2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	2000–01
Year:	2000
Conferencerank:	11th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	28–40–8–6
Homerecord:	15–20–4–2
Roadrecord:	13–20–4–4
Goalsfor:	206
Goalsagainst:	232
Attendance:	20,105
Goalsleader:	Brian Savage (21)
Assistsleader:	Saku Koivu Oleg Petrov (30)
Pointsleader:	Saku Koivu Oleg Petrov (47)
Plusminusleader:	Karl Dykhuis (+9)
Pimleader:	Sheldon Souray (95)
Winsleader:	Jose Theodore (20)
Gaaleader:	Mathieu Garon (2.44)
Prev Season:	1999–2000

The 2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 92nd season of play. The club finished fifth in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for a third consecutive season, marking the first such drought for the franchise since 1920–1922.^[1]

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.^[2] On November 20, Andre Savard was made the new general manager, while Michel Therrien of the Quebec Citadelles became the new head coach.^[3] Despite the changes, the Canadiens had one win, ten losses and two ties in the month of December.
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.^[4] After the meeting, Gillett agreed to be the new owner.^[3] Gillett acquired the Molson Centre and eighty percent of the franchise for two hundred and seventy-five million dollars.^[5]
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 three.^[7]

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||October 6, 2000||4–8 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||0–1–0–0||0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||October 7, 2000||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||0–2–0–0||0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|3||W||October 10, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers||1–2–0–0||2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||October 11, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||1–3–0–0||2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|5||W||October 14, 2000||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks||2–3–0–0||4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|6||W||October 17, 2000||4–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||3–3–0–0||6 || |- align="center"|7||T||October 19, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||3–3–1–0||7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|8||W||October 21, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes||4–3–1–0||9 || |- align="center"|9||T||October 24, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Wild||4–3–2–0||10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|10||L||October 27, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||4–4–2–0||10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|11||L||October 28, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders||4–5–2–0||10 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|12||L||November 1, 2000||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings||4–6–2–0||10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||November 3, 2000||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||4–7–2–0||10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||November 4, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers||4–8–2–0||10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|15||W||November 8, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers||5–8–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 10, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||5–9–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 11, 2000||0–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars||5–10–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||November 14, 2000||0–1 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning||5–11–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|19||L||November 17, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||5–12–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|20||L||November 18, 2000||1–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||5–13–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|21||L||November 21, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers||5–14–2–0||12 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|22||W||November 23, 2000||6–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers||6–14–2–0||14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|23||L||November 25, 2000||3–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||6–15–2–0||14 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|24||W||November 27, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers||7–15–2–0||16 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|25||W||November 29, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||8–15–2–0||18 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|26||W||November 30, 2000||4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||9–15–2–0||20 || |-|- align="center"|27||T||December 2, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||9–15–3–0||21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|28||L||December 5, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres||9–16–3–0||21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||December 8, 2000||0–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators||9–17–3–0||21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|30||L||December 9, 2000||2–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators||9–18–3–0||21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 13, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames||9–19–3–0||21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||December 15, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils||9–20–3–0||21 || |- align="center"|33||T||December 16, 2000||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||9–20–4–0||22 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|34||L||December 18, 2000||0–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets||9–21–4–0||22 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|35||W||December 21, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| Nashville Predators||10–21–4–0||24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||December 23, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||10–22–4–0||24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|37||L||December 27, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks||10–23–4–0||24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|38||OTL||December 30, 2000||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers||10–23–4–1||25 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|39||OTL||December 31, 2000||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames||10–23–4–2||26 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|40||W||January 2, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders||11–23–4–2||28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|41||W||January 5, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||12–23–4–2||30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||January 6, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators||12–24–4–2||30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||January 10, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||12–25–4–2||30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|44||W||January 12, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers||13–25–4–2||32 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|45||W||January 13, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes||14–25–4–2||34 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|46||OTL||January 16, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes||14–25–4–3||35 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|47||W||January 18, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning||15–25–4–3||37 || |- align="center"|48||T||January 20, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers||15–25–5–3||38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|49||L||January 23, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues||15–26–5–3||38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|50||L||January 24, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||15–27–5–3||38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|51||W||January 27, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||16–27–5–3||40 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|52||W||January 28, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators||17–27–5–3||42 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|53||L||January 31, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers||17–28–5–3||42 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|54||W||February 1, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||18–28–5–3||44 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|55||L||February 6, 2001||0–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||18–29–5–3||44 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|56||W||February 10, 2001||5–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders||19–29–5–3||46 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|57||W||February 11, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres||20–29–5–3||48 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|58||OTL||February 13, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche||20–29–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 17, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| Washington Capitals||20–30–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|60||L||February 18, 2001||0–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators||20–31–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||February 21, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks||20–32–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|62||L||February 23, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals||20–33–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|63||L||February 24, 2001||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||20–34–5–4||49 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|64||W||February 27, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||21–34–5–4||51 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|65||W||February 28, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins||22–34–5–4||53 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|66||W||March 3, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||23–34–5–4||55 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|67||L||March 6, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings||23–35–5–4||55 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|68||L||March 7, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim||23–36–5–4||55 || |- align="center"|69||T||March 10, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes||23–36–6–4||56 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|70||L||March 12, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks||23–37–6–4||56 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|71||W||March 14, 2001||6–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes||24–37–6–4||58 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|72||L||March 17, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins||24–38–6–4||58 || |- align="center"|73||T||March 20, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers||24–38–7–4||59 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|74||OTL||March 22, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||24–38–7–5||60 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|75||L||March 24, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers||24–39–7–5||60 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|76||W||March 26, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes||25–39–7–5||62 || |- align="center"|77||T||March 28, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers||25–39–8–5||63 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|78||W||March 29, 2001||6–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning||26–39–8–5||65 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|79||W||March 31, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs||27–39–8–5||67 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|80||OTL||April 2, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins||27–39–8–6||68 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|81||W||April 5, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers||28–39–8–6||70 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|82||L||April 7, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils||28–40–8–6||70 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canadiens only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.

	Player
	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season
11		C	54	17	30	47	2	40
32		RW	81	17	30	47	−11	24
49		LW	62	21	24	45	−13	26
26		LW	57	16	22	38	−5	66
43		D	77	15	21	36	−31	28
14		RW	57	12	21	33	−2	52
63		C	78	12	16	28	−17	16
25		LW	43	9	16	25	−1	34
22		D	60	6	19	25	−1	34
15		C	49	12	12	24	−7	30
79		D	63	6	17	23	−6	18
8		RW	57	9	11	20	−3	53
37		C	52	9	11	20	1	13
28		D	67	8	9	17	9	44
17		LW	35	3	11	14	−4	12
56		D	65	6	6	12	0	14
78		C	51	4	7	11	−9	43
44		D	52	3	8	11	−11	95
34		C	32	1	10	11	−15	8
20		RW	12	3	6	9	−2	10
47		C	47	3	4	7	−4	4
51		D	29	0	6	6	3	26
88		C	14	3	2	5	−5	6
45		RW	46	2	3	5	−9	59
54		D	19	2	3	5	−8	10
38		C	12	0	5	5	−1	0
40		LW	13	1	3	4	0	0
52		D	26	1	2	3	−8	36
20		C	20	1	2	3	−1	32
35		LW	18	0	3	3	−2	0
24		D	39	0	3	3	−11	42
55		D	5	1	1	2	−2	4
39		LW	26	1	1	2	0	6
29		RW	13	1	0	1	0	44
60		G	59	1	0	1		6
31		G	19	0	1	1		0
29		D	7	0	1	1	−4	6
23		LW	10	0	0	0	−3	29
83		LW	3	0	0	0	0	0
39		D	3	0	0	0	−1	14
41		G	2	0	0	0		0
30		G	11	0	0	0		0
46		C	6	0	0	0	−2	2
71		C	2	0	0	0	0	2
38		D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
61		RW	12	0	0	0	3	12

Goaltending

	Player
	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season
60		59	20	29	5	1546	141	2.57	.909	2	3298
30		11	4	5	1	233	24	2.44	.897	2	589
31		19	4	10	2	477	54	3.25	.887	0	998
41		2	0	2	0	32	4	3.87	.875	0	62

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Trevor Linden (October 23)	^[8]
Team	Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy	Oleg Petrov	^[9]
Team	Molson Cup	Jose Theodore	^[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Mathieu Garon	October 6, 2000	^[11]
	Andrei Markov	October 6, 2000
	Eric Chouinard	January 16, 2001
	Matthieu Descoteaux	February 11, 2001
	Francis Belanger	February 17, 2001

Transactions

The Canadiens 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.^[12]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Columbus Blue Jackets	^[13]
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Pittsburgh Penguins	^[14]
To Montreal Canadiens	To Buffalo Sabres
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Philadelphia Flyers	^[15]
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Edmonton Oilers	^[16]
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Boston Bruins	^[17]
	To Montreal Canadiens	To Washington Capitals	^[18]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			1-year	Free agency	^[19]
		2-year	Free agency
	Essen Mosquitoes (DEL)	1-year	Free agency
		1-year	Free agency
		1-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency	^[20]
		St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	^[21]
			1-year	Free agency	^[22]
		New York Rangers		Waivers	^[23]
		Quebec Citadelles (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[24]
		Calgary Flames		Waivers	^[25]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
				^[26]
	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft
			Contract expiration (UFA)
Boyd Olson		Contract expiration (UFA)
			Free agency (III)	^[27]
			Free agency (UFA)	^[28]
			Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
			Free agency (UFA)	^[30]
		Lake Charles Ice Pirates (WPHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]
			Retirement	^[32]
				^[33]
N/A		Quebec Citadelles (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
			Retirement	^[35]
		EHC Chur (NLA)	Free agency	^[36]
		Sodertalje SK (SHL)	Free agency	^[37]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
		1-year	Re-signing
	3-year	Re-signing
			Entry-level	^[38]
		1-year	Re-signing	^[39]
	1-year	Re-signing
	1-year	Re-signing
	1-year	Re-signing
		1-year	Re-signing
		1-year	Re-signing	^[40]
		1-year	Re-signing
	1-year	Re-signing
		2-year	Re-signing	^[41]
		1-year	Re-signing	^[42]
		2-year	Re-signing	^[43]
		2-year	Re-signing	^[44]
		2-year	Re-signing	^[45]
		3-year	Entry-level	^[46]
		2-year	Extension	^[47]
		3-year	Extension	^[48]
		1-year	Extension	^[49]
	3-year	Entry-level
	Jerome Marois	3-year	Entry-level	^[50]
		2-year	Extension	^[51]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[52]

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Ron Hainsey	University of Massachusetts Lowell (Hockey East)
1	16	Marcel Hossa	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	78	Jozef Balej	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	79	Tyler Hanchuck	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	109	Johan Eneqvist	Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden)
4	114	Christian Larrivee	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
5	145	Ryan Glenn	Walpole Jr. Stars (EJHL)
6	172	Scott Selig	Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)
6	182	Petr Chvojka	HC Plzeň Jr. (Czech Republic)
8	243	Joni Puurula	Hermes Mestis (Finland)
9	275	Jonathan Gauthier	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

References

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Web site: 2000-01 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . April 7, 2023.

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Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
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