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Ville Nieminen's 2001-2002 season

Points
27
NHL#246
Goals
11
NHL#200
Assists
16
NHL#267
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#421
Games
66
78%
78% of 84

Left winger Ville Nieminen was 24 years old when the 2001-2002 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Colorado Avalanche och Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 66 of a possible 84 games and scored 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points, 0.41 points per game. He moved from Colorado Avalanche to Pittsburgh Penguins in March. Pittsburgh Penguins did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2001-2002
  1. Season opener

    Ville Nieminen opens the 2001-2002 season with Colorado Avalanche

    Ville was 24 years old when the 2001-2002 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      COL3–1PIT
      W
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:44TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–5COL
      W
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:10TOI
    • The game
      COL3–5EDM
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG15:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL0–4VAN
      L
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:43TOI
    • The game
      COL0–1PHX
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG07:37TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2ANA
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG11:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–0COL
      L
      game 13/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:05TOI
    • November 2001
    • The game
      COL1–4TOR
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG08:33TOI
    • The game
      COL1–1MTL
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:32TOI
    • The game
      COL0–1OTT
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:45TOI
    • The game
      COL0–2CGY
      L
      game 18/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:05TOI
    • The game
      MIN0–1COL
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–0NJD
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:50TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8213 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#386
      1
      goals
      NHL#308
      2
      assists
      NHL#371
      COL
      10-10-0W-L-OT21Points
      3rd in the Northwest·9th in the Western Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL3–5NYR
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG16:28TOI
    • The game
      COL4–5NYI
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG14:12TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–4COL
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG06:32TOI
    • The game
      COL5–2VAN
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP08:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2001
    • The game
      COL4–1BUF
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:26TOI
    • The game
      ANA1–1COL
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:24TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0COL
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:41TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2MIN
      W
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:37TOI
    • The game
      ANA1–2COL
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:04TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–2COL
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP10:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN3–6COL
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG15:39TOI
    • The game
      COL1–3CHI
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:58TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2COL
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:27TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8226 of 41 played
      5
      points
      NHL#447
      1
      goals
      NHL#441
      4
      assists
      NHL#401
      COL
      22-15-0W-L-OT48Points
      2nd in the Northwest·5th in the Western Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL4–4NSH
      game 42/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP17:06TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3COL
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:01TOI
    • The game
      COL1–3DET
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:54TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–7COL
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP13:40TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      COL2–2EDM
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG12:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–0COL
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:07TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–3COL
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL3–1SJS
      W
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG18:01TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3COL
      W
      game 50/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG13:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–2EDM
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG14:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL2–0CGY
      W
      game 52/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:01TOI
    • The game
      COL4–2LAK
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:33TOI
    • The game
      LAK6–4COL
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG17:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NSH5–2COL
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:23TOI
    • February 2002
    • The game
      DET3–1COL
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:05TOI
    • The game
      COL6–0MIN
      W
      game 57/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG12:12TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–2COL
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:06TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5COL
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:33TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3COL
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:30TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–2COL
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:39TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8246 of 62 played
      16
      points
      NHL#311
      7
      goals
      NHL#234
      9
      assists
      NHL#340
      COL
      34-20-1W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Northwest·2nd in the Western Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • March 2002
    • The game
      NJD0–2COL
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:50TOI
    • The game
      CBJ1–4COL
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–4COL
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG15:18TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      COL3–2STL
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG12:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL0–2ATL
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:43TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:39TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL5–4NSH
      W
      game 70/82
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP14:55TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHX3–1PIT
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:56TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4PIT
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:26TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–6PIT
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG14:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–3PIT
      L
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:02TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–2MTL
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:07TOI
    • April 2002
    • The game
      MTL3–0PIT
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:25TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–3FLA
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:20TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–4TBL
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG11:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG18:24TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–3NYR
      L
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–4PIT
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–2PIT
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:38TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–7BOS
      L
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:15TOI
    The season in numbers

    Ville Nieminen closes the 2001-2002 season with 27 points

    Colorado Avalanche did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    27
    NHL#246
    Games
    66of 82
    80%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#200
    Assists
    16
    NHL#267
    P/GP
    0.41
    NHL#239
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#421
    Events
    27
    career best in points
    16
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    25
    career goals
    2×
    First star
    3×
    Second star