# 2000–01 Nashville Predators season

The 2000–01 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the third straight year, the Predators missed the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
| 2 | 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
| 3 | 10 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
| 4 | 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
| 5 | 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 270 | 192 | 118 |
| 2 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
| 3 | y – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 187 | 106 |
| 4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 192 | 95 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 243 | 222 | 93 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 252 | 228 | 92 |
| 8 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 239 | 238 | 90 |
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| 9 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 214 | 212 | 90 |
| 10 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
| 11 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 197 | 236 | 73 |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CEN | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
| 14 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 168 | 210 | 68 |
| 15 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

## Schedule and results

2000–01 regular season :
October: 4–3–3–1 (home: 2–3–3–0; road: 2–0–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 7, 20003–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 8, 20001–3Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)1–1–0–0Recap
3WOctober 13, 20003–1Washington Capitals (2000–01)2–1–0–0Recap
4WOctober 14, 20002–1Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)3–1–0–0Recap
5TOctober 17, 20001–1 OTLos Angeles Kings (2000–01)3–1–1–0Recap
6WOctober 19, 20002–1 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)4–1–1–0Recap
7LOctober 21, 20003–5San Jose Sharks (2000–01)4–2–1–0Recap
8TOctober 24, 20004–4 OTVancouver Canucks (2000–01)4–2–2–0Recap
9OTLOctober 25, 20001–2 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)4–2–2–1Recap
10TOctober 27, 20003–3 OTFlorida Panthers (2000–01)4–2–3–1Recap
11LOctober 31, 20002–4St. Louis Blues (2000–01)4–3–3–1Recap :
November: 6–6–2–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 4–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12WNovember 2, 20003–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)5–3–3–1Recap
13TNovember 4, 20003–3 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)5–3–4–1Recap
14LNovember 7, 20001–2@ New York Islanders (2000–01)5–4–4–1Recap
15WNovember 8, 20004–3@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)6–4–4–1Recap
16TNovember 11, 20002–2 OT@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)6–4–5–1Recap
17LNovember 15, 20000–1@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)6–5–5–1Recap
18LNovember 16, 20001–5Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)6–6–5–1Recap
19WNovember 18, 20003–2Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)7–6–5–1Recap
20LNovember 20, 20003–6@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)7–7–5–1Recap
21LNovember 22, 20000–1Dallas Stars (2000–01)7–8–5–1Recap
22LNovember 24, 20000–4St. Louis Blues (2000–01)7–9–5–1Recap
23WNovember 26, 20007–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)8–9–5–1Recap
24WNovember 28, 20006–1Calgary Flames (2000–01)9–9–5–1Recap
25WNovember 30, 20003–0@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)10–9–5–1Recap :
December: 4–8–2–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 3–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26LDecember 1, 20001–2Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)10–10–5–1Recap
27LDecember 4, 20003–6@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)10–11–5–1Recap
28LDecember 6, 20000–4@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)10–12–5–1Recap
29LDecember 7, 20000–3@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)10–13–5–1Recap
30WDecember 10, 20002–1@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)11–13–5–1Recap
31TDecember 12, 20002–2 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (2000–01)11–13–6–1Recap
32LDecember 14, 20002–6Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)11–14–6–1Recap
33LDecember 16, 20000–3Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)11–15–6–1Recap
34WDecember 20, 20003–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)12–15–6–1Recap
35LDecember 21, 20002–4@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)12–16–6–1Recap
36WDecember 23, 20003–2 OT@ New York Rangers (2000–01)13–16–6–1Recap
37WDecember 26, 20005–2Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)14–16–6–1Recap
38TDecember 28, 20002–2 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)14–16–7–1Recap
39LDecember 29, 20001–3@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)14–17–7–1Recap :
January: 8–7–0–1 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 5–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
40LJanuary 1, 20012–5Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)14–18–7–1Recap
41WJanuary 4, 20014–2@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)15–18–7–1Recap
42LJanuary 6, 20010–2Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)15–19–7–1Recap
43LJanuary 8, 20011–2@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)15–20–7–1Recap
44WJanuary 10, 20015–2@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)16–20–7–1Recap
45LJanuary 11, 20011–2@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)16–21–7–1Recap
46WJanuary 13, 20015–3@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)17–21–7–1Recap
47LJanuary 16, 20011–2Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)17–22–7–1Recap
48OTLJanuary 17, 20013–4 OT@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)17–22–7–2Recap
49WJanuary 19, 20011–0 OTBoston Bruins (2000–01)18–22–7–2Recap
50WJanuary 21, 20013–1St. Louis Blues (2000–01)19–22–7–2Recap
51WJanuary 23, 20014–3Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)20–22–7–2Recap
52LJanuary 24, 20013–4@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)20–23–7–2Recap
53LJanuary 27, 20011–5Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)20–24–7–2Recap
54WJanuary 29, 20015–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)21–24–7–2Recap
55WJanuary 31, 20013–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)22–24–7–2Recap :
February: 4–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–1–0; road: 1–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
56WFebruary 1, 20016–4@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)23–24–7–2Recap
57WFebruary 8, 20013–1Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)24–24–7–2Recap
58LFebruary 10, 20012–3@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)24–25–7–2Recap
59LFebruary 13, 20011–2Dallas Stars (2000–01)24–26–7–2Recap
60LFebruary 16, 20010–2San Jose Sharks (2000–01)24–27–7–2Recap
61WFebruary 18, 20013–2Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)25–27–7–2Recap
62TFebruary 20, 20013–3 OTDetroit Red Wings (2000–01)25–27–8–2Recap
63LFebruary 21, 20011–2@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)25–28–8–2Recap
64WFebruary 24, 20012–1Minnesota Wild (2000–01)26–28–8–2Recap
65LFebruary 27, 20011–2Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)26–29–8–2Recap :
March: 7–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 3–3–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
66LMarch 1, 20012–5Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)26–30–8–2Recap
67WMarch 4, 20015–2New York Rangers (2000–01)27–30–8–2Recap
68LMarch 6, 20011–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)27–31–8–2Recap
69LMarch 8, 20011–4@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)27–32–8–2Recap
70WMarch 10, 20013–0@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)28–32–8–2Recap
71OTLMarch 11, 20010–1 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)28–32–8–3Recap
72LMarch 15, 20012–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)28–33–8–3Recap
73WMarch 17, 20014–1Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)29–33–8–3Recap
74WMarch 19, 20012–1@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)30–33–8–3Recap
75TMarch 21, 20010–0 OT@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)30–33–9–3Recap
76WMarch 22, 20012–1 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)31–33–9–3Recap
77LMarch 24, 20010–4Ottawa Senators (2000–01)31–34–9–3Recap
78WMarch 29, 20014–3 OTPhoenix Coyotes (2000–01)32–34–9–3Recap
79WMarch 31, 20014–1Minnesota Wild (2000–01)33–34–9–3Recap :
April: 1–2–0–0 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
80LApril 4, 20011–5@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)33–35–9–3Recap
81WApril 5, 20014–0Calgary Flames (2000–01)34–35–9–3Recap
82LApril 7, 20010–1@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)34–36–9–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 7 | Cliff Ronning | C | 80 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 4 | 28 |
| 24 | Scott Walker | RW | 74 | 25 | 29 | 54 | −2 | 66 |
| 10 | Patric Kjellberg | RW | 81 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −2 | 12 |
| 11 | David Legwand | C | 81 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 38 |
| 43 | Vitali Yachmenev | LW | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −5 | 10 |
| 22 | Greg Johnson | C | 82 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −6 | 46 |
| 39 | Marian Cisar | RW | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −7 | 45 |
| 27 | Randy Robitaille | C | 62 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −11 | 12 |
| 44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 82 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −6 | 50 |
| 15 | Drake Berehowsky‡ | D | 66 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −9 | 100 |
| 21 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 82 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −5 | 71 |
| 23 | Bill Houlder | D | 81 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −7 | 40 |
| 17 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 75 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −8 | 48 |
| 12 | Rob Valicevic | RW | 60 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −2 | 26 |
| 25 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 40 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Karlis Skrastins | D | 82 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −12 | 30 |
| 4 | Mark Eaton | D | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | Richard Lintner | D | 50 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 32 | Cale Hulse | D | 82 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 128 |
| 9 | Greg Classen | C | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 14 |
| 71 | Sebastien Bordeleau‡ | C | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 14 |
| 16 | Ville Peltonen | LW | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −7 | 2 |
| 19 | Mike Watt | LW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 8 |
| 28 | Jeremy Stevenson | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 39 |
| 36 | Sean Haggerty | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Andrew Berenzweig | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Alexandre Boikov | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 |
| 1 | Mike Dunham | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 49 | Rory Fitzpatrick‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 30 | Chris Mason | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 8 | Craig Millar‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 33 | Marc Moro | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 74 | Brantt Myhres‡ | RW | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 28 |
| 42 | Pavel Skrbek | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Tomas Vokoun | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Dunham | 48 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1381 | 107 | 2.28 | .923 | 4 | 2810 |
| 29 | Tomas Vokoun | 37 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 940 | 85 | 2.44 | .910 | 2 | 2088 |
| 30 | Chris Mason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2.03 | .900 | 0 | 59 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
| League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | David Poile | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Greg Classen | October 6, 2000 |
| First game | Scott Hartnell | October 6, 2000 |
| First game | Denis Arkhipov | January 8, 2001 |

## Transactions

The Predators were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12) | To Nashville Predators Phoenix’s 5th-round pick in 2000 | To Edmonton Oilers Patrick Cote |
| June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2001 | To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2000 |
| September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25) | To Nashville Predators Alexei Vasiliev | To New York Rangers Conditional draft pick |
| September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) | To Nashville Predators Mark Eaton | To Philadelphia Flyers Detroit’s 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
| January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12) | To Nashville Predators Future considerations | To Edmonton Oilers Rory Fitzpatrick |
| February 1, 2001 (2001-02-01) | To Nashville Predators Future considerations | To Washington Capitals Brantt Myhres |
| March 7, 2001 (2001-03-07) | To Nashville Predators Bert Robertsson | To New York Rangers Ryan Tobler |
| March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09) | To Nashville Predators Atlanta’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 | To Vancouver Canucks Drake Berehowsky |
| May 24, 2001 (2001-05-24) | To Nashville Predators Mikhail Chernov | To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Watt |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15) | Brantt Myhres | San Jose Sharks | Free agency |
| September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25) | Jeremy Stevenson | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency |
| January 2, 2001 (2001-01-02) | Robert Schnabel | Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers |
| May 2, 2001 (2001-05-02) | Bryan Lundbohm | University of North Dakota (WCHA) | Free agency |
| June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01) | Bill Bowler | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers |
| June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01) | Vladimir Orszagh | Djurgardens IF (SHL) | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07) | Eric Bertrand | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (VI) |
| August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31) | Paul Healey | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency (VI) |
| September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) | Zdeno Ciger | Minnesota Wild | Waiver draft |
| September 30, 2000 (2000-09-30) | Jeff Kealty | | Retirement (UFA) |
| October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25) | Phil Crowe | Detroit Vipers (IHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25) | Craig Millar | Tampa Bay Lightning | Waivers |
| November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14) | Brent Peterson | SCL Tigers (NLA) | Free agency (VI) |
| March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13) | Sebastien Bordeleau | St. Louis Blues | Waivers |
| April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26) | Ville Peltonen | Jokerit (Liiga) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12) | Patric Kjellberg | | Re-signing |
| June 14, 2000 (2000-06-14) | Rory Fitzpatrick | | Re-signing |
| June 14, 2000 (2000-06-14) | Evgeny Namestnikov | | Re-signing |
| June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27) | Martin Bartek | | Entry-level |
| June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27) | Drake Berehowsky | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07) | Timo Helbling | | Entry-level |
| July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07) | Petr Sachl | | Entry-level |
| July 11, 2000 (2000-07-11) | Sean Haggerty | | Re-signing |
| July 11, 2000 (2000-07-11) | Chris Mason | | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13) | Denis Arkhipov | | Entry-level |
| July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13) | Alexander Krevsun | | Entry-level |
| July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) | Greg Johnson | | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03) | Mike Watt | | Re-signing |
| August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21) | Marc Moro | | Re-signing |
| September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01) | Richard Lintner | | Re-signing |
| September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07) | Scott Hartnell | | Entry-level |
| September 30, 2000 (2000-09-30) | Kimmo Timonen | | Re-signing |
| January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03) | Cliff Ronning | | Extension |
| January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03) | Vitali Yachmenev | | Extension |
| January 16, 2001 (2001-01-16) | Alexandre Boikov | | Extension |
| January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19) | Tomas Vokoun | | Extension |
| February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19) | Tom Fitzgerald | 1-year | Extension |
| April 9, 2001 (2001-04-09) | Bill Houlder | 1-year | Extension |
| June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01) | Chris Mason | 1-year | Option exercised |
| June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01) | Konstantin Panov | | Entry-level |
| June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) | Bert Robertsson | | Extension |
| June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) | Jeremy Stevenson | | Extension |

## Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 6 | Scott Hartnell | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 2 | 36 | Daniel Widing | Sweden | Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden) |
| 3 | 72 | Mattias Nilsson | Sweden | MODO (Sweden) |
| 3 | 89 | Libor Pivko | Czech Republic | Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic) |
| 5 | 131 | Matt Hendricks | United States | Blaine High School (USHS-MN) |
| 5 | 137 | Mike Stuart | United States | Colorado College (WCHA) |
| 5 | 154 | Matt Koalska | United States | St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) |
| 6 | 173 | Tomas Harant | Slovakia | MsHK Zilina (Slovakia) |
| 6 | 197 | Zbynek Irgl | Czech Republic | HC Vitkovice (Czech Republic) |
| 7 | 203 | Jure Penko | Slovenia | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
| 8 | 236 | Mats Christeen | Sweden | Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden) |
| 9 | 284 | Martin Hohener | Switzerland | Kloten Flyers (Switzerland) |