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2001–02 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Buffalo Sabres
Record	35–35–11–1
HomeRecord	20–16–5–0
RoadRecord	15–19–6–1
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	5th
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	10th
GoalsFor	213
GoalsAgainst	200
GeneralManager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Stu Barnes
AltCaptain	Rob Ray
Jason Woolley
Arena	HSBC Arena
Attendance	17,206
MinorLeague	Rochester Americans
South Carolina Stingrays
GoalsLeader	Miroslav Satan (37)
AssistsLeader	Miroslav Satan (36)
PointsLeader	Miroslav Satan (73)
PIMLeader	Rob Ray (200)
PlusMinusLeader	Jay McKee (+18)
WinsLeader	Martin Biron (31)
GAALeader	Martin Biron (2.22)

Jason Woolley South Carolina Stingrays The 2001–02 Buffalo Sabres season was the 32nd for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres finished in 5th place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Offseason

The Sabres traded both of their stars, Mike Peca, their former captain and Dominik Hasek in the offseason. Peca was sent to the Islanders for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt. Forward Stu Barnes was named team captain.

Regular season

On October 7, 2001 the Sabres played the New York Rangers in the first pro sports game played in Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. In the game both teams wore special one time jerseys with "New York" written diagonally on the front of the jersey. The jerseys were later auctioned off to raise money for the 9/11 victims fund. The Sabres lost the game 5–4 in overtime.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 4, 2001||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 7, 2001||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||1–1–0–1 || |- |4||October 10, 2001||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||2–1–0–1 || |- |5||October 12, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||2–2–0–1 || |- |6||October 14, 2001||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||3–2–0–1 || |- |7||October 16, 2001||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (2001–02) ||3–2–1–1 || |- |8||October 19, 2001||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||3–3–1–1 || |- |9||October 20, 2001||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||4–3–1–1 || |- |10||October 23, 2001||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||5–3–1–1 || |- |11||October 26, 2001||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||5–4–1–1 || |- |12||October 27, 2001||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||5–5–1–1 || |- |13||October 30, 2001||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||5–6–1–1 ||

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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 Sabres only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
81	LW	82	37	36	73	14	33
41	C	68	17	31	48	6	26
18	C	82	10	35	45	4	34
17	RW	76	23	21	44	−10	42
61	RW	81	21	19	40	−9	69
77	C	82	15	24	39	0	75
37	C	82	20	17	37	−4	32
44	D	82	1	33	34	−1	80
5	D	59	8	20	28	−6	34
25	RW	76	7	16	23	−7	82
13	LW	38	9	13	22	0	16
24	LW	48	10	10	20	4	35
9	LW	69	8	11	19	−1	34
3	D	56	5	8	13	3	16
45	D	58	2	11	13	−6	26
74	D	81	2	11	13	18	43
4	D	65	5	5	10	15	113
42	D	60	3	6	9	−9	22
55	LW	61	2	6	8	−1	28
51	D	29	3	3	6	0	12
26	LW	35	2	3	5	−1	129
32	RW	71	2	3	5	−3	200
12	RW	13	1	3	4	−1	2
43	G	72	0	1	1		8
29	C	10	0	1	1	−2	4
19	RW	5	0	1	1	0	0
31	G	9	0	0	0		0
8	D	5	0	0	0	−2	4
35	G	10	0	0	0		2
10	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
43	Martin Biron	72	31	28	10	1781	151	2.22	.915	4	4085
35	Mika Noronen	10	4	3	1	217	23	2.66	.894	0	518
31	Bob Essensa	9	0	5	0	113	17	2.91	.850	0	350

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Alexei Zhitnik
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Tim Connolly

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Ales Kotalik	November 12, 2001
Norm Milley	January 25, 2002
Henrik Tallinder	April 12, 2002

Transactions

The Sabres 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 Buffalo Sabres	To [San Jose Sharks](2001-02-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [New York Islanders](2001-02-new-york-islanders-season)
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Detroit Red Wings](2001-02-detroit-red-wings-season)	title=Sabres Trade Dominik Hasek to the Red Wings	url=http://www.sabres.com/hasektrade.html	website=Buffalo Sabres	access-date=March 6, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810095337/http://www.sabres.com/hasektrade.html	archive-date=August 10, 2001	date=July 1, 2001}}
To Buffalo Sabres	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2001-02-atlanta-thrashers-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Christian Matte
Bob Essensa
Tom Askey
Mario Larocque
Rory Fitzpatrick

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Vladimir Tsyplakov	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)
Donald Audette	Dallas Stars
Steve Heinze	Los Angeles Kings
Dave Andreychuk	Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Holland	Los Angeles Kings
Doug Gilmour	Montreal Canadiens

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Stu Barnes
James Patrick
Richard Smehlik
Vaclav Varada
Dominik Hasek
Rob Ray
Ales Kotalik
Henrik Tallinder
Doug Janik
Chris Taylor
Rhett Warrener
Doug Houda
Miroslav Satan
Eric Boulton
Jean-Pierre Dumont
Denis Hamel
Alexei Zhitnik
Erik Rasmussen
Stu Barnes
Paul Gaustad
Sean McMorrow

Draft picks

Buffalo'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	22	Jiri Novotny	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
2	32	Derek Roy	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	50	Chris Thorburn	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2	55	Jason Pominville	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5	155	Michal Vondrka	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
8	234	Carl Aslund	Huddinge IK (Sweden)
8	247	Marek Dubec	Vsetín HC (Czech Republic)
9	279	Ryan Jorde	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Notes

References

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(August 24, 2001). "TRANSACTIONS".
(October 7, 2001). "HOCKEY; Montreal Gets Gilmour".
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(June 28, 2001). "SABRES EXERCISE OPTIONS ON SMEHLIK AND VARADA WHILE TENDER QUALIFYING OFFERS TO OTHERS".
(July 3, 2001). "SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH ROB RAY".
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(August 20, 2001). "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 20+ - UPI Archives".
(September 6, 2001). "SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH J.P. DUMONT".
(September 7, 2001). "SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH DENIS HAMEL".
(September 11, 2001). "SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH ALEXEI ZHITNIK".
(October 2, 2001). "Sabres agree to terms with Rasmussen".
(January 15, 2002). "Sabres Sign Stu Barnes Contract 3-Year Extension".
(June 1, 2002). "Sabres Sign Two Prospects".
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