2001-02 Detroit Red Wings season

2001-02 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2001-02 record	51-17-10-4
Home record	28-7-5-1
Road record	23-10-5-3
Goals for	251
Goals against	187
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidström Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,058 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (37)
Assists	Nicklas Lidström (50)
Points	Brendan Shanahan (75)
Penalty minutes	Chris Chelios (126)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (41)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.17)

The 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings season was the 76th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings scored 116 points, winning the Central Division, their third Presidents' Trophy, and home ice throughout the playoffs.

After last seasons' disappointing loss to the Los Angeles Kings, Ken Holland went out into the trade market to address Detroit's more glaring needs. He quickly filled them by trading for Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek and signing Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille. These big names joined other future Hall of Fame talents; Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brendan Shanahan, Steve Yzerman, along with legendary coach Scotty Bowman, who had decided to return for one more year.

The Wings were quickly selected as favorites to win the Stanley Cup and did not disappoint. With so much talent on one team, including the first time three 500-goal scorers were on the same team, they quickly got off to a great start, winning 22 of their first 27 games. After finishing with 116 points and the best record in the NHL, the Wings had earned the first seed in the Western Conference and met the Vancouver Canucks in the first round. However, Detroit and the rest of the hockey world were shocked when the Canucks quickly won the first two games in Detroit. After the loss, team Captain Steve Yzerman gave a closed-door speech to the team. Only the players in the locker room knew what was said, but the Wings headed to Vancouver and won four straight games to take the series.

After a quick series against the division rival St. Louis Blues, Detroit met their old nemesis, the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Conference Finals. They battled back and forth during the series, tying the series three times before reaching game seven in Detroit. The Wings came out firing and won the deciding game 7 - 0. After that the Wings fought the cinderella story Carolina Hurricanes for the Stanley Cup, winning in game five at home. Over a million people showed up for the victory parade in downtown Detroit on June 17.

There was no All-Star game this year as the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City took place in February of 2002 where ten Red Wings players represented their countries. Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman represented Canada, Chris Chelios and Brett Hull represented the United States, Dominik Hasek represented the Czech Republic, Sergei Fedorov and Igor Larionov represented Russia, and Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Olausson, and Tomas Holmström represented Sweden.

The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2001-02 as 20,058 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings (1)	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
St. Louis Blues (4)	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
Chicago Blackhawks (5)	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
Nashville Predators (14)	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
Columbus Blue Jackets (15)	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

For complete final standings, see 2001-02 NHL season

Game log

October

Record: 11-2-0-0; Home: 5-2-0-0; Road: 6-0-0-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Detroit	4 - 3	San Jose	OT	Hasek	17,496	1-0-0-0	2
2	October 6	Detroit	4 - 1	Vancouver		Hasek	18,422	2-0-0-0	4
3	October 10	Calgary	4 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	2-1-0-0	4
4	October 12	Buffalo	2 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	3-1-0-0	6
5	October 13	Detroit	5 - 4	NY Islanders	OT	Legace	16,234	4-1-0-0	8
6	October 16	Columbus	3 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	5-1-0-0	10
7	October 18	Philadelphia	2 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	6-1-0-0	12
8	October 20	Los Angeles	2 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	7-1-0-0	14
9	October 24	Edmonton	1 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	8-1-0-0	16
10	October 26	Dallas	2 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	8-2-0-0	16
11	October 27	Detroit	1 - 0	Nashville		Legace	17,113	9-2-0-0	18
12	October 30	Detroit	5 - 2	Carolina		Legace	18,730	10-2-0-0	20
13	October 31	Detroit	4 - 3	Dallas	OT	Legace	18,532	11-2-0-0	22

November

Record: 11-1-1-1; Home: 8-0-1-0; Road: 3-1-0-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 2	NY Islanders	1 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	12-2-0-0	24
15	November 4	Detroit	4 - 5	Chicago		Hasek	20,989	12-3-0-0	24
16	November 7	Detroit	3 - 1	Phoenix		Hasek	15,023	13-3-0-0	26
17	November 9	Detroit	1 - 0	Anaheim		Hasek	17,174	14-3-0-0	28
18	November 10	Detroit	2 - 3	Los Angeles	OT	Hasek	18,385	14-3-0-1	29
19	November 13	Carolina	3 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	15-3-0-1	31
20	November 16	Minnesota	3 - 8	Detroit		Legace	20,058	16-3-0-1	33
21	November 17	Los Angeles	2 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	17-3-0-1	35
22	November 20	Nashville	3 - 6	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	18-3-0-1	37
23	November 21	Detroit	1 - 0	Columbus	OT	Legace	18,136	19-3-0-1	39
24	November 23	St. Louis	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	20-3-0-1	41
25	November 25	Chicago	4 - 4	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	20-3-1-1	42
26	November 27	Calgary	2 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	21-3-1-1	44
27	November 30	New Jersey	2 - 4	Detroit		Legace	20,058	22-3-1-1	46

December

Record: 6-5-2-1; Home: 4-2-1-0; Road: 2-3-1-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 1	Detroit	1 - 4	New Jersey		Hasek	18,559	22-4-1-1	46
29	December 5	Colorado	4 - 1	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	22-5-1-1	46
30	December 7	Detroit	1 - 1	Phoenix	OT	Hasek	20,058	22-5-2-1	47
31	December 10	Detroit	0 - 2	Calgary		Hasek	16,009	22-6-2-1	47
32	December 13	Detroit	2 - 1	Edmonton		Hasek	16,839	23-6-2-1	49
33	December 15	Detroit	0 - 3	Vancouver		Hasek	18,422	23-7-2-1	49
34	December 17	Chicago	2 - 0	Detroit		Legace	20,058	23-8-2-1	49
35	December 19	Vancouver	1 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	24-8-2-1	51
36	December 21	San Jose	0 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	25-8-2-1	53
37	December 23	Detroit	5 - 0	Chicago		Hasek	22,158	26-8-2-1	55
38	December 26	Detroit	3 - 3	Minnesota	OT	Hasek	18,568	26-8-3-1	56
39	December 27	Columbus	1 - 5	Detroit		Legace	20,058	27-8-3-1	58
40	December 29	Detroit	2 - 3	Nashville	OT	Hasek	17,224	27-8-3-2	59
41	December 31	Minnesota	2 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	28-8-3-2	61

January

Record: 8-2-3-0; Home: 7-0-1-0; Road: 1-2-2-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
42	January 2	Anaheim	3 - 5	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	29-8-3-2	63
43	January 5	Colorado	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	30-8-3-2	65
44	January 9	Vancouver	4 - 5	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	31-8-3-2	67
45	January 12	Dallas	2 - 5	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	32-8-3-2	69
46	January 15	Detroit	2 - 2	Phoenix	OT	Legace	15,186	32-8-4-2	70
47	January 16	Detroit	2 - 3	Dallas		Hasek	18,532	32-9-4-2	70
48	January 18	Washington	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	33-9-4-2	72
49	January 20	Ottawa	2 - 3	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	34-9-4-2	74
50	January 23	San Jose	2 - 2	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	34-9-5-2	75
51	January 25	Phoenix	1 - 4	Detroit		Legace	20,058	35-9-5-2	77
52	January 26	Detroit	5 - 2	St. Louis		Hasek	20,017	36-9-5-2	79
53	January 28	Detroit	1 - 1	Edmonton	OT	Hasek	16,839	36-9-6-2	80
54	January 30	Detroit	3 - 4	Calgary		Legace	17,239	36-10-6-2	80

February

Record: 7-1-0-0; Home: 1-1-0-0; Road: 6-0-0-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
55	February 4	Detroit	3 - 1	Colorado		Hasek	18,007	37-10-6-2	82
56	February 6	NY Rangers	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	38-10-6-2	84
57	February 8	Columbus	3 - 2	Detroit		Legace	20,058	38-11-6-2	84
58	February 9	Detroit	3 - 2	Ottawa		Hasek	18,500	39-11-6-2	86
59	February 11	Detroit	3 - 2	Montreal		Hasek	21,273	40-11-6-2	88
60	February 13	Detroit	2 - 0	Minnesota		Hasek	18,568	41-11-6-2	90
61	February 26	Detroit	4 - 3	Tampa Bay	OT	Hasek	20,914	42-11-6-2	92
62	February 27	Detroit	3 - 2	Florida	OT	Hasek	19,250	43-11-6-2	94

March

Record: 8-3-2-0; Home: 3-1-1-0; Road: 5-2-1-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
63	March 2	Detroit	4 - 2	Pittsburgh		Hasek	17,148	44-11-6-2	96
64	March 6	Toronto	2 - 6	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	45-11-6-2	98
65	March 9	Detroit	5 - 2	St. Louis		Hasek	19,921	46-11-6-2	100
66	March 10	Detroit	1 - 5	Buffalo		Hasek	18,690	46-12-6-2	100
67	March 13	Edmonton	3 - 4	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	47-12-6-2	102
68	March 16	Detroit	1 - 2	Boston		Legace	17,565	47-13-6-2	102
69	March 17	Detroit	5 - 3	NY Rangers		Hasek	18,200	48-13-6-2	104
70	March 19	Anaheim	2 - 1	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	48-14-6-2	104
71	March 21	Detroit	3 - 2	Columbus	OT	Hasek	18,136	49-14-6-2	106
72	March 23	Detroit	2 - 0	Colorado		Hasek	18,007	50-14-6-2	108
73	March 25	Detroit	3 - 3	Nashville	OT	Legace	16,518	50-14-7-2	109
74	March 28	Nashville	3 - 3	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	50-14-8-2	110
75	March 30	Atlanta	1 - 4	Detroit		Legace	20,058	51-14-8-2	112

April

Record: 0-3-2-2; Home: 0-1-1-1; Road: 0-2-1-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
76	April 1	Toronto	5 - 4	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,058	51-14-8-3	113
77	April 3	Detroit	1 - 1	Anaheim	OT	Hasek	17,174	51-14-9-3	114
78	April 4	Detroit	0 - 3	Los Angeles		Hasek	18,621	51-15-9-3	114
79	April 6	Detroit	3 - 6	San Jose		Legace	17,496	51-16-9-3	114
80	April 10	Chicago	3 - 3	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	51-16-9-4	115
81	April 13	Detroit	2 - 3	St. Louis	OT	Hasek	19,877	51-16-10-4	116
82	April 14	St. Louis	5 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	51-17-10-4	116

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• Yellow background indicates tie.
• White background indicates overtime loss.

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2001-02 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Vancouver in the first round. After losing the first two games in Detroit, the Wings rallied back to win four straight. Then the Wings made quick work of the Blues before meeting the second-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals. The Wings would beat the Avalanche in a hard fought seven game series, winning the final game 7 - 0. Then the Wings met the Eastern Conference's third-seeded Carolina Hurricanes in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals. They won the series in five games, beating the Hurricances three to one at home in Detroit on June 13 to take home their tenth Stanley Cup.

Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks

Detroit wins series 4-2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 17	Vancouver	4 - 3	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	0 - 1
2	April 19	Vancouver	5 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	0 - 2
3	April 21	Detroit	3 - 1	Vancouver		Hasek	18,422	1 - 2
4	April 23	Detroit	4 - 2	Vancouver		Hasek	18,422	2 - 2
5	April 25	Vancouver	0 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	3 - 2
6	April 27	Detroit	6 - 4	Vancouver		Hasek	18,422	4 - 2

Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (4) St. Louis Blues

Detroit wins series 4-1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 2	St. Louis	0 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	1 - 0
2	May 4	St. Louis	2 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	2 - 0
3	May 7	Detroit	1 - 6	St. Louis		Hasek	20,017	2 - 1
4	May 9	Detroit	4 - 3	St. Louis		Hasek	20,017	3 - 1
5	May 11	St. Louis	0 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	4 - 1

Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche

Detroit wins series 4-3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 18	Colorado	3 - 5	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	1 - 0
2	May 20	Colorado	4 - 3	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	1 - 1
3	May 22	Detroit	2 - 1	Colorado	OT	Hasek	18,007	2 - 1
4	May 25	Detroit	2 - 3	Colorado		Hasek	18,007	2 - 2
5	May 27	Colorado	2 - 1	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	2 - 3
6	May 29	Detroit	2 - 0	Colorado		Hasek	18,007	3 - 3
7	May 31	Colorado	0 - 7	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	4 - 3

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (E3) Carolina Hurricanes

Detroit wins series 4-1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	June 4	Carolina	3 - 2	Detroit	OT	Hasek	20,058	0 - 1
2	June 6	Carolina	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	1 - 1
3	June 8	Detroit	3 - 2	Carolina	3OT	Hasek	18,730	2 - 1
4	June 10	Detroit	3 - 0	Carolina		Hasek	18,730	3 - 1
5	June 13	Carolina	1 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,058	4 - 1

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

Season Stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

			Regular season							Playoffs
Player	Pos		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Brendan Shanahan	LW		80	37	38	75	+23	118		23	8	11	19	+5	20
Sergei Fedorov	C		81	31	37	68	+20	36		23	5	14	19	+4	20
Brett Hull	RW		82	30	33	63	+18	35		23	10	8	18	+1	4
Nicklas Lidstrom	D		78	9	50	59	+13	20		23	5	11	16	+6	2
Luc Robitaille	LW		81	30	20	50	-2	38		23	4	5	9	+4	10
Steve Yzerman	C		52	13	35	48	+11	18		23	6	17	23	+4	10
Igor Larionov	C		70	11	32	43	-5	50		18	5	6	11	+5	4
Chris Chelios	D		79	6	33	39	+40	126		23	1	13	14	+15	44
Pavel Datsyuk	C		70	11	24	35	+4	4		21	3	3	6	+1	2
Kris Draper	C		82	15	15	30	+26	56		23	2	3	5	+4	20
Tomas Holmstrom	LW		69	8	18	26	-12	58		23	8	3	11	+7	8
Boyd Devereaux	C		79	9	16	25	+9	24		21	2	4	6	+5	4
Mathieu Dandenault	D		81	8	12	20	-5	44		23	1	2	3	+7	8
Steve Duchesne	D		64	3	15	18	+3	28		23	0	6	6	+6	24
Fredrik Olausson	D		47	2	13	15	+9	22		21	2	4	6	3	10
Darren McCarty	RW		62	5	7	12	+2	98		23	4	4	8	+5	34
Jiri Fischer	D		80	2	8	10	+17	67		22	3	3	6	+6	30
Jason Williams	C		25	8	2	10	+2	4		9	0	0	0	-1	2
Sean Avery	LW		36	2	2	4	+1	68		--	--	--	--	--	--
Maxim Kuznetsov	D		39	1	2	3	0	40		--	--	--	--	--	--
Brent Gilchrist*	LW		19	1	1	2	-3	8		--	--	--	--	--	--
Jiri Slegr*	D		8	0	1	1	+1	8		1	0	0	0	+2	2
Jesse Wallin	D		15	0	1	1	-1	13		--	--	--	--	--	--
Uwe Krupp	D		8	0	1	1	-1	8		2	0	0	0	-5	2
Yuri Butsayev	C		3	0	0	0	-1	0		--	--	--	--	--	--
Ladislav Kohn	RW		4	0	0	0	0	4		--	--	--	--	--	--

*Stats reflect games played with Detroit only.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season										Playoffs
Player		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Dominik Hasek		65	3873	41	15	8	140	5	.915	2.17		23	1455	16	7	45	6	.920	1.86
Manny Legace		20	1117	10	6	2	45	1	.911	2.42		1	11	0	0	1	0	.500	5.68

Awards and records

Trophies and awards

• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings
• Presidents' Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Detroit Red Wings
• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Nicklas Lidström
• NHL Plus/Minus Award: Chris Chelios

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2001-02 season.

Trades

June 30, 2001	To Detroit Red Wings Dominik Hasek	To Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov 1st round pick in 2002 Future considerations
March 19, 2002	To Detroit Red Wings Jiri Slegr	To Atlanta Thrashers Yuri Butsayev 3rd round pick in 2002

Free Agents

Player signed Former team LW Luc Robitaille Los Angeles Kings RW Brett Hull Dallas Stars C Pavel Datsyuk Playing in Russia

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. The Wings had the 29th overall pick, however traded it to Chicago in 1999 during the deal to acquire Chris Chelios.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	62	Igor Grigorenko (RW)		HC Lada Togliatti (RUS)
4	121	Drew MacIntyre (G)		Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
4	129	Miroslav Blatak (D)		HC Zlin (CZE)
5	157	Andreas Jämtin (RW)		Färjestads BK (SWE)
6	195	Nick Pannoni (G)		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	258	Dmitri Bykov (D)		Ak-Bars Kazan (RUS)
9	288	Francois Senez (D)		Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

The Mighty Ducks were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2001-02.

Toledo Storm

The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2001-02 season.

See also

• 2001-02 NHL season

References

• Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
• Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com, game log on detroitredwings.com & game log on databasehockey.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

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