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Ilya Kovalchuk's 2001-2002 season

Points

NHL#82

Goals

NHL#33

Assists

NHL#179

Plus/minus

-19

NHL#843

Games

79% of 82

Left winger Ilya Kovalchuk was 18 years old when the 2001-2002 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Atlanta Thrashers. He played 65 of a possible 82 games and scored 29 goals and 22 assists for 51 points, 0.78 points per game. Atlanta Thrashers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2001-2002

Year 2001
25 years ago
NHL debut
October 4
Ilya Kovalchuk makes his NHL debut
ATLAtlanta Thrashers2–1BUFBuffalo Sabres
Ilya was 18 years old · HSBC Arena, USA
Other Swedes on the ice: Andreas Karlsson, Daniel Tjärnqvist and Per Svartvadet.
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- The game
  ATL2–1BUF
  W
  October 4game 1/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG16:21TOI
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  ATL3–4BOS
  L
  October 6game 2/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-4SOG19:53TOI
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Ilya Kovalchuk scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Boston Bruins · October 6
- The game
  CAR5–2ATL
  L
  October 13game 3/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG16:28TOI
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  PHI3–3ATL
  October 16game 4/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG16:53TOI
  +1 goal
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  NYR4–3ATL
  L
  October 19game 5/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG19:30TOI
  +1 goal
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  ATL1–2CAR
  L
  October 20game 6/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG14:57TOI
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  PIT4–2ATL
  L
  October 23game 7/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP20:15TOI
  +1 goal
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  WSH0–1ATL
  W
  October 26game 8/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP14:19TOI
  +1 goal
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  TBL3–4ATL
  W
  October 27game 9/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG12:20TOI
  +1 goal
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  OTT6–3ATL
  L
  October 30game 10/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP17:30TOI
  +1 goal
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- November 2001
- The game
  ATL2–5SJS
  L
  November 1game 11/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG17:09TOI
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Ilya Kovalchuk records his first NHL assist
in the game against San Jose Sharks · November 1
- The game
  ATL1–4LAK
  L
  November 3game 12/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG10:21TOI
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  ATL2–3NJD
  L
  November 7game 14/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG17:42TOI
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  ATL0–8BUF
  L
  November 8game 15/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG15:35TOI
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  ATL0–3WSH
  L
  November 10game 16/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG25:35TOI
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  ATL2–4MIN
  L
  November 13game 17/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG21:23TOI
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  NSH4–4ATL
  November 16game 18/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP18:57TOI
  +1 goal
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  ATL2–6NYR
  L
  November 18game 19/824
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP21:56TOI
  +2 assists
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  BUF2–3ATL
  W
  November 19game 20/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG19:33TOI
  +1 goal
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  MTL5–2ATL
  L
  November 22game 21/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG21:04TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
  12
  points
  NHL#117
  9
  goals
  NHL#23
  3
  assists
  NHL#323
  ATL
  4-13-2W-L-OT12Points
  5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
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  ATL6–3OTT
  W
  November 24game 22/824
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP18:04TOI
  +3 points
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  ATL1–5MTL
  L
  November 27game 23/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG20:32TOI
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  ATL2–5TBL
  L
  November 29game 24/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG16:39TOI
  +1 assist
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- December 2001
- The game
  ATL5–2FLA
  W
  December 1game 25/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG18:05TOI
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  BOS3–2ATL
  L
  December 4game 26/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP19:40TOI
  +2 points
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  WSH3–3ATL
  December 6game 27/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-6SOG20:45TOI
  +2 points
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  ATL3–6PIT
  L
  December 8game 28/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP19:16TOI
  +1 assist
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  PHI3–1ATL
  L
  December 10game 29/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:32TOI
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  MTL3–3ATL
  December 12game 30/822
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-9SOG2PPP26:59TOI
  +3 points
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  CHI3–1ATL
  L
  December 14game 31/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG26:17TOI
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  ATL2–5WSH
  L
  December 15game 32/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG18:14TOI
  +1 assist
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  ATL3–2BOS
  W
  December 18game 33/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG19:26TOI
  +2 points
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  SJS4–2ATL
  L
  December 19game 34/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG18:23TOI
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  ATL4–5CAR
  L
  December 21game 35/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG17:48TOI
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  DAL4–1ATL
  L
  December 23game 36/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG21:05TOI
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  FLA3–3ATL
  December 26game 37/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG20:10TOI
  +1 assist
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  TOR4–5ATL
  W
  December 28game 38/826
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +3+/-2SOG18:30TOI
  +3 points
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  ATL3–4FLA
  L
  December 31game 39/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG18:49TOI
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Year 2002
24 years ago
- The game
  ATL1–2DAL
  L
  January 2game 40/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG16:19TOI
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  ATL1–2PHX
  L
  January 3game 41/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG19:01TOI
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
  32
  points
  NHL#48
  17
  goals
  NHL#19
  15
  assists
  NHL#102
  ATL
  8-25-3W-L-OT24Points
  5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
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  NYI3–2ATL
  L
  January 6game 42/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG22:23TOI
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  ATL4–7PHI
  L
  January 8game 43/824
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP15:40TOI
  +2 goals
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  OTT3–4ATL
  W
  January 9game 44/826
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG19:05TOI
  +1 goal
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  CGY0–1ATL
  W
  January 11game 45/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG18:04TOI
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  TBL2–2ATL
  January 13game 46/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG15:26TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  ATL3–2TOR
  W
  January 15game 47/827
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG19:07TOI
  +1 goal
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  ATL3–6PHI
  L
  January 17game 48/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-5SOG18:16TOI
  +1 goal
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  ATL6–1FLA
  W
  January 19game 49/825
  His night
  +5P+1G+4A
  +2+/-4SOG3PPP17:22TOI
  +5 points
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  WSH3–0ATL
  L
  January 22game 50/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG20:33TOI
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  NJD2–4ATL
  W
  January 24game 51/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG15:22TOI
  +1 goal
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  ATL2–3PIT
  L
  January 26game 52/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP18:43TOI
  +1 assist
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  PHX4–2ATL
  L
  January 28game 53/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG18:39TOI
  +1 goal
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  TOR6–0ATL
  L
  January 30game 54/826
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG18:10TOI
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- February 2002
- The game
  EDM2–3ATL
  W
  February 5game 55/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG18:17TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  ATL3–3NJD
  February 7game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG23:40TOI
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  NYR2–1ATL
  L
  February 8game 57/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG18:20TOI
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  ATL4–5TOR
  L
  February 11game 58/826
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG17:12TOI
  +1 assist
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  ATL0–3STL
  L
  February 12game 59/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG18:20TOI
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  BUF1–2ATL
  W
  February 26game 60/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG20:27TOI
  +1 goal
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- March 2002
- The game
  NYI3–4ATL
  W
  March 1game 61/825
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG17:11TOI
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- The game
  ATL1–4NYI
  L
  March 2game 62/825
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG23:43TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 2
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
  49
  points
  NHL#35
  28
  goals
  NHL#9
  21
  assists
  NHL#117
  ATL
  16-35-4W-L-OT43Points
  5th in the Southeast·15th in the Eastern Conference·30th in the whole NHL
- The game
  ATL3–5MTL
  L
  March 4game 63/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-2SOG18:15TOI
  +2 points
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  ANA4–1ATL
  L
  March 6game 64/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG16:37TOI
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  BOS3–0ATL
  L
  March 8game 65/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG20:14TOI
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  ATL1–6NYI
  L
  March 10game 66/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG04:43TOI
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The season in numbers
March 10
Ilya Kovalchuk closes the 2001-2002 season with 51 points
ATLAtlanta Thrashers
Atlanta Thrashers did not reach the playoffs
Points
51
NHL#82
Games
65of 82
79%
Goals
29
NHL#33
Assists
22
NHL#179
P/GP
0.78
NHL#52
+/-
-19
NHL#843
Events
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
2×
First star
9×
Second star
1×
Third star
5 i rad
games with a point · 5 pts
4 i rad
games with a goal

Ilya Kovalchuk makes his NHL debut

Ilya Kovalchuk scores his first NHL goal

Ilya Kovalchuk records his first NHL assist

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1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ilya Kovalchuk closes the 2001-2002 season with 51 points