The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.

The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon painted on the ice behind each net. On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2-2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2-2 tie.

For the second time in three seasons, no player reached the 100-point plateau.

Regular season

Final standings

The Detroit Red Wings placed first in the league standings, and received home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Jarome Iginla	Calgary	82	52	44	96
Markus Naslund	Vancouver	81	40	50	90
Todd Bertuzzi	Vancouver	72	36	49	85
Mats Sundin	Toronto	82	41	39	80
Jaromir Jagr	Washington	69	31	48	79
Joe Sakic	Colorado	82	26	53	79
Pavol Demitra	St. Louis	82	35	43	78
Adam Oates	Washington/ Philadelphia	80	14	64	78
Mike Modano	Dallas	78	34	43	77
Ron Francis	Carolina	80	27	50	77

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Note: All dates in 2002.

Final

NHL awards

The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.

Presidents' Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Carolina Hurricanes
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Saku Koivu, Montreal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Michael Peca, New York Islanders
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams Award:	Bob Francis, Phoenix Coyotes
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis, Carolina Hurricanes
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:	Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche

All-Star teams

First team	Position	Second team
Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche	G	Jose Theodore, Montreal Canadiens
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings	D	Rob Blake, Colorado Avalanche
Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings	D	Sergei Gonchar, Washington Capitals
Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche	C	Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames	RW	Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins
Markus Naslund, Vancouver Canucks	LW	Brendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001–02 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Ilya Bryzgalov, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ales Kotalik, Buffalo Sabres
• Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo Sabres
• Erik Cole, Carolina Hurricanes
• Tyler Arnason, Chicago Blackhawks
• Radim Vrbata, Colorado Avalanche
• Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
• Sean Avery, Detroit Red Wings
• Kristian Huselius, Florida Panthers
• Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
• Nick Schultz, Minnesota Wild
• Martin Erat, Nashville Predators
• Brian Gionta, New Jersey Devils
• Raffi Torres, New York Islanders
• Trent Hunter*, New York Islanders
• Chris Neil, Ottawa Senators
• Vesa Toskala, San Jose Sharks
• Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
• Alex Auld, Vancouver Canucks

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001–02 (listed with their last team):

• Jeff Norton, Boston Bruins
• Bob Corkum, Buffalo Sabres
• Bob Essensa, Buffalo Sabres
• Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
• Bob Probert, Chicago Blackhawks
• John MacLean, Dallas Stars
• Pat Verbeek, Dallas Stars
• Dave Manson, Dallas Stars
• Steve Duchesne, Detroit Red Wings
• John Vanbiesbrouck, New Jersey Devils
• Valeri Kamensky, New Jersey Devils
• Stephane Richer, New Jersey Devils
• Kevin Stevens, Philadelphia Flyers
• Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
• Gary Suter, San Jose Sharks
• Ray Ferraro, St. Louis Blues
• Grant Ledyard, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Dmitri Khristich, Washington Capitals
• Benoit Hogue, Washington Capitals

2002 trading deadline

Trading deadline: March 19, 2002.

• March 19, 2002: Anaheim traded C Dave Roche to NY Islanders for RW Ben Guite and the rights to RW Bjorn Melin.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded D Jiri Slegr to Detroit for C Yuri Butsayev and Detroit’s third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded LW Darcy Hordichuk and Atlanta’s fourth and fifth-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft to Phoenix for D Kirill Safronov, the rights to RW Ruslan Zainullin and Phoenix’s fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Atlanta traded C Bob Corkum to Buffalo for Buffalo’s fifth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Boston traded LW Greg Crozier to Minnesota for LW Darryl Laplante.
• March 19, 2002: Boston traded D Bobby Allen to Edmonton for D Sean Brown.
• March 19, 2002: Chicago traded D Jaroslav Spacek and Chicago’s second round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Columbus for D Lyle Odelein.
• March 19, 2002: Columbus traded RW Blake Sloan to Calgary for D Jamie Allison.
• March 19, 2002: Colorado Avalanche obtain D Darius Kasparaitis from Pittsburgh for D Rick Berry and LW Ville Nieminen.
• March 19, 2002: New Jersey Devils obtain Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner from the Dallas Stars for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay and 2002 first round draft pick (Daniel Paille, later traded).
• March 19, 2002: Edmonton Oilers traded D Tom Poti and C Rem Murray to the New York Rangers for C Mike York and the Rangers' fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft (Ivan Koltsov).
• March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Darren Van Impe to NY Islanders for the Islanders' fifth-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Florida traded D Jeff Norton to Boston for Boston’s sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Los Angeles traded G Stephane Fiset to Montreal for future considerations.
• March 19, 2002: Nashville traded D Richard Lintner to the New York Rangers for D Peter Smrek.
• March 19, 2002: Pittsburgh traded RW Stephane Richer to New Jersey for a conditional pick in the 2003 Entry Draft.
• March 19, 2002: Washington Capitals traded C Adam Oates to Philadelphia Flyers for G Maxime Ouellet and Philadelphia's first, second and third-round picks in the 2002 Entry Draft (Martin Vagner, Maxime Daigneault and Derek Krestanovich).
• March 18, 2002: Florida Panthers trade Pavel Bure and 2002 second round draft pick (Lee Falardeau) to the New York Rangers for Igor Ulanov, rights to Filip Novak and 2002 first and second round draft picks (Petr Taticek and Rob Globke).

See also

• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 2001 NHL Entry Draft
• 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game
• NHL All-Star Game
• NHL All-Rookie Team
• Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2001 in sports
• 2002 in sports

References

• Hockey Database
• http://nhl.com/