2001–02 Buffalo Sabres | |
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Division | 5th Northeast |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
2001–02 record | 35–35–11–1 |
Home record | 20–16–5–0 |
Road record | 15–19–6–1 |
Goals for | 213 |
Goals against | 200 |
Team information | |
General manager | Darcy Regier |
Coach | Lindy Ruff |
Captain | Stu Barnes |
Alternate captains | Rob Ray Jason Woolley |
Arena | HSBC Arena |
Average attendance | 17,206 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Rochester Americans South Carolina Stingrays |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Miroslav Satan (37) |
Assists | Miroslav Satan (36) |
Points | Miroslav Satan (73) |
Penalty minutes | Rob Ray (200) |
Plus/minus | Jay McKee (+18) |
Wins | Martin Biron (31) |
Goals against average | Martin Biron (2.22) |
The 2001-02 Buffalo Sabres season was the 32nd for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. [1] The Sabres finished in 5th place in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1996.
The Sabres traded both of their stars, Mike Peca, their former captain and Dominik Hasek in the offseason. Peca was sent to the Islanders for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt. Forward Stu Barnes was named team captain. [2]
On October 7, 2001 the Sabres played the New York Rangers in the first pro sports game played in Manhattan after the September 11 attacks. In the game both teams wore special one time jerseys with "New York" written diagonally on the front of the jersey. The jerseys were later auctioned off to raise money for the 9/11 victims fund. The Sabres lost the game 5–4 in overtime. [3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 236 | 201 | 101 |
2 | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 249 | 207 | 100 |
3 | 7 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 243 | 208 | 94 |
4 | 8 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 207 | 209 | 87 |
5 | 10 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 200 | 82 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 5–6–1–1 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 1–2–0–1)
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November: 6–7–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–5–0–0)
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December: 4–7–2–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
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January: 7–5–1–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 4–3–1–0)
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February: 1–2–2–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 0–2–1–0)
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March: 8–7–2–0 (home: 4–4–0–0; road: 4–3–2–0)
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April: 4–1–2–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 2–0–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 82 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 14 | 33 |
41 | Stu Barnes | C | 68 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 6 | 26 |
18 | Tim Connolly | C | 82 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 4 | 34 |
17 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | 76 | 23 | 21 | 44 | −10 | 42 |
61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 81 | 21 | 19 | 40 | −9 | 69 |
77 | Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 0 | 75 |
37 | Curtis Brown | C | 82 | 20 | 17 | 37 | −4 | 32 |
44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 82 | 1 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 80 |
5 | Jason Woolley | D | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −6 | 34 |
25 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 76 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 82 |
13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 38 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 16 |
24 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 35 |
9 | Erik Rasmussen | LW | 69 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −1 | 34 |
3 | James Patrick | D | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 58 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −6 | 26 |
74 | Jay McKee | D | 81 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 43 |
4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 65 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 113 |
42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −9 | 22 |
55 | Denis Hamel | LW | 61 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 28 |
51 | Brian Campbell | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
26 | Eric Boulton | LW | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 129 |
32 | Rob Ray | RW | 71 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 200 |
12 [lower-alpha 1] | Ales Kotalik | RW | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
43 | Martin Biron | G | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
29 | Bob Corkum † | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
19 | Norm Milley | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Bob Essensa | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
35 | Mika Noronen | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
43 | Martin Biron | 72 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 1781 | 151 | 2.22 | .915 | 4 | 4085 |
35 | Mika Noronen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 217 | 23 | 2.66 | .894 | 0 | 518 |
31 | Bob Essensa | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 17 | 2.91 | .850 | 0 | 350 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Alexei Zhitnik | [6] |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Tim Connolly | [7] |
The Sabres 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. [8]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2001 8th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001 | To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2001 | [8] |
June 24, 2001 | To Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly Taylor Pyatt | To New York Islanders Rights to Michael Peca | [9] |
June 30, 2001 | To Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov 1st-round pick in 2002 Future considerations | To Detroit Red Wings Dominik Hasek | [10] |
March 19, 2002 | To Buffalo Sabres Bob Corkum | To Atlanta Thrashers 5th-round pick in 2002 | [11] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2001 | Christian Matte | Minnesota Wild | Free agency | [12] | |
August 3, 2001 | Bob Essensa | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency | [13] | |
August 9, 2001 | Tom Askey | Rochester Americans (AHL) | Free agency | [14] | |
Mario Larocque | Tampa Bay Lightning | Free agency | [14] | ||
August 14, 2001 | Rory Fitzpatrick | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [15] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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N/A | Vladimir Tsyplakov | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | Free agency (III) | [17] |
July 2, 2001 | Donald Audette | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [18] |
July 4, 2001 | Steve Heinze | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (III) | [19] |
July 13, 2001 | Dave Andreychuk | Tampa Bay Lightning | Free agency (III) | [20] |
August 23, 2001 | Jason Holland | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (VI) | [21] |
October 6, 2001 | Doug Gilmour | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (III) | [22] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 26, 2001 | Stu Barnes | 1-year | Option exercised | [23] |
James Patrick | 1-year | Re-signing | [23] | |
June 28, 2001 | Richard Smehlik | 1-year | Option exercised | [24] |
Vaclav Varada | 1-year | Option exercised | [24] | |
June 30, 2001 | Dominik Hasek | 1-year | Option exercised | [10] |
July 3, 2001 | Rob Ray | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] |
July 16, 2001 | Ales Kotalik | Entry-level | [26] | |
Henrik Tallinder | Entry-level | [26] | ||
July 23, 2001 | Doug Janik | Entry-level | [27] | |
July 30, 2001 | Chris Taylor | multi-year | Re-signing | [28] |
July 31, 2001 | Rhett Warrener | 1-year | Re-signing | [29] |
August 2, 2001 | Doug Houda | Re-signing | [12] | |
August 8, 2001 | Miroslav Satan | 2-year | Arbitration award | [30] |
August 20, 2001 | Eric Boulton | multi-year | Re-signing | [31] |
September 6, 2001 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | 3-year | Re-signing | [32] |
September 7, 2001 | Denis Hamel | 2-year | Re-signing | [33] |
September 11, 2001 | Alexei Zhitnik | 2-year [lower-alpha 3] | Re-signing | [34] |
October 2, 2001 | Erik Rasmussen | 2-year [lower-alpha 4] | Re-signing | [35] |
January 15, 2002 | Stu Barnes | 3-year | Extension | [36] |
June 1, 2002 | Paul Gaustad | 3-year | Entry-level | [37] |
Sean McMorrow | 3-year | Entry-level | [37] |
Buffalo's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida. [38]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 22 | Jiri Novotny | ![]() | HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic) |
2 | 32 | Derek Roy | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
2 | 50 | Chris Thorburn | ![]() | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
2 | 55 | Jason Pominville | ![]() | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
5 | 155 | Michal Vondrka | ![]() | HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic) |
8 | 234 | Carl Aslund | ![]() | Huddinge IK (Sweden) |
8 | 247 | Marek Dubec | ![]() | Vsetín HC (Czech Republic) |
9 | 279 | Ryan Jorde | ![]() | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
The 2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season was the franchise's 29th season, 22nd in the National Hockey League, and sixth as the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche won their second Stanley Cup by defeating the defending champion New Jersey Devils 4–3 in the Finals. Ray Bourque would be the first and only NHL player to hoist the Stanley Cup prior to the team captain when Joe Sakic handed it to him out of respect for the future Hall of Famer in what proved to be his final game.
The 2002–03 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 94th season of play. Facing numerous challenges throughout the season including a coaching change, the team did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the National Hockey League. Los Angeles hosted the 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game, which took place on February 2, 2002.
The 2001–02 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's seventh season. At the end of the regular season, Patrick Roy had a goals against average (GAA) of 1.94 and a save percentage of .925. For his efforts, Roy earned the William M. Jennings Trophy and was a First Team All-Star for the fourth time in his career. The Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings in the first round in seven games, then San Jose in the second round in seven games, but lost to the higher-seeded Detroit Red Wings in seven games after being up 3–2 in the series and lost game 7, 7–0, against Detroit. Until the 2021–22 season, this remained the last season in which the Avalanche made it past the second round of the playoffs, and in advance, played in the Western Conference Finals.
The 2001–02 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 23rd season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off a 39–28–12–3 record in 2000–01, earning 93 points, the highest point total the Oilers had achieved since the 1987–88 season, when they earned 99 points. The Oilers would meet the Dallas Stars in the opening round of the playoffs, and lose in six games.
The 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 85th season as a franchise, and the 75th season as the Maple Leafs. They finished second in the Northeast Division with a record of 43–25–10–4 for 100 points. Qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, they downed the New York Islanders in seven games in the Conference Quarterfinals and the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Conference Semifinals. However, their luck ran out in the Conference Finals, as they were eliminated by the Carolina Hurricanes in six games. This marks the last time the Maple Leafs advanced to the Conference finals.
The 2002–03 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the team's 86th season of the franchise, and the 76th season as the Maple Leafs.
The 2001–02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the Ducks' ninth season in the National Hockey League. For the third straight year, the Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The 2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season was the 31st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres finished with a 46–30–5–1 record in the regular season, and won the Conference Quarterfinals (4–2) over the Philadelphia Flyers, but lost the Conference Semifinals (4–3) to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was also the final time they made the playoffs before the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
The 2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fourth season. The Thrashers placed third in the Southeast, and eleventh in the East to miss the playoffs.
The 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' third season of competition. For the second time in three seasons, the team finished the season with the worst record in the whole NHL, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
The 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season was the team's second season of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers finished fourth in the Southeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
The 2002–03 Buffalo Sabres season was the 33rd season of operation for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for a second consecutive season. The 72 points accumulated in the regular season was the lowest total for the franchise since the 1986–87 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.
The 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League and fourth as the Hurricanes.
The 2001–02 Minnesota Wild season was the team's second season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second straight season, finishing last in the Northwest Division.
The 2001–02 New York Islanders season was the 30th season of the professional ice hockey team. This season saw the Islanders finish in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 42 wins, 28 losses, eight ties and four overtime losses for 96 points. They qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994 as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, but lost their first-round playoff series to the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.
The 2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 35th year in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins finished the year with a sub-.500 points percentage and failed to qualify for the playoffs, both for the first time since 1989–90. This was the Penguins' last season with the "RoboPenguin" logo introduced during the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins season. The Penguins reverted to using their original skating penguin logo afterwards.
The 2002–03 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 5th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.
The 2001–02 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
Buffalo Sabres -- Signed goaltender Tom Askey and defenseman Mario Larocque.
Buffalo Sabres signed defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Signed D Jason Holland.
BUFFALO SABRES--Agreed to terms with C Chris Taylor on a multiyear contract.
Buffalo Sabres -- Agreed to terms with left wing Eric Boulton.