2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season

2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	15th Eastern
2001–02 record	19–47–11
Goals for	187
Goals against	288
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Curt Fraser
Captain	Ray Ferraro
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (29)
Assists	Dany Heatley (41)
Points	Dany Heatley (67)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (135)
Wins	Milan Hnilicka (13)
Goals against average	Norm Maracle (3.00)

The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers's third season of competition. The team did not make the playoffs.

Regular season

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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	LW	82	26	41	67	56	-19	7	0	4
Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk	LW	65	29	22	51	28	-19	7	0	4
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	80	18	26	44	12	-12	5	1	2
Bartecko, LubosLubos Bartecko	LW	71	13	14	27	30	-15	1	0	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	61	8	19	27	66	-32	2	0	0
Kaberle, FrantisekFrantisek Kaberle	D	61	5	20	25	24	-11	1	0	0
Tremblay, YannickYannick Tremblay	D	66	9	15	24	47	-15	1	0	1
Stefan, PatrikPatrik Stefan	C	59	7	16	23	22	-4	0	1	0
Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio	LW	60	8	14	22	12	-8	1	0	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	42	11	9	20	25	-3	6	0	2
Domenichelli, HnatHnat Domenichelli	LW	40	8	11	19	34	-18	1	0	1
Tjarnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjarnqvist	D	75	2	16	18	14	-22	1	0	0
Svartvadet, PerPer Svartvadet	C	78	3	12	15	24	-12	0	0	0
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan	RW	48	6	6	12	40	-16	1	0	2
Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier	D	33	3	6	9	22	-19	1	0	1
Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers	RW	46	4	4	8	135	-3	0	0	1
Reirden, ToddTodd Reirden	D	65	3	5	8	82	-25	1	0	0
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	D	38	3	5	8	51	-21	1	0	0
Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson	C	42	1	7	8	20	-8	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	65	3	4	7	16	-30	0	0	0
Tamer, ChrisChris Tamer	D	78	3	3	6	111	-11	0	1	0
Tapper, BradBrad Tapper	RW	20	2	4	6	43	-3	0	0	0
Cowan, JeffJeff Cowan	LW	38	4	1	5	50	-11	0	0	1
Vigier, J.P.J.P. Vigier	RW	15	4	1	5	4	-5	0	0	0
Sutton, AndyAndy Sutton	D	24	0	4	4	46	0	0	0	0
Butsayev, YuriYuri Butsayev	LW	8	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
Hordichuk, DarcyDarcy Hordichuk	LW	33	1	1	2	127	-5	0	0	0
Snyder, DanDan Snyder	C	11	1	1	2	30	-3	0	0	0
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	G	60	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Harlock, DavidDavid Harlock	D	19	0	1	1	18	-2	0	0	0
Piros, KamilKamil Piros	C	8	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Weaver, MikeMike Weaver	D	16	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Buzek, PetrPetr Buzek	D	9	0	0	0	13	-4	0	0	0
Cassivi, FredericFrederic Cassivi	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark, BrettBrett Clark	D	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan	C	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Lessard, FrancisFrancis Lessard	RW	5	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0
MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Safronov, KirillKirill Safronov	D	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Sellars, LukeLuke Sellars	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Simon, BenBen Simon	LW	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	3367	60	13	33	10	179	3.19	3	1956	1777	.908
Cassivi, FredericFrederic Cassivi	307	6	2	3	0	17	3.32	0	207	190	.918
Nurminen, PasiPasi Nurminen	465	9	2	5	0	28	3.61	0	275	247	.898
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	769	15	2	10	1	47	3.67	0	439	392	.893
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0	20	17	.850
Team:	4968	82	19	52	11	274	3.31	3	2897	2623	.905

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;