2000–01 Florida Panthers season

2000–01 Florida Panthers
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	Eastern
2000–01 record	22–38–13–9
Goals for	200
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray (Oct-Dec) Bill Torrey (Dec-Apr)
Coach	Terry Murray, Duane Sutter
Captain	Scott Mellanby (Oct-Feb) Vacant (Feb-Apr)

The 2000–01 Florida Panthers season was their eighth season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

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

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

Playoffs

After making the playoffs in 2000, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2001.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pavel Bure RW 82 59 33 92 58 -2 19 5 8 Viktor Kozlov C 51 14 23 37 10 -4 6 0 2 Marcus Nilson LW 78 12 24 36 74 -3 0 0 2 Mike Sillinger C 55 13 21 34 44 -12 1 0 2 Rob Niedermayer C 67 12 20 32 50 -12 3 1 0 Ray Whitney LW 43 10 21 31 28 -16 5 0 0 Robert Svehla D 82 6 22 28 76 -8 0 0 0 Greg Adams LW 60 11 12 23 10 -3 2 0 1 Len Barrie C 60 5 18 23 135 4 0 1 2 Dan Boyle D 69 4 18 22 28 -14 1 0 0 Anders Eriksson D 60 0 21 21 28 2 0 0 0 Bret Hedican D 70 5 15 20 72 -7 4 0 1 Olli Jokinen C 78 6 10 16 106 -22 0 0 0 Denis Shvidki RW 43 6 10 16 16 6 0 0 1 Vaclav Prospal C 34 4 12 16 10 -2 1 0 0 Scott Mellanby RW 40 4 9 13 46 -13 1 0 0 Igor Larionov C 26 5 6 11 10 -11 2 0 0 Peter Worrell LW 71 3 7 10 248 -10 0 0 0 Kevyn Adams C 12 3 6 9 2 7 0 0 2 Ivan Novoseltsev RW 38 3 6 9 16 -5 0 0 0 Serge Payer C 43 5 1 6 21 0 0 1 0 Joey Tetarenko RW 29 3 1 4 44 -1 0 0 0 Todd Simpson D 25 1 3 4 74 0 0 0 1 Jaroslav Spacek D 12 2 1 3 8 -4 1 0 0 John Jakopin D 60 1 2 3 62 -4 0 0 0 Paul Laus D 25 1 2 3 66 5 0 0 0 Lance Pitlick D 68 1 2 3 42 -5 0 0 0 Yan Golubovsky D 6 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 Lance Ward D 30 0 2 2 45 -3 0 0 0 Andrej Podkonicky C 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Brad Ference D 14 0 1 1 14 -10 0 0 0 Trevor Kidd G 42 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Mike Wilson D 19 0 1 1 25 -7 0 0 0 Paul Brousseau RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Emma C 6 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Roberto Luongo G 47 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Peter Ratchuk D 8 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Rocky Thompson D 4 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roberto Luongo 2628 47 12 24 7 107 2.44 5 1333 1226 .920 Trevor Kidd 2354 42 10 23 6 130 3.31 1 1217 1087 .893 Team: 4982 82 22 47 13 237 2.85 6 2550 2313 .907

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;

Draft picks

Florida'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)
2	58	Vladimir Sapozhnikov	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
3	77	Robert Fried	United States	Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)
3	82	Sean O'Connor	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	115	Chris Eade	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	120	Davis Parley	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	190	Josh Olson	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
8	234	Janis Sprukts	Latvia	Lukko Jr. (Finland)
8	253	Matthew Sommerfeld	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

• "2000–01 Florida Panthers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.