2001–02 Minnesota Wild season

2001–02 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Northwest
2001–02 record	26–35–12
Goals for	195
Goals against	238
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Jim Dowd (Oct) Filip Kuba (Nov) Brad Brown (Dec-Jan) Andrew Brunette (Feb-Apr)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Gaborik (30)
Assists	Andrew Brunette (48)
Points	Andrew Brunette (69)
Penalty minutes	Matt Johnson (183)
Wins	Dwayne Roloson (14)
Goals against average	Derek Gustafson (0.00)

The 2001–02 Minnesota Wild season was the Wild' second season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild missed the playoffs, finishing last in the Northwest Division.

Regular season

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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette LW 81 21 48 69 18 -4 10 0 2 Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik RW 78 30 37 67 34 0 10 0 4 Dowd, JimJim Dowd C 82 13 30 43 54 -14 5 0 1 Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok C 73 19 20 39 28 -10 10 0 2 Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen LW 82 16 17 33 22 -5 0 0 1 Walz, WesWes Walz C 64 10 20 30 43 0 0 2 5 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis LW 76 15 12 27 16 -10 3 2 0 Park, RichardRichard Park RW 63 10 15 25 10 -1 2 1 2 Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson C 68 9 15 24 50 -22 2 2 1 Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 62 5 19 24 32 -6 3 0 1 Sekeras, LubomirLubomir Sekeras D 69 4 20 24 38 -7 4 0 1 Roest, StacyStacy Roest RW 58 10 11 21 8 -3 1 4 2 Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey C 71 6 11 17 38 -21 1 0 0 Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell D 68 3 10 13 68 -16 0 0 1 Marshall, JasonJason Marshall D 80 5 6 11 148 -8 1 0 0 Schultz, NickNick Schultz D 52 4 6 10 14 0 1 0 1 Benysek, LadislavLadislav Benysek D 74 1 7 8 28 -12 0 0 0 Sutton, AndyAndy Sutton D 19 2 4 6 35 -4 1 0 0 Domenichelli, HnatHnat Domenichelli LW 27 1 5 6 10 -5 0 0 0 Virta, TonyTony Virta RW 8 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 Bordeleau, SebastienSebastien Bordeleau C 14 1 4 5 8 -1 0 0 0 Johnson, MattMatt Johnson LW 60 4 0 4 183 -13 0 0 1 Brown, BradBrad Brown D 51 0 4 4 123 -11 0 0 0 Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir D 28 1 2 3 14 -6 1 0 0 Simicek, RomanRoman Simicek C 6 2 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 Krivokrasov, SergeiSergei Krivokrasov RW 9 1 1 2 17 -1 0 0 1 Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin LW 43 0 2 2 130 -11 0 0 0 Cullen, DavidDavid Cullen D 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez G 44 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Gustafson, DerekDerek Gustafson G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matteucci, MikeMike Matteucci D 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Roche, TravisTravis Roche D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson G 45 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson 2506 45 14 20 7 112 2.68 5 1132 1020 .901 Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez 2463 44 12 24 5 125 3.05 1 1157 1032 .892 Gustafson, DerekDerek Gustafson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 7 1.000 Team: 4995 82 26 44 12 237 2.85 6 2296 2059 .897

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

References

• 2001–02 Minnesota Wild Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.