2000–01 New Jersey Devils season

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
Team leaders
Goals Alexander Mogilny (43)
Assists Patrik Elias (56)
Points Patrik Elias (96)
Penalties in minutes Colin White (155)
Plus/minus Patrik Elias (+45)
Wins Martin Brodeur (42)
Goals against average John Vanbiesbrouck (1.50)
<1999–00 2001–02>

The 2000–01 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 19th season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. 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.

Regular season

The Devils had a scoring finesse unseen since the 1993-94 squad. Their 295 goals for propelled them to the best offensive team in the NHL, and the #1 spot in the Eastern Conference. They had two-forty 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 4 goals. Martin Brodeur, as in previous seasons, was on top of his game, finishing with 42 wins, a 2.32 GAA and 9 shutouts. Defensively, the team was also strong as usual, as their 195 goals allowed were the second fewest in the Eastern Conference. From February 26 to March 23, they went on a 13 game winning streak.

Despite, having the fewest power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 310, the Devils had the best power-play percentage, at 22.90% (71 for 310).[1]

Season standings

Atlantic Division[2]
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
410 New York Rangers 82 33 43 5 1 250 290 72
515 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[3]
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 41 27 10 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

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 6, 20008–4 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 1–0–0–0
2LOctober 13, 20001–3 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 1–1–0–0
3WOctober 14, 20004–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 2–1–0–0
4TOctober 17, 20003–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 2–1–1–0
5LOctober 19, 20002–5 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 2–2–1–0
6WOctober 21, 20007–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 3–2–1–0
7WOctober 25, 20002–1 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 4–2–1–0
8TOctober 27, 20003–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 4–2–2–0
9WOctober 28, 20009–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 5–2–2–0
10WOctober 30, 20006–5 OT Florida Panthers (2000–01) 6–2–2–0
11TNovember 1, 20001–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 6–2–3–0
12LNovember 2, 20003–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 6–3–3–0
13LNovember 4, 20001–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 6–4–3–0
14LNovember 8, 20003–4 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 6–5–3–0
15LNovember 10, 20002–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 6–6–3–0
16LNovember 11, 20000–4 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 6–7–3–0
17LNovember 14, 20002–3 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 6–8–3–0
18WNovember 16, 20003–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 7–8–3–0
19WNovember 18, 20003–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 8–8–3–0
20WNovember 22, 20005–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 9–8–3–0
21WNovember 23, 20006–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 10–8–3–0
22WNovember 25, 20003–2 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 11–8–3–0
23WNovember 29, 20005–2 New York Rangers (2000–01) 12–8–3–0
24TDecember 1, 20000–0 OT New York Islanders (2000–01) 12–8–4–0
25TDecember 3, 20001–1 OT @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 12–8–5–0
26WDecember 5, 20006–1 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 13–8–5–0
27LDecember 7, 20002–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 13–9–5–0
28LDecember 9, 20002–3 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 13–10–5–0
29WDecember 11, 20004–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 14–10–5–0
30WDecember 15, 20002–1 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 15–10–5–0
31LDecember 16, 20003–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 15–11–5–0
32WDecember 20, 20004–1 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 16–11–5–0
33WDecember 22, 20002–0 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 17–11–5–0
34WDecember 23, 20005–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 18–11–5–0
35TDecember 27, 20002–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 18–11–6–0
36WDecember 29, 20004–2 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 19–11–6–0
37WDecember 31, 20006–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 20–11–6–0
38TJanuary 2, 20011–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 20–11–7–0
39WJanuary 4, 20014–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 21–11–7–0
40TJanuary 6, 20015–5 OT @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 21–11–8–0
41WJanuary 10, 20015–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 22–11–8–0
42TJanuary 13, 20014–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 22–11–9–0
43LJanuary 16, 20014–5 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 22–12–9–0
44WJanuary 18, 20017–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 23–12–9–0
45WJanuary 20, 20013–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 24–12–9–0
46WJanuary 21, 20014–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 25–12–9–0
47WJanuary 24, 20014–1 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 26–12–9–0
48LJanuary 25, 20013–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 26–12–9–1
49LJanuary 27, 20013–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 26–12–9–2
50WJanuary 30, 20013–1 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 27–12–9–2
51LJanuary 31, 20012–3 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 27–13–9–2
52WFebruary 6, 20014–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 28–13–9–2
53TFebruary 8, 20014–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 28–13–10–2
54LFebruary 10, 20014–5 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 28–13–10–3
55TFebruary 11, 20011–1 OT @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 28–13–11–3
56LFebruary 14, 20012–3 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 28–14–11–3
57TFebruary 16, 20014–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 28–14–12–3
58LFebruary 17, 20011–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 28–15–12–3
59WFebruary 19, 20012–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 29–15–12–3
60LFebruary 22, 20010–1 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 29–16–12–3
61LFebruary 23, 20012–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 29–17–12–3
62WFebruary 26, 20015–3 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 30–17–12–3
63WFebruary 27, 20014–1 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 31–17–12–3
64WMarch 2, 20017–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 32–17–12–3
65WMarch 4, 20016–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 33–17–12–3
66WMarch 6, 20013–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 34–17–12–3
67WMarch 8, 20016–2 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 35–17–12–3
68WMarch 10, 20013–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 36–17–12–3
69WMarch 13, 20016–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 37–17–12–3
70WMarch 14, 20013–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 38–17–12–3
71WMarch 17, 20016–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 39–17–12–3
72WMarch 19, 20014–2 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 40–17–12–3
73WMarch 21, 20014–0 New York Rangers (2000–01) 41–17–12–3
74WMarch 23, 20014–0 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 42–17–12–3
75LMarch 25, 20012–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 42–18–12–3
76WMarch 27, 20017–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 43–18–12–3
77WMarch 28, 20014–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 44–18–12–3
78LMarch 31, 20013–4 New York Rangers (2000–01) 44–19–12–3
79WApril 2, 20014–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 45–19–12–3
80WApril 3, 20016–4 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 46–19–12–3
81WApril 6, 20015–2 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 47–19–12–3
82WApril 7, 20012–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 48–19–12–3

Playoffs

Eastern Conference quarter-finals

New Jersey vs. Carolina
Date Away Home
April 12 Carolina 1 5 New Jersey
April 15 Carolina 0 2 New Jersey
April 17 New Jersey 4 0 Carolina
April 18 New Jersey 2 3 Carolina OT
April 20 Carolina 3 2 New Jersey
April 22 New Jersey 5 1 Carolina
New Jersey wins series 4 – 2

Eastern Conference semi-finals

Eastern Conference
New Jersey vs. Toronto
Date Away Home
April 26 Toronto 2 0 New Jersey
April 28 Toronto 5 6 New Jersey OT
May 1 New Jersey 3 2 Toronto OT
May 3 New Jersey 1 3 Toronto
May 5 Toronto 3 2 New Jersey
May 7 New Jersey 4 2 Toronto
May 9 Toronto 1 5 New Jersey
New Jersey wins series 4 – 3

Eastern Conference finals

Eastern Conference
New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh
Date Away Home
May 12 Pittsburgh 1 3 New Jersey
May 15 Pittsburgh 4 2 New Jersey
May 17 New Jersey 3 0 Pittsburgh
May 19 New Jersey 5 0 Pittsburgh
May 22 Pittsburgh 2 4 New Jersey
New Jersey wins series 4 – 1
and Prince of Wales Trophy

Stanley Cup Finals

New Jersey vs. Colorado
Date Away Home Score
May 26 New Jersey Colorado 5 – 0
May 29 New Jersey Colorado 2 – 1
May 31 Colorado New Jersey 3 – 1
June 2 Colorado New Jersey 3 – 2
June 4 New Jersey Colorado 4 – 1
June 7 Colorado New Jersey 4 – 0
June 9 New Jersey Colorado 3 – 1
Colorado wins series
4 – 3 and Stanley Cup
Patrick Roy (Colorado)
wins Conn Smythe Trophy

Season stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias LW 82 40 56 96 5145836
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny RW 75 43 40 83 43101207
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora RW 73 35 46 81 3236923
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez C 76 14 49 63 46-1204
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott C 54 21 34 55 7523803
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin LW 75 23 29 52 2425310
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski D 78 9 43 52 2636601
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik C 80 15 35 50 9719303
McKay, RandyRandy McKay RW 77 23 20 43 5031205
Madden, JohnJohn Madden C 80 23 15 38 1224034
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 57 6 29 35 2214105
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens D 81 9 22 31 7140302
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov LW 65 8 22 30 1611102
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson RW 69 8 18 26 9711201
White, ColinColin White D 82 1 19 20 15532001
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo LW 63 4 12 16 163000
Sutton, KenKen Sutton D 53 1 7 8 379000
Dagenais, PierrePierre Dagenais RW 9 3 2 5 61101
Commodore, MikeMike Commodore D 20 1 4 5 145000
Corkum, BobBob Corkum C 17 3 1 4 44000
Kelly, SteveSteve Kelly C 24 2 2 4 210000
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie LW 53 2 2 4 1190000
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 77 0 4 4 878000
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell D 16 0 2 2 290000
Bicek, JiriJiri Bicek RW 5 1 0 1 40000
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur G 72 0 1 1 140000
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 17 0 1 1 332000
Ward, EdEd Ward RW 4 0 1 1 62000
Danton, MikeMike Danton C 2 0 0 0 60000
Goc, SaschaSascha Goc D 11 0 0 0 47000
Gron, StanislavStanislav Gron RW 1 0 0 0 01000
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 10 0 0 0 00000
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck G 4 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 4297 72 42 17 11 166 2.32 917621596.906
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 240 4 4 0 0 6 1.50 19387.935
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 453 10 2 5 1 21 2.78 0167146.874
Team: 4990 82 48 22 12 193 2.32 1020221829.905

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias LW 25 9 14 23 10312
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora RW 25 10 12 22 12222
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski D 25 7 11 18 7103
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik C 25 6 10 16 37103
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny RW 25 5 11 16 8102
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott C 23 8 7 15 16500
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez C 25 5 9 14 24000
McKay, RandyRandy McKay RW 19 6 3 9 8201
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens D 25 1 7 8 37000
Madden, JohnJohn Madden C 25 4 3 7 6000
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin LW 20 3 4 7 6101
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 21 0 6 6 14000
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo LW 25 1 4 5 4000
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov LW 25 1 3 4 4000
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson RW 23 1 3 4 20001
Corkum, BobBob Corkum C 12 1 2 3 0000
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 23 1 2 3 41000
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 25 0 3 3 21000
White, ColinColin White D 25 0 3 3 42000
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur G 25 0 1 1 0000
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie LW 3 0 0 0 2000
Sutton, KenKen Sutton D 6 0 0 0 13000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 1505 25 15 10 52 2.07 4507455.897
Team: 1505 25 15 10 52 2.07 4507455.897

[4]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

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

Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes
1 22 David Hale  United States D Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) [5]
2 39 Teemu Laine  Finland F Jokerit (SM-liiga) [6]
2 56 Aleksander Suglobov  Russia RW Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russian Super League) [7]
2 57 Matt de Marchi  United States D University of Minnesota (WCHA) [5]
2 62 Paul Martin  United States D Elk River High School (Minnesota)
3 67 Max Birbraer  Kazakhstan LW Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) [6]
3 76 Mike Rupp  United States LW Erie Otters (OHL) [8]
4 125 Phil Cole  Canada D Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
5 135 Mike Danton  Canada C Barrie Colts (OHL) [9]
5 164 Matus Kostur  Slovakia G HKm Zvolen (Slovak Extraliga)
6 194 Deryk Engelland  Canada D Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7 198 Ken Magowan  Canada LW Vernon Vipers (BCHL) [10]
8 257 Warren McCutcheon  Canada C Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
9 290 No ninth-round pick[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2001.html
  2. ↑ "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2000–2001 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2000-01 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
  7. ↑ No source exists to indicate where the Devils acquired the pick used on Suglobov.
  8. ↑ 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).
  9. ↑ No source exists to indicate how the Devils acquired the pick used on Danton. Danton is currently serving a prison term for conspiracy to commit murder after hiring a hitman to kill his agent.
  10. ↑ 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. Magowan's profile on HockeyDB.com. 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.
  11. ↑ The Devils traded their 2000 ninth-round pick (used on Simon Gamache) to Atlanta for Steve Staios on June 12, 2000.