2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 92nd season of play. The club finished 5th in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. 
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
*February 13, 2001: Patrick Roy made his first visit to Montreal since breaking Terry Sawchuk’s record for most wins by a goaltender. Roy had won 289 games with Montreal, and the Canadiens held a pregame ceremony for Roy. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.457 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	Oct 6, 2000 	4–8 	@ New Jersey Devils 	0–1–0–0
2 	L	Oct 7, 2000 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	0–2–0–0
3 	W	Oct 10, 2000	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers 	1–2–0–0
4 	L	Oct 11, 2000	1–3 	@ New York Rangers 	1–3–0–0
5 	W	Oct 14, 2000	5–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks 	2–3–0–0
6 	W	Oct 17, 2000	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	3–3–0–0
7 	T	Oct 19, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	3–3–1–0
8 	W	Oct 21, 2000	5–2 	Carolina Hurricanes 	4–3–1–0
9 	T	Oct 24, 2000	2–2 OT	Minnesota Wild 	4–3–2–0
10	L	Oct 27, 2000	1–2 	@ New York Islanders 	4–4–2–0
11	L	Oct 28, 2000	1–2 	New York Islanders 	4–5–2–0
12	L	Nov 1, 2000 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–6–2–0
13	L	Nov 3, 2000 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	4–7–2–0
14	L	Nov 4, 2000 	2–5 	New York Rangers 	4–8–2–0
15	W	Nov 8, 2000 	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	5–8–2–0
16	L	Nov 10, 2000	1–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	5–9–2–0
17	L	Nov 11, 2000	0–2 	@ Dallas Stars 	5–10–2–0
18	L	Nov 14, 2000	0–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	5–11–2–0
19	L	Nov 17, 2000	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals 	5–12–2–0
20	L	Nov 18, 2000	1–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	5–13–2–0
21	L	Nov 21, 2000	1–4 	Florida Panthers 	5–14–2–0
22	W	Nov 23, 2000	6–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	6–14–2–0
23	L	Nov 25, 2000	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres 	6–15–2–0
24	W	Nov 27, 2000	3–2 	Atlanta Thrashers 	7–15–2–0
25	W	Nov 29, 2000	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	8–15–2–0
26	W	Nov 30, 2000	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	9–15–2–0
27	T	Dec 2, 2000 	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames 	9–15–3–0
28	L	Dec 5, 2000 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	9–16–3–0
29	L	Dec 8, 2000 	0–1 	@ Ottawa Senators 	9–17–3–0
30	L	Dec 9, 2000 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators 	9–18–3–0
31	L	Dec 13, 2000	1–3 	Calgary Flames 	9–19–3–0
32	L	Dec 15, 2000	1–2 	@ New Jersey Devils 	9–20–3–0
33	T	Dec 16, 2000	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins 	9–20–4–0
34	L	Dec 18, 2000	0–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	9–21–4–0
35	W	Dec 21, 2000	4–2 	Nashville Predators 	10–21–4–0
36	L	Dec 23, 2000	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	10–22–4–0
37	L	Dec 27, 2000	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	10–23–4–0
38	L	Dec 30, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers 	10–23–4–1
39	L	Dec 31, 2000	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames 	10–23–4–2
40	W	Jan 2, 2001 	3–0 	@ New York Islanders 	11–23–4–2
41	W	Jan 5, 2001 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	12–23–4–2
42	L	Jan 6, 2001 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators 	12–24–4–2
43	L	Jan 10, 2001	1–2 	Boston Bruins 	12–25–4–2
44	W	Jan 12, 2001	3–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers 	13–25–4–2
45	W	Jan 13, 2001	5–2 	Phoenix Coyotes 	14–25–4–2
46	L	Jan 16, 2001	2–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes 	14–25–4–3
47	W	Jan 18, 2001	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	15–25–4–3
48	T	Jan 20, 2001	2–2 OT	New York Rangers 	15–25–5–3
49	L	Jan 23, 2001	2–5 	St. Louis Blues 	15–26–5–3
50	L	Jan 24, 2001	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	15–27–5–3
51	W	Jan 27, 2001	4–2 	Washington Capitals 	16–27–5–3
52	W	Jan 28, 2001	4–1 	Ottawa Senators 	17–27–5–3
53	L	Jan 31, 2001	2–4 	@ New York Rangers 	17–28–5–3
54	W	Feb 1, 2001 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins 	18–28–5–3
55	L	Feb 6, 2001 	0–4 	New Jersey Devils 	18–29–5–3
56	W	Feb 10, 2001	5–3 	New York Islanders 	19–29–5–3
57	W	Feb 11, 2001	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	20–29–5–3
58	L	Feb 13, 2001	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche 	20–29–5–4
59	L	Feb 17, 2001	3–6 	Washington Capitals 	20–30–5–4
60	L	Feb 18, 2001	0–4 	@ Ottawa Senators 	20–31–5–4
61	L	Feb 21, 2001	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks 	20–32–5–4
62	L	Feb 23, 2001	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	20–33–5–4
63	L	Feb 24, 2001	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	20–34–5–4
64	W	Feb 27, 2001	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	21–34–5–4
65	W	Feb 28, 2001	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	22–34–5–4
66	W	Mar 3, 2001 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers 	23–34–5–4
67	L	Mar 6, 2001 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	23–35–5–4
68	L	Mar 7, 2001 	2–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	23–36–5–4
69	T	Mar 10, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	23–36–6–4
70	L	Mar 12, 2001	0–3 	@ San Jose Sharks 	23–37–6–4
71	W	Mar 14, 2001	6–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	24–37–6–4
72	L	Mar 17, 2001	2–3 	Boston Bruins 	24–38–6–4
73	T	Mar 20, 2001	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers 	24–38–7–4
74	L	Mar 22, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	24–38–7–5
75	L	Mar 24, 2001	2–3 	Atlanta Thrashers 	24–39–7–5
76	W	Mar 26, 2001	4–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	25–39–7–5
77	T	Mar 28, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers 	25–39–8–5
78	W	Mar 29, 2001	6–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	26–39–8–5
79	W	Mar 31, 2001	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	27–39–8–5
80	L	Apr 2, 2001 	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	27–39–8–6
81	W	Apr 5, 2001 	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	28–39–8–6
82	L	Apr 7, 2001 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils 	28–40–8–6
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	54	17	30	47 	40 	2 	7 	0 	3
 	RW 	81	17	30	47 	24 	-11	4 	2 	1
 	LW 	62	21	24	45 	26 	-13	12 	0 	1
 	LW 	57	16	22	38 	66 	-5 	5 	1 	4
 	D 	77	15	21	36 	28 	-31	11 	0 	4
 	RW 	57	12	21	33 	52 	-2 	6 	0 	3
 	C 	78	12	16	28 	16 	-17	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	43	9 	16	25 	34 	-1 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	60	6 	19	25 	34 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	49	12	12	24 	30 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	63	6 	17	23 	18 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	57	9 	11	20 	53 	-3 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	52	9 	11	20 	13 	1 	0 	0 	4
 	D 	67	8 	9 	17 	44 	9 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	35	3 	11	14 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	6 	6 	12 	14 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	51	4 	7 	11 	43 	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	52	3 	8 	11 	95 	-11	0 	0 	2
 	C 	32	1 	10	11 	8 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	6 	9 	10 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	47	3 	4 	7 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	29	0 	6 	6 	26 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3 	2 	5 	6 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	46	2 	3 	5 	59 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	3 	5 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	5 	5 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	3 	4 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	26	1 	2 	3 	36 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1 	2 	3 	32 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	0 	3 	3 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	0 	3 	3 	42 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1 	1 	2 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	1 	1 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	0 	1 	44 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	59	1 	0 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	0 	0 	29 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0 	0 	0 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3298	59	20	29	5 	141	2.57	2 	1546	1405	.909
 	589 	11	4 	5 	1 	24 	2.44	2 	233 	209 	.897
 	998 	19	4 	10	2 	54 	3.25	0 	477 	423 	.887
 	62 	2 	0 	2 	0 	4 	3.87	0 	32 	28 	.875
Team: 	4947	82	28	46	8 	223	2.70	4 	2288	2065	.903
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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
* 2000–01 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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