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Chris Chelios's 2001-2002 season

Points
39
NHL#158
Goals
6
NHL#343
Assists
33
NHL#71
Plus/minus
+40
NHL#1
Games
79
96%
96% of 82

Defenceman Chris Chelios was 39 years old when the 2001-2002 season began, his 19th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 79 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 33 assists for 39 points, 0.49 points per game. The season ended with Chris Chelios winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings against Carolina Hurricanes, after 23 playoff games and 14 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2001-2002Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Chris Chelios plays the 2001-2002 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Chris was 39 years old when the 2001-2002 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 19th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET4–3SJS
      W
      game 1/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1SHP23:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–1VAN
      W
      game 2/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP24:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY4–2DET
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:49TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–4NYI
      W
      game 5/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP23:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CBJ3–4DET
      W
      game 6/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG26:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–3DET
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG23:06TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–3DET
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:03TOI
    • The game
      EDM1–4DET
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG28:35TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–3DET
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG25:54TOI
    • The game
      DET1–0NSH
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG25:39TOI
    • The game
      DET5–2CAR
      W
      game 12/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG26:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–3DAL
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:41TOI
    • November 2001
    • The game
      NYI1–2DET
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG27:43TOI
    • The game
      DET4–5CHI
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:50TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1PHX
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG27:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–0ANA
      W
      game 17/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:11TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3LAK
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG29:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CAR3–4DET
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:12TOI
    • The game
      MIN3–8DET
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG23:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–4DET
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP25:11TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#109
      1
      goals
      NHL#306
      10
      assists
      NHL#42
      +17
      +/-
      NHL#1
      DET
      17-3-1W-L-OT35Points
      1st in the Central·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH3–6DET
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP20:31TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      DET1–0CBJ
      W
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:57TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3DET
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG28:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–4DET
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG30:12TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–4DET
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:04TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4DET
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:26TOI
    • December 2001
    • The game
      DET1–4NJD
      L
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:51TOI
    • The game
      COL4–1DET
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:31TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–1DET
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:56TOI
    • The game
      DET0–2CGY
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:10TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1EDM
      W
      game 32/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG25:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–3VAN
      L
      game 33/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:15TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–0DET
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:14TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–4DET
      W
      game 35/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG23:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS0–3DET
      W
      game 36/825
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG28:15TOI
    • The game
      DET5–0CHI
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG23:00TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–3MIN
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG29:11TOI
    • The game
      CBJ1–5DET
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:42TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3NSH
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG30:07TOI
    • The game
      MIN2–4DET
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG30:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      19
      points
      NHL#152
      3
      goals
      NHL#307
      16
      assists
      NHL#74
      +23
      +/-
      NHL#1
      DET
      28-8-2W-L-OT61Points
      1st in the Central·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–5DET
      W
      game 42/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:13TOI
    • The game
      COL1–3DET
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–5DET
      W
      game 44/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG27:51TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5DET
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG26:01TOI
    • The game
      DET2–2PHX
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:49TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3DAL
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–3DET
      W
      game 48/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:57TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–3DET
      W
      game 49/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:55TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2DET
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG28:38TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–4DET
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG22:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–2STL
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG21:56TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–1EDM
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:42TOI
    • The game
      DET3–4CGY
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:43TOI
    • February 2002
    • The game
      DET3–1COL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG25:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3DET
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG24:47TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CBJ3–2DET
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG23:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–2OTT
      W
      game 58/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP24:22TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET3–2MTL
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–0MIN
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:44TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3TBL
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG27:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–2FLA
      W
      game 62/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:48TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      31
      points
      NHL#137
      4
      goals
      NHL#351
      27
      assists
      NHL#49
      +40
      +/-
      NHL#1
      DET
      43-11-2W-L-OT94Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Central·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • March 2002
    • The game
      DET4–2PIT
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG26:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6DET
      W
      game 64/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–2STL
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:48TOI
    • The game
      DET1–5BUF
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:45TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–4DET
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP24:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–2BOS
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:14TOI
    • The game
      DET5–3NYR
      W
      game 69/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG26:46TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Chris Chelios reaches 1,250 NHL games

    in the game against New York Rangers · March 17

    • The game
      ANA2–1DET
      L
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG22:58TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2CBJ
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      DET2–0COL
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:45TOI
    • The game
      NSH3–3DET
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG26:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ATL1–4DET
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:56TOI
    • April 2002
    • The game
      DET1–1ANA
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG30:33TOI
    • The game
      DET0–3LAK
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:58TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–3DET
      game 80/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–3STL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG29:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL5–3DET
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:23TOI
    The season in numbers

    Chris Chelios closes the 2001-2002 season with 39 points

    Points
    39
    NHL#158
    Games
    79of 82
    96%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#343
    Assists
    33
    NHL#71
    P/GP
    0.49
    NHL#186
    +/-
    +40
    NHL#1
    Events
    1,250
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    8×
    Second star
    6×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Vancouver Canucks

    DETvsVAN
    • Game 1
      VAN4–3DET
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG29:35TOI
    • Vancouver Canuckslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      VAN5–2DET
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG22:00TOI
    • Vancouver Canuckslead2–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      DET3–1VAN
      W
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG28:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • Vancouver Canuckslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      DET4–2VAN
      W
      7
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP27:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withVancouver Canucks
    • Game 5
      VAN0–4DET
      W
      7
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:13TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 6
      DET6–4VAN
      W
      7
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +2+/-0SOG4PPP30:18TOI
      +4 assists
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Vancouver Canucks out 4–2

    DET4–2VAN
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet St. Louis Blues

    DETvsSTL
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      STL0–2DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG26:36TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      STL2–3DET
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP27:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      DET1–6STL
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG24:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DET4–3STL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:19TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL0–4DET
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG25:37TOI
      +2 assists
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–1

    DET4–1STL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

    DETvsCOL
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    • Game 1
      COL3–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG25:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      COL4–3DET
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG27:13TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      DET2–1COL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:45TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      DET2–3COL
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:31TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      COL2–1DET
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:56TOI
    • Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 6
      DET2–0COL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:48TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare3–3withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 7
      COL0–7DET
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:54TOI
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–3

    DET4–3COL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings play the Stanley Cup Final against Carolina Hurricanes

    DETvsCAR
    • Game 1
      CAR3–2DET
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:28TOI
    • Carolina Hurricaneslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      CAR1–3DET
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP23:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 3
      DET3–2CAR
      W
      5
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG46:38TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 4
      DET3–0CAR
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG24:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 5
      CAR1–3DET
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG25:35TOI
      +1 assist
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Detroit Red Wings

    beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 in the final

    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Chris Chelios ends the 2001-2002 playoffs with 14 points

    Points
    14
    NHL#11
    Games
    23
    Goals
    1
    NHL#95
    Assists
    13
    NHL#4
    P/GP
    0.61
    NHL#32
    +/-
    +15
    NHL#1
    Events
    200
    playoff games
    100
    playoff assists
    2×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    4 points
    best game
    VAN4–2→STL4–1→COL4–3→CAR4–1