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2001–02 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Nashville Predators
Record	28–41–13–0
HomeRecord	17–16–8–0
RoadRecord	11–25–5–0
Division	Central
DivisionRank	4th
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	14th
GoalsFor	196
GoalsAgainst	230
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald (Oct-Mar)
Vacant (Mar-Apr)
AltCaptain	Bill Houlder (road)
Greg Johnson (home)
Cliff Ronning (home)
Kimmo Timonen (road)
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Attendance	14,788
MinorLeague	Milwaukee Admirals
Cincinnati Cyclones
GoalsLeader	Denis Arkhipov (20)
AssistsLeader	Cliff Ronning (31)
PointsLeader	Cliff Ronning (49)
PIMLeader	Cale Hulse (121)
PlusMinusLeader	Scott Hartnell (+5)
WinsLeader	Mike Dunham (23)
GAALeader	Mike Dunham (2.61)

Vacant (Mar-Apr) Greg Johnson (home) Cliff Ronning (home) Kimmo Timonen (road) Cincinnati Cyclones The 2001–02 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 11, 2001||1–0 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||1–1–1–0 || |- |4||October 13, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||1–2–1–0 || |- |5||October 16, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||1–2–2–0 || |- |6||October 18, 2001||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||1–3–2–0 || |- |7||October 20, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||1–4–2–0 || |- |8||October 22, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||2–4–2–0 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||2–5–2–0 || |- |10||October 25, 2001||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||3–5–2–0 || |- |11||October 27, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||3–6–2–0 || |- |12||October 30, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||3–7–2–0 || |- |13||October 31, 2001||6–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||4–7–2–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
7	C	67	18	31	49	0	24
22	C	82	18	26	44	−14	38
25	C	82	20	22	42	−18	16
44	D	82	13	29	42	2	28
17	LW	75	14	27	41	5	111
5	D	73	16	22	38	−13	22
33	RW	79	15	21	36	−15	56
19	RW	80	9	24	33	−11	32
11	C	63	11	19	30	1	54
43	LW	75	11	16	27	−16	14
15	RW	58	8	16	24	−4	28
3	D	82	4	13	17	−12	36
21	RW	63	7	9	16	−4	33
9	C	55	5	6	11	1	30
26	D	26	3	7	10	−3	14
24	RW	28	4	5	9	−13	18
4	D	58	3	5	8	−12	24
23	D	82	0	8	8	−1	40
14	C	26	5	2	7	−2	10
12	LW	26	5	0	5	−1	69
27	RW	10	2	2	4	0	0
10	RW	12	1	3	4	−3	6
39	RW	10	1	2	3	−3	8
18	C	14	1	2	3	−2	2
20	RW	22	1	2	3	−1	74
8	LW	30	1	1	2	0	76
1	G	58	0	2	2		2
32	D	63	0	2	2	−18	121
34	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0
13	D	15	0	1	1	−1	12
48	RW	5	0	0	0	−2	2
14	D	4	0	0	0	0	2
40	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	5
14	D	3	0	0	0	−3	6
35	G	3	0	0	0		2
16	D	13	0	0	0	−3	23
12	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	D	3	0	0	0	−2	2
28	LW	4	0	0	0	0	9
29	G	29	0	0	0		2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
1	Mike Dunham	58	23	24	9	1525	144	2.61	.906	3	3316
29	Tomas Vokoun	29	5	14	4	678	66	2.69	.903	2	1471
35	Jan Lasak	3	0	3	0	104	13	4.41	.875	0	177

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Scott Hartnell
David Legwand

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Martin Erat	October 5, 2001
Robert Schnabel	January 12, 2002
Nathan Perrott	February 9, 2002
Jonas Andersson	March 19, 2002
Jan Lasak	April 9, 2002
Adam Hall	April 14, 2002
Cliff Ronning	March 9, 2002

Transactions

The Predators 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 Nashville Predators	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Philadelphia Flyers
To Nashville Predators	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2001-02-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2001-02-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
To Nashville Predators	To [Los Angeles Kings](2001-02-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Philadelphia Flyers
To Nashville Predators	To Chicago Blackhawks
To Nashville Predators	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2001-02-toronto-maple-leafs-season)	title=Nashville Predators acquire defensemen Marty Wilford and D.J. Smith from Toronto for defenseman Marc Moro	url=http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/press_releases/20020301.html	website=Nashville Predators	access-date=March 14, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021025204135/http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/press_releases/20020301.html	archive-date=October 25, 2002	date=March 1, 2002}}
To Nashville Predators	To [Colorado Avalanche](2001-02-colorado-avalanche-season)
To Nashville Predators	To Chicago Blackhawks
To Nashville Predators	To Los Angeles Kings
To Nashville Predators	To [Calgary Flames](2001-02-calgary-flames-season)
To Nashville Predators	To [New York Rangers](2001-02-new-york-rangers-season)	title=Nashville Predators acquire defenseman Peter Smrek from New York Rangers for defenseman Richard Lintner	url=http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/press_releases/20020319.1.html	website=Nashville Predators	access-date=March 14, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020812052544/http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/press_releases/20020319.1.html	archive-date=August 12, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To Nashville Predators	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2001-02-pittsburgh-penguins-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Yves Sarault
Stu Grimson
Erik Anderson
Rich Brennan
Reid Simpson
Vernon Fiddler

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Evgeny Namestnikov	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)
Jayson More
Randy Robitaille	Los Angeles Kings
Alexei Vasiliev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
Jayme Filipowicz	Quebec Citadelles (AHL)
Rob Valicevic	Los Angeles Kings
Dan Riva	Reading Royals (ECHL)
Sean Haggerty	Providence Bruins (AHL)
Richard Lintner	HK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)
Alexandre Boikov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
Petr Tenkrat	Karpat (Liiga)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mark Eaton
Yves Sarault
Robert Schnabel
Martin Erat
Bill Bowler
Mikhail Chernov
Marian Cisar
David Gosselin
Pavel Skrbek
Scott Walker
Andrew Berenzweig
Evgeny Pavlov
Cale Hulse
Mike Dunham
Adam Hall
Andrew Hutchinson
Bill Houlder
Greg Johnson
Nathan Perrott

Draft picks

Nashville'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	12	Dan Hamhuis	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2	33	Timofei Shishkanov	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
2	42	Tomas Slovak	HC Kosice (Slovakia)
3	75	Denis Platonov	HC Saratov (Russia)
3	76	Oliver Setzinger	Ilves (Finland)
4	98	Jordin Tootoo	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	178	Anton Lavrentiev	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
8	240	Gustav Grasberg	Mora IK (Sweden)
9	271	Mikko Lehtonen	Karpat (Finland)

Notes

References

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(November 1, 2001). "Nashville Predators acquire right wing Petr Tenkrat from Anaheim for right wing Patric Kjellberg".
(December 4, 2001). "Nashville Predators acquire left wing Jay Legault from Anaheim for defenseman Bert Robertsson".
(December 18, 2001). "Nashville Predators acquire defenseman Brett Hauer from Los Angeles for defenseman Rich Brennan".
(January 11, 2002). "Flyers Acquire Left Wing Yves Sarault From Nashville for Jason Beckett and Peter Hubacek".
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