2001–02 Ottawa Senators season

2001–02 Ottawa Senators
Division 3rd Northeast
Conference 7th Eastern
2001–02 record 39–27–9–7
Home record 21–13–3–4
Road record 18–14–6–3
Goals for 243
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Marshall Johnston
Coach Jacques Martin
Captain Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains Curtis Leschyshyn
Wade Redden
Arena Corel Centre
Average attendance 16,919 (91% of capacity)[1]
Team leaders
Goals Daniel Alfredsson (37)
Assists Radek Bonk (45)
Points Daniel Alfredsson (71)
Penalties in minutes Chris Neil (231)
Plus/minus Zdeno Chara (+30)
Wins Patrick Lalime (27)
Goals against average Patrick Lalime (2.48)
<2000–01 2002–03>

The 2001–02 Ottawa Senators season saw the Senators place third in the Northeast Division, with 94 points. In the playoffs, they upset the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, limiting the Flyers' high-powered offence to just two goals for the franchise's second playoff series win. This led to a second round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in which the Sens lost in a tense seven-game affair.

Prior to the season, former captain Alexei Yashin was traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and the Islanders' first-round draft pick (second overall), which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. Chara and Muckalt would play for the Senators, while Spezza returned to junior.

Regular season

On November 13, 2001, the Senators defeated the Washington Capitals on the road by a score of 11–5.[2] Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored a hat-trick in the game. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1.[3] It was also the first time in modern franchise history that the Senators had scored ten goals in a regular-season game.[4]

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
11 Boston Bruins 82 43 24 6 9 236 201 101
24 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 43 25 10 4 249 207 100
37 Ottawa Senators 82 39 27 9 7 243 208 94
48 Montreal Canadiens 82 36 31 12 3 207 209 87
510 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[5]
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 2 213 200 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

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1WOctober 3, 20015–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 1–0–0–019,173
2LOctober 4, 20014–6 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 1–1–0–018,500
3LOctober 6, 20012–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 1–2–0–016,590
4WOctober 9, 20016–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 2–2–0–010,052
5WOctober 10, 20012–0 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 3–2–0–014,651
6TOctober 13, 20012–2 OT New York Rangers (2001–02) 3–2–1–017,103
7LOctober 16, 20012–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 3–3–1–014,907
8LOctober 18, 20010–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 3–4–1–015,521
9LOctober 20, 20012–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 3–5–1–015,124
10LOctober 23, 20011–2 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 3–6–1–015,107
11WOctober 25, 20017–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 4–6–1–019,534
12WOctober 27, 20014–1 St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 5–6–1–016,119
13WOctober 30, 20016–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 6–6–1–011,548
14WNovember 3, 20013–0 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 7–6–1–015,942
15WNovember 8, 20011–0 Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 8–6–1–017,752
16WNovember 10, 20013–2 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 9–6–1–016,895
17WNovember 13, 200111–5 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 10–6–1–015,023
18TNovember 15, 20011–1 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 10–6–2–014,117
19WNovember 17, 20012–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 11–6–2–018,500
20WNovember 20, 20013–0 Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 12–6–2–015,547
21TNovember 22, 20014–4 OT Calgary Flames (2001–02) 12–6–3–016,839
22LNovember 24, 20013–6 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 12–7–3–015,839
23LNovember 27, 20012–4 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 12–8–3–019,786
24WDecember 1, 20012–1 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 13–8–3–016,480
25LDecember 3, 20012–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 13–9–3–018,007
26WDecember 5, 20016–3 @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) 14–9–3–018,532
27LDecember 6, 20012–4 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 14–10–3–012,522
28WDecember 8, 20015–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 15–10–3–015,277
29TDecember 11, 20012–2 OT @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 15–10–4–012,235
30WDecember 13, 20016–0 Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 16–10–4–017,585
31LDecember 15, 20010–2 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 16–11–4–017,142
32WDecember 18, 20015–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 17–11–4–011,166
33LDecember 20, 20012–4 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 17–12–4–016,207
34WDecember 22, 20011–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 18–12–4–015,089
35LDecember 23, 20012–3 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 18–13–4–018,200
36LDecember 26, 20012–3 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 18–14–4–017,565
37WDecember 27, 20015–2 New York Islanders (2001–02) 19–14–4–018,500
38WDecember 29, 20015–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 20–14–4–017,148
39LDecember 31, 20014–5 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 20–14–4–117,622
40WJanuary 3, 20024–1 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 21–14–4–118,296
41LJanuary 5, 20021–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 21–15–4–119,235
42WJanuary 7, 20024–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 22–15–4–118,500
43LJanuary 9, 20023–4 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 22–15–4–210,721
44WJanuary 11, 20024–2 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 23–15–4–214,105
45WJanuary 12, 20022–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 24–15–4–213,712
46LJanuary 15, 20021–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 24–16–4–216,246
47LJanuary 17, 20022–5 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 24–17–4–215,989
48WJanuary 19, 20024–1 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 25–17–4–217,398
49LJanuary 20, 20022–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 25–17–4–320,058
50TJanuary 22, 20021–1 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 25–17–5–319,469
51WJanuary 24, 20024–3 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 26–17–5–317,093
52TJanuary 26, 20021–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 26–17–6–321,273
53WJanuary 30, 20023–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 27–17–6–315,761
54TFebruary 4, 20024–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 27–17–7–312,358
55WFebruary 6, 20026–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 28–17–7–318,136
56LFebruary 8, 20022–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 28–17–7–418,104
57LFebruary 9, 20022–3 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 28–18–7–418,500
58WFebruary 12, 20025–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 29–18–7–417,332
59WFebruary 26, 20025–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 30–18–7–420,254
60WFebruary 28, 20023–0 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 31–18–7–418,200
61LMarch 2, 20022–3 OT Washington Capitals (2001–02) 31–18–7–517,814
62TMarch 4, 20021–1 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 31–18–8–515,815
63LMarch 7, 20022–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 31–19–8–517,496
64LMarch 9, 20022–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 31–20–8–515,381
65WMarch 10, 20024–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 32–20–8–512,358
66WMarch 12, 20024–3 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 33–20–8–518,064
67LMarch 14, 20021–4 Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 33–21–8–518,397
68WMarch 16, 20024–3 New York Islanders (2001–02) 34–21–8–518,137
69WMarch 17, 20022–0 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 35–21–8–516,405
70LMarch 19, 20021–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 35–22–8–513,381
71LMarch 21, 20022–5 New York Rangers (2001–02) 35–23–8–516,245
72LMarch 23, 20022–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 35–23–8–616,061
73LMarch 24, 20022–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 35–23–8–717,098
74WMarch 27, 20024–1 @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 36–23–8–713,384
75LMarch 28, 20023–4 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 36–24–8–714,352
76WMarch 30, 20023–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 37–24–8–717,859
77WApril 2, 20024–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 38–24–8–716,371
78TApril 5, 20020–0 OT @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 38–24–9–718,672
79LApril 7, 20021–3 Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 38–25–9–717,994
80LApril 9, 20023–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) 38–26–9–721,273
81WApril 11, 20024–0 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 39–26–9–716,731
82LApril 13, 20022–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 39–27–9–718,500

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Playoffs

In the first round, Ottawa was matched against the Philadelphia Flyers, who were favoured. After the Flyers won the first game, the Senators won the next four. Patrick Lalime would record three consecutive shutouts in games two through four. The Senators won the series by winning the fifth game in overtime, in Philadelphia.

Conference Quarter-final

Date Visiting Team Score Home Team Score Notes Attendance
April 17 Ottawa 0 Philadelphia 1 7:47 OT 19,420
April 20 Ottawa 3 Philadelphia 0 19,734
April 22 Philadelphia 0 Ottawa 3 18,239
April 24 Philadelphia 0 Ottawa 3 18,500
April 26 Ottawa 2 Philadelphia 1 7:33 OT 19,639

Ottawa Senators win series 4 games to 1

The Senators would go against the Toronto Maple Leafs for the third consecutive season in the playoffs. The teams would take turns winning games and the series would go seven games, with the deciding game won in Toronto by the Maple Leafs.

Eastern Conference Semi-final

Date Visiting Team Score Home Team Score Notes Attendance
May 2 Ottawa 5 Toronto 0 19,406
May 4 Ottawa 2 Toronto 3 44:30 OT 19,454
May 6 Toronto 2 Ottawa 3 18,500
May 8 Toronto 2 Ottawa 1 18,500
May 10 Ottawa 4 Toronto 2 19,499
May 12 Toronto 4 Ottawa 3 18,500
May 14 Ottawa 0 Toronto 3 19,551

Toronto Maple Leafs win series 4 games to 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson RW 78 37 34 71 453914
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk C 82 25 45 70 523625
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa RW 80 31 35 66 5011914
Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat RW 72 22 28 50 66-7906
White, ToddTodd White C 81 20 30 50 2412401
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern RW 80 15 31 46 529503
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson LW 74 12 27 39 3527001
Redden, WadeWade Redden D 79 9 25 34 4822411
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher C 58 15 9 24 558034
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara D 75 10 13 23 15630412
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips D 63 6 16 22 295101
Salo, SamiSami Salo D 66 4 14 18 141112
Rachunek, KarelKarel Rachunek D 51 3 15 18 247102
Neil, ChrisChris Neil RW 72 10 7 17 2315100
Roy, AndreAndre Roy RW 56 6 8 14 1483000
Herperger, ChrisChris Herperger C 72 4 9 13 434000
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 79 1 9 10 44-5000
Persson, RicardRicard Persson D 34 2 7 9 423000
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet LW 13 5 3 8 0-4102
Muckalt, BillBill Muckalt RW 70 0 8 8 46-3000
Hull, JodyJody Hull RW 24 2 2 4 60001
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik RW 23 1 2 3 40000
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy D 33 1 1 2 57-10000
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen C 15 1 1 2 2-1010
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 14 1 0 1 41000
Bala, ChrisChris Bala LW 6 0 1 1 01000
Dahlman, ToniToni Dahlman RW 10 0 1 1 0-1000
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime G 61 0 1 1 190000
Schastlivy, PetrPetr Schastlivy LW 1 0 1 1 01000
Hurme, JaniJani Hurme G 25 0 0 0 170000
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski D 11 0 0 0 125000
Lajeunesse, SimonSimon Lajeunesse G 1 0 0 0 00000
Langfeld, JoshJosh Langfeld RW 1 0 0 0 20000
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek G 1 0 0 0 00000
Rivers, JamieJamie Rivers D 2 0 0 0 4-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime 3583 61 27 24 8 148 2.48 715211373.903
Hurme, JaniJani Hurme 1309 25 12 9 1 54 2.48 3578524.907
Lajeunesse, SimonSimon Lajeunesse 24 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0991.000
Prusek, MartinMartin Prusek 62 1 0 1 0 3 2.90 01512.800
Team: 4978 82 39 34 9 205 2.47 1021231918.903

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson RW 12 7 6 13 46303
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa RW 12 4 6 10 22100
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk C 12 3 7 10 6-3201
Havlat, MartinMartin Havlat RW 12 2 5 7 140202
Redden, WadeWade Redden D 12 3 2 5 64101
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen C 12 0 5 5 22000
White, ToddTodd White C 12 2 2 4 64000
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern RW 12 0 4 4 23000
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson LW 12 2 1 3 4-2000
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher C 10 2 1 3 04000
Salo, SamiSami Salo D 12 2 1 3 44000
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet LW 12 0 3 3 08000
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy D 12 1 1 2 12-1000
Hull, JodyJody Hull RW 12 1 1 2 22000
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara D 10 0 1 1 124000
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 12 0 1 1 02000
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime G 12 0 0 0 00000
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 2 0 0 0 00000
Neil, ChrisChris Neil RW 12 0 0 0 12-1000
Persson, RicardRicard Persson D 2 0 0 0 150000
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips D 12 0 0 0 123000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime 778 12 7 5 18 1.39 4332314.946
Team: 778 12 7 5 18 1.39 4332314.946

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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

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2001 To New York Islanders
Alexei Yashin
To Ottawa Senators
Bill Muckalt
Zdeno Chara
Islanders' first-round pick, second overall in 2001 Draft (Jason Spezza)
June 24, 2001 To Montreal Canadiens
Andreas Dackell
To Ottawa Senators
Montreal's eighth-round pick 2001 Draft (Neil Petruic)
June 29, 2001 To New York Rangers
Sean Gagnon
To Ottawa Senators
Jason Doig
Jeff Ulmer
March 15, 2002 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Andre Roy
Ottawa's sixth-round pick 2002 Draft (Paul Ranger)
To Ottawa Senators
Juha Ylonen
March 16, 2002 To Dallas Stars
Ottawa's sixth-round pick 2003 Draft (Elias Granath)
To Ottawa Senators
Benoit Brunet

Waivers

November 13, 2001 To Boston Bruins
Jamie Rivers
January 19, 2002 To Washington Capitals
Ivan Ciernik

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 189. 

Roster

2001-02 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Sources:

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held on June 23 and 24, 2001, at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
12 Jason Spezza  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
123 Tim Gleason  United States Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
381 Neil Komadoski  United States University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
499 Ray Emery  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4127 Christoph Schubert  Germany Munich Barons (DEL)
5162 Stefan Schauer  Germany Riessersee SC (Germany)
6193 Brooks Laich  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7218 Jan Platil  Czech Republic Barrie Colts (OHL)
7223 Brandon Bochenski  United States University of North Dakota (NCAA)
8235 Neil Petruic  Canada Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)
8256 Gregg Johnson  United States Boston University (NCAA)
9286 Toni Dahlman  Finland Ilves (SM-liiga)

Farm teams

See also

References

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