2001-02 Chicago Blackhawks season

2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
2001–02 record	41–27–13
Goals for	216
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Tony Amonte
Arena	United Center
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Daze (38)
Assists	Michael Nylander (46)
Points	Eric Daze (70)
Penalty minutes	Bob Probert (176)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (33)
Goals against average	Steve Passmore (2.26)

The 2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' seventy-sixth season of operation. Finishing fifth in the Western Conference, they qualified for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
3	5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
4	14	Nashville Predators	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
5	15	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Daze, EricEric Daze	RW	82	38	32	70	36	17	12	0	5
Zhamnov, AlexAlex Zhamnov	C	77	22	45	67	67	8	6	0	3
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	RW	82	27	39	66	67	11	6	1	4
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	82	15	46	61	50	28	6	0	2
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	78	21	39	60	67	23	3	0	8
Calder, KyleKyle Calder	LW	81	17	36	53	47	8	6	0	3
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	80	15	24	39	34	-3	8	0	6
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	C	82	9	20	29	20	-5	0	1	1
Bell, MarkMark Bell	C	80	12	16	28	124	-6	1	0	1
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	82	4	16	20	42	-3	2	0	1
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov	D	64	4	14	18	68	15	0	0	1
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	34	11	4	15	17	0	3	0	0
Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek	D	60	3	10	13	29	5	0	0	1
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	D	65	1	9	10	40	10	0	1	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	56	1	7	8	30	6	0	0	0
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	RW	37	4	2	6	19	-3	0	0	1
White, PeterPeter White	C	48	3	3	6	10	-8	1	0	1
Arnason, TylerTyler Arnason	C	21	3	1	4	4	-3	0	0	0
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	15	1	3	4	6	-3	0	1	0
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	61	1	3	4	176	-9	0	0	1
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche	RW	50	1	2	3	103	-10	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	40	0	3	3	36	8	0	0	0
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	9	1	1	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Chebaturkin, VladimirVladimir Chebaturkin	D	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	12	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	17	0	2	2	28	2	0	0	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	19	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Downey, AaronAaron Downey	RW	36	1	0	1	76	-2	0	0	1
Dubinsky, SteveSteve Dubinsky	C	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1
Henderson, MattMatt Henderson	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	G	23	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Hankinson, CaseyCasey Hankinson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
McCarthy, SteveSteve McCarthy	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	67	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	3838	67	33	23	9	159	2.49	6	1626	1467	.902
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	1142	23	8	5	4	43	2.26	0	446	403	.904
Team:	4980	82	41	28	13	202	2.43	6	2072	1870	.903

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	5	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0
Calder, KyleKyle Calder	LW	5	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	5	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	D	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	5	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	RW	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	C	5	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	4	0	1	1	25	-1	0	0	0
Arnason, TylerTyler Arnason	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bell, MarkMark Bell	C	5	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0
Chebaturkin, VladimirVladimir Chebaturkin	D	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Daze, EricEric Daze	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Downey, AaronAaron Downey	RW	4	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zhamnov, AlexAlex Zhamnov	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	159	3	1	2	7	2.64	0	77	70	.909
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	138	3	0	2	6	2.61	0	62	56	.903
Team:	297	5	1	4	13	2.63	0	139	126	.906

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 Chicago Blackhawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.