2000–01 San Jose Sharks season

The 2000–01 San Jose Sharks season was the team's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The campaign saw the Sharks win 40 games for the first time in franchise history. In so doing, the team set a new franchise record for points (95) and clinched a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season.

2000–01 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2000–01 record	40–27–12–3
Goals for	217
Goals against	192
Team information
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan

During the off-season, general manager Dean Lombardi sought to add depth to the Sharks' offense. In addition to retaining nearly all of the prior season's players, Lombardi traded for forward Niklas Sundstrom and signed gritty right winger Scott Thornton. These moves paid dividends immediately, as the Sharks' offense continued to function well despite injuries to key forwards Owen Nolan and Vincent Damphousse. The Sharks also benefited from the strong play of Patrick Marleau, who set career highs in goals (25), assists (27), and points (52) in his fourth season with the team. The Sharks' defense also improved behind the quality play of Gary Suter, Brad Stuart and Scott Hannan.

The 2000–01 regular season is also remembered for the emergence of second-year goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. While Nabokov had been impressive in limited action one season earlier, he remained the backup to starter Steve Shields. However, an early-season ankle injury to Shields forced Nabokov into a starting role. With Nabokov as their starter, the Sharks raced out to a 9–2–2 start. By the time Shields returned from his injury, Nabokov was fully entrenched as starting goaltender. Nabokov was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy at the end of the season for his play.

Late in the 2000–01 season, the team traded Shields and struggling star Jeff Friesen to Anaheim for superstar forward Teemu Selanne. In making the trade, the Sharks sought to establish themselves as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders for the first time in franchise history. While Selanne played well in limited action, the Sharks' aspirations proved premature. In the first round of the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, the team was defeated by the St. Louis Blues in six games.

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Dallas Stars	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
3	7	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
4	9	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
5	15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

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.

Western Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
1	L	October 6, 2000	1–4	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	Shields	0–1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 2000	2–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	Shields	1–1–0–0
3	W	October 14, 2000	5–2	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	Nabokov	2–1–0–0
4	L	October 18, 2000	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	Nabokov	2–2–0–0
5	W	October 20, 2000	3–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	Nabokov	3–2–0–0
6	W	October 21, 2000	5–3	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	Nabokov	4–2–0–0
7	W	October 24, 2000	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	Nabokov	5–2–0–0
8	W	October 25, 2000	3–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	Nabokov	6–2–0–0
9	T	October 28, 2000	2–2 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	Nabokov	6–2–1–0
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
10	W	November 1, 2000	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	Nabokov	7–2–1–0
11	W	November 4, 2000	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	Nabokov	8–2–1–0
12	T	November 5, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	Nabokov	8–2–2–0
13	W	November 8, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	Nabokov	9–2–2–0
14	L	November 9, 2000	2–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	Shields	9–3–2–0
15	W	November 11, 2000	4–0	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	Nabokov	10–3–2–0
16	W	November 14, 2000	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	Nabokov	11–3–2–0
17	L	November 15, 2000	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	Nabokov	11–4–2–0
18	W	November 18, 2000	5–3	New York Islanders (2000–01)	Nabokov	12–4–2–0
19	W	November 22, 2000	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	Nabokov	13–4–2–0
20	L	November 25, 2000	2–3	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	Nabokov	13–5–2–0
21	W	November 28, 2000	4–1	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	Shields	14–5–2–0
22	W	November 30, 2000	3–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	Nabokov	15–5–2–0
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
23	T	December 3, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	Shields	15–5–3–0
24	W	December 4, 2000	8–0	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	Nabokov	16–5–3–0
25	T	December 6, 2000	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	Nabokov	16–5–4–0
26	L	December 8, 2000	1–6	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	Nabokov	16–6–4–0
27	W	December 12, 2000	3–2	New York Rangers (2000–01)	Nabokov	17–6–4–0
28	W	December 14, 2000	2–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	Nabokov	18–6–4–0
29	W	December 16, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	Nabokov	19–6–4–0
30	W	December 18, 2000	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	Nabokov	20–6–4–0
31	W	December 20, 2000	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	Nabokov	21–6–4–0
32	L	December 21, 2000	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	Shields	21–7–4–0
33	L	December 23, 2000	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	Shields	21–8–4–0
34	W	December 26, 2000	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	Nabokov	22–8–4–0
35	T	December 28, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	Nabokov	22–8–5–0
36	L	December 30, 2000	3–6	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	Nabokov	22–9–5–0
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
37	W	January 1, 2001	3–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	Nabokov	23–9–5–0
38	L	January 3, 2001	0–1	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	Nabokov	23–10–5–0
39	T	January 4, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	Shields	23–10–6–0
40	W	January 6, 2001	3–1	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	Shields	24–10–6–0
41	W	January 9, 2001	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	Nabokov	25–10–6–0
42	W	January 11, 2001	6–3	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	Nabokov	26–10–6–0
43	L	January 13, 2001	3–5	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	Shields	26–11–6–0
44	L	January 15, 2001	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	Nabokov	26–12–6–0
45	T	January 17, 2001	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	Shields	26–12–7–0
46	L	January 20, 2001	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	Nabokov	26–13–7–0
47	T	January 22, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	Nabokov	26–13–8–0
48	W	January 24, 2001	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	Nabokov	27–13–8–0
49	W	January 26, 2001	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	Nabokov	28–13–8–0
50	W	January 27, 2001	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	Shields	29–13–8–0
51	L	January 30, 2001	1–3	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	Nabokov	29–14–8–0
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
52	L	February 1, 2001	2–4	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	Nabokov	29–15–8–0
53	T	February 6, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	Shields	29–15–9–0
54	T	February 8, 2001	0–0 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	Shields	29–15–10–0
55	W	February 10, 2001	3–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	Shields	30–15–10–0
56	W	February 14, 2001	7–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	Shields	31–15–10–0
57	W	February 16, 2001	2–0	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	Nabokov	32–15–10–0
58	L	February 18, 2001	1–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	Shields	32–16–10–0
59	W	February 20, 2001	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	Nabokov	33–16–10–0
60	L	February 21, 2001	0–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	Nabokov	33–17–10–0
61	W	February 23, 2001	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–17–10–0
62	L	February 26, 2001	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–18–10–0
63	L	February 28, 2001	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	Shields	34–19–10–0
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
64	L	March 1, 2001	4–8	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	Shields	34–20–10–0
65	L	March 3, 2001	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–21–10–0
66	OTL	March 6, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–21–10–1
67	T	March 7, 2001	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–21–11–1
68	L	March 10, 2001	0–3	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	Nabokov	34–22–11–1
69	W	March 12, 2001	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–22–11–1
70	L	March 14, 2001	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–23–11–1
71	OTL	March 17, 2001	0–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–23–11–2
72	L	March 18, 2001	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	Kiprusoff	35–24–11–2
73	L	March 20, 2001	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–25–11–2
74	L	March 22, 2001	1–2	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–26–11–2
75	T	March 26, 2001	0–0 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	Nabokov	35–26–12–2
76	W	March 27, 2001	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	Nabokov	36–26–12–2
77	W	March 29, 2001	7–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	Kiprusoff	37–26–12–2
78	L	March 31, 2001	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	Nabokov	37–27–12–2
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record
79	W	April 2, 2001	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	Nabokov	38–27–12–2
80	W	April 5, 2001	3–0	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	Nabokov	39–27–12–2
81	OTL	April 7, 2001	4–5 OT	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	Nabokov	39–27–12–3
82	W	April 8, 2001	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	Kiprusoff	40–27–12–3

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues wins series 4–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series
1	April 12	San Jose	1 – 3	St. Louis		Nabokov	0 – 1
2	April 14	San Jose	1 – 0	St. Louis		Nabokov	1 – 1
3	April 16	St. Louis	6 – 3	San Jose		Nabokov	1 – 2
4	April 17	St. Louis	2 – 3	San Jose		Kiprusoff	2 – 2
5	April 19	San Jose	2 – 3	St. Louis	OT	Kiprusoff	2 – 3
6	April 21	St. Louis	2 – 1	San Jose		Nabokov	2 – 4

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Patrick Marleau C 81 25 27 52 22 7 5 0 6 Owen Nolan RW 57 24 25 49 75 0 10 1 4 Niklas Sundstrom RW 82 10 39 49 28 10 4 1 0 Vincent Damphousse C 45 9 37 46 62 17 4 0 3 Mike Ricci C 81 22 22 44 60 3 9 2 4 Scott Thornton LW 73 19 17 36 114 4 4 0 1 Jeff Friesen LW 64 12 24 36 56 7 2 0 1 Gary Suter D 68 10 24 34 84 8 4 0 1 Marco Sturm LW 81 14 18 32 28 9 2 3 5 Stephane Matteau LW 80 13 19 32 32 5 1 0 3 Alexander Korolyuk LW 70 12 13 25 41 2 3 0 1 Brad Stuart D 77 5 18 23 56 10 1 0 2 Todd Harvey RW/C 69 10 11 21 72 6 1 0 2 Bryan Marchment D 75 7 11 18 204 15 0 1 3 Scott Hannan D 75 3 14 17 51 10 0 0 1 Marcus Ragnarsson D 68 3 12 15 44 2 1 0 0 Teemu Selanne RW 12 7 6 13 0 1 2 0 2 Mike Rathje D 81 0 11 11 48 7 0 0 0 Tony Granato RW 60 4 5 9 65 -1 1 0 1 Shawn Heins D 38 3 4 7 57 2 2 0 0 Jim Montgomery C 28 1 6 7 19 -1 1 0 0 Mark Smith C 42 2 2 4 51 2 0 0 0 Bill Lindsay RW 16 0 4 4 29 2 0 0 0 Matt Bradley RW 21 1 1 2 19 0 0 0 0 Bobby Dollas D 16 1 1 2 14 4 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 66 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 Jeff Norton D 10 0 1 1 8 4 0 0 0 Miikka Kiprusoff G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Kruse LW 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Mikael Samuelsson RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Evgeni Nabokov 3700 66 32 21 7 135 2.19 6 1582 1447 .915 Steve Shields 1135 21 6 8 5 47 2.48 2 531 484 .911 Miikka Kiprusoff 154 5 2 1 0 5 1.95 0 51 46 .902 Team: 4989 82 40 30 12 187 2.25 8 2164 1977 .914

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Stephane Matteau LW 6 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 Scott Thornton LW 6 3 0 3 8 1 0 0 1 Vincent Damphousse C 6 2 1 3 14 -1 0 1 0 Mike Ricci C 6 0 3 3 0 -1 0 0 0 Niklas Sundstrom RW 6 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 Patrick Marleau C 6 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 Owen Nolan RW 6 1 1 2 8 -5 0 0 1 Teemu Selanne RW 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 Marco Sturm LW 6 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0 Tony Granato RW 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 Brad Stuart D 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Hannan D 6 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 5 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 Jeff Norton D 6 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0 Marcus Ragnarsson D 5 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 6 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 Todd Harvey RW/C 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Shawn Heins D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Miikka Kiprusoff G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander Korolyuk LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Lindsay RW 6 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Suter D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Miikka Kiprusoff 149 3 1 1 5 2.01 0 79 74 .937 Evgeni Nabokov 218 4 1 3 10 2.75 1 103 93 .903 Team: 367 6 2 4 15 2.45 1 182 167 .918

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	41	Tero Maatta	Defence	Finland	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
4	104	Jon DiSalvatore	Right Wing	United States	Providence College (NCAA)
5	142	Michal Pinc	Center	Czech Republic	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	166	Nolan Schaefer	Goalie	Canada	Providence College (NCAA)
6	183	Michal Macho	Center	Slovakia	HC Martin
8	246	Chad Wiseman	Left Wing	Canada	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
8	256	Pasi Saarinen	Defence	Finland	Ilves (Finland)

Farm teams

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

1. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
2. "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
3. "2000-01 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

• "2000–01 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links