2001–02 Washington Capitals season

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.

2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Southeast
Conference9th Eastern
2001–02 record36–33–11–2
Goals for228
Goals against240
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainSteve Konowalchuk and
Brendan Witt
ArenaMCI Center
Team leaders
GoalsPeter Bondra (39)
AssistsAdam Oates (57)
PointsJaromir Jagr (79)
Penalty minutesChris Simon (137)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against averageSebastien Charpentier (2.46)

Regular season

The Caps tied the New Jersey Devils for fewest short-handed goals scored, with just 2.[1]

Final standings
Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
13Carolina Hurricanes82352616521721791
29Washington Capitals82363311222824085
313Tampa Bay Lightning82274011417821969
414Florida Panthers82224410618025060
515Atlanta Thrashers82194711518728854

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[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Boston BruinsNE82432469236201101
2 Y- Philadelphia FlyersAT82422710323419297
3 Y- Carolina HurricanesSE82352616521721791
4 X- Toronto Maple LeafsNE824325104249207100
5 X- New York IslandersAT8242288423922096
6 X- New Jersey DevilsAT8241289420518795
7 X- Ottawa SenatorsNE8239279724320894
8 X- Montreal CanadiensNE82363112320720987
8.5
9 Washington CapitalsSE82363311222824085
10 Buffalo SabresNE82353511121320082
11 New York RangersAT8236384422725880
12 Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8228418519824969
13 Tampa Bay LightningSE82274011417821969
14 Florida PanthersSE82224410618025060
15 Atlanta ThrashersSE82194711518728854

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 6, 20016–1New Jersey Devils (2001–02)1–0–0–0
2LOctober 8, 20010–4@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)1–1–0–0
3WOctober 10, 20015–2@ New York Rangers (2001–02)2–1–0–0
4LOctober 12, 20011–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)2–2–0–0
5LOctober 13, 20012–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)2–3–0–0
6WOctober 16, 20013–2 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)3–3–0–0
7WOctober 19, 20014–1Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)4–3–0–0
8LOctober 20, 20013–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)4–4–0–0
9TOctober 23, 20011–1 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)4–4–1–0
10WOctober 24, 20014–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)5–4–1–0
11LOctober 26, 20010–1@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)5–5–1–0
12LOctober 30, 20010–3Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)5–6–1–0
13TNovember 2, 20012–2 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2001–02)5–6–2–0
14LNovember 3, 20011–4@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)5–7–2–0
15LNovember 6, 20012–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)5–8–2–0
16LNovember 8, 20012–3Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)5–9–2–0
17WNovember 10, 20013–0Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)6–9–2–0
18LNovember 13, 20015–11Ottawa Senators (2001–02)6–10–2–0
19LNovember 15, 20010–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)6–11–2–0
20WNovember 17, 20014–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)7–11–2–0
21WNovember 21, 20013–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)8–11–2–0
22WNovember 23, 20016–2New York Rangers (2001–02)9–11–2–0
23LNovember 24, 20013–5@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)9–12–2–0
24TNovember 27, 20015–5 OT@ New York Islanders (2001–02)9–12–3–0
25LNovember 28, 20012–5Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)9–13–3–0
26WNovember 30, 20016–2Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)10–13–3–0
27WDecember 2, 20014–3 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)11–13–3–0
28WDecember 4, 20015–2New York Rangers (2001–02)12–13–3–0
29TDecember 6, 20013–3 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)12–13–4–0
30LDecember 8, 20011–3@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)12–14–4–0
31TDecember 11, 20012–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)12–14–5–0
32WDecember 13, 20012–1Boston Bruins (2001–02)13–14–5–0
33WDecember 15, 20015–2Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)14–14–5–0
34LDecember 19, 20012–5@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)14–15–5–0
35LDecember 21, 20013–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)14–16–5–0
36TDecember 22, 20014–4 OTPittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)14–16–6–0
37LDecember 26, 20011–4Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)14–17–6–0
38WDecember 28, 20013–2 OT@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)15–17–6–0
39TDecember 30, 20015–5 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2001–02)15–17–7–0
40WJanuary 1, 20023–2New York Islanders (2001–02)16–17–7–0
41LJanuary 3, 20021–4@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)16–18–7–0
42LJanuary 5, 20024–7@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)16–19–7–0
43LJanuary 7, 20021–2Florida Panthers (2001–02)16–20–7–0
44WJanuary 9, 20026–3Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)17–20–7–0
45TJanuary 11, 20023–3 OTToronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)17–20–8–0
46WJanuary 12, 20021–0@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)18–20–8–0
47WJanuary 14, 20021–0 OTBoston Bruins (2001–02)19–20–8–0
48LJanuary 16, 20020–2@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)19–21–8–0
49LJanuary 18, 20021–3@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)19–22–8–0
50LJanuary 19, 20021–5Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)19–23–8–0
51WJanuary 22, 20023–0@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)20–23–8–0
52LJanuary 23, 20023–5Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)20–24–8–0
53LJanuary 26, 20023–6@ New York Rangers (2001–02)20–25–8–0
54OTLJanuary 27, 20022–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (2001–02)20–25–8–1
55LJanuary 30, 20021–4St. Louis Blues (2001–02)20–26–8–1
56WFebruary 6, 20022–1Minnesota Wild (2001–02)21–26–8–1
57TFebruary 8, 20023–3 OT@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)21–26–9–1
58WFebruary 9, 20024–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)22–26–9–1
59WFebruary 11, 20023–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)23–26–9–1
60WFebruary 26, 20024–3Florida Panthers (2001–02)24–26–9–1
61LFebruary 28, 20022–5San Jose Sharks (2001–02)24–27–9–1
62WMarch 2, 20023–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)25–27–9–1
63LMarch 4, 20022–3Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)25–28–9–1
64WMarch 6, 20023–2Calgary Flames (2001–02)26–28–9–1
65TMarch 8, 20022–2 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)26–28–10–1
66WMarch 10, 20024–2Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)27–28–10–1
67LMarch 12, 20022–5Dallas Stars (2001–02)27–29–10–1
68LMarch 15, 20024–5@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)27–30–10–1
69LMarch 16, 20021–4@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)27–31–10–1
70WMarch 19, 20023–0@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)28–31–10–1
71WMarch 21, 20024–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)29–31–10–1
72WMarch 23, 20025–2@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)30–31–10–1
73LMarch 24, 20022–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)30–32–10–1
74WMarch 26, 20024–3@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)31–32–10–1
75WMarch 29, 20023–1@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)32–32–10–1
76WMarch 30, 20024–2New York Islanders (2001–02)33–32–10–1
77WApril 3, 20024–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)34–32–10–1
78TApril 5, 20020–0 OTOttawa Senators (2001–02)34–32–11–1
79LApril 6, 20024–5@ New York Islanders (2001–02)34–33–11–1
80WApril 9, 20023–1Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)35–33–11–1
81WApril 12, 20023–1@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)36–33–11–1
82OTLApril 13, 20023–4 OTNew Jersey Devils (2001–02)36–33–11–2

Playoffs

The Capitals did not make the playoffs, which ended their two season playoff streak.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jaromir JagrRW693148793001003
Peter BondraRW7739317080-21718
Adam OatesC6611576822-2301
Sergei GoncharD7626335958-1702
Ulf DahlenLW692329528-5704
Dainius ZubrusC71172643385403
Andrei NikolishinC8013233640-1100
Chris SimonLW82141731137-8101
Dmitri KhristichLW/C6191221122302
Jeff HalpernC485141929-9004
Glen MetropolitC331161763000
Ken KleeD688816384203
Sylvain CoteD703111426-15102
Steve KonowalchukLW282121423-2000
Frantisek KuceraD5611314127000
Matt PettingerLW61731044-8101
Brendan WittD68371078-1000
Colin ForbesC3853815-2011
Joe SaccoRW6507751-13000
Joe ReekieD3824641-7000
Rob ZettlerD49145563000
Stephen PeatRW3822485-1000
Jean-Francois FortinD3613420-1000
Trevor LindenRW161236-2100
Calle JohanssonD112028-4001
Nolan YonkmanD1110143000
Ivan CiernikRW601120000
Chris CorrinetRW80116-4000
Chris FerraroC101100000
Peter FerraroLW40110-1000
Benoit HogueC901142000
Olaf KolzigG7101180000
Todd RohloffD1601114-2000
Trent WhitfieldC2401128-3000
Craig BillingtonG1700000000
Patrick BoileauD20002-1000
Sebastien CharpentierG200000000
Jakub CuttaD20000-3000
Mike FarrellRW80000-1000
Dean MelansonD400041000
Brian SutherbyC70002-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Olaf Kolzig413171312981922.79619771785.903
Craig Billington71017453363.040295259.878
Sebastien Charpentier122211052.4607873.936
Team:4963823635112332.82623502117.901

[3]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
258Nathan Paetsch CanadaMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
390Owen Fussey CanadaCalgary Hitmen (WHL)
4125Jeff Lucky CanadaSpokane Chiefs (WHL)
5160Artyom Ternavsky RussiaSherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6191Zbynek Novak Czech RepublicSlavia Prague (Czech Republic)
7221Johnny Oduya SwedenVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8249Matthew Maglione United StatesPrinceton University (NCAA)
8254Peter Polcik SlovakiaHK Ardo Nitra (Slovakia)
9275Robert Muller GermanyAdler Manheim (Germany)
9284Viktor Hubl Czech RepublicSlavia Prague (Czech Republic)

See also

References
  1. "2001-02 NHL Summary".
  2. "2001–2002 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  3. "2001-02 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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