs captain Mats Sundin ranked fourth in the league in scoring with 80 points.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.169, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5 Head coach Pat Quinn and goaltender Curtis Joseph were members of the gold medal-winning Canadian ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 2001 NHL Entry Draft 
*The free agency period began on July 1.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 3, 2001 	4–5 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	0–1–0–0
4 	W	October 11, 2001 	3–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	2–1–1–0
5 	L	October 13, 2001 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	2–2–1–0
6 	W	October 16, 2001 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	3–2–1–0
7 	W	October 18, 2001 	6–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	4–2–1–0
8 	L	October 20, 2001 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	4–3–1–0
9 	W	October 23, 2001 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	5–3–1–0
10 	L	October 25, 2001 	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	5–3–1–1
11 	W	October 27, 2001 	4–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	6–3–1–1
12 	W	October 30, 2001 	3–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	7–3–1–1
13 	L	November 1, 2001 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	7–4–1–1
14 	W	November 3, 2001 	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	8–4–1–1
15 	W	November 6, 2001 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	9–4–1–1
16 	L	November 9, 2001 	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	9–4–1–2
17 	T	November 10, 2001	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	9–4–2–2
18 	W	November 14, 2001	3–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	10–4–2–2
19 	W	November 15, 2001	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	11–4–2–2
20 	L	November 17, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	11–4–2–3
21 	W	November 19, 2001	5–1 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	12–4–2–3
22 	L	November 21, 2001	2–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	12–5–2–3
23 	L	November 23, 2001	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	12–6–2–3
24 	W	November 24, 2001	2–0 	Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	13–6–2–3
25 	L	November 27, 2001	2–5 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	13–7–2–3
26 	W	November 30, 2001	2–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	14–7–2–3
27 	W	December 1, 2001 	4–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	15–7–2–3
28 	L	December 4, 2001 	0–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	15–8–2–3
29 	W	December 6, 2001 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	16–8–2–3
30 	W	December 8, 2001 	4–3 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	17–8–2–3
31 	W	December 11, 2001	6–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	18–8–2–3
32 	W	December 13, 2001	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	19–8–2–3
33 	W	December 15, 2001	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	20–8–2–3
34 	L	December 18, 2001	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	20–9–2–3
35 	T	December 21, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	20–9–3–3
36 	W	December 22, 2001	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	21–9–3–3
37 	L	December 26, 2001	3–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	21–10–3–3
38 	L	December 28, 2001	4–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	21–11–3–3
39 	L	December 29, 2001	2–4 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	21–12–3–3
40 	W	December 31, 2001	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	22–12–3–3
41 	W	January 3, 2002 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	23–12–3–3
42 	W	January 5, 2002 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	24–12–3–3
43 	L	January 7, 2002 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	24–13–3–3
44 	W	January 8, 2002 	4–3 	Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	25–13–3–3
45 	T	January 11, 2002 	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	25–13–4–3
46 	T	January 12, 2002 	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	25–13–5–3
47 	L	January 15, 2002 	2–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	25–14–5–3
48 	L	January 17, 2002 	2–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	25–14–5–4
49 	L	January 19, 2002 	0–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	25–15–5–4
50 	W	January 22, 2002 	6–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	26–15–5–4
51 	L	January 25, 2002 	1–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	26–16–5–4
52 	L	January 26, 2002 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	26–17–5–4
53 	W	January 29, 2002 	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	27–17–5–4
54 	W	January 30, 2002 	6–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	28–17–5–4
55 	W	February 5, 2002 	3–1 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	29–17–5–4
56 	L	February 7, 2002 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	29–18–5–4
57 	W	February 9, 2002 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	30–18–5–4
58 	W	February 11, 2002	5–4 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	31–18–5–4
59 	W	February 26, 2002	4–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	32–18–5–4
60 	L	March 1, 2002 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	32–19–5–4
61 	T	March 2, 2002 	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	32–19–6–4
62 	W	March 4, 2002 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	33–19–6–4
63 	L	March 6, 2002 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	33–20–6–4
64 	T	March 9, 2002 	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	33–20–7–4
65 	W	March 10, 2002 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	34–20–7–4
66 	T	March 12, 2002 	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	34–20–8–4
67 	W	March 14, 2002 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 	35–20–8–4
68 	T	March 16, 2002 	5–5 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	35–20–9–4
69 	W	March 19, 2002 	3–2 OT	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	36–20–9–4
70 	L	March 21, 2002 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	36–21–9–4
71 	W	March 23, 2002 	2–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	37–21–9–4
72 	L	March 25, 2002 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	37–22–9–4
73 	W	March 26, 2002 	7–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	38–22–9–4
74 	L	March 28, 2002 	4–5 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	38–23–9–4
75 	L	March 30, 2002 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	38–24–9–4
76 	W	April 1, 2002 	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	39–24–9–4
77 	L	April 4, 2002 	2–4 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	39–25–9–4
78 	T	April 6, 2002 	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	39–25–10–4
79 	W	April 8, 2002 	4–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	40–25–10–4
80 	W	April 10, 2002 	7–2 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	41–25–10–4
81 	W	April 12, 2002 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	42–25–10–4
82 	W	April 13, 2002 	5–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	43–25–10–4
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	82	41	39	80 	94 	6 	10 	2 	9
 	77	24	35	59 	92 	24 	7 	0 	5
 	66	24	33	57 	8 	1 	5 	0 	4
 	71	14	38	52 	36 	11 	4 	0 	3
 	78	20	31	51 	26 	7 	1 	0 	3
 	69	21	27	48 	63 	-4 	6 	2 	2
 	82	13	34	47 	26 	11 	1 	1 	4
 	82	17	26	43 	129	16 	8 	0 	1
 	69	10	29	39 	2 	5 	5 	0 	3
 	82	11	23	34 	61 	13 	3 	0 	2
 	74	12	21	33 	120	11 	0 	1 	1
 	74	9 	10	19 	157	3 	0 	0 	2
 	55	6 	13	19 	26 	14 	3 	0 	0
 	82	6 	10	16 	18 	10 	0 	1 	1
 	63	5 	10	15 	28 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	51	4 	8 	12 	18 	13 	1 	2 	1
 	50	3 	9 	12 	54 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	81	1 	10	11 	46 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	21	3 	7 	10 	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	63	1 	3 	4 	142	2 	0 	0 	0
 	23	1 	3 	4 	8 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	2 	0 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	11	1 	1 	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	34	0 	2 	2 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	2 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	51	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0 	1 	1 	10 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	30	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3065	51	29	17	5 	114	2.23	4 	1210	1096	.906
 	1646	30	12	10	5 	75 	2.73	1 	707 	632 	.894
 	219 	4 	2 	2 	0 	10 	2.74	0 	110 	100 	.909
 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	4.50	0 	12 	9 	.750
Team: 	4970	82	43	29	10 	202	2.44	5 	2039	1837	.901
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	19	7	12	19 	56 	3 	0 	1
 	20	5	10	15 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	20	8	3 	11 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	20	5	5 	10 	30 	3 	0 	1
 	20	4	6 	10 	2 	3 	0 	1
 	20	2	8 	10 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	20	3	6 	9 	34 	0 	0 	1
 	17	4	4 	8 	38 	1 	0 	1
 	8 	2	5 	7 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	19	1	6 	7 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	19	1	3 	4 	61 	0 	0 	1
 	11	0	4 	4 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	18	0	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	16	1	0 	1 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	11	1	0 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	20	0	1 	1 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	18	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	12	0	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	20	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	14	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1253	20	10	10	48	2.30	3 	557	509	.914
 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	5 	5 	1.000
Team: 	1265	20	10	10	48	2.28	3 	562	514	.915
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 on goal;SV=Goals saved; SV% = Save Percentage; 
==Awards and records==
* Mats Sundin, Centre, NHL Second Team All-Star
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2001-02 season.
===Trades===
September 30, 2001	To Chicago BlackhawksShawn Thornton 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMarty Wilford
November 21, 2001 	To Dallas StarsDave Manson 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJyrki Lumme
March 1, 2002 	To Nashville PredatorsD.J. Smith Marty Wilford 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMarc Moro
March 15, 2002 	To Carolina Hurricanes4th round pick in 2003 - Kevin Nastiuk 	To Toronto Maple LeafsTom Barrasso
May 13, 2002 	To Boston BruinsKris Vernarsky 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRic Jackman
June 22, 2002 	To Nashville Predators3rd round pick in 2003 - Alexander Sulzer	To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd round pick in 2002 - Dominic D'Amour
June 23, 2002 	To Vancouver CanucksJeff Farkas 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJosh Holden
June 25, 2002 	To Vancouver Canucks8th round pick in 2003 - Sergei Topol 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRyan Bonni
June 30, 2002 	To Nashville PredatorsTie Domi 	To Toronto Maple Leafs8th round pick in 2003 - Shaun Landolt
June 30, 2002 	To Calgary FlamesCurtis Joseph 	To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd round pick in 2003 - Dan Irmen
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Alexander Mogilny	New Jersey Devils
Anders Eriksson 	Florida Panthers
Paul Healey 	Edmonton Oilers
Chris Murray 	St. Louis Blues
Corey Schwab 	Kansas City Blades (IHL)
==Draft picks==
Toronto's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.
 
Round #	Pick #	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	17 	Carlo Colaiacovo	Defence 	Canadian 	Erie Otters (Ontario Hockey League)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
St. John's Maple Leafs
===ECHL===
Columbia Inferno
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Wingers
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Centres
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*GM: Pat Quinn
*Coach: Pat Quinn
==See also==
*2001–02 NHL season
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
 
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