2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 35th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Los Angeles hosted the 52nd National Hockey League All-Star Game, which took place on February 2, 2002.

Division3rd Pacific

Conference7th Western

2001–02 record40–27–11–4

Home record22–12–6–1

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2001–02 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
2001–02 record	40–27–11–4
Home record	22–12–6–1
Road record	18–15–5–3
Goals for	214
Goals against	190
Team information
General manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray Dave Tippett (interim)
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
Alternate captains	Kelly Buchberger Ian Laperriere Mathieu Schneider Bryan Smolinski
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	16,756
Minor league affiliates	Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals
Team leaders
Goals	Zigmund Palffy (32)
Assists	Jason Allison (55)
Points	Jason Allison (74)
Penalty minutes	Ian Laperriere (125)
Plus/minus	Craig Johnson (+14) Aaron Miller (+14)
Wins	Felix Potvin (31)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (1.90)
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Offseason

Mattias Norstrom was named team captain.^[1]

Regular season

Head coach Andy Murray was involved in a car crash on February 15, suffering four broken ribs, a separated shoulder, and later symptoms of post-concussion syndrome.^[2] Assistant coach Dave Tippett served as interim head coach until Murray returned to the team on March 6.^[3]

The Kings tied the Red Wings for most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 73, and had the best power-play percentage, at 20.68%.^[4]

Season standings

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Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	8	3	248	189	99
2	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
4	10	Dallas Stars	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
5	13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69

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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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Western Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	51	17	10	4	251	187	116
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	45	28	8	1	212	169	99
3	y – San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	44	27	8	3	248	199	99
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	27	8	4	227	188	98
5	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	41	27	13	1	216	207	96
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	40	27	9	6	228	210	95
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	40	27	11	4	214	190	95
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	30	7	3	254	211	94
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9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	28	12	4	205	182	92
10	Dallas Stars	PAC	82	36	28	13	5	215	213	90
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	32	35	12	3	201	220	79
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	26	35	12	9	195	238	73
13	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	29	42	8	3	175	198	69
14	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	41	13	0	196	230	69
15	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	22	47	8	5	164	255	57

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Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Playoffs

In a rematch of the previous playoff season, Colorado defeated the Kings in the first round in seven games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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2001–02 regular season^[6]

October: 3–7–1–2 (home: 1–2–1–1; road: 2–5–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	October 4, 2001	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	0–0–1–0	T
2	October 7, 2001	3–4	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	0–1–1–0	L
3	October 9, 2001	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	0–2–1–0	L
4	October 11, 2001	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	1–2–1–0	W
5	October 13, 2001	0–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	1–3–1–0	L
6	October 16, 2001	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2001–02)	1–3–1–1	OTL
7	October 18, 2001	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	2–3–1–1	W
8	October 20, 2001	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	2–4–1–1	L
9	October 23, 2001	7–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	3–4–1–1	W
10	October 25, 2001	0–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2001–02)	3–5–1–1	L
11	October 26, 2001	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (2001–02)	3–6–1–1	L
12	October 28, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	3–6–1–2	OTL
13	October 30, 2001	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	3–7–1–2	L

November: 4–5–2–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 1–1–2–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
14	November 1, 2001	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	3–8–1–2	L
15	November 3, 2001	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2001–02)	4–8–1–2	W
16	November 8, 2001	2–3	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	4–9–1–2	L
17	November 10, 2001	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	5–9–1–2	W
18	November 15, 2001	3–4	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	5–10–1–2	L
19	November 17, 2001	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	5–11–1–2	L
20	November 18, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	5–11–2–2	T
21	November 20, 2001	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	5–11–3–2	T
22	November 22, 2001	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	6–11–3–2	W
23	November 24, 2001	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	7–11–3–2	W
24	November 29, 2001	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	7–12–3–2	L

December: 7–4–4–0 (home: 3–2–2–0; road: 4–2–2–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	December 1, 2001	4–2	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	8–12–3–2	W
26	December 3, 2001	0–2	Calgary Flames (2001–02)	8–13–3–2	L
27	December 6, 2001	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	8–13–4–2	T
28	December 8, 2001	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	8–14–4–2	L
29	December 9, 2001	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	9–14–4–2	W
30	December 11, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	9–14–5–2	T
31	December 13, 2001	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	10–14–5–2	W
32	December 15, 2001	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	11–14–5–2	W
33	December 16, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	12–14–5–2	W
34	December 18, 2001	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2001–02)	13–14–5–2	W
35	December 20, 2001	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	14–14–5–2	W
36	December 22, 2001	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2001–02)	14–15–5–2	L
37	December 26, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	14–15–6–2	T
38	December 27, 2001	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	14–15–7–2	T
39	December 29, 2001	4–5	New York Rangers (2001–02)	14–16–7–2	L

January: 11–3–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 7–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
40	January 2, 2002	3–1	Florida Panthers (2001–02)	15–16–7–2	W
41	January 5, 2002	3–0	@ New York Islanders (2001–02)	16–16–7–2	W
42	January 7, 2002	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2001–02)	17–16–7–2	W
43	January 9, 2002	4–0	@ New York Rangers (2001–02)	18–16–7–2	W
44	January 10, 2002	0–5	@ Boston Bruins (2001–02)	18–17–7–2	L
45	January 12, 2002	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	19–17–7–2	W
46	January 15, 2002	2–0	Nashville Predators (2001–02)	20–17–7–2	W
47	January 17, 2002	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (2001–02)	21–17–7–2	W
48	January 19, 2002	2–3	New York Islanders (2001–02)	21–18–7–2	L
49	January 21, 2002	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	22–18–7–2	W
50	January 24, 2002	4–1	Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	23–18–7–2	W
51	January 26, 2002	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	23–19–7–2	L
52	January 28, 2002	6–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	24–19–7–2	W
53	January 30, 2002	2–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2001–02)	25–19–7–2	W

February: 4–1–1–1 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
54	February 4, 2002	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2001–02)	25–20–7–2	L
55	February 7, 2002	2–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2001–02)	26–20–7–2	W
56	February 8, 2002	5–6 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	26–20–7–3	OTL
57	February 11, 2002	2–1	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	27–20–7–3	W
58	February 13, 2002	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	27–20–8–3	T
59	February 26, 2002	5–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	28–20–8–3	W
60	February 27, 2002	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	29–20–8–3	W

March: 7–5–2–1 (home: 5–1–1–0; road: 2–4–1–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
61	March 2, 2002	0–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2001–02)	29–21–8–3	L
62	March 4, 2002	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (2001–02)	29–21–9–3	T
63	March 6, 2002	2–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2001–02)	29–21–9–4	OTL
64	March 7, 2002	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (2001–02)	30–21–9–4	W
65	March 9, 2002	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	30–22–9–4	L
66	March 11, 2002	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2001–02)	31–22–9–4	W
67	March 14, 2002	2–1	St. Louis Blues (2001–02)	32–22–9–4	W
68	March 16, 2002	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2001–02)	33–22–9–4	W
69	March 18, 2002	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	34–22–9–4	W
70	March 21, 2002	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (2001–02)	35–22–9–4	W
71	March 23, 2002	3–0	San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	36–22–9–4	W
72	March 24, 2002	0–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2001–02)	36–23–9–4	L
73	March 26, 2002	0–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	36–24–9–4	L
74	March 28, 2002	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	36–24–10–4	T
75	March 30, 2002	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (2001–02)	36–25–10–4	L

April: 4–2–1–0 (home: 4–0–1–0; road: 0–2–0–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
76	April 2, 2002	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	36–25–11–4	T
77	April 4, 2002	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (2001–02)	37–25–11–4	W
78	April 6, 2002	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2001–02)	38–25–11–4	W
79	April 8, 2002	3–0	Dallas Stars (2001–02)	39–25–11–4	W
80	April 11, 2002	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2001–02)	39–26–11–4	L
81	April 13, 2002	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2001–02)	39–27–11–4	L
82	April 14, 2002	1–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2001–02)	40–27–11–4	W

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Playoffs

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2002 Stanley Cup playoffs^[6]

Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–3

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	April 18, 2002	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 1–0	L
2	April 20, 2002	3–5	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 2–0	L
3	April 22, 2002	3–1	Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 2–1	W
4	April 23, 2002	0–1	Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 3–1	L
5	April 25, 2002	1–0 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche lead 3–2	W
6	April 27, 2002	3–1	Colorado Avalanche	Series tied 3–3	W
7	April 29, 2002	0–4	@ Colorado Avalanche	Avalanche win 4–3	L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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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 Kings only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
41	Jason Allison†	C	73	19	55	74	2	68	7	3	3	6	2	4
28	Adam Deadmarsh	RW	76	29	33	62	8	71	4	1	3	4	0	2
33	Zigmund Palffy	RW	63	32	27	59	5	26	7	4	5	9	4	0
44	Jaroslav Modry	D	80	4	38	42	−4	65	7	0	2	2	1	0
21	Bryan Smolinski	C	80	13	25	38	7	56	7	2	0	2	−1	2
57	Steve Heinze	RW	73	15	16	31	−15	46	4	0	0	0	−1	2
43	Philippe Boucher	D	80	7	23	30	0	94	5	0	1	1	2	2
10	Mathieu Schneider	D	55	7	23	30	3	68	7	0	1	1	−8	18
23	Craig Johnson	LW	72	13	14	27	14	24	7	1	2	3	3	2
25	Eric Belanger	C	53	8	16	24	2	21	7	0	0	0	−5	4
22	Ian Laperriere	RW	81	8	14	22	5	125	7	0	1	1	−5	9
17	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	72	4	17	21	−5	14	4	0	1	1	1	0
42	Mikko Eloranta†	LW	71	9	9	18	0	54	7	1	1	2	−1	2
3	Aaron Miller	D	74	5	12	17	14	54	7	0	0	0	1	0
29	Brad Chartrand	C	46	7	9	16	5	40	7	1	1	2	0	2
9	Kelly Buchberger	RW	74	6	7	13	−13	105	7	0	0	0	−3	7
27	Glen Murray‡	RW	9	6	5	11	5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Mattias Norstrom	D	79	2	9	11	−2	38	7	0	0	0	0	4
19	Nelson Emerson	RW	41	5	2	7	−8	25	5	0	1	1	1	2
26	Randy Robitaille‡	C	18	4	3	7	−9	17	—	—	—	—	—	—
27^[a]	Jaroslav Bednar	RW	22	4	2	6	−4	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	Andreas Lilja	D	26	1	4	5	3	22	5	0	0	0	−1	6
7	Cliff Ronning†	C/RW	14	1	4	5	0	8	4	0	1	1	−1	2
15	Jozef Stumpel‡	C	9	1	3	4	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Ken Belanger	LW	43	2	0	2	−5	85	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Adam Mair	C	18	1	1	2	1	57	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Rob Valicevic	RW	17	1	1	2	−4	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Jere Karalahti‡	D	30	0	1	1	−5	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Steve Kelly	C	8	0	1	1	−1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	Felix Potvin	G	71	0	1	1		19	7	0	0	0		0
37	Kip Brennan	LW	4	0	0	0	1	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Ted Donato†‡†	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Ryan Flinn†	LW	10	0	0	0	0	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	Jason Holland	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Jamie Storr	G	19	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0

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Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Felix Potvin	71	31	27	8	1686	157	2.31	.907	6	4071	7	3	4	201	15	2.16	.925	1	417
1	Jamie Storr	19	9	4	3	360	28	1.90	.922	2	886	1	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	1

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jaroslav Modry	^[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Zigmund Palffy	^[7]
Team	Best Newcomer	Jason Allison	^[8]
	Bill Libby Memorial Award	Jason Allison	^[8]
	Defensive Player	Aaron Miller	^[8]
	Jim Fox Community Service	Jamie Storr	^[8]
	Leading Scorer	Jason Allison	^[8]
	Most Inspirational	Zigmund Palffy	^[8]
	Most Popular Player	Adam Deadmarsh	^[8]
	Outstanding Defenseman	Aaron Miller	^[8]
	Unsung Hero	Aaron Miller	^[8]

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Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jaroslav Bednar	October 4, 2001	^[9]
	Kip Brennan	January 5, 2002
	Ryan Flinn	January 24, 2002
500th game played	Felix Potvin	October 16, 2001	^[10]
1,000th game played	Kelly Buchberger	January 7, 2002	^[11]
25th shutout	Felix Potvin	April 8, 2002	^[12]

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Transactions

The Kings 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.^[13]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2001 (2001-06-24)	To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2001 6th-round pick in 2001	^[14]
October 24, 2001 (2001-10-24)	To Los Angeles Kings Mikko Eloranta Rights to Jason Allison	To Boston Bruins Glen Murray Jozef Stumpel	^[15]
December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	To Los Angeles Kings Rich Brennan	To Nashville Predators Brett Hauer	^[16]
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)	To Los Angeles Kings Cliff Ronning	To Nashville Predators Jere Karalahti Conditional draft pick in 2003^[b]	^[17]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	To Los Angeles Kings Conditional draft pick	To Montreal Canadiens Stephane Fiset	^[18]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Ken Belanger	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	^[19]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Brett Hauer	Edmonton Oilers	2-year	Free agency	^[20]
July 3, 2001 (2001-07-03)	Steve Heinze	Buffalo Sabres	3-year	Free agency	^[21]
July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)	Randy Robitaille	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[22]
August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16)	Rob Valicevic	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[23]
August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)	Jason Holland	Buffalo Sabres		Free agency	^[24]
September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	Derek Bekar	Washington Capitals		Free agency	^[25]
January 9, 2002 (2002-01-09)	Ryan Flinn	Manchester Monarchs (AHL)		Free agency	^[26]
January 30, 2002 (2002-01-30)	Ted Donato	New York Islanders		Waivers	^[27]
March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)	Ted Donato	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	^[28]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Stu Grimson	Nashville Predators	Free agency (III)	^[30]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Luc Robitaille	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (III)	^[31]
July 13, 2001 (2001-07-13)	David Hymovitz	Ottawa Senators	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)	Marko Tuomainen	New York Islanders	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]
August 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)	Rich Brennan	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	^[34]
September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)	Peter Leboutillier	Sheffield Steelers (BISL)	Free agency (VI)	^[35]
January 4, 2002 (2002-01-04)	Randy Robitaille	Pittsburgh Penguins	Waivers	^[36]
March 6, 2002 (2002-03-06)	Ted Donato	St. Louis Blues	Waivers	^[37]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28)	Travis Scott	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]
June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28)	Scott Thomas	1-year	Re-signing	^[38]
July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)	Mathieu Schneider	3-year	Re-signing	^[39]
July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)	Tomas Zizka	3-year	Entry-level	^[40]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Jaroslav Bednar	1-year	Entry-level	^[41]
July 10, 2001 (2001-07-10)	Jaroslav Modry	2-year	Re-signing	^[42]
July 31, 2001 (2001-07-31)	Marcel Cousineau	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
	Andreas Lilja	multi-year	Re-signing	^[44]
	Greg Phillips	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
	Jamie Storr	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Eric Belanger	1-year	Re-signing	^[46]
August 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)	Philippe Boucher	1-year	Re-signing	^[47]
August 13, 2001 (2001-08-13)	Bryan Smolinski	2-year	Re-signing	^[48]
August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)	Aaron Miller	2-year	Arbitration award	^[49]
September 4, 2001 (2001-09-04)	Lubomir Visnovsky	multi-year	Re-signing	^[50]
September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10)	Felix Potvin	1-year^[d]	Re-signing	^[51]
October 24, 2001 (2001-10-24)	Jason Allison	3-year	Re-signing	^[15]
April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09)	Yanick Lehoux	3-year	Entry-level	^[52]
June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01)	Jared Aulin	3-year	Entry-level	^[53]

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Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 2001 NHL entry draft held at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida.^[54]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Jens Karlsson	Sweden	Frolunda HC (Sweden)
1	30	Dave Steckel	United States	Ohio State University (NCAA)
2	49	Michael Cammalleri	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	51	Jaroslav Bednar	Czech Republic	HIFK (Finland)
3	83	Henrik Juntunen	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
4	116	Richard Petiot	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
5	152	Terry Denike	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
5	153	Tuukka Mantyla	Finland	Tappara (Finland)
7	214	Cristobal Huet	France	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
8	237	Mike Gabinet	Canada	University of Nebraska at Omaha (NCAA)
9	277	Sebastien Laplante	Canada	Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL)

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Notes

[a]
Bednar wore number 7 until Ronning was acquired.
[b]
4th-round pick
[c]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
[d]
Club option for a second year.

2001–02 Los Angeles Kings season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Notes

References

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