2001–02 New Jersey Devils | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 41–28–9–4 |
Home record | 22–13–4–2 |
Road record | 19–15–5–2 |
Goals for | 205 |
Goals against | 187 |
Team information | |
General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach |
Larry Robinson (Oct–Jan) Kevin Constantine (Jan–Apr) |
Captain | Scott Stevens |
Alternate captains |
Bobby Holik Scott Niedermayer |
Arena | Continental Airlines Arena |
Average attendance | 15,925 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrik Elias (29) |
Assists | Brian Rafalski (40) |
Points | Patrik Elias (61) |
Penalty minutes | Colin White (133) |
Plus/minus | Sergei Brylin (+21) |
Wins | Martin Brodeur (38) |
Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.15) |
The 2001–02 New Jersey Devils season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 20th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. [1] The Devils finished sixth in the Eastern Conference and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Fifty-one games in to the season, head coach Larry Robinson was fired and Kevin Constantine was named his replacement for their final 31 games. [2] On April 13, 2002, the Devils clinched a sixth-place Conference finish and a third-place Division finish. The Devils came into the playoffs for the 6th consecutive season but they were upset in the Conference Quarterfinals by the eventual Eastern Conference champions, the Carolina Hurricanes, losing in six games.
The Devils had the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 261, and they tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals scored, with just two. However, the Devils were also the most disciplined team during the regular season, finishing with an NHL-low 265 power-play opportunities against. [3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
The series opened in Raleigh. Carolina won Games 1 and 2, 2–1 – Game 1 in regulation and Game 2 in overtime. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands. The Devils won Game 3, 4–0, and Game 4, 3–1. Game 5 was back in Raleigh, where the Hurricanes won 3–2 in overtime. Game 6 shifted back to the Meadowlands, where Carolina prevailed 1–0 and clinched the series victory, 4–2.
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October: 5–3–0–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1)
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November: 4–7–2–1 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 1–3–2–1)
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December: 7–4–3–0 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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January: 7–6–2–1 (home: 4–2–1–1; road: 3–4–1–0)
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February: 3–2–2–0 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 2–0–1–0)
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March: 9–5–0–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 5–3–0–0)
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April: 6–1–0–0 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 3–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Carolina Hurricanes – Hurricanes win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
26 | Patrik Elias | LW | 75 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 81 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 7 | 97 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
17 | Petr Sykora | RW | 73 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
23 | Scott Gomez | C | 76 | 10 | 38 | 48 | −4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Brian Rafalski | D | 76 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 76 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
25 | Jason Arnott‡ | C | 63 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 3 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 76 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
11 | John Madden | C | 82 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 82 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
20 | Jay Pandolfo | RW | 65 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Randy McKay‡ | RW | 55 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Valeri Kamensky† | LW | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Brian Gionta | RW | 33 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
25 | Joe Nieuwendyk† | C | 14 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
12 | Sergei Nemchinov | LW | 68 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
21 [a] | Andreas Salomonsson | LW | 39 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Christian Berglund | LW | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 123 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Pierre Dagenais‡ | RW | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Jamie Langenbrunner† | RW | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 67 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Colin White | D | 73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
6 | Tommy Albelin | D | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 73 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | Bruce Gardiner† | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
44 | Stephane Richer† | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
7 | Andrei Zyuzin† | D | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Turner Stevenson | RW | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
29 | Josef Boumedienne‡ | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Joel Bouchard† | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Mike Commodore | D | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Jiri Bicek | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Scott Clemmensen | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1 | Jean-Francois Damphousse | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
7 | Sascha Goc‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Martin Brodeur | 73 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 1655 | 156 | 2.15 | .906 | 4 | 4347 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 145 | 9 | 1.42 | .938 | 1 | 381 |
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck† | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 10 | 2.00 | .915 | 0 | 300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Jean-Francois Damphousse | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 12 | 2.45 | .896 | 0 | 294 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Scott Clemmensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 | .800 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Patrik Elias | [6] |
Brian Rafalski [b] | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Patrik Elias (October 22) | [8] | |
Martin Brodeur (April 1) | [9] | ||
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Jim McKenzie | [10] |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Sergei Brylin | [10] | |
Most Valuable Devil | Martin Brodeur | [10] | |
Three-Star Award | Patrik Elias | [10] |
The Devils were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals. [11]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in 2001 Vancouver's 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To
Florida Panthers St. Louis’ 1st-round pick in 2001 |
[12] |
June 23, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To
Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[11] |
June 23, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To
Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix's 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
To
Atlanta Thrashers Phoenix's 4th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2002 |
[11] |
August 22, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils Future considerations |
To
Washington Capitals Chris Ferraro |
[14] |
November 9, 2001 | To New Jersey Devils Andrei Zyuzin |
To
Tampa Bay Lightning Josef Boumedienne Sascha Goc Rights to Anton But |
[15] |
January 16, 2002 | To New Jersey Devils Valeri Kamensky |
To
Dallas Stars Andre Lakos Future considerations |
[16] |
March 4, 2002 | To New Jersey Devils Mike Rucinski |
To
Carolina Hurricanes Ted Drury |
[17] |
March 19, 2002 | To New Jersey Devils Jamie Langenbrunner Joe Nieuwendyk |
To Dallas Stars Jason Arnott Randy McKay 1st-round pick in 2002 |
[18] |
March 19, 2002 | To New Jersey Devils Stephane Richer |
To
Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[18] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Tommy Albelin | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [19] | |
August 7, 2001 | Ted Drury | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [17] | |
October 21, 2001 | Bruce Gardiner | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [20] | |
Steve Guolla | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [20] | ||
October 25, 2001 | Joel Bouchard | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency | [21] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [c] | Ref |
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June 10, 2001 | John Vanbiesbrouck | Retirement (III) [d] | [23] | |
July 1, 2001 | Bryan Duce [e] | Contract expiration (UFA) | [22] | |
July 2, 2001 | Sean O'Donnell | Boston Bruins | Free agency (V) | [25] |
July 3, 2001 | Alexander Mogilny | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [26] |
July 5, 2001 | Ken Sutton | New York Islanders | Free agency (III) | [27] |
July 16, 2001 | Bob Corkum | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) | [28] |
July 27, 2001 | Doug Stienstra | Bracknell Bees ( BISL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
October 29, 2001 | Ed Ward | Timra IK ( SHL) | Free agency (III) | [30] |
January 12, 2002 | Pierre Dagenais | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [31] |
May 22, 2002 | John Vanbiesbrouck | Retirement | [32] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 5, 2001 | Andreas Salomonsson | Entry-level | [33] | |
August 8, 2001 | Bobby Holík | 1-year | Arbitration award | [34] |
August 16, 2001 | Petr Sykora | 2-year | Arbitration award | [35] |
September 12, 2001 | Ken Daneyko | 1-year | Extension | [36] |
September 17, 2001 | Turner Stevenson | Re-signing | [37] | |
October 2, 2001 | Martin Brodeur | 5-year | Extension | [38] |
November 16, 2001 | Scott Stevens | 3-year | Extension | [39] |
February 4, 2002 | John Vanbiesbrouck | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
June 2, 2002 | Phil Cole | Entry-level | [41] | |
Steve Guolla | Extension | [41] |
The Devils' draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [42]
Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (league) | Notes |
1 | 28 | Adrian Foster | Canada | C | Saskatoon Blades ( WHL) | |
2 | 44 | Igor Pohanka | Slovakia | C | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) | [f] |
2 | 48 | Tuomas Pihlman | Finland | LW | JYP ( SM-liiga) | [f] |
2 | 60 | Victor Uchevatov | Russia | D | Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl ( Russian Superleague) | [g] [h] |
3 | 67 | Robin Leblanc | Canada | RW | Baie-Comeau Drakkar ( QMJHL) | [i] |
3 | 72 | Brandon Nolan | Canada | C | Oshawa Generals ( OHL) | [j] [k] |
4 | 128 | Andrei Posnov | Russia | F | Krylya Sovetov (Russian Superleague) | |
5 | 163 | Andreas Salomonsson | Sweden | LW | Djurgardens IF ( Elitserien) | |
6 | 194 | James Massen | United States | F | Sioux Falls Stampede ( USHL) | |
7 | 0 | No seventh-round pick | [l] | |||
8 | 229 | Aaron Voros | Canada | RW | Victoria Salsa ( BCHL) | [m] |
8 | 257 | Evgeny Gamalei | Russia | ? | Voskresensk Khimik (Russian Superleague) | |
9 | 287 | No ninth-round pick | [n] |
The Panthers also traded a pair of second-round draft choices to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for the 24th overall selection
25-Oct-01: Signed as a free agent by the New Jersey Devils.
Signed as a free agent by Bracknell Bees (Britain), July 27, 2001.
DEVILS--Extended the contract of D Ken Daneyko through next season.
17-Sep-01: Re-signed by the New Jersey Devils.