2000–01 Washington Capitals season

The 2000–01 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2000–01 Washington Capitals
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	3rd Eastern
2000–01 record	41–27–10–4
Goals for	233
Goals against	211
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Adam Oates

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Eastern Conference[2]

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	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
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
1	L	October 6, 2000	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	0–1–0–0
2	T	October 7, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	0–1–1–0
3	T	October 11, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	0–1–2–0
4	L	October 13, 2000	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	0–2–2–0
5	L	October 14, 2000	0–3	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	0–3–2–0
6	OTL	October 17, 2000	3–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	0–3–2–1
7	W	October 19, 2000	5–2	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	1–3–2–1
8	T	October 21, 2000	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (2000–01)	1–3–3–1
9	L	October 26, 2000	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	1–4–3–1
10	L	October 27, 2000	1–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	1–5–3–1
11	T	October 29, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	1–5–4–1
12	W	October 31, 2000	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	2–5–4–1
13	L	November 2, 2000	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	2–6–4–1
14	W	November 4, 2000	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	3–6–4–1
15	L	November 5, 2000	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	3–7–4–1
16	L	November 9, 2000	3–5	New York Rangers (2000–01)	3–8–4–1
17	T	November 12, 2000	2–2 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	3–8–5–1
18	T	November 14, 2000	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	3–8–6–1
19	W	November 17, 2000	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	4–8–6–1
20	L	November 18, 2000	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	4–9–6–1
21	W	November 22, 2000	3–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	5–9–6–1
22	W	November 24, 2000	1–0	New York Islanders (2000–01)	6–9–6–1
23	L	November 25, 2000	1–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	6–10–6–1
24	W	November 29, 2000	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	7–10–6–1
25	W	December 1, 2000	3–2	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	8–10–6–1
26	W	December 2, 2000	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	9–10–6–1
27	L	December 6, 2000	2–3	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	9–11–6–1
28	W	December 9, 2000	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	10–11–6–1
29	W	December 12, 2000	3–2	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	11–11–6–1
30	W	December 14, 2000	2–1	Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	12–11–6–1
31	W	December 16, 2000	4–0	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	13–11–6–1
32	L	December 18, 2000	3–5	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	13–12–6–1
33	T	December 20, 2000	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	13–12–7–1
34	W	December 21, 2000	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	14–12–7–1
35	W	December 23, 2000	5–3	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	15–12–7–1
36	W	December 27, 2000	5–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	16–12–7–1
37	L	December 29, 2000	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	16–13–7–1
38	W	December 30, 2000	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	17–13–7–1
39	W	January 1, 2001	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	18–13–7–1
40	L	January 3, 2001	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	18–14–7–1
41	T	January 5, 2001	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2000–01)	18–14–8–1
42	W	January 6, 2001	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	19–14–8–1
43	L	January 8, 2001	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	19–15–8–1
44	L	January 10, 2001	0–3	@ Minnesota Wild (2000–01)	19–16–8–1
45	W	January 13, 2001	4–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	20–16–8–1
46	L	January 18, 2001	4–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	20–17–8–1
47	L	January 19, 2001	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	20–18–8–1
48	W	January 23, 2001	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	21–18–8–1
49	W	January 24, 2001	2–1	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	22–18–8–1
50	L	January 27, 2001	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	22–19–8–1
51	W	January 28, 2001	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	23–19–8–1
52	T	January 30, 2001	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	23–19–9–1
53	W	February 1, 2001	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	24–19–9–1
54	W	February 7, 2001	3–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	25–19–9–1
55	W	February 9, 2001	4–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	26–19–9–1
56	W	February 10, 2001	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	27–19–9–1
57	T	February 13, 2001	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	27–19–10–1
58	W	February 14, 2001	4–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	28–19–10–1
59	W	February 17, 2001	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	29–19–10–1
60	W	February 21, 2001	2–1	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	30–19–10–1
61	W	February 23, 2001	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	31–19–10–1
62	W	February 24, 2001	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	32–19–10–1
63	L	February 27, 2001	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	32–20–10–1
64	OTL	March 1, 2001	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	32–20–10–2
65	W	March 3, 2001	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	33–20–10–2
66	W	March 6, 2001	5–1	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	34–20–10–2
67	W	March 7, 2001	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	35–20–10–2
68	W	March 9, 2001	5–3	New York Rangers (2000–01)	36–20–10–2
69	W	March 11, 2001	6–5	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	37–20–10–2
70	L	March 13, 2001	0–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	37–21–10–2
71	L	March 15, 2001	0–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	37–22–10–2
72	L	March 17, 2001	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	37–23–10–2
73	L	March 19, 2001	3–6	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	37–24–10–2
74	L	March 23, 2001	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	37–25–10–2
75	W	March 24, 2001	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	38–25–10–2
76	W	March 28, 2001	7–0	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	39–25–10–2
77	OTL	March 30, 2001	3–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	39–25–10–3
78	OTL	April 1, 2001	1–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	39–25–10–4
79	L	April 3, 2001	4–6	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	39–26–10–4
80	W	April 5, 2001	3–0	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	40–26–10–4
81	L	April 6, 2001	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	40–27–10–4
82	W	April 8, 2001	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	41–27–10–4

Playoffs

April 12

Pittsburgh Penguins

0–1

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

April 14

Pittsburgh Penguins

2–1

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

April 16

Washington Capitals

0–3

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 18

Washington Capitals

4–3

OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 21

Pittsburgh Penguins

2–1

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

April 23

Washington Capitals

3–4

OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	81	13	69	82	28	-9	5	0	4
Peter Bondra	RW	82	45	36	81	60	8	22	4	8
Sergei Gonchar	D	76	19	38	57	70	12	8	0	2
Ulf Dahlen	LW	73	15	33	48	6	11	6	0	2
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	82	24	23	47	87	8	6	0	5
Jeff Halpern	C	80	21	21	42	60	13	2	1	5
Andrei Nikolishin	C	81	13	25	38	34	9	4	0	2
Calle Johansson	D	76	7	29	36	26	11	5	0	0
Richard Zednik	RW	62	16	19	35	61	-2	4	0	3
Dmitri Khristich	LW/C	43	10	19	29	8	-8	4	0	4
Chris Simon	LW	60	10	10	20	109	-12	4	0	2
Sylvain Cote	D	68	7	11	18	18	-3	1	1	1
Jan Bulis	C	39	5	13	18	26	0	1	0	0
Joe Sacco	RW	69	7	7	14	48	4	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	74	2	9	11	77	14	0	0	1
Dmitri Mironov	D	36	3	5	8	6	-7	1	0	1
Brendan Witt	D	72	3	3	6	101	2	0	0	0
Ken Klee	D	54	2	4	6	60	-5	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	61	2	4	6	35	3	0	0	0
James Black	LW	42	1	5	6	4	-3	0	0	0
Glen Metropolit	C	15	1	5	6	10	-2	0	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	14	1	5	6	20	-5	1	0	0
Matt Herr	C	22	2	3	5	17	3	0	0	1
Trevor Linden	RW	12	3	1	4	8	2	0	0	0
Rob Zettler	D	29	0	4	4	55	0	0	0	0
Terry Yake	C	12	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0
Dainius Zubrus	C	12	1	1	2	7	-4	1	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	72	0	2	2	14	0	0	0	0
Craig Berube	LW	22	0	1	1	18	-3	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Beech	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Jakub Cutta	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Corey Hirsch	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Marshall	D	5	0	0	0	17	-1	0	0	0
Brantt Myhres	RW	5	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0
Matt Pettinger	LW	10	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	4279	72	37	26	8	177	2.48	5	1941	1764	.909
Craig Billington	660	12	3	5	2	27	2.45	0	317	290	.915
Corey Hirsch	20	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	8	8	1.000
Team:	4959	82	41	31	10	204	2.47	5	2266	2062	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeff Halpern	C	6	2	3	5	17	1	0	1
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	6	2	3	5	14	2	0	0
Sergei Gonchar	D	6	1	3	4	2	1	0	0
Trevor Linden	RW	6	0	4	4	14	0	0	0
Calle Johansson	D	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Peter Bondra	RW	6	2	0	2	2	2	0	1
Brendan Witt	D	6	2	0	2	12	1	0	0
Ulf Dahlen	LW	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Klee	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Chris Simon	LW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Sylvain Cote	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dmitri Khristich	LW/C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Metropolit	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrei Nikolishin	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Adam Oates	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Joe Sacco	RW	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rob Zettler	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dainius Zubrus	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	375	6	2	4	14	2.24	1	153	139	.908
Team:	375	6	2	4	14	2.24	1	153	139	.908

[3]

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

Washington's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	26	Brian Sutherby	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	43	Matt Pettinger	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	61	Jakub Cutta	Czech Republic	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4	121	Ryan Van Buskirk	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	163	Ivan Nepryaev	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
9	289	Bjorn Nord	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)

Farm teams

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

1. "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
2. "2000–2001 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
3. "2000-01 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

External links

• "2000–01 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.