2000–01 Boston Bruins season

2000–01 Boston Bruins
Division	4th Northeast
2000–01 record	36–30–8
Goals for	227
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden Mike O'Connell
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Jason Allison
Arena	Fleet Center
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Thornton (37)
Assists	Jason Allison (59)
Points	Jason Allison (95)
Penalty minutes	Andrei Nazarov (200)
Plus/minus	Sergei Samsonov (+6)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (22)
Goals against average	Byron Dafoe (2.39)

The 2000–01 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 76th season of operation. The Bruins finished 4th in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Ottawa Senators	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
2	5	Buffalo Sabres	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
3	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
4	9	Boston Bruins	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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

Playoffs

• The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	82	36	59	95	85	-8	11	3	6
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	82	29	46	75	18	6	3	0	3
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	72	37	34	71	107	-4	19	1	5
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	64	28	35	63	122	-4	7	1	4
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	77	19	39	58	28	6	5	0	4
Kovalenko, AndreiAndrei Kovalenko	RW	76	16	21	37	27	-14	7	1	3
Eloranta, MikkoMikko Eloranta	LW	62	12	11	23	38	2	1	1	2
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	81	8	15	23	27	-12	0	0	2
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	82	7	13	20	37	0	0	1	1
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	63	5	13	18	65	-1	0	0	0
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	58	5	12	17	53	-5	2	0	0
Girard, JonathanJonathan Girard	D	31	3	13	16	14	2	2	0	1
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	31	3	10	13	41	-9	2	0	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	72	2	10	12	26	-1	1	0	1
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	80	1	10	11	71	-2	0	0	0
Kultanen, JarnoJarno Kultanen	D	62	2	8	10	26	-3	0	0	1
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse	D	37	2	6	8	14	4	1	0	1
Popovic, PeterPeter Popovic	D	60	1	6	7	48	-5	0	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	22	1	5	6	10	-8	1	0	1
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	45	2	3	5	26	-12	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	63	1	4	5	200	-14	0	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	40	2	2	4	121	-6	0	0	1
Mann, CameronCameron Mann	RW	15	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	0
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	D	18	0	4	4	30	-6	0	0	0
Goren, LeeLee Goren	RW	21	2	0	2	7	-3	1	0	0
Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson	C	17	1	1	2	6	-5	0	0	0
Kutlak, ZdenekZdenek Kutlak	D	10	0	2	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	45	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Smith, BrandonBrandon Smith	D	3	1	0	1	0	-1	1	0	0
Manlow, EricEric Manlow	C	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Savage, AndreAndre Savage	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathieu, MarquisMarquis Mathieu	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hulbig, JoeJoe Hulbig	LW	7	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas	RW	7	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Kolarik, PavelPavel Kolarik	D	10	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Henderson, JayJay Henderson	LW	13	0	0	0	26	-1	0	0	0
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	2536	45	22	14	7	101	2.39	2	1076	975	.906
Skudra, PeterPeter Skudra	1116	25	6	12	1	62	3.33	0	511	449	.879
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	649	15	4	6	0	32	2.96	0	291	259	.890
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	471	10	3	4	0	28	3.57	0	211	183	.867
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	203	5	1	2	0	18	5.32	0	94	76	.809
Team:	4975	82	36	38	8	241	2.91	2	2183	1942	.890

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

Awards and Records

• The Bruins did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

• 2000–01 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.