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2001–02 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Boston Bruins
Record	43–24–6–9
HomeRecord	23–11–2–5
RoadRecord	20–13–4–4
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	1st
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	1st
GoalsFor	236
GoalsAgainst	201
GeneralManager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Robbie Ftorek
Captain	Vacant
AltCaptain	Bill Guerin
Martin Lapointe
Don Sweeney
Arena	Fleet Center
Attendance	15,403 (87.7%)
MinorLeague	Providence Bruins
Greenville Grrrowl
GoalsLeader	Bill Guerin (41)
AssistsLeader	Jozef Stumpel (47)
PointsLeader	Sergei Samsonov (70)
PIMLeader	Andrei Nazarov (164)
PlusMinusLeader	Sean O'Donnell (+27)
WinsLeader	Byron Dafoe (35)
GAALeader	Byron Dafoe (2.21)
DivisionWin	Yes

Martin Lapointe Don Sweeney Greenville Grrrowl The 2001–02 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins's 78th season of operation. The Bruins qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

After barely missing the playoffs the previous season, the Bruins went on a free-agent signing spree under new general manager Mike O'Connell. The team signed high-profile free agents: forwards Martin Lapointe, Bill Guerin, Rob Zamuner, and Scott Pellerin, and defenseman Sean O'Donnell.

Two more major pieces for the Bruins came thanks to a contract holdout by captain Jason Allison. After failing to report to training camp and missing all of the pre-season, Allison was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for two former Bruins: Glen Murray and Jozef Stumpel. The two proved to be invaluable to the team, as Stumpel led the team in assists and Murray finished second on the team in goals, more than making up for Allison's production.

Regular season

On October 25, 2001, Joe Thornton scored just 12 seconds into the overtime period to give the Bruins a 2–1 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2001–02 regular season.

The Bruins finished the regular season with the highest penalty-kill percentage, at 87.11%.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 4, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 8, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||3–0–0–0 || |- |4||October 10, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||3–1–0–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||3–2–0–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||3–2–1–0 || |- |7||October 17, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||3–2–2–0 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) ||4–2–2–0 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||4–3–2–0 || |- |10||October 25, 2001||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||5–3–2–0 || |- |11||October 27, 2001||1–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2001–02) ||5–3–2–1 || |- |12||October 28, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||5–3–3–1 || |- |13||October 30, 2001||3–4 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||5–3–3–2 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 18, 2002 || 2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens || Canadiens lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 21, 2002 || 6–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 23, 2002 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens || Canadiens lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 25, 2002 || 5–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 27, 2002 || 1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens || Canadiens lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 29, 2002 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens || Canadiens win 4–2 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
14	LW	74	29	41	70	21	27	6	2	2	4	−2	0
19	C	66	22	46	68	7	127	6	2	4	6	0	10
13	RW	78	41	25	66	−1	91	6	4	2	6	−2	6
12	C	82	31	31	62	11	30	6	4	1	5	−1	0
27	RW	73	35	25	60	26	40	6	1	4	5	−1	4
16	C	72	7	47	54	21	14	6	0	2	2	−2	0
20	RW	68	17	23	40	12	101	6	1	2	3	−2	12
17	LW	66	12	13	25	6	24	6	0	2	2	−2	4
21	D	80	3	22	25	27	89	6	0	2	2	−2	4
11	LW	78	7	17	24	6	16	6	2	1	3	2	6
25	D	79	4	18	22	16	77	6	0	1	1	1	2
44	D	80	4	14	18	18	107	6	1	2	3	2	8
32	D	81	3	15	18	22	35	6	0	1	1	−3	2
26	RW	54	8	6	14	9	42	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	C	17	4	4	8	−3	9
18	D	38	0	8	8	−4	19	4	0	0	0	2	20
31	D	64	4	2	6	6	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	LW	35	1	5	6	−6	6
10	RW	19	2	3	5	−1	8	6	0	1	1	0	0
22	RW	23	1	2	3	3	84	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	D	20	0	3	3	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	2
64	D	38	0	3	3	−1	33
42	C	58	0	3	3	−2	122	6	1	0	1	0	19
23	C	22	0	2	2	−4	16
6	D	15	0	2	2	2	13
62	LW	47	0	2	2	−2	164
29	C	6	1	0	1	−2	2
23	D	12	0	1	1	−1	47	4	0	0	0	0	2
34	G	64	0	1	1		27	6	0	0	0		0
47	G	19	0	1	1		6
36	LW	1	0	1	1	2	0
33	D	3	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	5
22	LW	6	0	0	0	−1	2
43	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
48	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	D	13	0	0	0	0	6
57	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
1	G	1	0	0	0		0
46	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
34	Byron Dafoe	64	35	26	3	1520	141	2.21	.907	4	3827	6	2	4	141	19	3.18	.865	0	358
47	John Grahame	19	8	7	2	503	52	2.89	.897	1	1079	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Andrew Raycroft	1	0	0	1	29	3	2.77	.897	0	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL All-Rookie Team	Nick Boynton (Defense)	title=Postseason All-Star Teams	url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=20012002	website=records.nhl.com	access-date=March 22, 2023}}
NHL Second All-Star Team	Bill Guerin (Right wing)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Robbie Ftorek (coach)
Joe Thornton
NHL Player of the Week	Glen Murray (January 2)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Nick Boynton
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Brian Rolston
John P. Bucyk Award	Hal Gill
Seventh Player Award	Bill Guerin
Three Stars Awards	Byron Dafoe (1st)
Brian Rolston (2nd)
Joe Thornton (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	25th shutout
Ivan Huml	December 4, 2001
Andy Hilbert	December 20, 2001
Chris Kelleher	March 16, 2002
Byron Dafoe	December 20, 2001

Transactions

The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Boston Bruins	To [Dallas Stars](2001-02-dallas-stars-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Los Angeles Kings](2001-02-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Boston Bruins	To Dallas Stars	title=Bruins Acquire Hogue From Dallas for Future Considerations; Pellerin Claimed by Stars Off Waivers	url=http://216.167.101.123/press/item/0,9140,452,00.html	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=March 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020225020634/http://216.167.101.123/press/item/0,9140,452,00.html	archive-date=February 25, 2002	date=January 12, 2002}}
To Boston Bruins	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2001-02-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2001-02-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Edmonton Oilers](2001-02-edmonton-oilers-season)	title=Bruins Acquire Sean Brown from Edmonton and Darryl Laplante from Minnesota	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,464,00.html	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=March 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602175828/http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,464,00.html	archive-date=June 2, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To Boston Bruins	To [Minnesota Wild](2001-02-minnesota-wild-season)
To Boston Bruins	To [Florida Panthers](2001-02-florida-panthers-season)	title=Bruins Acquire Defenseman Jeff Norton from Florida	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,465,00.html	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=March 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602175706/http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,465,00.html	archive-date=June 2, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To Boston Bruins	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2001-02-toronto-maple-leafs-season)	title=Bruins Acquire and Sign Center Kris Vernarsky	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,472,00.html	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=March 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602222624/http://www.bostonbruins.com/press/item/0,9140,472,00.html	archive-date=June 2, 2002	date=May 13, 2002}}

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Martin Lapointe
Sean O'Donnell
Rob Zamuner
Chris Kelleher
Jeff Maund
Tony Tuzzolino
Scott Pellerin
Greg Crozier
Mike Gellard
Carl Corazzini
John Emmons
Colton Orr
P. J. Stock
Dennis Bonvie
Jamie Rivers
Gord Murphy
Peter Metcalf

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Elias Abrahamsson	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
Marquis Mathieu	Saint-Georges Garaga (QSPHL)
Keith McCambridge	Providence Bruins (AHL)
Peter Popovic	Sodertalje SK (SHL)
Ken Belanger	Los Angeles Kings
Eric Weinrich	Philadelphia Flyers
Shawn Bates	New York Islanders
Kay Whitmore	Calgary Flames
Andrei Kovalenko	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
Brandon Smith	San Jose Sharks
Peter Ferraro	Washington Capitals
Andre Savage	Vancouver Canucks
Joel Trottier	Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
Darren Van Impe	New York Rangers
Shane Belter	Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (ECHL)
Joe Hulbig	Providence Bruins (AHL)
Peter Skudra	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)
Eric Nickulas	Worcester IceCats (AHL)
Dixon Ward	SCL Tigers (NLA)
Scott Pellerin	Dallas Stars
Benoit Hogue	Washington Capitals
Gord Murphy

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Andy Hilbert
Bobby Allen
Ric Jackman
Hal Gill
P. J. Axelsson
Mike Knuble
Jay Henderson
Kyle McLaren
Bill Guerin
Brian Rolston
Mikko Eloranta
Jarno Kultanen
Kris Vernarsky

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Shaone Morrisonn	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	77	Darren McLachlan	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	111	Matti Kaltiainen	Espoo Blues (Finland)
5	147	Jiri Jakes	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	179	Andrew Alberts	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
7	209	Jordan Sigalet	Victoria Grizzlies (BCJHL)
8	241	Milan Jurcina	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
9	282	Marcel Rodman	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

Notes

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