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2001–02 New York Rangers season

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2001–02 New York Rangers
Division 4th Atlantic
Conference 11th Eastern
2001–02 record 36–38–4–4
Goals for 227
Goals against 258
Team information
General manager Glen Sather
Coach Ron Low
Captain Mark Messier
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Eric Lindros (37)
Assists Brian Leetch (45)
Points Eric Lindros (73)
Penalty minutes Theoren Fleury (216)
Wins Mike Richter (24)
Goals against average Johan Holmqvist (0.00)

The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the 76th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record. Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2-2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the 9/11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2-2 tie.[1]

Final standings[]

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 27 10 3 234 192 97
2 5 New York Islanders 82 42 28 8 4 239 220 96
3 6 New Jersey Devils 82 41 28 9 4 205 187 95
4 11 New York Rangers 82 36 38 4 4 227 258 80
5 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 28 41 8 5 198 249 69

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[]

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

Playoffs[]

Player stats[]

Forwards[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Eric Lindros 72 37 36 73 138
Theoren Fleury 82 24 39 63 216
Mike York 69 18 39 57 16
Petr Nedvěd 78 21 25 46 36
Radek Dvořák 65 17 20 37 14
Andreas Johansson 70 14 10 24 46
Sandy McCarthy 82 10 13 23 171
Mark Messier 41 7 16 23 32
Matthew Barnaby 48 8 13 21 144
Pavel Bure 12 12 8 20 6
Mikael Samuelsson 67 6 10 16 23
Manny Malhotra 56 7 6 13 42
Zdeno Cíger 29 6 7 13 16
Martin Ručínský 15 3 10 13 6
Jeff Toms 38 7 4 11 10
Michal Grošek 15 3 2 5 12
Steve McKenna 54 2 1 3 144
Rem Murray 11 1 2 3 4
Roman Lyashenko 15 2 0 2 0
Jason Dawe 1 0 0 0 0
Rico Fata 10 0 0 0 0
Richard Scott 5 0 0 0 5
Trent Whitfield 1 0 0 0 0

Defensemen[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Brian Leetch 82 10 45 55 28
Vladimir Malakhov 81 6 22 28 83
Bryan Berard 82 2 21 23 60
Dave Karpa 75 1 10 11 131
Tom Poti 11 1 7 8 2
Igor Ulanov 36 0 9 9 53
Sylvain Lefebvre 41 0 5 5 23
Tomáš Klouček 52 1 3 4 137
Dale Purinton 40 0 4 4 113
Darren Van Impe 17 1 0 1 12
Peter Smrek 8 0 1 1 4
Mike Mottau 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Mike Richter 55 24 26 4 2 2.95
Dan Blackburn 31 12 16 0 0 3.28
Johan Holmqvist 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.71, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
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Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship
2001–02 NHL season by team
AtlanticNew Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh
NortheastBoston • Buffalo • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto
SoutheastAtlanta • Carolina • Florida • Tampa Bay • Washington
CentralChicago • Columbus • Detroit • Nashville • St. Louis
NorthwestCalgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Vancouver
PacificAnaheim • Dallas • Los Angeles • Phoenix • San Jose
See also2001 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Playoffs



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