2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season was the 75th season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League. The Red Wings qualified for the playoffs by finishing first in the Central Division, and were second overall in the Western Conference. The team was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings.
2000–01 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Central Division champions | |
Division | 1st Central |
Conference | 2nd Western |
2000–01 record | 49–20–9–4 |
Home record | 27–9–3–2 |
Road record | 22–11–6–2 |
Goals for | 253 |
Goals against | 202 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ken Holland |
Coach | Scotty Bowman |
Captain | Steve Yzerman |
Alternate captains | Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan |
Arena | Joe Louis Arena |
Average attendance | 19,995 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Toledo Storm |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Sergei Fedorov (32) |
Assists | Nicklas Lidstrom (56) |
Points | Brendan Shanahan (76) |
Penalty minutes | Martin Lapointe (127) |
Plus/minus | Kris Draper (17) |
Wins | Chris Osgood (25) |
Goals against average | Manny Legace (2.05) |
Off-season
Regular season
The Red Wings scored the most power-play goals in the NHL during the regular season, with 85.[1]
On April 1, 2001, Steve Yzerman scored just 11 seconds into the overtime period to give the Wings a 2–1 home win over the Washington Capitals.[2] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2000–01 regular season.[3]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
2 | 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
3 | 10 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
4 | 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
5 | 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 270 | 192 | 118 |
2 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 253 | 202 | 111 |
3 | y – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 187 | 106 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 249 | 195 | 103 |
5 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 192 | 95 |
6 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 243 | 222 | 93 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 252 | 228 | 92 |
8 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 239 | 238 | 90 |
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9 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 214 | 212 | 90 |
10 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 186 | 200 | 80 |
11 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 197 | 236 | 73 |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 246 | 71 |
13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CEN | 82 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 190 | 233 | 71 |
14 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 168 | 210 | 68 |
15 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Playoffs
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2000–01 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed and played the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings in the Conference Quarterfinals. Detroit was defeated 4 games to 2, despite winning the first two games at home.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 7–4–0–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 3–2–0–0)
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November: 8–4–1–1 (home: 3–3–0–1; road: 5–1–1–0)
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December: 7–5–2–1 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 3–1–1–1)
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January: 8–3–1–1 (home: 4–0–1–0; road: 4–3–0–1)
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February: 9–0–2–0 (home: 6–0–0–0; road: 3–0–2–0)
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March: 7–3–3–0 (home: 3–0–1–0; road: 4–3–2–0)
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April: 3–1–0–0 (home: 3–0–0–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings — Kings win 4–2
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Legend:
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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 Red Wings only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 81 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 82 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 75 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 12 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 82 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 3 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 54 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 73 | 16 | 24 | 40 | −12 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 72 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
15 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 67 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
8 | Igor Larionov† | C | 39 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
11 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 73 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
33 | Kris Draper | C | 75 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 54 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Darren McCarty | RW | 72 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −5 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Doug Brown | C | 60 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
55 | Larry Murphy | D | 57 | 2 | 19 | 21 | −6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
18 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 79 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
21 | Boyd Devereaux | LW | 55 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
23 | Todd Gill | D | 68 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 8 |
27 | Aaron Ward | D | 73 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Jiri Fischer | D | 55 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 9 |
41 | Brent Gilchrist | C | 60 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −8 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Maxim Kuznetsov | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Chris Chelios | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
29 | Jason Williams | RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | Yuri Butsayev | C | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Manny Legace | G | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
30 | Chris Osgood | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | Jesse Wallin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Chris Osgood | 52 | 48 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1,310 | 127 | 2.69 | .903 | 1 | 2,834:01 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 158 | 15 | 2.47 | .905 | 1 | 365:00 |
34 | Manny Legace | 39 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 909 | 73 | 2.05 | .920 | 2 | 2,136:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Nicklas Lidstrom | [7] |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Scotty Bowman | [8][9] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense) | [10] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Sergei Fedorov | [11] |
Nicklas Lidstrom[lower-alpha 1] | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Sergei Fedorov (November 27) | [13] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Steve Duchesne | October 15, 2000 | |
1,000th game played | Brendan Shanahan | February 16, 2001 | [14] |
Transactions
The Red Wings 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.[15]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2000 |
To New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2000 |
[16] |
June 25, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2000 |
To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
June 25, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings 8th-round pick in 2000 |
To Ottawa Senators Shane Hnidy |
[18] |
June 25, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings 9th-round pick in 2002 |
To Columbus Blue Jackets 9th-round pick in 2000 |
[19] |
August 17, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To Columbus Blue Jackets Kent McDonell |
[20] |
December 28, 2000 | To Detroit Red Wings Igor Larionov |
To Florida Panthers Yan Golubovsky |
[21] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 20, 2000 | Steve Brule | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [22] | |
August 23, 2000 | Boyd Devereaux | Edmonton Oilers | 3-year | Free agency | [23] |
September 18, 2000 | Jason Williams | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | Free agency | [24] | |
May 24, 2001 | Fredrik Olausson | SC Bern (NLA) | 1-year | Free agency | [25] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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June 23, 2000 | Darryl Laplante | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [27] |
Stacy Roest | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [27] | |
July 1, 2000 | Igor Larionov | Florida Panthers | Free agency (III) | [28] |
September 27, 2000 | David Arsenault | Missouri River Otters (UHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
October 10, 2000 | Joe Kocur | Retirement (III) | [30] | |
N/A | Alexandre Jacques | Toledo Storm (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 13, 2000 | Larry Murphy | 1-year | Re-signing | [32] |
July 21, 2000 | Brent Gilchrist | 1-year | Re-signing | [33] |
July 28, 2000 | Chris Osgood | 3-year | Re-signing | [34] |
August 3, 2000 | Yan Golubovsky | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
Maxim Kuznetsov | 3-year | Re-signing | [35] | |
Marc Rodgers | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] | |
August 18, 2000 | Jason Elliott | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] |
Toivo Suursoo | 1-year | Re-signing | [36] | |
B. J. Young | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] | |
September 24, 2000 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
September 26, 2000 | Kris Draper | 4-year | Re-signing | [38] |
May 25, 2001 | Igor Larionov | 1-year | Extension | [39] |
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[40]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 29 | Niklas Kronwall | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (Sweden) |
2 | 38 | Tomas Kopecky | Slovakia | Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia) |
4 | 102 | Stefan Liv | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
4 | 127 | Dmitri Semyonov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
4 | 128 | Alexander Seluyanov | Russia | Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia) |
4 | 130 | Aaron Van Leusen | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
6 | 187 | Par Backer | Sweden | Grums IK (Sweden) |
6 | 196 | Paul Ballantyne | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
7 | 228 | Jimmie Svensson | Sweden | VIK Vasteras HK Jr. (Sweden) |
8 | 251 | Todd Jackson | United States | US NTDP (NAHL) |
8 | 260 | Evgeni Bumagin | Kazakhstan | HK Moscow (Russia) |
Farm teams
See also
Notes
References
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Red Wings re-acquire Larionov
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Defencemen Yan Golubovsky and Maxim Kuznetsov and forward Marc Rodgers re-signed with the Detroit Red Wings yesterday. Golubovsky and Rodgers signed one-year deals. Kuznetsov agreed to a three-year deal.
- "ACTIVITY". The Globe and Mail. August 19, 2000. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
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