2000–01 Nashville Predators season

2000–01 Nashville Predators
Division	3rd Central
Conference	10th Western
2000–01 record	34–36–9
Goals for	186
Goals against	200
Team information
General Manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald
Team leaders
< 1999–2000	2001–02>

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

Regular season schedule

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	80	19	43	62	28	4	6	0	4
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	74	25	29	54	66	-2	9	3	1
Kjellberg, PatricPatric Kjellberg	RW	81	14	31	45	12	-2	5	0	2
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	C	81	13	28	41	38	1	3	0	3
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	LW	78	15	19	34	10	-5	4	1	4
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	82	15	17	32	46	-6	1	0	4
Cisar, MarianMarian Cisar	RW	60	12	15	27	45	-7	5	0	1
Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	C	62	9	17	26	12	-11	5	0	0
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	D	82	12	13	25	50	-6	6	0	3
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	D	66	6	18	24	100	-9	3	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	82	9	9	18	71	-5	0	2	2
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	81	4	12	16	40	-7	0	1	1
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	LW	75	2	14	16	48	-8	0	0	0
Valicevic, RobRob Valicevic	RW	60	8	6	14	26	-2	1	0	4
Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	C	40	6	7	13	4	0	0	0	0
Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins	D	82	1	11	12	30	-12	0	0	1
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	D	34	3	8	11	14	7	1	0	1
Lintner, RichardRichard Lintner	D	50	3	5	8	22	2	1	0	0
Hulse, CaleCale Hulse	D	82	1	7	8	128	-5	0	0	1
Classen, GregGreg Classen	C	27	2	4	6	14	-4	1	0	0
Bordeleau, SebastienSebastien Bordeleau	C	14	2	3	5	14	-4	0	0	0
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen	LW	23	3	1	4	2	-7	0	0	0
Watt, MikeMike Watt	LW	18	1	1	2	8	-2	0	0	1
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	8	1	0	1	39	-1	0	0	0
Haggerty, SeanSean Haggerty	LW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Berenzweig, BubbaBubba Berenzweig	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boikov, AlexandreAlexandre Boikov	D	8	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	G	48	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, RoryRory Fitzpatrick	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Mason, ChrisChris Mason	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Millar, CraigCraig Millar	D	5	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
Moro, MarcMarc Moro	D	6	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0
Myhres, BranttBrantt Myhres	RW	20	0	0	0	28	-5	0	0	0
Skrbek, PavelPavel Skrbek	D	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	2810	48	21	21	4	107	2.28	4	1381	1274	.923
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	2088	37	13	17	5	85	2.44	2	940	855	.910
Mason, ChrisChris Mason	59	1	0	1	0	2	2.03	0	20	18	.900
Team:	4957	82	34	39	9	194	2.35	6	2341	2147	.917

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season