2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division3rd Southeast
Conference13th Eastern
2001–02 record27–40–11–4
Home record16–17–5–3
Road record11–23–6–1
Goals for178
Goals against219
Team information
General managerRick Dudley (Oct.–Feb.)
Jay Feaster (Feb.–Apr.)
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsVincent Lecavalier
Fredrik Modin
Tim Taylor
ArenaIce Palace
Average attendance15,722
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Falcons
Pensacola Ice Pilots
Team leaders
GoalsDave Andreychuk (21)
AssistsBrad Richards (42)
PointsBrad Richards (62)
Penalty minutesDave Andreychuk (109)
Plus/minusMartin St. Louis (+4)
WinsNikolai Khabibulin (24)
Goals against averageNikolai Khabibulin (2.36)

The 2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Offseason

Regular season

On February 10, general manager Rick Dudley resigned and was replaced by assistant general manager Jay Feaster.[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 26 16 5 217 217 91
2 9 Washington Capitals 82 36 33 11 2 228 240 85
3 13 82 27 40 11 4 178 219 69
4 14 Florida Panthers 82 22 44 10 6 180 250 60
5 15 Atlanta Thrashers 82 19 47 11 5 187 288 54

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

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL 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 Lightning only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
19 Brad Richards C 82 20 42 62 −18 13
20 Vaclav Prospal C 81 18 37 55 −11 38
25 Dave Andreychuk LW 82 21 17 38 −12 109
4 Vincent Lecavalier C 76 20 17 37 −18 61
26 Martin St. Louis RW 53 16 19 35 4 20
7 Ben Clymer RW 81 14 20 34 −10 36
13 Pavel Kubina D 82 11 23 34 −22 106
33 Fredrik Modin LW 54 14 17 31 0 27
22[a] Dan Boyle D 41 5 15 20 −15 27
41 Jimmie Olvestad LW 74 3 11 14 3 24
28[b] Sheldon Keefe RW 39 6 7 13 −11 16
5 Jassen Cullimore D 78 4 9 13 −1 58
16 Juha Ylonen C 65 3 10 13 −10 8
18 Zdeno Ciger†‡ LW 27 6 6 12 −12 10
21 Cory Sarich D 72 0 11 11 −4 105
15 Nikita Alexeev RW 44 4 4 8 −9 8
27 Tim Taylor C 48 4 4 8 −2 25
2 Stan Neckar D 77 1 7 8 −18 24
24[c] Shane Willis RW 21 4 3 7 0 6
46 Martin Cibak C 26 1 5 6 −6 8
3 Grant Ledyard D 53 1 3 4 −5 12
11 Chris Dingman LW 14 0 4 4 −8 26
9 Brian Holzinger C 23 1 2 3 −4 4
44 Nolan Pratt D 46 0 3 3 −4 51
36 Andre Roy RW 9 1 1 2 −5 63
34 Gordie Dwyer LW 26 0 2 2 −4 60
35 Nikolai Khabibulin G 70 0 2 2 6
30 Andrei Zyuzin D 9 0 2 2 −6 6
29 Dmitry Afanasenkov LW 5 0 0 0 −1 0
36 Matthew Barnaby RW 29 0 0 0 −7 70
43 Mathieu Biron D 36 0 0 0 −16 12
55 Josef Boumedienne D 3 0 0 0 −1 4
6 Sascha Goc D 9 0 0 0 0 0
31 Dieter Kochan G 5 0 0 0 0
11 Kristian Kudroc D 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Glen Metropolit C 2 0 0 0 −2 0
54 Gaetan Royer RW 3 0 0 0 −1 2
17[d] Ryan Tobler LW 4 0 0 0 −2 5
80 Kevin Weekes G 19 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Nikolai Khabibulin 70 24 32 10 1914 153 2.36 .920 7 3896
80 Kevin Weekes 19 3 9 0 470 40 2.89 .915 2 830
31 Dieter Kochan 5 0 3 1 129 16 4.05 .876 0 237

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Nikolai Khabibulin [4]
NHL Player of the Week Nikolai Khabibulin (November 26) [5]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Brad Richards [6]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jimmie Olvestad October 5, 2001 [7]
Nikita Alexeev October 7, 2001
Ryan Tobler
Martin Cibak February 9, 2002
Gaetan Royer April 1, 2002
25th shutout Nikolai Khabibulin November 25, 2001 [8]
1,000th game played Grant Ledyard December 12, 2001 [9]

Transactions

The Lightning 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.[10]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 18, 2001 (2001-06-18) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Phoenix Coyotes
[11]
June 22, 2001 (2001-06-22) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Islanders
[12]
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001
To Washington Capitals
  • 2nd-round pick in 2002
[13]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • New Jersey’s 3rd-round pick in 2001
To Ottawa Senators
  • 4th-round pick in 2001
  • Buffalo’s 7th-round pick in 2001
[13]
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 4th-round pick in 2001
  • 5th-round pick in 2001
  • 7th-round pick in 2001
To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 3rd-round pick in 2002
[14]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 6th-round pick in 2001
  • Buffalo’s 6th-round pick in 2001
To Los Angeles Kings
  • Toronto’s 5th-round pick in 2001
[14]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Colorado Avalanche
  • Los Angeles’ 6th-round pick in 2001
[14]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 8th-round pick in 2001
  • 9th-round pick in 2002
To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 7th-round pick in 2002
[14]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 9th-round pick in 2001
To Colorado Avalanche
  • 9th-round pick in 2002
[14]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Rangers
[16]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Florida Panthers
[17]
November 9, 2001 (2001-11-09) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New Jersey Devils
[18]
December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Rangers
[19]
December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Carolina Hurricanes
[20]
January 7, 2002 (2002-01-07) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Florida Panthers
  • 5th-round pick in 2003
[21]
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Carolina Hurricanes
[22]
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Ottawa Senators
  • Juha Ylonen
[23]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13) Dave Andreychuk Buffalo Sabres Free agency [24]
Grant Ledyard Dallas Stars Free agency [24]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21) Ryan Tobler New York Rangers Free agency [25]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28) Glen Metropolit Washington Capitals Waiver draft [26]
October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23) Gaetan Royer Saint John Flames (AHL) Free agency [27]
May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29) Kevin Hodson Montreal Canadiens 1-year[f] Free agency [28]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[g] Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01) Stan Drulia[h] Free agency (UFA) [29]
Dale Rominski[i] Free agency (UFA) [29]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02) Wade Flaherty Florida Panthers Free agency (III) [32]
Dan Kesa Avangard Omsk (RSL) Free agency (UFA) [33]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08) John Emmons Boston Bruins Free agency (VI) [34]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09) Mario Larocque Buffalo Sabres Free agency (UFA) [35]
August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12) Marek Posmyk HC Zlin (ELH) Free agency (II)[j] [37]
August 24, 2001 (2001-08-24) Jason Podollan New York Islanders Free agency (VI) [38]
October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09) Konstantin Kalmikov Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) Free agency (UFA) [39]
October 20, 2001 (2001-10-20) Glen Metropolit Washington Capitals Waivers [40]
March 8, 2002 (2002-03-08) Zdeno Ciger Release [41]
May 1, 2002 (2002-05-01) Petr Svoboda Retirement [42]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09) Brian Holzinger multi-year Re-signing [43]
July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11) Kevin Weekes multi-year Re-signing [44]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12) Michal Lanicek 3-year Entry-level [45]
Alexander Polukeyev 3-year Entry-level [45]
Marek Priechodsky 3-year Entry-level [45]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16) Jimmie Olvestad 3-year Entry-level [46]
Stan Neckar multi-year Re-signing [46]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18) Nolan Pratt Re-signing [47]
July 26, 2001 (2001-07-26) Gordie Dwyer Re-signing [48]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31) Andrei Zyuzin multi-year Re-signing [49]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06) Mike Jones Re-signing [50]
Cory Sarich Re-signing [50]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21) Mikko Kuparinen Re-signing [25]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05) Vincent Lecavalier multi-year Re-signing [51]
May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21) Nolan Pratt 1-year Option exercised [52]
Martin St. Louis multi-year Extension [53]
May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29) Brian Eklund 2-year Entry-level [28]
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06) Ryan Tobler 1-year Option exercised [54]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[55]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 3 Alexander Svitov  Russia Avangard Omsk (Russia)
2 47 Alexander Polushin  Russia THK Tver (Russia)
2 61 Andreas Holmqvist  Sweden Hammarby IF (Sweden)
3 94 Evgeny Artyukhin  Russia HC Podolsk (Russia)
4 123 Aaron Lobb  Canada London Knights (OHL)
5 138 Paul Lynch  United States Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)
6 188 Art Femenella  United States Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7 219 Dennis Packard  United States Harvard University (NCAA)
7 222 Jeremy Van Hoof  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8 252 Jean-Francois Soucy  Canada Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
8 259 Dmitri Bezrukov  Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9 261 Vitali Smolyaninov  Kazakhstan Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9 281 Ilya Solaryov  Kazakhstan Molot-Prikamye Perm (Russia)
9 289 Henrik Bergfors  Sweden Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Boyle wore number 29 in his first game.
  2. ^ Keefe wore number 42 in his first twelve games.
  3. ^ Willis wore number 14 in his first game.
  4. ^ Tobler wore number 18 in his first game.
  5. ^ The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Taylor’s remaining salary on his contract.[15]
  6. ^ Club option for a second year.
  7. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[29]
  8. ^ Drulia retired.[30]
  9. ^ Rominski retired.[31]
  10. ^ Tampa Bay retained Posmyk’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[36]

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