2001–02 Minnesota Wild season

The 2001–02 Minnesota Wild season was the team's second season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild missed the Stanley Cup playoffs, finishing last in the Northwest Division.

2001–02 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Northwest
2001–02 record	26–35–12–9
Goals for	195
Goals against	238
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Jim Dowd (Oct.) Filip Kuba (Nov.) Brad Brown (Dec.–Jan.) Andrew Brunette (Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,455
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Gaborik (30)
Assists	Andrew Brunette (48)
Points	Andrew Brunette (69)
Penalty minutes	Matt Johnson (183)
Wins	Dwayne Roloson (14)
Goals against average	Derek Gustafson (0.00)

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
2	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
3	9	Edmonton Oilers	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
5	12	Minnesota Wild	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73

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.

Western Conference[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Wild missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Andrew Brunette LW 81 21 48 69 18 -4 10 0 2 Marian Gaborik RW 78 30 37 67 34 0 10 0 4 Jim Dowd C 82 13 30 43 54 -14 5 0 1 Sergei Zholtok C 73 19 20 39 28 -10 10 0 2 Antti Laaksonen LW 82 16 17 33 22 -5 0 0 1 Wes Walz C 64 10 20 30 43 0 0 2 5 Pascal Dupuis LW 76 15 12 27 16 -10 3 2 0 Richard Park RW 63 10 15 25 10 -1 2 1 2 Darby Hendrickson C 68 9 15 24 50 -22 2 2 1 Filip Kuba D 62 5 19 24 32 -6 3 0 1 Lubomir Sekeras D 69 4 20 24 38 -7 4 0 1 Stacy Roest RW 58 10 11 21 8 -3 1 4 2 Aaron Gavey C 71 6 11 17 38 -21 1 0 0 Willie Mitchell D 68 3 10 13 68 -16 0 0 1 Jason Marshall D 80 5 6 11 148 -8 1 0 0 Nick Schultz D 52 4 6 10 14 0 1 0 1 Ladislav Benysek D 74 1 7 8 28 -12 0 0 0 Andy Sutton D 19 2 4 6 35 -4 1 0 0 Hnat Domenichelli LW 27 1 5 6 10 -5 0 0 0 Tony Virta RW 8 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastien Bordeleau C 14 1 4 5 8 -1 0 0 0 Matt Johnson LW 60 4 0 4 183 -13 0 0 1 Brad Brown D 51 0 4 4 123 -11 0 0 0 Brad Bombardir D 28 1 2 3 14 -6 1 0 0 Roman Simicek C 6 2 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 Sergei Krivokrasov RW 9 1 1 2 17 -1 0 0 1 Sylvain Blouin LW 43 0 2 2 130 -11 0 0 0 David Cullen D 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 Manny Fernandez G 44 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Derek Gustafson G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Matteucci D 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Travis Roche D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Dwayne Roloson G 45 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dwayne Roloson 2506 45 14 20 7 112 2.68 5 1132 1020 .901 Manny Fernandez 2463 44 12 24 5 125 3.05 1 1157 1032 .892 Derek Gustafson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 7 1.000 Team: 4995 82 26 44 12 237 2.85 6 2296 2059 .897

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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;

Draft picks

Minnesota'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	6	Mikko Koivu	Finland	TPS (SM-liiga)
2	36	Kyle Wanvig	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	74	Chris Heid	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	93	Stephane Veilleux	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	103	Tony Virta	Finland	TPS (SM-liiga)
7	202	Derek Boogaard	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
8	239	Jake Riddle	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
2. "2001-02 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

• "2001–02 Minnesota Wild Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links