2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season was the 75th season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League. The Red Wings qualified for the playoffs by finishing first in the Central Division, and were second overall in the Western Conference. The team was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings.

2000–01 Detroit Red Wings
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	2nd Western
2000–01 record	49–20–9–4
Goals for	253
Goals against	202
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Fedorov (32)
Assists	Nicklas Lidstrom (56)
Points	Brendan Shanahan (76)
Penalty minutes	Martin Lapointe (127)
Plus/minus	Kris Draper (17)
Wins	Chris Osgood (25)
Goals against average	Manny Legace (2.05)

Regular season

The Red Wings scored the most power-play goals in the NHL during the regular season, with 85.[1]

On April 1, 2001, Steve Yzerman scored just 11 seconds into the overtime period to give the Wings a 2–1 home win over the Washington Capitals.[2] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2000–01 regular season.[3]

Final standings

Central Division[4]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
3	10	Nashville Predators	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
4	12	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
5	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 2000	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 6, 2000	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	1–1–0–0
3	L	October 11, 2000	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	1–2–0–0
4	W	October 12, 2000	4–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	2–2–0–0
5	L	October 15, 2000	2–4	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	2–3–0–0
6	W	October 17, 2000	2–1	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	3–3–0–0
7	OTL	October 19, 2000	1–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	3–3–0–1
8	W	October 21, 2000	5–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	4–3–0–1
9	W	October 22, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	5–3–0–1
10	W	October 25, 2000	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	6–3–0–1
11	W	October 28, 2000	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	7–3–0–1
12	L	October 31, 2000	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	7–4–0–1
13	W	November 1, 2000	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	8–4–0–1
14	L	November 3, 2000	1–6	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	8–5–0–1
15	W	November 8, 2000	4–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	9–5–0–1
16	T	November 11, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	9–5–1–1
17	W	November 12, 2000	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	10–5–1–1
18	W	November 15, 2000	4–1	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	11–5–1–1
19	L	November 17, 2000	0–1	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	11–6–1–1
20	L	November 18, 2000	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	11–7–1–1
21	W	November 20, 2000	6–3	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	12–7–1–1
22	L	November 22, 2000	4–5	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	12–8–1–1
23	W	November 24, 2000	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	13–8–1–1
24	W	November 25, 2000	4–3	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	14–8–1–1
25	OTL	November 27, 2000	5–6 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	14–8–1–2
26	W	November 29, 2000	6–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	15–8–1–2
27	W	December 1, 2000	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	16–8–1–2
28	L	December 2, 2000	0–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	16–9–1–2
29	L	December 6, 2000	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	16–10–1–2
30	W	December 8, 2000	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	17–10–1–2
31	L	December 10, 2000	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	17–11–1–2
32	T	December 13, 2000	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	17–11–2–2
33	W	December 15, 2000	5–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	18–11–2–2
34	T	December 16, 2000	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	18–11–3–2
35	W	December 18, 2000	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	19–11–3–2
36	L	December 20, 2000	0–2	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	19–12–3–2
37	W	December 22, 2000	2–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	20–12–3–2
38	W	December 23, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	21–12–3–2
39	L	December 27, 2000	3–5	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	21–13–3–2
40	OTL	December 29, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	21–13–3–3
41	W	December 31, 2000	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	22–13–3–3
42	W	January 4, 2001	4–2	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	23–13–3–3
43	OTL	January 5, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	23–13–3–4
44	W	January 7, 2001	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	24–13–3–4
45	T	January 9, 2001	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	24–13–4–4
46	W	January 12, 2001	3–2	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	25–13–4–4
47	W	January 15, 2001	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	26–13–4–4
48	W	January 16, 2001	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	27–13–4–4
49	L	January 20, 2001	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	27–14–4–4
50	L	January 21, 2001	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	27–15–4–4
51	W	January 24, 2001	4–3	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	28–15–4–4
52	W	January 26, 2001	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	29–15–4–4
53	L	January 30, 2001	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	29–16–4–4
54	W	January 31, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	30–16–4–4
55	W	February 6, 2001	4–2	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	31–16–4–4
56	W	February 8, 2001	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	32–16–4–4
57	T	February 10, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	32–16–5–4
58	W	February 14, 2001	4–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	33–16–5–4
59	W	February 16, 2001	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	34–16–5–4
60	W	February 18, 2001	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	35–16–5–4
61	T	February 20, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	35–16–6–4
62	W	February 21, 2001	7–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	36–16–6–4
63	W	February 23, 2001	4–2	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	37–16–6–4
64	W	February 25, 2001	6–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	38–16–6–4
65	W	February 28, 2001	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	39–16–6–4
66	T	March 2, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	39–16–7–4
67	L	March 3, 2001	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	39–17–7–4
68	W	March 6, 2001	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	40–17–7–4
69	T	March 10, 2001	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	40–17–8–4
70	W	March 11, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	41–17–8–4
71	T	March 13, 2001	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	41–17–9–4
72	W	March 15, 2001	5–2	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	42–17–9–4
73	L	March 17, 2001	3–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	42–18–9–4
74	W	March 18, 2001	6–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	43–18–9–4
75	W	March 22, 2001	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	44–18–9–4
76	W	March 24, 2001	6–0	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	45–18–9–4
77	W	March 28, 2001	5–2	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	46–18–9–4
78	L	March 31, 2001	0–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	46–19–9–4
79	W	April 1, 2001	2–1 OT	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	47–19–9–4
80	L	April 3, 2001	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	47–20–9–4
81	W	April 5, 2001	4–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	48–20–9–4
82	W	April 7, 2001	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	49–20–9–4

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2000–01 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed and played the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings in the Conference Quarterfinals. Detroit was defeated 4 games to 2, despite winning the first two games at home.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Brendan Shanahan	LW	81	31	45	76	81	9	15	1	7
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	82	15	56	71	18	9	8	0	0
Sergei Fedorov	C	75	32	37	69	40	12	14	2	7
Martin Lapointe	RW	82	27	30	57	127	3	13	0	8
Steve Yzerman	C	54	18	34	52	18	4	5	0	7
Tomas Holmstrom	LW	73	16	24	40	40	-12	9	0	2
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	72	20	18	38	30	9	4	0	5
Pat Verbeek	RW	67	15	15	30	73	0	7	0	0
Igor Larionov	C	39	4	25	29	28	6	2	0	1
Mathieu Dandenault	D	73	10	15	25	38	11	2	0	2
Kris Draper	C	75	8	17	25	38	17	0	1	1
Steve Duchesne	D	54	6	19	25	48	9	2	0	0
Darren McCarty	RW	72	12	10	22	123	-5	1	1	3
Doug Brown	RW	60	9	13	22	14	0	2	1	1
Larry Murphy	D	57	2	19	21	12	-6	0	0	1
Kirk Maltby	RW	79	12	7	19	22	16	1	3	3
Boyd Devereaux	C	55	5	6	11	14	1	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	68	3	8	11	53	17	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	D	73	4	5	9	57	-4	0	0	1
Jiri Fischer	D	55	1	8	9	59	3	0	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	60	1	8	9	41	-8	0	0	0
Maxim Kuznetsov	D	25	1	2	3	23	-1	0	0	0
Chris Chelios	D	24	0	3	3	45	4	0	0	0
Jason Williams	C	5	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
Yuri Butsayev	LW	15	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Manny Legace	G	39	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	52	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Jesse Wallin	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	2834	52	25	19	4	127	2.69	1	1310	1183	.903
Manny Legace	2136	39	24	5	5	73	2.05	2	909	836	.920
Team:	4970	82	49	24	9	200	2.41	3	2219	2019	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	6	1	7	8	0	0	0	0
Sergei Fedorov	C	6	2	5	7	0	1	0	1
Steve Duchesne	D	6	2	4	6	0	2	0	0
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	6	4	1	5	2	2	0	0
Brendan Shanahan	LW	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1
Tomas Holmstrom	LW	6	1	3	4	8	1	0	0
Igor Larionov	C	6	1	3	4	2	1	0	0
Pat Verbeek	RW	5	2	0	2	6	2	0	0
Chris Chelios	D	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Darren McCarty	RW	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Mathieu Dandenault	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kris Draper	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Martin Lapointe	RW	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Larry Murphy	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Doug Brown	RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Boyd Devereaux	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jiri Fischer	D	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Kirk Maltby	RW	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Williams	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Yzerman	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	365	6	2	4	15	2.47	1	158	143	.905
Team:	365	6	2	4	15	2.47	1	158	143	.905

[6]

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

• Scotty Bowman, Lester Patrick Trophy[7]

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	29	Niklas Kronwall	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
2	38	Tomas Kopecky	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)
4	102	Stefan Liv	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
4	127	Dmitri Semyonov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
4	128	Alexander Seluyanov	Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
4	130	Aaron Van Leusen	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
6	187	Par Backer	Sweden	Grums IK (Sweden)
6	196	Paul Ballantyne	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	228	Jimmie Svensson	Sweden	VIK Vasteras HK Jr. (Sweden)
8	251	Todd Jackson	United States	US NTDP (NAHL)
8	260	Evgeni Bumagin	Kazakhstan	HK Moscow (Russia)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
2. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2001/apr/2/20010402-021854-2079r/
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001_games.html
4. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
5. "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
6. "2000-01 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
7. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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