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2001–02 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	New York Rangers
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	11th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	4th
Record	36–38–4–4
HomeRecord	19–18–1–1
RoadRecord	17–20–3–3
GoalsFor	227
GoalsAgainst	258
GeneralManager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ron Low
Captain	Mark Messier
AltCaptain	Theoren Fleury
Brian Leetch
Eric Lindros
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	18,038 (99.1%)
MinorLeague	Hartford Wolf Pack
Charlotte Checkers
GoalsLeader	Eric Lindros (37)
AssistsLeader	Brian Leetch (45)
PointsLeader	Eric Lindros (73)
PIMLeader	Theoren Fleury (216)
PlusMinusLeader	Eric Lindros (+19)
WinsLeader	Mike Richter (24)
GAALeader	Mike Richter (2.95)

Brian Leetch Eric Lindros Charlotte Checkers

The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 76th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record. Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season. Head coach Ron Low was fired after the season.

Pre-season

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the September 11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie.

Regular season

The Rangers struggled in short-handed situations, finishing the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against (398), the most power-play goals allowed (80) and the lowest penalty-kill percentage (79.90%).

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 5, 2001 || @ Carolina Hurricanes || 3–1 || 0–1–0–0 || |- | 2 || October 7, 2001 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–4 OT || 1–1–0–0 || |- | 3 || October 10, 2001 || Washington Capitals || 5–2 || 1–2–0–0 || |- | 4 || October 13, 2001 || @ Ottawa Senators || 2–2 OT || 1–2–1–0 || |- | 5 || October 15, 2001 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 2–2–1–0 || |- | 6 || October 17, 2001 || New Jersey Devils || 4–3 OT || 3–2–1–0 || |- | 7 || October 19, 2001 || @ Atlanta Thrashers || 4–3 || 4–2–1–0 || |- | 8 || October 20, 2001 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 5–2 || 4–3–1–0 || |- | 9 || October 22, 2001 || San Jose Sharks || 5–1 || 4–4–1–0 || |- | 10 || October 25, 2001 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–1 || 4–5–1–0 || |- | 11 || October 27, 2001 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 OT || 5–5–1–0 || |- | 12 || October 29, 2001 || Dallas Stars || 4–2 || 6–5–1–0 || |- | 13 || October 31, 2001 || Florida Panthers || 3–1 || 6–6–1–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
88	C	72	37	36	73	19	138
14	LW	82	24	39	63	0	216
16	RW	69	18	39	57	8	16
2	D	82	10	45	55	14	28
93	C	78	21	25	46	−8	36
20	RW	65	17	20	37	−20	14
23	D	81	6	22	28	10	83
26	LW	70	14	10	24	6	46
10	RW	82	10	13	23	−8	171
11	C	41	7	16	23	−1	32
34	D	82	2	21	23	−1	60
36	RW	48	8	13	21	−3	144
9	RW	12	12	8	20	9	6
37	RW	67	6	10	16	10	23
6	C	56	7	6	13	−1	42
18	LW	29	6	7	13	−3	16
19	LW	15	3	10	13	6	6
32	C	38	7	4	11	−4	10
33	D	75	1	10	11	−9	131
3	D	11	1	7	8	−4	2
55	D	39	0	6	6	−4	53
8	RW	15	3	2	5	−3	12
24	D	41	0	5	5	−3	23
22	D	52	1	3	4	−2	137
5	D	40	0	4	4	4	113
21	LW	54	2	1	3	0	144
17	C	11	1	2	3	−9	4
29	C	15	2	0	2	0	0
29	D	17	1	0	1	3	12
25	D	8	0	1	1	−7	4
31	G	31	0	0	0		10
27	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
38	RW	10	0	0	0	−2	0
47	C	10	0	0	0	−4	2
40	G	1	0	0	0		0
4	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	G	55	0	0	0		4
13	LW	5	0	0	0	0	5
39	C	1	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
35	Mike Richter	55	24	26	4	1832	157	2.95	.906	2	3195
31	Dan Blackburn	31	12	16	0	1030	95	3.28	.898	0	1737
40	Johan Holmqvist	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	9

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Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL All-Rookie Team	Dan Blackburn (Goaltender)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Brian Leetch
Eric Lindros
Mike York
NHL Player of the Week	Mike Richter (December 3)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dan Blackburn
Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Brian Leetch	title=Rangers Announce End-of-Season Awards	url=http://newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=578	website=New York Rangers	access-date=November 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813201937/http://newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=578	archive-date=August 13, 2004	date=April 10, 2002}}
Frank Boucher Trophy	Mike Richter
Good Guy Award	Brian Leetch
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Dan Blackburn
Players' Player Award	Brian Leetch
Rangers MVP	Mike Richter
Rookie of the Year	Dan Blackburn
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Sandy McCarthy

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th point	1,000th game played	600th assist	1,000th game played
Barrett Heisten	October 5, 2001
Dan Blackburn	October 10, 2001
Richard Scott	October 27, 2001
Theoren Fleury	October 29, 2001
Theoren Fleury	January 23, 2002
Brian Leetch	February 28, 2002

Transactions

The Rangers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, through June 13, 2002.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To New York Rangers	To [Calgary Flames](2001-02-calgary-flames-season)	title=Rangers Draft Day Deals	url=http://www.newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=351	website=New York Rangers	access-date=November 5, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040430011016/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=351	archive-date=April 30, 2004	date=June 23, 2001}}
To New York Rangers	To [Minnesota Wild](2001-02-minnesota-wild-season)
To New York Rangers	To [San Jose Sharks](2001-02-san-jose-sharks-season)
To New York Rangers	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2001-02-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To New York Rangers	To Calgary Flames
To New York Rangers	To [Ottawa Senators](2001-02-ottawa-senators-season)
To New York Rangers	To San Jose Sharks
To New York Rangers	To [Florida Panthers](2001-02-florida-panthers-season)
To New York Rangers	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To New York Rangers	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To New York Rangers	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Rangers	To [Dallas Stars](2001-02-dallas-stars-season)
To New York Rangers	To Florida Panthers
To New York Rangers	To [Nashville Predators](2001-02-nashville-predators-season)
To New York Rangers	To [Edmonton Oilers](2001-02-edmonton-oilers-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Barrett Heisten
Matt Kinch
Layne Ulmer
Scott Meyer
Dave Karpa
Igor Ulanov
Zdeno Ciger
Darren Van Impe
P. J. Stock
Steve McKenna
Rory Rawlyk
Rico Fata
Bryan Berard
Trent Whitfield
Bobby Andrews
Benoit Dusablon

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Colin Forbes
Valeri Kamensky
Guy Hebert
Kirk McLean
Derek Armstrong
Tony Tuzzolino
Drew Bannister
Brad Brown
David Wilkie
Ryan Tobler
Nils Ekman
P. J. Stock
Ben Carpentier
Darren Van Impe
Martin Richter
Trent Whitfield
Jeff Toms

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Andreas Johansson
Vitali Yeremeyev
Fedor Tyutin
Sandy McCarthy
Manny Malhotra
Jeff Toms
Jason Dawe
Brad Smyth
Eric Lindros
Petr Nedved
Dan Blackburn

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Dan Blackburn	G	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2	40	Fedor Tyutin	D	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)
3	79	Garth Murray	C	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	113	Bryce Lampman	D	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
5	139	Shawn Collymore	RW	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	176	Marek Zidlicky	D	Czech Republic	HIFK (FNL)
7	206	Petr Preucil	LW	Czech Republic	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
7	226	Pontus Petterstrom	LW	Sweden	Tingsryds (Sweden)
8	230	Leonid Zhvachkin	D	Russia	Podolsk Jr. (Russia)
8	238	Ryan Hollweg	C	United States	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	269	Juris Stals	C	Czech Republic	Lukko (FNL)

Notes

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