2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2001–02 record	27–40–11–4
Home record	16–17–5–3
Road record	11–23–6–1
Goals for	178
Goals against	219
Team information
General manager	Rick Dudley (Oct.–Feb.) Jay Feaster (Feb.–Apr.)
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Vincent Lecavalier Fredrik Modin Tim Taylor
Arena	Ice Palace
Average attendance	15,722
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Falcons Pensacola Ice Pilots
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Andreychuk (21)
Assists	Brad Richards (42)
Points	Brad Richards (62)
Penalty minutes	Dave Andreychuk (109)
Plus/minus	Martin St. Louis (+4)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (24)
Goals against average	Nikolai Khabibulin (2.36)
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Offseason

Regular season

On February 10, general manager Rick Dudley resigned and was replaced by assistant general manager Jay Feaster.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
2	9	Washington Capitals	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
4	14	Florida Panthers	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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.

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

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 Lightning only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Brad Richards	C	82	20	42	62	−18	13
20	Vaclav Prospal	C	81	18	37	55	−11	38
25	Dave Andreychuk	LW	82	21	17	38	−12	109
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	76	20	17	37	−18	61
26	Martin St. Louis	RW	53	16	19	35	4	20
7	Ben Clymer	RW	81	14	20	34	−10	36
13	Pavel Kubina	D	82	11	23	34	−22	106
33	Fredrik Modin	LW	54	14	17	31	0	27
22[a]	Dan Boyle†	D	41	5	15	20	−15	27
41	Jimmie Olvestad	LW	74	3	11	14	3	24
28[b]	Sheldon Keefe	RW	39	6	7	13	−11	16
5	Jassen Cullimore	D	78	4	9	13	−1	58
16	Juha Ylonen‡	C	65	3	10	13	−10	8
18	Zdeno Ciger†‡	LW	27	6	6	12	−12	10
21	Cory Sarich	D	72	0	11	11	−4	105
15	Nikita Alexeev	RW	44	4	4	8	−9	8
27	Tim Taylor	C	48	4	4	8	−2	25
2	Stan Neckar	D	77	1	7	8	−18	24
24[c]	Shane Willis†	RW	21	4	3	7	0	6
46	Martin Cibak	C	26	1	5	6	−6	8
3	Grant Ledyard	D	53	1	3	4	−5	12
11	Chris Dingman†	LW	14	0	4	4	−8	26
9	Brian Holzinger	C	23	1	2	3	−4	4
44	Nolan Pratt	D	46	0	3	3	−4	51
36	Andre Roy†	RW	9	1	1	2	−5	63
34	Gordie Dwyer	LW	26	0	2	2	−4	60
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	G	70	0	2	2		6
30	Andrei Zyuzin‡	D	9	0	2	2	−6	6
29	Dmitry Afanasenkov	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	0
36	Matthew Barnaby‡	RW	29	0	0	0	−7	70
43	Mathieu Biron	D	36	0	0	0	−16	12
55	Josef Boumedienne†	D	3	0	0	0	−1	4
6	Sascha Goc†	D	9	0	0	0	0	0
31	Dieter Kochan	G	5	0	0	0		0
11	Kristian Kudroc	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Glen Metropolit‡	C	2	0	0	0	−2	0
54	Gaetan Royer†	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	2
17[d]	Ryan Tobler	LW	4	0	0	0	−2	5
80	Kevin Weekes‡	G	19	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	70	24	32	10	1914	153	2.36	.920	7	3896
80	Kevin Weekes‡	19	3	9	0	470	40	2.89	.915	2	830
31	Dieter Kochan	5	0	3	1	129	16	4.05	.876	0	237

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Nikolai Khabibulin	[4]
	NHL Player of the Week	Nikolai Khabibulin (November 26)	[5]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Brad Richards	[6]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jimmie Olvestad	October 5, 2001	[7]
	Nikita Alexeev	October 7, 2001
	Ryan Tobler
	Martin Cibak	February 9, 2002
	Gaetan Royer	April 1, 2002
25th shutout	Nikolai Khabibulin	November 25, 2001	[8]
1,000th game played	Grant Ledyard	December 12, 2001	[9]

Transactions

The Lightning 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.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 18, 2001 (2001-06-18)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Juha Ylonen	To Phoenix Coyotes Todd Warriner	[11]
June 22, 2001 (2001-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mathieu Biron 2nd-round pick in 2002	To New York Islanders Adrian Aucoin Alexander Kharitonov	[12]
June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)	To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2002	[13]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey’s 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2001 Buffalo’s 7th-round pick in 2001	[13]
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2001 5th-round pick in 2001 7th-round pick in 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2002	[14]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2001 Buffalo’s 6th-round pick in 2001	To Los Angeles Kings Toronto’s 5th-round pick in 2001	[14]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Nolan Pratt	To Colorado Avalanche Los Angeles’ 6th-round pick in 2001	[14]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2002	[14]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2001	To Colorado Avalanche 9th-round pick in 2002	[14]
June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Tim Taylor[e]	To New York Rangers Nils Ekman Kyle Freadrich	[16]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal	To Florida Panthers Ryan Johnson 6th-round pick in 2003	[17]
November 9, 2001 (2001-11-09)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Josef Boumedienne Sascha Goc Rights to Anton But	To New Jersey Devils Andrei Zyuzin	[18]
December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdeno Ciger	To New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby	[19]
December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Harlan Pratt	To Carolina Hurricanes Kaspars Astashenko	[20]
January 7, 2002 (2002-01-07)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Boyle	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2003	[21]
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Dingman Shane Willis	To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Weekes	[22]
March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Andre Roy 6th-round pick in 2002	To Ottawa Senators Juha Ylonen	[23]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Dave Andreychuk	Buffalo Sabres		Free agency	[24]
	Grant Ledyard	Dallas Stars		Free agency	[24]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Ryan Tobler	New York Rangers		Free agency	[25]
September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)	Glen Metropolit	Washington Capitals		Waiver draft	[26]
October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)	Gaetan Royer	Saint John Flames (AHL)		Free agency	[27]
May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29)	Kevin Hodson	Montreal Canadiens	1-year[f]	Free agency	[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[g]	Ref
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)	Stan Drulia[h]		Free agency (UFA)	[29]
	Dale Rominski[i]		Free agency (UFA)	[29]
August 2, 2001 (2001-08-02)	Wade Flaherty	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	[32]
	Dan Kesa	Avangard Omsk (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	[33]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	John Emmons	Boston Bruins	Free agency (VI)	[34]
August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)	Mario Larocque	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12)	Marek Posmyk	HC Zlin (ELH)	Free agency (II)[j]	[37]
August 24, 2001 (2001-08-24)	Jason Podollan	New York Islanders	Free agency (VI)	[38]
October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)	Konstantin Kalmikov	Louisiana IceGators (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
October 20, 2001 (2001-10-20)	Glen Metropolit	Washington Capitals	Waivers	[40]
March 8, 2002 (2002-03-08)	Zdeno Ciger		Release	[41]
May 1, 2002 (2002-05-01)	Petr Svoboda		Retirement	[42]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09)	Brian Holzinger	multi-year	Re-signing	[43]
July 11, 2001 (2001-07-11)	Kevin Weekes	multi-year	Re-signing	[44]
July 12, 2001 (2001-07-12)	Michal Lanicek	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
	Alexander Polukeyev	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
	Marek Priechodsky	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
July 16, 2001 (2001-07-16)	Jimmie Olvestad	3-year	Entry-level	[46]
	Stan Neckar	multi-year	Re-signing	[46]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Nolan Pratt		Re-signing	[47]
July 26, 2001 (2001-07-26)	Gordie Dwyer		Re-signing	[48]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Andrei Zyuzin	multi-year	Re-signing	[49]
August 6, 2001 (2001-08-06)	Mike Jones		Re-signing	[50]
	Cory Sarich		Re-signing	[50]
August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21)	Mikko Kuparinen		Re-signing	[25]
October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	Vincent Lecavalier	multi-year	Re-signing	[51]
May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	Nolan Pratt	1-year	Option exercised	[52]
	Martin St. Louis	multi-year	Extension	[53]
May 29, 2002 (2002-05-29)	Brian Eklund	2-year	Entry-level	[28]
June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06)	Ryan Tobler	1-year	Option exercised	[54]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[55]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	3	Alexander Svitov	Russia	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
2	47	Alexander Polushin	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
2	61	Andreas Holmqvist	Sweden	Hammarby IF (Sweden)
3	94	Evgeny Artyukhin	Russia	HC Podolsk (Russia)
4	123	Aaron Lobb	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
5	138	Paul Lynch	United States	Valley Jr. Warriors (EJHL)
6	188	Art Femenella	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	219	Dennis Packard	United States	Harvard University (NCAA)
7	222	Jeremy Van Hoof	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8	252	Jean-Francois Soucy	Canada	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
8	259	Dmitri Bezrukov	Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9	261	Vitali Smolyaninov	Kazakhstan	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9	281	Ilya Solaryov	Kazakhstan	Molot-Prikamye Perm (Russia)
9	289	Henrik Bergfors	Sweden	Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Boyle wore number 29 in his first game.
2. Keefe wore number 42 in his first twelve games.
3. Willis wore number 14 in his first game.
4. Tobler wore number 18 in his first game.
5. The Rangers agreed to pay two-thirds of Taylor’s remaining salary on his contract.^[15]
6. Club option for a second year.
7. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
8. Drulia retired.^[30]
9. Rominski retired.^[31]
10. Tampa Bay retained Posmyk’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[36]

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