2000–01 NHL season
The 2000–01 NHL season was the 84th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Colorado Avalanche, who won the best of seven series 4–3 against the New Jersey Devils. The focus of Colorado's Stanley Cup run was on defenceman Raymond Bourque who was on a quest to win his first Stanley Cup championship in his 22-year career.
2000–01 NHL season | |
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League | National Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 4, 2000 – June 9, 2001 |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 30 |
TV partner(s) | CBC, Sportsnet, SRC (Canada) ESPN, ABC (United States) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Rick DiPietro |
Picked by | New York Islanders |
Regular season | |
Presidents' Trophy | Colorado Avalanche |
Season MVP | Joe Sakic (Avalanche) |
Top scorer | Jaromir Jagr (Penguins) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Patrick Roy (Avalanche) |
Stanley Cup | |
Champions | Colorado Avalanche |
Runners-up | New Jersey Devils |
Regular season
changeFinal standings
changeNote: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Eastern Conference
changeNortheast Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Ottawa Senators | 82 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 274 | 205 | 109 |
Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 218 | 184 | 98 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 232 | 207 | 90 |
Boston Bruins | 82 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 227 | 249 | 88 |
Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 206 | 232 | 70 |
Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 295 | 195 | 111 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 240 | 207 | 100 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 256 | 96 |
New York Rangers | 82 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 290 | 72 |
New York Islanders | 82 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 185 | 268 | 52 |
Southeast Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Washington Capitals | 82 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 211 | 96 |
Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 212 | 225 | 88 |
Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 200 | 246 | 66 |
Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 289 | 60 |
Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 201 | 280 | 59 |
Western Conference
changeCentral Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
Nashville Predators | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
Pacific Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Dallas Stars | 82 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 187 | 106 |
San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 192 | 95 |
Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 252 | 228 | 92 |
Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 214 | 212 | 90 |
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 |
Northwest Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 270 | 192 | 118 |
Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 243 | 222 | 93 |
Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 239 | 238 | 90 |
Calgary Flames | 82 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 197 | 236 | 73 |
Minnesota Wild | 82 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 168 | 210 | 68 |
Scoring leaders
changeNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Jaromir Jagr | Pittsburgh | 81 | 52 | 69 | 121 |
Joe Sakic | Colorado | 82 | 54 | 64 | 118 |
Patrik Elias | New Jersey | 82 | 40 | 56 | 96 |
Alexei Kovalev | Pittsburgh | 79 | 44 | 51 | 95 |
Jason Allison | Boston | 82 | 36 | 59 | 95 |
Martin Straka | Pittsburgh | 82 | 27 | 68 | 95 |
Pavel Bure | Florida | 82 | 59 | 33 | 92 |
Doug Weight | Edmonton | 82 | 25 | 65 | 90 |
Zigmund Palffy | Los Angeles | 73 | 38 | 51 | 89 |
Peter Forsberg | Colorado | 73 | 27 | 62 | 89 |
Leading goaltenders
changeWins: Martin Brodeur (42); Shutouts: Dominik Hasek (11); GAA: Roman Cechmanek (2.01); SV%: Sean Burke (.922)
Stanley Cup playoffs
changePlayoff bracket
changeConference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||
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8 | Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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7 | Toronto | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Ottawa | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | New Jersey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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4 | Philadelphia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Buffalo | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Buffalo | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Washington | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Pittsburgh | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | New Jersey | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
W1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Vancouver | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Los Angeles | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Colorado | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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4 | St. Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Edmonton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Louis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Louis | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | San Jose | 2 |
Conference quarterfinals
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Conference semifinals
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Conference finals
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Finals
changeNew Jersey vs. Colorado | |||
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Date | Away | Home | |
May 26 | New Jersey 0 | 5 Colorado | |
May 29 | New Jersey 2 | 1 Colorado | |
May 31 | Colorado 3 | 1 New Jersey | |
June 2 | Colorado 2 | 3 New Jersey | |
June 4 | New Jersey 4 | 1 Colorado | |
June 7 | Colorado 4 | 0 New Jersey | |
June 9 | New Jersey 1 | 3 Colorado | |
Colorado wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup | |||
Patrick Roy (Colorado) wins Conn Smythe Trophy |
Scoring leaders
changeNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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Joe Sakic | Colorado Avalanche | 21 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
Patrik Elias | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
Milan Hejduk | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Petr Sykora | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Alex Tanguay | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
Rob Blake | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
Brian Rafalski | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
Mario Lemieux | Pittsburgh Penguins | 18 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
Chris Drury | Colorado Avalanche | 23 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
Bobby Holik | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
Alexander Mogilny | New Jersey Devils | 25 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
NHL Awards
changeThe NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.
All-Star teams
changeFirst games
changeThe following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2000–01 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Andy McDonald, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
- Andrew Raycroft, Boston Bruins
- Samuel Pahlsson, Boston Bruins
- David Vyborny, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Jody Shelley, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Marty Turco, Dallas Stars
- Mike Comrie, Edmonton Oilers
- Shawn Horcoff, Edmonton Oilers
- Lubomir Visnovsky, Los Angeles Kings
- Marian Gaborik, Minnesota Wild
- Mathieu Garon, Montreal Canadiens
- Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
- Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders
- Martin Havlat, Ottawa Senators
- Justin Williams, Philadelphia Flyers
- Miikka Kiprusoff, San Jose Sharks
- Mikael Samuelsson, San Jose Sharks
- Brad Richards, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
- Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks
Last games
changeThe following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2000–01 (listed with their last team):
- Paul Coffey, Boston Bruins
- Ray Bourque, Colorado Avalanche
- Larry Murphy, Detroit Red Wings
- Joe Murphy, Washington Capitals