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 Roger Neilson (interim)
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Curtis Leschyshyn Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	16,919 (91% of capacity)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins Mobile Mysticks
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Alfredsson (37)
Assists	Radek Bonk (45)
Points	Daniel Alfredsson (71)
Penalty minutes	Chris Neil (231)
Plus/minus	Zdeno Chara (+30)
Wins	Patrick Lalime (27)
Goals against average	Patrick Lalime (2.48)

The 2001–02 Ottawa Senators season was the tenth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This 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.

Off-season

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. 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. It was also the first time in modern franchise history that the Senators had scored ten goals in a regular-season game.

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

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

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 3, 2001	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	1–0–0–0	19,173
2	L	October 4, 2001	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	1–1–0–0	18,500
3	L	October 6, 2001	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	1–2–0–0	16,590
4	W	October 9, 2001	6–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	2–2–0–0	10,052
5	W	October 10, 2001	2–0	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	3–2–0–0	14,651
6	T	October 13, 2001	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (2001–02)	3–2–1–0	17,103
7	L	October 16, 2001	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	3–3–1–0	14,907
8	L	October 18, 2001	0–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	3–4–1–0	15,521
9	L	October 20, 2001	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	3–5–1–0	15,124
10	L	October 23, 2001	1–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	3–6–1–0	15,107
11	W	October 25, 2001	7–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	4–6–1–0	19,534
12	W	October 27, 2001	4–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	5–6–1–0	16,119
13	W	October 30, 2001	6–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	6–6–1–0	11,548
14	W	November 3, 2001	3–0	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	7–6–1–0	15,942
15	W	November 8, 2001	1–0	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	8–6–1–0	17,752
16	W	November 10, 2001	3–2	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	9–6–1–0	16,895
17	W	November 13, 2001	11–5	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	10–6–1–0	15,023
18	T	November 15, 2001	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	10–6–2–0	14,117
19	W	November 17, 2001	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	11–6–2–0	18,500
20	W	November 20, 2001	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	12–6–2–0	15,547
21	T	November 22, 2001	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	12–6–3–0	16,839
22	L	November 24, 2001	3–6	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	12–7–3–0	15,839
23	L	November 27, 2001	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	12–8–3–0	19,786
24	W	December 1, 2001	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	13–8–3–0	16,480
25	L	December 3, 2001	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	13–9–3–0	18,007
26	W	December 5, 2001	6–3	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	14–9–3–0	18,532
27	L	December 6, 2001	2–4	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	14–10–3–0	12,522
28	W	December 8, 2001	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	15–10–3–0	15,277
29	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	15–10–4–0	12,235
30	W	December 13, 2001	6–0	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	16–10–4–0	17,585
31	L	December 15, 2001	0–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	16–11–4–0	17,142
32	W	December 18, 2001	5–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	17–11–4–0	11,166
33	L	December 20, 2001	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	17–12–4–0	16,207
34	W	December 22, 2001	1–0	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	18–12–4–0	15,089
35	L	December 23, 2001	2–3	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	18–13–4–0	18,200
36	L	December 26, 2001	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	18–14–4–0	17,565
37	W	December 27, 2001	5–2	New York Islanders (2001–02)	19–14–4–0	18,500
38	W	December 29, 2001	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	20–14–4–0	17,148
39	OTL	December 31, 2001	4–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	20–14–4–1	17,622
40	W	January 3, 2002	4–1	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	21–14–4–1	18,296
41	L	January 5, 2002	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	21–15–4–1	19,235
42	W	January 7, 2002	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	22–15–4–1	18,500
43	OTL	January 9, 2002	3–4 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	22–15–4–2	10,721
44	W	January 11, 2002	4–2	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	23–15–4–2	14,105
45	W	January 12, 2002	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	24–15–4–2	13,712
46	L	January 15, 2002	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	24–16–4–2	16,246
47	L	January 17, 2002	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	24–17–4–2	15,989
48	W	January 19, 2002	4–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	25–17–4–2	17,398
49	OTL	January 20, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	25–17–4–3	20,058
50	T	January 22, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	25–17–5–3	19,469
51	W	January 24, 2002	4–3	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	26–17–5–3	17,093
52	T	January 26, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	26–17–6–3	21,273
53	W	January 30, 2002	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	27–17–6–3	15,761
54	T	February 4, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	27–17–7–3	12,358
55	W	February 6, 2002	6–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	28–17–7–3	18,136
56	OTL	February 8, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	28–17–7–4	18,104
57	L	February 9, 2002	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	28–18–7–4	18,500
58	W	February 12, 2002	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	29–18–7–4	17,332
59	W	February 26, 2002	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	30–18–7–4	20,254
60	W	February 28, 2002	3–0	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	31–18–7–4	18,200
61	OTL	March 2, 2002	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	31–18–7–5	17,814
62	T	March 4, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	31–18–8–5	15,815
63	L	March 7, 2002	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	31–19–8–5	17,496
64	L	March 9, 2002	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	31–20–8–5	15,381
65	W	March 10, 2002	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	32–20–8–5	12,358
66	W	March 12, 2002	4–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	33–20–8–5	18,064
67	L	March 14, 2002	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	33–21–8–5	18,397
68	W	March 16, 2002	4–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	34–21–8–5	18,137
69	W	March 17, 2002	2–0	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	35–21–8–5	16,405
70	L	March 19, 2002	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	35–22–8–5	13,381
71	L	March 21, 2002	2–5	New York Rangers (2001–02)	35–23–8–5	16,245
72	OTL	March 23, 2002	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	35–23–8–6	16,061
73	OTL	March 24, 2002	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	35–23–8–7	17,098
74	W	March 27, 2002	4–1	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	36–23–8–7	13,384
75	L	March 28, 2002	3–4	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	36–24–8–7	14,352
76	W	March 30, 2002	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	37–24–8–7	17,859
77	W	April 2, 2002	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	38–24–8–7	16,371
78	T	April 5, 2002	0–0 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	38–24–9–7	18,672
79	L	April 7, 2002	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	38–25–9–7	17,994
80	L	April 9, 2002	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	38–26–9–7	21,273
81	W	April 11, 2002	4–0	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	39–26–9–7	16,731
82	L	April 13, 2002	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	39–27–9–7	18,500

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.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

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 Semifinals

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
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	78	37	34	71	45	3	9	1	4
Radek Bonk	C	82	25	45	70	52	3	6	2	5
Marian Hossa	RW	80	31	35	66	50	11	9	1	4
Martin Havlat	RW	72	22	28	50	66	-7	9	0	6
Todd White	C	81	20	30	50	24	12	4	0	1
Shawn McEachern	RW	80	15	31	46	52	9	5	0	3
Magnus Arvedson	LW	74	12	27	39	35	27	0	0	1
Wade Redden	D	79	9	25	34	48	22	4	1	1
Mike Fisher	C	58	15	9	24	55	8	0	3	4
Zdeno Chara	D	75	10	13	23	156	30	4	1	2
Chris Phillips	D	63	6	16	22	29	5	1	0	1
Sami Salo	D	66	4	14	18	14	1	1	1	2
Karel Rachunek	D	51	3	15	18	24	7	1	0	2
Chris Neil	RW	72	10	7	17	231	5	1	0	0
Andre Roy	RW	56	6	8	14	148	3	0	0	0
Chris Herperger	C	72	4	9	13	43	4	0	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	79	1	9	10	44	-5	0	0	0
Ricard Persson	D	34	2	7	9	42	3	0	0	0
Benoit Brunet	LW	13	5	3	8	0	-4	1	0	2
Bill Muckalt	RW	70	0	8	8	46	-3	0	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	24	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	1
Ivan Ciernik	RW	23	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	33	1	1	2	57	-10	0	0	0
Juha Ylonen	C	15	1	1	2	2	-1	0	1	0
Steve Martins	C	14	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Chris Bala	LW	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Toni Dahlman	RW	10	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	61	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0
Petr Schastlivy	LW	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jani Hurme	G	25	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	11	0	0	0	12	5	0	0	0
Simon Lajeunesse	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Langfeld	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Martin Prusek	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Rivers	D	2	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Lalime	3583	61	27	24	8	148	2.48	7	1521	1373	.903
Jani Hurme	1309	25	12	9	1	54	2.48	3	578	524	.907
Simon Lajeunesse	24	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	9	9	1.000
Martin Prusek	62	1	0	1	0	3	2.90	0	15	12	.800
Team:	4978	82	39	34	9	205	2.47	10	2123	1918	.903

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	12	7	6	13	4	6	3	0	3
Marian Hossa	RW	12	4	6	10	2	2	1	0	0
Radek Bonk	C	12	3	7	10	6	-3	2	0	1
Martin Havlat	RW	12	2	5	7	14	0	2	0	2
Wade Redden	D	12	3	2	5	6	4	1	0	1
Juha Ylonen	C	12	0	5	5	2	2	0	0	0
Todd White	C	12	2	2	4	6	4	0	0	0
Shawn McEachern	RW	12	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0
Magnus Arvedson	LW	12	2	1	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Mike Fisher	C	10	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0
Sami Salo	D	12	2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Benoit Brunet	LW	12	0	3	3	0	8	0	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	12	1	1	2	12	-1	0	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	12	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Zdeno Chara	D	10	0	1	1	12	4	0	0	0
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	12	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Martins	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Neil	RW	12	0	0	0	12	-1	0	0	0
Ricard Persson	D	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	12	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Lalime	778	12	7	5	18	1.39	4	332	314	.946
Team:	778	12	7	5	18	1.39	4	332	314	.946

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

• Molson Cup - Daniel Alfredsson

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.

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)
1	2	Jason Spezza	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
1	23	Tim Gleason	United States	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3	81	Neil Komadoski	United States	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
4	99	Ray Emery	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	127	Christoph Schubert	Germany	Munich Barons (DEL)
5	162	Stefan Schauer	Germany	Riessersee SC (Germany)
6	193	Brooks Laich	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7	218	Jan Platil	Czech Republic	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7	223	Brandon Bochenski	United States	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
8	235	Neil Petruic	Canada	Kindersley Klippers (SJHL)
8	256	Gregg Johnson	United States	Boston University (NCAA)
9	286	Toni Dahlman	Finland	Ilves (SM-liiga)

Farm teams

• Grand Rapids Griffins (American Hockey League)
• Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season