The 2000–01 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the club's 92nd

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

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 of play. The club finished 5th in the Northeast Division

Northeast Division (NHL)

The NHL's Northeast Division was formed in 1993 as part of the Eastern Conference in a league realignment, the predecessor of which was the Adams Division...

 and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs

Stanley Cup playoffs

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. The franchise missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

George Gillett

At the end of December, Dan O’Neill, president of Molson met with George N. Gillett, Jr.. Gillett had shown interest in the Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, and the Phoenix Coyotes. After the meeting, Gillett agreed to be the new owner. Gillett acquired the Molson Centre and eighty percent of the franchise for two hundred and seventy-five million dollars.

Regular season

• After a loss to the Washington Capitals on November 17, the Canadiens had the worst record in the NHL. The two expansion teams, Minnesota and Columbus were ahead of them in the standings.After losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs on home ice on November 18, Rejean Houle
  Réjean Houle
  Réjean Houle is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward, most notably for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, for whom he also served a controversial stint as general manager.-Playing career:...
  
   and Alain Vigneault were fired. On November 20, Andre Savard
  Andre Savard
  André Savard is a retired former professional ice hockey center. He and his wife, Marie-France, have two sons, Patrick and Dany.-Playing career:...
  
   was made the new General Manager, while Michel Therrien
  Michel Therrien
  Michel Therrien is a hockey scout for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. Prior to that he was a player and head coach for the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Therrien coached the Canadiens for three seasons, taking them to the Eastern Conference semi-finals in the...
  
   of the Quebec Citadelles
  Quebec Citadelles
  The Quebec Citadelles were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Colisée Pepsi...
  
  became the new head coach. Despite the changes, the Canadiens had one win, ten losses and two ties in the month of December.

• February 13, 2001: Patrick Roy made his first visit to Montreal since breaking Terry Sawchuk’s record for most wins by a goaltender. Roy had won 289 games with Montreal, and the Canadiens held a pregame ceremony for Roy.

Game log

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

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	54	17	30	47	40	2	7	0	3
	RW	81	17	30	47	24
4	2	1
	LW	62	21	24	45	26
12	0	1
	LW	57	16	22	38	66
5	1	4
	D	77	15	21	36	28
11	0	4
	RW	57	12	21	33	52
6	0	3
	C	78	12	16	28	16
0	1	0
	LW	43	9	16	25	34
1	1	1
	D	60	6	19	25	34
2	0	1
	C	49	12	12	24	30
3	0	0
	D	63	6	17	23	18
2	0	0
	RW	57	9	11	20	53
6	0	1
	C	52	9	11	20	13	1	0	0	4
	D	67	8	9	17	44	9	2	0	1
	LW	35	3	11	14	12
0	0	0
	D	65	6	6	12	14	0	1	0	0
	C	51	4	7	11	43
2	0	0
	D	52	3	8	11	95
0	0	2
	C	32	1	10	11	8
0	0	0
	RW	12	3	6	9	10
1	0	0
	C	47	3	4	7	4
0	0	2
	D	29	0	6	6	26	3	0	0	0
	C	14	3	2	5	6
1	0	0
	RW	46	2	3	5	59
0	0	0
	D	19	2	3	5	10
0	0	0
	C	12	0	5	5	0
0	0	0
	LW	13	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	0
	D	26	1	2	3	36
0	0	0
	C	20	1	2	3	32
0	0	0
	LW	18	0	3	3	0
0	0	0
	D	39	0	3	3	42
0	0	0
	D	5	1	1	2	4
1	0	0
	LW	26	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
	RW	13	1	0	1	44	0	0	0	0
	G	59	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	6
0	0	0
	LW	10	0	0	0	29
0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	14
0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	6	0	0	0	2
0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2
0	0	0
	RW	12	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	3298	59	20	29	5	141	2.57	2	1546	1405	.909
	589	11	4	5	1	24	2.44	2	233	209	.897
	998	19	4	10	2	54	3.25	0	477	423	.887
	62	2	0	2	0	4	3.87	0	32	28	.875
Team:	4947	82	28	46	8	223	2.70	4	2288	2065	.903