2000–01 New Jersey Devils season

The 2000–01 New Jersey Devils season was the 27th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 19th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] Although the Devils won the Atlantic Division and were Eastern Conference champions for the third time, the team fell short of winning back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals series, four games to three.

2000–01 New Jersey Devils
Eastern Conference champions
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
2000–01 record	48–19–12–3
Home record	24–11–6–0
Road record	24–8–6–3
Goals for	295
Goals against	195
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Larry Robinson
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Jason Arnott Randy McKay
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Average attendance	15,642
Minor league affiliate(s)	Albany River Rats
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Mogilny (43)
Assists	Patrik Elias (56)
Points	Patrik Elias (96)
Penalty minutes	Colin White (155)
Plus/minus	Patrik Elias (+45)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (42)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (1.50)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Regular season

The Devils had a scoring finesse unseen since the 1993–94 squad; their 295 goals scored propelled them to the best offensive team in the NHL, as well as the top spot in the Eastern Conference. They had two 40-goal scorers in Patrik Elias and Alexander Mogilny, while Petr Sykora finished with an impressive 35 goals. On October 28 at Pittsburgh, the Devils won in a 9-0 rout that saw John Madden and Randy McKay each score four goals. Martin Brodeur, as in previous seasons, played strongly, finishing with 42 wins, a 2.32 goals against average (GAA) and nine shutouts. Defensively, the team was also strong; their 195 goals allowed were the second-fewest in the East. From February 26 to March 23, the team went on a 13-game winning streak.

Despite having the fewest power-play opportunities of all 30 League teams with 310, the Devils had the best power play percentage at 22.90% (71 for 310).^[2]

Season standings

Atlantic Division^[3]

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^[4]

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

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season^[5]
October: 6–2–2–0 (home: 4–0–0–0; road: 2–2–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 6, 2000 8–4 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 1–0–0–0 Recap 2 L October 13, 2000 1–3 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 W October 14, 2000 4–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 2–1–0–0 Recap 4 T October 17, 2000 3–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 2–1–1–0 Recap 5 L October 19, 2000 2–5 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 2–2–1–0 Recap 6 W October 21, 2000 7–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 3–2–1–0 Recap 7 W October 25, 2000 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 4–2–1–0 Recap 8 T October 27, 2000 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 4–2–2–0 Recap 9 W October 28, 2000 9–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 5–2–2–0 Recap 10 W October 30, 2000 6–5 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 6–2–2–0 Recap
November: 6–6–1–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 4–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 11 T November 1, 2000 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 6–2–3–0 Recap 12 L November 2, 2000 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 6–3–3–0 Recap 13 L November 4, 2000 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 6–4–3–0 Recap 14 L November 8, 2000 3–4 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 6–5–3–0 Recap 15 L November 10, 2000 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 6–6–3–0 Recap 16 L November 11, 2000 0–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 6–7–3–0 Recap 17 L November 14, 2000 2–3 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 6–8–3–0 Recap 18 W November 16, 2000 3–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 7–8–3–0 Recap 19 W November 18, 2000 3–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 8–8–3–0 Recap 20 W November 22, 2000 5–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 9–8–3–0 Recap 21 W November 23, 2000 6–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 10–8–3–0 Recap 22 W November 25, 2000 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 11–8–3–0 Recap 23 W November 29, 2000 5–2 New York Rangers (2000–01) 12–8–3–0 Recap
December: 8–3–3–0 (home: 5–1–2–0; road: 3–2–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 T December 1, 2000 0–0 OT New York Islanders (2000–01) 12–8–4–0 Recap 25 T December 3, 2000 1–1 OT @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 12–8–5–0 Recap 26 W December 5, 2000 6–1 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 13–8–5–0 Recap 27 L December 7, 2000 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 13–9–5–0 Recap 28 L December 9, 2000 2–3 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 13–10–5–0 Recap 29 W December 11, 2000 4–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 14–10–5–0 Recap 30 W December 15, 2000 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 15–10–5–0 Recap 31 L December 16, 2000 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 15–11–5–0 Recap 32 W December 20, 2000 4–1 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 16–11–5–0 Recap 33 W December 22, 2000 2–0 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 17–11–5–0 Recap 34 W December 23, 2000 5–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 18–11–5–0 Recap 35 T December 27, 2000 2–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 18–11–6–0 Recap 36 W December 29, 2000 4–2 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 19–11–6–0 Recap 37 W December 31, 2000 6–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 20–11–6–0 Recap
January: 7–2–3–2 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 3–1–1–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 T January 2, 2001 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 20–11–7–0 Recap 39 W January 4, 2001 4–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 21–11–7–0 Recap 40 T January 6, 2001 5–5 OT @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 21–11–8–0 Recap 41 W January 10, 2001 5–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 22–11–8–0 Recap 42 T January 13, 2001 4–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 22–11–9–0 Recap 43 L January 16, 2001 4–5 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 22–12–9–0 Recap 44 W January 18, 2001 7–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 23–12–9–0 Recap 45 W January 20, 2001 3–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 24–12–9–0 Recap 46 W January 21, 2001 4–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 25–12–9–0 Recap 47 W January 24, 2001 4–1 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 26–12–9–0 Recap 48 OTL January 25, 2001 3–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 26–12–9–1 Recap 49 OTL January 27, 2001 3–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 26–12–9–2 Recap 50 W January 30, 2001 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 27–12–9–2 Recap 51 L January 31, 2001 2–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 27–13–9–2 Recap
February: 4–4–3–1 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 3–2–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 52 W February 6, 2001 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 28–13–9–2 Recap 53 T February 8, 2001 4–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 28–13–10–2 Recap 54 OTL February 10, 2001 4–5 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 28–13–10–3 Recap 55 T February 11, 2001 1–1 OT @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 28–13–11–3 Recap 56 L February 14, 2001 2–3 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 28–14–11–3 Recap 57 T February 16, 2001 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 28–14–12–3 Recap 58 L February 17, 2001 1–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 28–15–12–3 Recap 59 W February 19, 2001 2–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 29–15–12–3 Recap 60 L February 22, 2001 0–1 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 29–16–12–3 Recap 61 L February 23, 2001 2–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 29–17–12–3 Recap 62 W February 26, 2001 5–3 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 30–17–12–3 Recap 63 W February 27, 2001 4–1 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 31–17–12–3 Recap
March: 13–2–0–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 7–0–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 64 W March 2, 2001 7–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 32–17–12–3 Recap 65 W March 4, 2001 6–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 33–17–12–3 Recap 66 W March 6, 2001 3–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 34–17–12–3 Recap 67 W March 8, 2001 6–2 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 35–17–12–3 Recap 68 W March 10, 2001 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 36–17–12–3 Recap 69 W March 13, 2001 6–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 37–17–12–3 Recap 70 W March 14, 2001 3–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 38–17–12–3 Recap 71 W March 17, 2001 6–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 39–17–12–3 Recap 72 W March 19, 2001 4–2 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 40–17–12–3 Recap 73 W March 21, 2001 4–0 New York Rangers (2000–01) 41–17–12–3 Recap 74 W March 23, 2001 4–0 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 42–17–12–3 Recap 75 L March 25, 2001 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 42–18–12–3 Recap 76 W March 27, 2001 7–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 43–18–12–3 Recap 77 W March 28, 2001 4–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 44–18–12–3 Recap 78 L March 31, 2001 3–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 44–19–12–3 Recap
April: 4–0–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 2–0–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 79 W April 2, 2001 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 45–19–12–3 Recap 80 W April 3, 2001 6–4 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 46–19–12–3 Recap 81 W April 6, 2001 5–2 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 47–19–12–3 Recap 82 W April 7, 2001 2–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 48–19–12–3 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes – Devils win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W April 12, 2001 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 15, 2001 2–0 Carolina Hurricanes Devils lead 2–0 Recap 3 W April 17, 2001 4–0 @ Carolina Hurricanes Devils lead 3–0 Recap 4 L April 18, 2001 2–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes Devils lead 3–1 Recap 5 L April 20, 2001 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes Devils lead 3–2 Recap 6 W April 22, 2001 5–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes Devils win 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs – Devils win 4–3 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 26, 2001 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 28, 2001 6–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W May 1, 2001 3–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs Devils lead 2–1 Recap 4 L May 3, 2001 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 L May 5, 2001 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 3–2 Recap 6 W May 7, 2001 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 W May 9, 2001 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Devils win 4–3 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins – Devils win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W May 12, 2001 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 L May 15, 2001 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 W May 17, 2001 3–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Devils lead 2–1 Recap 4 W May 19, 2001 5–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Devils lead 3–1 Recap 5 W May 22, 2001 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Devils win 4–1 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W1) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–3 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L May 26, 2001 0–5 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap 2 W May 29, 2001 2–1 @ Colorado Avalanche Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 L May 31, 2001 1–3 Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap 4 W June 2, 2001 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 W June 4, 2001 4–1 @ Colorado Avalanche Devils lead 3–2 Recap 6 L June 7, 2001 0–4 Colorado Avalanche Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 L June 9, 2001 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche win 4–3 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Patrik Elias	LW	82	40	56	96	45	51	25	9	14	23	11	10
89	Alexander Mogilny	RW	75	43	40	83	10	43	25	5	11	16	3	8
17	Petr Sykora	RW	73	35	46	81	36	32	25	10	12	22	15	12
23	Scott Gomez	C	76	14	49	63	−1	46	25	5	9	14	7	24
25	Jason Arnott	C	54	21	34	55	23	75	23	8	7	15	8	16
18	Sergei Brylin	LW	75	23	29	52	25	24	20	3	4	7	1	6
28	Brian Rafalski	D	78	9	43	52	36	26	25	7	11	18	10	7
16	Bobby Holik	C	80	15	35	50	19	97	25	6	10	16	1	37
21	Randy McKay	RW	77	23	20	43	3	50	19	6	3	9	3	8
11	John Madden	C	80	23	15	38	24	12	25	4	3	7	2	6
27	Scott Niedermayer	D	57	6	29	35	14	22	21	0	6	6	7	14
4	Scott Stevens	D	81	9	22	31	40	71	25	1	7	8	3	37
12	Sergei Nemchinov	LW	65	8	22	30	11	16	25	1	3	4	0	4
24	Turner Stevenson	RW	69	8	18	26	11	97	23	1	3	4	2	20
5	Colin White	D	82	1	19	20	32	155	25	0	3	3	7	42
20	Jay Pandolfo	LW	63	4	12	16	3	16	25	1	4	5	−1	4
2	Ken Sutton	D	53	1	7	8	9	37	6	0	0	0	1	13
14	Pierre Dagenais	RW	9	3	2	5	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Mike Commodore	D	20	1	4	5	5	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Bob Corkum†	C	17	3	1	4	4	4	12	1	2	3	−2	0
15	Steve Kelly‡	C	24	2	2	4	0	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Jim McKenzie	LW	53	2	2	4	0	119	3	0	0	0	1	2
3	Ken Daneyko	D	77	0	4	4	8	87	25	0	3	3	4	21
7^[a]	Willie Mitchell‡	D	16	0	2	2	0	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Jiri Bicek	RW	5	1	0	1	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Martin Brodeur	G	72	0	1	1		14	25	0	1	1		0
6	Sean O'Donnell†	D	17	0	1	1	2	33	23	1	2	3	5	41
22	Ed Ward	RW	4	0	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Mike Danton	C	2	0	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Sascha Goc	D	11	0	0	0	7	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Stanislav Gron	RW	1	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Chris Terreri‡	G	10	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	John Vanbiesbrouck†	G	4	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Martin Brodeur	72	42	17	11	1762	166	2.32	.906	9	4297	25	15	10	507	52	2.07	.897	4	1505
34	John Vanbiesbrouck†	4	4	0	0	93	6	1.50	.935	1	240	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Chris Terreri‡	10	2	5	1	167	21	2.78	.874	0	453	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Martin Brodeur was also a finalist for the Vezina Trophy.

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Trophy	John Madden	^[6]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Patrik Elias (Left wing)	^[7]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Scott Stevens (Defense)	^[7]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Colin White (Defense)	^[7]
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Patrik Elias^[b]	^[9]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Martin Brodeur	^[10]
		Alexander Mogilny^[c]
		Scott Niedermayer^[d]
		Larry Robinson (coach)
		Scott Stevens
	NHL Player of the Week	Patrik Elias (March 5)	^[13]
Team	Devils' Players' Player	Randy McKay	^[14]
	Hugh Delano Unsung Hero	Sergei Brylin	^[14]
	Most Valuable Devil	Martin Brodeur	^[14]
		Patrik Elias
	Three-Star Award	Patrik Elias	^[14]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
500th game played	Martin Brodeur	February 19, 2001	^[15]

Transactions

The Devils were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2001 Future considerations^[e]	To Columbus Blue Jackets Krzysztof Oliwa Future considerations^[f]	^[18]
June 12, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Ed Ward	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 7th-round pick in 2001	^[18]
June 12, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Steve Staios	To Atlanta Thrashers 9th-round pick in 2000	^[18]
June 23, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Chris Terreri 9th-round pick in 2000	To Minnesota Wild Brad Bombardir	^[17]
June 25, 2000	To New Jersey Devils 8th-round pick in 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2000	^[16]
July 10, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve Staios	^[19]
November 6, 2000	To New Jersey Devils Geordie Kinnear	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	^[20]
February 23, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Bob Corkum	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	^[21]
February 27, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations	To Los Angeles Kings Steve Kelly	^[22]
March 4, 2001	To New Jersey Devils Sean O'Donnell	To Minnesota Wild Willie Mitchell Future considerations	^[23]
March 12, 2001	To New Jersey Devils John Vanbiesbrouck	To New York Islanders Chris Terreri 9th-round pick in 2001	^[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)	Jason Lehoux	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)		Free agency	^[25]
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Jim McKenzie	Washington Capitals		Free agency	^[26]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	Chris Ferraro	New York Islanders		Free agency	^[27]
April 1, 2001 (2001-04-01)	Joel Dezainde	Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL)		Free agency	^[28]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[g]	Ref
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Chris Terreri	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[17]
	Jeff Williams	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	^[17]
July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)	Vladimir Malakhov	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	^[30]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Steve Brule	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (VI)	^[31]
September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)	Mike Buzak	Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[32]
September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25)	Sasha Lakovic	Long Beach Ice Dogs (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
N/A	George Awada	Richmond Renegades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
December 2, 2000 (2000-12-02)	Claude Lemieux	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	^[35]
December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22)	Geordie Kinnear		Retirement	^[36]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 11, 2000 (2000-07-11)	Josef Boumedienne		Entry-level	^[37]
July 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)	Jay Pandolfo	2-year	Re-signing	^[38]^[39]
	Rob Skrlac		Re-signing	^[38]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Mike Commodore		Entry-level	^[40]
July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)	Mike Rupp		Entry-level	^[41]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Sergei Nemchinov		Re-signing	^[38]
August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03)	Richard Rochefort		Re-signing	^[38]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Colin White		Re-signing	^[38]
August 24, 2000 (2000-08-24)	Frederic Henry		Re-signing	^[38]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Sylvain Cloutier		Re-signing	^[38]
September 8, 2000 (2000-09-08)	Steve Kelly		Re-signing	^[38]
November 20, 2000 (2000-11-20)	Jason Arnott	2-year	Re-signing	^[42]
	Scott Niedermayer	4-year	Re-signing	^[42]
June 2, 2001 (2001-06-02)	Christian Berglund		Entry-level	^[43]
	Scott Clemmensen		Entry-level	^[43]
	Brett Clouthier		Entry-level	^[43]
	Brian Gionta		Entry-level	^[43]

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^[44]

Round	#	Player	Nat	Pos	College/Junior/Club team (League)	Notes
1	22	David Hale	United States	D	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	^[h]
2	39	Teemu Laine	Finland	F	Jokerit (Finland)	^[i]
2	56	Aleksander Suglobov	Russia	RW	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia)	^[j]
2	57	Matt DeMarchi	United States	D	University of Minnesota (WCHA)	^[h]
2	62	Paul Martin	United States	D	Elk River High School (USHS–MN)
3	67	Max Birbraer	Kazakhstan	LW	Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL)	^[i]
3	76	Mike Rupp	United States	LW	Erie Otters (OHL)	^[k]
4	125	Phil Cole	Canada	D	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
5	135	Mike Danton	Canada	C	Barrie Colts (OHL)	^[l]
5	164	Matus Kostur	Slovakia	G	HKm Zvolen (Slovakia)
6	194	Deryk Engelland	Canada	D	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7	198	Ken Magowan	Canada	LW	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	^[m]
8	257	Warren McCutcheon	Canada	C	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
9	290	No ninth-round pick				^[n]

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

Notes

1. Mitchell wore number 6 in his first eleven games.
2. Co-winner with Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche.^[8]
3. Mogilny did not play and was replaced by Milan Hejduk of the Colorado Avalanche.^[11]
4. Niedermayer was an injury replacement for Al MacInnis of the St. Louis Blues.^[12]
5. Columbus sent Turner Stevenson to New Jersey on June 23 to complete the trade.^[17]
6. Assigned Deron Quint’s rights to Columbus on June 23.^[17]
7. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[29]
8. The Devils acquired the 2000 first-round draft pick (Hale), 2000 second-round pick (DeMarchi), and Claude Lemieux from Colorado for Brian Rolston and the Devils' original 2000 first-round pick (later transferred to Boston and used on Martin Samuelsson) on November 3, 1999.
9. The Devils acquired the Islanders' 2000 second-round pick (Laine) and Atlanta's 2000 third-round pick (Birbraer) from Vancouver for Vadim Sharifijanov and the Devils' 2000 third-round pick (used on Tim Branham) on January 14, 2000.
10. Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for 1998 first round pick Mike Van Ryn not being signed.
11. The Devils acquired the 2000 third-round pick from Chicago for Bryan Muir on November 13, 1998. Rupp scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Devils against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals. The Devils had traded their original third-round pick to Vancouver (see above note on Laine and Birbraer).
12. Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for free agent Dave Andreychuk.
13. The Devils acquired the 2000 seventh-round pick, along with Sylvain Cloutier and Jeff Williams, from Atlanta for Wes Mason and Eric Bertrand on November 1, 1999. The Devils' official transaction page does not include this draft pick in the transaction. The Devils' original 2000 seventh-round pick (used on Brian Eklund) had been traded to Tampa Bay in exchange for Steve Kelly on October 7, 1999.
14. The Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.

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• "2000-01 New Jersey Devils Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2023.

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