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2001–02 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2001–02
year	2001
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	36–33–11–2
HomeRecord	21–12–6–2
RoadRecord	15–21–5–0
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	228
GoalsAgainst	240
GeneralManager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk
Brendan Witt
AltCaptain	Peter Bondra
Jaromir Jagr
Calle Johansson
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	17,341
MinorLeague	Portland Pirates
Richmond Renegades
GoalsLeader	Peter Bondra (39)
AssistsLeader	Adam Oates (57)
PointsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (79)
PIMLeader	Chris Simon (137)
PlusMinusLeader	Frantisek Kucera (+7)
WinsLeader	Olaf Kolzig (31)
GAALeader	Olaf Kolzig (2.79)

Brendan Witt Jaromir Jagr Calle Johansson Richmond Renegades The 2001–02 Washington Capitals season was the team's 28th season of play. The team finished second in the Southeast, but ninth overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.

Off-season

On September 27, Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt were named co-captains.

Regular season

The Caps tied the New Jersey Devils for fewest short-handed goals scored, with just 2.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 6, 2001||6–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 8, 2001||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 10, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 12, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||2–2–0–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||2–3–0–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||3–3–0–0 || |- |7||October 19, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||4–3–0–0 || |- |8||October 20, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||4–4–0–0 || |- |9||October 23, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||4–4–1–0 || |- |10||October 24, 2001||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||5–4–1–0 || |- |11||October 26, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||5–5–1–0 || |- |12||October 30, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||5–6–1–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
68	RW	69	31	48	79	0	30
12	RW	77	39	31	70	−2	80
77	C	66	11	57	68	−2	22
55	D	76	26	33	59	−1	58
10	LW	69	23	29	52	−5	8
9	C	71	17	26	43	5	38
13	C	80	13	23	36	−1	40
17	LW	82	14	17	31	−8	137
8	C	61	9	12	21	2	12
11	C	48	5	14	19	−9	29
20	C	33	1	16	17	3	6
2	D	68	8	8	16	4	38
3	D	70	3	11	14	−15	26
22	LW	28	2	12	14	−2	23
4	D	56	1	13	14	7	12
18	LW	61	7	3	10	−8	44
19	D	68	3	7	10	−1	78
36	C	38	5	3	8	−2	15
14	RW	65	0	7	7	−13	51
29	D	38	2	4	6	−7	41
24	D	49	1	4	5	3	56
51	RW	38	2	2	4	−1	85
58	D	36	1	3	4	−1	20
16	RW	16	1	2	3	−2	6
6	D	11	2	0	2	−4	8
40	D	11	1	0	1	3	4
23	RW	6	0	1	1	0	2
48	RW	8	0	1	1	−4	6
27	C	1	0	1	1	0	0
28	LW	4	0	1	1	−1	0
33	C	9	0	1	1	2	4
37	G	71	0	1	1		8
38	D	16	0	1	1	−2	14
23	C	24	0	1	1	−3	28
1	G	17	0	0	0		0
39	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
35	G	2	0	0	0		0
34	D	2	0	0	0	−3	0
46	RW	8	0	0	0	−1	0
57	D	4	0	0	0	1	4
41	C	7	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
37	Olaf Kolzig	71	31	29	8	1977	192	2.79	.903	6	4131
1	Craig Billington	17	4	5	3	295	36	3.04	.878	0	710
35	Sebastien Charpentier	2	1	1	0	78	5	2.46	.936	0	122

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Sergei Gonchar (Defense)
[NHL All-Star Game](2002-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Sergei Gonchar
Jaromir Jagr

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	400th goal scored	25th shutout
Brian Sutherby	October 6, 2001
Stephen Peat	October 8, 2001
Chris Corrinet	October 30, 2001
Mike Farrell	November 23, 2001
Jean-Francois Fortin	January 9, 2002
Todd Rohloff
Nolan Yonkman	January 14, 2002
Sebastien Charpentier	April 12, 2002
Peter Bondra	December 4, 2001
Olaf Kolzig	January 22, 2002

Transactions

The Capitals 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 Washington Capitals	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2001-02-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2001-02-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [New Jersey Devils](2001-02-new-jersey-devils-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Vancouver Canucks](2001-02-vancouver-canucks-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2001-02-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2001-02-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Dallas Stars](2001-02-dallas-stars-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Peter Ferraro
Glen Metropolit
Colin Forbes
Ivan Ciernik
Trent Whitfield
Benoit Hogue
Graham Mink

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Jamie Huscroft
Brantt Myhres
Jason Marshall	Minnesota Wild
Jeff Nelson	Schwenninger Wild Wings (DEL)
Stefan Ustorf	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
James Black	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Derek Bekar	Los Angeles Kings
Glen Metropolit	Tampa Bay Lightning
Steve Shirreffs	Reading Royals (ECHL)
Terry Yake	Essen Mosquitoes (DEL)
Trent Whitfield	New York Rangers
Frantisek Kucera	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Adam Oates
Ulf Dahlen
Todd Rohloff
Andrei Nikolishin
Trent Whitfield
Corey Hirsch
Dean Melanson
Sebastien Charpentier
Mark Murphy
Olaf Kolzig
Glen Metropolit
Brendan Witt
Jeff Halpern
Brian Sutherby
Jaromir Jagr
Sebastien Charpentier

Draft picks

Washington'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)
2	58	Nathan Paetsch	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3	90	Owen Fussey	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
4	125	Jeff Lucky	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	160	Artyom Ternavsky	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6	191	Zbynek Novak	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
7	221	Johnny Oduya	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	249	Matthew Maglione	Princeton University (NCAA)
8	254	Peter Polcik	HK Ardo Nitra (Slovakia)
9	275	Robert Muller	Adler Manheim (Germany)
9	284	Viktor Hubl	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

Notes

References

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