2000–01 Ottawa Senators season

The 2000–01 Ottawa Senators season saw the Senators place first in the Northeast Division, with 109 points. In the playoffs, the Senators lost in the first round, again to the Toronto Maple Leafs, this time in a 4–0 sweep, in which they were repeatedly stymied by the Leafs' goaltender Curtis Joseph.
Alexei Yashin played during the 2000–01 season, but was stripped of the captaincy before the season began. After the season, Yashin would be traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt, and the Isles' first round draft pick (second overall), which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. Yashin would sign a ten-year contract with the Isles.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
 Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 5, 2000 	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	0–0–1–0
2 	W	October 7, 2000 	3–1 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	1–0–1–0
3 	W	October 13, 2000 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	2–0–1–0
4 	W	October 14, 2000 	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	3–0–1–0
5 	W	October 17, 2000 	6–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	4–0–1–0
6 	T	October 19, 2000 	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	4–0–2–0
7 	T	October 21, 2000 	6–6 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	4–0–3–0
8 	W	October 25, 2000 	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	5–0–3–0
9 	W	October 27, 2000 	6–0 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	6–0–3–0
10 	L	October 28, 2000 	1–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	6–1–3–0
11 	W	October 31, 2000 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	7–1–3–0
12 	W	November 2, 2000 	6–5 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	8–1–3–0
13 	T	November 4, 2000 	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	8–1–4–0
14 	W	November 6, 2000 	3–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	9–1–4–0
15 	L	November 9, 2000 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	9–2–4–0
16 	L	November 11, 2000	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	9–3–4–0
17 	L	November 12, 2000	0–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	9–4–4–0
18 	L	November 16, 2000	0–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	9–5–4–0
19 	W	November 18, 2000	5–2 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	10–5–4–0
20 	W	November 21, 2000	2–1 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	11–5–4–0
21 	L	November 23, 2000	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	11–6–4–0
22 	W	November 25, 2000	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	12–6–4–0
23 	L	November 26, 2000	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	12–7–4–0
24 	W	November 28, 2000	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	13–7–4–0
25 	W	December 2, 2000 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	14–7–4–0
26 	W	December 3, 2000 	2–0 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	15–7–4–0
27 	L	December 5, 2000 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	15–8–4–0
28 	W	December 8, 2000 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	16–8–4–0
29 	W	December 9, 2000 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	17–8–4–0
30 	W	December 14, 2000	4–2 	Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	18–8–4–0
31 	W	December 16, 2000	6–0 	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	19–8–4–0
32 	T	December 20, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	19–8–5–0
33 	T	December 21, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	19–8–6–0
34 	L	December 23, 2000	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	19–9–6–0
35 	L	December 27, 2000	1–5 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	19–10–6–0
36 	L	December 29, 2000	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	19–11–6–0
37 	L	December 30, 2000	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	19–12–6–0
38 	W	January 2, 2001 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	20–12–6–0
39 	W	January 4, 2001 	8–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	21–12–6–0
40 	W	January 6, 2001 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	22–12–6–0
41 	W	January 10, 2001 	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	23–12–6–0
42 	W	January 13, 2001 	5–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	24–12–6–0
43 	L	January 14, 2001 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	24–13–6–0
44 	L	January 16, 2001 	6–7 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	24–13–6–1
45 	W	January 18, 2001 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	25–13–6–1
46 	W	January 20, 2001 	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	26–13–6–1
47 	W	January 23, 2001 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	27–13–6–1
48 	W	January 25, 2001 	5–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	28–13–6–1
49 	W	January 26, 2001 	5–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	29–13–6–1
50 	L	January 28, 2001 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	29–14–6–1
51 	T	January 30, 2001 	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	29–14–7–1
52 	L	February 6, 2001 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	29–15–7–1
53 	T	February 8, 2001 	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	29–15–8–1
54 	L	February 10, 2001	1–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	29–15–8–2
55 	W	February 12, 2001	3–1 	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	30–15–8–2
56 	W	February 14, 2001	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	31–15–8–2
57 	W	February 15, 2001	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	32–15–8–2
58 	W	February 18, 2001	4–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	33–15–8–2
59 	L	February 19, 2001	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	33–16–8–2
60 	W	February 22, 2001	4–2 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	34–16–8–2
61 	W	February 24, 2001	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	35–16–8–2
62 	W	February 26, 2001	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	36–16–8–2
63 	L	February 27, 2001	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	36–17–8–2
64 	W	March 1, 2001 	8–4 	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	37–17–8–2
65 	W	March 3, 2001 	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	38–17–8–2
66 	L	March 6, 2001 	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	38–17–8–3
67 	W	March 8, 2001 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	39–17–8–3
68 	L	March 10, 2001 	2–3 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	39–18–8–3
69 	L	March 11, 2001 	5–6 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	39–19–8–3
70 	W	March 14, 2001 	8–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	40–19–8–3
71 	W	March 16, 2001 	4–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	41–19–8–3
72 	L	March 18, 2001 	1–5 	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	41–20–8–3
73 	W	March 21, 2001 	5–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	42–20–8–3
74 	W	March 22, 2001 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	43–20–8–3
75 	W	March 24, 2001 	4–0 	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	44–20–8–3
76 	T	March 26, 2001 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	44–20–9–3
77 	W	March 28, 2001 	5–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	45–20–9–3
78 	W	March 30, 2001 	5–4 OT	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	46–20–9–3
79 	L	April 1, 2001 	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	46–20–9–4
80 	L	April 3, 2001 	2–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	46–21–9–4
81 	W	April 6, 2001 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	47–21–9–4
82 	W	April 7, 2001 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	48–21–9–4
==Playoffs==
Eastern Conference Quarter-finals 
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 13	Toronto 	1 	Ottawa 	0 	10:49 OT
April 14	Toronto 	3 	Ottawa 	0 	
April 16	Ottawa 	2 	Toronto	3 	2:16 OT
April 18	Ottawa 	1 	Toronto	3 	
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	40	48	88 	30 	10 	13 	2 	10
 	RW 	81	32	43	75 	44 	19 	11 	2 	7
 	RW 	82	32	40	72 	62 	10 	9 	0 	1
 	RW 	68	24	46	70 	30 	11 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	74	23	36	59 	52 	27 	5 	2 	3
 	D 	78	10	37	47 	49 	22 	4 	0 	0
 	RW 	73	19	23	42 	20 	8 	7 	0 	5
 	LW 	79	19	18	37 	52 	7 	1 	2 	4
 	LW 	51	17	16	33 	24 	23 	1 	2 	4
 	D 	71	3 	30	33 	60 	17 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	81	13	18	31 	24 	7 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	74	6 	16	22 	72 	7 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	60	7 	12	19 	46 	-1 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	31	2 	16	18 	10 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	73	2 	12	14 	31 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	40	1 	12	13 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	1 	8 	9 	35 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	3 	5 	8 	169	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	3 	4 	7 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	2 	4 	6 	44 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	5 	6 	14 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	16	4 	1 	5 	4 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	3 	2 	5 	84 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	17	3 	2 	5 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	4 	4 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	41	1 	1 	2 	20 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	39	0 	1 	1 	31 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3607	60	36	19	5 	141	2.35	7 	1640	1499	.914
 	1296	22	12	5 	4 	54 	2.50	2 	563 	509 	.904
 	59 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3 	3.05	0 	25 	22 	.880
Team: 	4962	82	48	25	9 	198	2.39	9 	2228	2030	.911
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	4 	1	1	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	2	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA	SV	SV%
 	251	4 	0	4	10	2.39	0 	99	89	.899
Team: 	251	4 	0	4	10	2.39	0 	99	89	.899
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
* Molson Cup - Patrick Lalime
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 12, 2000 	To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPatrick Traverse 	To Ottawa SenatorsJoel Kwiatkowski
June 25, 2000 	To Detroit Red WingsOttawa's eighth-round pick 2000 Draft ( Todd Jackson) 	To Ottawa SenatorsShane Hnidy
January 21, 2001	To Florida PanthersVaclav Prospal 	To Ottawa Senatorsconditional fourth-round pick in 2001 Draft or third-round pick in 2002 Draft (pick returned to Florida in later trade)
March 1, 2001 	To New York RangersColin Forbes 	To Ottawa SenatorsEric Lacroix
March 13, 2001 	To Tampa Bay LightningJohn Emmons 	To Ottawa SenatorsCraig Millar
March 13, 2001 	To Minnesota WildOttawa's third-round pick 2001 Draft ( Stephane Veilleux)	To Ottawa SenatorsCurtis Leschyshyn
March 13, 2001 	To Florida Panthersreturned previously-acquired draft options 	To Ottawa SenatorsMike Sillinger
===Waivers===
November 10, 2000	To Calgary FlamesIgor Kravchuk
===Expansion draft===
June 23, 2000	To Minnesota WildJoe Juneau
June 23, 2000	To Columbus Blue JacketsKevin Dineen
Source: 
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
* 
* 
*		
Defensemen
* 
* 
* 
* 
* - A
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*	
Wingers
* 
* 
* 
* - C
* - A
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*		
Centres
* 
* 
* 
* 
* - A
* 
* 
*GM: Marshall Johnston
*Coach: Jacques Martin	
Sources: 
* 
==Draft picks==
Ottawa's draft picks from the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held on June 24 and June 25, 2000 at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	21 	Anton Volchenkov 	 	Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
2 	45 	Mathieu Chouinard	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2 	55 	Antoine Vermette 	 	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
3 	87 	Jan Bohac 	 	Slavia Praha HC (Czech.)
4 	122	Derrick Byfuglien	 	Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks (USHL)
5 	156	Greg Zanon 	 	University of Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA)
5 	157	Grant Potulny 	 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5 	158	Sean Connolly 	 	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
6 	188	Jason Maleyko 	 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
9 	283	James DeMone 	 	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
==Farm teams==
* Grand Rapids Griffins (International Hockey League)
* Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)
==See also==
* 2000–01 NHL season
==References==
Category:Ottawa Senators seasons
Category:2000 in hockey
Category:2001 in hockey