2001–02 Buffalo Sabres season

2001–02 Buffalo Sabres
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	10th Eastern
2001–02 record	35–35–11–1
Home record	20–16–5–0
Road record	15–19–6–1
Goals for	213
Goals against	200
Team information
General manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Stu Barnes
Alternate captains	Rob Ray Jason Woolley
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	17,206
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans South Carolina Stingrays
Team leaders
Goals	Miroslav Satan (37)
Assists	Miroslav Satan (36)
Points	Miroslav Satan (73)
Penalty minutes	Rob Ray (200)
Plus/minus	Jay McKee (+18)
Wins	Martin Biron (31)
Goals against average	Martin Biron (2.22)

The 2001–02 Buffalo Sabres season was the 32nd for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1] The Sabres finished in 5th place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Offseason

The Sabres traded both of their stars, Mike Peca, their former captain and Dominik Hasek in the offseason. Peca was sent to the Islanders for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt. Forward Stu Barnes was named team captain.^[2]

Regular season

On October 7, 2001 the Sabres played the New York Rangers in the first pro sports game played in Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. In the game both teams wore special one time jerseys with "New York" written diagonally on the front of the jersey. The jerseys were later auctioned off to raise money for the 9/11 victims fund. The Sabres lost the game 5–4 in overtime.^[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

Schedule and results

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
81	Miroslav Satan	LW	82	37	36	73	14	33
41	Stu Barnes	C	68	17	31	48	6	26
18	Tim Connolly	C	82	10	35	45	4	34
17	Jean-Pierre Dumont	RW	76	23	21	44	−10	42
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	81	21	19	40	−9	69
77	Chris Gratton	C	82	15	24	39	0	75
37	Curtis Brown	C	82	20	17	37	−4	32
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	82	1	33	34	−1	80
5	Jason Woolley	D	59	8	20	28	−6	34
25	Vaclav Varada	RW	76	7	16	23	−7	82
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	38	9	13	22	0	16
24	Taylor Pyatt	LW	48	10	10	20	4	35
9	Erik Rasmussen	LW	69	8	11	19	−1	34
3	James Patrick	D	56	5	8	13	3	16
45	Dmitri Kalinin	D	58	2	11	13	−6	26
74	Jay McKee	D	81	2	11	13	18	43
4	Rhett Warrener	D	65	5	5	10	15	113
42	Richard Smehlik	D	60	3	6	9	−9	22
55	Denis Hamel	LW	61	2	6	8	−1	28
51	Brian Campbell	D	29	3	3	6	0	12
26	Eric Boulton	LW	35	2	3	5	−1	129
32	Rob Ray	RW	71	2	3	5	−3	200
12[a]	Ales Kotalik	RW	13	1	3	4	−1	2
43	Martin Biron	G	72	0	1	1		8
29	Bob Corkum†	C	10	0	1	1	−2	4
19	Norm Milley	RW	5	0	1	1	0	0
31	Bob Essensa	G	9	0	0	0		0
8	Rory Fitzpatrick	D	5	0	0	0	−2	4
35	Mika Noronen	G	10	0	0	0		2
10	Henrik Tallinder	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
43	Martin Biron	72	31	28	10	1781	151	2.22	.915	4	4085
35	Mika Noronen	10	4	3	1	217	23	2.66	.894	0	518
31	Bob Essensa	9	0	5	0	113	17	2.91	.850	0	350

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Alexei Zhitnik	[6]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Tim Connolly	[7]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ales Kotalik	November 12, 2001	[8]
	Norm Milley	January 25, 2002
	Henrik Tallinder	April 12, 2002

Transactions

The Sabres 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]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2001 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001	To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2001	[9]
	To Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly Taylor Pyatt	To New York Islanders Rights to Michael Peca	[10]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	To Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov 1st-round pick in 2002 Future considerations	To Detroit Red Wings Dominik Hasek	[11]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Buffalo Sabres Bob Corkum	To Atlanta Thrashers 5th-round pick in 2002	[12]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Christian Matte	Minnesota Wild		Free agency	[13]
August 3, 2001 (2001-08-03)	Bob Essensa	Vancouver Canucks		Free agency	[14]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)	Tom Askey	Rochester Americans (AHL)		Free agency	[15]
	Mario Larocque	Tampa Bay Lightning		Free agency	[15]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Rory Fitzpatrick	Edmonton Oilers		Free agency	[16]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
N/A	Vladimir Tsyplakov	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (III)	[18]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Donald Audette	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	[19]
July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)	Steve Heinze	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (III)	[20]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Dave Andreychuk	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (III)	[21]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	Jason Holland	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (VI)	[22]
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)	Doug Gilmour	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (III)	[23]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)	Stu Barnes	1-year	Option exercised	[24]
	James Patrick	1-year	Re-signing	[24]
June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28)	Richard Smehlik	1-year	Option exercised	[25]
	Vaclav Varada	1-year	Option exercised	[25]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	Dominik Hasek	1-year	Option exercised	[11]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Rob Ray	1-year	Re-signing	[26]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Ales Kotalik		Entry-level	[27]
	Henrik Tallinder		Entry-level	[27]
July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	Doug Janik		Entry-level	[28]
July 30, 2001 (2001-07-30)	Chris Taylor	multi-year	Re-signing	[29]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Rhett Warrener	1-year	Re-signing	[30]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Doug Houda		Re-signing	[13]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Miroslav Satan	2-year	Arbitration award	[31]
August 20, 2001 (2001-08-20)	Eric Boulton	multi-year	Re-signing	[32]
September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)	Jean-Pierre Dumont	3-year	Re-signing	[33]
September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)	Denis Hamel	2-year	Re-signing	[34]
September 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)	Alexei Zhitnik	2-year[c]	Re-signing	[35]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Erik Rasmussen	2-year[d]	Re-signing	[36]
January 15, 2002 (2002-01-15)	Stu Barnes	3-year	Extension	[37]
June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01)	Paul Gaustad	3-year	Entry-level	[38]
	Sean McMorrow	3-year	Entry-level	[38]

Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[39]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	22	Jiri Novotny	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
2	32	Derek Roy	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	50	Chris Thorburn	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2	55	Jason Pominville	United States	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5	155	Michal Vondrka	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
8	234	Carl Aslund	Sweden	Huddinge IK (Sweden)
8	247	Marek Dubec	Slovakia	Vsetín HC (Czech Republic)
9	279	Ryan Jorde	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Kotalik wore number 20 in his first game.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[17]
3. Club option for a third year.
4. Option for a third year.

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