2001–02 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2001–02 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 93rd season. After missing the postseason in the three preceding seasons, the Canadiens returned to the Stanley Cup playoffs. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the Carolina Hurricanes by a series score of 4–2.

2001–02 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4th Northeast
Conference	8th Eastern
2001–02 record	36–31–12–3
Home record	21–13–6–1
Road record	15–18–6–2
Goals for	207
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Andre Savard
Coach	Michel Therrien
Captain	Saku Koivu
Alternate captains	Patrice Brisebois Doug Gilmour Craig Rivet Brian Savage (Oct.–Jan.)
Arena	Molson Centre
Average attendance	20,027
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Citadelles Mississippi Sea Wolves New Mexico Scorpions
Team leaders
Goals	Yanic Perreault (27)
Assists	Doug Gilmour (31)
Points	Yanic Perreault (56)
Penalty minutes	Gino Odjick (104)
Plus/minus	Karl Dykhuis (+16)
Wins	Jose Theodore (30)
Goals against average	Jose Theodore (2.11)
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Off-season

Regular season

The Canadiens season began with a shocking announcement that team captain Saku Koivu was suffering from intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer. This condition kept him out of all but three games in the regular season. On October 5, to respond to Koivu's absence, General Manager Andre Savard signed veteran forward Doug Gilmour to address the absence. The team began the season hovering around the .500 mark, but a five-game winning streak to end November, highlighted by spectacular performances by goaltender Jose Theodore, allowed the Canadiens to climb into the playoff mix. Around this time, Savard added offensive power to the team by acquiring Donald Audette and Shaun Van Allen from the Dallas Stars in exchange for Martin Rucinsky and Benoît Brunet. Head coach Michel Therrien and the Canadiens had a rough December, posting a record of 4–8–2–1 while the newly acquired Audette had his forearm tendons sliced by the skate of New York Rangers forward Radek Dvorak. His season was jeopardized. Despite the inconsistency of the team, Theodore was spectacular in net. In January, the Canadiens played more .500 hockey, which prompted Savard to make a change. He traded forward Brian Savage to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Sergei Berezin. The regular season went on hold for two weeks while the 2002 Winter Olympics were taking place. When play resumed, Jose Theodore took matters into his own hands and carried the Habs into the playoffs, finishing the regular season with a record of 30–24–10, seven shutouts and a goals against average of 2.11. In the 80th game of the regular season, captain Saku Koivu returned from treatment and played his first game of the season against the Ottawa Senators. He played for the team for the rest of the season. The Canadiens made the playoffs with a record of 36–31–12–3 behind the play of eventual Hart Memorial Trophy winner Jose Thoedore.

The Canadiens finished the regular season having allowed the fewest power play goals, with just 38.^[1]

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Boston Bruins	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
5	10	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82

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.

Eastern Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Boston Bruins	NE	82	43	24	6	9	236	201	101
2	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	42	27	10	3	234	192	97
3	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	35	26	16	5	217	217	91
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	43	25	10	4	249	207	100
5	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	42	28	8	4	239	220	96
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	41	28	9	4	205	187	95
7	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	39	27	9	7	243	208	94
8	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	36	31	12	3	207	209	87
8.5
9	Washington Capitals	SE	82	36	33	11	2	228	240	85
10	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	35	11	1	213	200	82
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	36	38	4	4	227	258	80
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	28	41	8	5	198	249	69
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	27	40	11	4	178	219	69
14	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	44	10	6	180	250	60
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	19	47	11	5	187	288	54

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

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

2001–02 regular season^[3]
October: 5–5–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 3–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 1 W October 4, 2001 6–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 1–0–0–0 2 Recap 2 T October 6, 2001 2–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 1–0–1–0 3 Recap 3 W October 9, 2001 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02) 2–0–1–0 5 Recap 4 W October 12, 2001 3–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 3–0–1–0 7 Recap 5 W October 13, 2001 3–1 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 4–0–1–0 9 Recap 6 L October 15, 2001 1-2 New York Rangers (2001-02) 4-1-1-0 9 Recap 7 L October 19, 2001 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 4–2–1–0 9 Recap 8 L October 20, 2001 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 4–3–1–0 9 Recap 9 W October 26, 2001 5–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 5–3–1–0 11 Recap 10 L October 27, 2001 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 5–4–1–0 11 Recap 11 L October 30, 2001 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 5–5–1–0 11 Recap
November: 7–3–2–1 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 1–3–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 12 L November 1, 2001 0–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 5–6–1–0 11 Recap 13 L November 3, 2001 2–6 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 5–7–1–0 11 Recap 14 T November 6, 2001 1–1 OT Colorado Avalanche (2001–02) 5–7–2–0 12 Recap 15 W November 8, 2001 3–1 Nashville Predators (2001–02) 6–7–2–0 14 Recap 16 W November 10, 2001 3–2 New York Islanders (2001–02) 7–7–2–0 16 Recap 17 OTL November 11, 2001 2–3 OT @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 7–7–2–1 17 Recap 18 L November 13, 2001 3–5 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 7–8–2–1 17 Recap 19 W November 17, 2001 1–0 OT Florida Panthers (2001–02) 8–8–2–1 19 Recap 20 W November 20, 2001 3–2 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 9–8–2–1 21 Recap 21 W November 22, 2001 5–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 10–8–2–1 23 Recap 22 W November 24, 2001 5–3 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 11–8–2–1 25 Recap 23 W November 27, 2001 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 12–8–2–1 27 Recap 24 T November 29, 2001 1–1 OT @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 12–8–3–1 28 Recap
December: 4–8–2–1 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 2–4–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 25 L December 1, 2001 1–3 New York Rangers (2001–02) 12–9–3–1 28 Recap 26 L December 3, 2001 2–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 12–10–3–1 28 Recap 27 L December 5, 2001 1–2 New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 12–11–3–1 28 Recap 28 T December 8, 2001 3–3 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02) 12–11–4–1 29 Recap 29 W December 10, 2001 4–0 Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 13–11–4–1 31 Recap 30 T December 12, 2001 3–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 13–11–5–1 32 Recap 31 W December 13, 2001 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 14–11–5–1 34 Recap 32 L December 15, 2001 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 14–12–5–1 34 Recap 33 L December 17, 2001 3–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 14–13–5–1 34 Recap 34 W December 19, 2001 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 15–13–5–1 36 Recap 35 L December 20, 2001 0–5 @ Boston Bruins (2001–02) 15–14–5–1 36 Recap 36 W December 22, 2001 2–1 Los Angeles Kings (2001–02) 16–14–5–1 38 Recap 37 L December 26, 2001 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 16–15–5–1 38 Recap 38 L December 28, 2001 0–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2001–02) 16–16–5–1 38 Recap 39 OTL December 29, 2001 5–6 OT @ New York Islanders (2001–02) 16–16–5–2 39 Recap
January: 6–5–3–1 (home: 3–1–1–1; road: 3–4–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 40 L January 3, 2002 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02) 16–17–5–2 39 Recap 41 W January 5, 2002 4–2 @ Calgary Flames (2001–02) 17–17–5–2 41 Recap 42 L January 6, 2002 6–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02) 17–18–5–2 41 Recap 43 L January 8, 2002 2–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2001–02) 17–19–5–2 41 Recap 44 W January 10, 2002 4–0 New York Islanders (2001–02) 18–19–5–2 43 Recap 45 T January 12, 2002 1–1 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 18–19–6–2 44 Recap 46 L January 14, 2002 3–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 18–20–6–2 44 Recap 47 W January 16, 2002 2–0 Washington Capitals (2001–02) 19–20–6–2 46 Recap 48 T January 17, 2002 1–1 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 19–20–7–2 47 Recap 49 W January 19, 2002 5–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 20–20–7–2 49 Recap 50 L January 21, 2002 5–7 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 20–21–7–2 49 Recap 51 W January 23, 2002 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (2001–02) 21–21–7–2 51 Recap 52 T January 26, 2002 1–1 OT Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 21–21–8–2 52 Recap 53 W January 27, 2002 3–1 San Jose Sharks (2001–02) 22–21–8–2 54 Recap 54 OTL January 30, 2002 3–4 OT Boston Bruins (2001–02) 22–21–8–3 55 Recap
February: 3–3–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 55 W February 5, 2002 1–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 23–21–8–3 57 Recap 56 W February 7, 2002 1–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 24–21–8–3 59 Recap 57 L February 9, 2002 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 24–22–8–3 59 Recap 58 L February 11, 2002 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (2001–02) 24–23–8–3 59 Recap 59 L February 26, 2002 2–5 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 24–24–8–3 59 Recap 60 W February 27, 2002 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02) 25–24–8–3 61 Recap
March: 6–5–4–0 (home: 5–2–2–0; road: 1–3–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 61 L March 2, 2002 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 25–25–8–3 61 Recap 62 W March 4, 2002 5–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02) 26–25–8–3 63 Recap 63 W March 6, 2002 5–3 Boston Bruins (2001–02) 27–25–8–3 65 Recap 64 L March 8, 2002 0–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 27–26–8–3 65 Recap 65 T March 9, 2002 1–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02) 27–26–9–3 66 Recap 66 L March 11, 2002 1–2 @ New York Rangers (2001–02) 27–27–9–3 66 Recap 67 T March 14, 2002 3–3 OT Dallas Stars (2001–02) 27–27–10–3 67 Recap 68 W March 16, 2002 3–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 28–27–10–3 69 Recap 69 T March 18, 2002 1–1 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02) 28–27–11–3 70 Recap 70 W March 20, 2002 4–1 @ Florida Panthers (2001–02) 29–27–11–3 72 Recap 71 T March 22, 2002 3–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 29–27–12–3 73 Recap 72 L March 23, 2002 1–5 @ Nashville Predators (2001–02) 29–28–12–3 73 Recap 73 L March 26, 2002 1–2 Florida Panthers (2001–02) 29–29–12–3 73 Recap 74 W March 28, 2002 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02) 30–29–12–3 75 Recap 75 W March 30, 2002 2–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 31–29–12–3 77 Recap
April: 5–2–0–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 3–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 76 W April 1, 2002 3–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02) 32–29–12–3 79 Recap 77 W April 4, 2002 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02) 33–29–12–3 81 Recap 78 W April 6, 2002 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02) 34–29–12–3 83 Recap 79 W April 7, 2002 3–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 35–29–12–3 85 Recap 80 W April 9, 2002 4–3 Ottawa Senators (2001–02) 36–29–12–3 87 Recap 81 L April 12, 2002 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (2001–02) 36–30–12–3 87 Recap 82 L April 13, 2002 0–3 Buffalo Sabres (2001–02) 36–31–12–3 87 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

See also: 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Canadiens were matched against the Boston Bruins, who finished first overall in the Eastern Conference. Donald Audette lead the way with three goals and Saku Koivu had a goal and an assist to win game one 5–2 for Montreal. Game 2 would prove to be a back-and-forth affair, as both teams traded momentum. Boston won the game by a score of 6–4 despite a four-point performance from the Canadien Richard Zednik. The series shifted to Montreal, and the Canadiens won Game 3 5–3 through by a four-point performance by Koivu. This gave Montreal a 2–1 series lead. The Bruins responded in Game 4 as they won easily, 5–2. Theodore rose to the occasion in Game 5, stopping 43 of 44 shots for a 2–1 win to give the Canadiens a 3–2 series lead going back to the Molson Centre. Theodore was spectacular again in Game 6, and Yanic Perreault scored the game-winning goal to give the Canadiens a 2–1 victory. The Canadiens won the series in six games, upsetting the Conference's top seed.

The Canadiens faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the playoffs. The Hurricanes won Game 1 2–0 as Hurricanes goaltender Kevin Weekes was awarded the shutout. The Carolina Hurricanes dominated the Canadiens outshooting them 46 to 16, but Theodore only yielded one goal and Koivu had a goal and an assist and the Canadiens won Game 2 4–1 to tie the series. Game 3 went to overtime and due to the heroics of Theodore, he kept his team in the game. The Habs would win Game 3 just over two minutes into overtime on a goal by Donald Audette, giving the Canadiens the series lead. The Habs had momentum in Game 4, establishing a 3–0 lead early in the third period of Game 4. The Hurricanes, however, would score three-straight goals to send the game to overtime, where 'Canes defenceman Niclas Wallin ended the game in overtime to tie the series at 2–2. With newly gained series momentum, the Hurricanes would win the next two games to win take the series at 4–2, outscoring Montreal 13–3 in the process.

2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Boston Bruins – Canadiens win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W April 18, 2002 5–2 @ Boston Bruins Canadiens lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 21, 2002 4–6 @ Boston Bruins Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W April 23, 2002 5–3 Boston Bruins Canadiens lead 2–1 Recap 4 L April 25, 2002 2–5 Boston Bruins Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 W April 27, 2002 2–1 @ Boston Bruins Canadiens lead 3–2 Recap 6 W April 29, 2002 2–1 Boston Bruins Canadiens win 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Carolina Hurricanes – Hurricanes win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L May 3, 2002 0–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 1–0 Recap 2 W May 5, 2002 4–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W May 7, 2002 2–1 OT Carolina Hurricanes Canadiens lead 2–1 Recap 4 L May 9, 2002 3–4 OT Carolina Hurricanes Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L May 12, 2002 1–5 @ Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes lead 3–2 Recap 6 L May 13, 2002 2–8 Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canadiens only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
94	Yanic Perreault	C	82	27	29	56	−3	40	11	3	5	8	0	0
20	Richard Zednik	RW	82	22	22	44	−3	59	4	4	4	8	3	6
14	Oleg Petrov	RW	75	24	17	41	−4	12	12	1	5	6	2	2
93	Doug Gilmour†	C	70	10	31	41	−7	48	12	4	6	10	−2	16
90	Joe Juneau	C	70	8	28	36	−3	10	12	1	4	5	−6	6
24	Andreas Dackell	RW	79	15	18	33	−3	24	12	1	2	3	−4	6
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	71	4	29	33	9	25	10	1	1	2	−4	2
49	Brian Savage‡	LW	47	14	15	29	−14	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	Craig Rivet	D	82	8	17	25	1	76	12	0	3	3	2	4
79	Andrei Markov	D	56	5	19	24	−1	24	12	1	3	4	−2	8
25	Chad Kilger	LW	75	8	15	23	−7	27	12	0	1	1	1	9
38	Jan Bulis	C	53	9	10	19	−2	8	6	0	0	0	−6	6
71	Mike Ribeiro	C	43	8	10	18	−11	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Stephane Quintal	D	75	6	10	16	−7	87	12	1	3	4	−2	12
27	Shaun Van Allen†	C	54	6	9	15	5	20	7	0	1	1	−3	2
28	Karl Dykhuis	D	80	5	7	12	16	32	12	1	1	2	2	8
56	Stephane Robidas	D	56	1	10	11	−25	14	2	0	0	0	−1	4
95	Sergei Berezin†	LW	29	4	6	10	3	4	6	1	1	2	2	0
45	Arron Asham	RW	35	5	4	9	7	55	3	0	1	1	1	0
29	Gino Odjick	RW	36	4	4	8	3	104	12	1	0	1	−5	47
44	Sheldon Souray	D	34	3	5	8	−5	62	12	0	1	1	−4	16
26	Martin Rucinsky‡	LW	18	2	6	8	−1	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
82^[a]	Donald Audette†	RW	13	1	5	6	1	8	12	6	4	10	−2	10
54	Patrick Traverse	D	25	2	3	5	−7	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	Francis Bouillon	D	28	0	5	5	−5	33	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Patrick Poulin	C	28	0	5	5	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Marcel Hossa	LW	10	3	1	4	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Bill Lindsay†	RW	13	1	3	4	0	23	11	2	2	4	1	2
39	Reid Simpson‡	LW	25	1	1	2	0	63	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Benoit Brunet‡	LW	16	0	2	2	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Saku Koivu	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	12	4	6	10	2	4
60	Jose Theodore	G	67	0	2	2		2	12	0	0	0		0
46	Benoit Gratton	C	8	1	0	1	−1	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
78	Eric Landry	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
63	Craig Darby	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Stephane Fiset†	G	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0
30	Mathieu Garon	G	5	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Jeff Hackett	G	15	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	Martti Jarventie	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
95	Olivier Michaud	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
60	Jose Theodore	67	30	24	10	1972	136	2.11	.931	7	3864	12	6	6	413	35	3.06	.915	0	686
31	Jeff Hackett	15	5	5	2	395	38	3.18	.904	0	717	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Mathieu Garon	5	1	4	0	147	19	4.37	.871	0	261	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Stephane Fiset†	2	0	1	0	60	7	3.85	.883	0	109	1	0	0	19	3	4.74	.842	0	38
95	Olivier Michaud	1	0	0	0	14	0	0.00	1.000	0	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Saku Koivu	^[4]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Jose Theodore	^[5]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Jose Theodore (Goaltender)	^[6]
	Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award	Jose Theodore	^[7]
	Vezina Trophy	Jose Theodore	^[8]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jose Theodore	^[9]
	NHL Player of the Week	Jose Theodore (April 8)	^[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Mike Ribeiro	^[11]
Team	Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy	Joe Juneau	^[12]
	Molson Cup	Jose Theodore	^[13]

Transactions

The Canadiens 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.^[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 15, 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Joe Juneau	To Phoenix Coyotes Future considerations	^[15]
June 23, 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Quintal	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2001	^[16]
June 24, 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Andreas Dackell	To Ottawa Senators 8th-round pick in 2001	^[17]
November 21, 2001	To Montreal Canadiens Donald Audette Shaun Van Allen	To Dallas Stars Benoit Brunet Martin Rucinsky	^[18]
January 25, 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Berezin	To Phoenix Coyotes Brian Savage 3rd-round pick in 2002 or 2003^[b]	^[19]
March 19, 2002	To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Fiset	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	^[20]
May 24, 2002	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2002	To Minnesota Wild Rights to Chris Dyment	^[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)	Yanic Perreault	Toronto Maple Leafs	3-year	Free agency	^[22]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Reid Simpson	St. Louis Blues	1-year^[c]	Free agency	^[23]
September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)	Olivier Michaud	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[24]
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)	Doug Gilmour	Buffalo Sabres	1-year^[d]	Free agency	^[25]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Bill Lindsay	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[20]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[e]	Ref
N/A	Miloslav Guren	HC Ocelari Trinec (ELH)	Free agency (II)^[f]	^[28]
June 20, 2001 (2001-06-20)	Barry Richter	Linkoping HC (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)	Andrei Bashkirov	Lausanne HC (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	^[30]
September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01)	Josh DeWolf	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]
September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)	Mike McBain	Bracknell Bees (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Eric Fichaud	Manitoba Moose (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]
November 9, 2001 (2001-11-09)	Eric Bertrand	Bracknell Bees (BISL)	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
November 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)	Jim Campbell	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
December 26, 2001 (2001-12-26)	Matt Higgins	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
January 30, 2002 (2002-01-30)	Reid Simpson	Nashville Predators	Waivers	^[37]
May 8, 2002 (2002-05-08)	Xavier Delisle	Augsburger Panther (DEL)	Free agency	^[38]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 15, 2001 (2001-06-15)	Joe Juneau	3-year	Re-signing	^[15]
July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)	Stephane Robidas	2-year	Re-signing	^[22]
July 9, 2001 (2001-07-09)	Craig Darby	2-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	Martti Jarventie	2-year	Entry-level	^[40]
	Vadim Tarasov	1-year	Entry-level	^[40]
	Timo Vertala	2-year	Entry-level	^[40]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Arron Asham	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Francis Bouillon	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Xavier Delisle	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Mathieu Garon	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Chad Kilger	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Saku Koivu	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Gennady Razin	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
	Brian Savage	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Marcel Hossa	3-year	Entry-level	^[42]
December 1, 2001 (2001-12-01)	Karl Dykhuis	3-year	Extension	^[43]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	Patrice Brisebois	3-year	Extension	^[44]
April 22, 2002 (2002-04-22)	Jozef Balej	3-year	Entry-level	^[45]
	Tomas Plekanec	3-year	Entry-level	^[45]
June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)	Christian Larrivee	3-year	Entry-level	^[46]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[47]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	7	Mike Komisarek	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
1	25	Alexander Perezhogin	Russia	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
2	37	Duncan Milroy	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	71	Tomas Plekanec	Czech Republic	Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
4	109	Martti Jarventie	Finland	TPS (Finland)
6	171	Eric Himelfarb	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7	203	Andrew Archer	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
9	266	Viktor Ujcik	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)

See also

• 2001–02 NHL season

Notes

1. Audette wore number 22 in his first five games.
2. Phoenix chose the 2002 pick.
3. Option for second year.
4. Club option for a second year.
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[26]
6. Montreal retained Guren’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.^[27]

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• "2001-02 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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