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 |
Generalmanager: | Rejean Houle (Oct-Nov) Andre Savard (Nov-Apr) |
Coach: | Alain Vigneault (Oct-Nov) Michel Therrien (Nov-Apr) |
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]
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|- 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:
Regular season | |||||||||
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Player | |||||||||
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 |
Regular season | ||||||||||||
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Player | ||||||||||||
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 |
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Trevor Linden (October 23) | [8] |
Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Oleg Petrov | [9] |
Molson Cup | Jose Theodore | [10] |
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.[11]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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June 23, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens Future considerations | To Columbus Blue Jackets 2nd-round pick in 2001 | [12] | |
June 24, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2000 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 2nd-round pick in 2000 | ||
June 25, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2000 | To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 | [13] | |
June 25, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens 6th-round pick in 2000 | To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2001 | ||
December 7, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens Gino Odjick | To Philadelphia Flyers P. J. Stock 6th-round pick in 2001 | [14] | |
December 18, 2000 | To Montreal Canadiens Chad Kilger | To Edmonton Oilers Sergei Zholtok | [15] | |
February 21, 2001 | To Montreal Canadiens Patrick Traverse | To Boston Bruins Eric Weinrich | [16] | |
March 13, 2001 | To Montreal Canadiens Jan Bulis Richard Zednik 1st-round pick in 2001 | To Washington Capitals Trevor Linden Dainius Zubrus New Jersey’s 2nd-round pick in 2001 | [17] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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1-year | Free agency | [18] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | |||||
Essen Mosquitoes (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | ||||
1-year | Free agency | |||||
1-year | Free agency | |||||
1-year | Free agency | [19] | ||||
St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [20] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [21] | ||||
New York Rangers | Waivers | [22] | ||||
Quebec Citadelles (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [23] | |||
Calgary Flames | Waivers | [24] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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[25] | |||||
Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | ||||
Contract expiration (UFA) | |||||
Contract expiration (UFA) | |||||
Free agency (III) | [26] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [27] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [28] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [29] | ||||
Lake Charles Ice Pirates (WPHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [30] | |||
Retirement | [31] | ||||
[32] | |||||
N/A | Quebec Citadelles (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [33] | ||
Retirement | [34] | ||||
EHC Chur (NLA) | Free agency | [35] | |||
Sodertalje SK (SHL) | Free agency | [36] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
3-year | Re-signing | ||||
Entry-level | [37] | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | [38] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | [39] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
2-year | Re-signing | [40] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [42] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [43] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [44] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [45] | |||
2-year | Extension | [46] | |||
3-year | Extension | [47] | |||
1-year | Extension | [48] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | ||||
Jerome Marois | 3-year | Entry-level | [49] | ||
2-year | Extension | [50] |
Montreal's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[51]
Round | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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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) |