2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	7th Eastern
2000–01 record	37-29-11-5
Goals for	232
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Pat Quinn
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Gary Roberts (29)
Assists	Mats Sundin (46)
Points	Mats Sundin (74)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (214)
Plus/minus	Bryan McCabe, Gary Roberts (+16)
Wins	Curtis Joseph (33)
Goals against average	Curtis Joseph (2.39)

The 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 83rd season of existence and their 73rd season as the Maple Leafs. The team finished third in the Northeast Division with a 37-29-11-5 record (90 points). In the playoffs, they swept their rivals, the first-place Ottawa Senators, four games to none in the Conference Quarterfinals, before falling to the New Jersey Devils in seven games in the Conference Semifinals.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2000 NHL Entry Draft
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Season 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

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

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	82	28	46	74	76	15	9	0	6
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	82	29	24	53	109	16	8	2	3
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	76	24	28	52	52	0	5	0	2
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	79	22	28	50	8	2	10	0	3
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	82	23	26	49	14	1	5	0	5
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	82	6	39	45	24	10	0	0	1
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	82	16	21	37	141	6	2	0	4
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	57	8	26	34	46	0	1	0	1
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	73	10	19	29	28	3	2	0	0
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	82	5	24	29	123	16	3	0	2
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	77	8	18	26	189	1	0	0	2
Valk, GarryGarry Valk	74	8	18	26	46	4	1	0	2
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	81	5	19	24	52	-2	1	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	82	13	7	20	214	2	1	0	1
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	52	6	11	17	30	5	0	0	1
Markov, DannyDanny Markov	59	3	13	16	34	6	1	0	2
Manson, DaveDave Manson	74	4	7	11	93	13	0	0	0
Dempsey, NathanNathan Dempsey	25	1	9	10	4	13	1	0	0
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	27	3	6	9	8	8	2	0	0
Cross, CoryCory Cross	41	3	5	8	50	7	1	0	1
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	22	1	3	4	14	-1	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	12	3	0	3	2	-6	3	0	1
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	18	1	2	3	10	-5	1	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	16	1	1	2	31	-4	0	0	0
Mair, AdamAdam Mair	16	0	2	2	14	3	0	0	0
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	68	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
MacLean, DonDon MacLean	3	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Cooper, DavidDavid Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Farkas, JeffJeff Farkas	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	4100	68	33	27	8	163	2.39	6	1907	1744	.915
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	871	15	4	7	3	38	2.62	0	331	293	.885
Team:	4971	82	37	34	11	201	2.43	6	2238	2037	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	11	6	7	13	14	2	1	1
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	11	2	9	11	0	0	0	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	11	6	3	9	4	4	0	0
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	11	2	5	7	2	0	0	2
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	11	2	3	5	16	1	0	0
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	11	2	3	5	4	1	0	1
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	11	1	3	4	0	0	0	1
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	11	0	4	4	12	0	0	0
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	9	2	1	3	12	1	0	1
Cross, CoryCory Cross	11	2	1	3	10	0	0	1
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	11	1	1	2	14	0	0	0
Markov, DannyDanny Markov	11	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	11	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Valk, GarryGarry Valk	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	8	0	1	1	20	0	0	0
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Joseph, CurtisCurtis Joseph	685	11	7	4	24	2.10	3	329	305	.927
Team:	685	11	7	4	24	2.10	3	329	305	.927

Note: 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;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2000-01 season.

Trades

September 26, 2000	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris McAllister	To Toronto Maple Leafs Regan Kelly
October 2, 2000	To Chicago Blackhawks Alexander Karpovtsev 4th round pick in 2001 - Vladimir Gusev	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan McCabe
October 29, 2000	To Dallas Stars Gerald Diduck	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future Considerations
December 11, 2000	To Washington Capitals Dmitri Khristich	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2001 - Brendan Bell
February 20, 2001	To Tampa Bay Lightning Konstantin Kalmikov	To Toronto Maple Leafs Maxim Galanov
March 13, 2001	To Los Angeles Kings Adam Mair 2nd round pick in 2001 - Mike Cammalleri	To Toronto Maple Leafs Aki Berg
June 12, 2001	To Phoenix Coyotes Danny Markov	To Toronto Maple Leafs Travis Green Robert Reichel Craig Mills
June 22, 2001	To Phoenix Coyotes Sergei Berezin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mikael Renberg
June 23, 2001	To Chicago Blackhawks Igor Korolev	To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd round pick in 2001 - Nicolas Corbeil

Waivers

February 16, 2001

From Calgary Flames Wade Belak

Free agents

Player Former Team Gary Roberts Carolina Hurricanes Shayne Corson Montreal Canadiens Dave Manson Dallas Stars David Cooper Calgary Flames Mike Minard Edmonton Oilers

Player New Team Lonny Bohonos HC Davos (Swiss) Justin Hocking Phoenix Coyotes Mark Kolesar London Knights (Britain) Kris King Chicago Blackhawks

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 30 Glenn Healy  31 Curtis Joseph		Defensemen 2 Wade Belak  3 Dave Manson  4 Cory Cross  8 Aki Berg  15 Tomas Kaberle  23 Petr Svoboda  24 Bryan McCabe  33 David Cooper  36 Dmitry Yushkevich  43 Nathan Dempsey  55 Danny Markov		Wingers 7 Gary Roberts  8 Dmitri Khristich  10 Garry Valk  14 Jonas Hoglund  16 Darcy Tucker  27 Shayne Corson  28 Tie Domi  32 Steve Thomas  39 Alexei Ponikarovsky  94 Sergei Berezin		Centres 9 Nik Antropov  13 Mats Sundin  C 18 Alyn McCauley  19 Jeff Farkas  21 Adam Mair  22 Igor Korolev  37 Don MacLean  44 Yanic Perreault  GM: Pat Quinn Coach: Pat Quinn

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database