2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season
The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the National Hockey League. Los Angeles hosted the 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game, which took place on February 2, 2002.
2001–02 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 3rd Pacific |
Conference | 7th Western |
2001–02 record | 40–27–11–4 |
Home record | 22–12–6–1 |
Road record | 18–15–5–3 |
Goals for | 214 |
Goals against | 190 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dave Taylor |
Coach | Andy Murray Dave Tippett (interim) |
Captain | Mattias Norstrom |
Alternate captains | Kelly Buchberger Ian Laperriere Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski |
Arena | Staples Center |
Average attendance | 16,756 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zigmund Palffy (32) |
Assists | Jason Allison (55) |
Points | Jason Allison (74) |
Penalty minutes | Ian Laperriere (125) |
Plus/minus | Craig Johnson (+14) Aaron Miller (+14) |
Wins | Felix Potvin (31) |
Goals against average | Jamie Storr (1.90) |
Offseason
Mattias Norstrom was named team captain.[1]
Regular season
Head coach Andy Murray was involved in a car crash on February 15, suffering four broken ribs, a separated shoulder, and later symptoms of post-concussion syndrome.[2] Assistant coach Dave Tippett served as interim head coach until Murray returned to the team on March 6.[3]
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%.[4]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
Playoffs
In a rematch of the previous playoff season, Colorado defeated the Kings in the first round in seven games.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 3–7–1–2 (home: 1–2–1–1; road: 2–5–0–1)
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November: 4–5–2–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 1–1–2–0)
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December: 7–4–4–0 (home: 3–2–2–0; road: 4–2–2–0)
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January: 11–3–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 7–1–0–0)
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February: 4–1–1–1 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–1)
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March: 7–5–2–1 (home: 5–1–1–0; road: 2–4–1–1)
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April: 4–2–1–0 (home: 4–0–1–0; road: 0–2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
41 | Jason Allison† | C | 73 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 2 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
28 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 76 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
33 | Zigmund Palffy | RW | 63 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
44 | Jaroslav Modry | D | 80 | 4 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
21 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 80 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
57 | Steve Heinze | RW | 73 | 15 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
43 | Philippe Boucher | D | 80 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Mathieu Schneider | D | 55 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −8 | 18 |
23 | Craig Johnson | LW | 72 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
25 | Eric Belanger | C | 53 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 4 |
22 | Ian Laperriere | RW | 81 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 9 |
17 | Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 72 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
42 | Mikko Eloranta† | LW | 71 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 74 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
29 | Brad Chartrand | C | 46 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Kelly Buchberger | RW | 74 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −13 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 |
27 | Glen Murray‡ | RW | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Mattias Norstrom | D | 79 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
19 | Nelson Emerson | RW | 41 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Randy Robitaille‡ | C | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −9 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27[lower-alpha 1] | Jaroslav Bednar | RW | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Andreas Lilja | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
7 | Cliff Ronning† | C | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
15 | Jozef Stumpel‡ | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Ken Belanger | LW | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Adam Mair | C | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | Rob Valicevic | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Jere Karalahti‡ | D | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Steve Kelly | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Felix Potvin | G | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Kip Brennan | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Ted Donato†‡† | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Ryan Flinn† | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
53 | Jason Holland | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Jamie Storr | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
29 | Felix Potvin | 71 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 1686 | 157 | 2.31 | .907 | 6 | 4071 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 201 | 15 | 2.16 | .925 | 1 | 417 |
1 | Jamie Storr | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 360 | 28 | 1.90 | .922 | 2 | 886 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Jaroslav Modry | [7] |
Zigmund Palffy | |||
Team | Best Newcomer | Jason Allison | [8] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Jason Allison | [8] | |
Defensive Player | Aaron Miller | [8] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Jamie Storr | [8] | |
Leading Scorer | Jason Allison | [8] | |
Most Inspirational | Zigmund Palffy | [8] | |
Most Popular Player | Adam Deadmarsh | [8] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Aaron Miller | [8] | |
Unsung Hero | Aaron Miller | [8] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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500th game played | Felix Potvin | October 16, 2001 | [9] |
1,000th game played | Kelly Buchberger | January 7, 2002 | [10] |
25th shutout | Felix Potvin | April 8, 2002 | [11] |
Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.[12]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2001 | To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2001 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2001 6th-round pick in 2001 |
[13] |
October 24, 2001 | To Los Angeles Kings Mikko Eloranta Rights to Jason Allison |
To Boston Bruins Glen Murray Jozef Stumpel |
[14] |
December 18, 2001 | To Los Angeles Kings Rich Brennan |
To Nashville Predators Brett Hauer |
[15] |
March 16, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings Cliff Ronning |
To Nashville Predators Jere Karalahti Conditional draft pick in 2003[lower-alpha 2] |
[16] |
March 19, 2002 | To Los Angeles Kings Conditional draft pick |
To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Fiset |
[17] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 2, 2001 | Ken Belanger | Boston Bruins | 2-year | Free agency | [18] |
Brett Hauer | Edmonton Oilers | 2-year | Free agency | [19] | |
July 3, 2001 | Steve Heinze | Buffalo Sabres | 3-year | Free agency | [20] |
July 7, 2001 | Randy Robitaille | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
August 16, 2001 | Rob Valicevic | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
August 23, 2001 | Jason Holland | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency | [23] | |
September 25, 2001 | Derek Bekar | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [24] | |
January 9, 2002 | Ryan Flinn | Manchester Monarchs (AHL) | Free agency | [25] | |
January 30, 2002 | Ted Donato | New York Islanders | Waivers | [26] | |
March 19, 2002 | Ted Donato | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [27] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 3] | Ref |
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July 2, 2001 | Stu Grimson | Nashville Predators | Free agency (III) | [29] |
Luc Robitaille | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) | [30] | |
July 13, 2001 | David Hymovitz | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
July 18, 2001 | Marko Tuomainen | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
August 8, 2001 | Rich Brennan | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) | [33] |
September 29, 2001 | Peter Leboutillier | Sheffield Steelers (BISL) | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
January 4, 2002 | Randy Robitaille | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [35] |
March 6, 2002 | Ted Donato | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [36] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 28, 2001 | Travis Scott | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
Scott Thomas | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] | |
July 2, 2001 | Mathieu Schneider | 3-year | Re-signing | [38] |
July 6, 2001 | Tomas Zizka | 3-year | Entry-level | [39] |
July 10, 2001 | Jaroslav Bednar | 1-year | Entry-level | [40] |
Jaroslav Modry | 2-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
July 31, 2001 | Marcel Cousineau | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
Andreas Lilja | multi-year | Re-signing | [43] | |
Greg Phillips | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] | |
Jamie Storr | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] | |
August 1, 2001 | Eric Belanger | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
Philippe Boucher | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] | |
August 13, 2001 | Bryan Smolinski | 2-year | Re-signing | [47] |
August 14, 2001 | Aaron Miller | 2-year | Arbitration award | [48] |
September 4, 2001 | Lubomir Visnovsky | multi-year | Re-signing | [49] |
September 10, 2001 | Felix Potvin | 1-year[lower-alpha 4] | Re-signing | [50] |
October 24, 2001 | Jason Allison | 3-year | Re-signing | [14] |
April 9, 2002 | Yanick Lehoux | 3-year | Entry-level | [51] |
June 1, 2002 | Jared Aulin | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[53]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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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) |
Notes
- Bednar wore number 7 until Ronning was acquired.
- 4th-round pick
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[28]
- Club option for a second year.
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