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2001-02 season review
RECORD BOOK
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• San Jose becomes just the second team in NHL history (N.Y. Islanders) to post six
consecutive seasons of point improvement.
• The Sharks make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a franchise-record sixth consecutive
season.
• The Sharks win their first Pacific Division title, posting franchise records in wins
(44) and points (99).
• The Sharks narrowly miss advancing to the Western Conference Finals, losing
consecutive one-goal matches in Games Six and Seven to the Colorado Avalanche
in the Western Conference Semifinals. The Sharks defeated the Phoenix Coyotes
in the Western Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1.
• RW Owen Nolan becomes the Sharks all-time points leader with his 351st point
as a Shark.
• The Sharks set a franchise record with a 10-game unbeaten streak (9-0-1-0)
from Nov. 27–Dec. 19.
• The Sharks set a franchise record with a six-game road win streak (Dec. 6 –19)
• G Evgeni Nabokov sets franchise records in all-time wins (58), single-season
wins (37), all-time shutouts (11) single-season shutouts (seven) and became the
seventh NHL goaltender (first European-born NHL goaltender) to score a goal.
• The Sharks tie a franchise record by scoring 10 goals on March 30 vs. Columbus
— the most ever at home.
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
• Acquired LW Adam Graves, D Rich Pilon and future considerations from the
N.Y. Rangers in exchange for RW Mikael Samuelsson, D Christian Gosselin and a
seventh round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, June 24, 2001.
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
SAN JOSE (3) 82 44 27 8 3 248 199 99
PHOENIX (6) 82 40 27 9 6 228 210 95
LOS ANGELES (7) 82 40 27 11 4 214 190 95
DALLAS (10) 82 36 28 13 5 215 213 90
ANAHEIM (13) 82 29 42 8 3 175 198 69
Final Statistics
P NO PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM
R 11 OWEN NOLAN 75 23 43 66 93
C 25 VINCENT DAMPHOUSSE 82 20 38 58 60
R 8 TEEMU SELANNE 82 29 25 54 40
C 18 MIKE RICCI 79 19 34 53 44
C 12 PATRICK MARLEAU 79 21 23 44 40
L 17 SCOTT THORNTON 77 26 16 42 116
L 19 MARCO STURM 77 21 20 41 32
R 24 NIKLAS SUNDSTROM 73 9 30 39 50
D 20 GARY SUTER 82 6 27 33 57
L 9 ADAM GRAVES 81 17 14 31 51
D 7 BRAD STUART 82 6 23 29 39
R 28 *MATT BRADLEY 54 9 13 22 43
R 13 TODD HARVEY 69 9 13 22 73
D 27 BRYAN MARCHMENT 72 2 20 22 178
D 10 MARCUS RAGNARSSON 70 5 15 20 44
D 5 *JEFF JILLSON 48 5 13 18 29
D 2 MIKE RATHJE 52 5 12 17 48
D 22 SCOTT HANNAN 75 2 12 14 57
L 32 STEPHANE MATTEAU 55 7 4 11 15
R 15 ALEXANDER KOROLYUK 32 3 7 10 14
C 16 MARK SMITH 49 3 3 6 72
G 35 EVGENI NABOKOV 67 1 3 4 14
D 23 SHAWN HEINS 17 0 2 2 24
D 3 STEVE BANCROFT 5 0 1 1 2
G 29 *VESA TOSKALA 1 0 0 0 0
R 26 MIKE CRAIG 2 0 0 0 2
R 50 *HANNES HYVONEN 6 0 0 0 0
G 37 *MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF 20 0 0 0 4
* — ROOKIE
goaltenders
GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS
GA DATE OPPonent RESULT RECORD
1 10/4 detroit 3-4 l* 0-0-0-1
2 10/6 minnesota 0-0 t 0-0-1-1
3 10/11 tampa bay 4-3 w 1-0-1-1
4 10/13 boston 3-2 w 2-0-1-1
5 10/16 @ minnesota 3-3 T 2-0-2-1
6 10/18 @ new jersey 1-6 L 2-1-2-1
7 10/20 @ n.y. islanders 2-2 t 2-1-3-1
8 10/22 @ n.y. rangers 5-1 W 3-1-3-1
9 10/23 @ buffalo 1-4 L 3-2-3-1
10 10/25 @ chicago 2-4 l 3-3-3-1
11 10/27 columbus 2-0 w 4-3-3-1
12 10/31 @ anaheim 4-2 w 5-3-3-1
13 11/1 atlanta 5-2 w 6-3-3-1
14 11/3 vancouver 5-1 w 7-3-3-1
15 11/6 @ st. louis 4-1 w 8-3-3-1
16 11/7 @ dallas 2-2 T 8-3-4-1
17 11/9 @ carolina 2-3 L 8-4-4-1
18 11/11 @ chicago 2-3 L* 8-4-4-2
19 11/14 @ anaheim 4-2 W 9-4-4-2
20 11/15 @ phoenix 3-5 L 9-5-4-2
21 11/17 dallas 2-3 l* 9-5-4-3
22 11/21 minnesota 0-2 l 9-6-4-3
23 11/24 @ LOS ANGELES 1-3 L 9-7-4-3
24 11/27 NASHVILLE 3-2 W 10-7-4-3
25 11/29 PITTSBURGH 5-0 W 11-7-4-3
26 11/30 @ anaheim 5-2 w 12-7-4-3
27 12/4 calgary 2-2 t 12-7-5-3
28 12/6 @ calgary 3-1 w 13-7-5-3
29 12/8 @ vancouver 5-3 w 14-7-5-3
30 12/11 edmonton 5-4 w* 15-7-5-3
31 12/14 @ colorado 3-0 w 16-7-5-3
32 12/17 @ dallas 4-1 w 17-7-5-3
33 12/19 @ atlanta 4-2 w 18-7-5-3
34 12/21 @ detroit 0-3 l 18-8-5-3
35 12/23 @ nashville 1-1 t 18-8-6-3
36 12/26 anaheim 1-2 l 18-9-6-3
37 12/28 n.y. rangers 3-5 l 18-10-6-3
38 12/30 phoenix 2-4 l 18-11-6-3
39 1/2 philadelphia 5-2 w 19-11-6-3
40 1/4 phoenix 5-3 w 20-11-6-3
41 1/5 florida 6-0 w 21-11-6-3
42 1/8 st. louis 2-6 l 21-12-6-3
43 1/9 @ phoenix 6-5 w 22-12-6-3
44 1/12 los angeles 2-3 l 22-13-6-3
45 1/15 @ colorado 1-0 w* 23-13-6-3
46 1/17 n.y. islanders 3-2 w 24-13-6-3
47 1/19 colorado 1-3 l 24-14-6-3
48 1/21 edmonton 4-3 w 25-14-6-3
49 1/23 @ detroit 2-2 t 25-14-7-3
50 1/24 @ columbus 2-6 l 25-15-7-3
51 1/27 @ montreal 1-3 l 25-16-7-3
52 1/29 @ toronto 3-4 l 25-17-7-3
53 1/30 @ pittsburgh 6-3 w 26-17-7-3
54 2/6 calgary 2-0 w 27-17-7-3
55 2/8 chicago 4-2 w 28-17-7-3
56 2/10 carolina 4-0 w 29-17-7-3
57 2/12 @ edmonton 3-2 w 30-17-7-3
58 2/26 @ nashville 5-1 w 31-17-7-3
59 2/28 @ washington 5-2 w 32-17-7-3
60 3/1 @ tampa bay 2-4 L 32-18-7-3
61 3/3 @ dallas 1-4 L 32-19-7-3
62 3/5 Nashville 0-2 l 32-20-7-3
63 3/7 ottawa 5-2 w 33-20-7-3
64 3/9 vancouver 2-0 w 34-20-7-3
65 3/10 @ vancouver 7-4 w 35-20-7-3
66 3/13 st. louis 0-2 l 35-21-7-3
67 3/15 washington 5-4 w 36-21-7-3
68 3/16 chicago 2-2 t 36-21-8-3
69 3/18 los angeles 2-3 l 36-22-8-3
70 3/20 @ edmonton 1-2 L 36-23-8-3
71 3/21 @ calgary 4-1 w 37-23-8-3
72 3/23 @ los angeles 0-3 l 37-24-8-3
73 3/26 dallas 3-2 w 38-24-8-3
74 3/28 colorado 2-3 l 38-25-8-3
75 3/30 columbus 10-2 w 39-25-8-3
76 4/2 anaheim 3-1 w 40-25-8-3
77 4/4 PHOENIX 5-2 W 41-25-8-3
78 4/6 DETROIT 6-3 W 42-25-8-3
79 4/8 @ MINNESOTA 1-3 L 42-26-8-3
80 4/10 @ COLUMBUS 5-3 W 43-26-8-3
81 4/11 @ ST. LOUIS 1-4 L 43-27-8-3
82 4/13 LOS ANGELES 3-1 W 44-27-8-3
* — OVERTIME
NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SA SV % G A PIM
35 *VESA TOSKALA 1 10 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0
20 EVGENI NABOKOV 67 3901 2.29 37 24 5 5 7 149 1818 .918 1 3 14
37 *MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF 20 1037 2.49 7 6 3 2 2 43 508 .915 0 0 4
TOTALS 82 4973 2.40 44 **30 8 7 9 199 2335 .915 1 3 18
** — includes OTL
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