2001–02 NHL season

The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines Center.
The NHL honored the victims of 9/11 by having all players wear a patch on their jerseys, as well as a red, white and blue ribbon behind each net. 
For the second time in three seasons, no player reached the 100-point plateau.
Regular season.
Final standings.
"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points"
Scoring leaders.
"Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points"
Stanley Cup playoffs.
Playoff bracket.
"Note: All dates in 2002."
NHL Awards.
The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.
Debuts.
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2001–02 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):
Last games.
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2001–02 (listed with their last team):