2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 3rd Southeast |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 27–40–11–4 |
Home record | 16–17–5–3 |
Road record | 11–23–6–1 |
Goals for | 178 |
Goals against | 219 |
Team information | |
General manager |
Rick Dudley (Oct-Feb) Jay Feaster (Feb-Apr) |
Coach | John Tortorella |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains |
Vincent Lecavalier Fredrik Modin Tim Taylor |
Arena | Ice Palace |
Average attendance | 15,722 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Springfield Falcons Pensacola Ice Pilots |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dave Andreychuk (21) |
Assists | Brad Richards (42) |
Points | Brad Richards (62) |
Penalty minutes | Dave Andreychuk (109) |
Plus/minus | Martin St. Louis (+4) |
Wins | Nikolai Khabibulin (24) |
Goals against average | Nikolai Khabibulin (2.36) |
The 2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.
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On February 10, general manager Rick Dudley resigned and was replaced by assistant general manager Jay Feaster. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 217 | 217 | 91 |
2 | 9 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 228 | 240 | 85 |
3 | 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 178 | 219 | 69 |
4 | 14 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 180 | 250 | 60 |
5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 187 | 288 | 54 |
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
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October: 4–6–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
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November: 6–6–0–1 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 1–4–0–1)
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December: 5–6–2–1 (home: 2–2–0–1; road: 3–4–2–0)
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January: 4–9–2–0 (home: 1–4–1–0; road: 3–5–1–0)
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February: 1–3–1–1 (home: 0–2–1–1; road: 1–1–0–0)
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March: 5–5–4–1 (home: 5–2–2–1; road: 0–3–2–0)
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April: 2–5–1–0 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 1–2–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Brad Richards | C | 82 | 20 | 42 | 62 | −18 | 13 |
20 | Vaclav Prospal | C | 81 | 18 | 37 | 55 | −11 | 38 |
25 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 82 | 21 | 17 | 38 | −12 | 109 |
4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 76 | 20 | 17 | 37 | −18 | 61 |
26 | Martin St. Louis | RW | 53 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 20 |
7 | Ben Clymer | RW | 81 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −10 | 36 |
13 | Pavel Kubina | D | 82 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −22 | 106 |
33 | Fredrik Modin | LW | 54 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 27 |
22 [a] | Dan Boyle† | D | 41 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −15 | 27 |
41 | Jimmie Olvestad | LW | 74 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
28 [b] | Sheldon Keefe | RW | 39 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −11 | 16 |
5 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 78 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −1 | 58 |
16 | Juha Ylonen‡ | C | 65 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −10 | 8 |
18 | Zdeno Ciger†‡ | LW | 27 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −12 | 10 |
21 | Cory Sarich | D | 72 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −4 | 105 |
15 | Nikita Alexeev | RW | 44 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −9 | 8 |
27 | Tim Taylor | C | 48 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 25 |
2 | Stan Neckar | D | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −18 | 24 |
24 [c] | Shane Willis† | RW | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
46 | Martin Cibak | C | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 8 |
3 | Grant Ledyard | D | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 12 |
11 | Chris Dingman† | LW | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −8 | 26 |
9 | Brian Holzinger | C | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 4 |
44 | Nolan Pratt | D | 46 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 51 |
36 | Andre Roy† | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 63 |
34 | Gordie Dwyer | LW | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 60 |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
30 | Andrei Zyuzin‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 6 |
29 | Dmitry Afanasenkov | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
36 | Matthew Barnaby‡ | RW | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 70 |
43 | Mathieu Biron | D | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | 12 |
55 | Josef Boumedienne† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
6 | Sascha Goc† | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Dieter Kochan | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Kristian Kudroc | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Glen Metropolit‡ | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
54 | Gaetan Royer† | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
17 [d] | Ryan Tobler | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
80 | Kevin Weekes‡ | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 70 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 1914 | 153 | 2.36 | .920 | 7 | 3896 |
80 | Kevin Weekes‡ | 19 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 470 | 40 | 2.89 | .915 | 2 | 830 |
31 | Dieter Kochan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 129 | 16 | 4.05 | .876 | 0 | 237 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Nikolai Khabibulin | [4] |
NHL Player of the Week | Nikolai Khabibulin (November 26) | [5] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Brad Richards | [6] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | Nikolai Khabibulin | November 25, 2001 | [7] |
1,000th game played | Grant Ledyard | December 12, 2001 | [8] |
The Lightning 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. [9]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 18, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Juha Ylonen |
To
Phoenix Coyotes Todd Warriner |
[10] |
June 22, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Mathieu Biron 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
To
New York Islanders Adrian Aucoin Alexander Kharitonov |
[11] |
June 23, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To
Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2002 |
[12] |
June 23, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
To
Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2001 Buffalo’s 7th-round pick in 2001 |
[12] |
June 24, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001 |
To
Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2001 Buffalo’s 6th-round pick in 2001 |
To
Los Angeles Kings Toronto’s 5th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Nolan Pratt |
To
Colorado Avalanche Los Angeles’ 6th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2002 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2002 |
[13] |
June 24, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2001 |
To Colorado Avalanche 9th-round pick in 2002 |
[13] |
June 30, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Taylor [e] |
To
New York Rangers Nils Ekman Kyle Freadrich |
[15] |
July 10, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal |
To
Florida Panthers Ryan Johnson 6th-round pick in 2003 |
[16] |
November 9, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Josef Boumedienne Sascha Goc Rights to Anton But |
To
New Jersey Devils Andrei Zyuzin |
[17] |
December 12, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdeno Ciger |
To New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby |
[18] |
December 28, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Harlan Pratt |
To
Carolina Hurricanes Kaspars Astashenko |
[19] |
January 7, 2002 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Boyle |
To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2003 |
[20] |
March 5, 2002 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Dingman Shane Willis |
To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Weekes |
[21] |
March 15, 2002 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Andre Roy 6th-round pick in 2002 |
To Ottawa Senators Juha Ylonen |
[22] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 13, 2001 | Dave Andreychuk | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency | [23] | |
Grant Ledyard | Dallas Stars | Free agency | [23] | ||
August 21, 2001 | Ryan Tobler | New York Rangers | Free agency | [24] | |
September 28, 2001 | Glen Metropolit | Washington Capitals | Waiver draft | [25] | |
October 23, 2001 | Gaetan Royer | Saint John Flames ( AHL) | Free agency | [26] | |
May 29, 2002 | Kevin Hodson | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year [f] | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [g] | Ref |
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July 1, 2001 | Stan Drulia [h] | Free agency (UFA) | [28] | |
Dale Rominski [i] | Free agency (UFA) | [28] | ||
August 2, 2001 | Wade Flaherty | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
Dan Kesa | Avangard Omsk ( RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [32] | |
August 8, 2001 | John Emmons | Boston Bruins | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
August 9, 2001 | Mario Larocque | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
August 12, 2001 | Marek Posmyk | HC Zlin ( ELH) | Free agency (II) [j] | [36] |
August 24, 2001 | Jason Podollan | New York Islanders | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
October 9, 2001 | Konstantin Kalmikov | Louisiana IceGators ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
October 20, 2001 | Glen Metropolit | Washington Capitals | Waivers | [39] |
March 8, 2002 | Zdeno Ciger | Release | [40] | |
May 1, 2002 | Petr Svoboda | Retirement | [41] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 9, 2001 | Brian Holzinger | multi-year | Re-signing | [42] |
July 11, 2001 | Kevin Weekes | multi-year | Re-signing | [43] |
July 12, 2001 | Michal Lanicek | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Alexander Polukeyev | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] | |
Marek Priechodsky | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] | |
July 16, 2001 | Jimmie Olvestad | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
Stan Neckar | multi-year | Re-signing | [45] | |
July 18, 2001 | Nolan Pratt | Re-signing | [46] | |
July 26, 2001 | Gordie Dwyer | Re-signing | [47] | |
July 31, 2001 | Andrei Zyuzin | multi-year | Re-signing | [48] |
August 6, 2001 | Mike Jones | Re-signing | [49] | |
Cory Sarich | Re-signing | [49] | ||
August 21, 2001 | Mikko Kuparinen | Re-signing | [24] | |
October 5, 2001 | Vincent Lecavalier | multi-year | Re-signing | [50] |
May 21, 2002 | Nolan Pratt | 1-year | Option exercised | [51] |
Martin St. Louis | multi-year | Extension | [52] | |
May 29, 2002 | Brian Eklund | 2-year | Entry-level | [27] |
June 6, 2002 | Ryan Tobler | 1-year | Option exercised | [53] |
Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [54]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 3 | Alexander Svitov | Russia | Avangard Omsk (Russia) |
2 | 47 | Alexander Polushin | Russia | THK Tver (Russia) |
2 | 61 | Andreas Holmqvist | Sweden | Hammarby IF (Sweden) |
3 | 94 | Evgeny Artyukhin | Russia | HC Podolsk (Russia) |
4 | 123 | Aaron Lobb | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
5 | 138 | Paul Lynch | United States | Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL) |
6 | 188 | Art Femenella | United States | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
7 | 219 | Dennis Packard | United States | Harvard University (NCAA) |
7 | 222 | Jeremy Van Hoof | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
8 | 252 | Jean-Francois Soucy | Canada | Montreal Rocket (QMJHL) |
8 | 259 | Dmitri Bezrukov | Russia | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia) |
9 | 261 | Vitali Smolyaninov | Kazakhstan | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia) |
9 | 281 | Ilya Solaryov | Kazakhstan | Molot-Prikamye Perm (Russia) |
9 | 289 | Henrik Bergfors | Sweden | Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden) |
Nikolai Khabibulin earned his 25th career shutout
When Ledyard steps on the ice tonight against the Flames at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome, it will be his 1,000th game.
The team signed free-agent right wing Gaetan Royer.
Buffalo Sabres -- Signed... defenseman Mario Larocque.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS--Signed RW Jason Podollan.
Right wing Glen Metropolit, claimed for $90,000 from Washington on Sept. 28, was taken back by the Capitals on Saturday when the Lightning attempted to send him to the minors. The third-year player had to clear waivers before being assigned to Springfield of the AHL.