2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 83rd season of existence and their 73rd season as the Maple Leafs. The team finished third in the Northeast Division with a 37-29-11-5 record (90 points). In the playoffs, they swept their rivals, the first-place Ottawa Senators, four games to none in the Conference Quarterfinals, before falling to the New Jersey Devils in seven games in the Conference Semifinals.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 2000 NHL Entry Draft 
*The free agency period began on July 1.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 7, 2000 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	October 9, 2000 	1–3 	Dallas Stars (2000–01) 	1–1–0–0
3 	W	October 11, 2000 	3–2 	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	2–1–0–0
4 	L	October 14, 2000 	0–4 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	2–2–0–0
5 	L	October 16, 2000 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	2–3–0–0
6 	W	October 19, 2000 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	3–3–0–0
7 	W	October 21, 2000 	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	4–3–0–0
8 	W	October 25, 2000 	6–1 	Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 	5–3–0–0
9 	L	October 27, 2000 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	5–4–0–0
10 	W	October 28, 2000 	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	6–4–0–0
11 	L	October 31, 2000 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	6–5–0–0
12 	W	November 2, 2000 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	7–5–0–0
13 	T	November 4, 2000 	0–0 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	7–5–1–0
14 	W	November 5, 2000 	7–1 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	8–5–1–0
15 	W	November 8, 2000 	5–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	9–5–1–0
16 	L	November 10, 2000 	1–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	9–6–1–0
17 	T	November 11, 2000 †	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	9–6–2–0
18 	L	November 15, 2000 	1–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	9–6–2–1
19 	T	November 17, 2000 	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	9–6–3–1
20 	W	November 18, 2000 	6–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	10–6–3–1
21 	W	November 21, 2000 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	11–6–3–1
22 	W	November 22, 2000 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	12–6–3–1
23 	L	November 25, 2000 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	12–7–3–1
24 	L	November 29, 2000 	5–6 OT	St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	12–7–3–2
25 	W	November 30, 2000 	6–4 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	13–7–3–2
26 	W	December 2, 2000 	8–2 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	14–7–3–2
27 	T	December 4, 2000 	4–4 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	14–7–4–2
28 	W	December 6, 2000 	3–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	15–7–4–2
29 	W	December 9, 2000 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	16–7–4–2
30 	W	December 13, 2000 	7–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	17–7–4–2
31 	L	December 15, 2000 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (2000–01) 	17–8–4–2
32 	L	December 16, 2000 	5–6 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	17–8–4–3
33 	L	December 20, 2000 	1–3 	Nashville Predators (2000–01) 	17–9–4–3
34 	L	December 21, 2000 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	17–10–4–3
35 	W	December 23, 2000 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	18–10–4–3
36 	L	December 26, 2000 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	18–11–4–3
37 	L	December 27, 2000 	0–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 	18–12–4–3
38 	W	December 30, 2000 	4–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	19–12–4–3
39 	W	December 31, 2000 	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	20–12–4–3
40 	T	January 3, 2001 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	20–12–5–3
41 	T	January 5, 2001 	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	20–12–6–3
42 	L	January 6, 2001 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	20–13–6–3
43 	L	January 10, 2001 	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	20–14–6–3
44 	W	January 12, 2001 	3–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 	21–14–6–3
45 	T	January 13, 2001 	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	21–14–7–3
46 	L	January 17, 2001 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 	21–15–7–3
47 	L	January 18, 2001 	1–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (2000–01) 	21–15–7–4
48 	W	January 20, 2001 	2–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	22–15–7–4
49 	L	January 24, 2001 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	22–16–7–4
50 	W	January 25, 2001 	2–1 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	23–16–7–4
51 	W	January 27, 2001 	3–1 	New York Rangers (2000–01) 	24–16–7–4
52 	L	January 29, 2001 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 	24–17–7–4
53 	W	January 31, 2001 	4–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 	25–17–7–4
54 	L	February 1, 2001 	4–5 	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	25–18–7–4
55 	W	February 7, 2001 	7–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 	26–18–7–4
56 	L	February 8, 2001 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	26–19–7–4
57 	T	February 10, 2001 	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 	26–19–8–4
58 	T	February 14, 2001 	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 	26–19–9–4
59 	L	February 15, 2001 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	26–20–9–4
60 	T	February 17, 2001 	5–5 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 	26–20–10–4
61 	L	February 19, 2001 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 	26–21–10–4
62 	W	February 22, 2001 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	27–21–10–4
63 	W	February 24, 2001 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	28–21–10–4
64 	L	February 25, 2001 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	28–22–10–4
65 	W	February 28, 2001 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 	29–22–10–4
66 	W	March 1, 2001 	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 	30–22–10–4
67 	L	March 3, 2001 	2–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	30–22–10–5
68 	W	March 6, 2001 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 	31–22–10–5
69 	L	March 7, 2001 	0–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 	31–23–10–5
70 	T	March 10, 2001 	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 	31–23–11–5
71 	W	March 14, 2001 	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	32–23–11–5
72 	L	March 15, 2001 	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 	32–24–11–5
73 	W	March 17, 2001 	5–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	33–24–11–5
74 	L	March 20, 2001 	0–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 	33–25–11–5
75 	L	March 21, 2001 	1–3 	Florida Panthers (2000–01) 	33–26–11–5
76 	W	March 24, 2001 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	34–26–11–5
77 	L	March 28, 2001 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (2000–01) 	34–27–11–5
78 	W	March 29, 2001 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 	35–27–11–5
79 	L	March 31, 2001 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 	35–28–11–5
80 	W	April 4, 2001 	4–2 	New York Islanders (2000–01) 	36–28–11–5
81 	W	April 6, 2001 	1–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 	37–28–11–5
82 	L	April 7, 2001 	3–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 	37–29–11–5
* † Hockey Hall of Fame Game
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	82	28	46	74 	76 	15 	9 	0 	6
 	82	29	24	53 	109	16 	8 	2 	3
 	76	24	28	52 	52 	0 	5 	0 	2
 	79	22	28	50 	8 	2 	10 	0 	3
 	82	23	26	49 	14 	1 	5 	0 	5
 	82	6 	39	45 	24 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	82	16	21	37 	141	6 	2 	0 	4
 	57	8 	26	34 	46 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	73	10	19	29 	28 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	82	5 	24	29 	123	16 	3 	0 	2
 	77	8 	18	26 	189	1 	0 	0 	2
 	74	8 	18	26 	46 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	81	5 	19	24 	52 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	82	13	7 	20 	214	2 	1 	0 	1
 	52	6 	11	17 	30 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	59	3 	13	16 	34 	6 	1 	0 	2
 	74	4 	7 	11 	93 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	25	1 	9 	10 	4 	13 	1 	0 	0
 	27	3 	6 	9 	8 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	41	3 	5 	8 	50 	7 	1 	0 	1
 	22	1 	3 	4 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	12	3 	0 	3 	2 	-6 	3 	0 	1
 	18	1 	2 	3 	10 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	16	1 	1 	2 	31 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	16	0 	2 	2 	14 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	14	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	68	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4100	68	33	27	8 	163	2.39	6 	1907	1744	.915
 	871 	15	4 	7 	3 	38 	2.62	0 	331 	293 	.885
Team: 	4971	82	37	34	11 	201	2.43	6 	2238	2037	.910
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	11	6	7	13 	14 	2 	1 	1
 	11	2	9	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	11	6	3	9 	4 	4 	0 	0
 	11	2	5	7 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	11	2	3	5 	16 	1 	0 	0
 	11	2	3	5 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	11	1	3	4 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	11	0	4	4 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	2	1	3 	12 	1 	0 	1
 	11	2	1	3 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	11	1	1	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	11	1	1	2 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	0	1	1 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	685	11	7	4	24	2.10	3 	329	305	.927
Team: 	685	11	7	4	24	2.10	3 	329	305	.927
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===
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2000-01 season.
===Trades===
September 26, 2000	To Philadelphia FlyersChris McAllister 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRegan Kelly
October 2, 2000 	To Chicago BlackhawksAlexander Karpovtsev 4th round pick in 2001 - Vladimir Gusev	To Toronto Maple LeafsBryan McCabe
October 29, 2000 	To Dallas StarsGerald Diduck 	To Toronto Maple LeafsFuture Considerations
December 11, 2000 	To Washington CapitalsDmitri Khristich 	To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd round pick in 2001 - Brendan Bell
February 20, 2001 	To Tampa Bay LightningKonstantin Kalmikov 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMaxim Galanov
March 13, 2001 	To Los Angeles KingsAdam Mair 2nd round pick in 2001 - Mike Cammalleri 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAki Berg
June 12, 2001 	To Phoenix CoyotesDanny Markov 	To Toronto Maple LeafsTravis Green Robert Reichel Craig Mills
June 22, 2001 	To Phoenix CoyotesSergei Berezin 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMikael Renberg
June 23, 2001 	To Chicago BlackhawksIgor Korolev 	To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd round pick in 2001 - Nicolas Corbeil
===Waivers===
February 16, 2001	From Calgary FlamesWade Belak
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Gary Roberts 	Carolina Hurricanes
Shayne Corson	Montreal Canadiens
Dave Manson 	Dallas Stars
David Cooper 	Calgary Flames
Mike Minard 	Edmonton Oilers
==Draft picks==
Toronto's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta.
 
Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
===ECHL===
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centres
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* C
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*GM: Pat Quinn
*Coach: Pat Quinn
==See also==
*2000–01 NHL season
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
 
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