2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes season

2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	2nd Pacific
2001–02 record	40–27–9–5
Goals for	228
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bobby Francis
Captain	Teppo Numminen
Arena	America West Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Briere (32)
Assists	Teppo Numminen (35)
Points	Daymond Langkow (62)
Penalty minutes	Todd Simpson (152)
Wins	Sean Burke (33)
Goals against average	Sean Burke (2.29)

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow	C	80	27	35	62	36	18	6	3	2
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	78	32	28	60	52	6	12	0	5
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	81	20	29	49	61	11	6	0	2
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	76	13	35	48	20	13	4	0	6
Handzus, MichalMichal Handzus	C	79	15	30	45	34	-8	3	1	1
Nagy, LadislavLadislav Nagy	LW	74	23	19	42	50	6	5	0	5
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	82	16	25	41	70	-5	4	1	3
Markov, DannyDanny Markov	D	72	6	30	36	67	-7	4	0	1
Johnson, MikeMike Johnson	RW	57	5	22	27	28	14	1	2	0
Mara, PaulPaul Mara	D	75	7	17	24	58	-6	2	0	0
Kolanos, KrysKrys Kolanos	C	57	11	11	22	48	6	0	0	5
May, BradBrad May	LW	72	10	12	22	95	11	1	0	3
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	47	7	12	19	46	4	1	0	0
Suchy, RadoslavRadoslav Suchy	D	81	4	13	17	10	25	1	0	0
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	LW	41	7	9	16	4	-1	1	0	4
Simpson, ToddTodd Simpson	D	67	2	13	15	152	20	0	0	0
Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen	D	76	2	12	14	74	6	0	1	0
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	30	6	6	12	8	1	2	0	2
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	30	6	3	9	51	7	0	0	0
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski	RW	33	2	6	8	4	2	0	0	0
Radivojevic, BrankoBranko Radivojevic	RW	18	4	2	6	4	1	0	0	1
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	D	32	1	4	5	42	5	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	42	1	2	3	16	-3	0	0	0
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	LW	18	0	3	3	8	-3	0	0	0
Pederson, DenisDenis Pederson	C/RW	19	1	1	2	20	-2	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	60	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Jaspers, JasonJason Jaspers	C	4	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Bordeleau, SebastienSebastien Bordeleau	C	6	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Bouck, TylerTyler Bouck	C	7	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Cullen, DavidDavid Cullen	D	14	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
DesRochers, PatrickPatrick DesRochers	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	G	22	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Focht, DanDan Focht	D	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Grenier, MartinMartin Grenier	D	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Hordichuk, DarcyDarcy Hordichuk	LW	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Safronov, KirillKirill Safronov	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Smith, WyattWyatt Smith	C	10	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Trudel, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Trudel	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	3587	60	33	21	6	137	2.29	5	1711	1574	.920
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	1145	22	6	10	2	52	2.72	1	533	481	.902
DesRochers, PatrickPatrick DesRochers	243	5	1	2	1	15	3.70	0	99	84	.848
Team:	4975	82	40	33	9	204	2.46	6	2343	2139	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	0
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	5	2	1	3	2	1	0	1
Johnson, MikeMike Johnson	RW	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Pederson, DenisDenis Pederson	C/RW	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Simpson, ToddTodd Simpson	D	5	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow	C	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Suchy, RadoslavRadoslav Suchy	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Focht, DanDan Focht	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Handzus, MichalMichal Handzus	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kolanos, KrysKrys Kolanos	C	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mara, PaulPaul Mara	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
May, BradBrad May	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nagy, LadislavLadislav Nagy	LW	5	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Radivojevic, BrankoBranko Radivojevic	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	133	120	.902
Team:	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	133	120	.902

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Transactions

Trades

July 1, 2001	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round pick in 2002 - Dan Spang 1st round pick in 2003 - Jeff Carter	To Phoenix Coyotes Daymond Langkow
December 28, 2001	To Vancouver Canucks Todd Warriner Trevor Letowski Tyler Bouck 3rd round pick in 2003 - Dimitri Pestunov	To Phoenix Coyotes Drake Berehowsky Denis Pederson
January 4, 2002	To Minnesota Wild David Cullen	To Phoenix Coyotes Sebastien Bordeleau
January 24, 2002	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2002 - Peter Hamerlik	To Phoenix Coyotes Andrei Nazarov
January 24, 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Berezin	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Savage 3rd round pick in 2002 - Matt Jones
March 19, 2002	To Atlanta Thrashers Kirill Safronov Ruslan Zainullin 4th round pick in 2002 - Pat Dwyer	To Phoenix Coyotes Darcy Hordichuk 4th round pick in 2002 - Lance Monych 5th round pick in 2002 - John Zeiler
June 12, 2002	To Philadelphia Flyers Michal Handzus Robert Esche	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Boucher 3rd round pick in 2002 - Joe Callahan

Free agents

Player Former Team Zac Bierk Minnesota Wild Player New Team Eric Healey Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Louie DeBrusk Quebec Citadelles (AHL) Francois Leroux Berlin Capitals (DEL) Philippe Audet AIK Hockey (SEL) Justin Hocking Manchester Storm (IHSL) Joel Bouchard Dallas Stars See also 2001–02 NHL season References 2001–02 Phoenix Coyotes Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.