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.

### Final standings

**_Note:** W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points_

#### Eastern Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Northeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Atlantic Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Southeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Central Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Pacific Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Northwest Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="125"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

Wins: Martin Brodeur (42);
Shutouts: Dominik Hasek (11);
GAA: Roman Cechmanek (2.01);
SV%: Sean Burke (.922)

#### Eastern Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|New Jersey vs. Carolina||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 12|Carolina 1|**5 New Jersey**|||
|April 15|Carolina 0|**2 New Jersey**|||
|April 17|**New Jersey 4**|0 Carolina|||
|April 18|New Jersey 2|** 3 Carolina**|OT||
|April 20|**Carolina 3**|2 New Jersey|||
|April 22|**New Jersey 5**|1 Carolina|||
|colspan="4"|***New Jersey wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 13|**Toronto 1**|0 Ottawa|OT||
|April 14|**Toronto 3**|0 Ottawa|||
|April 16|Ottawa 2|**3 Toronto**|OT||
|April 18|Ottawa 1|**3 Toronto**|||
|colspan="4"|***Toronto wins series 4–0***|}|||
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 12|Pittsburgh 0|**1 Washington**|||
|April 14|**Pittsburgh 2**|1 Washington|||
|April 16|Washington 0|**3 Pittsburgh**|||
|April 18|**Washington 4**|3 Pittsburgh|OT||
|April 21|**Pittsburgh 2**|1 Washington|||
|April 23|Washington 3|**4 Pittsburgh**|OT||
|colspan="4"|***Pittsburgh wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 11|**Buffalo 2**|1 Philadelphia|||
|April 14|**Buffalo 4**|3 Philadelphia|OT||
|April 16|**Philadelphia 3**|2 Buffalo|||
|April 17|Philadelphia 3|**4 Buffalo**|OT||
|April 19|Buffalo 1|**3 Philadelphia**|||
|April 21|Philadelphia 0|**8 Buffalo**|||
|colspan="4"|***Buffalo wins series 4–2***|}|||

#### Western Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|Colorado vs. Vancouver||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 12|Vancouver 4|**5 Colorado**|||
|April 14|Vancouver 1|**2 Colorado**|||
|April 16|**Colorado 4**|3 Vancouver|OT||
|April 18|**Colorado 5**|1 Vancouver|||
|colspan="4"|***Colorado wins series 4–0***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 11|Los Angeles 3|**5 Detroit**|||
|April 14|Los Angeles 0|**4 Detroit**|||
|April 15|Detroit 1|**2 Los Angeles**|||
|April 18|Detroit 3|**4 Los Angeles**|OT||
|April 21|**Los Angeles 3**|2 Detroit|||
|April 23|Detroit 2|**3 Los Angeles**|OT||
|colspan="4"|***Los Angeles wins series 4–2***|}|||
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 11|Edmonton 1|**2 Dallas**|OT||
|April 14|**Edmonton 4**|3 Dallas|||
|April 15|**Dallas 3**|2 Edmonton|OT||
|April 17|Dallas 1|**2 Edmonton**|OT||
|April 19|Edmonton 3|**4 Dallas**|OT||
|April 21|**Dallas 3**|1 Edmonton|||
|colspan="4"|***Dallas wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 12|San Jose 1|**3 St. Louis**|||
|April 14|**San Jose 1**|0 St. Louis|||
|April 16|**St. Louis 6**|3 San Jose|||
|April 17|St. Louis 2|**3 San Jose**|||
|April 19|San Jose 2|**3 St. Louis**|OT||
|April 21|**St. Louis 2**|1 San Jose|||
|colspan="4"|***St. Louis wins series 4–2***|}|||

### Conference semifinals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|New Jersey vs. Toronto||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 26|**Toronto 2**|0 New Jersey|||
|April 28|Toronto 5|**6 New Jersey**|OT||
|May 1|**New Jersey 3**|2 Toronto|OT||
|May 3|New Jersey 1|**3 Toronto**|||
|May 5|**Toronto 3**|2 New Jersey|||
|May 7|**New Jersey 4**|2 Toronto|||
|May 9|Toronto 1|**5 New Jersey**|||
|colspan="4"|***New Jersey wins series 4–3***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 26|**Pittsburgh 3**|0 Buffalo|||
|April 28|**Pittsburgh 3**|1 Buffalo|||
|April 30|**Buffalo 4**|1 Pittsburgh|||
|May 2|**Buffalo 5**|2 Pittsburgh|||
|May 5|Pittsburgh 2|**3 Buffalo**|OT||
|May 8|Buffalo 2|**3 Pittsburgh**|OT||
|May 10|**Pittsburgh 3**|2 Buffalo|OT||
|colspan="4"|***Pittsburgh wins series 4–3***|}|||

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|Colorado vs. Los Angeles||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 26|**Los Angeles 4**|3 Colorado|OT||
|April 28|Los Angeles 0|**2 Colorado**|||
|April 30|**Colorado 4**|3 Los Angeles|||
|May 2|**Colorado 3**|0 Los Angeles|||
|May 4|**Los Angeles 1**|0 Colorado|||
|May 6|Colorado 0|**1 Los Angeles **|2OT||
|May 9|Los Angeles 1|**5 Colorado**|||
|colspan="4"|***Colorado wins series 4–3***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|April 27|**St. Louis 4**|2 Dallas|||
|April 29|**St. Louis 2**|1 Dallas|||
|May 1|Dallas 2|**3 St. Louis**|2OT||
|May 3|Dallas 1|**4 St. Louis**|||
|colspan="4"|***St. Louis wins series 4–0***|}|||

### Conference finals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|May 12|Pittsburgh 1|**3 New Jersey**|||
|May 15|**Pittsburgh 4**|2 New Jersey|||
|May 17|**New Jersey 3**|0 Pittsburgh|||
|May 19|**New Jersey 5**|0 Pittsburgh|||
|May 22|Pittsburgh 2|**4 New Jersey**|||
|colspan="4"|***New Jersey wins series 4–1 and Prince of Wales Trophy***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|
|May 12|St. Louis 1|**4 Colorado**|||
|May 14|St. Louis 2|**4 Colorado**|||
|May 16|Colorado 3|**4 St. Louis**|2OT||
|May 18|**Colorado 4**|3 St. Louis|OT||
|May 21|St. Louis 1|**2 Colorado**|OT||
|colspan="4"|***Colorado wins series 4–1 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl***|}|||

### Finals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|New Jersey vs. Colorado||
| --- | --- | --- |
|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**|
|colspan="4"|***Colorado wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup***||
|colspan="4"|***Patrick Roy (Colorado) wins Conn Smythe Trophy***||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

The **NHL Awards** presentation took place in Toronto.
|Presidents' Trophy:|Colorado Avalanche|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|New Jersey Devils|
|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:|Colorado Avalanche|
|Art Ross Memorial Trophy:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:|Adam Graves, New York Rangers|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks|
|Frank J. Selke Trophy:|John Madden, New Jersey Devils|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche|
|Jack Adams Award:|Bill Barber, Philadelphia Flyers|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings|
|King Clancy Memorial Trophy:|Shjon Podein, Colorado Avalanche|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche|
|Lester B. Pearson Award:|Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche|
|Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:|Pavel Bure, Florida Panthers|
|NHL Plus/Minus Award:|Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche and Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils|
|Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:|Marty Turco, Dallas Stars|
|Vezina Trophy:|Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres|
|William M. Jennings Trophy:|Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres|align=center|G|Roman Cechmanek, Philadelphia Flyers|
|Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Rob Blake, L.A./Colorado|
|Ray Bourque, Colorado Avalanche|align=center|D|Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils|
|Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche|align=center|C|Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|align=center|RW|Pavel Bure, Florida Panthers|
|Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils|align=center|LW|Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings|

## First games

The 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

The 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

## References

- Hockey Database
- http://nhl.com/

## Infobox (sports season)

- **title**: 2000–01 NHL season
- **league**: National Hockey League
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **duration**: October 4, 2000 – June 9, 2001
- **draft**: Draft
- **draft link**: 2000 NHL Entry Draft
- **top pick link**: List of first overall NHL draft picks
- **top pick**: Rick DiPietro
- **picked by**: New York Islanders
- **season**: Regular season
- **season champ name**: Presidents' Trophy
- **season champs**: Colorado Avalanche
- **mvp**: Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche, Avalanche)
- **mvp link**: Hart Memorial Trophy
- **top scorer**: Jaromír Jágr, Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins, Penguins)
- **top scorer link**: Art Ross Trophy
- **playoffs**: Playoffs
- **playoffs link**: 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs
- **finals**: Stanley Cup
- **finals link**: 2001 Stanley Cup Finals
- **finals champ**: Colorado Avalanche
- **finals runner-up**: New Jersey Devils
- **playoffs mvp**: Patrick Roy (Avalanche)
- **playoffs mvp link**: Conn Smythe Trophy
- **nextseason year**: 2001–02 NHL season, 2001–02
- **prevseason year**: 1999–2000 NHL season, 1999–2000
- **seasonslistnames**: List of NHL seasons, NHL
- **no of games**: 82
- **no of teams**: 30
- **tv**: Hockey Night in Canada, CBC, NHL on Sportsnet, Sportsnet, La Soirée du hockey, SRC (Canada)
NHL on ESPN, ESPN, NHL on ABC, ABC (United States)