2000–01 Boston Bruins season

The 2000–01 Boston Bruins season was the club's 78th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team finished ninth in the Eastern Conference that year, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive year, which was also the first time the team missed out on the playoffs in consecutive years since the 1960s. It was also the first full season the Bruins were without longtime team captain Ray Bourque since the 1979–80 season, who would win the Stanley Cup as a member of the Colorado Avalanche at season's end and subsequently retire from the NHL.

2000–01 Boston Bruins
Division	4th Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2000–01 record	36–30–8–8
Goals for	227
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden Mike O'Connell
Coach	Pat Burns (Oct) Mike Keenan
Captain	Jason Allison
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	15,432 (87.9%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Thornton (37)
Assists	Jason Allison (59)
Points	Jason Allison (95)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (200)
Plus/minus	Brian Rolston (+6) Sergei Samsonov (+6)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (22)
Goals against average	Byron Dafoe (2.39)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The Bruins tied the Carolina Hurricanes in points for the regular season at 88. However, Carolina had two more wins than the Bruins, leaving the Bruins in the ninth position in the conference, narrowly missing the playoffs. Boston was without starting goaltender Byron Dafoe for much of the season, and the Bruins had to use five goaltenders throughout the season. The good news is that the Bruins saw some of their young core mature further, as Joe Thornton set a then-career high in goals with 37, and Jason Allison once again broke the 30-goal plateau.

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division^[1]

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^[2]

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

Regular season schedule

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jason Allison	C	82	36	59	95	85	-8	11	3	6
Sergei Samsonov	LW	82	29	46	75	18	6	3	0	3
Joe Thornton	C	72	37	34	71	107	-4	19	1	5
Bill Guerin	RW	64	28	35	63	122	-4	7	1	4
Brian Rolston	C/RW	77	19	39	58	28	6	5	0	4
Andrei Kovalenko	RW	76	16	21	37	27	-14	7	1	3
Mikko Eloranta	LW	62	12	11	23	38	2	1	1	2
P. J. Axelsson	LW	81	8	15	23	27	-12	0	0	2
Mike Knuble	RW	82	7	13	20	37	0	0	1	1
Dixon Ward	RW	63	5	13	18	65	-1	0	0	0
Kyle McLaren	D	58	5	12	17	53	-5	2	0	0
Jonathan Girard	D	31	3	13	16	14	2	2	0	1
Darren Van Impe	D	31	3	10	13	41	-9	2	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	72	2	10	12	26	-1	1	0	1
Hal Gill	D	80	1	10	11	71	-2	0	0	0
Jarno Kultanen	D	62	2	8	10	26	-3	0	0	1
Patrick Traverse	D	37	2	6	8	14	4	1	0	1
Peter Popovic	D	60	1	6	7	48	-5	0	0	0
Eric Weinrich	D	22	1	5	6	10	-8	1	0	1
Shawn Bates	C	45	2	3	5	26	-12	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	63	1	4	5	200	-14	0	0	0
Ken Belanger	LW	40	2	2	4	121	-6	0	0	1
Cameron Mann	RW	15	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	0
Paul Coffey	D	18	0	4	4	30	-6	0	0	0
Lee Goren	RW	21	2	0	2	7	-3	1	0	0
Samuel Pahlsson	C	17	1	1	2	6	-5	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	G	45	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Zdenek Kutlak	D	10	0	2	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Brandon Smith	D	3	1	0	1	0	-1	1	0	0
Eric Manlow	C	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Nick Boynton	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
John Grahame	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jay Henderson	LW	13	0	0	0	26	-1	0	0	0
Joe Hulbig	LW	7	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Pavel Kolarik	D	10	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Marquis Mathieu	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Eric Nickulas	RW	7	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Andrew Raycroft	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Savage	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Skudra	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kay Whitmore	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Byron Dafoe	2536	45	22	14	7	101	2.39	2	1076	975	.906
Peter Skudra	1116	25	6	12	1	62	3.33	0	511	449	.879
Andrew Raycroft	649	15	4	6	0	32	2.96	0	291	259	.890
John Grahame	471	10	3	4	0	28	3.57	0	211	183	.867
Kay Whitmore	203	5	1	2	0	18	5.32	0	94	76	.809
Team:	4975	82	36	38	8	241	2.91	2	2183	1942	.890

^[3]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Boston'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	7	Lars Jonsson	Sweden	Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden)
1	27	Martin Samuelsson	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jr. (Sweden)
2	37	Andy Hilbert	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
2	59	Ivan Huml	Czech Republic	Langley Chiefs (BCHL)
3	66	Tuukka Makela	Finland	HIFK (Finland)
3	73	Sergei Zinovjev	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
4	103	Brett Nowak	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
6	174	Jarno Kultanen	Finland	HIFK (Finland)
7	204	Chris Berti	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
8	237	Zdenek Kultak	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
9	268	Pavel Kolarik	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
9	279	Andreas Lindstrom	Sweden	Luleå HF (Sweden)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

• "2000–01 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

1. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
2. "2000–2001 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
3. "2000-01 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.