2001–02 Florida Panthers season

The 2001–02 Florida Panthers season was their ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season for the first time since the 1997–98 season and the 1998–99 season.

Offseason Prior to the beginning of the regular season it was announced that Pavel Bure and Paul Laus would alternate the captaincy every five games. This was discontinued when Mike Keenan was named the team’s new head coach in early December.

Regular season On December 3, it was announced that Mike Keenan would replace Duane Sutter as head coach and Bill Torrey would step down as general manager. Assistant general manager Chuck Fletcher was named interim general manager.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||October 4, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||0–1–0–0 ||

|2||October 6, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2001–02) ||0–2–0–0 ||

|3||October 7, 2001||5–0 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||1–2–0–0 ||

|4||October 10, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||1–3–0–0 ||

|5||October 13, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||1–4–0–0 ||

|6||October 16, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) ||1–4–1–0 ||

|7||October 18, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||1–5–1–0 ||

|8||October 20, 2001||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||1–6–1–0 ||

|9||October 24, 2001||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||1–6–1–1 ||

|10||October 26, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||2–6–1–1 ||

|11||October 28, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||2–6–2–1 ||

|12||October 30, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2001–02) ||2–7–2–1 ||

|13||October 31, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||3–7–2–1 ||

|14||November 3, 2001||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2001–02) ||3–8–2–1 ||

|15||November 7, 2001||2–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||4–8–2–1 ||

|16||November 10, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||4–8–2–2 ||

|17||November 12, 2001||3–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||4–9–2–2 ||

|18||November 14, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||4–10–2–2 ||

|19||November 16, 2001||2–0 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||5–10–2–2 ||

|20||November 17, 2001||0–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||5–10–2–3 ||

|21||November 19, 2001||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||5–11–2–3 ||

|22||November 21, 2001||6–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||6–11–2–3 ||

|23||November 24, 2001||1–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||6–12–2–3 ||

|24||November 27, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) ||6–13–2–3 ||

|25||November 29, 2001||0–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) ||6–14–2–3 ||

|26||December 1, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||6–15–2–3 ||

|27||December 5, 2001||2–0 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) ||7–15–2–3 ||

|28||December 8, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||7–16–2–3 ||

|29||December 12, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||7–17–2–3 ||

|30||December 14, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||8–17–2–3 ||

|31||December 15, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2001–02) ||9–17–2–3 ||

|32||December 17, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2001–02) ||9–18–2–3 ||

|33||December 19, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||10–18–2–3 ||

|34||December 22, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2001–02) ||10–19–2–3 ||

|35||December 26, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||10–19–3–3 ||

|36||December 28, 2001||1–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||10–20–3–3 ||

|37||December 29, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||11–20–3–3 ||

|38||December 31, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||12–20–3–3 ||

|39||January 2, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) ||12–21–3–3 ||

|40||January 4, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) ||13–21–3–3 ||

|41||January 5, 2002||0–6 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2001–02) ||13–22–3–3 ||

|42||January 7, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||14–22–3–3 ||

|43||January 9, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||14–23–3–3 ||

|44||January 11, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||14–24–3–3 ||

|45||January 12, 2002||0–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||14–25–3–3 ||

|46||January 16, 2002||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||14–26–3–3 ||

|47||January 18, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2001–02) ||15–26–3–3 ||

|48||January 19, 2002||1–6 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||15–27–3–3 ||

|49||January 21, 2002||7–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||16–27–3–3 ||

|50||January 23, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||16–28–3–3 ||

|51||January 25, 2002||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||16–28–4–3 ||

|52||January 26, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||16–29–4–3 ||

|53||January 30, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) ||16–30–4–3 ||

|54||February 4, 2002||6–6 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (2001–02) ||16–30–5–3 ||

|55||February 6, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||16–31–5–3 ||

|56||February 7, 2002||3–1 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||17–31–5–3 ||

|57||February 9, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||17–32–5–3 ||

|58||February 12, 2002||0–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) ||17–33–5–3 ||

|59||February 13, 2002||4–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) ||17–34–5–3 ||

|60||February 26, 2002||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) ||17–35–5–3 ||

|61||February 27, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) ||17–35–5–4 ||

|62||March 2, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||17–36–5–4 ||

|63||March 5, 2002||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||17–36–5–5 ||

|64||March 8, 2002||5–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) ||18–36–5–5 ||

|65||March 9, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2001–02) ||18–36–6–5 ||

|66||March 13, 2002||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (2001–02) ||18–36–7–5 ||

|67||March 15, 2002||5–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||19–36–7–5 ||

|68||March 17, 2002||0–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||19–37–7–5 ||

|69||March 20, 2002||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||19–38–7–5 ||

|70||March 21, 2002||2–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||19–39–7–5 ||

|71||March 23, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2001–02) ||19–40–7–5 ||

|72||March 25, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) ||19–41–7–5 ||

|73||March 26, 2002||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02) ||20–41–7–5 ||

|74||March 28, 2002||4–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) ||21–41–7–5 ||

|75||March 30, 2002||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2001–02) ||21–42–7–5 ||

|76||April 3, 2002||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) ||22–42–7–5 ||

|77||April 5, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) ||22–43–7–5 ||

|78||April 6, 2002||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) ||22–43–8–5 ||

|79||April 8, 2002||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) ||22–43–9–5 ||

|80||April 10, 2002||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) ||22–43–10–5 ||

|81||April 12, 2002||1–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) ||22–44–10–5 ||

|82||April 14, 2002||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) ||22–44–10–6 ||

Legend:

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 Panthers only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only. Player Regular season 10 RW 56 22 27 49 −14 56 22 LW 79 23 22 45 −4 14 18 LW 81 14 19 33 −14 55 28 C 70 11 20 31 −4 178 39 RW 70 13 16 29 −10 44 44 D 37 10 19 29 −3 24 12 C 80 9 20 29 −16 98 24 D 82 7 22 29 −19 87 14 LW 78 10 18 28 −6 8 25 C 50 9 18 27 −16 20 20 RW 31 8 10 18 −3 12 45 D 80 2 15 17 −13 254 16 C 44 4 8 12 −3 28 43 C 31 5 6 11 −2 34 11 RW 63 4 7 11 −11 117 4 D 31 3 7 10 −4 12 8 LW 79 4 5 9 −15 354 26 RW 26 7 1 8 −5 4 3 D 45 4 3 7 1 157 29 D 36 1 6 7 3 31 26 D 25 3 3 6 −1 12 49 D 68 1 4 5 −20 131 38 LW 8 1 3 4 −2 4 17 C 29 1 3 4 −5 10 5 D 29 0 4 4 −5 8 55 D 14 0 4 4 −3 11 21 RW 8 1 2 3 −4 2 2 D 35 1 1 2 −14 12 19 C 7 1 1 2 0 0 32 LW 8 0 2 2 0 2 42 D 22 0 2 2 −2 45 36 RW 38 1 0 1 −5 123 37 G 33 0 1 1 0 1 G 58 0 1 1 2 31 G 4 0 0 0 0 42 C 3 0 0 0 −2 0 29 D 5 0 0 0 0 0 33 RW 4 0 0 0 −7 5 23 D 2 0 0 0 −1 2 41 C 15 0 0 0 −1 0 23 D 6 0 0 0 0 12

Goaltending Player Regular season 1 Roberto Luongo 58 16 33 4 1653 140 2.77 .915 4 3030 37 Trevor Kidd 33 4 16 5 857 90 3.21 .895 1 1683 31 Wade Flaherty 4 2 1 1 148 12 2.94 .919 0 245

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(annual) NHL All-Rookie Team Kristian Huselius (Forward) League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Sandis Ozolinsh NHL Rookie of the Month Kristian Huselius (October) Niklas Hagman (March) NHL YoungStars Game selection Kristian Huselius Roberto Luongo

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Niklas Hagman October 4, 2001 Kristian Huselius David Morisset November 21, 2001 Nick Smith December 1, 2001 Brad Norton January 21, 2002 Ryan Jardine March 17, 2002 Eric Beaudoin March 20, 2002 Kyle Rossiter April 3, 2002 Stephen Weiss Lukas Krajicek April 6, 2002 400th goal scored Pavel Bure January 26, 2002

Transactions The Panthers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2001, the day after the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final, through June 13, 2002, the day of the deciding game of the 2002 Stanley Cup Final.

Trades Date Details Ref To Florida Panthers To New Jersey Devils To Florida Panthers To Philadelphia Flyers To Florida Panthers To Calgary Flames To Florida Panthers To New York Islanders To Florida Panthers To New York Rangers To Florida Panthers To Tampa Bay Lightning To Florida Panthers To Tampa Bay Lightning To Florida Panthers To Carolina Hurricanes To Florida Panthers To New York Rangers To Florida Panthers To New York Islanders To Florida Panthers To Boston Bruins

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Paul Elliott Regina Pats (WHL) Free agency Jeff Norton San Jose Sharks Free agency Brad Norton Edmonton Oilers Free agency Andrew Allen Dayton Bombers (ECHL) Free agency Wade Flaherty Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year Free agency Matt Herr Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Bill Lindsay San Jose Sharks 2-year Free agency Darren Van Impe New York Rangers Waivers Pierre Dagenais New Jersey Devils Waivers

Players lost