2001–02 Boston Bruins season

The 2001–02 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins's 78th season of operation. The Bruins qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Montreal Canadiens.

2001–02 Boston Bruins
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	1st Eastern
2001–02 record	43–24–6–9
Goals for	236
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Robbie Ftorek
Captain	Jason Allison (Oct) Vacant (Oct-Apr)
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	15,403 (87.7%)
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Guerin (41)
Assists	Jazef Stumpel (47)
Points	Sergei Samsonov (70)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (164)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (35)
Goals against average	Byron Dafoe (2.21)

Offseason

After barely missing the playoffs the previous season, the Bruins went on a free-agent signing spree under new general manager Mike O'Connell. The team signed high-profile free agents: forwards Martin Lapointe, Bill Guerin, Rob Zamuner, and Scott Pellerin, and defenseman Sean O'Donnell.

Two more major pieces for the Bruins came thanks to a contract holdout by captain Jason Allison. After failing to report to training camp and missing all of the pre-season, Allison was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for two former Bruins: Glen Murray and Jozef Stumpel. The two proved to be invaluable to the team, as Stumpel led the team in assists and Murray finished second on the team in goals, more than making up for Allison's production.

Regular season

On October 25, 2001, Joe Thornton scored just 12 seconds into the overtime period to give the Bruins a 2–1 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2001–02 regular season.[2]

The Bruins finished the regular season with the highest penalty-kill percentage, at 87.11%.[3]

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Boston Bruins	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
5	10	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82

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[4]

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

Regular season schedule

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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	January 19, 2002	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	26–13–3–6
49	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sergei Samsonov	LW	74	29	41	70	27	21	3	0	4
Joe Thornton	C	66	22	46	68	127	7	6	0	5
Bill Guerin	RW	78	41	25	66	91	-1	10	1	7
Brian Rolston	C/RW	82	31	31	62	30	11	6	9	7
Glen Murray	RW	73	35	25	60	40	26	5	0	7
Jozef Stumpel	C	72	7	47	54	14	21	1	0	3
Martin Lapointe	RW	68	17	23	40	101	12	4	0	2
Rob Zamuner	LW	66	12	13	25	24	6	1	2	0
Sean O'Donnell	D	80	3	22	25	89	27	1	0	2
P. J. Axelsson	LW	78	7	17	24	16	6	0	2	0
Hal Gill	D	79	4	18	22	77	16	0	0	0
Nick Boynton	D	80	4	14	18	107	18	0	0	1
Don Sweeney	D	81	3	15	18	35	22	1	0	0
Mike Knuble	RW	54	8	6	14	42	9	0	0	2
Benoit Hogue	C	17	4	4	8	9	-3	0	0	1
Kyle McLaren	D	38	0	8	8	19	-4	0	0	0
Jamie Rivers	D	64	4	2	6	45	6	1	0	1
Scott Pellerin	LW	35	1	5	6	6	-6	0	0	0
Marty McInnis	RW	19	2	3	5	8	-1	0	0	1
Dennis Bonvie	RW	23	1	2	3	84	3	0	0	0
Jonathan Girard	D	20	0	3	3	9	0	0	0	0
Jarno Kultanen	D	38	0	3	3	33	-1	0	0	0
P. J. Stock	C	58	0	3	3	122	-2	0	0	0
John Emmons	C	22	0	2	2	16	-4	0	0	0
Gord Murphy	D	15	0	2	2	13	2	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	47	0	2	2	164	-2	0	0	0
Andy Hilbert	C/LW	6	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Sean Brown	D	12	0	1	1	47	-1	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	G	64	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0
John Grahame	G	19	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Ivan Huml	LW	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Jeff Norton	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Mikko Eloranta	LW	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Ric Jackman	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Chris Kelleher	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pavel Kolarik	D	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Eric Manlow	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Raycroft	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Tuzzolino	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Byron Dafoe	3827	64	35	26	3	141	2.21	4	1520	1379	.907
John Grahame	1079	19	8	7	2	52	2.89	1	503	451	.897
Andrew Raycroft	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
Bill Guerin	RW	6	4	2	6	6	-2	3	0	0
Joe Thornton	C	6	2	4	6	10	0	0	0	0
Brian Rolston	C/RW	6	4	1	5	0	-1	1	1	0
Glen Murray	RW	6	1	4	5	4	-1	0	0	0
Sergei Samsonov	LW	6	2	2	4	0	-2	0	0	0
P. J. Axelsson	LW	6	2	1	3	6	2	0	1	1
Nick Boynton	D	6	1	2	3	8	2	0	0	0
Martin Lapointe	RW	6	1	2	3	12	-2	1	0	1
Sean O'Donnell	D	6	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Jozef Stumpel	C	6	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Rob Zamuner	LW	6	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0	0
P. J. Stock	C	6	1	0	1	19	0	0	0	0
Hal Gill	D	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Marty McInnis	RW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	6	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Dennis Bonvie	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Brown	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Girard	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Knuble	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle McLaren	D	4	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0
Jeff Norton	D	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
Jamie Rivers	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Byron Dafoe	358	6	2	4	19	3.18	0	141	122	.865
Team:	358	6	2	4	19	3.18	0	141	122	.865

[5]

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

Boston'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)
1	19	Shaone Morrisonn	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	77	Darren McLachlan	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	111	Matti Kaltiainen	Finland	Espoo Blues (Finland)
5	147	Jiri Jakes	Czech Republic	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	179	Andrew Alberts	United States	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
7	209	Jordan Sigalet	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCJHL)
8	241	Milan Jurcina	Slovakia	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
9	282	Marcel Rodman	Slovenia	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. HighBeam
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002_games.html
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
4. "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
5. "2001-02 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

• "2001–02 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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