2000–01 New Jersey Devils season

The 2000–01 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 19th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. Although the Devils won the Atlantic Division and were Eastern Conference champions for the third time, the team fell short of winning back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals series, four games to three.
==Regular season==
The Devils had a scoring finesse unseen since the 1993-94 squad. Their 295 goals for propelled them to the best offensive team in the NHL, and the #1 spot in the Eastern Conference. They had two-forty goal scorers in Patrik Elias and Alexander Mogilny, while Petr Sykora finished with an impressive 35 goals. On October 28 at Pittsburgh, the Devils won in a 9-0 rout that saw John Madden and Randy McKay each score 4 goals. Martin Brodeur, as in previous seasons, was on top of his game, finishing with 42 wins, a 2.32 GAA and 9 shutouts. From February 26 to March 23, a span of 13 games, the Devils were a perfect 13-0-0-0. 
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 6, 2000 	8–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	October 13, 2000 	1–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	1–1–0–0
3 	W	October 14, 2000 	4–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 	2–1–0–0
4 	T	October 17, 2000 	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	2–1–1–0
5 	L	October 19, 2000 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	2–2–1–0
6 	W	October 21, 2000 	7–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	3–2–1–0
7 	W	October 25, 2000 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	4–2–1–0
8 	T	October 27, 2000 	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	4–2–2–0
9 	W	October 28, 2000 	9–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	5–2–2–0
10 	W	October 30, 2000 	6–5 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	6–2–2–0
11 	T	November 1, 2000 	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	6–2–3–0
12 	L	November 2, 2000 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	6–3–3–0
13 	L	November 4, 2000 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	6–4–3–0
14 	L	November 8, 2000 	3–4 	Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	6–5–3–0
15 	L	November 10, 2000	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	6–6–3–0
16 	L	November 11, 2000	0–4 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	6–7–3–0
17 	L	November 14, 2000	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	6–8–3–0
18 	W	November 16, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	7–8–3–0
19 	W	November 18, 2000	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	8–8–3–0
20 	W	November 22, 2000	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	9–8–3–0
21 	W	November 23, 2000	6–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	10–8–3–0
22 	W	November 25, 2000	3–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	11–8–3–0
23 	W	November 29, 2000	5–2 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	12–8–3–0
24 	T	December 1, 2000 	0–0 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	12–8–4–0
25 	T	December 3, 2000 	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	12–8–5–0
26 	W	December 5, 2000 	6–1 	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	13–8–5–0
27 	L	December 7, 2000 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	13–9–5–0
28 	L	December 9, 2000 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	13–10–5–0
29 	W	December 11, 2000	4–0 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	14–10–5–0
30 	W	December 15, 2000	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	15–10–5–0
31 	L	December 16, 2000	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	15–11–5–0
32 	W	December 20, 2000	4–1 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	16–11–5–0
33 	W	December 22, 2000	2–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	17–11–5–0
34 	W	December 23, 2000	5–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	18–11–5–0
35 	T	December 27, 2000	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	18–11–6–0
36 	W	December 29, 2000	4–2 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	19–11–6–0
37 	W	December 31, 2000	6–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	20–11–6–0
38 	T	January 2, 2001 	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	20–11–7–0
39 	W	January 4, 2001 	4–2 	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	21–11–7–0
40 	T	January 6, 2001 	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	21–11–8–0
41 	W	January 10, 2001 	5–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	22–11–8–0
42 	T	January 13, 2001 	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	22–11–9–0
43 	L	January 16, 2001 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	22–12–9–0
44 	W	January 18, 2001 	7–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	23–12–9–0
45 	W	January 20, 2001 	3–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	24–12–9–0
46 	W	January 21, 2001 	4–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	25–12–9–0
47 	W	January 24, 2001 	4–1 	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	26–12–9–0
48 	L	January 25, 2001 	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	26–12–9–1
49 	L	January 27, 2001 	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	26–12–9–2
50 	W	January 30, 2001 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	27–12–9–2
51 	L	January 31, 2001 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	27–13–9–2
52 	W	February 6, 2001 	4–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	28–13–9–2
53 	T	February 8, 2001 	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	28–13–10–2
54 	L	February 10, 2001	4–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	28–13–10–3
55 	T	February 11, 2001	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	28–13–11–3
56 	L	February 14, 2001	2–3 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	28–14–11–3
57 	T	February 16, 2001	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	28–14–12–3
58 	L	February 17, 2001	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	28–15–12–3
59 	W	February 19, 2001	2–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	29–15–12–3
60 	L	February 22, 2001	0–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	29–16–12–3
61 	L	February 23, 2001	2–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	29–17–12–3
62 	W	February 26, 2001	5–3 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	30–17–12–3
63 	W	February 27, 2001	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	31–17–12–3
64 	W	March 2, 2001 	7–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	32–17–12–3
65 	W	March 4, 2001 	6–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	33–17–12–3
66 	W	March 6, 2001 	3–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	34–17–12–3
67 	W	March 8, 2001 	6–2 	Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	35–17–12–3
68 	W	March 10, 2001 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	36–17–12–3
69 	W	March 13, 2001 	6–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	37–17–12–3
70 	W	March 14, 2001 	3–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	38–17–12–3
71 	W	March 17, 2001 	6–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	39–17–12–3
72 	W	March 19, 2001 	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	40–17–12–3
73 	W	March 21, 2001 	4–0 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	41–17–12–3
74 	W	March 23, 2001 	4–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	42–17–12–3
75 	L	March 25, 2001 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	42–18–12–3
76 	W	March 27, 2001 	7–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	43–18–12–3
77 	W	March 28, 2001 	4–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	44–18–12–3
78 	L	March 31, 2001 	3–4 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	44–19–12–3
79 	W	April 2, 2001 	4–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	45–19–12–3
80 	W	April 3, 2001 	6–4 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	46–19–12–3
81 	W	April 6, 2001 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	47–19–12–3
82 	W	April 7, 2001 	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	48–19–12–3
==Playoffs==
*note that teams in bold were the winner of the game. Scores are listed winner-loser style, not away-home style
===Eastern Conference quarter-finals===
{| cellpadding="3" border="1"	New Jersey vs. Carolina 	New Jersey vs. Carolina 	New Jersey vs. Carolina 	New Jersey vs. Carolina
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
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 	 	
New Jersey wins series 4 – 2	New Jersey wins series 4 – 2	New Jersey wins series 4 – 2	New Jersey wins series 4 – 2	
===Eastern Conference semi-finals===
 Eastern Conference
{| cellpadding="3" border="1"	New Jersey vs. Toronto 	New Jersey vs. Toronto 	New Jersey vs. Toronto 	New Jersey vs. Toronto
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
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 	 	
New Jersey wins series 4 – 3	New Jersey wins series 4 – 3	New Jersey wins series 4 – 3	New Jersey wins series 4 – 3	
===Eastern Conference finals===
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" 	New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh 	New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh 	New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh 	New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
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 	 	
New Jersey wins series 4 – 1and Prince of Wales Trophy	New Jersey wins series 4 – 1and Prince of Wales Trophy	New Jersey wins series 4 – 1and Prince of Wales Trophy	New Jersey wins series 4 – 1and Prince of Wales Trophy	
===Stanley Cup Finals===
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" 	New Jersey vs. Colorado 	New Jersey vs. Colorado 	New Jersey vs. Colorado 	New Jersey vs. Colorado
Date 	Away 	Home 	Score 	
May 26 	New Jersey 	Colorado 	5 – 0 	
May 29 	New Jersey 	Colorado 	2 – 1 	
May 31 	Colorado 	New Jersey 	3 – 1 	
June 2 	Colorado 	New Jersey 	3 – 2 	
June 4 	New Jersey 	Colorado 	4 – 1 	
June 7 	Colorado 	New Jersey 	4 – 0 	
June 9 	New Jersey 	Colorado 	3 – 1 	
Colorado wins series4 – 3 and Stanley Cup 	Colorado wins series4 – 3 and Stanley Cup 	Colorado wins series4 – 3 and Stanley Cup 	Colorado wins series4 – 3 and Stanley Cup 	
Patrick Roy (Colorado)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Patrick Roy (Colorado)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Patrick Roy (Colorado)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Patrick Roy (Colorado)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	
== Season stats ==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	82	40	56	96 	51 	45 	8 	3 	6
 	RW 	75	43	40	83 	43 	10 	12 	0 	7
 	RW 	73	35	46	81 	32 	36 	9 	2 	3
 	C 	76	14	49	63 	46 	-1 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	54	21	34	55 	75 	23 	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	75	23	29	52 	24 	25 	3 	1 	0
 	D 	78	9 	43	52 	26 	36 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	80	15	35	50 	97 	19 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	23	20	43 	50 	3 	12 	0 	5
 	C 	80	23	15	38 	12 	24 	0 	3 	4
 	D 	57	6 	29	35 	22 	14 	1 	0 	5
 	D 	81	9 	22	31 	71 	40 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	65	8 	22	30 	16 	11 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	69	8 	18	26 	97 	11 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	82	1 	19	20 	155	32 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	63	4 	12	16 	16 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	1 	7 	8 	37 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3 	2 	5 	6 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	20	1 	4 	5 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	3 	1 	4 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	2 	2 	4 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	2 	2 	4 	119	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	0 	4 	4 	87 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	29 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	72	0 	1 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	33 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4297	72	42	17	11 	166	2.32	9 	1762	1596	.906
 	240 	4 	4 	0 	0 	6 	1.50	1 	93 	87 	.935
 	453 	10	2 	5 	1 	21 	2.78	0 	167 	146 	.874
Team: 	4990	82	48	22	12 	193	2.32	10	2022	1829	.905
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	25	9 	14	23 	10 	3 	1 	2
 	RW 	25	10	12	22 	12 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	25	7 	11	18 	7 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	25	6 	10	16 	37 	1 	0 	3
 	RW 	25	5 	11	16 	8 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	23	8 	7 	15 	16 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	25	5 	9 	14 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	6 	3 	9 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	25	1 	7 	8 	37 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	25	4 	3 	7 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	3 	4 	7 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	21	0 	6 	6 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	1 	4 	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	1 	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	1 	3 	4 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	12	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	2 	3 	41 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	0 	3 	3 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	0 	3 	3 	42 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	13 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1505	25	15	10	52	2.07	4 	507	455	.897
Team: 	1505	25	15	10	52	2.07	4 	507	455	.897
Note: 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==
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Draft picks==
The Devils' draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Rd #	Pick #	Player 	Nat 	Pos 	Team (League) 	Notes 	 	 	
1 	22 	David Hale 	 	D 	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 	The Devils acquired the 2000 first-round draft pick (Hale), 2000 second-round pick (DeMarchi), and Claude Lemieux from Colorado for Brian Rolston and the Devils' original 2000 first-round pick (later transferred to Boston and used on Martin Samuelsson) on November 3, 1999. 	 	 	
2 	39 	Teemu Laine 	 	F 	Jokerit (SM-liiga) 	The Devils acquired the Islanders' 2000 second-round pick (Laine) and Atlanta's 2000 third-round pick (Birbraer) from Vancouver for Vadim Sharifijanov and the Devils' 2000 third-round pick (used on Tim Branham) on January 14, 2000. 	 	 	
2 	56 	Aleksander Suglobov 	 	RW 	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Super League) 	No source exists to indicate where the Devils acquired the pick used on Suglobov. 	 	 	
2 	57 	Matt de Marchi 	 	D 	University of Minnesota (WCHA) 	 	 	 	
2 	62 	Paul Martin 	 	D 	Elk River High School (Minnesota) 	 	 	 	
3 	67 	Max Birbraer 	 	LW 	Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) 	 	 	 	
3 	76 	Mike Rupp 	 	LW 	Erie Otters (OHL) 	The Devils acquired the 2000 third-round pick from Chicago for Bryan Muir on November 13, 1998. Rupp scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Devils against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals. The Devils had traded their original third-round pick to Vancouver (see above note on Laine and Birbraer). 	 	 	
4 	125 	Phil Cole 	 	D 	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 	 	 	 	
5 	135 	Mike Danton 	 	C 	Barrie Colts (OHL) 	No source exists to indicate how the Devils acquired the pick used on Danton. Danton is currently serving a prison term for conspiracy to commit murder after hiring a hitman to kill his agent. 	 	 	
5 	164 	Matus Kostur 	 	G 	HKm Zvolen (Slovak Extraliga) 	 	 	 	
6 	194 	Deryk Engelland 	 	D 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) 	 	 	 	
7 	198 	Ken Magowan 	 	LW 	Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 	The Devils acquired the 2000 seventh-round pick, along with Sylvain Cloutier and Jeff Williams, from Atlanta for Wes Mason and Eric Bertrand on November 1, 1999. The Devils' official transaction page does not include this draft pick in the transaction. Magowan's profile on HockeyDB.com. The Devils' original 2000 seventh-round pick (used on Brian Eklund) had been traded to Tampa Bay in exchange for Steve Kelly on October 7, 1999.	 	 	
8 	257 	Warren McCutcheon 	 	C 	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 	 	 	 	
9 	290 	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000. 	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.	No ninth-round pickThe Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.
==See also==
*2000–01 NHL season
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