2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season

2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	4th Central
2000–01 record	29–40–8
Goals for	210
Goals against	246
Team information
General Manager	Mike Smith
Coach	Alpo Suhonen
Captain	Tony Amonte
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	14,996 (73.2%)
Team leaders
< 1999–2000	2001–02>

The 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' seventy-fifth season of operation. Finishing twelfth in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Detroit Red Wings	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
2	4	St. Louis Blues	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
3	10	Nashville Predators	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
4	12	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
5	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71

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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	81	34	41	75	54	3	6	8	3
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte	RW	82	35	29	64	54	-22	9	1	3
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	82	25	39	64	32	7	4	0	5
Daze, EricEric Daze	RW	79	33	24	57	16	1	9	1	8
Zhamnov, AlexAlex Zhamnov	C	63	13	36	49	40	-12	3	1	3
McAmmond, DeanDean McAmmond	C	61	10	16	26	43	4	1	0	1
Herperger, ChrisChris Herperger	C	61	10	15	25	20	0	0	1	3
Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek	D	50	5	18	23	20	7	2	0	1
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov	D	66	5	17	22	42	-14	3	0	0
Probert, BobBob Probert	LW	79	7	12	19	103	-13	1	0	0
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	72	1	18	19	60	-9	0	0	0
Calder, KyleKyle Calder	LW	43	5	10	15	14	-4	0	0	1
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	D	53	2	13	15	39	-4	1	0	0
Dean, KevinKevin Dean	D	69	0	11	11	30	-16	0	0	0
Dubinsky, SteveSteve Dubinsky	C	60	6	4	10	33	-4	0	1	0
Leroux, Jean-YvesJean-Yves Leroux	LW	59	4	4	8	22	-9	1	0	0
Zelepukin, ValeriValeri Zelepukin	LW	36	3	4	7	18	-14	0	2	0
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche	RW	64	2	5	7	146	-8	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	50	0	6	6	32	5	0	0	0
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	D	13	2	3	5	2	-4	1	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	36	2	3	5	12	3	0	0	0
McCarthy, SteveSteve McCarthy	D	44	0	5	5	8	-7	0	0	0
Von Arx, RetoReto Von Arx	C	19	3	1	4	4	-4	0	0	1
Allison, JamieJamie Allison	D	44	1	3	4	53	7	0	0	0
Atcheynum, BlairBlair Atcheynum	RW	19	1	2	3	2	-7	0	0	0
Marha, JosefJosef Marha	C	15	0	3	3	6	-4	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	66	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
King, KrisKris King	LW	13	1	0	1	8	-3	0	0	0
Bell, MarkMark Bell	C	13	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Hankinson, CaseyCasey Hankinson	LW	11	0	1	1	9	-3	0	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	8	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0	0
Downey, AaronAaron Downey	RW	3	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	28	0	0	0	33	-8	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	3844	66	27	32	7	180	2.81	6	1711	1531	.895
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	627	12	2	7	0	35	3.35	0	265	230	.868
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	152	3	0	2	0	9	3.55	0	59	50	.847
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	340	6	0	4	1	14	2.47	0	147	133	.905
Team:	4963	82	29	45	8	238	2.88	6	2182	1944	.891

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;

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season