2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division5th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
2000–01 record24–47–6–5
Home record17–19–3–2
Road record7–28–3–3
Goals for201
Goals against280
Team information
General managerRick Dudley
CoachSteve Ludzik (Oct.–Jan.)
John Tortorella (Jan.–Apr.)
CaptainVincent Lecavalier
ArenaIce Palace
Average attendance14,906
Minor league affiliate(s)Detroit Vipers
Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
GoalsFredrik Modin (32)
AssistsBrad Richards (41)
PointsBrad Richards (62)
Penalty minutesCory Sarich (106)
Plus/minusDmitri Afanasenkov (+1)
WinsKevin Weekes (20)
Goals against averageKevin Weekes (3.14)

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.

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

Southeast Division[2]
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[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 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

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

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Alexander Kharitonov October 6, 2000 [8]
Brad Richards
Sheldon Keefe October 18, 2000
Kristian Kudroc November 27, 2000
Evgeny Konstantinov December 8, 2000
Thomas Ziegler February 6, 2001
Dmitri Afanasenkov March 10, 2001

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.[9]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Islanders
  • 1st-round pick in 2000
  • 4th-round pick in 2000
  • Islanders’ 7th-round pick in 2000
 [10]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) 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
 [11]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 7th-round pick in 2001
  • 9th-round pick in 2001
 To Buffalo Sabres
  • 7th-round pick in 2000
 [9]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 9th-round pick in 2000
 To New Jersey Devils
  • 8th-round pick in 2001
 [9]
January 4, 2001 (2001-01-04) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Conditional draft pick in 2001
 To New York Islanders
[12]
January 23, 2001 (2001-01-23) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 8th-round pick in 2001
 To Colorado Avalanche
[13]
February 1, 2001 (2001-02-01) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Pittsburgh Penguins
[14]
February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Vancouver Canucks
[15]
February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To New York Islanders
  • Conditional draft pick
 [16]
February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Konstantin Kalmikov
 To Toronto Maple Leafs
[17]
March 5, 2001 (2001-03-05) To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Phoenix Coyotes
[18]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13) To Tampa Bay Lightning
  • 7th-round pick in 2001
 To Dallas Stars
[19]
To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Ottawa Senators
[19]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31) Martin St. Louis Calgary Flames 2-year Free agency [20]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) Jason Podollan Los Angeles Kings Waiver draft [21]
October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25) Craig Millar Nashville Predators Waivers [22]
November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03) Maxim Galanov Florida Panthers Waivers [23]
February 1, 2001 (2001-02-01) Grant Ledyard Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [24]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[d] Ref
N/A Pavel Torgaev Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RSL) Free agency (VI) [26]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23) Zac Bierk Minnesota Wild Expansion draft [27]
Bruce Gardiner Columbus Blue Jackets Expansion draft [27]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) Daren Puppa[e] Contract expiration (III) [25]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26) Shawn Burr Retirement [29]
Tim Thomas AIK IF (SHL) Free agency (UFA) [30]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27) Robert Petrovicky New York Islanders Free agency (UFA) [31]
August 8, 2000 (2000-08-08) Xavier Delisle Montreal Canadiens Free agency (UFA) [32]
August 24, 2000 (2000-08-24) Reid Simpson St. Louis Blues Free agency (III) [33]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07) Andrei Skopintsev Atlanta Thrashers Free agency (UFA) [34]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03) Dwayne Hay Calgary Flames Waivers [35]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 2000 (2000-06) Dan Kesa 1-year Re-signing [36]
June 22, 2000 (2000-06-22) Evgeny Konstantinov 3-year Entry-level [37]
June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28) Stan Drulia 1-year Option exercised [36]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14) Alexander Kharitonov Entry-level [38]
Thomas Ziegler Entry-level [38]
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17) Fredrik Modin multi-year Re-signing [39]
Todd Warriner multi-year Re-signing [39]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26) Dan Cloutier 1-year Re-signing [29]
Dwayne Hay 1-year Re-signing [29]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31) Brian Holzinger 1-year Re-signing [20]
Steve Martins 1-year Re-signing [20]
August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03) Andrei Zyuzin 1-year Re-signing [40]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14) Ryan Johnson 1-year Re-signing [41]
August 17, 2000 (2000-08-17) Kaspars Astashenko 1-year Re-signing [42]
Bryan Muir 1-year Re-signing [42]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28) Wayne Primeau 1-year Re-signing [43]
August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31) Pavel Kubina 2-year Re-signing [44]
September 21, 2000 (2000-09-21) Sheldon Keefe 3-year Entry-level [45]
October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02) Kristian Kudroc 3-year Entry-level [46]
March 17, 2001 (2001-03-17) Nikolai Khabibulin multi-year Re-signing [47]
April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24) Nikita Alexeev 3-year Entry-level [48]
May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) Jassen Cullimore multi-year Extension [49]
May 30, 2001 (2001-05-30) Matthew Barnaby 3-year Extension [50]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.[51]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
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

  1. ^ Kharitonov wore number 36 until Barnaby was acquired.
  2. ^ Keefe wore number 46 through January 12.
  3. ^ Millar wore number 44 in his first twelve games.
  4. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[25]
  5. ^ Puppa retired.[28]

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