2000–01 Nashville Predators season

2000–01 Nashville Predators
Division	3rd Central
Conference	10th Western
2000–01 record	34–36–9–3
Goals for	186
Goals against	200
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Average attendance	15,767
Minor league affiliate(s)	Milwaukee Admirals New Orleans Brass
Team leaders
Goals	Scott Walker (25)
Assists	Cliff Ronning (43)
Points	Cliff Ronning (62)
Penalty minutes	Cale Hulse (128)
Plus/minus	Mark Eaton (+7)
Wins	Mike Dunham (21)
Goals against average	Mike Dunham (2.28)

The 2000–01 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the third straight year, the Predators missed 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.

Western Conference

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

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	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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
Cliff Ronning	C	80	19	43	62	28	4	6	0	4
Scott Walker	RW	74	25	29	54	66	-2	9	3	1
Patric Kjellberg	RW	81	14	31	45	12	-2	5	0	2
David Legwand	C	81	13	28	41	38	1	3	0	3
Vitali Yachmenev	LW	78	15	19	34	10	-5	4	1	4
Greg Johnson	C	82	15	17	32	46	-6	1	0	4
Marian Cisar	RW	60	12	15	27	45	-7	5	0	1
Randy Robitaille	C	62	9	17	26	12	-11	5	0	0
Kimmo Timonen	D	82	12	13	25	50	-6	6	0	3
Drake Berehowsky	D	66	6	18	24	100	-9	3	0	1
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	82	9	9	18	71	-5	0	2	2
Bill Houlder	D	81	4	12	16	40	-7	0	1	1
Scott Hartnell	LW	75	2	14	16	48	-8	0	0	0
Rob Valicevic	RW	60	8	6	14	26	-2	1	0	4
Denis Arkhipov	C	40	6	7	13	4	0	0	0	0
Karlis Skrastins	D	82	1	11	12	30	-12	0	0	1
Mark Eaton	D	34	3	8	11	14	7	1	0	1
Richard Lintner	D	50	3	5	8	22	2	1	0	0
Cale Hulse	D	82	1	7	8	128	-5	0	0	1
Greg Classen	C	27	2	4	6	14	-4	1	0	0
Sebastien Bordeleau	C	14	2	3	5	14	-4	0	0	0
Ville Peltonen	LW	23	3	1	4	2	-7	0	0	0
Mike Watt	LW	18	1	1	2	8	-2	0	0	1
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	8	1	0	1	39	-1	0	0	0
Sean Haggerty	LW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andrew Berenzweig	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Boikov	D	8	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0
Mike Dunham	G	48	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rory Fitzpatrick	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Chris Mason	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Millar	D	5	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
Marc Moro	D	6	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0
Brantt Myhres	RW	20	0	0	0	28	-5	0	0	0
Pavel Skrbek	D	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Tomas 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%
Mike Dunham	2810	48	21	21	4	107	2.28	4	1381	1274	.923
Tomas Vokoun	2088	37	13	17	5	85	2.44	2	940	855	.910
Chris 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;

Draft picks

Nashville'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	6	Scott Hartnell	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	36	Daniel Widing	Sweden	Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden)
3	72	Mattias Nilsson	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
3	89	Libor Pivko	Czech Republic	Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
5	131	Matt Hendricks	United States	Blaine High School (USHS-MN)
5	137	Mike Stuart	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
5	154	Matt Koalska	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
6	173	Tomas Harant	Slovakia	MsHK Zilina (Slovakia)
6	197	Zbynek Irgl	Czech Republic	HC Vitkovice (Czech Republic)
7	203	Jure Penko	Slovenia	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
8	236	Mats Christeen	Sweden	Sodertalje SK Jr. (Sweden)
9	284	Martin Hohener	Switzerland	Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season