2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season
The 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's ninth season of operation. The club again failed to make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2000–01 record | 24–47–6–5 |
Home record | 17–19–3–2 |
Road record | 7–28–3–3 |
Goals for | 201 |
Goals against | 280 |
Team information | |
General manager | Rick Dudley |
Coach | Steve Ludzik (Oct-Jan) John Tortorella (Jan-Apr) |
Captain | Vincent Lecavalier |
Arena | Ice Palace |
Average attendance | 14,906 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Detroit Vipers Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Fredrik Modin (32) |
Assists | Brad Richards (41) |
Points | Brad Richards (62) |
Penalty minutes | Cory Sarich (106) |
Plus/minus | Dmitri Afanasenkov (+1) |
Wins | Kevin Weekes (20) |
Goals against average | Kevin Weekes (3.14) |
Off-season
Regular season
After 39 games, the Lightning fired coach Steve Ludzik and replaced him with John Tortorella.[1] Ludzik finished with a record of 12–20–5–2 for the season. Tortorella would have a slightly worse record the rest of the way, finishing 12–27–1–3.
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 233 | 211 | 96 |
2 | 8 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 38 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 212 | 225 | 88 |
3 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 200 | 246 | 66 |
4 | 13 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 289 | 60 |
5 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 201 | 280 | 59 |
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 | 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 |
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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
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October: 2–6–1–1 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 1–4–0–1)
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November: 6–5–1–1 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 1–4–1–1)
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December: 4–7–3–0 (home: 3–3–2–0; road: 1–4–1–0)
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January: 2–12–0–1 (home: 1–4–0–0; road: 1–8–0–1)
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February: 2–8–1–0 (home: 2–4–0–0; road: 0–4–1–0)
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March: 8–6–0–1 (home: 5–4–0–1; road: 3–2–0–0)
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April: 0–3–0–1 (home: 0–1–0–1; road: 0–2–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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 Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Brad Richards | C | 82 | 21 | 41 | 62 | −10 | 14 |
33 | Fredrik Modin | LW | 76 | 32 | 24 | 56 | −1 | 48 |
4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 68 | 23 | 28 | 51 | −26 | 66 |
26 | Martin St. Louis | RW | 78 | 18 | 22 | 40 | −4 | 12 |
10 | Mike Johnson‡ | RW | 64 | 11 | 27 | 38 | −10 | 38 |
9 | Brian Holzinger | C | 70 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −9 | 64 |
13 | Pavel Kubina | D | 70 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −14 | 103 |
14[lower-alpha 1] | Alexander Kharitonov | LW | 66 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −9 | 8 |
8 | Todd Warriner | LW | 64 | 10 | 11 | 21 | −13 | 46 |
17 | Ryan Johnson | C | 80 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −20 | 44 |
28 | Nils Ekman | LW | 43 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −15 | 40 |
30 | Andrei Zyuzin | D | 64 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −8 | 76 |
2 | Paul Mara‡ | D | 46 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −17 | 40 |
22 | Wayne Primeau‡ | C | 47 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −17 | 77 |
6 | Adrian Aucoin† | D | 26 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −8 | 25 |
21 | Cory Sarich | D | 73 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −25 | 106 |
36 | Matthew Barnaby† | RW | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 97 |
5 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 74 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −6 | 80 |
7 | Ben Clymer | RW | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −7 | 21 |
20 | Stan Drulia | RW | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −11 | 18 |
41 | Maxim Galanov†‡ | D | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −5 | 8 |
27[lower-alpha 2] | Sheldon Keefe | RW | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −13 | 38 |
57 | Kristian Kudroc | D | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
3 | Grant Ledyard†‡ | D | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −5 | 12 |
23 | Petr Svoboda | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 41 |
6 | Bryan Muir‡ | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 15 |
37 | Dmitry Afanasenkov | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
62 | Kaspars Astashenko | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
10 | John Emmons† | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
27 | Steve Martins‡ | C | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 13 |
32[lower-alpha 3] | Craig Millar†‡ | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 10 |
2 | Stan Neckar† | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 8 |
11 | Sergey Gusev | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 10 |
34 | Gordie Dwyer | LW | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 96 |
24 | Kyle Freadrich | LW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 36 |
80 | Kevin Weekes | G | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
39 | Dan Cloutier‡ | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
73 | Matt Elich | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
31 | Wade Flaherty† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Dieter Kochan | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Evgeny Konstantinov | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Marek Posmyk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
43 | Thomas Ziegler | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
80 | Kevin Weekes | 61 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 1742 | 177 | 3.15 | .898 | 4 | 3378 |
39 | Dan Cloutier‡ | 24 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 541 | 59 | 3.52 | .891 | 1 | 1005 |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 2.92 | .913 | 0 | 123 |
31 | Wade Flaherty† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 4.07 | .855 | 0 | 118 |
35 | Dieter Kochan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 18 | 3.44 | .870 | 0 | 314 |
1 | Evgeny Konstantinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Brad Richards (Forward) | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Fredrik Modin | [6] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Brad Richards (October) | [7] |
Transactions
The Lightning 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.[8]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 24, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Kevin Weekes Rights to Kristian Kudroc 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To New York Islanders 1st-round pick in 2000 4th-round pick in 2000 Islanders’ 7th-round pick in 2000 |
[9] |
June 25, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2000 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2000 Montreal’s 7th-round pick in 2000 Toronto’s 9th-round pick in 2000 |
[10] |
June 25, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001 |
To Buffalo Sabres 7th-round pick in 2000 |
[8] |
June 25, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 9th-round pick in 2000 |
To New Jersey Devils 8th-round pick in 2001 |
[8] |
January 4, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional draft pick in 2001 |
To New York Islanders Steve Martins |
[11] |
January 23, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001 |
To Colorado Avalanche Bryan Muir |
[12] |
February 1, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Matthew Barnaby |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Primeau |
[13] |
February 7, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Adrian Aucoin 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
To Vancouver Canucks Dan Cloutier |
[14] |
February 16, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Wade Flaherty |
To New York Islanders Conditional draft pick |
[15] |
February 20, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Konstantin Kalmikov |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Maxim Galanov |
[16] |
March 5, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Stanislav Neckar Rights to Nikolai Khabibulin |
To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Johnson Paul Mara Rights to Ruslan Zainullin Islanders’ 2nd-round pick in 2001 |
[17] |
March 13, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2001 |
To Dallas Stars Grant Ledyard |
[18] |
March 13, 2001 | To Tampa Bay Lightning John Emmons |
To Ottawa Senators Craig Millar |
[18] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 31, 2000 | Martin St. Louis | Calgary Flames | 2-year | Free agency | [19] |
September 29, 2000 | Jason Podollan | Los Angeles Kings | Waiver draft | [20] | |
October 25, 2000 | Craig Millar | Nashville Predators | Waivers | [21] | |
November 3, 2000 | Maxim Galanov | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [22] | |
February 1, 2001 | Grant Ledyard | Ottawa Senators | 1-year | Free agency | [23] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 4] | Ref |
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N/A | Pavel Torgaev | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RSL) | Free agency (VI) | [25] |
June 23, 2000 | Zac Bierk | Minnesota Wild | Expansion draft | [26] |
Bruce Gardiner | Columbus Blue Jackets | Expansion draft | [26] | |
July 1, 2000 | Daren Puppa[lower-alpha 5] | Contract expiration (III) | [24] | |
July 26, 2000 | Shawn Burr | Retirement | [28] | |
Tim Thomas | AIK IF (SHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] | |
July 27, 2000 | Robert Petrovicky | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
August 8, 2000 | Xavier Delisle | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (UFA) | [31] |
August 24, 2000 | Reid Simpson | St. Louis Blues | Free agency (III) | [32] |
September 7, 2000 | Andrei Skopintsev | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
October 3, 2000 | Dwayne Hay | Calgary Flames | Waivers | [34] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 2000 | Dan Kesa | 1-year | Re-signing | [35] |
June 22, 2000 | Evgeny Konstantinov | 3-year | Entry-level | [36] |
June 28, 2000 | Stan Drulia | 1-year | Option exercised | [35] |
July 14, 2000 | Alexander Kharitonov | Entry-level | [37] | |
Thomas Ziegler | Entry-level | [37] | ||
July 17, 2000 | Fredrik Modin | multi-year | Re-signing | [38] |
Todd Warriner | multi-year | Re-signing | [38] | |
July 26, 2000 | Dan Cloutier | 1-year | Re-signing | [28] |
Dwayne Hay | 1-year | Re-signing | [28] | |
July 31, 2000 | Brian Holzinger | 1-year | Re-signing | [19] |
Steve Martins | 1-year | Re-signing | [19] | |
August 3, 2000 | Andrei Zyuzin | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] |
August 14, 2000 | Ryan Johnson | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
August 17, 2000 | Kaspars Astashenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
Bryan Muir | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
August 28, 2000 | Wayne Primeau | 1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
August 31, 2000 | Pavel Kubina | 2-year | Re-signing | [43] |
September 21, 2000 | Sheldon Keefe | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] |
October 2, 2000 | Kristian Kudroc | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
March 17, 2001 | Nikolai Khabibulin | multi-year | Re-signing | [46] |
April 24, 2001 | Nikita Alexeev | 3-year | Entry-level | [47] |
May 7, 2001 | Jassen Cullimore | multi-year | Extension | [48] |
May 30, 2001 | Matthew Barnaby | 3-year | Extension | [49] |
Draft picks
Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[50]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Nikita Alexeev | Russia | Erie Otters (OHL) |
2 | 34 | Ruslan Zainullin | Russia | Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) |
3 | 81 | Alexander Kharitonov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
4 | 126 | Johan Hagglund | Sweden | MODO Jr. (Sweden) |
5 | 161 | Pavel Sedov | Russia | Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
6 | 191 | Aaron Gionet | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
7 | 222 | Marek Priechodsky | Slovakia | Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) |
7 | 226 | Brian Eklund | United States | Brown University (NCAA) |
8 | 233 | Alexander Polukeyev | Russia | SKA St. Petersburg (Russia) |
9 | 263 | Thomas Ziegler | Switzerland | HC Ambrì-Piotta (Switzerland) |
See also
Notes
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