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2001–02 New York Islanders season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	New York Islanders
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	5th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	42–28–8–4
HomeRecord	21–13–5–2
RoadRecord	21–15–3–2
GoalsFor	239
GoalsAgainst	220
GeneralManager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Michael Peca
AltCaptain	Claude Lapointe
Dave Scatchard
Alexei Yashin
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance	14,548 (89.6%)
MinorLeague	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Trenton Titans
GoalsLeader	Alexei Yashin (32)
AssistsLeader	Alexei Yashin (43)
PointsLeader	Alexei Yashin (75)
PIMLeader	Eric Cairns (176)
PlusMinusLeader	Adrian Aucoin (+23)
WinsLeader	Chris Osgood (32)
GAALeader	Chris Osgood (2.50)

Dave Scatchard Alexei Yashin Trenton Titans

The 2001–02 New York Islanders season was the 30th season of the professional ice hockey team. This season saw the Islanders finish in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 42 wins, 28 losses, eight ties and four overtime losses for 96 points. They qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994 as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, but lost their first-round playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.

Off-season

Newly acquired forward Michael Peca was named team captain.

Regular season

The Islanders scored the most shorthanded goals during the regular season, with 17.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 5, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||2–0–0–0 || |- |3||October 10, 2001||6–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||3–0–0–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2001||6–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||4–0–0–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||4–0–0–1 || |- |6||October 17, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||5–0–0–1 || |- |7||October 18, 2001||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||6–0–0–1 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||6–0–1–1 || |- |9||October 26, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||7–0–1–1 || |- |10||October 28, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||8–0–1–1 || |- |11||October 30, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||9–0–1–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 18, 2002 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 20, 2002 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 23, 2002 || 6–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 24, 2002 || 4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 26, 2002 || 3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 28, 2002 || 5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || April 30, 2002 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs 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 Islanders only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
79	C	78	32	43	75	−3	25	7	3	4	7	−2	2
37	RW	78	30	30	60	10	32	7	2	1	3	−6	6
27	C	80	25	35	60	19	62	5	1	0	1	−5	2
17	C	71	17	35	52	18	30	7	2	4	6	−5	11
21	RW	82	22	29	51	−8	48	7	2	2	4	−3	4
15	LW	79	17	21	38	1	113	3	1	1	2	0	17
12	LW	71	13	25	38	−4	80	7	0	1	1	1	6
4	D	70	11	26	37	7	78	7	1	6	7	−6	6
3	D	81	12	22	34	23	62	7	2	5	7	−1	4
29	D	76	10	22	32	15	26	5	1	2	3	−2	4
38	C	80	12	15	27	−4	111	7	1	1	2	−2	22
11	C	37	7	17	24	2	6	7	4	2	6	−2	2
13	C	80	9	12	21	−9	60	7	0	0	0	−2	14
8	D	62	3	16	19	−12	38	5	0	0	0	−2	2
55	C	82	8	10	18	−11	36	7	0	1	1	−2	13
10	LW	59	3	12	15	0	16
33	D	74	2	5	7	−2	176	7	0	0	0	−2	15
20	RW	60	2	4	6	0	104	7	0	0	0	1	12
45	D	27	0	6	6	0	4
24	D	23	1	4	5	5	16
35	G	66	0	4	4		10	7	0	0	0		4
28	D	14	1	2	3	6	16	7	0	4	4	−5	8
25	RW	7	2	0	2	−2	0
36	D	17	0	2	2	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	D	24	0	2	2	2	12
6	D	21	0	2	2	−5	8
16	LW	14	0	1	1	2	6
18	RW	10	0	0	0	−5	31	1	0	0	0	0	9
14	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
41	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
7	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
14	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	4
28	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
56	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2
51	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	D	2	0	0	0	−1	5	2	0	0	0	2	2
30	G	25	0	0	0		14	1	0	0	0		0
46	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
43	RW							4	1	1	2	1	2

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
35	Chris Osgood	66	32	25	6	1727	156	2.50	.910	4	3743	7	3	4	193	17	2.60	.912	0	392
30	Garth Snow	25	10	7	2	549	55	2.71	.900	2	1217	1	0	0	19	2	4.62	.895	0	26

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Frank J. Selke Trophy	Michael Peca
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Mark Parrish
Alexei Yashin
NHL Player of the Month	Chris Osgood (October)
NHL Player of the Week	Mark Parrish (October 15)
Bob Nystrom Award	Steve Webb

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Radek Martinek	October 5, 2001
Dick Tarnstrom	October 30, 2001
Raffi Torres	November 24, 2001
Trent Hunter	April 24, 2002

Transactions

The Islanders 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 York Islanders	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Ottawa Senators](2001-02-ottawa-senators-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Florida Panthers](2001-02-florida-panthers-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Buffalo Sabres](2001-02-buffalo-sabres-season)
To New York Islanders	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2001-02-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)
To New York Islanders	To Florida Panthers	title=Isles Acquire Van Impe and Re-Acquire Roche	url=http://www.newyorkislanders.com:80/news/vanimpe031902.html	website=New York Islanders	access-date=March 2, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020321092006/http://www.newyorkislanders.com:80/news/vanimpe031902.html	archive-date=March 21, 2002	date=March 19, 2002}}
To New York Islanders	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Marko Kiprusoff
Garth Snow
Ken Sutton
Shawn Bates
Marko Tuomainen
Chris Armstrong
Ben Guite
Dave Roche
Jason Podollan
Chris Osgood
Ted Donato
Kip Miller

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Aris Brimanis
Chris Terreri
Steve Martins
Craig Berube
Mark Lawrence
Anders Myrvold
Garry Galley
Ted Donato
Marko Kiprusoff
Marko Tuomainen

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mats Lindgren
Radek Martinek
Dick Tarnstrom
Dusan Salficky
Mariusz Czerkawski
Brad Isbister
Steve Valiquette
Ray Schultz
Evgeny Korolev
Adrian Aucoin
Jason Krog
Jason Blake
Mark Parrish
Kenny Jonsson
Alexander Kharitonov
Michael Peca
Alexei Yashin

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	101	Cory Stillman	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5	132	Dusan Salficky		HC Plzeň (Czech Republic)
6	166	Andy Chiodo	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7	197	Jan Holub		HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic)
8	228	Mike Bray	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	260	Brian Perez	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9	280	Roman Kukhtinov	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
9	287	Juha-Pekka Ketola		Lukko (Finland)

Notes

References

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(July 11, 2001). "IZZY SIGNS UP FOR TWO MORE YEARS".
(July 26, 2001). "Valiquette Re-Ups For Two Seasons".
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(August 2, 2001). "Krog Re-Ups With Islanders".
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(August 13, 2001). "Two More Years for KJ".
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(September 5, 2001). "ALEXEI YASHIN SIGNS LANDMARK 10-YEAR DEAL WITH ISLANDERS".
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