2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's ninth season of operation. The club again failed to make the playoffs.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
After 39 games, the Lightning fired coach Steve Ludzik and replaced him with John Tortorella. Ludzik finished with a record of 12–20–5–2 for the season. Tortorella would have a slightly worse record the rest of the way, finishing 12–27–1–3.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 6, 2000 	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	0–0–1–0
2 	L	October 8, 2000 	4–5 	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	0–1–1–0
3 	L	October 13, 2000 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	0–2–1–0
4 	W	October 15, 2000 	5–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	1–2–1–0
5 	L	October 18, 2000 	5–6 	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	1–3–1–0
6 	L	October 21, 2000 	2–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	1–4–1–0
7 	W	October 22, 2000 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	2–4–1–0
8 	L	October 25, 2000 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	2–5–1–0
9 	L	October 27, 2000 	0–6 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	2–6–1–0
10 	L	October 31, 2000 	5–6 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	2–6–1–1
11 	L	November 1, 2000 	1–6 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	2–7–1–1
12 	W	November 3, 2000 	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	3–7–1–1
13 	W	November 5, 2000 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	4–7–1–1
14 	W	November 10, 2000	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	5–7–1–1
15 	L	November 11, 2000	3–4 	Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	5–8–1–1
16 	W	November 14, 2000	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	6–8–1–1
17 	T	November 17, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	6–8–2–1
18 	L	November 20, 2000	2–6 	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	6–9–2–1
19 	W	November 22, 2000	8–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	7–9–2–1
20 	W	November 24, 2000	2–1 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	8–9–2–1
21 	L	November 25, 2000	1–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	8–9–2–2
22 	L	November 27, 2000	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	8–10–2–2
23 	L	November 29, 2000	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	8–11–2–2
24 	L	December 1, 2000 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	8–12–2–2
25 	W	December 2, 2000 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	9–12–2–2
26 	L	December 6, 2000 	3–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	9–13–2–2
27 	L	December 8, 2000 	0–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	9–14–2–2
28 	T	December 11, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	9–14–3–2
29 	L	December 14, 2000	2–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	9–15–3–2
30 	W	December 16, 2000	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	10–15–3–2
31 	L	December 17, 2000	1–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	10–16–3–2
32 	T	December 21, 2000	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	10–16–4–2
33 	L	December 23, 2000	1–5 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	10–17–4–2
34 	W	December 26, 2000	3–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	11–17–4–2
35 	W	December 28, 2000	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	12–17–4–2
36 	T	December 30, 2000	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	12–17–5–2
37 	L	December 31, 2000	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	12–18–5–2
38 	L	January 3, 2001 	2–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	12–19–5–2
39 	L	January 4, 2001 	3–8 	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	12–20–5–2
40 	L	January 7, 2001 	4–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	12–21–5–2
41 	W	January 10, 2001 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	13–21–5–2
42 	L	January 12, 2001 	0–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	13–22–5–2
43 	L	January 14, 2001 	2–3 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	13–23–5–2
44 	L	January 16, 2001 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	13–24–5–2
45 	L	January 18, 2001 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	13–25–5–2
46 	L	January 20, 2001 	0–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	13–26–5–2
47 	L	January 21, 2001 	1–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	13–27–5–2
48 	L	January 23, 2001 	2–5 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	13–28–5–2
49 	L	January 25, 2001 	2–5 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	13–29–5–2
50 	L	January 27, 2001 	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	13–29–5–3
51 	L	January 29, 2001 	2–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	13–30–5–3
52 	W	January 30, 2001 	4–3 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	14–30–5–3
53 	W	February 1, 2001 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	15–30–5–3
54 	L	February 6, 2001 	2–4 	Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	15–31–5–3
55 	L	February 8, 2001 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	15–32–5–3
56 	L	February 10, 2001	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	15–33–5–3
57 	L	February 13, 2001	2–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	15–34–5–3
58 	L	February 15, 2001	3–6 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	15–35–5–3
59 	L	February 17, 2001	4–5 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	15–36–5–3
60 	L	February 18, 2001	2–3 	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	15–37–5–3
61 	W	February 20, 2001	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	16–37–5–3
62 	T	February 24, 2001	0–0 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	16–37–6–3
63 	L	February 25, 2001	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	16–38–6–3
64 	L	March 1, 2001 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	16–39–6–3
65 	W	March 3, 2001 	6–0 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	17–39–6–3
66 	L	March 4, 2001 	0–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	17–40–6–3
67 	W	March 6, 2001 	2–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	18–40–6–3
68 	W	March 8, 2001 	1–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	19–40–6–3
69 	W	March 10, 2001 	4–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	20–40–6–3
70 	L	March 13, 2001 	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	20–40–6–4
71 	W	March 15, 2001 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 	21–40–6–4
72 	W	March 17, 2001 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	22–40–6–4
73 	W	March 21, 2001 	4–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	23–40–6–4
74 	L	March 22, 2001 	0–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	23–41–6–4
75 	L	March 24, 2001 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	23–42–6–4
76 	L	March 27, 2001 	1–7 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	23–43–6–4
77 	L	March 29, 2001 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	23–44–6–4
78 	W	March 30, 2001 	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	24–44–6–4
79 	L	April 1, 2001 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	24–45–6–4
80 	L	April 4, 2001 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	24–46–6–4
81 	L	April 5, 2001 	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	24–46–6–5
82 	L	April 8, 2001 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	24–47–6–5
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	21	41	62 	14 	-10	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	76	32	24	56 	48 	-1 	8 	0 	4
 	C 	68	23	28	51 	66 	-26	7 	0 	3
 	RW 	78	18	22	40 	12 	-4 	3 	3 	4
 	RW 	64	11	27	38 	38 	-10	3 	1 	0
 	C 	70	11	25	36 	64 	-9 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	70	11	19	30 	103	-14	6 	1 	1
 	LW 	66	7 	15	22 	8 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	10	11	21 	46 	-13	3 	2 	1
 	C 	80	7 	14	21 	44 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	9 	11	20 	40 	-15	2 	1 	1
 	D 	64	4 	16	20 	76 	-8 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	46	6 	10	16 	40 	-17	2 	0 	1
 	C 	47	2 	13	15 	77 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	1 	11	12 	25 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	73	1 	8 	9 	106	-25	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	29	4 	4 	8 	97 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	1 	6 	7 	80 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	5 	1 	6 	21 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	34	2 	4 	6 	18 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	25	0 	5 	5 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	49	4 	0 	4 	38 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	2 	2 	4 	36 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	14	2 	2 	4 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	3 	4 	41 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	3 	3 	15 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1 	1 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D/W	15	1 	1 	2 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	1 	2 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1 	1 	2 	13 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	1 	2 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	0 	1 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	0 	1 	1 	96 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	0 	1 	1 	36 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2000–01 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
category:Tampa Bay Lightning seasons
Category:2000 in hockey
Category:2001 in hockey