2001–02 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2001–02 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 32nd in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2001–02 Vancouver Canucks
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	8th Western
2001–02 record	42–30–7–3
Goals for	254
Goals against	211
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Arena	General Motors Place
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (40)
Assists	Markus Naslund (50)
Points	Markus Naslund (90)
Penalty minutes	Matt Cooke (111)
Wins	Dan Cloutier (31)
Goals against average	Alex Auld (2.00)

Regular season

The Canucks led the NHL in scoring, with 254 goals for.[1]

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
2	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
3	9	Edmonton Oilers	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
5	12	Minnesota Wild	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73

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	L	October 4, 2001	4–5	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 6, 2001	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	0–2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 2001	4–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	0–3–0–0
4	W	October 11, 2001	4–1	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	1–3–0–0
5	W	October 13, 2001	4–0	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	2–3–0–0
6	T	October 16, 2001	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	2–3–1–0
7	L	October 18, 2001	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	2–4–1–0
8	L	October 20, 2001	2–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	2–5–1–0
9	L	October 21, 2001	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	2–6–1–0
10	W	October 23, 2001	4–2	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	3–6–1–0
11	L	October 25, 2001	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	3–7–1–0
12	L	October 27, 2001	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	3–8–1–0
13	W	October 30, 2001	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	4–8–1–0
14	W	November 1, 2001	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	5–8–1–0
15	L	November 3, 2001	1–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	5–9–1–0
16	W	November 6, 2001	3–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	6–9–1–0
17	L	November 8, 2001	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	6–10–1–0
18	L	November 9, 2001	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	6–11–1–0
19	W	November 11, 2001	5–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	7–11–1–0
20	W	November 13, 2001	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	8–11–1–0
21	W	November 15, 2001	2–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	9–11–1–0
22	T	November 17, 2001	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	9–11–2–0
23	L	November 20, 2001	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	9–12–2–0
24	W	November 21, 2001	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	10–12–2–0
25	L	November 23, 2001	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	10–13–2–0
26	W	November 25, 2001	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	11–13–2–0
27	L	November 27, 2001	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	11–14–2–0
28	T	November 28, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	11–14–3–0
29	L	November 30, 2001	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	11–15–3–0
30	L	December 2, 2001	2–4	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	11–16–3–0
31	W	December 6, 2001	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	12–16–3–0
32	L	December 8, 2001	3–5	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	12–17–3–0
33	T	December 10, 2001	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	12–17–4–0
34	W	December 12, 2001	1–0 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	13–17–4–0
35	L	December 13, 2001	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	13–18–4–0
36	W	December 15, 2001	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	14–18–4–0
37	L	December 19, 2001	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	14–19–4–0
38	L	December 20, 2001	2–6	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	14–20–4–0
39	L	December 22, 2001	1–2	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	14–21–4–0
40	W	December 27, 2001	4–2	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	15–21–4–0
41	W	December 29, 2001	4–2	New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	16–21–4–0
42	L	December 31, 2001	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	16–22–4–0
43	W	January 3, 2002	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	17–22–4–0
44	W	January 5, 2002	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	18–22–4–0
45	L	January 8, 2002	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	18–23–4–0
46	OTL	January 9, 2002	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	18–23–4–1
47	W	January 12, 2002	7–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	19–23–4–1
48	W	January 15, 2002	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	20–23–4–1
49	L	January 17, 2002	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	20–24–4–1
50	W	January 19, 2002	5–1	@ Washington Capitals (2001–02)	21–24–4–1
51	W	January 21, 2002	7–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	22–24–4–1
52	W	January 23, 2002	4–2	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	23–24–4–1
53	W	January 25, 2002	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	24–24–4–1
54	W	January 26, 2002	2–0	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	25–24–4–1
55	W	January 28, 2002	5–1	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	26–24–4–1
56	T	January 30, 2002	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	26–24–5–1
57	W	February 4, 2002	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	27–24–5–1
58	W	February 8, 2002	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	28–24–5–1
59	L	February 9, 2002	3–4	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	28–25–5–1
60	OTL	February 12, 2002	1–2 OT	Boston Bruins (2001–02)	28–25–5–2
61	T	February 26, 2002	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	28–25–6–2
62	OTL	February 28, 2002	3–4 OT	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	28–25–6–3
63	W	March 2, 2002	6–3	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	29–25–6–3
64	L	March 7, 2002	1–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	29–26–6–3
65	L	March 9, 2002	0–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	29–27–6–3
66	L	March 10, 2002	4–7	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	29–28–6–3
67	W	March 12, 2002	5–0	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	30–28–6–3
68	W	March 14, 2002	5–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	31–28–6–3
69	W	March 16, 2002	4–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	32–28–6–3
70	W	March 17, 2002	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	33–28–6–3
71	W	March 19, 2002	3–1	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	34–28–6–3
72	L	March 21, 2002	2–3	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	34–29–6–3
73	L	March 24, 2002	0–2	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	34–30–6–3
74	W	March 26, 2002	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	35–30–6–3
75	W	March 28, 2002	4–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	36–30–6–3
76	W	March 30, 2002	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	37–30–6–3
77	T	April 2, 2002	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	37–30–7–3
78	W	April 5, 2002	5–4 OT	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	38–30–7–3
79	W	April 7, 2002	4–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	39–30–7–3
80	W	April 9, 2002	2–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	40–30–7–3
81	W	April 11, 2002	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (2001–02)	41–30–7–3
82	W	April 13, 2002	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	42–30–7–3

Roster

• Bryan Allen
• Murray Baron
• Drake Berehowsky
• Todd Bertuzzi
• Donald Brashear
• Mike Brown
• Andrew Cassels
• Artem Chubarov
• Dan Cloutier
• Matt Cooke
• Harold Druken
• Bryan Helmer
• Ed Jovanovski
• Steve Kariya
• Trent Klatt
• Scott Lachance
• Marcus Naslund
• Mattias Ohlund
• Denis Pederson
• Jarkko Ruutu
• Daniel Sedin
• Henrik Sedin
• Peter Skudra
• Brent Sopel
• Jason Strudwick

Draft picks

Vancouver'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	16	R. J. Umberger	United States	Ohio State University (CCHA)
3	66	Fedor Fedorov	Russia	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	114	Evgeny Gladskikh	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
5	151	Kevin Bieksa	Canada	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
7	212	Jason King	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	245	Konstantin Mikhailov	Russia	Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik (Russia)

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.

• "2001–02 Vancouver Canucks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links