2001–02 Montreal Canadiens season

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2001–02 Montreal Canadiens
Division 4th Northeast
Conference 8th Eastern
2001–02 record 36-31-12-3
Goals for 207
Goals against 209
Team information
General Manager Andre Savard
Coach Michel Therrien
Captain Saku Koivu
Alternate captains Doug Gilmour
Unknown
Arena Bell Centre
Team leaders
Goals Yanic Perreault (27)
Assists Doug Gilmour (31)
Points Yanic Perreault (56)
Penalties in minutes Gino Odjick (104)
Plus/minus Karl Dykhuis (+16)
Wins Jose Theodore (30)
Goals against average Jose Theodore (2.11)
<2000–01 2002–03>

The 2001–02 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 93rd season. After missing the playoffs in the three preceding seasons, the Canadiens returned to the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the Carolina Hurricanes by a series score of 4–2. <templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />

Off-season

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Regular season

The 93rd season for the Canadiens began with a shocking announcement that team captain Saku Koivu was suffering from intra-abdominal non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a form of cancer. This condition kept him out of all but three games in the regular season. On October 5, to respond to Koivu's absence, General Manager Andre Savard signed veteran forward Doug Gilmour to address the absence. The team began the season hovering around the .500 mark, but a five-game winning streak to end November, highlighted by spectacular performances by goaltender Jose Theodore, allowed the Canadiens to climb into the playoff mix. Around this time, Savard added offensive power to the team by acquiring Donald Audette and Shaun Van Allen from the Dallas Stars in exchange for Martin Rucinsky and Benoit Brunet. Head Coach Michel Therrien and the Canadiens had a rough December, posting a record of 4–8–2–1 while the newly-acquired Audette had his forearm tendons sliced by the skate of New York Rangers forward Radek Dvorak. His season was jeopardized. Despite the inconsistency of the team, Theodore was spectacular in net. In January, the Canadiens played more .500 hockey, which prompted Savard to make a change. He traded forward Brian Savage to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Sergei Berezin. The regular season went on hold for two weeks while the 2002 Winter Olympics were taking place. When play resumed, Jose Theodore took matters into his own hands and carried the Habs into the playoffs, finishing the regular season with a record of 30–24–10, seven shutouts and a goals against average of 2.11. In the 80th game of the regular season, captain Saku Koivu returned from treatment and played his first game of the season against the Ottawa Senators. He played for the team for the rest of the season. The Canadiens made the playoffs with a record of 36–31–12–3 beind the play of eventual Hart Memorial Trophy winner Jose Thoedore.

The Canadiens finished the regular season having allowed the fewest power play goals, with just 38.[1]

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 1 Boston Bruins 82 43 24 6 9 236 201 101
2 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 43 25 10 4 249 207 100
3 7 Ottawa Senators 82 39 27 9 7 243 208 94
4 8 Montreal Canadiens 82 36 31 12 3 207 209 87
5 10 Buffalo Sabres 82 35 35 11 1 213 200 82

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

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

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Canadiens were matched against the Boston Bruins, who finished first overall in the Eastern Conference. Donald Audette lead the way with three goals and Saku Koivu had a goal and an assist to win game one 5–2 for Montreal. Game 2 would prove to be a back-and-forth affair, as both teams traded momentum. Boston won the game by a score of 6–4 despite a four-point performance from the Canadien Richard Zednik. The series shifted to Montreal, and the Canadiens won Game 3 5–3 through by a four-point performance by Koivu. This gave Montreal a 2–1 series lead. The Bruins responded in Game 4 as they won easily, 5–2. Theodore rose to the occasion in Game 5, stopping 43 of 44 shots for a 2–1 win to give the Canadiens a 3–2 series lead going back to the Molson Centre. Theodore was spectacular again in Game 6, and Yanic Perreault scored the game-winning goal to give the Canadiens a 2–1 victory. The Canadiens won the series in six games, upsetting the Conference's top seed.

The Canadiens faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the playoffs. The Hurricanes won Game 1 2–0 as Hurricanes goaltender Kevin Weekes was awarded the shutout. The Carolina Hurricanes dominated the Canadiens outshooting them 46 to 16, but Theodore only yielded one goal and Koivu had a goal and an assist and the Canadiens won Game 2 4–1 to tie the series. Game 3 went to overtime and due to the heroics of Theodore, he kept his team in the game. The Habs would win Game 3 just over two minutes into overtime on a goal by Donald Audette, giving the Canadiens the series lead. The Habs had momentum in Game 4, establishing a 3–0 lead early in the third period of Game 4. The Hurricanes, however, would score three-straight goals to send the game to overtime, where 'Canes defenceman Niclas Wallin ended the game in overtime to tie the series at 2–2. With newly-gained series momemntum, the Hurricanes would win the next two games to win take the series at 4–2, outscoring Montreal 13–3 in the process.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Yanic Perreault C 82 27 29 56 40 -3 6 0 7
Richard Zednik RW 82 22 22 44 59 -3 4 0 3
Oleg Petrov RW 75 24 17 41 12 -4 3 1 6
Doug Gilmour C 70 10 31 41 48 -7 5 0 2
Joe Juneau C 70 8 28 36 10 -3 1 0 1
Andreas Dackell RW 79 15 18 33 24 -3 2 3 2
Patrice Brisebois D 71 4 29 33 25 9 2 1 1
Brian Savage LW 47 14 15 29 30 -14 7 0 2
Craig Rivet D 82 8 17 25 76 1 0 0 0
Andrei Markov D 56 5 19 24 24 -1 2 0 1
Chad Kilger LW 75 8 15 23 27 -7 0 1 2
Jan Bulis C 53 9 10 19 8 -2 1 0 3
Mike Ribeiro C 43 8 10 18 12 -11 3 0 0
Stephane Quintal D 75 6 10 16 87 -7 1 0 1
Shaun Van Allen C 54 6 9 15 20 5 0 1 1
Karl Dykhuis D 80 5 7 12 32 16 0 0 1
Stephane Robidas D 56 1 10 11 14 -25 1 0 0
Sergei Berezin LW 29 4 6 10 4 3 3 0 1
Arron Asham RW 35 5 4 9 55 7 0 0 0
Gino Odjick RW 36 4 4 8 104 3 0 0 0
Sheldon Souray D 34 3 5 8 62 -5 1 0 0
Martin Rucinsky LW 18 2 6 8 12 -1 1 0 0
Donald Audette RW 13 1 5 6 8 1 0 0 1
Patrick Traverse D 25 2 3 5 14 -7 2 0 0
Francis Bouillon D 28 0 5 5 33 -5 0 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 28 0 5 5 6 6 0 0 0
Marcel Hossa LW 10 3 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
Bill Lindsay RW 13 1 3 4 23 0 0 0 0
Reid Simpson LW 25 1 1 2 63 0 0 0 1
Benoit Brunet LW 16 0 2 2 4 -4 0 0 0
Saku Koivu C 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Theodore G 67 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Benoit Gratton C 8 1 0 1 8 -1 0 0 0
Eric Landry C 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Craig Darby C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephane Fiset G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathieu Garon G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Hackett G 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Martti Jarventie D 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Olivier Michaud G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jose Theodore 3864 67 30 24 10 136 2.11 7 1972 1836 .931
Jeff Hackett 717 15 5 5 2 38 3.18 0 395 357 .904
Mathieu Garon 261 5 1 4 0 19 4.37 0 147 128 .871
Stephane Fiset 109 2 0 1 0 7 3.85 0 60 53 .883
Olivier Michaud 18 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 14 14 1.000
Team: 4969 82 36 34 12 200 2.41 7 2588 2388 .923

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Donald Audette RW 12 6 4 10 10 2 0 2
Doug Gilmour C 12 4 6 10 16 1 0 0
Saku Koivu C 12 4 6 10 4 1 0 1
Richard Zednik RW 4 4 4 8 6 2 0 0
Yanic Perreault C 11 3 5 8 0 2 0 1
Oleg Petrov RW 12 1 5 6 2 0 0 1
Joe Juneau C 12 1 4 5 6 0 0 0
Bill Lindsay RW 11 2 2 4 2 0 0 0
Andrei Markov D 12 1 3 4 8 0 0 1
Stephane Quintal D 12 1 3 4 12 0 0 0
Andreas Dackell RW 12 1 2 3 6 0 0 0
Craig Rivet D 12 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Sergei Berezin LW 6 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Karl Dykhuis D 12 1 1 2 8 0 0 0
Gino Odjick RW 12 1 0 1 47 0 0 0
Arron Asham RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chad Kilger LW 12 0 1 1 9 0 0 0
Sheldon Souray D 12 0 1 1 16 0 0 0
Shaun Van Allen C 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Jan Bulis C 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Stephane Fiset G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephane Robidas D 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Jose Theodore G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jose Theodore 686 12 6 6 35 3.06 0 413 378 .915
Stephane Fiset 38 1 0 0 3 4.74 0 19 16 .842
Team: 724 12 6 6 38 3.15 0 432 394 .912

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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See also: 2001 NHL Entry Draft

Farm teams

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See also

References

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