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2001–02 San Jose Sharks season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 2001–02 |
| year | 2001 |
| Team | San Jose Sharks |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 3rd |
| Division | Pacific |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 44–27–8–3 |
| HomeRecord | 25–11–3–2 |
| RoadRecord | 19–16–5–1 |
| GoalsFor | 248 |
| GoalsAgainst | 199 |
| GeneralManager | Dean Lombardi |
| Coach | Darryl Sutter |
| Captain | Owen Nolan |
| AltCaptain | Vincent Damphousse |
| Mike Ricci | |
| Arena | HP Pavilion |
| Attendance | 17,422 |
| MinorLeague | Cleveland Barons |
| Richmond Renegades | |
| GoalsLeader | Teemu Selanne (29) |
| AssistsLeader | Owen Nolan (43) |
| PointsLeader | Owen Nolan (66) |
| PIMLeader | Bryan Marchment (178) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Mike Rathje (+23) |
| Marco Sturm (+23) | |
| WinsLeader | Evgeni Nabokov (37) |
| GAALeader | Evgeni Nabokov (2.29) |
| DivisionWin | yes |
Mike Ricci Richmond Renegades Marco Sturm (+23) The 2001–02 San Jose Sharks season was the club's 11th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks once again set franchise records for points (99) and wins (44) in a season. Most notably, the team won the Pacific Division for the first time in franchise history. Consequently, the Sharks clinched a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season.
In Darryl Sutter's fifth year as head coach, the Sharks took a massive step forward. For the first time, the team boasted offensive depth in spades, as six forwards (Owen Nolan, Teemu Selanne, Patrick Marleau, Marco Sturm, Scott Thornton and Vincent Damphousse) finished the season with at least 20 goals, while another two (Mike Ricci and Adam Graves) finished with at least 17. While the Sharks' defense nominally regressed from one year earlier, it remained one of the Western Conference's top units; the play of Brad Stuart, Bryan Marchment, Gary Suter and Mike Rathje proved more than adequate during the regular season. The Sharks also benefited from the strong goaltending of starter Evgeni Nabokov and backup Miikka Kiprusoff. Regular season highlights included a 10–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets (March 30, 2002) and Patrick Marleau's first career hat trick (April 6, 2002). Evgeni Nabokov also became the first goaltender in franchise history (and seventh in NHL history) to score a goal with an empty-net tally against the Vancouver Canucks on March 10. On April 12, the Sharks clinched the Pacific Division title following a Los Angeles Kings loss to the Canucks. In winning the division, the Sharks also clinched home-ice advantage in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.
In the first round of the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the third-seeded Sharks faced the sixth-seeded Phoenix Coyotes. The teams split the first two games in San Jose. From there, however, the Sharks closed the series out with a trio of convincing victories. In the second round, the team faced eventual Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy and the defending champion Colorado Avalanche. The Sharks took successive series leads of 1–0, 2–1 and 3–2 against the favored Avalanche. However, each time Colorado managed to re-tie the series. In Game 6, which was briefly interrupted by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the Sharks took the Avalanche to overtime. However, a goal by Peter Forsberg forced a deciding seventh game in Denver. There, the Avalanche eliminated the Sharks with a hard-fought 1–0 victory. The game is arguably best remembered (amongst Sharks fans) for Teemu Selanne missing an open net from close range in the first period.
Regular season
On March 10, 2002, Evgeni Nabokov became the first netminder in NHL history to score a powerplay goal, doing so against the Vancouver Canucks. He was also the first European goaltender to score a goal.
On March 30, 2002, the Sharks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets at home 10–2. It was the second time in the 2001–02 NHL regular season that a team had scored ten goals in a single game, as the Ottawa Senators had defeated the Washington Capitals on the road 11–5. Further, it was the first time the Sharks had scored ten goals in a regular season game since January 13, 1996, when they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins on the road 10–8.
Final standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 4, 2001||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||0–0–0–1 || |- |2||October 6, 2001||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||0–0–1–1 || |- |3||October 11, 2001||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||1–0–1–1 || |- |4||October 13, 2001||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||Kiprusoff ||2–0–1–1 || |- |5||October 16, 2001||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota Wild(2001–02) ||Nabokov ||2–0–2–1 || |- |6||October 18, 2001||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||2–1–2–1 || |- |7||October 20, 2001||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (2001–02) ||Kiprusoff ||2–1–3–1 || |- |8||October 22, 2001||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||3–1–3–1 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||Kiprusoff ||3–2–3–1 || |- |10||October 25, 2001||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||3–3–3–1 || |- |11||October 27, 2001||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||4–3–3–1 || |- |12||October 31, 2001||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||Nabokov ||5–3–3–1 ||
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Playoffs
|- |1||April 17, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Sharks lead 1–0 || |- |2||April 20, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Series tied 1–1 || |- |3||April 22, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Sharks lead 2–1 || |- |4||April 24, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Sharks lead 3–1 || |- |5||April 26, 2002||4–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Sharks win 4–1 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | RW | 75 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 7 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 8 | |||
| 25 | C | 82 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 8 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 12 | |||
| 8 | RW | 82 | 29 | 25 | 54 | −11 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 18 | C | 79 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 9 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 12 | C | 79 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 17 | LW | 77 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 116 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 19 | LW | 77 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 24 | RW | 73 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 20 | D | 82 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 9 | LW | 81 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 6 | |||
| 7 | D | 82 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 28 | RW | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | RW | 69 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 27 | D | 72 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 178 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 10 | |||
| 10 | D | 70 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 12 | |||
| 5 | D | 48 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | D | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 22 | D | 75 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 12 | |||
| 32 | LW | 55 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | LW | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||
| 16 | C | 49 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 72 | |||||||||
| 35 | G | 67 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 23 | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 50 | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | G | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Evgeni Nabokov | 67 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 1818 | 149 | 2.29 | .918 | 7 | 3901 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 322 | 31 | 2.61 | .904 | 0 | 712 | ||
| 37 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 508 | 43 | 2.49 | .915 | 2 | 1037 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 29 | Vesa Toskala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | Vincent Damphousse | ||||
| Owen Nolan | |||||
| Teemu Selanne | |||||
| NHL Player of the Month | Evgeni Nabokov (February) | ||||
| NHL Player of the Week | Evgeni Nabokov (February 11) | ||||
| Sharks Player of the Year | Mike Ricci | ||||
| Sharks Rookie of the Year | Matt Bradley |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 1,000th game played | 400th goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jillson | October 4, 2001 | |||||
| Vesa Toskala | November 24, 2001 | |||||
| Hannes Hyvonen | March 23, 2002 | |||||
| Adam Graves | October 27, 2001 | |||||
| Teemu Selanne | March 7, 2002 |
Transactions
The Sharks 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 San Jose Sharks | To [New York Rangers](2001-02-new-york-rangers-season) | |
| To San Jose Sharks | To [Chicago Blackhawks](2001-02-chicago-blackhawks-season) | |
| To San Jose Sharks | To [Buffalo Sabres](2001-02-buffalo-sabres-season) | |
| To San Jose Sharks | To New York Rangers |
Players acquired
| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Carkner | ||||||||||
| Graig Mischler | ||||||||||
| Seamus Kotyk | ||||||||||
| Brandon Smith | ||||||||||
| Jesse Fibiger | ||||||||||
| Joel Prpic | ||||||||||
| Mike Craig | ||||||||||
| Lynn Loyns |
Players lost
| Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | N/A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Andrusak | Berlin Capitals (DEL) | ||||||||
| Jarrett Deuling | |||||||||
| Doug Friedman | |||||||||
| Rich Pilon | St. Louis Blues | ||||||||
| Jim Montgomery | Dallas Stars | ||||||||
| Jeff Norton | Florida Panthers | ||||||||
| Bill Lindsay | Florida Panthers | ||||||||
| Tony Granato | |||||||||
| Paul Kruse | Sheffield Steelers (BISL) | ||||||||
| Rejean Stringer | Columbia Inferno (ECHL) | ||||||||
| Larry Courville | Hershey Bears (AHL) | ||||||||
| David MacIsaac | Hershey Bears (AHL) | ||||||||
| Terry Friesen | Fresno Falcons (WCHL) | ||||||||
| Mike Craig | SCL Tigers (NLA) |
Signings
| Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesa Toskala | ||||||||
| Hannes Hyvonen | ||||||||
| Matt Bradley | ||||||||
| Gary Suter | ||||||||
| Shawn Heins | ||||||||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||||||||
| Ryan Kraft | ||||||||
| Andy Lundbohm | ||||||||
| Mark Smith | ||||||||
| Todd Harvey | ||||||||
| Patrick Marleau | ||||||||
| Chad Wiseman | ||||||||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||||||||
| Adam Graves | ||||||||
| Mike Rathje |
Draft picks
San Jose's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Marcel Goc | Center | Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL) | |
| 4 | 106 | Christian Ehrhoff | Defense | Duisburg EV (GerObL) | |
| 4 | 107 | Dimitri Patzold | Goaltender | Kölner Haie (DEL) | |
| 5 | 140 | Tomas Plihal | Left wing | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (Czech Republic) | |
| 6 | 175 | Ryane Clowe | Left wing | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) | |
| 6 | 182 | Tom Cavanagh | Center | Harvard University (NCAA) |
Notes
References
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