2001–02 New York Rangers season

The 2001–02 New York Rangers season was the 76th season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division, compiling a 36–38–4–4 record. Their 11th-place finish in the Eastern Conference kept them out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season. Head coach Ron Low was fired after the season.

Pre-season

On September 20, 2001, in the middle of a 2–2 game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, the game was stopped. A message from United States President George W. Bush about the September 11 attacks was broadcast on the arena video screen. After the message, the game did not resume and it was declared a 2–2 tie.

Regular season

The Rangers struggled in short-handed situations, finishing the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against, the most power-play goals allowed and the lowest penalty-kill percentage.

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Player statistics

;Skaters

Player
	72	37	36	73	19	138
	82	24	39	63	0	216
^‡	69	18	39	57	8	16
	82	10	45	55	14	28
	78	21	25	46	-8	36
	65	17	20	37	-20	14
	81	6	22	28	10	83
	70	14	10	24	6	46
	82	10	13	23	-8	171
	41	7	16	23	-1	32
	82	2	21	23	-1	60
^†	48	8	13	21	-3	144
^†	12	12	8	20	9	6
	67	6	10	16	10	23
^‡	56	7	6	13	-1	42
^‡	29	6	7	13	-3	16
^†	15	3	10	13	6	6
^‡	38	7	4	11	-4	10
	75	1	10	11	-9	131
^†	11	1	7	8	-4	2
^‡	39	0	6	6	-4	53
	15	3	2	5	-3	12
	41	0	5	5	-3	23
	52	1	3	4	-2	137
	40	0	4	4	4	113
	54	2	1	3	0	144
^†	11	1	2	3	-9	4
^†	15	2	0	2	0	0
^‡	17	1	0	1	3	12
	8	0	1	1	-7	4
^†	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1	0	0	0	-1	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	5
	10	0	0	0	-2	0
	10	0	0	0	-4	2

;Goaltenders

Player
	55	3195	24	26	4	157	2.95	1832	.906	2
	31	1737	12	16	0	95	3.28	1030	.898	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida at the National Car Rental Center.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	10	Dan Blackburn	G		Kootenay Ice
2	40	Fedor Tyutin	D		SKA Saint Petersburg
3	79	Garth Murray	C		Regina Pats
4	113	Bryce Lampman	D		Omaha Lancers
5	139	Shawn Collymore	RW		Quebec Remparts
6	176	Marek Zidlicky	D		HIFK
7	206	Petr Preucil	LW		Quebec Remparts
7	226	Pontus Petterstrom	LW		Tingsryds
8	230	Leonid Zhvachkin	D		Podolsk Jr.
8	238	Ryan Hollweg	C		Medicine Hat Tigers
9	269	Juris Stals	C		Lukko

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