2001–02 Washington Capitals season

2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Southeast
Conference9th Eastern
2001–02 record36–33–11–2
Home record21–12–6–2
Road record15–21–5–0
Goals for228
Goals against240
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainSteve Konowalchuk
Brendan Witt
Alternate captainsPeter Bondra
Jaromir Jagr
Calle Johansson
ArenaMCI Center
Average attendance17,341
Minor league affiliate(s)Portland Pirates
Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (39)
AssistsAdam Oates (57)
PointsJaromir Jagr (79)
Penalty minutesChris Simon (137)
Plus/minusFrantisek Kucera (+7)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against averageOlaf 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
To Pittsburgh Penguins
[13]
August 22, 2001 (2001-08-22) To Washington Capitals
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
[15]
January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17) To Washington Capitals
  • Future considerations[c]
 To Chicago Blackhawks
[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
[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

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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