2000–01 New York Rangers season

The 2000–01 New York Rangers season was the 75th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled a 33–43–5–1 record in the 2000–01 season, finishing in fourth place in the Atlantic Division.[1] New York's 10th-place finish in the Eastern Conference left it out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.[2]

2000–01 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	10th Eastern
2000–01 record	33–43–5–1
Goals for	250
Goals against	290
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Ron Low
Captain	Mark Messier
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,200 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Petr Nedved (32)
Assists	Brian Leetch (58)
Points	Brian Leetch (79)
Penalty minutes	Dale Purinton (180)
Wins	Mike Richter (20)
Goals against average	Jason LaBarbera (0.00)

The season saw several new faces join the team. Glen Sather, the longtime Edmonton Oilers executive, was brought in to be team president and general manager.[3] Ron Low was hired as the team's head coach.[4] Former team captain Mark Messier returned to the Rangers after spending the previous three seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, and resumed his place as team captain.[5]

Regular season

The Rangers allowed the most goals during the regular season, with 290. They also scored the most short-handed goals, with 16.[2]

Final standings

Atlantic Division[6]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
3	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
5	15	New York Islanders	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

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.

Eastern Conference[7]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2000–01 Game Log
October: 4–6–0–0 (Home: 2–4–0–0; Road: 2–2–0–0) Game October Opponent Score Decision Record 1 7 @ Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 W 1–0–0–0 2 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 W 2–0–0–0 3 14 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 8–6 L 2–1–0–0 4 16 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4–3 L 2–2–0–0 5 18 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 W 3–2–0–0 6 22 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 L 3–3–0–0 7 24 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 L 3–4–0–0 8 26 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 L 3–5–0–0 9 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 L 3–6–0–0 10 29 Boston Bruins 5–1 W 4–6–0–0
November: 9–6–0–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0; Road: 5–4–0–0) Game November Opponent Score Decision Record 11 1 Tampa Bay Lightning 6–1 L 5–6–0–0 12 2 @ Ottawa Senators 6–5 L 5–7–0–0 13 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 W 6–7–0–0 14 7 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 W 7–7–0–0 15 9 @ Washington Capitals 5–3 W 8–7–0–0 16 12 Phoenix Coyotes 2–0 L 8–8–0–0 17 15 @ Minnesota Wild 3–2 W 9–8–0–0 18 17 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–3 L 9–9–0–0 19 18 @ Calgary Flames 5–4 OT W 10–9–0–0 20 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 L 10–10–0–0 21 22 @ New York Islanders 4–3 OT W 11–10–0–0 22 24 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 L 11–11–0–0 23 26 Ottawa Senators 3–2 W 12–11–0–0 24 28 Los Angeles Kings 7–6 W 13–11–0–0 25 29 @ New Jersey Devils 5–2 L 13–12–0–0
December: 3–9–1–1 (Home: 3–3–0–1; Road: 0–6–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Decision Record 26 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–2 L 13–13–0–0 27 3 Colorado Avalanche 6–3 L 13–14–0–0 28 6 Washington Capitals 3–2 W 14–14–0–0 29 8 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 W 15–14–0–0 30 9 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 L 15–15–0–0 31 12 @ San Jose Sharks 3–2 L 15–16–0–0 32 14 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–5 OT T 15–16–1–0 33 15 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 6–4 L 15–17–1–0 34 18 Florida Panthers 6–3 W 16–17–1–0 35 20 St. Louis Blues 6–3 L 16–18–1–0 36 23 Nashville Predators 3–2 OT OTL 16–18–1–1 37 27 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 L 16–19–1–1 38 28 Atlanta Thrashers 4–1 L 16–20–1–1 39 31 @ Dallas Stars 6–1 L 16–21–1–1
January: 5–7–2–0 (Home: 4–4–1–0; Road: 1–3–1–0) Game January Opponent Score Decision Record 40 4 @ Phoenix Coyotes 3–1 L 16–22–1–1 41 6 New Jersey Devils 5–5 OT T 16–22–2–1 42 8 Dallas Stars 2–1 L 16–23–2–1 43 13 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 L 16–24–2–1 44 14 Minnesota Wild 4–2 W 17–24–2–1 45 16 Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 OT W 18–24–2–1 46 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 OT W 19–24–2–1 47 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 OT T 19–24–3–1 48 22 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 W 20–24–3–1 49 24 Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 L 20–25–3–1 50 26 New York Islanders 3–2 L 20–26–3–1 51 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 L 20–27–3–1 52 29 Atlanta Thrashers 7–2 L 20–28–3–1 53 31 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 W 21–28–3–1
February: 5–4–1–0 (Home: 2–2–1–0; Road: 3–2–0–0) Game February Opponent Score Decision Record 54 6 Buffalo Sabres 6–3 L 21–29–3–1 55 9 @ Florida Panthers 4–2 W 22–29–3–1 56 11 New Jersey Devils 1–1 OT T 22–29–4–1 57 12 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 W 23–29–4–1 58 17 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 W 24–29–4–1 59 19 Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 W 25–29–4–1 60 23 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 L 25–30–4–1 61 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 L 25–31–4–1 62 26 Ottawa Senators 3–2 L 25–32–4–1 63 28 Florida Panthers 4–2 W 26–32–4–1
March: 5–9–1–0 (Home: 2–4–1–0; Road: 3–5–0–0) Game March Opponent Score Decision Record 64 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 L 26–33–4–1 65 4 @ Nashville Predators 5–2 L 26–34–4–1 66 5 New York Islanders 5–2 L 26–35–4–1 67 9 @ Washington Capitals 5–3 L 26–36–4–1 68 10 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 W 27–36–4–1 69 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT T 27–36–5–1 70 14 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–3 L 27–37–5–1 71 17 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 L 27–38–5–1 72 19 Washington Capitals 6–3 W 28–38–5–1 73 21 @ New Jersey Devils 4–0 L 28–39–5–1 74 24 Detroit Red Wings 6–0 L 28–40–5–1 75 25 Boston Bruins 3–2 L 28–41–5–1 76 28 New York Islanders 4–2 W 29–41–5–1 77 29 @ New York Islanders 6–4 W 30–41–5–1 78 31 @ New Jersey Devils 4–3 W 31–41–5–1
April: 2–2–0–0 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 2–1–0–0) Game April Opponent Score Decision Record 79 1 @ Atlanta Thrashers 4–2 W 32–41–5–1 80 4 Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 L 32–42–5–1 81 5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 OT W 33–42–5–1 82 7 @ Florida Panthers 3–0 L 33–43–5–1

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.[8]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Brian Leetch 82 21 58 79 −18 34 Petr Nedved 79 32 46 78 10 54 Theoren Fleury 62 30 44 74 0 122 Radek Dvorak 82 31 36 67 9 20 Mark Messier 82 24 43 67 −25 89 Jan Hlavac 79 28 36 64 3 20 Valeri Kamensky 65 14 20 34 −18 36 Mike York 79 14 17 31 1 20 Adam Graves 82 10 16 26 −16 77 Kim Johnsson 75 5 21 26 −3 40 Sandy McCarthy 81 11 10 21 3 171 Michal Grosek 65 9 11 20 −10 61 Sylvain Lefebvre 71 2 13 15 3 55 Manny Malhotra 50 4 8 12 −10 31 Rich Pilon 69 2 9 11 −2 175 Tim Taylor 38 2 5 7 −6 16 Eric Lacroix^‡ 46 2 3 5 −6 39 Colin Forbes^† 19 1 4 5 −3 15 Tomas Kloucek 43 1 4 5 −3 74 Alexei Gusarov^†‡ 26 1 3 4 −2 6 Brad Brown 48 1 3 4 0 107 Jeff Ulmer 21 3 0 3 −6 8 Peter Smrek^† 14 0 3 3 1 12 Johan Witehall^‡ 15 0 3 3 −5 8 Mike Mottau 18 0 3 3 −6 13 Jeff Toms^† 15 1 1 2 −3 0 Vladimir Malakhov 3 0 2 2 0 4 Dale Purinton 42 0 2 2 5 180 Brad Smyth 4 1 0 1 0 4 David Wilkie 1 0 0 0 −2 2 John MacLean^‡ 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Bert Robertsson 2 0 0 0 −1 4 Derek Armstrong 3 0 0 0 0 0 Drew Bannister 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Jason Doig 3 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Tuzzolino 6 0 0 0 −1 5

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mike Richter	45	2635	20	21	3	144	3.28	1487	.893	0
Kirk McLean	23	1220	8	10	1	71	3.49	710	.889	0
Guy Hebert^†	13	735	5	7	1	42	3.43	409	.897	0
Vitali Yeremeyev	4	212	0	4	0	16	4.53	120	.846	0
Johan Holmqvist	2	119	0	2	0	10	5.04	81	.859	0
Jason LaBarbera	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1.000	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[9]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Pengrowth Saddledome.[10][11]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	64	Filip Novak	D	Czech Republic	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	95	Dominic Moore	C	Canada	Harvard University (NCAA)
4	112	Premysl Duben	D	Czech Republic	HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovak Extraliga)
5	140	Nathan Martz	C	Canada	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
5	143	Brandon Snee	G	United States	Union College (NCAA)
6	175	Sven Helfenstein	C/RW	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (NLA)
7	205	Henrik Lundqvist	G	Sweden	Frölunda HC (SEL)
8	238	Dan Eberly	D	United States	R.P.I. (NCAA)
9	269	Martin Richter	D	Czech Republic	SaiPa (FNL)

References

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