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. The franchise missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

George Gillett

At the end of December, Dan O’Neill, president of Molson met with George N. Gillett, Jr.. Gillett had shown interest in the Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, and the Phoenix Coyotes.^[1] After the meeting, Gillett agreed to be the new owner.^[2] Gillett acquired the Molson Centre and eighty percent of the franchise for two hundred and seventy-five million dollars.^[3]

Regular season

After a loss to the Washington Capitals on November 17, the Canadiens had the worst record in the NHL. The two expansion teams, Minnesota and Columbus were ahead of them in the standings. After losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice on November 18, Rejean Houle and Alain Vigneault were fired.^[4] On November 20, Andre Savard was made the new General Manager, while Michel Therrien of the Quebec Citadelles became the new head coach.^[5] Despite the changes, the Canadiens had one win, ten losses and two ties in the month of December.
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.^[6]

The Canadiens allowed the fewest short-handed goals during the regular season, with just 3.^[7]

Final standings

Northeast Division^[8]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Ottawa Senators	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
2	5	Buffalo Sabres	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
3	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
4	9	Boston Bruins	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70

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^[9]
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	41	27	10	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

#	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 statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	C	54	17	30	47	40	2	7	0	3
Petrov, OlegOleg Petrov	RW	81	17	30	47	24	-11	4	2	1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	62	21	24	45	26	-13	12	0	1
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	57	16	22	38	66	-5	5	1	4
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	77	15	21	36	28	-31	11	0	4
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	RW	57	12	21	33	52	-2	6	0	3
Darby, CraigCraig Darby	C	78	12	16	28	16	-17	0	1	0
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	LW	43	9	16	25	34	-1	1	1	1
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	60	6	19	25	34	-1	2	0	1
Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	C	49	12	12	24	30	-7	3	0	0
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov	D	63	6	17	23	18	-6	2	0	0
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	57	9	11	20	53	-3	6	0	1
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	52	9	11	20	13	1	0	0	4
Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis	D	67	8	9	17	44	9	2	0	1
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	35	3	11	14	12	-4	0	0	0
Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas	D	65	6	6	12	14	0	1	0	0
Landry, EricEric Landry	C	51	4	7	11	43	-9	2	0	0
Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray	D	52	3	8	11	95	-11	0	0	2
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	32	1	10	11	8	-15	0	0	0
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik	RW	12	3	6	9	10	-2	1	0	0
Lind, JuhaJuha Lind	C	47	3	4	7	4	-4	0	0	2
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon	D	29	0	6	6	26	3	0	0	0
Delisle, XavierXavier Delisle	C	14	3	2	5	6	-5	1	0	0
Asham, ArronArron Asham	RW	46	2	3	5	59	-9	0	0	0
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse	D	19	2	3	5	10	-8	0	0	0
Bulis, JanJan Bulis	C	12	0	5	5	0	-1	0	0	0
Chouinard, EricEric Chouinard	LW	13	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	0
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	26	1	2	3	36	-8	0	0	0
Stock, P. J.P. J. Stock	C	20	1	2	3	32	-1	0	0	0
Bashkirov, AndreiAndrei Bashkirov	LW	18	0	3	3	0	-2	0	0	0
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme	D	39	0	3	3	42	-11	0	0	0
Descoteaux, MatthieuMatthieu Descoteaux	D	5	1	1	2	4	-2	1	0	0
Witehall, JohanJohan Witehall	LW	26	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
Odjick, GinoGino Odjick	RW	13	1	0	1	44	0	0	0	0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	G	59	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	7	0	1	1	6	-4	0	0	0
Belanger, FrancisFrancis Belanger	LW	10	0	0	0	29	-3	0	0	0
Bertrand, EricEric Bertrand	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone	D	3	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins, MattMatt Higgins	C	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Richter, BarryBarry Richter	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Ward, JasonJason Ward	RW	12	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	3298	59	20	29	5	141	2.57	2	1546	1405	.909
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	589	11	4	5	1	24	2.44	2	233	209	.897
Hackett, JeffJeff Hackett	998	19	4	10	2	54	3.25	0	477	423	.887
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	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

^[10]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

For more details on this topic, see 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

References

↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.296, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.295, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.298, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.294, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.295, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ 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
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
↑ "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
↑ "2000–2001 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
↑ "2000-01 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

2000–01 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup

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2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season

George Gillett

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Draft picks

See also

References