2001–02 Boston Bruins season

The 2001–02 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 77th season of operation. The Bruins finished 1st in the Northeast Division and lost in the Conference Quarter-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 4, 2001 	4–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W 	October 6, 2001 	4–3 OT 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	2–0–0–0
3 	W 	October 8, 2001 	4–0 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	3–0–0–0
4 	L 	October 10, 2001 	1–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	3–1–0–0
5 	L 	October 13, 2001 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 	3–2–0–0
6 	T 	October 16, 2001 	1–1 OT 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	3–2–1–0
7 	T 	October 17, 2001 	2–2 OT 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	3–2–2–0
8 	W 	October 20, 2001 	2–1 	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 	4–2–2–0
9 	L 	October 23, 2001 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	4–3–2–0
10 	W 	October 25, 2001 	2–1 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	5–3–2–0
11 	L 	October 27, 2001 	1–2 OT 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	5–3–2–1
12 	T 	October 28, 2001 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	5–3–3–1
13 	L 	October 30, 2001 	3–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	5–3–3–2
14 	W 	November 3, 2001 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	6–3–3–2
15 	W 	November 6, 2001 	1–0 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 	7–3–3–2
16 	L 	November 8, 2001 	3–5 	Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 	7–4–3–2
17 	L 	November 10, 2001 	1–5 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	7–5–3–2
18 	W 	November 13, 2001 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	8–5–3–2
19 	W 	November 15, 2001 	5–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	9–5–3–2
20 	W 	November 17, 2001 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	10–5–3–2
21 	L 	November 20, 2001 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	10–6–3–2
22 	W 	November 23, 2001 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	11–6–3–2
23 	L 	November 24, 2001 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	11–7–3–2
24 	W 	November 27, 2001 	6–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	12–7–3–2
25 	W 	November 29, 2001 	3–2 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	13–7–3–2
26 	L 	December 1, 2001 	1–2 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	13–7–3–3
27 	W 	December 4, 2001 	3–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	14–7–3–3
28 	L 	December 6, 2001 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	14–8–3–3
29 	W 	December 8, 2001 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	15–8–3–3
30 	W 	December 12, 2001 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	16–8–3–3
31 	L 	December 13, 2001 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	16–9–3–3
32 	L 	December 15, 2001 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	16–10–3–3
33 	L 	December 18, 2001 	2–3 OT 	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	16–10–3–4
34 	W 	December 20, 2001 	5–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	17–10–3–4
35 	W 	December 22, 2001 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	18–10–3–4
36 	W 	December 26, 2001 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	19–10–3–4
37 	W 	December 28, 2001 	7–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	20–10–3–4
38 	W 	December 29, 2001 	5–4 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	21–10–3–4
39 	L 	December 31, 2001 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 	21–11–3–4
40 	W 	January 2, 2002 	6–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	22–11–3–4
41 	L 	January 3, 2002 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	22–12–3–4
42 	W 	January 5, 2002 	7–4 	Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	23–12–3–4
43 	W 	January 8, 2002 	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	24–12–3–4
44 	W 	January 10, 2002 	5–0 	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 	25–12–3–4
45 	L 	January 12, 2002 	4–5 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	25–13–3–4
46 	L 	January 14, 2002 	0–1 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 	25–13–3–5
47 	W 	January 17, 2002 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	26–13–3–5
48 	L 	January 19, 2002 	1–2 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	26–13–3–6
49 	L 	January 21, 2002 	3–4 OT 	St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 	26–13–3–7
50 	L 	January 23, 2002 	4–8 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	26–14–3–7
51 	L 	January 24, 2002 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	26–15–3–7
52 	W 	January 26, 2002 	4–2 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	27–15–3–7
53 	W 	January 28, 2002 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 	28–15–3–7
54 	W 	January 30, 2002 	4–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	29–15–3–7
55 	W 	February 4, 2002 	8–0 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 	30–15–3–7
56 	T 	February 5, 2002 	2–2 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	30–15–4–7
57 	W 	February 9, 2002 	4–1 	Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	31–15–4–7
58 	L 	February 11, 2002 	2–5 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 	31–16–4–7
59 	W 	February 12, 2002 	2–1 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 	32–16–4–7
60 	T 	February 26, 2002 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (2001–02) 	32–16–5–7
61 	L 	February 28, 2002 	2–6 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	32–17–5–7
62 	L 	March 1, 2002 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	32–18–5–7
63 	L 	March 4, 2002 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	32–19–5–7
64 	L 	March 6, 2002 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 	32–20–5–7
65 	W 	March 8, 2002 	3–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 	33–20–5–7
66 	W 	March 9, 2002 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (2001–02) 	34–20–5–7
67 	W 	March 13, 2002 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (2001–02) 	35–20–5–7
68 	L 	March 14, 2002 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 	35–21–5–7
69 	W 	March 16, 2002 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 	36–21–5–7
70 	W 	March 19, 2002 	4–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 	37–21–5–7
71 	W 	March 21, 2002 	2–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 	38–21–5–7
72 	W 	March 23, 2002 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 	39–21–5–7
73 	W 	March 24, 2002 	4–3 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	40–21–5–7
74 	W 	March 26, 2002 	3–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	41–21–5–7
75 	L 	March 30, 2002 	0–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 	41–22–5–7
76 	W 	April 2, 2002 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 	42–22–5–7
77 	L 	April 4, 2002 	1–2 OT 	New York Islanders (2001–02) 	42–22–5–8
78 	L 	April 6, 2002 	4–6 	New York Rangers (2001–02) 	42–23–5–8
79 	L 	April 7, 2002 	2–3 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 	42–23–5–9
80 	T 	April 9, 2002 	2–2 OT 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 	42–23–6–9
81 	L 	April 11, 2002 	0–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 	42–24–6–9
82 	W 	April 13, 2002 	7–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 	43–24–6–9
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	74	29	41	70 	27 	21 	3 	0 	4
 	C 	66	22	46	68 	127	7 	6 	0 	5
 	RW 	78	41	25	66 	91 	-1 	10 	1 	7
 	C/RW	82	31	31	62 	30 	11 	6 	9 	7
 	RW 	73	35	25	60 	40 	26 	5 	0 	7
 	C 	72	7 	47	54 	14 	21 	1 	0 	3
 	RW 	68	17	23	40 	101	12 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	66	12	13	25 	24 	6 	1 	2 	0
 	D 	80	3 	22	25 	89 	27 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	78	7 	17	24 	16 	6 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	79	4 	18	22 	77 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	80	4 	14	18 	107	18 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	81	3 	15	18 	35 	22 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	54	8 	6 	14 	42 	9 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	17	4 	4 	8 	9 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	38	0 	8 	8 	19 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	4 	2 	6 	45 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	35	1 	5 	6 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	2 	3 	5 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	23	1 	2 	3 	84 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	3 	3 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	3 	3 	33 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	58	0 	3 	3 	122	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	0 	2 	2 	16 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	2 	2 	13 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	0 	2 	2 	164	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	47 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	1 	1 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3827	64	35	26	3 	141	2.21	4 	1520	1379	.907
 	1079	19	8 	7 	2 	52 	2.89	1 	503 	451 	.897
 	65 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3 	2.77	0 	29 	26 	.897
Team: 	4971	82	43	33	6 	196	2.37	5 	2052	1856	.904
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	6 	4	2	6 	6 	-2 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	4	6 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	6 	4	1	5 	0 	-1 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	4	5 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	2	4 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	1	3 	6 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	2	3 	12 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	2	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	2	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	5 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	20 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	358	6 	2	4	19	3.18	0 	141	122	.865
Team: 	358	6 	2	4	19	3.18	0 	141	122	.865
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==
*Bill Guerin, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Nick Boynton, Defense, NHL All-Rookie Team
==See Also==
*2001–02 NHL season
==References==
* 
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Category:2001 in hockey
Category:2002 in hockey