2001–02 NHL season facts for kids

The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.

The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon behind each net.

For the second time in three seasons, no player reached the 100-point plateau.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

The Stanley Cup

Note: All dates in 2002.

NHL Awards

The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.

All-Star teams

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001–02 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):

• Ilya Bryzgalov, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Dany Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
• Ales Kotalik, Buffalo Sabres
• Henrik Tallinder, Buffalo Sabres
• Erik Cole, Carolina Hurricanes
• Tyler Arnason, Chicago Blackhawks
• Radim Vrbata, Colorado Avalanche
• Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
• Sean Avery, Detroit Red Wings
• Kristian Huselius, Florida Panthers
• Stephen Weiss, Florida Panthers
• Nick Schultz, Minnesota Wild
• Martin Erat, Nashville Predators
• Brian Gionta, New Jersey Devils
• Raffi Torres, New York Islanders
• Trent Hunter*, New York Islanders
• Chris Neil, Ottawa Senators
• Vesa Toskala, San Jose Sharks
• Barret Jackman, St. Louis Blues
• Alex Auld, Vancouver Canucks

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001–02 (listed with their last team):

• Jeff Norton, Boston Bruins
• Bob Essensa, Buffalo Sabres
• Mike Vernon, Calgary Flames
• Bob Probert, Chicago Blackhawks
• John MacLean, Dallas Stars
• Pat Verbeek, Dallas Stars
• Dave Manson, Dallas Stars
• Steve Duchesne, Detroit Red Wings
• John Vanbiesbrouck, New Jersey Devils
• Valeri Kamensky, New Jersey Devils
• Stephane Richer, New Jersey Devils
• Kevin Stevens, Philadelphia Flyers
• Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
• Gary Suter, San Jose Sharks
• Ray Ferraro, St. Louis Blues
• Grant Ledyard, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Dmitri Khristich, Washington Capitals
• Benoit Hogue, Washington Capitals