NHL 2002 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Sports and released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the NHL series and serves as the successor to NHL 2001. The cover features Mario Lemieux, the star player of the Pittsburgh Penguins, highlighting his recent return to the game after a lengthy retirement. Notably, it marked the first NHL title available on the Xbox platform.
NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a stunning comeback after being retired for three and a half years. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on Xbox.