2001–02 New York Islanders season

The 2001–02 New York Islanders season was the 30th season of the professional ice hockey team the New York Islanders. This season saw the Islanders finish in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 42 wins, 28 losses, eight ties and four overtime losses for 96 points. They qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994 as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, but lost their first-round playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.

2001–02 New York Islanders
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	5th Eastern
2001–02 record	42–28–8–4
Goals for	239
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Michael Peca
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	14,548 (89.6%)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (32)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (43)
Points	Alexei Yashin (75)
Penalty minutes	Eric Cairns (176)
Wins	Chris Osgood (32)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.50)

Off-season

Newly acquired forward Michael Peca is named team captain.

Regular season

The Islanders scored the most shorthanded goals during the regular season, with 17.[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
2	5	New York Islanders	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
3	6	New Jersey Devils	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
4	11	New York Rangers	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
5	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	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.

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 5, 2001	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 6, 2001	3–0	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	2–0–0–0
3	W	October 10, 2001	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	3–0–0–0
4	W	October 11, 2001	6–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	4–0–0–0
5	OTL	October 13, 2001	4–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	4–0–0–1
6	W	October 17, 2001	4–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	5–0–0–1
7	W	October 18, 2001	2–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	6–0–0–1
8	T	October 20, 2001	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	6–0–1–1
9	W	October 26, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	7–0–1–1
10	W	October 28, 2001	3–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	8–0–1–1
11	W	October 30, 2001	3–2	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	9–0–1–1
12	L	November 2, 2001	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	9–1–1–1
13	W	November 3, 2001	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	10–1–1–1
14	W	November 6, 2001	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	11–1–1–1
15	L	November 8, 2001	2–6	New York Rangers (2001–02)	11–2–1–1
16	L	November 10, 2001	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	11–3–1–1
17	T	November 14, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	11–3–2–1
18	L	November 16, 2001	0–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	11–4–2–1
19	L	November 17, 2001	1–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	11–5–2–1
20	W	November 19, 2001	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	12–5–2–1
21	W	November 21, 2001	5–4	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	13–5–2–1
22	W	November 23, 2001	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	14–5–2–1
23	W	November 24, 2001	5–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	15–5–2–1
24	T	November 27, 2001	5–5 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	15–5–3–1
25	T	November 29, 2001	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	15–5–4–1
26	L	December 1, 2001	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	15–6–4–1
27	L	December 4, 2001	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	15–7–4–1
28	W	December 6, 2001	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	16–7–4–1
29	L	December 7, 2001	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	16–8–4–1
30	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	16–8–5–1
31	OTL	December 12, 2001	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	16–8–5–2
32	L	December 15, 2001	1–3	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	16–9–5–2
33	W	December 18, 2001	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	17–9–5–2
34	W	December 21, 2001	2–1	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	18–9–5–2
35	L	December 22, 2001	2–4	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	18–10–5–2
36	L	December 27, 2001	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	18–11–5–2
37	W	December 29, 2001	6–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	19–11–5–2
38	L	January 1, 2002	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	19–12–5–2
39	W	January 3, 2002	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	20–12–5–2
40	L	January 5, 2002	0–3	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	20–13–5–2
41	W	January 6, 2002	3–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	21–13–5–2
42	L	January 8, 2002	2–5	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	21–14–5–2
43	L	January 10, 2002	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	21–15–5–2
44	W	January 12, 2002	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	22–15–5–2
45	W	January 15, 2002	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	23–15–5–2
46	L	January 17, 2002	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	23–16–5–2
47	W	January 19, 2002	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	24–16–5–2
48	L	January 22, 2002	4–5	New York Rangers (2001–02)	24–17–5–2
49	OTL	January 24, 2002	4–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	24–17–5–3
50	W	January 26, 2002	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	25–17–5–3
51	L	January 29, 2002	1–3	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	25–18–5–3
52	W	January 30, 2002	6–3	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	26–18–5–3
53	T	February 4, 2002	6–6 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	26–18–6–3
54	W	February 5, 2002	4–3	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	27–18–6–3
55	W	February 7, 2002	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	28–18–6–3
56	L	February 10, 2002	3–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	28–19–6–3
57	W	February 12, 2002	1–0 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	29–19–6–3
58	T	February 26, 2002	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	29–19–7–3
59	L	March 1, 2002	3–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	29–20–7–3
60	W	March 2, 2002	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	30–20–7–3
61	L	March 4, 2002	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	30–21–7–3
62	L	March 7, 2002	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	30–22–7–3
63	L	March 8, 2002	2–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	30–23–7–3
64	W	March 10, 2002	6–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	31–23–7–3
65	W	March 12, 2002	3–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	32–23–7–3
66	L	March 13, 2002	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	32–24–7–3
67	L	March 16, 2002	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	32–25–7–3
68	OTL	March 19, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	32–25–7–4
69	W	March 21, 2002	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	33–25–7–4
70	W	March 23, 2002	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	34–25–7–4
71	W	March 25, 2002	4–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	35–25–7–4
72	L	March 27, 2002	1–4	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	35–26–7–4
73	W	March 28, 2002	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	36–26–7–4
74	L	March 30, 2002	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	36–27–7–4
75	W	April 1, 2002	4–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	37–27–7–4
76	T	April 3, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	37–27–8–4
77	W	April 4, 2002	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	38–27–8–4
78	W	April 6, 2002	5–4	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	39–27–8–4
79	L	April 8, 2002	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	39–28–8–4
80	W	April 11, 2002	5–2	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	40–28–8–4
81	W	April 12, 2002	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	41–28–8–4
82	W	April 14, 2002	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	42–28–8–4

Playoffs

Round 1: NY Islanders vs. Toronto

Game 1: NY Islanders 1 Toronto 3

Game 2: NY Islanders 0 Toronto 2

Game 3: Toronto 1 NY Islanders 6

Game 4: Toronto 3 NY Islanders 4

Game 5: NY Islanders 3 Toronto 6

Game 6: Toronto 3 NY Islanders 5

Game 7: NY Islanders 2 Toronto 4

Leafs win series 4–3, advance to semi-finals

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
3		Adrian Aucoin	D	R	29	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
17		Shawn Bates	LW	R	27	2001	Melrose, Massachusetts
55		Jason Blake	C	L	28	2000	Moorhead, Minnesota
33		Eric Cairns	D	L	27	1998	Oakville, Ontario
18		Jim Cummins	RW	R	32	2001	Dearborn, Michigan
21		Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	L	30	1997	Radomsko, Poland
14		Ted Donato	LW	L	33	2001	Boston, Massachusetts
41		Ray Giroux	D	L	25	1999	North Bay, Ontario
7		Kevin Haller	D	L	31	2000	Trochu, Alberta
4		Roman Hamrlik	D	L	28	2000	Zlín, Czechoslovakia
15		Brad Isbister	LW	R	25	1999	Edmonton, Alberta
29		Kenny Jonsson	D	L	27	1995	Ängelholm, Sweden
14		Alexander Kharitonov	LW	R	26	2001	Moscow, Soviet Union
45		Marko Kiprusoff	D	R	30	2001	Turku, Finland
25		Juraj Kolnik	RW	R	21	2000	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
25		Evgeny Korolev	D	L	23	1999	Moscow, Soviet Union
28		Jason Krog	C	R	26	1999	Fernie, British Columbia
12		Oleg Kvasha	LW	R	23	2001	Moscow, Soviet Union
13		Claude Lapointe	C	L	33	1998	Lachine, Quebec
10		Mats Lindgren	LW	L	27	1998	Skellefteå, Sweden
24		Radek Martinek	D	R	25	2001	Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia
2		Branislav Mezei	D	L	21	2000	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
11		Kip Miller	C	L	33	2001	Lansing, Michigan
35		Chris Osgood	G	L	29	2001	Peace River, Alberta
37		Mark Parrish	RW	R	25	2000	Bloomington, Minnesota
27		Michael Peca (C)	C	R	28	2001	Toronto, Ontario
56		Jason Podollan	RW	R	26	2001	Vernon, British Columbia
51		Dave Roche	LW	L	27	2001	Lindsay, Ontario
38		Dave Scatchard	RW	R	26	1999	Hinton, Alberta
39		Ray Schultz	D	L	25	1998	Red Deer, Alberta
30		Garth Snow	G	L	32	2001	Wrentham, Massachusetts
6		Ken Sutton	D	L	32	2001	Edmonton, Alberta
47		Dick Tarnstrom	D	L	27	1994	Sundbyberg, Sweden
16		Raffi Torres	LW	L	20	2000	Toronto, Ontario
46		Marko Tuomainen	RW	R	30	2001	Kuopio, Finland
28		Darren Van Impe	D	L	29	2001	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
20		Steve Webb	RW	R	27	1998	Peterborough, Ontario
79		Alexei Yashin	C	R	28	2001	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	78	32	43	75	25	-3	15	0	5
Mark Parrish	RW	78	30	30	60	32	10	9	1	6
Michael Peca	C	80	25	35	60	62	19	3	6	5
Shawn Bates	C	71	17	35	52	30	18	1	4	4
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	82	22	29	51	48	-8	6	0	6
Brad Isbister	LW	79	17	21	38	113	1	4	0	2
Oleg Kvasha	LW/C	71	13	25	38	80	-4	2	0	3
Roman Hamrlik	D	70	11	26	37	78	7	4	1	1
Adrian Aucoin	D	81	12	22	34	62	23	7	0	1
Kenny Jonsson	D	76	10	22	32	26	15	2	1	0
Dave Scatchard	C	80	12	15	27	111	-4	3	1	4
Kip Miller	C	37	7	17	24	6	2	2	0	1
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	80	9	12	21	60	-9	0	3	0
Dick Tarnstrom	D	62	3	16	19	38	-12	0	0	0
Jason Blake	C	82	8	10	18	36	-11	0	0	1
Mats Lindgren	C/LW	59	3	12	15	16	0	0	0	1
Eric Cairns	D	74	2	5	7	176	-2	0	0	1
Steve Webb	RW	60	2	4	6	104	0	0	0	0
Marko Kiprusoff	D	27	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	0
Radek Martinek	D	23	1	4	5	16	5	0	0	1
Chris Osgood	G	66	0	4	4	10	0	0	0	0
Darren Van Impe	D	14	1	2	3	16	6	0	0	0
Juraj Kolnik	RW	7	2	0	2	0	-2	1	0	0
Evgeny Korolev	D	17	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Branislav Mezei	D	24	0	2	2	12	2	0	0	0
Ken Sutton	D	21	0	2	2	8	-5	0	0	0
Raffi Torres	LW	14	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	10	0	0	0	31	-5	0	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ray Giroux	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Kevin Haller	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Alexander Kharitonov	LW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Jason Krog	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Podollan	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Roche	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	2	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	25	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Marko Tuomainen	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	3743	66	32	25	6	156	2.50	4	1727	1571	.910
Garth Snow	1217	25	10	7	2	55	2.71	2	549	494	.900
Team:	4960	82	42	32	8	211	2.55	6	2276	2065	.907

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	7	3	4	7	2	-2	1	0	0
Adrian Aucoin	D	7	2	5	7	4	-1	2	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	D	7	1	6	7	6	-6	0	0	0
Kip Miller	C	7	4	2	6	2	-2	2	0	1
Shawn Bates	C	7	2	4	6	11	-5	1	0	1
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	7	2	2	4	4	-3	1	0	0
Darren Van Impe	D	7	0	4	4	8	-5	0	0	0
Mark Parrish	RW	7	2	1	3	6	-6	2	0	0
Kenny Jonsson	D	5	1	2	3	4	-2	1	0	0
Trent Hunter	RW	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Brad Isbister	LW	3	1	1	2	17	0	1	0	1
Dave Scatchard	C	7	1	1	2	22	-2	0	0	0
Michael Peca	C	5	1	0	1	2	-5	0	0	0
Jason Blake	C	7	0	1	1	13	-2	0	0	0
Oleg Kvasha	LW/C	7	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Eric Cairns	D	7	0	0	0	15	-2	0	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Evgeny Korolev	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	7	0	0	0	14	-2	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tarnstrom	D	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	7	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	392	7	3	4	17	2.60	0	193	176	.912
Garth Snow	26	1	0	0	2	4.62	0	19	17	.895
Team:	418	7	3	4	19	2.73	0	212	193	.910

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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

New York'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)
4	101	Cory Stillman	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5	132	Dusan Salficky	Czech Republic	HC Plzeň (Czech Republic)
6	166	Andy Chiodo	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7	197	Jan Holub	Czech Republic	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic)
8	228	Mike Bray	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	260	Brian Perez	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9	280	Roman Kuhtinov	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
9	287	Juha-Pekka Ketola	Finland	Lukko (Finland)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
2. "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
3. Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-05.
4. "2001-02 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• "2001–02 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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