2001–02 Boston Bruins season

2001–02 Boston Bruins
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	1st Eastern
2001–02 record	43–24–6–9
Home record	23–11–2–5
Road record	20–13–4–4
Goals for	236
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Robbie Ftorek
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Bill Guerin Martin Lapointe Don Sweeney
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	15,403 (87.7%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins Greenville Grrrowl
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Guerin (41)
Assists	Jozef Stumpel (47)
Points	Sergei Samsonov (70)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (164)
Plus/minus	Sean O'Donnell (+27)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (35)
Goals against average	Byron Dafoe (2.21)

The 2001–02 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins's 78th season of operation. The Bruins qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

After barely missing the playoffs the previous season, the Bruins went on a free-agent signing spree under new general manager Mike O'Connell. The team signed high-profile free agents: forwards Martin Lapointe, Bill Guerin, Rob Zamuner, and Scott Pellerin, and defenseman Sean O'Donnell.

Two more major pieces for the Bruins came thanks to a contract holdout by captain Jason Allison. After failing to report to training camp and missing all of the pre-season, Allison was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for two former Bruins: Glen Murray and Jozef Stumpel. The two proved to be invaluable to the team, as Stumpel led the team in assists and Murray finished second on the team in goals, more than making up for Allison's production.

Regular season

On October 25, 2001, Joe Thornton scored just 12 seconds into the overtime period to give the Bruins a 2–1 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[1] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2001–02 regular season.^[2]

The Bruins finished the regular season with the highest penalty-kill percentage, at 87.11%.^[3]

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Boston Bruins	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
5	10	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82

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^[4]

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

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 18, 2002 2–5 Montreal Canadiens Canadiens lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 21, 2002 6–4 Montreal Canadiens Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L April 23, 2002 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens Canadiens lead 2–1 Recap 4 W April 25, 2002 5–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L April 27, 2002 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Canadiens lead 3–2 Recap 6 L April 29, 2002 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Canadiens win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

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 Bruins only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	74	29	41	70	21	27	6	2	2	4	−2	0
19	Joe Thornton	C	66	22	46	68	7	127	6	2	4	6	0	10
13	Bill Guerin	RW	78	41	25	66	−1	91	6	4	2	6	−2	6
12	Brian Rolston	C	82	31	31	62	11	30	6	4	1	5	−1	0
27[a]	Glen Murray†	RW	73	35	25	60	26	40	6	1	4	5	−1	4
16	Jozef Stumpel†	C	72	7	47	54	21	14	6	0	2	2	−2	0
20	Martin Lapointe	RW	68	17	23	40	12	101	6	1	2	3	−2	12
17	Rob Zamuner	LW	66	12	13	25	6	24	6	0	2	2	−2	4
21[b]	Sean O'Donnell	D	80	3	22	25	27	89	6	0	2	2	−2	4
11	P. J. Axelsson	LW	78	7	17	24	6	16	6	2	1	3	2	6
25	Hal Gill	D	79	4	18	22	16	77	6	0	1	1	1	2
44	Nick Boynton	D	80	4	14	18	18	107	6	1	2	3	2	8
32	Don Sweeney	D	81	3	15	18	22	35	6	0	1	1	−3	2
26	Mike Knuble	RW	54	8	6	14	9	42	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	Benoit Hogue†‡	C	17	4	4	8	−3	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Kyle McLaren	D	38	0	8	8	−4	19	4	0	0	0	2	20
31	Jamie Rivers†	D	64	4	2	6	6	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	Scott Pellerin‡	LW	35	1	5	6	−6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Marty McInnis†	RW	19	2	3	5	−1	8	6	0	1	1	0	0
22[c]	Dennis Bonvie†	RW	23	1	2	3	3	84	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	Jonathan Girard	D	20	0	3	3	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	2
64	Jarno Kultanen	D	38	0	3	3	−1	33	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	P. J. Stock	C	58	0	3	3	−2	122	6	1	0	1	0	19
23	John Emmons	C	22	0	2	2	−4	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Gord Murphy†‡	D	15	0	2	2	2	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	Andrei Nazarov‡	LW	47	0	2	2	−2	164	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Andy Hilbert	C	6	1	0	1	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Sean Brown†	D	12	0	1	1	−1	47	4	0	0	0	0	2
34	Byron Dafoe	G	64	0	1	1		27	6	0	0	0		0
47	John Grahame	G	19	0	1	1		6	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Ivan Huml	LW	1	0	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jeff Norton†	D	3	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	5
22	Mikko Eloranta‡	LW	6	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Ric Jackman	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Chris Kelleher	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
72	Pavel Kolarik	D	13	0	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	Eric Manlow	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Andrew Raycroft	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Tony Tuzzolino	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	Byron Dafoe	64	35	26	3	1520	141	2.21	.907	4	3827	6	2	4	141	19	3.18	.865	0	358
47	John Grahame	19	8	7	2	503	52	2.89	.897	1	1079	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Andrew Raycroft	1	0	0	1	29	3	2.77	.897	0	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Nick Boynton (Defense)	[6]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Bill Guerin (Right wing)	[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Robbie Ftorek (coach)	[7]
		Joe Thornton
	NHL Player of the Week	Glen Murray (January 2)	[8]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Nick Boynton	[9]
Team	Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Brian Rolston	[10]
	John P. Bucyk Award	Hal Gill	[10]
	Seventh Player Award	Bill Guerin	[10]
	Three Stars Awards	Byron Dafoe (1st)	[11]
		Brian Rolston (2nd)
		Joe Thornton (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ivan Huml	December 4, 2001	[12]
	Andy Hilbert	December 20, 2001
	Chris Kelleher	March 16, 2002
25th shutout	Byron Dafoe	December 20, 2001	[13]

Transactions

The Bruins 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.^[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Boston Bruins Ric Jackman	To Dallas Stars Cameron Mann	[15]
October 24, 2001 (2001-10-24)	To Boston Bruins Glen Murray Jozef Stumpel	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Allison Mikko Eloranta	[16]
January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)	To Boston Bruins Benoit Hogue	To Dallas Stars Future considerations	[17]
January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25)	To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2002	To Phoenix Coyotes Andrei Nazarov	[18]
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	To Boston Bruins Marty McInnis	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3rd-round pick in 2002	[19]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Boston Bruins Sean Brown	To Edmonton Oilers Bobby Allen	[20]
	To Boston Bruins Darryl Laplante	To Minnesota Wild Greg Crozier	[20]
	To Boston Bruins Jeff Norton	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2002	[21]
May 13, 2002 (2002-05-13)	To Boston Bruins Rights to Kris Vernarsky	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ric Jackman	[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Martin Lapointe	Detroit Red Wings	4-year	Free agency	[23]
	Sean O'Donnell	New Jersey Devils	3-year	Free agency	[23]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Rob Zamuner	Ottawa Senators	3-year	Free agency	[24]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Chris Kelleher	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	[25]
	Jeff Maund	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year[d]	Free agency	[25]
	Tony Tuzzolino	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[25]
July 26, 2001 (2001-07-26)	Scott Pellerin	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	Free agency	[26]
July 27, 2001 (2001-07-27)	Greg Crozier	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	[27]
	Mike Gellard	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	[27]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Carl Corazzini	Boston University (HE)	2-year	Free agency	[28]
	John Emmons	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	[28]
September 19, 2001 (2001-09-19)	Colton Orr	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	[29]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	P. J. Stock	New York Rangers		Waiver draft	[30]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	Dennis Bonvie	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[31]
October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)	Jamie Rivers	Ottawa Senators		Waivers	[32]
January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)	Gord Murphy	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	[33]
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06)	Peter Metcalf	University of Maine (HE)	2-year	Free agency	[34]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[e]	Ref
N/A	Elias Abrahamsson	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[36]
	Marquis Mathieu	Saint-Georges Garaga (QSPHL)	Free agency (VI)	[37]
	Keith McCambridge	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[38]
June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28)	Peter Popovic	Sodertalje SK (SHL)	Free agency (III)	[39]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Ken Belanger	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
July 5, 2001 (2001-07-05)	Eric Weinrich	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (III)	[41]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Shawn Bates	New York Islanders	Free agency (UFA)	[42]
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09)	Kay Whitmore	Calgary Flames	Free agency (III)	[43]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Andrei Kovalenko	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)	Free agency (III)	[44]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Brandon Smith	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (VI)	[45]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Peter Ferraro	Washington Capitals	Free agency (UFA)	[46]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Andre Savage	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (VI)	[47]
August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)	Joel Trottier	Columbia Inferno (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[48]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Darren Van Impe	New York Rangers	Waivers	[49]
September 2001 (2001-09)	Shane Belter	Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[50]
October 2001 (2001-10)	Joe Hulbig	Providence Bruins (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[51]
	Peter Skudra	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[52]
October 11, 2001 (2001-10-11)	Eric Nickulas	Worcester IceCats (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	[53]
November 14, 2001 (2001-11-14)	Dixon Ward	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (III)	[54]
January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)	Scott Pellerin	Dallas Stars	Waivers	[17]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Benoit Hogue	Washington Capitals	Waivers	[21]
	Gord Murphy		Retirement	[55]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Andy Hilbert	3-year	Entry-level	[56]
July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)	Bobby Allen	2-year	Entry-level	[57]
July 19, 2001 (2001-07-19)	Ric Jackman	1-year	Re-signing	[58]
July 20, 2001 (2001-07-20)	Hal Gill	2-year	Re-signing	[59]
July 25, 2001 (2001-07-25)	P. J. Axelsson	1-year	Re-signing	[60]
	Mike Knuble	1-year	Re-signing	[61]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Jay Henderson	1-year	Re-signing	[62]
	Kyle McLaren	1-year	Re-signing	[62]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Bill Guerin	1-year	Arbitration award	[63]
August 11, 2001 (2001-08-11)	Brian Rolston	2-year	Re-signing	[64]
August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)	Mikko Eloranta	1-year	Re-signing	[65]
	Jarno Kultanen	2-year	Re-signing	[65]
May 13, 2002 (2002-05-13)	Kris Vernarsky	3-year	Entry-level	[22]

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[66]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Shaone Morrisonn	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	77	Darren McLachlan	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	111	Matti Kaltiainen	Finland	Espoo Blues (Finland)
5	147	Jiri Jakes	Czech Republic	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	179	Andrew Alberts	United States	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
7	209	Jordan Sigalet	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCJHL)
8	241	Milan Jurcina	Slovakia	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
9	282	Marcel Rodman	Slovenia	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Murray wore number 21 in his first three games after being acquired.
2. O'Donnell wore number 27 in his first twelve games.
3. Bonvie wore number 76 in his first game.
4. Option for a second year.
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[35]

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