2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season was the 31st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres finished with a 46-30-5-1 record in the regular season, and won the Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers, but lost the Conference Semi-Finals (4-3) to Pittsburgh Penguins. It was also the final time that they made the playoffs before the 2004-05 NHL Lockout.

Regular season

The Sabres allowed the fewest goals (184), had the most shutouts (13), allowed the fewest power-play goals (40) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (88.02%).^[1]

Final standings

Northeast Division^[2]
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^[3]
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

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

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs

(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres

The Flyers were entering this year's playoffs still trying to forget the Eastern Conference finals the previous year. In 2000 they had a 3–1 series lead against the eventual Cup champs Devils, but lost the next three. Coach Craig Ramsay was fired in the middle of the season, GM Bob Clarke exclaimed his decision was based on the fact that his Flyers were not "tough enough". He hired ex- Flyer tough guy and former teammate Bill Barber. The Sabres season was not as complicated, Lindy Ruff led his Sabres to one of their best regular seasons in recent history. In the playoffs, the two teams had met three times in four years, with the most recent series ending in with a Flyers win. The Sabres would look for revenge in the city of brotherly love.

After Philadelphia got stopped by Dominik Hasek and the Sabres in the first two games, one of which was ended by a Jay McKee overtime goal, the Flyers came out in game three determined to win a game before losing the first three, and they did by one goal, but they lost again to the Sabres in game four in overtime, after Curtis Brown banged the puck past goalie Roman Cechmanek. The Flyers prevailed in game five by a two-goal margin, but they were hammered by the Sabres in game six: they gave up a total of eight goals, five of which were surrendered by Cechmanek who was replaced early by Brian Boucher, but Boucher didn't make a difference as he gave up three goals, too. Dominik Hasek notched another shutout performance in game six, and the Sabres moved on to the conference semifinals.

Series highlight

Game One: Sabres 2, Flyers 1
Game Two: Sabres 4, Flyers 3 (Overtime)
Game Three: Flyers 3, Sabres 2
Game Four: Sabres 4, Flyers 3 (Overtime)
Game Five: Flyers 3, Sabres 1
Game Six: Sabres 8, Flyers 0

(5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

Entering the series, Buffalo held the best penalty killing (PK) squad which killed 88%, and Pittsburgh entered the series with the fifth best powerplay (PP) squad, which scored on 20% of its opportunities. However, the Buffalo PK and the Pittsburgh PP would underachieve during the series: Pittsburgh only scored 4 times on 27 opportunities (14%), so, consequently, Buffalo's PK percent dropped to 86. Buffalo also scored four power play goals, but on 33 chances (12%).

The Sabres and Penguins had evenly matched goaltending: Pittsburgh goaltenders saved 155 shots out of 172 (90.2%), and Buffalo's saved 166 shots out of 183 (90.8%). Both teams scored 17 goals during the series, and they also scored the same number of power play goals, four.

The Sabres just couldn't put the puck past Johan Hedberg in game one, and the Penguins only needed star center Lemieux's first-period goal to finish off Buffalo and take an early series lead. Buffalo goalkeeper Dominik Hasek gave up three goals, the other two of which came courtesy of centers Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina in the second half of the third period. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and would miss game two. Both teams were rather inept on the powerplay, wasting five conversion opportunities each.

In game two, the first period had no scoring, despite five different powerplays for the two teams. Then, about halfway through the second period, Penguins center Robert Lang scored a goal to give the Penguins a one goal to zero advantage, but the advantage would only last about three minutes until Sabres center Stu Barnes tied the game up with the only powerplay goal of the game. Pittsburgh would turn on the jets and fly away from the Sabres though, scoring two more goals in the third period, one by defenceman Ference and an empty-net goal by Kovalev. Buffalo gave up two consecutive home games to the Penguins and now had to travel to Pittsburgh for game three.

For the second consecutive game, there were no goals scored in the first period of game three, even though there were 17 combined shots on goal. The Penguins scored on the power play in the second period to take the lead. Sabres center Curtis Brown would tie the game up, though, with an even-strength goal, and the period would end at a one goal tie. Hedberg had been solid in the net for the Penguins, but the third period features three goals against him out of 11 shots. At about the halfway point in the third period, Sabres defenceman Jason Woolley scored the untying goal, and three minutes later, Miroslav Satan would score another goal to give Buffalo a two goal lead. Defenceman James Patrick finished off the game with an empty-net goal, and the Sabres won the game four goals to one. Buffalo came through to win a tough road game where a loss might have secured a series loss.

Building off the road win in game three, Buffalo scored the first goal in game four very early in the first period by center Jean-Pierre Dumont, but the Penguins would respond with a powerplay goal by center Martin Straka. Sabres center Curtis Brown scored a short-handed goal late in the first period to give Buffalo the edge heading into the locker rooms. The second period featured only one goal by Janne Laukkanen, set up by Jagr and Lemieux, and the game was tied up going into the third. Stu Barnes scored twice in the third period, and the Sabres went on to win the game by three, five goals to two. Both teams were effective on the powerplay, each scoring one goal on two chances. Coming off two straight home losses, Buffalo works hard on the road to swipe the two home games back, swinging the series back to Buffalo's advantage.

Penguins wingman Jaromir Jagr initiated the scoring in game five with a powerplay goal, the only goal in the first period. Pittsburgh would tack on another goal early on in the second period by winger Aleksey Morozov, but Sabres center Chris Gratton would respond with a powerplay goal, and the Penguins still had the lead until they gave up another short-handed goal to Curtis Brown. Curtis Brown's goal forced overtime, and Stu Barnes would score the game-winning goal to give Buffalo the series lead. The Sabres were down by two goals early but fought back and won the game by scoring three unanswered goals. Game five was the first overtime game in the string of three that would end the series.

Buffalo's right winger Maxim Afinogenov scored in the first half of the first period of game six to give the Sabres and early lead, a lead the team would need because Pittsburgh's Alexei Kovalev tied the game up early in the second period. Donald Audette would break up the tied game with an even-strength goal late in the second period. Pittsburgh would persevere and score the tying goal with less than a minute to go in the third period courtesy of Mario Lemieux, so this match headed to overtime. Martin Straka was the hero of the Penguins on that night, as he scored the game-winning goal about halfway through the overtime period. Both teams didn't score on any of the combined seven chances they saw, and the fabled game seven was due.

In game seven, the first period was an uneventful one, featuring no goals and few penalties, but the second period was a different story. Buffalo struck first as Jean-Pierre Dumont scored very early in the period, but that one-goal lead wouldn't last because Andrew Ference scored a powerplay goal to even things up at one goal apiece. Just about 30 seconds into the third period, Buffalo struck again as winger Steve Heinze scored a powerplay goal. Robert Lang would then score to tie the game up at two goals apiece. With a minute remaining in the third period and the Sabres applying pressure in the Penguins zone, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis grabbed the puck and threw it over the boards into the crowd. No penalty was called on the play and the game went to overtime.^[4] Later, Kasparaitis would win the game and the series for the Penguins as he scored off of passes from Jagr and Lang. Pittsburgh went on to face the New Jersey Devils in the conference finals.

Series highlight

Game One: Penguins 3, Sabres 0
Game Two: Penguins 3, Sabres 1
Game Three: Sabres 4, Penguins 1
Game Four: Sabres 5, Penguins 2
Game Five: Sabres 3, Penguins 2 (Overtime)
Game Six: Penguins 3, Sabres 2 (Overtime)
Game Seven: Penguins 3, Sabres 2 (Overtime)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	82	29	33	62	36	5	8	2	4
Dumont, J.P.J.P. Dumont	RW	79	23	28	51	54	1	9	0	5
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	75	19	24	43	26	-2	3	2	5
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	82	19	21	40	102	0	5	0	5
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	71	7	31	38	70	3	4	0	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	78	8	29	37	75	-3	5	0	1
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	78	14	22	36	40	1	3	0	5
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	74	20	13	33	32	0	8	0	4
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	70	10	22	32	34	15	2	1	0
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	82	12	19	31	51	0	1	0	3
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	75	10	21	31	81	-2	2	0	2
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	67	5	18	23	46	0	4	0	3
Kalinin, DmitriDmitri Kalinin	D	79	4	18	22	38	-2	2	0	0
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	77	3	16	19	78	10	0	0	2
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	56	3	12	15	4	6	0	0	1
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	36	7	7	14	10	2	0	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	54	4	9	13	12	9	1	0	0
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	14	5	7	12	8	6	1	0	1
Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	LW	41	8	3	11	22	-2	1	1	3
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	74	1	10	11	76	9	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	63	4	6	10	210	2	0	0	1
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	12	2	6	8	12	1	1	0	1
Boulton, EricEric Boulton	LW	35	1	2	3	94	-1	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	67	0	3	3	22	0	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	14	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	D	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	3904	67	37	24	4	137	2.11	11	1726	1589	.921
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	918	18	7	7	1	39	2.55	2	427	388	.909
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	108	2	2	0	0	5	2.78	0	39	34	.872
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	4931	82	46	31	5	181	2.20	13	2192	2011	.917

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	13	3	10	13	8	4	1	0	0
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	13	6	4	10	14	0	2	0	1
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	13	3	6	9	4	-1	0	0	0
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	13	4	4	8	2	0	2	0	2
Dumont, J.P.J.P. Dumont	RW	13	4	3	7	8	4	0	0	0
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	13	3	4	7	10	0	3	0	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	13	1	6	7	12	-3	0	0	0
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	13	2	4	6	12	-1	1	0	1
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	8	1	5	6	2	1	0	0	1
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	13	5	0	5	8	4	0	2	1
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	11	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	13	0	4	4	8	2	0	0	0
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	13	1	2	3	4	0	1	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	13	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Kalinin, DmitriDmitri Kalinin	D	13	0	2	2	4	5	0	0	0
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	13	0	2	2	4	5	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	8	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	1
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	9	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	10	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	13	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	833	13	7	6	29	2.09	1	347	318	.916
Team:	833	13	7	6	29	2.09	1	347	318	.916

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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;

References

↑ 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.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4eSNbkKZqU
↑ "2000-01 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

2000-01 Buffalo Sabres Statistics

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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 2015–16

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 Buffalo Sabres season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres

Series highlight

(5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

Series highlight

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References