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Dick Tärnström's 2001-2002 season

Points
19
Swedish flag#25NHL#340
Goals
3
Swedish flag#29NHL#472
Assists
16
Swedish flag#22NHL#267
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#780
Games
62
75%
75% of 82

Defenceman Dick Tärnström was 26 years old when the 2001-2002 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 62 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 16 assists for 19 points, 0.31 points per game. That was 25th among the Swedes and 340th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

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

2001-2002Playoffs
  1. A late start

    Dick Tärnström's season starts in game 11 of 82

    New York Islanders have played 10 games10 of 82 without him
    NHL debut

    Dick Tärnström makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Florida Panthers

    FLAFlorida Panthers2–3NYINew York Islanders

    Dick was 26 years old · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    13:00
    TOI

    Other Swedes on the ice: Kristian Huselius, Marcus Nilson, Kenny Jönsson, among others.

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    • The game
      FLA2–3NYI
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:00TOI
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    • November 2001
    • The game
      NYI1–2DET
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:05TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–1PHI
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG02:17TOI
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    • The game
      TBL0–3NYI
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:23TOI
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    • The game
      NYR6–2NYI
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:30TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3MTL
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:06TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:04TOI
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    • The game
      NYI0–1COL
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:15TOI
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    • The game
      NYI1–6PHX
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:34TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–2DAL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:58TOI
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    • The game
      COL4–5NYI
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:30TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 played
      0
      points
      Swedish flag#43NHL#617
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#35NHL#484
      0
      assists
      Swedish flag#39NHL#573
      -6
      +/-
      Swedish flag#15NHL#226
      NYI
      13-5-1W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–3NYI
      W
      game 22/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:12TOI
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    • The game
      WSH5–5NYI
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-1SOG1PPP22:27TOI
      +1 assist
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    Milestone

    Dick Tärnström records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 27

    • The game
      MTL1–1NYI
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG24:26TOI
      +1 assist
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    • December 2001
    • The game
      BUF4–2NYI
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:43TOI
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    • The game
      PHI3–2NYI
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:44TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–0PHI
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:53TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–4CHI
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:31TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–2NYI
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:46TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3NJD
      L
      game 31/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:47TOI
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    • The game
      FLA3–1NYI
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:10TOI
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    • The game
      EDM1–4NYI
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG13:19TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI2–1NYR
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG12:03TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS4–2NYI
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:16TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–5OTT
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP17:35TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL5–6NYI
      W
      game 37/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG17:53TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:14TOI
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    • The game
      PIT2–4NYI
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:46TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–2ATL
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP23:21TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8229 of 41 played
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#29NHL#408
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#42NHL#582
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#22NHL#303
      -7
      +/-
      Swedish flag#16NHL#239
      NYI
      21-13-2W-L-OT49Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY5–2NYI
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG19:17TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI0–4MTL
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:07TOI
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    • The game
      NYI5–4BOS
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG05:06TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI3–1CGY
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:29TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3SJS
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG16:03TOI
      +1 goal
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    Milestone

    Dick Tärnström scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against San Jose Sharks · January 17

    • The game
      NYI3–2LAK
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:38TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYR5–4NYI
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP21:37TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      PIT5–4NYI
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP31:16TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      TBL2–6NYI
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-0SOG29:36TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NJD3–1NYI
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:37TOI
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    • The game
      NYI6–3NYR
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:16TOI
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    • February 2002
    • The game
      NYI6–6FLA
      game 53/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG22:00TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      STL3–4NYI
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:06TOI
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    • The game
      TOR1–4NYI
      W
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:12TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–4MIN
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:38TOI
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    • The game
      NYI1–0PHI
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:47TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–3NYI
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:02TOI
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    • March 2002
    • The game
      NYI3–4ATL
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:12TOI
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    • The game
      ATL1–4NYI
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:33TOI
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    • The game
      PIT4–2NYI
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:46TOI
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    • The game
      BUF5–0NYI
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:39TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8250 of 62 played
      18
      points
      Swedish flag#22NHL#290
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#27NHL#421
      15
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#209
      -11
      +/-
      Swedish flag#17NHL#257
      NYI
      30-22-3W-L-OT70Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–4CBJ
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:03TOI
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    • The game
      ATL1–6NYI
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:12TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–0BUF
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG12:08TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI2–3NJD
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:20TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–4OTT
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:09TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3TOR
      L
      game 68/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:50TOI
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    • The game
      VAN2–3NYI
      W
      game 69/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:00TOI
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    • The game
      MIN1–2NYI
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:31TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–4NYI
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:32TOI
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    • The game
      OTT4–1NYI
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:23TOI
      View the game
    • April 2002
    • The game
      NYI5–2NSH
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:25TOI
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    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:32TOI
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    The season in numbers

    Dick Tärnström closes the 2001-2002 season with 19 points

    NYINew York Islanders
    Points
    19
    #25NHL#340
    Games
    62of 82
    76%
    Goals
    3
    #29NHL#472
    Assists
    16
    #22NHL#267
    P/GP
    0.31
    #24NHL#337
    +/-
    -12
    #39NHL#780
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    1×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    NYIvsTOR
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI1–3TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:46TOI
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    • Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI0–2TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:41TOI
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    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      TOR1–6NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:18TOI
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    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      TOR3–4NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:38TOI
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    • New York Islandersare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      NYI3–6TOR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:42TOI
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    First round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    NYI3–4TOR
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dick Tärnström ends the 2001-2002 playoffs with 0 points

    NYINew York Islanders
    Points
    0
    #22NHL#235
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    #19NHL#159
    Assists
    0
    #20NHL#216
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -2
    #22NHL#241
    TOR3–4