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2001–02 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team 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.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (September 2011)

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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

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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

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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.

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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
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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

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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

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.

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			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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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.

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		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

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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]
Team	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

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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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[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

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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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free agency	^[25]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Bill Lindsay	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[20]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Ref
N/A	Miloslav Guren	HC Ocelari Trinec (ELH)	Free agency (II)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	^[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

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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]
April 22, 2002 (2002-04-22)	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]

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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)

Notes

Audette wore number 22 in his first five games.
Phoenix chose the 2002 pick.
Option for second year.
Club option for a second year.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[26]
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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Schedule and results

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Playoffs

Player statistics

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Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

Trades

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Signings

Draft picks

See also

Notes

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