2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 76th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Finishing fifth in the Western Conference, they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1996–97 season. They would be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the St. Louis Blues.

2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
2001–02 record	41–27–13–1
Goals for	216
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Tony Amonte
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	15,568 (75.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Daze (38)
Assists	Michael Nylander (46)
Points	Eric Daze (70)
Penalty minutes	Bob Probert (176)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (33)
Goals against average	Steve Passmore (2.26)

Regular season

The Blackhawks allowed the fewest short-handed goals in the League during the regular season, with just two.[1]

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 4, 2001	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 6, 2001	0–4	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	1–1–0–0
3	L	October 9, 2001	0–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	1–2–0–0
4	W	October 11, 2001	3–0	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	2–2–0–0
5	L	October 12, 2001	4–6	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	2–3–0–0
6	T	October 14, 2001	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	2–3–1–0
7	W	October 18, 2001	5–3	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	3–3–1–0
8	T	October 20, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	3–3–2–0
9	W	October 21, 2001	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	4–3–2–0
10	W	October 23, 2001	6–3	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	5–3–2–0
11	W	October 25, 2001	4–2	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	6–3–2–0
12	T	October 28, 2001	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	6–3–3–0
13	W	October 30, 2001	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	7–3–3–0
14	W	November 1, 2001	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	8–3–3–0
15	L	November 2, 2001	2–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	8–4–3–0
16	W	November 4, 2001	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	9–4–3–0
17	W	November 6, 2001	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	10–4–3–0
18	W	November 9, 2001	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	11–4–3–0
19	W	November 11, 2001	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	12–4–3–0
20	L	November 13, 2001	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	12–5–3–0
21	T	November 15, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	12–5–4–0
22	L	November 16, 2001	1–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	12–6–4–0
23	L	November 21, 2001	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	12–7–4–0
24	T	November 23, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	12–7–5–0
25	T	November 25, 2001	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	12–7–6–0
26	T	November 28, 2001	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	12–7–7–0
27	L	November 30, 2001	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	12–8–7–0
28	L	December 1, 2001	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	12–9–7–0
29	W	December 3, 2001	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	13–9–7–0
30	W	December 5, 2001	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	14–9–7–0
31	W	December 7, 2001	4–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	15–9–7–0
32	L	December 9, 2001	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	15–10–7–0
33	T	December 12, 2001	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	15–10–8–0
34	W	December 14, 2001	3–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	16–10–8–0
35	L	December 15, 2001	2–5	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	16–11–8–0
36	W	December 17, 2001	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	17–11–8–0
37	W	December 19, 2001	6–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	18–11–8–0
38	W	December 21, 2001	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	19–11–8–0
39	L	December 23, 2001	0–5	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	19–12–8–0
40	W	December 26, 2001	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	20–12–8–0
41	W	December 27, 2001	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	21–12–8–0
42	W	December 30, 2001	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	22–12–8–0
43	W	December 31, 2001	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	23–12–8–0
44	W	January 4, 2002	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	24–12–8–0
45	W	January 6, 2002	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	25–12–8–0
46	L	January 9, 2002	3–7	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	25–13–8–0
47	W	January 10, 2002	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	26–13–8–0
48	L	January 12, 2002	4–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	26–14–8–0
49	W	January 14, 2002	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	27–14–8–0
50	W	January 16, 2002	3–0	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	28–14–8–0
51	T	January 18, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	28–14–9–0
52	W	January 20, 2002	3–2	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	29–14–9–0
53	L	January 23, 2002	1–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	29–15–9–0
54	W	January 25, 2002	2–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	30–15–9–0
55	L	January 28, 2002	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	30–16–9–0
56	L	January 30, 2002	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	30–17–9–0
57	W	February 6, 2002	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	31–17–9–0
58	L	February 8, 2002	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	31–18–9–0
59	W	February 9, 2002	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	32–18–9–0
60	W	February 13, 2002	5–4	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	33–18–9–0
61	L	February 26, 2002	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	33–19–9–0
62	L	February 27, 2002	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	33–20–9–0
63	W	March 3, 2002	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	34–20–9–0
64	OTL	March 5, 2002	1–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	34–20–9–1
65	W	March 7, 2002	5–1	New York Rangers (2001–02)	35–20–9–1
66	L	March 11, 2002	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	35–21–9–1
67	L	March 12, 2002	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	35–22–9–1
68	T	March 15, 2002	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	35–22–10–1
69	T	March 16, 2002	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	35–22–11–1
70	T	March 18, 2002	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	35–22–12–1
71	L	March 20, 2002	1–3	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	35–23–12–1
72	W	March 24, 2002	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	36–23–12–1
73	W	March 27, 2002	4–1	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	37–23–12–1
74	W	March 29, 2002	3–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	38–23–12–1
75	W	March 31, 2002	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	39–23–12–1
76	L	April 3, 2002	1–3	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	39–24–12–1
77	L	April 5, 2002	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	39–25–12–1
78	W	April 7, 2002	3–2	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	40–25–12–1
79	L	April 9, 2002	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	40–26–12–1
80	T	April 10, 2002	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	40–26–13–1
81	L	April 12, 2002	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	40–27–13–1
82	W	April 14, 2002	2–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	41–27–13–1

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Chicago Blackhawks

April 18

Chicago Blackhawks

2–1

St. Louis Blues

Savvis Center

April 20

Chicago Blackhawks

0–2

St. Louis Blues

Savvis Center

April 21

St. Louis Blues

4–0

Chicago Blackhawks

United Center

April 23

St. Louis Blues

1–0

Chicago Blackhawks

United Center

April 25

Chicago Blackhawks

3–5

St. Louis Blues

Savvis Center

St. Louis won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Eric Daze	RW	82	38	32	70	36	17	12	0	5
Alex Zhamnov	C	77	22	45	67	67	8	6	0	3
Tony Amonte	RW	82	27	39	66	67	11	6	1	4
Michael Nylander	C	82	15	46	61	50	28	6	0	2
Steve Sullivan	RW	78	21	39	60	67	23	3	0	8
Kyle Calder	LW	81	17	36	53	47	8	6	0	3
Phil Housley	D	80	15	24	39	34	-3	8	0	6
Igor Korolev	C	82	9	20	29	20	-5	0	1	1
Mark Bell	C	80	12	16	28	124	-6	1	0	1
Jon Klemm	D	82	4	16	20	42	-3	2	0	1
Boris Mironov	D	64	4	14	18	68	15	0	0	1
Steve Thomas	LW	34	11	4	15	17	0	3	0	0
Jaroslav Spacek	D	60	3	10	13	29	5	0	0	1
Alexander Karpovtsev	D	65	1	9	10	40	10	0	1	0
Steve Poapst	D	56	1	7	8	30	6	0	0	0
Mike Peluso	RW	37	4	2	6	19	-3	0	0	1
Peter White	C	48	3	3	6	10	-8	1	0	1
Tyler Arnason	C	21	3	1	4	4	-3	0	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	15	1	3	4	6	-3	0	1	0
Bob Probert	LW	61	1	3	4	176	-9	0	0	1
Ryan VandenBussche	RW	50	1	2	3	103	-10	0	0	0
Chris McAlpine	D	40	0	3	3	36	8	0	0	0
Jim Campbell	RW	9	1	1	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	12	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	17	0	2	2	28	2	0	0	0
Pascal Rheaume	C	19	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	36	1	0	1	76	-2	0	0	1
Steve Dubinsky	C	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1
Matt Henderson	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Steve Passmore	G	23	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Casey Hankinson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Steve McCarthy	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Jocelyn Thibault	G	67	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Jocelyn Thibault	3838	67	33	23	9	159	2.49	6	1626	1467	.902
Steve Passmore	1142	23	8	5	4	43	2.26	0	446	403	.904
Team:	4980	82	41	28	13	202	2.43	6	2072	1870	.903

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Michael Nylander	C	5	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0
Kyle Calder	LW	5	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Steve Thomas	LW	5	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Alexander Karpovtsev	D	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Steve Sullivan	RW	5	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Tony Amonte	RW	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Phil Housley	D	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Jon Klemm	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Igor Korolev	C	5	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	4	0	1	1	25	-1	0	0	0
Tyler Arnason	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mark Bell	C	5	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0
Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Eric Daze	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	4	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Chris McAlpine	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boris Mironov	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Passmore	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Poapst	D	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Bob Probert	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jocelyn Thibault	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan VandenBussche	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Zhamnov	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Jocelyn Thibault	159	3	1	2	7	2.64	0	77	70	.909
Steve Passmore	138	3	0	2	6	2.61	0	62	56	.903
Team:	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	139	126	.906

[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Chicago'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)
1	9	Tuomo Ruutu	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
1	29	Adam Munro	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	59	Matt Keith	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	73	Craig Anderson	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	104	Brent MacLellan	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
4	115	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Khabarovsk (Russia)
4	119	Alexei Zotkin	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
5	142	Tommi Jaminki	Finland	Blues (Finland)
6	174	Alexander Golovin	Russia	Avangard Omsk-2 (Russia)
6	186	Petr Puncochar	Czech Republic	HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
7	205	Teemu Jaaskelainen	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
7	216	Oleg Minakov	Canada	Kristall Elektrostal (Russia)
9	268	Jeff Miles	Canada	University of Vermont (ECAC)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
2. "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

• "2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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