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2001–02 New Jersey Devils season

National Hockey League season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	New Jersey Devils
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	41–28–9–4
HomeRecord	22–13–4–2
RoadRecord	19–15–5–2
GoalsFor	205
GoalsAgainst	187
GeneralManager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Larry Robinson (Oct.–Jan.)
Kevin Constantine (Jan.–Apr.)
Captain	Scott Stevens
AltCaptain	Bobby Holik
Scott Niedermayer
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Attendance	15,925
MinorLeague	Albany River Rats
GoalsLeader	Patrik Elias (29)
AssistsLeader	Brian Rafalski (40)
PointsLeader	Patrik Elias (61)
PlusMinusLeader	Sergei Brylin (+21)
PIMLeader	Colin White (133)
WinsLeader	Martin Brodeur (38)
GAALeader	Martin Brodeur (2.15)

Kevin Constantine (Jan.–Apr.) Scott Niedermayer

The 2001–02 New Jersey Devils season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 20th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils finished sixth in the Eastern Conference and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Fifty-one games in to the season, head coach Larry Robinson was fired and Kevin Constantine was named his replacement for their final 31 games. On April 13, 2002, the Devils clinched a sixth-place Conference finish and a third-place Division finish. The Devils came into the playoffs for the 6th consecutive season but they were upset in the Conference Quarterfinals by the eventual Eastern Conference champions, the Carolina Hurricanes, losing in six games.

Regular season

The Devils had the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 261, and they tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals scored, with just two. However, the Devils were also the most disciplined team during the regular season, finishing with an NHL-low 265 power-play opportunities against.

Season standings

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(E6) New Jersey Devils vs. (E3) Carolina Hurricanes

The series opened in Raleigh. Carolina won Games 1 and 2, 2–1 – Game 1 in regulation and Game 2 in overtime. Games 3 and 4 were at the Meadowlands. The Devils won Game 3, 4–0, and Game 4, 3–1. Game 5 was back in Raleigh, where the Hurricanes won 3–2 in overtime. Game 6 shifted back to the Meadowlands, where Carolina prevailed 1–0 and clinched the series victory, 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 6, 2001||1–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 11, 2001||4–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2001–02) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 13, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||0–3–0–0 || |- |4||October 17, 2001||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||0–3–0–1 || |- |5||October 18, 2001||6–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||1–3–0–1 || |- |6||October 20, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||2–3–0–1 || |- |7||October 23, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||3–3–0–1 || |- |8||October 27, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||4–3–0–1 || |- |9||October 30, 2001||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||5–3–0–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 17, 2002 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 19, 2002 || 1–2 OT || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 21, 2002 || 4–0 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 23, 2002 || 3–1 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 24, 2002 || 2–3 OT || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 27, 2002 || 0–1 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes 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 Devils only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
26	LW	75	29	32	61	4	36	6	2	4	6	−1	6
16	C	81	25	29	54	7	97	6	4	1	5	4	2
17	RW	73	21	27	48	12	44	4	0	1	1	1	0
23	C	76	10	38	48	−4	36
28	D	76	7	40	47	15	18	6	3	2	5	−2	4
18	LW	76	16	28	44	21	10	6	0	2	2	3	2
25	C	63	22	19	41	3	59
27	D	76	11	22	33	12	30	6	0	2	2	−1	6
11	C	82	15	8	23	6	25	6	0	0	0	−1	0
4	D	82	1	16	17	15	44	6	0	0	0	5	4
20	RW	65	4	10	14	12	15	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	RW	55	6	7	13	2	65
22	LW	30	4	8	12	−2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	RW	33	4	7	11	10	8	6	2	2	4	−1	0
25	C	14	2	9	11	2	4	5	0	1	1	−2	0
12	LW	68	5	5	10	−9	10	3	0	0	0	−2	0
21	LW	39	4	5	9	−12	22	4	0	1	1	1	0
10	LW	15	2	7	9	−3	8	3	0	0	0	2	0
19	LW	67	3	5	8	0	123	6	0	0	0	0	2
22	RW	16	3	3	6	−5	4
15	RW	14	3	3	6	2	23	5	0	1	1	−2	8
3	D	67	0	6	6	2	60	6	0	0	0	3	8
5	D	73	2	3	5	6	133	6	0	0	0	−1	2
6	D	42	1	3	4	0	4	6	0	0	0	−4	0
30	G	73	0	4	4		8	6	0	0	0		0
9	RW	7	2	1	3	−1	2
44	RW	10	1	2	3	−1	0	3	0	0	0	−1	0
7	D	38	1	2	3	1	25
24	RW	21	0	2	2	−3	25	1	0	0	0	0	4
29	D	1	1	0	1	−1	2
29	D	1	0	1	1	1	0
2	D	37	0	1	1	−12	30
9	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
40	G	2	0	0	0		0
1	G	6	0	0	0		0
7	D	2	0	0	0	−2	0
34	G	5	0	0	0		4

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
30	Martin Brodeur	73	38	26	9	1655	156	2.15	.906	4	4347	6	2	4	145	9	1.42	.938	1	381
34	John Vanbiesbrouck	5	2	3	0	117	10	2.00	.915	0	300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Jean-Francois Damphousse	6	1	3	0	115	12	2.45	.896	0	294	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Scott Clemmensen	2	0	0	0	5	1	3.00	.800	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	Patrik Elias
Brian Rafalski
NHL Player of the Week	Patrik Elias (October 22)
Martin Brodeur (April 1)
Devils' Players' Player	Jim McKenzie	title=2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide	publisher=New Jersey Devils Hockey Club	editor=Levine, Mike	page=225}}
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero	Sergei Brylin
Most Valuable Devil	Martin Brodeur
Three-Star Award	Patrik Elias

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Josef Boumedienne	October 6, 2001
Scott Clemmensen
Andreas Salomonsson
Jean-Francois Damphousse	November 23, 2001
Brian Gionta	December 30, 2001
Christian Berglund	January 9, 2002

Transactions

The Devils 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 New Jersey Devils	To [Florida Panthers](2001-02-florida-panthers-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Ottawa Senators](2001-02-ottawa-senators-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2001-02-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2001-02-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Washington Capitals](2001-02-washington-capitals-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Dallas Stars](2001-02-dallas-stars-season)
To New Jersey Devils	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2001-02-carolina-hurricanes-season)	title=Devils Acquire Defenseman Mike Rucinski	url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com:80/team_data/press_releases/PR20020304.html	website=New Jersey Devils	access-date=March 1, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020603062827/http://www.newjerseydevils.com:80/team_data/press_releases/PR20020304.html	archive-date=June 3, 2002	date=March 4, 2002}}
To New Jersey Devils	To Dallas Stars	title=Devils Acquire Jamie Langenbrunner & Joe Nieuwendyk; Re-Acquire Stephane Richer	url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com:80/team_data/press_releases/PR20020319.html	website=New Jersey Devils	access-date=March 1, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804092535/http://www.newjerseydevils.com:80/team_data/press_releases/PR20020319.html	archive-date=August 4, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To New Jersey Devils	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2001-02-pittsburgh-penguins-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Tommy Albelin
Ted Drury
Bruce Gardiner
Steve Guolla
Joel Bouchard

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
John Vanbiesbrouck
Bryan Duce
Sean O'Donnell
Alexander Mogilny
Ken Sutton
Bob Corkum
Doug Stienstra
Ed Ward
Pierre Dagenais
John Vanbiesbrouck

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Andreas Salomonsson
Bobby Holík
Petr Sykora
Ken Daneyko
Turner Stevenson
Martin Brodeur
Scott Stevens
John Vanbiesbrouck
Phil Cole
Steve Guolla

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

9	287	*No ninth-round pick*

Notes

References

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"DOUGLAS STIENSTRA".
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(July 5, 2001). "Devils Sign Forward Andreas Salomonsson".
(August 9, 2001). "HOLIK: DEVILS ARE BIG CHEAPSKATES".
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"TURNER STEVENSON".
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