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2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	7th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	40–27–11–4
HomeRecord	22–12–6–1
RoadRecord	18–15–5–3
GoalsFor	214
GoalsAgainst	190
GeneralManager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Dave Tippett (interim)
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
AltCaptain	Kelly Buchberger
Ian Laperriere
Mathieu Schneider
Bryan Smolinski
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	16,756
MinorLeague	Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals
GoalsLeader	Zigmund Palffy (32)
AssistsLeader	Jason Allison (55)
PointsLeader	Jason Allison (74)
PlusMinusLeader	Craig Johnson (+14)
Aaron Miller (+14)
PIMLeader	Ian Laperriere (125)
WinsLeader	Felix Potvin (31)
GAALeader	Jamie Storr (1.90)

Dave Tippett (interim) Ian Laperriere Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski Reading Royals Aaron Miller (+14)

The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Los Angeles hosted the 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game, which took place on February 2, 2002.

Offseason

Mattias Norstrom was named team captain.

Regular season

Head coach Andy Murray was involved in a car crash on February 15, suffering four broken ribs, a separated shoulder, and later symptoms of post-concussion syndrome. Assistant coach Dave Tippett served as interim head coach until Murray returned to the team on March 6.

The Kings tied the Red Wings for most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 73, and had the best power-play percentage, at 20.68%.

Season standings

Playoffs

In a rematch of the previous playoff season, Colorado defeated the Kings in the first round in seven games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 4, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||0–0–1–0 || |- |2||October 7, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 9, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||0–2–1–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2001||6–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||1–2–1–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||1–3–1–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||1–3–1–1 || |- |7||October 18, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||2–3–1–1 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||2–4–1–1 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||7–1 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||3–4–1–1 || |- |10||October 25, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||3–5–1–1 || |- |11||October 26, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||3–6–1–1 || |- |12||October 28, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||3–6–1–2 || |- |13||October 30, 2001||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||3–7–1–2 ||

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Playoffs

|- |1||April 18, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- |2||April 20, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- |3||April 22, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- |4||April 23, 2002||0–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- |5||April 25, 2002||1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- |6||April 27, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Series tied 3–3 || |- |7||April 29, 2002||0–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche win 4–3 ||

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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 Kings only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
41	C	73	19	55	74	2	68	7	3	3	6	2	4
28	RW	76	29	33	62	8	71	4	1	3	4	0	2
33	RW	63	32	27	59	5	26	7	4	5	9	4	0
44	D	80	4	38	42	−4	65	7	0	2	2	1	0
21	C	80	13	25	38	7	56	7	2	0	2	−1	2
57	RW	73	15	16	31	−15	46	4	0	0	0	−1	2
43	D	80	7	23	30	0	94	5	0	1	1	2	2
10	D	55	7	23	30	3	68	7	0	1	1	−8	18
23	LW	72	13	14	27	14	24	7	1	2	3	3	2
25	C	53	8	16	24	2	21	7	0	0	0	−5	4
22	RW	81	8	14	22	5	125	7	0	1	1	−5	9
17	D	72	4	17	21	−5	14	4	0	1	1	1	0
42	LW	71	9	9	18	0	54	7	1	1	2	−1	2
3	D	74	5	12	17	14	54	7	0	0	0	1	0
29	C	46	7	9	16	5	40	7	1	1	2	0	2
9	RW	74	6	7	13	−13	105	7	0	0	0	−3	7
27	RW	9	6	5	11	5	0
14	D	79	2	9	11	−2	38	7	0	0	0	0	4
19	RW	41	5	2	7	−8	25	5	0	1	1	1	2
26	C	18	4	3	7	−9	17
27	RW	22	4	2	6	−4	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	D	26	1	4	5	3	22	5	0	0	0	−1	6
7	C/RW	14	1	4	5	0	8	4	0	1	1	−1	2
15	C	9	1	3	4	1	4
12	LW	43	2	0	2	−5	85
24	C	18	1	1	2	1	57
38	RW	17	1	1	2	−4	8
8	D	30	0	1	1	−5	29
11	C	8	0	1	1	−1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	G	71	0	1	1		19	7	0	0	0		0
37	LW	4	0	0	0	1	22
15	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	2
49	LW	10	0	0	0	0	51
53	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
1	G	19	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Felix Potvin	71	31	27	8	1686	157	2.31	.907	6	4071	7	3	4	201	15	2.16	.925	1	417
1	Jamie Storr	19	9	4	3	360	28	1.90	.922	2	886	1	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	1

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Jaroslav Modry
Zigmund Palffy
Best Newcomer	Jason Allison	title=2001-2002 KINGS AWARD WINNERS	url=http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=99	website=Los Angeles Kings	access-date=March 23, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022123404/http://lakings.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=99	archive-date=October 22, 2002	date=April 14, 2002}}
Bill Libby Memorial Award	Jason Allison
Defensive Player	Aaron Miller
Jim Fox Community Service	Jamie Storr
Leading Scorer	Jason Allison
Most Inspirational	Zigmund Palffy
Most Popular Player	Adam Deadmarsh
Outstanding Defenseman	Aaron Miller
Unsung Hero	Aaron Miller

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	500th game played	1,000th game played	25th shutout
Jaroslav Bednar	October 4, 2001
Kip Brennan	January 5, 2002
Ryan Flinn	January 24, 2002
Felix Potvin	October 16, 2001
Kelly Buchberger	January 7, 2002
Felix Potvin	April 8, 2002

Transactions

The Kings 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 Los Angeles Kings	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Boston Bruins](2001-02-boston-bruins-season)	title=KINGS ACQUIRE ALL-STAR JASON ALLISON AND LEFT WING MIKKO ELORANTA FROM BOSTON	url=http://www.lakings.com/King98/Press98.html?DateLine=10/24/2001&Type=PR2	website=Los Angeles Kings	access-date=March 21, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011208014933/http://www.lakings.com/King98/Press98.html?DateLine=10/24/2001&Type=PR2	archive-date=December 8, 2001	date=October 24, 2001}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Nashville Predators](2001-02-nashville-predators-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To Nashville Predators
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Montreal Canadiens](2001-02-montreal-canadiens-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ken Belanger
Brett Hauer
Steve Heinze
Randy Robitaille
Rob Valicevic
Jason Holland
Derek Bekar
Ryan Flinn
Ted Donato
Ted Donato

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Stu Grimson
Luc Robitaille
David Hymovitz
Marko Tuomainen
Rich Brennan
Peter Leboutillier
Randy Robitaille
Ted Donato

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Travis Scott
Scott Thomas
Mathieu Schneider
Tomas Zizka
Jaroslav Bednar
Jaroslav Modry
Marcel Cousineau
Andreas Lilja
Greg Phillips
Jamie Storr
Eric Belanger
Philippe Boucher
Bryan Smolinski
Aaron Miller
Lubomir Visnovsky
Felix Potvin
Jason Allison
Yanick Lehoux
Jared Aulin

Draft picks

Los Angeles'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	18	Jens Karlsson	Frolunda HC (Sweden)
1	30	Dave Steckel	Ohio State University (NCAA)
2	49	Michael Cammalleri	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	51	Jaroslav Bednar	HIFK (Finland)
3	83	Henrik Juntunen	Karpat (Finland)
4	116	Richard Petiot	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
5	152	Terry Denike	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
5	153	Tuukka Mantyla	Tappara (Finland)
7	214	Cristobal Huet	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
8	237	Mike Gabinet	University of Nebraska at Omaha (NCAA)
9	277	Sebastien Laplante	Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL)

Notes

References

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(December 18, 2001). "KINGS REACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN RICH BRENNAN FROM NASHVILLE".
(March 16, 2002). "KINGS ACQUIRE RONNING".
(March 19, 2002). "KINGS TRADE GOALTENDER STEPHANE FISET TO MONTREAL".
(July 2, 2001). "KINGS SIGN FREE AGENT LEFT WINGER KEN BELANGER".
(July 2, 2001). "KINGS SIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN BRETT HAUER".
(July 3, 2001). "KINGS SIGN FREE AGENT RIGHT WINGER STEVE HEINZE".
(July 7, 2001). "KINGS SIGN CENTER RANDY ROBITAILLE".
(August 16, 2001). "KINGS SIGN FREE AGENT RIGHT WING ROB VALICEVIC".
(August 23, 2001). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JASON HOLLAND".
(September 25, 2001). "Monarchs Sign Former UNH Wildcat Derek Bekar".
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(July 18, 2001). "Islanders Sign Marko Tuomainen".
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(January 4, 2002). "Robitaille Claimed on Waivers by Pittsburgh".
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(June 28, 2001). "KINGS RESIGN FORWARD SCOTT THOMAS AND NETMINDER TRAVIS SCOTT".
(July 2, 2001). "KINGS RESIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN MATHIEU SCHNEIDER".
(July 6, 2001). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN TOMAS ZIZKA".
(July 10, 2001). "KINGS SIGN FORWARD JAROSLAV BEDNAR".
(July 10, 2001). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN JAROSLAV MODRY".
(July 31, 2001). "KINGS SIGN GOALTENDER MARCEL COUSINEAU AND WINGER GREG PHILLIPS TO CONTRACTS".
(July 31, 2001). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN ANDREAS LILJA TO MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT".
(July 31, 2001). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH GOALTENDER JAMIE STORR".
(August 1, 2001). "KINGS SIGN CENTER ERIC BELANGER TO CONTRACT".
(August 1, 2001). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN PHILIPPE BOUCHER TO CONTRACT".
(August 13, 2001). "KINGS COME TO TERMS WITH RESTRICTED FREE AGENT FORWARD BRYAN SMOLINSKI".
(August 14, 2001). "KINGS COME TO TERMS WITH RESTRICTED FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN AARON MILLER".
(September 4, 2001). "KINGS COME TO TERMS WITH RESTRICTED FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN LUBOMIR VISNOVSKY".
(September 10, 2001). "KINGS SIGN GOALTENDER FELIX POTVIN".
(April 9, 2002). "QMJHL Standout Reports To Manchester".
(June 1, 2002). "KINGS SIGN JARED AULIN".
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