2001–02 Washington Capitals season

2001–02 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2001–02 record	36–33–11
Goals for	228
Goals against	240
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt
Arena	MCI Center
Team leaders
Goals	Peter Bondra (39)
Assists	Adam Oates (57)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (79)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Simon (137)
Wins	Olaf Kolzig (31)
Goals against average	Sebastien Charpentier (2.46)
<2000–01 2002–03>

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.

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
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	Tampa Bay Lightning	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	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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 2001	6–1	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 8, 2001	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	1–1–0–0
3	W	October 10, 2001	5–2	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	2–1–0–0
4	L	October 12, 2001	1–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	2–2–0–0
5	L	October 13, 2001	2–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	2–3–0–0
6	W	October 16, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	3–3–0–0
7	W	October 19, 2001	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	4–3–0–0
8	L	October 20, 2001	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	4–4–0–0
9	T	October 23, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	4–4–1–0
10	W	October 24, 2001	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	5–4–1–0
11	L	October 26, 2001	0–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	5–5–1–0
12	L	October 30, 2001	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	5–6–1–0
13	T	November 2, 2001	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	5–6–2–0
14	L	November 3, 2001	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	5–7–2–0
15	L	November 6, 2001	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	5–8–2–0
16	L	November 8, 2001	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	5–9–2–0
17	W	November 10, 2001	3–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	6–9–2–0
18	L	November 13, 2001	5–11	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	6–10–2–0
19	L	November 15, 2001	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	6–11–2–0
20	W	November 17, 2001	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	7–11–2–0
21	W	November 21, 2001	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	8–11–2–0
22	W	November 23, 2001	6–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	9–11–2–0
23	L	November 24, 2001	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	9–12–2–0
24	T	November 27, 2001	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	9–12–3–0
25	L	November 28, 2001	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	9–13–3–0
26	W	November 30, 2001	6–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	10–13–3–0
27	W	December 2, 2001	4–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	11–13–3–0
28	W	December 4, 2001	5–2	New York Rangers (2001–02)	12–13–3–0
29	T	December 6, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	12–13–4–0
30	L	December 8, 2001	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	12–14–4–0
31	T	December 11, 2001	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	12–14–5–0
32	W	December 13, 2001	2–1	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	13–14–5–0
33	W	December 15, 2001	5–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	14–14–5–0
34	L	December 19, 2001	2–5	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	14–15–5–0
35	L	December 21, 2001	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	14–16–5–0
36	T	December 22, 2001	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	14–16–6–0
37	L	December 26, 2001	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	14–17–6–0
38	W	December 28, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	15–17–6–0
39	T	December 30, 2001	5–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	15–17–7–0
40	W	January 1, 2002	3–2	New York Islanders (2001–02)	16–17–7–0
41	L	January 3, 2002	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	16–18–7–0
42	L	January 5, 2002	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	16–19–7–0
43	L	January 7, 2002	1–2	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	16–20–7–0
44	W	January 9, 2002	6–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	17–20–7–0
45	T	January 11, 2002	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	17–20–8–0
46	W	January 12, 2002	1–0	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	18–20–8–0
47	W	January 14, 2002	1–0 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	19–20–8–0
48	L	January 16, 2002	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	19–21–8–0
49	L	January 18, 2002	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	19–22–8–0
50	L	January 19, 2002	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	19–23–8–0
51	W	January 22, 2002	3–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	20–23–8–0
52	L	January 23, 2002	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	20–24–8–0
53	L	January 26, 2002	3–6	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	20–25–8–0
54	L	January 27, 2002	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	20–25–8–1
55	L	January 30, 2002	1–4	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	20–26–8–1
56	W	February 6, 2002	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	21–26–8–1
57	T	February 8, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	21–26–9–1
58	W	February 9, 2002	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	22–26–9–1
59	W	February 11, 2002	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	23–26–9–1
60	W	February 26, 2002	4–3	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	24–26–9–1
61	L	February 28, 2002	2–5	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	24–27–9–1
62	W	March 2, 2002	3–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	25–27–9–1
63	L	March 4, 2002	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	25–28–9–1
64	W	March 6, 2002	3–2	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	26–28–9–1
65	T	March 8, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	26–28–10–1
66	W	March 10, 2002	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	27–28–10–1
67	L	March 12, 2002	2–5	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	27–29–10–1
68	L	March 15, 2002	4–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	27–30–10–1
69	L	March 16, 2002	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	27–31–10–1
70	W	March 19, 2002	3–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	28–31–10–1
71	W	March 21, 2002	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	29–31–10–1
72	W	March 23, 2002	5–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	30–31–10–1
73	L	March 24, 2002	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	30–32–10–1
74	W	March 26, 2002	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	31–32–10–1
75	W	March 29, 2002	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	32–32–10–1
76	W	March 30, 2002	4–2	New York Islanders (2001–02)	33–32–10–1
77	W	April 3, 2002	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	34–32–10–1
78	T	April 5, 2002	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	34–32–11–1
79	L	April 6, 2002	4–5	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	34–33–11–1
80	W	April 9, 2002	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	35–33–11–1
81	W	April 12, 2002	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	36–33–11–1
82	L	April 13, 2002	3–4 OT	New 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
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	RW	69	31	48	79	30	0	10	0	3
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	77	39	31	70	80	-2	17	1	8
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	66	11	57	68	22	-2	3	0	1
Hess, J.D.J.D. Hess	C	69	21	40	61	24	-1	13	0	4
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	76	26	33	59	58	-1	7	0	2
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	LW	69	23	29	52	8	-5	7	0	4
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	71	17	26	43	38	5	4	0	3
Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin	C	80	13	23	36	40	-1	1	0	0
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	82	14	17	31	137	-8	1	0	1
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	61	9	12	21	12	2	3	0	2
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern	C	48	5	14	19	29	-9	0	0	4
Metropolit, GlenGlen Metropolit	C	33	1	16	17	6	3	0	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	68	8	8	16	38	4	2	0	3
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	70	3	11	14	26	-15	1	0	2
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	28	2	12	14	23	-2	0	0	0
Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	D	56	1	13	14	12	7	0	0	0
Pettinger, MattMatt Pettinger	LW	61	7	3	10	44	-8	1	0	1
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	68	3	7	10	78	-1	0	0	0
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes	C	38	5	3	8	15	-2	0	1	1
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	RW	65	0	7	7	51	-13	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	38	2	4	6	41	-7	0	0	0
Zettler, RobRob Zettler	D	49	1	4	5	56	3	0	0	0
Peat, StephenStephen Peat	RW	38	2	2	4	85	-1	0	0	0
Fortin, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Fortin	D	36	1	3	4	20	-1	0	0	0
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	RW	16	1	2	3	6	-2	1	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	11	2	0	2	8	-4	0	0	1
Yonkman, NolanNolan Yonkman	D	11	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	0
Ciernik, IvanIvan Ciernik	RW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Corrinet, ChrisChris Corrinet	RW	8	0	1	1	6	-4	0	0	0
Ferraro, ChrisChris Ferraro	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ferraro, PeterPeter Ferraro	LW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	9	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	71	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Rohloff, ToddTodd Rohloff	D	16	0	1	1	14	-2	0	0	0
Whitfield, TrentTrent Whitfield	C	24	0	1	1	28	-3	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boileau, PatrickPatrick Boileau	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cutta, JakubJakub Cutta	D	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Farrell, MikeMike Farrell	RW	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Melanson, DeanDean Melanson	D	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby	C	7	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	4131	71	31	29	8	192	2.79	6	1977	1785	.903
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	710	17	4	5	3	36	3.04	0	295	259	.878
Charpentier, SebastienSebastien Charpentier	122	2	1	1	0	5	2.46	0	78	73	.936
Team:	4963	82	36	35	11	233	2.82	6	2350	2117	.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;

Roster

Forwards Name Birthday Position Height Weight Birthplace

Aulin, Jared 15 March 1982 Center 5' 11" 190 lbs Calgary, Alberta

Cassels, Andrew 23 July 1969 Center 6' 1" 185 lbs Bramalea, Ontario

Clark, Chris 8 March 1976 Right Wing 6' 0" 205 lbs South Windsor, CT

Fehr, Eric 7 Sept., 1985 Right Wing 6' 2" 185 lbs Winkler, Manitoba

Fleischmann, Tomas 16 May 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 192 lbs Koprivinive, Czech Rep.

Fussey, Owen 2 April 1983 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba

Gordon, Boyd 19 October 1983 Right Wing 6' 0" 195 lbs Unity, Saskatchewan

Halpern, Jeff 3 May 1976 Center 5' 10" 200 lbs Potomac, MD

Johansson, Jonas 18 March 1984 Right Wing 6' 2" 192 lbs Jonkoping, Sweden

Klepis, Jakub 5 June 1985 Center 6' 1" 210 lbs Prague, Czech Rep.

Laich, Brooks 23 June 1983 Center 6' 2" 204 lbs Wawota, Saskatchewan

Mink, Graham 21 May 1979 Center 6' 3" 220 lbs Stowe, VT

Ovechkin, Alexander 17 Sept, 1985 Left Wing 6' 2" 212 lbs Moscow, Russia

Peat, Stephen 10 March 1980 Right Wing 6' 1" 220 lbs Princeton, BC

Pettinger, Matt 22 October 1980 Left Wing 6' 1" 200 lbs Victoria, BC

Semin, Alexander 3 March 1984 Left Wing 6' 0" 183 lbs Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Sutherby, Brian 1 March 1982 Center 6' 3" 210 lbs Edmonton, Alberta

Willsie, Brian 13 June 1977 Right Wing 6' 1" 195 lbs London, Ontario

Zubrus, Dainius 16 June 1978 RW/C 6' 4" 227 lbs Elektrenai, Lithuania

Defensemen

Biron, Mathieu 29 April 1980 Defense 6' 5" 220 lbs Lac-St-Charles, Quebec

Boumedienne, Josef 12 January 1978 Defense 6' 1" 200 lbs Stockholm, Sweden

Cutta, Jakub 29 Dec., 1981 Defense 6' 3" 220 lbs Jablonec, Czech Rep.

Eminger, Steve 31 Oct., 1983 Defense 6' 2" 200 lbs Toronto, Ontario

Majesky, Ivan 2 Sept., 1976 Defense 6' 5" 230 lbs Banska Bystrica, Czech

Morrissonn, Shaone 23 Dec., 1982 Defense 6' 3" 205 lbs Vancouver, BC

Muir, Bryan 8 June 1973 Defense 6' 4" 220 lbs Winnipeg, Manitoba

Witt, Brendan 20 Feb, 1975 Defense 6' 2" 224 lbs Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Yonkman, Nolan 1 April 1981 Defense 6' 6" 235 lbs Punnichy, Saskatchewan

Zinger, Dwayne 5 July 1976 Defense 6' 4" 225 lbs Coronation, Alberta

Goaltenders

Daigneault, Maxime 23 Jan, 1984 Goalie 6' 2" 202 lbs St. Jacques-le-Mineur, PQ

Kolzig, Olaf 6 April 1970 Goalie 6' 4" 225 lbs Johannesburg, South Africa

Mueller, Robert 25 June 1980 Goalie 5' 7" 163 lbs Rosenheim, Germany

Ouellet, Maxime 17 June 1981 Goalie 6' 2" 195 lbs Beauport, Quebec

Stana, Rastislav 10 Jan, 1980 Goalie 6' 2" 181 lbs Kosice, Slovakia

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
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.

• "2001–02 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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