2001–02 Nashville Predators season

2001–02 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	14th Western
2001–02 record	28–41–13
Goals for	196
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald (Oct-Mar) Vacant
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Team leaders
Goals	Denis Arkhipov (20)
Assists	Cliff Ronning (31)
Points	Cliff Ronning (49)
Penalty minutes	Cale Hulse (121)
Wins	Mike Dunham (23)
Goals against average	Mike Dunham (2.61)

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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 schedule

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	67	18	31	49	24	0	4	0	0
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	82	18	26	44	38	-14	3	0	2
Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	C	82	20	22	42	16	-18	7	0	6
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	D	82	13	29	42	28	2	9	0	1
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	LW	75	14	27	41	111	5	3	0	4
Delmore, AndyAndy Delmore	D	73	16	22	38	22	-13	11	0	3
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	79	15	21	36	56	-15	5	0	3
Erat, MartinMartin Erat	RW	80	9	24	33	32	-11	2	0	2
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	C	63	11	19	30	54	1	1	1	1
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	LW	75	11	16	27	14	-16	1	2	0
Tenkrat, PetrPetr Tenkrat	RW	58	8	16	24	28	-4	0	1	2
Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins	D	82	4	13	17	36	-12	0	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	63	7	9	16	33	-4	0	1	0
Classen, GregGreg Classen	C	55	5	6	11	30	1	0	1	0
Berenzweig, BubbaBubba Berenzweig	D	26	3	7	10	14	-3	0	0	1
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	28	4	5	9	18	-13	1	0	0
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	D	58	3	5	8	24	-12	0	0	0
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	82	0	8	8	40	-1	0	0	0
Dubinsky, SteveSteve Dubinsky	C	26	5	2	7	10	-2	0	0	0
Simpson, ReidReid Simpson	LW	26	5	0	5	69	-1	0	0	0
Hentunen, JukkaJukka Hentunen	RW	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kjellberg, PatricPatric Kjellberg	RW	12	1	3	4	6	-3	0	0	0
Cisar, MarianMarian Cisar	RW	10	1	2	3	8	-3	1	0	0
Mowers, MarkMark Mowers	C	14	1	2	3	2	-2	0	0	0
Perrott, NathanNathan Perrott	RW	22	1	2	3	74	-1	0	0	1
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	30	1	1	2	76	0	0	0	0
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	G	58	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Hulse, CaleCale Hulse	D	63	0	2	2	121	-18	0	0	0
Hall, AdamAdam Hall	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Karalahti, JereJere Karalahti	D	15	0	1	1	12	-1	0	0	0
Andersson, JonasJonas Andersson	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Brennan, RichRich Brennan	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Gosselin, DavidDavid Gosselin	RW	3	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Hauer, BrettBrett Hauer	D	3	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Lasak, JanJan Lasak	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Moro, MarcMarc Moro	D	13	0	0	0	23	-3	0	0	0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Schnabel, RobertRobert Schnabel	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skrbek, PavelPavel Skrbek	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	G	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	3316	58	23	24	9	144	2.61	3	1525	1381	.906
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	1471	29	5	14	4	66	2.69	2	678	612	.903
Lasak, JanJan Lasak	177	3	0	3	0	13	4.41	0	104	91	.875
Team:	4964	82	28	41	13	223	2.70	5	2307	2084	.903

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 000200058X. 

• 2001–02 Nashville Predators Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.