2001–02 NHL season

The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.

The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon behind each net. 

For the second time in three seasons, no player reached the 100-point plateau.

Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference
 Northeast Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS Boston Bruins  43  24  6  9  236  201  101 Toronto Maple Leafs  43  25  10  4  249  207  100 Ottawa Senators  39  27  9  7  243  208  94 Montreal Canadiens  36  31  12  3  207  209  87 Buffalo Sabres  35  35  11  1  213  200  82

 Atlantic Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS Philadelphia Flyers  42  27  10  3  234  192  97 New York Islanders  42  28  8  4  239  220  96 New Jersey Devils  41  28  9  4  205  187  95 New York Rangers  36  38  4  4  227  258  80 Pittsburgh Penguins  28  41  8  5  198  249  69

 Southeast Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS Carolina Hurricanes  35  26  16  5  217  217  91 Washington Capitals  36  33  11  2  228  240  85 Tampa Bay Lightning  27  40  11  4  178  219  69 Florida Panthers  22  44  10  6  180  250  60 Atlanta Thrashers  19  47  11  5  187  288  54

Western Conference
 Central Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS Detroit Red Wings  51  17  10  4  251  187  116 St. Louis Blues  43  27  8  4  227  188  98 Chicago Blackhawks  41  27  13  1  216  207  96 Nashville Predators  28  41  13  0  196  230  69 Columbus Blue Jackets  22  47  8  5  164  255  57

 Pacific Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS San Jose Sharks  44  27  8  3  248  189  99 Phoenix Coyotes  40  27  9  6  228  210  95 Los Angeles Kings  40  27  11  4  214  190  95 Dallas Stars  36  28  13  5  215  213  90 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim  29  42  8  3  175  198  69

 Northwest Division W L T OTL GF GA PTS Colorado Avalanche  45  28  8  1  212  169  99 Vancouver Canucks  42  30  7  3  254  211  94 Edmonton Oilers  38  28  12  4  205  182  92 Calgary Flames  32  35  12  3  201  220  79 Minnesota Wild  26  35  12  9  195  238  73

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PTS Jarome Iginla  Calgary  82  52  44  96 Markus Näslund  Vancouver  81  40  50  90 Todd Bertuzzi  Vancouver  72  36  49  85 Mats Sundin  Toronto  82  41  39  80 Jaromir Jagr  Washington  69  31  48  79 Joe Sakic  Colorado  82  26  53  79 Pavol Demitra  St. Louis  82  35  43  78 Adam Oates  Washington/Philadelphia  80  14  64  78 Mike Modano  Dallas  78  34  43  77 Ron Francis  Carolina  80  27  50  77

Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket

Note: All dates in 2002.

NHL Awards
The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.
 Presidents' Trophy:  Detroit Red Wings Prince of Wales Trophy:  Carolina Hurricanes Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:  Detroit Red Wings Art Ross Memorial Trophy:  Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:  Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens Calder Memorial Trophy:  Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers Frank J. Selke Trophy:  Michael Peca, New York Islanders Hart Memorial Trophy:  Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens Jack Adams Award:  Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes James Norris Memorial Trophy:  Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings King Clancy Memorial Trophy:  Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes Lester B. Pearson Award:  Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames Lester Patrick Trophy:  Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:  Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames NHL Plus/Minus Award:  Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:  Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens Vezina Trophy:  José Theodore, Montreal Canadiens William M. Jennings Trophy:  Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche

All-Star teams
 First Team    Position    Second TeamPatrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche GJose Theodore, Montreal CanadiensNicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings DRob Blake, Colorado AvalancheChris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings DSergei Gonchar, Washington CapitalsJoe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche CMats Sundin, Toronto Maple LeafsJarome Iginla, Calgary Flames RWBill Guerin, Boston BruinsMarkus Naslund, Vancouver Canucks LWBrendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings

Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001–02 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):
Ilya Bryzgalov, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
Ales Kotalik, Buffalo Sabres
Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo Sabres
Erik Cole, Carolina Hurricanes
Tyler Arnason, Chicago Blackhawks
Radim Vrbata, Colorado Avalanche
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Sean Avery, Detroit Red Wings
Kristian Huselius, Florida Panthers
Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
Nick Schultz, Minnesota Wild
Martin Erat, Nashville Predators
Brian Gionta, New Jersey Devils
Raffi Torres, New York Islanders
Trent Hunter*, New York Islanders
Chris Neil, Ottawa Senators
Vesa Toskala, San Jose Sharks
Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
Alex Auld, Vancouver Canucks

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001–02 (listed with their last team):
Jeff Norton, Boston Bruins
Bob Essensa, Buffalo Sabres
Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
Bob Probert, Chicago Blackhawks
John MacLean, Dallas Stars
Pat Verbeek, Dallas Stars
Dave Manson, Dallas Stars
Steve Duchesne, Detroit Red Wings
John Vanbiesbrouck, New Jersey Devils
Valeri Kamensky, New Jersey Devils
Stephane Richer, New Jersey Devils
Kevin Stevens, Philadelphia Flyers
Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
Gary Suter, San Jose Sharks
Ray Ferraro, St. Louis Blues
Grant Ledyard, Tampa Bay Lightning
Dmitri Khristich, Washington Capitals
Benoit Hogue, Washington Capitals

References
Hockey Database
http://nhl.com/

Category:National Hockey League seasons