2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season

2001–02 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
2001–02 record	40–27–11–4
Goals for	214
Goals against	190
Team information
General Manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
Arena	Staples Center
Team leaders
Goals	Zigmund Palffy (32)
Assists	Jason Allison (55)
Points	Jason Allison (74)
Penalties in minutes	Ian Laperriere (125)
Plus/minus	Craig Johnson (+14); Aaron Miller (+14)
Wins	Felix Potvin (31)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (1.90)

The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the NHL.

Offseason

NHL draft

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	18	Jens Karlsson	Sweden	Frolunda HC (Sweden)
1	30	Dave Steckel	United States	Ohio State University (NCAA)
2	49	Michael Cammalleri	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	51	Jaroslav Bednar	Czech Republic	HIFK (Finland)
3	83	Henrik Juntunen	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
4	116	Richard Petiot	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
5	152	Terry Denike	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
5	153	Tuukka Mantyla	Finland	Tappara (Finland)
7	214	Cristobal Huet	France	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
8	237	Mike Gabinet	Canada	University of Nebraska at Omaha (NCAA)
9	277	Sebastien Laplante	Canada	Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL)

Regular season

The Kings tied the Red Wings for most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 73, and had the best power-play percentage, at 20.68%.^[1]

All-Star game

The 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on February 2, 2002, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The final score was World 8, North America 5.

Season 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.

Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Round 1: Los Angeles vs. Colorado

April 18	Los Angeles Kings		3–4	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:51 – Alex Tanguay (1)
Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 10:52 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 14:20		Second period		04:22 – Steven Reinprecht (1)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 03:25		Third period		01:06 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 14:26 – Greg de Vries (1)
Felix Potvin 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots

April 20	Los Angeles Kings		3–5	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Adam Deadmarsh (1) – 07:23 Mikko Eloranta (1) – 13:13		First period		07:01 – Joe Sakic (2) 15:37 – pp – Joe Sakic (3)
Jason Allison (1) – 08:43		Second period		11:05 – Peter Forsberg (1) 16:45 – Steven Reinprecht (2)
No scoring		Third period		08:45 – Chris Drury (1)
Felix Potvin 33 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 28 saves / 31 shots

April 22	Colorado Avalanche		1–3	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
Brad Larsen (1) – 06:01		First period		00:19 – Zigmund Palffy (3)
No scoring		Second period		00:43 – Jason Allison (2) 08:29 – Zigmund Palffy (4)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Felix Potvin 30 saves / 31 shots

April 23	Colorado Avalanche		1–0	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Steven Reinprecht (3) – 05:57		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 32 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Felix Potvin 24 saves / 25 shots

April 25	Los Angeles Kings		1–0	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Craig Johnson (1) – 02:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Felix Potvin 26 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 22 saves / 23 shots

April 27	Colorado Avalanche		1–3	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		01:21 – Jason Allison (3) 06:44 – Brad Chartrand (1)
Riku Hahl (1) – 09:37		Second period		06:19 – Bryan Smolinski (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Patrick Roy 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Felix Potvin 23 saves / 24 shots

April 29	Los Angeles Kings		0–4	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		05:08 – Chris Drury (2) 06:02 – Alex Tanguay (2) 17:32 – Steven Reinprecht (4)
No scoring		Third period		16:47 – en – Adam Foote (1)
Felix Potvin 23 saves / 26 shots Jamie Storr 0 saves / 0 shots		Goalie stats		Patrick Roy 23 saves / 23 shots

Colorado won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jason Allison	C	73	19	55	74	68	2	5	0	2
Adam Deadmarsh	RW	76	29	33	62	71	8	12	0	5
Zigmund Palffy	RW	63	32	27	59	26	5	15	1	6
Jaroslav Modry	D	80	4	38	42	65	-4	4	0	0
Bryan Smolinski	C	80	13	25	38	56	7	4	1	0
Steve Heinze	RW	73	15	16	31	46	-15	8	0	4
Philippe Boucher	D	80	7	23	30	94	0	4	0	2
Mathieu Schneider	D	55	7	23	30	68	3	4	0	0
Craig Johnson	LW	72	13	14	27	24	14	4	1	3
Eric Belanger	C	53	8	16	24	21	2	2	1	1
Ian Laperriere	RW	81	8	14	22	125	5	0	0	3
Lubomir Visnovsky	D	72	4	17	21	14	-5	1	0	2
Mikko Eloranta	LW	71	9	9	18	54	0	1	0	2
Aaron Miller	D	74	5	12	17	54	14	0	1	3
Brad Chartrand	C	46	7	9	16	40	5	0	0	1
Kelly Buchberger	RW	74	6	7	13	105	-13	0	0	1
Glen Murray	RW	9	6	5	11	0	5	4	0	2
Mattias Norstrom	D	79	2	9	11	38	-2	0	0	0
Nelson Emerson	RW	41	5	2	7	25	-8	0	0	1
Randy Robitaille	C	18	4	3	7	17	-9	2	0	0
Jaroslav Bednar	RW	22	4	2	6	8	-4	1	0	2
Andreas Lilja	D	26	1	4	5	22	3	1	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	14	1	4	5	8	0	1	0	0
Jozef Stumpel	C	9	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0
Ken Belanger	LW	43	2	0	2	85	-5	0	0	0
Adam Mair	C	18	1	1	2	57	1	0	0	0
Rob Valicevic	RW	17	1	1	2	8	-4	0	0	0
Jere Karalahti	D	30	0	1	1	29	-5	0	0	0
Steve Kelly	C	8	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Felix Potvin	G	71	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0
Kip Brennan	LW	4	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ryan Flinn	LW	10	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0
Jason Holland	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Jamie Storr	G	19	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Felix Potvin	4071	71	31	27	8	157	2.31	6	1686	1529	.907
Jamie Storr	886	19	9	4	3	28	1.90	2	360	332	.922
Team:	4957	82	40	31	11	185	2.24	8	2046	1861	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Zigmund Palffy	RW	7	4	5	9	0	4	0	0
Jason Allison	C	7	3	3	6	4	2	0	1
Adam Deadmarsh	RW	4	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Craig Johnson	LW	7	1	2	3	2	3	0	1
Bryan Smolinski	C	7	2	0	2	2	-1	1	0
Brad Chartrand	C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
Mikko Eloranta	LW	7	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0
Jaroslav Modry	D	7	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Philippe Boucher	D	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0
Nelson Emerson	RW	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0
Ian Laperriere	RW	7	0	1	1	9	-5	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	4	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
Mathieu Schneider	D	7	0	1	1	18	-8	0	0
Lubomir Visnovsky	D	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jaroslav Bednar	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Belanger	C	7	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0
Kelly Buchberger	RW	7	0	0	0	7	-3	0	0
Steve Heinze	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Steve Kelly	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andreas Lilja	D	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0
Aaron Miller	D	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mattias Norstrom	D	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Felix Potvin	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Storr	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Felix Potvin	417	7	3	4	15	2.16	1	201	186	.925
Jamie Storr	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	418	7	3	4	15	2.15	1	201	186	.925

^[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

Kings on Hockey Database

↑ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2002.html
↑ "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "2001-02 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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[2] "2001-2002 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[3] "2001-02 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

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