2001–02 Washington Capitals season

2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2001–02 record	36–33–11–2
Home record	21–12–6–2
Road record	15–21–5–0
Goals for	228
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk Brendan Witt
Alternate captains	Peter Bondra Jaromir Jagr Calle Johansson
Arena	MCI Center
Average attendance	17,341
Minor league affiliate(s)	Portland Pirates Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
Goals	Peter Bondra (39)
Assists	Adam Oates (57)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (79)
Penalty minutes	Chris Simon (137)
Plus/minus	Frantisek Kucera (+7)
Wins	Olaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against average	Olaf Kolzig (2.79)

The 2001–02 Washington Capitals season was the team's 28th season of play. The team finished second in the Southeast, but ninth overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.

Off-season

On September 27, Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt were named co-captains.^[1]

Regular season

The Caps tied the New Jersey Devils for fewest short-handed goals scored, with just 2.^[2]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Eastern Conference^[3]

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

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

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
68	Jaromir Jagr	RW	69	31	48	79	0	30
12	Peter Bondra	RW	77	39	31	70	−2	80
77	Adam Oates‡	C	66	11	57	68	−2	22
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	76	26	33	59	−1	58
10	Ulf Dahlen	LW	69	23	29	52	−5	8
9	Dainius Zubrus	C	71	17	26	43	5	38
13	Andrei Nikolishin	C	80	13	23	36	−1	40
17	Chris Simon	LW	82	14	17	31	−8	137
8	Dmitri Khristich	C	61	9	12	21	2	12
11	Jeff Halpern	C	48	5	14	19	−9	29
20	Glen Metropolit†	C	33	1	16	17	3	6
2	Ken Klee	D	68	8	8	16	4	38
3	Sylvain Cote	D	70	3	11	14	−15	26
22	Steve Konowalchuk	LW	28	2	12	14	−2	23
4	Frantisek Kucera	D	56	1	13	14	7	12
18	Matt Pettinger	LW	61	7	3	10	−8	44
19	Brendan Witt	D	68	3	7	10	−1	78
36	Colin Forbes†	C	38	5	3	8	−2	15
14	Joe Sacco	RW	65	0	7	7	−13	51
29	Joe Reekie‡	D	38	2	4	6	−7	41
24	Rob Zettler	D	49	1	4	5	3	56
51	Stephen Peat	RW	38	2	2	4	−1	85
58	Jean-Francois Fortin	D	36	1	3	4	−1	20
16	Trevor Linden‡	RW	16	1	2	3	−2	6
6	Calle Johansson	D	11	2	0	2	−4	8
40	Nolan Yonkman	D	11	1	0	1	3	4
23	Ivan Ciernik†	RW	6	0	1	1	0	2
48	Chris Corrinet	RW	8	0	1	1	−4	6
27	Chris Ferraro	C	1	0	1	1	0	0
28	Peter Ferraro	LW	4	0	1	1	−1	0
33	Benoit Hogue†	C	9	0	1	1	2	4
37	Olaf Kolzig	G	71	0	1	1		8
38	Todd Rohloff	D	16	0	1	1	−2	14
23	Trent Whitfield‡†	C	24	0	1	1	−3	28
1	Craig Billington	G	17	0	0	0		0
39	Patrick Boileau	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
35	Sebastien Charpentier	G	2	0	0	0		0
34	Jakub Cutta	D	2	0	0	0	−3	0
46	Mike Farrell	RW	8	0	0	0	−1	0
57	Dean Melanson	D	4	0	0	0	1	4
41	Brian Sutherby	C	7	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
37	Olaf Kolzig	71	31	29	8	1977	192	2.79	.903	6	4131
1	Craig Billington	17	4	5	3	295	36	3.04	.878	0	710
35	Sebastien Charpentier	2	1	1	0	78	5	2.46	.936	0	122

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Sergei Gonchar (Defense)	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sergei Gonchar	[6]
		Jaromir Jagr[a]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Brian Sutherby	October 6, 2001	[8]
	Stephen Peat	October 8, 2001
	Chris Corrinet	October 30, 2001
	Mike Farrell	November 23, 2001
	Jean-Francois Fortin	January 9, 2002
	Todd Rohloff
	Nolan Yonkman	January 14, 2002
	Sebastien Charpentier	April 12, 2002
400th goal scored	Peter Bondra	December 4, 2001	[9]
25th shutout	Olaf Kolzig	January 22, 2002	[10]

Transactions

The Capitals 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]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2002	To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001	[12]
July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11)	To Washington Capitals Jaromir Jagr Frantisek Kucera	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Beech Ross Lupaschuk Michal Sivek Future considerations	[13]
August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22)	To Washington Capitals Chris Ferraro	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	[14]
November 10, 2001 (2001-11-10)	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2002 or 2003[b]	To Vancouver Canucks Trevor Linden 2nd-round pick in 2002	[15]
January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17)	To Washington Capitals Future considerations[c]	To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Reekie	[16]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Washington Capitals Maxime Ouellet 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 3rd-round pick in 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Adam Oates	[17]
June 12, 2002 (2002-06-12)	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2002	To Dallas Stars Philadelphia’s 1st-round pick in 2002 2nd-round pick in 2002 6th-round pick in 2003	[18]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Peter Ferraro	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[19]
October 20, 2001 (2001-10-20)	Glen Metropolit	Tampa Bay Lightning		Waivers	[20]
January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)	Colin Forbes	Portland Pirates (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[21]
January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19)	Ivan Ciernik	Ottawa Senators		Waivers	[22]
February 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)	Trent Whitfield	New York Rangers		Waivers	[23]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Benoit Hogue	Boston Bruins		Waivers	[24]
April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09)	Graham Mink	Portland Pirates (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[25][26]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[d]	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Jamie Huscroft[e]		Contract expiration (III)	[27]
	Brantt Myhres[f]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[27]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Jason Marshall	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	[30]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Jeff Nelson	Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL)	Free agency	[31]
July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19)	Stefan Ustorf	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[32]
September 24, 2001 (2001-09-24)	James Black	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Free agency (III)	[33]
September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	Derek Bekar	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	[34]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Glen Metropolit	Tampa Bay Lightning	Waiver draft	[35]
N/A	Steve Shirreffs	Reading Royals (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[36]
October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03)	Terry Yake	Essen Mosquitoes (DEL)	Free agency (III)	[37]
January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16)	Trent Whitfield	New York Rangers	Waivers	[38]
June 11, 2002 (2002-06-11)	Frantisek Kucera	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)	Free agency	[39]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Adam Oates	1-year	Option exercised	[40]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Ulf Dahlen	1-year	Re-signing	[41]
July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19)	Todd Rohloff	2-year	Re-signing	[42]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Andrei Nikolishin	1-year	Re-signing	[43]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Trent Whitfield	1-year	Re-signing	[44]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Corey Hirsch	1-year[g]	Re-signing	[45]
August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)	Dean Melanson	2-year	Re-signing	[46]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Sebastien Charpentier	1-year	Re-signing	[47]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Mark Murphy	1-year	Re-signing	[48]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	Olaf Kolzig	5-year	Re-signing	[49]
August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30)	Glen Metropolit	1-year	Re-signing	[50]
September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14)	Brendan Witt	3-year	Extension	[51]
September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27)	Jeff Halpern	2-year[h]	Re-signing	[52]
October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)	Brian Sutherby	3-year	Entry-level	[53]
October 18, 2001 (2001-10-18)	Jaromir Jagr	5-year	Extension	[54]
June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)	Sebastien Charpentier	1-year	Option exercised	[55]

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[56]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	58	Nathan Paetsch	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3	90	Owen Fussey	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	125	Jeff Lucky	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	160	Artyom Ternavsky	Russia	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6	191	Zbynek Novak	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
7	221	Johnny Oduya	Sweden	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	249	Matthew Maglione	United States	Princeton University (NCAA)
8	254	Peter Polcik	Slovakia	HK Ardo Nitra (Slovakia)
9	275	Robert Muller	Germany	Adler Manheim (Germany)
9	284	Viktor Hubl	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Jagr was voted to the starting lineup.^[7]
2. Washington’s option.
3. 4th-round pick in 2002
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[27]
5. Huscroft retired.^[28]
6. Myhres was inactive during the 2001–02 season.^[29]
7. Club option for a second year.
8. Club option for a third year.

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