2001–02 San Jose Sharks season

2001–02 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division Champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	3rd Western
2001–02 record	44-27-8-3
Team information
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan
Arena	HP Pavilion
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (29)
Assists	Owen Nolan (43)
Points	Owen Nolan (66)
Penalties in minutes	Bryan Marchment (178)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (37)
Goals against average	Vesa Toskala (0.00)
<2000–01	2002–03>

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	Germany	Schwenningen Wild Wings (DEL)
4	106	Christian Ehrhoff	Defense	Germany	Duisburg EV (GerObL)
4	107	Dmitri Patzold	Goaltender	Kazakhstan	Cologne Sharks (DEL)
5	140	Tomas Plihal	Left Wing	Czechoslovakia	HC Bili Tygri Liberec (Czech)
6	175	Ryane Clowe	Left Wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6	182	Tom Cavanagh	Center	United States	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

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

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.

Game log

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

Playoffs

San José (3) vs. Phoenix (6) 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.

Colorado (2) vs. San José (3) Date Away Home OT May 1 San José 6 3 Colorado May 4 San José 2 8 Colorado May 6 Colorado 4 6 San José May 8 Colorado 4 1 San José May 11 San José 5 3 Colorado May 13 Colorado 2 1 San José OT May 15 San Jose 0 1 Colorado Colorado wins series 4–3.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 75 23 43 66 93 7 8 2 2 Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 82 20 38 58 60 8 7 2 4 Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 82 29 25 54 40 -11 9 1 8 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 79 19 34 53 44 9 5 2 0 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 79 21 23 44 40 9 3 0 5 Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 77 26 16 42 116 11 6 0 5 Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 77 21 20 41 32 23 4 3 5 Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom RW 73 9 30 39 50 7 0 1 0 Suter, GaryGary Suter D 82 6 27 33 57 13 3 0 1 Graves, AdamAdam Graves LW 81 17 14 31 51 11 1 3 1 Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 82 6 23 29 39 13 2 0 2 Bradley, MattMatt Bradley RW 54 9 13 22 43 22 0 0 2 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 69 9 13 22 73 16 0 0 1 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 72 2 20 22 178 22 0 0 0 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 70 5 15 20 44 4 2 0 3 Jillson, JeffJeff Jillson D 48 5 13 18 29 2 3 0 2 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 52 5 12 17 48 23 4 0 0 Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 75 2 12 14 57 10 0 0 1 Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau LW 55 7 4 11 15 4 1 1 0 Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 32 3 7 10 14 2 0 0 1 Smith, MarkMark Smith C 49 3 3 6 72 -1 0 0 1 Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 67 1 3 4 14 0 1 0 0 Heins, ShawnShawn Heins D 17 0 2 2 24 1 0 0 0 Bancroft, SteveSteve Bancroft D 5 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0 Craig, MikeMike Craig RW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Hyvonen, HannesHannes Hyvonen RW 6 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff G 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Toskala, VesaVesa Toskala G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 3901 67 37 24 5 149 2.29 7 1818 1669 .918 Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff 1037 20 7 6 3 43 2.49 2 508 465 .915 Toskala, VesaVesa Toskala 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000 Team: 4948 82 44 30 8 192 2.33 9 2328 2136 .918

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 12 6 5 11 6 3 1 0 3 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 12 4 6 10 4 6 0 0 1 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 12 3 6 9 8 -2 0 0 0 Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 12 5 3 8 2 -3 2 0 1 Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 12 2 6 8 12 -1 1 0 0 Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom RW 12 1 6 7 6 3 0 0 0 Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 12 3 3 6 6 3 0 0 0 Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 12 3 2 5 2 -1 0 0 0 Graves, AdamAdam Graves LW 12 3 1 4 6 -2 0 0 2 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 12 1 3 4 12 -1 0 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 12 1 3 4 6 5 1 0 0 Suter, GaryGary Suter D 12 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 0 Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau LW 10 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 12 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment D 12 1 1 2 10 -1 0 0 0 Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 12 0 2 2 12 -1 0 0 0 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 12 0 2 2 12 3 0 0 0 Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Bradley, MattMatt Bradley RW 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jillson, JeffJeff Jillson D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 712 12 7 5 31 2.61 0 322 291 .904 Kiprusoff, MiikkaMiikka Kiprusoff 8 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000 Team: 720 12 7 5 31 2.58 0 324 293 .904

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;

External links

• Sharks on Hockey Database