League: | NHL |
Season: | 2001–02 |
Year: | 2001 |
Team: | Nashville Predators |
Record: | 28–41–13–0 |
Homerecord: | 17–16–8–0 |
Roadrecord: | 11–25–5–0 |
Divisionrank: | 4th |
Conferencerank: | 14th |
Goalsfor: | 196 |
Goalsagainst: | 230 |
Captain: | Tom Fitzgerald (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Altcaptain: | Bill Houlder (road) Greg Johnson (home) Cliff Ronning (home) Kimmo Timonen (road) |
Attendance: | 14,788 |
Goalsleader: | Denis Arkhipov (20) |
Assistsleader: | Cliff Ronning (31) |
Pointsleader: | Cliff Ronning (49) |
Pimleader: | Cale Hulse (121) |
Plusminusleader: | Scott Hartnell (+5) |
Winsleader: | Mike Dunham (23) |
Gaaleader: | Mike Dunham (2.61) |
The 2001–02 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||October 5, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 || |- align="center" |2||T||October 6, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||0–1–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |3||W||October 11, 2001||1–0 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||1–1–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||October 13, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||1–2–1–0 || |- align="center" |5||T||October 16, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||1–2–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|6||L||October 18, 2001||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||1–3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||October 20, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||1–4–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |8||W||October 22, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||2–4–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 23, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||2–5–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |10||W||October 25, 2001||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||3–5–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|11||L||October 27, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||3–6–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||October 30, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||3–7–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |13||W||October 31, 2001||6–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||4–7–2–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||November 2, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||4–8–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |15||W||November 3, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||5–8–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 8, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||5–9–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 10, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||5–10–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |18||W||November 13, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||6–10–2–0 || |- align="center" |19||T||November 16, 2001||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||6–10–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||November 17, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||7–10–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|21||L||November 20, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||7–11–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |22||W||November 21, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||8–11–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |23||W||November 23, 2001||5–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||9–11–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||November 27, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||9–12–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||November 29, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||9–13–3–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|26||L||December 1, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||9–14–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||December 2, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||9–15–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||December 6, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||10–15–3–0 || |- align="center" |29||T||December 8, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||10–15–4–0 || |- align="center" |30||T||December 11, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||10–15–5–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |31||W||December 12, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||11–15–5–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |32||W||December 15, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||12–15–5–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |33||W||December 20, 2001||6–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||13–15–5–0 || |- align="center" |34||T||December 23, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||13–15–6–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||December 26, 2001||0–1 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||13–16–6–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |36||W||December 29, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||14–16–6–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|37||L||December 30, 2001||2–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||14–17–6–0 || |-|- align="center" |38||T||January 1, 2002||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||14–17–7–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |39||W||January 3, 2002||4–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||15–17–7–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|40||L||January 4, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||15–18–7–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|41||L||January 6, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||15–19–7–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||January 8, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||15–20–7–0 || |- align="center" |43||T||January 10, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||15–20–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||January 12, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||16–20–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 14, 2002||3–5 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||16–21–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|46||L||January 15, 2002||0–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||16–22–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |47||W||January 17, 2002||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||17–22–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |48||W||January 19, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||18–22–8–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|49||L||January 21, 2002||0–1 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||18–23–8–0 || |- align="center" |50||T||January 23, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||18–23–9–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |51||W||January 24, 2002||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||19–23–9–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||January 26, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||19–24–9–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|53||L||January 28, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||19–25–9–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |54||W||January 30, 2002||5–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||20–25–9–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |55||W||February 6, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||21–25–9–0 || |- align="center" |56||T||February 8, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||21–25–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |57||W||February 9, 2002||1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||22–25–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |58||W||February 12, 2002||1–0 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||23–25–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 26, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||23–26–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |60||W||February 28, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||24–26–10–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||March 2, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||24–27–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |62||W||March 5, 2002||2–0 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||25–27–10–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|63||L||March 7, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||25–28–10–0 || |- align="center" |64||T||March 9, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) ||25–28–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|65||L||March 10, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||25–29–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 12, 2002||0–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||25–30–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|67||L||March 15, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||25–31–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|68||L||March 17, 2002||4–5 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||25–32–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|69||L||March 19, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||25–33–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|70||L||March 21, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||25–34–11–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |71||W||March 23, 2002||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||26–34–11–0 || |- align="center" |72||T||March 25, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||26–34–12–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|73||L||March 27, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||26–35–12–0 || |- align="center" |74||T||March 28, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||26–35–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|75||L||March 30, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||26–36–13–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|76||L||April 1, 2002||1–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||26–37–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |77||W||April 3, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||27–37–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|78||L||April 4, 2002||1–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||27–38–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |79||W||April 6, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||28–38–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|80||L||April 9, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||28–39–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|81||L||April 11, 2002||2–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2001–02) ||28–40–13–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|82||L||April 14, 2002||4–6 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||28–41–13–0 || |-|-| Legend:
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=6 | Regular season | |||||||
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7 | C | 67 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 0 | 24 | ||
22 | C | 82 | 18 | 26 | 44 | −14 | 38 | ||
25 | C | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | −18 | 16 | ||
44 | D | 82 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 28 | ||
17 | LW | 75 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 111 | ||
5 | D | 73 | 16 | 22 | 38 | −13 | 22 | ||
33 | RW | 79 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 56 | ||
19 | RW | 80 | 9 | 24 | 33 | −11 | 32 | ||
11 | C | 63 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 54 | ||
43 | LW | 75 | 11 | 16 | 27 | −16 | 14 | ||
15 | RW | 58 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −4 | 28 | ||
3 | D | 82 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −12 | 36 | ||
21 | RW | 63 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −4 | 33 | ||
9 | C | 55 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 30 | ||
26 | D | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 14 | ||
24 | RW | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −13 | 18 | ||
4 | D | 58 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −12 | 24 | ||
23 | D | 82 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −1 | 40 | ||
14 | C | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −2 | 10 | ||
12 | LW | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5 | −1 | 69 | ||
27 | RW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | RW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 6 | ||
39 | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 8 | ||
18 | C | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | ||
20 | RW | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 74 | ||
8 | LW | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 | ||
1 | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
32 | D | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −18 | 121 | ||
34 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 12 | ||
48 | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
14 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
40 | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | ||
14 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | ||
35 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
16 | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 23 | ||
12 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
28 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
29 | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | scope=colgroup colspan=10 | Regular season | ||||||||||
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1 | 58 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 1525 | 144 | 2.61 | .906 | 3 | 3316 | ||
29 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 678 | 66 | 2.69 | .903 | 2 | 1471 | ||
35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 13 | 4.41 | .875 | 0 | 177 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Scott Hartnell | [1] |
David Legwand |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | |
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First game | Martin Erat | October 5, 2001 | [2] | |
Robert Schnabel | January 12, 2002 | |||
Nathan Perrott | February 9, 2002 | |||
Jonas Andersson | March 19, 2002 | |||
Jan Lasak | April 9, 2002 | |||
Adam Hall | April 14, 2002 | |||
1,000th game played | Cliff Ronning | March 9, 2002 | [3] |
The Predators 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.[4]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Nashville Predators | To Philadelphia Flyers | [5] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Philadelphia Flyers | [6] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Chicago Blackhawks | [7] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks | [8] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks | [9] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Los Angeles Kings | [10] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Philadelphia Flyers | [11] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Chicago Blackhawks | [12] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Toronto Maple Leafs | [13] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Colorado Avalanche | |||
To Nashville Predators | To Chicago Blackhawks | [14] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Los Angeles Kings | [15] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Calgary Flames | [16] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To New York Rangers | [17] | ||
To Nashville Predators | To Pittsburgh Penguins | [18] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waivers | [19] | |||||
2-year | Free agency | [20] | ||||
St. Lawrence University (ECAC) | Free agency | [21] | ||||
Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | |||||
Waivers | [22] | |||||
Norfolk Admirals (AHL) | Free agency | [23] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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N/A | HC Lada Togliatti (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [24] | ||
Contract expiration (III) | |||||
Free agency (UFA) | [25] | ||||
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency | [26] | |||
Quebec Citadelles (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [27] | |||
Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (UFA) | [28] | |||
Dan Riva | Reading Royals (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] | ||
Providence Bruins (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [30] | |||
HK Dukla Trencin (Slovakia) | Free agency | [31] | |||
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL) | Free agency | [32] | |||
Karpat (Liiga) | Free agency | [33] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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Re-signing | [34] | ||||
Re-signing | [35] | ||||
Re-signing | |||||
Entry-level | [36] | ||||
Re-signing | [37] | ||||
Re-signing | |||||
Re-signing | |||||
Re-signing | |||||
Re-signing | |||||
3-year | Re-signing | [38] | |||
Re-signing | |||||
Entry-level | |||||
1-year | Arbitration award | [39] | |||
Re-signing | [40] | ||||
Entry-level | [41] | ||||
Entry-level | |||||
Extension | [42] | ||||
Extension | [43] | ||||
1-year | Option exercised | [44] |
Nashville's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.[45]
Round | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 12 | Dan Hamhuis | Prince George Cougars (WHL) | ||
2 | 33 | Timofei Shishkanov | Spartak Moscow (Russia) | ||
2 | 42 | Tomas Slovak | HC Kosice (Slovakia) | ||
3 | 75 | Denis Platonov | HC Saratov (Russia) | ||
3 | 76 | Oliver Setzinger | Ilves (Finland) | ||
4 | 98 | Jordin Tootoo | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) | ||
6 | 178 | Anton Lavrentiev | Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) | ||
8 | 240 | Gustav Grasberg | Mora IK (Sweden) | ||
9 | 271 | Mikko Lehtonen | Karpat (Finland) |