2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	4th Eastern
2001–02 record	43-25-10-4
Goals for	249
Goals against	207
Team information
General Manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (41)
Assists	Mats Sundin (39)
Points	Mats Sundin (80)
Penalties in minutes	Tie Domi (157)
Wins	Curtis Joseph (29)
Goals against average	Curtis Joseph (2.23)
<2000–01	2002–03>

The 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs' 85th season as a franchise, and the 75th season as the Maple Leafs. They finished second in the Northeast Division with a record of 43-25-10-4 for 100 points. Qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs as the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, they downed the New York Islanders in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals and the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Conference Semi-finals. However, their luck ran out in the Conference Finals, as they were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in six games.

Leafs captain Mats Sundin ranked fourth in the league in scoring with 80 points.^[1] Head coach Pat Quinn and goaltender Curtis Joseph were members of the gold medal-winning Canadian ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2001 NHL Entry Draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Season 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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 3, 2001	4–5	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	0–1–0–0
4	W	October 11, 2001	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	2–1–1–0
5	L	October 13, 2001	2–5	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	2–2–1–0
6	W	October 16, 2001	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	3–2–1–0
7	W	October 18, 2001	6–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	4–2–1–0
8	L	October 20, 2001	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	4–3–1–0
9	W	October 23, 2001	2–0	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	5–3–1–0
10	L	October 25, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	5–3–1–1
11	W	October 27, 2001	4–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	6–3–1–1
12	W	October 30, 2001	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	7–3–1–1
13	L	November 1, 2001	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	7–4–1–1
14	W	November 3, 2001	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	8–4–1–1
15	W	November 6, 2001	4–2	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	9–4–1–1
16	L	November 9, 2001	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	9–4–1–2
17	T	November 10, 2001 †	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	9–4–2–2
18	W	November 14, 2001	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	10–4–2–2
19	W	November 15, 2001	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	11–4–2–2
20	L	November 17, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	11–4–2–3
21	W	November 19, 2001	5–1	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	12–4–2–3
22	L	November 21, 2001	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	12–5–2–3
23	L	November 23, 2001	1–3	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	12–6–2–3
24	W	November 24, 2001	2–0	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	13–6–2–3
25	L	November 27, 2001	2–5	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	13–7–2–3
26	W	November 30, 2001	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	14–7–2–3
27	W	December 1, 2001	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	15–7–2–3
28	L	December 4, 2001	0–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	15–8–2–3
29	W	December 6, 2001	6–3	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	16–8–2–3
30	W	December 8, 2001	4–3	New York Rangers (2001–02)	17–8–2–3
31	W	December 11, 2001	6–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	18–8–2–3
32	W	December 13, 2001	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	19–8–2–3
33	W	December 15, 2001	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	20–8–2–3
34	L	December 18, 2001	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	20–9–2–3
35	T	December 21, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	20–9–3–3
36	W	December 22, 2001	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	21–9–3–3
37	L	December 26, 2001	3–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	21–10–3–3
38	L	December 28, 2001	4–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	21–11–3–3
39	L	December 29, 2001	2–4	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	21–12–3–3
40	W	December 31, 2001	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	22–12–3–3
41	W	January 3, 2002	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	23–12–3–3
42	W	January 5, 2002	3–1	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	24–12–3–3
43	L	January 7, 2002	3–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	24–13–3–3
44	W	January 8, 2002	4–3	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	25–13–3–3
45	T	January 11, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	25–13–4–3
46	T	January 12, 2002	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	25–13–5–3
47	L	January 15, 2002	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	25–14–5–3
48	L	January 17, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	25–14–5–4
49	L	January 19, 2002	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	25–15–5–4
50	W	January 22, 2002	6–1	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	26–15–5–4
51	L	January 25, 2002	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	26–16–5–4
52	L	January 26, 2002	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	26–17–5–4
53	W	January 29, 2002	4–3	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	27–17–5–4
54	W	January 30, 2002	6–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	28–17–5–4
55	W	February 5, 2002	3–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	29–17–5–4
56	L	February 7, 2002	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	29–18–5–4
57	W	February 9, 2002	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	30–18–5–4
58	W	February 11, 2002	5–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	31–18–5–4
59	W	February 26, 2002	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	32–18–5–4
60	L	March 1, 2002	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	32–19–5–4
61	T	March 2, 2002	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	32–19–6–4
62	W	March 4, 2002	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	33–19–6–4
63	L	March 6, 2002	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	33–20–6–4
64	T	March 9, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	33–20–7–4
65	W	March 10, 2002	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	34–20–7–4
66	T	March 12, 2002	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	34–20–8–4
67	W	March 14, 2002	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	35–20–8–4
68	T	March 16, 2002	5–5 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	35–20–9–4
69	W	March 19, 2002	3–2 OT	New York Islanders (2001–02)	36–20–9–4
70	L	March 21, 2002	3–4	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	36–21–9–4
71	W	March 23, 2002	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	37–21–9–4
72	L	March 25, 2002	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	37–22–9–4
73	W	March 26, 2002	7–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	38–22–9–4
74	L	March 28, 2002	4–5	New York Islanders (2001–02)	38–23–9–4
75	L	March 30, 2002	1–3	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	38–24–9–4
76	W	April 1, 2002	5–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	39–24–9–4
77	L	April 4, 2002	2–4	New York Rangers (2001–02)	39–25–9–4
78	T	April 6, 2002	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	39–25–10–4
79	W	April 8, 2002	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	40–25–10–4
80	W	April 10, 2002	7–2	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	41–25–10–4
81	W	April 12, 2002	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	42–25–10–4
82	W	April 13, 2002	5–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	43–25–10–4

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	82	41	39	80	94	6	10	2	9
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	77	24	35	59	92	24	7	0	5
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	66	24	33	57	8	1	5	0	4
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	71	14	38	52	36	11	4	0	3
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	78	20	31	51	26	7	1	0	3
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	69	21	27	48	63	-4	6	2	2
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	82	13	34	47	26	11	1	1	4
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	82	17	26	43	129	16	8	0	1
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	69	10	29	39	2	5	5	0	3
Green, TravisTravis Green	82	11	23	34	61	13	3	0	2
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	74	12	21	33	120	11	0	1	1
Domi, TieTie Domi	74	9	10	19	157	3	0	0	2
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	55	6	13	19	26	14	3	0	0
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	82	6	10	16	18	10	0	1	1
Valk, GarryGarry Valk	63	5	10	15	28	2	0	0	0
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	51	4	8	12	18	13	1	2	1
Cross, CoryCory Cross	50	3	9	12	54	11	0	0	1
Berg, AkiAki Berg	81	1	10	11	46	14	0	0	0
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	21	3	7	10	2	7	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	63	1	3	4	142	2	0	0	0
Pilar, KarelKarel Pilar	23	1	3	4	8	3	0	0	0
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	8	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	11	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	34	0	2	2	12	-1	0	0	0
Farkas, JeffJeff Farkas	6	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	51	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	13	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centomo, SebastienSebastien Centomo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dempsey, NathanNathan Dempsey	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Moro, MarcMarc Moro	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wren, BobBob Wren	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	3065	51	29	17	5	114	2.23	4	1210	1096	.906
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	1646	30	12	10	5	75	2.73	1	707	632	.894
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	219	4	2	2	0	10	2.74	0	110	100	.909
Centomo, SebastienSebastien Centomo	40	1	0	0	0	3	4.50	0	12	9	.750
Team:	4970	82	43	29	10	202	2.44	5	2039	1837	.901

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	19	7	12	19	56	3	0	1
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	20	5	10	15	4	1	0	2
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	20	8	3	11	8	2	0	2
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	20	5	5	10	30	3	0	1
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	20	4	6	10	2	3	0	1
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	20	2	8	10	16	0	0	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	20	3	6	9	34	0	0	1
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	17	4	4	8	38	1	0	1
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	8	2	5	7	4	0	0	0
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	19	1	6	7	33	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	19	1	3	4	61	0	0	1
Pilar, KarelKarel Pilar	11	0	4	4	12	0	0	0
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	18	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Dempsey, NathanNathan Dempsey	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	16	1	0	1	18	0	0	0
Valk, GarryGarry Valk	11	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	20	0	1	1	37	0	0	0
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	18	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Cross, CoryCory Cross	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Farkas, JeffJeff Farkas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
MacLean, DonDon MacLean	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wren, BobBob Wren	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	1253	20	10	10	48	2.30	3	557	509	.914
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	12	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	5	1.000
Team:	1265	20	10	10	48	2.28	3	562	514	.915

^[2] 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;

Awards and records

• Mats Sundin, Centre, NHL Second Team All-Star

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2001–02 season.

Trades

September 30, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Shawn Thornton	To Toronto Maple Leafs Marty Wilford
November 21, 2001	To Dallas Stars Dave Manson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jyrki Lumme
March 1, 2002	To Nashville Predators D.J. Smith Marty Wilford	To Toronto Maple Leafs Marc Moro
March 15, 2002	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 2003 - Kevin Nastiuk	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Barrasso
May 13, 2002	To Boston Bruins Kris Vernarsky	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ric Jackman
June 22, 2002	To Nashville Predators 3rd round pick in 2003 - Alexander Sulzer	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2002 - Dominic D'Amour
June 23, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks Jeff Farkas	To Toronto Maple Leafs Josh Holden
June 25, 2002	To Vancouver Canucks 8th round pick in 2003 - Sergei Topol	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Bonni
June 30, 2002	To Nashville Predators Tie Domi	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 2003 - Shaun Landolt
June 30, 2002	To Calgary Flames Curtis Joseph	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2003 - Dan Irmen

Free agents

Player Former Team Alexander Mogilny New Jersey Devils Anders Eriksson Florida Panthers Paul Healey Edmonton Oilers Chris Murray St. Louis Blues Corey Schwab Kansas City Blades (IHL)

Player New Team Bryan Berard New York Rangers Yanic Perreault Montreal Canadiens Steve Thomas Chicago Blackhawks

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida.

Round #	Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	17	Carlo Colaiacovo	Defence	Canadian	Erie Otters (Ontario Hockey League)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

St. John's Maple Leafs

ECHL

Columbia Inferno

Roster

Goaltenders 30 Tom Barrasso  30 Sebastien Centomo  31 Curtis Joseph  35 Corey Schwab		Defensemen 2 Wade Belak  3 Dave Manson  3 Marc Moro  4 Cory Cross  8 Aki Berg  15 Tomas Kaberle  24 Bryan McCabe  - A 25 Jyrki Lumme  29 Karel Pilar  36 Dmitry Yushkevich  43 Nathan Dempsey  44 Anders Eriksson		Wingers 7 Gary Roberts  - A 10 Garry Valk  14 Jonas Hoglund  16 Darcy Tucker  19 Mikael Renberg  20 Jeff Farkas  22 Alexei Ponikarovsky  26 Paul Healey  27 Shayne Corson  28 Tie Domi  89 Alexander Mogilny		Centres 11 Nik Antropov  13 Mats Sundin  - C 18 Alyn McCauley  21 Robert Reichel  33 Bob Wren  37 Don MacLean  39 Travis Green  GM: Pat Quinn Coach: Pat Quinn

Miscellaneous

In 2010, they were named the 22nd most hated team in sports history by Sports Illustrated.^[3]

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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