2001–02 Washington Capitals season

2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2001–02 record	36–33–11–2
Goals for	228
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt
Arena	MCI Center
Average attendance	17,341
Minor league affiliate(s)	Portland Pirates Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
Goals	Peter Bondra (39)
Assists	Adam Oates (57)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (79)
Penalty minutes	Chris Simon (137)
Plus/minus	Frantisek Kucera (+7)
Wins	Olaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against average	Sebastien 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.

Regular season

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

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

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	OTL	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	OTL	April 13, 2002	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	36–33–11–2

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
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

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;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	58	Nathan Paetsch	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3	90	Owen Fussey	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	125	Jeff Lucky	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	160	Artyom Ternavsky	Russia	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6	191	Zbynek Novak	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
7	221	Johnny Oduya	Sweden	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	249	Matthew Maglione	United States	Princeton University (NCAA)
8	254	Peter Polcik	Slovakia	HK Ardo Nitra (Slovakia)
9	275	Robert Muller	Germany	Adler Manheim (Germany)
9	284	Viktor Hubl	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

• "2001–02 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.