2001–02 Washington Capitals season

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2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Southeast
Conference9th Eastern
2001–02 record36–33–11
Goals for228
Goals against240
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainSteve Konowalchuk and
Brendan Witt
ArenaMCI Center
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (39)
AssistsAdam Oates (57)
PointsJaromir Jagr (79)
Penalty minutesChris Simon (137)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against averageSebastien Charpentier (2.46)

The 2001–02 Washington Capitals season was the team's 28th season of play. The team finished second in the Southeast, but ninth-overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.

Off-season

Regular season

The Caps tied the New Jersey Devils for fewest short-handed goals scored, with just 2.[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 26 16 5 217 217 91
2 9 Washington Capitals 82 36 33 11 2 228 240 85
3 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 27 40 11 4 178 219 69
4 14 Florida Panthers 82 22 44 10 6 180 250 60
5 15 Atlanta Thrashers 82 19 47 11 5 187 288 54

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Boston Bruins NE 82 43 24 6 9 236 201 101
2 Y- Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 42 27 10 3 234 192 97
3 Y- Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 35 26 16 5 217 217 91
4 X- Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 43 25 10 4 249 207 100
5 X- New York Islanders AT 82 42 28 8 4 239 220 96
6 X- New Jersey Devils AT 82 41 28 9 4 205 187 95
7 X- Ottawa Senators NE 82 39 27 9 7 243 208 94
8 X- Montreal Canadiens NE 82 36 31 12 3 207 209 87
8.5
9 Washington Capitals SE 82 36 33 11 2 228 240 85
10 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 35 35 11 1 213 200 82
11 New York Rangers AT 82 36 38 4 4 227 258 80
12 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 28 41 8 5 198 249 69
13 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 27 40 11 4 178 219 69
14 Florida Panthers SE 82 22 44 10 6 180 250 60
15 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 19 47 11 5 187 288 54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 6, 2001 6–1 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 1–0–0–0
2 L October 8, 2001 0–4 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 1–1–0–0
3 W October 10, 2001 5–2 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 2–1–0–0
4 L October 12, 2001 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 2–2–0–0
5 L October 13, 2001 2–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 2–3–0–0
6 W October 16, 2001 3–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 3–3–0–0
7 W October 19, 2001 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 4–3–0–0
8 L October 20, 2001 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 4–4–0–0
9 T October 23, 2001 1–1 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 4–4–1–0
10 W October 24, 2001 4–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 5–4–1–0
11 L October 26, 2001 0–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 5–5–1–0
12 L October 30, 2001 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 5–6–1–0
13 T November 2, 2001 2–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 5–6–2–0
14 L November 3, 2001 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 5–7–2–0
15 L November 6, 2001 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 5–8–2–0
16 L November 8, 2001 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 5–9–2–0
17 W November 10, 2001 3–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 6–9–2–0
18 L November 13, 2001 5–11 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 6–10–2–0
19 L November 15, 2001 0–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 6–11–2–0
20 W November 17, 2001 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 7–11–2–0
21 W November 21, 2001 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 8–11–2–0
22 W November 23, 2001 6–2 New York Rangers (2001–02) 9–11–2–0
23 L November 24, 2001 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 9–12–2–0
24 T November 27, 2001 5–5 OT @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 9–12–3–0
25 L November 28, 2001 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 9–13–3–0
26 W November 30, 2001 6–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 10–13–3–0
27 W December 2, 2001 4–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 11–13–3–0
28 W December 4, 2001 5–2 New York Rangers (2001–02) 12–13–3–0
29 T December 6, 2001 3–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 12–13–4–0
30 L December 8, 2001 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 12–14–4–0
31 T December 11, 2001 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 12–14–5–0
32 W December 13, 2001 2–1 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 13–14–5–0
33 W December 15, 2001 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 14–14–5–0
34 L December 19, 2001 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 14–15–5–0
35 L December 21, 2001 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 14–16–5–0
36 T December 22, 2001 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 14–16–6–0
37 L December 26, 2001 1–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 14–17–6–0
38 W December 28, 2001 3–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 15–17–6–0
39 T December 30, 2001 5–5 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 15–17–7–0
40 W January 1, 2002 3–2 New York Islanders (2001–02) 16–17–7–0
41 L January 3, 2002 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 16–18–7–0
42 L January 5, 2002 4–7 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 16–19–7–0
43 L January 7, 2002 1–2 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 16–20–7–0
44 W January 9, 2002 6–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 17–20–7–0
45 T January 11, 2002 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 17–20–8–0
46 W January 12, 2002 1–0 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 18–20–8–0
47 W January 14, 2002 1–0 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 19–20–8–0
48 L January 16, 2002 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 19–21–8–0
49 L January 18, 2002 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 19–22–8–0
50 L January 19, 2002 1–5 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 19–23–8–0
51 W January 22, 2002 3–0 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 20–23–8–0
52 L January 23, 2002 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 20–24–8–0
53 L January 26, 2002 3–6 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 20–25–8–0
54 L January 27, 2002 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 20–25–8–1
55 L January 30, 2002 1–4 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 20–26–8–1
56 W February 6, 2002 2–1 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 21–26–8–1
57 T February 8, 2002 3–3 OT @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 21–26–9–1
58 W February 9, 2002 4–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 22–26–9–1
59 W February 11, 2002 3–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 23–26–9–1
60 W February 26, 2002 4–3 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 24–26–9–1
61 L February 28, 2002 2–5 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 24–27–9–1
62 W March 2, 2002 3–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 25–27–9–1
63 L March 4, 2002 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 25–28–9–1
64 W March 6, 2002 3–2 Calgary Flames (2001–02) 26–28–9–1
65 T March 8, 2002 2–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 26–28–10–1
66 W March 10, 2002 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 27–28–10–1
67 L March 12, 2002 2–5 Dallas Stars (2001–02) 27–29–10–1
68 L March 15, 2002 4–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 27–30–10–1
69 L March 16, 2002 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 27–31–10–1
70 W March 19, 2002 3–0 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 28–31–10–1
71 W March 21, 2002 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 29–31–10–1
72 W March 23, 2002 5–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 30–31–10–1
73 L March 24, 2002 2–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 30–32–10–1
74 W March 26, 2002 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 31–32–10–1
75 W March 29, 2002 3–1 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 32–32–10–1
76 W March 30, 2002 4–2 New York Islanders (2001–02) 33–32–10–1
77 W April 3, 2002 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 34–32–10–1
78 T April 5, 2002 0–0 OT Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 34–32–11–1
79 L April 6, 2002 4–5 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 34–33–11–1
80 W April 9, 2002 3–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 35–33–11–1
81 W April 12, 2002 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 36–33–11–1
82 L April 13, 2002 3–4 OT New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 36–33–11–2

Playoffs

The Capitals did not make the playoffs, which ended their two season playoff streak.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jaromir Jagr RW 69 31 48 79 30 0 10 0 3
Peter Bondra RW 77 39 31 70 80 -2 17 1 8
Adam Oates C 66 11 57 68 22 -2 3 0 1
J.D. Hess C 69 21 40 61 24 -1 13 0 4
Sergei Gonchar D 76 26 33 59 58 -1 7 0 2
Ulf Dahlen LW 69 23 29 52 8 -5 7 0 4
Dainius Zubrus C 71 17 26 43 38 5 4 0 3
Andrei Nikolishin C 80 13 23 36 40 -1 1 0 0
Chris Simon LW 82 14 17 31 137 -8 1 0 1
Dmitri Khristich LW/C 61 9 12 21 12 2 3 0 2
Jeff Halpern C 48 5 14 19 29 -9 0 0 4
Glen Metropolit C 33 1 16 17 6 3 0 0 0
Ken Klee D 68 8 8 16 38 4 2 0 3
Sylvain Cote D 70 3 11 14 26 -15 1 0 2
Steve Konowalchuk LW 28 2 12 14 23 -2 0 0 0
Frantisek Kucera D 56 1 13 14 12 7 0 0 0
Matt Pettinger LW 61 7 3 10 44 -8 1 0 1
Brendan Witt D 68 3 7 10 78 -1 0 0 0
Colin Forbes C 38 5 3 8 15 -2 0 1 1
Joe Sacco RW 65 0 7 7 51 -13 0 0 0
Joe Reekie D 38 2 4 6 41 -7 0 0 0
Rob Zettler D 49 1 4 5 56 3 0 0 0
Stephen Peat RW 38 2 2 4 85 -1 0 0 0
Jean-Francois Fortin D 36 1 3 4 20 -1 0 0 0
Trevor Linden RW 16 1 2 3 6 -2 1 0 0
Calle Johansson D 11 2 0 2 8 -4 0 0 1
Nolan Yonkman D 11 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0
Ivan Ciernik RW 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Chris Corrinet RW 8 0 1 1 6 -4 0 0 0
Chris Ferraro C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Ferraro LW 4 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Benoit Hogue C 9 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0
Olaf Kolzig G 71 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
Todd Rohloff D 16 0 1 1 14 -2 0 0 0
Trent Whitfield C 24 0 1 1 28 -3 0 0 0
Craig Billington G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Boileau D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Sebastien Charpentier G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jakub Cutta D 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Mike Farrell RW 8 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Dean Melanson D 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Brian Sutherby C 7 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Olaf Kolzig 4131 71 31 29 8 192 2.79 6 1977 1785 .903
Craig Billington 710 17 4 5 3 36 3.04 0 295 259 .878
Sebastien Charpentier 122 2 1 1 0 5 2.46 0 78 73 .936
Team: 4963 82 36 35 11 233 2.82 6 2350 2117 .901

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Forwards Name Birthday Position Height Weight Birthplace

Aulin, Jared 15 March 1982 Center 5' 11" 190 lbs Calgary, Alberta

Cassels, Andrew 23 July 1969 Center 6' 1" 185 lbs Bramalea, Ontario

Clark, Chris 8 March 1976 Right Wing 6' 0" 205 lbs South Windsor, CT

Fehr, Eric 7 Sept., 1985 Right Wing 6' 2" 185 lbs Winkler, Manitoba

Fleischmann, Tomas 16 May 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 192 lbs Koprivinive, Czech Rep.

Fussey, Owen 2 April 1983 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba

Gordon, Boyd 19 October 1983 Right Wing 6' 0" 195 lbs Unity, Saskatchewan

Halpern, Jeff 3 May 1976 Center 5' 10" 200 lbs Potomac, MD

Johansson, Jonas 18 March 1984 Right Wing 6' 2" 192 lbs Jonkoping, Sweden

Klepis, Jakub 5 June 1985 Center 6' 1" 210 lbs Prague, Czech Rep.

Laich, Brooks 23 June 1983 Center 6' 2" 204 lbs Wawota, Saskatchewan

Mink, Graham 21 May 1979 Center 6' 3" 220 lbs Stowe, VT

Ovechkin, Alexander 17 Sept, 1985 Left Wing 6' 2" 212 lbs Moscow, Russia

Peat, Stephen 10 March 1980 Right Wing 6' 1" 220 lbs Princeton, BC

Pettinger, Matt 22 October 1980 Left Wing 6' 1" 200 lbs Victoria, BC

Semin, Alexander 3 March 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 183 lbs Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Sutherby, Brian 1 March 1982 Center 6' 3" 210 lbs Edmonton, Alberta

Willsie, Brian 13 June 1977 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs London, Ontario

Zubrus, Dainius 16 June 1978 RW/C 6' 4" 227 lbs Elektrenai, Lithuania

Defensemen

Biron, Mathieu 29 April 1980 Defense 6' 5" 220 lbs Lac-St-Charles, Quebec

Boumedienne, Josef 12 January 1978 Defense 6' 1" 200 lbs Stockholm, Sweden

Cutta, Jakub 29 Dec., 1981 Defense 6' 3" 220 lbs Jablonec, Czech Rep.

Eminger, Steve 31 Oct., 1983 Defense 6' 2" 200 lbs Toronto, Ontario

Majesky, Ivan 2 Sept., 1976 Defense 6' 5" 230 lbs Banska Bystrica, Czech

Morrissonn, Shaone 23 Dec., 1982 Defense 6' 3" 205 lbs Vancouver, BC

Muir, Bryan 8 June 1973 Defense 6' 4" 220 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba

Witt, Brendan 20 Feb, 1975 Defense 6' 2" 224 lbs Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Yonkman, Nolan 1 April 1981 Defense 6' 6" 235 lbs Punnichy, Saskatchewan

Zinger, Dwayne 5 July 1976 Defense 6' 4" 225 lbs Coronation, Alberta

Goaltenders

Daigneault, Maxime 23 Jan, 1984 Goalie 6' 2" 202 lbs St. Jacques-le-Mineur, PQ

Kolzig, Olaf 6 April 1970 Goalie 6' 4" 225 lbs Johannesburg, South Africa

Mueller, Robert 25 June 1980 Goalie 5' 7" 163 lbs Rosenheim, Germany

Ouellet, Maxime 17 June 1981 Goalie 6' 2" 195 lbs Beauport, Quebec

Stana, Rastislav 10 Jan, 1980 Goalie 6' 2" 181 lbs Kosice, Slovakia

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
  2. ^ "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". nhl.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. ^ "2001-02 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

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