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2001–02 Ottawa Senators season

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Division
  
3rd Northeast

2001–02 record
  
39–27–9–7

Road record
  
18–14–6–3

Conference
  
7th Eastern

Home record
  
21–13–3–4

Goals for
  
243

The 2001–02 Ottawa Senators season saw the Senators place third in the Northeast Division, with 94 points. In the playoffs, they upset the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, limiting the Flyers' high-powered offence to just two goals for the franchise's second playoff series win. This led to a second round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in which the Sens lost in a tense seven-game affair.

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Prior to the season, former captain Alexei Yashin was traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and the Islanders' first-round draft pick (second overall), which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. Chara and Muckalt would play for the Senators, while Spezza returned to junior.

Regular season

On November 13, 2001, the Senators defeated the Washington Capitals on the road by a score of 11–5. Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored a hat-trick in the game. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since February 3, 1999, when the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home by a score of 10–1. It was also the first time in modern franchise history that the Senators had scored ten goals in a regular-season game.

Final standings

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.

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

In the first round, Ottawa was matched against the Philadelphia Flyers, who were favoured. After the Flyers won the first game, the Senators won the next four. Patrick Lalime would record three consecutive shutouts in games two through four. The Senators won the series by winning the fifth game in overtime, in Philadelphia.

Conference Quarter-final

Ottawa Senators win series 4 games to 1

The Senators would go against the Toronto Maple Leafs for the third consecutive season in the playoffs. The teams would take turns winning games and the series would go seven games, with the deciding game won in Toronto by the Maple Leafs.

Eastern Conference Semi-final

Toronto Maple Leafs win series 4 games to 3

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

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;

Awards and records

  • Molson Cup - Daniel Alfredsson
  • Waivers

    Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 189. 

    Roster

    Sources:

  • "NHL.com - Player Search". NHL. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  • Draft picks

    Ottawa's draft picks from the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held on June 23 and 24, 2001, at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.

    Farm teams

  • Grand Rapids Griffins (American Hockey League)
  • Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)
  • References

    2001–02 Ottawa Senators season Wikipedia