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2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2000–01
year	2000
Team	Edmonton Oilers
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	39–28–12–3
HomeRecord	23–9–7–2
RoadRecord	16–19–5–1
GoalsFor	243
GoalsAgainst	222
GeneralManager	Kevin Lowe
Coach	Craig MacTavish
Captain	Doug Weight
AltCaptain	Mike Grier (Nov.–Apr.)
Bill Guerin (Oct.–Nov.)
Todd Marchant (Nov.–Apr.)
Rem Murray (Nov.–Apr.)
Jason Smith
Arena	Skyreach Centre
Attendance	15,611 (91.3%)
MinorLeague	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL)
GoalsLeader	Ryan Smyth (31)
AssistsLeader	Doug Weight (65)
PointsLeader	Doug Weight (90)
PlusMinusLeader	Eric Brewer and Igor Ulanov (+15)
PIMLeader	Georges Laraque (148)
WinsLeader	Tommy Salo (36)
GAALeader	Tommy Salo (2.46)
prev_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-edmonton-oilers-season)

Bill Guerin (Oct.–Nov.) Todd Marchant (Nov.–Apr.) Rem Murray (Nov.–Apr.) Jason Smith Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL)

The 2000–01 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 22nd season in the NHL. They were coming off a 32–26–16–8 record in 1999–2000 earning 88 points, their highest point total since 1989–90. They made the playoffs for the fifth-straight season. The Oilers would lose to the Dallas Stars in six games in the first round, the fifth consecutive season the two teams met in the playoffs and their fourth consecutive elimination at the hands of the Stars.

Off-season

During the off-season, general manager Glen Sather announced he was leaving the club to become the general manager of the New York Rangers. Sather had been the Oilers general manager since the 1980–81 season and helped build the teams dynasty of the 1980s, when Edmonton won 5 Stanley Cups in 7 years. Edmonton replaced Sather with Kevin Lowe, who was the team's head coach in 1999–2000, and they named former Oilers player Craig MacTavish as the head coach of the team.

Regular season

Early in the season, the Oilers traded Bill Guerin to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Anson Carter and the Bruins' first two rounds of draft picks in 2001. Guerin had earned 22 points in 21 games with Edmonton at the time, though Carter immediately provided solid scoring for the Oilers, earning 42 points in 61 games.

The highlight of the Oilers season was a nine-game winning streak in mid-February, which helped ensure the team make the playoffs for the fifth-straight season. Edmonton finished the year with 39 wins and 93 points, their highest totals since the 1987–88 season. They finished in the sixth spot in the Western Conference.

Offensively, Doug Weight led the club with 90 points, scoring 25 goals and adding 65 assists. Ryan Smyth scored a team-high 31 goals and added 39 assists to finish the year with 70 points. Janne Niinimaa led the defense with 12 goals and 46 points, while fellow blueliner Tom Poti also scored 12 goals, finishing with 32 points. Georges Laraque led the Oilers in penalty minutes with 148.

In goal, Tommy Salo got the majority of action, winning a career-high 36 games, along with a 2.46 goals against average (GAA) and earning eight shutouts.

Season standings

Playoffs

The Oilers opened the playoffs against the Dallas Stars, making it the fifth-straight year that the two clubs would face each other, including the third-straight time in the first round. The teams split the first two games in Dallas, and then split the two games in Edmonton, with both games in Edmonton being decided in overtime. Game 5 also went into overtime, with Dallas winning the game 4–3, and taking a 3–2 series lead. Game 6 returned to Edmonton, and the Stars held off the Oilers and won the game 3–1 and the series 4–2, eliminating the Oilers for the fourth-straight season.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 1 – 2 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 15,897 || 1–0–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Colorado Avalanche || 1 – 1 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Salo || 15,158 || 1–0–1–0 || 3 || |- | 3 || October 10 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 5 || Montreal Canadiens || || Salo || 20,108 || 1–1–1–0 || 3 || |- | 4 || October 11 || Edmonton Oilers || 4 – 3 || Detroit Red Wings || || Salo || 19,995 || 2–1–1–0 || 5 || |- | 5 || October 13 || Buffalo Sabres || 2 – 3 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 13,002 || 3–1–1–0 || 7 || |- | 6 || October 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 5 – 3 || Minnesota Wild || || Gage || 18,064 || 4–1–1–0 || 9 || |- | 7 || October 17 || Boston Bruins || 1 – 6 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 12,377 || 5–1–1–0 || 11 || |- | 8 || October 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4 – 1 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 17,100 || 5–2–1–0 || 11 || |- | 9 || October 22 || Phoenix Coyotes || 3 – 3 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Salo || 14,003 || 5–2–2–0 || 12 || |- | 10 || October 25 || Atlanta Thrashers || 3 – 1 || Edmonton Oilers || || Gage || 11,576 || 5–3–2–0 || 12 || |- | 11 || October 27 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 3 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || || Salo || 13,592 || 5–4–2–0 || 12 || |- | 12 || October 28 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 4 || Colorado Avalanche || || Salo || 18,007 || 5–5–2–0 || 12 || |- | 13 || October 30 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 3 – 5 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 12,002 || 6–5–2–0 || 14 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 11 || Edmonton Oilers || 1 – 2 || Dallas Stars || OT || Salo || 17,001 || 0–1 || |- | 2 || April 14 || Edmonton Oilers || 4 – 3 || Dallas Stars || || Salo || 17,001 || 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 15 || Dallas Stars || 3 – 2 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Salo || 17,100 || 1–2 || |- | 4 || April 17 || Dallas Stars || 1 – 2 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Salo || 17,100 || 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 19 || Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 4 || Dallas Stars || OT || Salo || 17,001 || 2–3 || |- | 6 || April 21 || Dallas Stars || 3 – 1 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 17,100 || 2–4 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
39	C	82	25	65	90	12	91	6	1	5	6	0	17
94	RW	82	31	39	70	10	58	6	3	4	7	0	4
44	D	82	12	34	46	6	90	6	0	2	2	−1	6
22	LW	61	16	26	42	1	23	6	3	1	4	1	4
26	C	71	13	26	39	1	51	6	0	0	0	−3	4
25	RW	74	20	16	36	11	20	6	0	0	0	−2	8
17	LW	82	15	21	36	5	24	6	2	0	2	−2	6
7	RW	81	14	21	35	5	37	6	1	1	2	−2	8
5	D	81	12	20	32	−4	60	6	0	2	2	2	2
27	RW	82	13	16	29	5	148	6	1	1	2	2	8
55	D	67	3	20	23	15	90	6	0	0	0	−6	4
9	RW	21	12	10	22	11	18
89	C	41	8	14	22	6	14	6	1	2	3	0	0
2	D	77	7	14	21	15	53	6	1	5	6	−3	2
21	D	82	5	15	20	14	120	6	0	2	2	−3	6
34	C	37	4	16	20	8	22	3	0	0	0	−1	0
18	LW	68	9	10	19	−6	90	4	0	0	0	−2	2
36	RW	49	9	7	16	8	10	5	0	0	0	0	0
14	C	47	4	5	9	−5	49	3	0	0	0	−1	2
15	C	34	5	2	7	−7	17
33	LW	37	2	4	6	−2	29
23	D	62	2	3	5	2	110
19	D	7	1	1	2	2	2
37	C	16	1	1	2	−1	6
8	D	13	0	2	2	−2	4
32	D	20	0	1	1	2	13	6	0	0	0	2	0
34	RW	12	0	1	1	2	4
35	G	73	0	1	1		4	6	0	0	0		0
20	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	LW	6	0	0	0	−2	18
31	G	5	0	0	0		0
19	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
30	G	8	0	0	0		2
12	LW							3	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
35	Tommy Salo	73	36	25	12	1856	179	2.46	.904	8	4364	6	2	4	187	15	2.22	.920	0	406
31	Joaquin Gage	5	2	2	0	125	15	3.46	.880	0	260	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Dominic Roussel	8	1	4	0	151	21	3.62	.861	0	348	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2001-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Janne Niinimaa
Doug Weight
NHL Player of the Week	Tommy Salo (November 20)
Tommy Salo (March 12)
Community Service Award	Not awarded
Defenceman of the Year	Jason Smith
Molson Cup	Tommy Salo
Most Popular Player	Doug Weight
Top Defensive Forward	Todd Marchant
Top First Year Oiler	Not awarded
Unsung Hero	Not awarded
Zane Feldman Trophy	Tommy Salo

Milestones

Jason Smith	500th NHL Game
500th NHL PIM

Eric Brewer	1st NHL Goal	April 19, 2001

Transactions

The Oilers were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To [Nashville Predators](2000-01-nashville-predators-season)	To Edmonton Oilers
To [New York Islanders](2000-01-new-york-islanders-season)	To Edmonton Oilers
To [Boston Bruins](2000-01-boston-bruins-season)	To Edmonton Oilers
To Boston Bruins	To Edmonton Oilers
To Boston Bruins	To Edmonton Oilers	title=OILERS AND BRUINS SWING BIG DEAL	url=http://www.edmontonoilers.com/pressbox/archive/20001115184644-pressbox.html	website=Edmonton Oilers	access-date=May 18, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010616090811/http://www.edmontonoilers.com/pressbox/archive/20001115184644-pressbox.html	archive-date=June 16, 2001	date=November 15, 2000}}
To [Montreal Canadiens](2000-01-montreal-canadiens-season)	To Edmonton Oilers
To Nashville Predators	To Edmonton Oilers
To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2000-01-pittsburgh-penguins-season)	To Edmonton Oilers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Scott Ferguson
Terran Sandwith
Joaquin Gage
Domenic Pittis
Paul Healey
Dominic Roussel
Sean McAslan
Ty Conklin
Marc-Andre Bergeron
Kevin McDonald
Craig Reichert

Players lost

Date		Player
Vladimir Vorobiev	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)	Free agency (VI)
Jim Dowd	Minnesota Wild	[Expansion draft](2000-nhl-expansion-draft)
Bert Robertsson	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft
German Titov	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (III)
Rob Murray	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (UFA)
Michel Picard	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (UFA)
Boyd Devereaux	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency (UFA)
Kevin Brown	Manchester Storm (BISL)	Free agency (VI)
Mike Minard	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Adam Copeland	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)
Alexander Selivanov	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (UFA)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Josh Green
Alexei Semenov
Brad Norton
Igor Ulanov
Todd Marchant
Jason Smith
Sean Brown
Mike Grier
Dan LaCouture
Ethan Moreau
Alain Nasreddine
Shawn Horcoff
Rem Murray
Doug Weight
Georges Laraque
Ryan Smyth
Tommy Salo
Anson Carter
Mike Comrie

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	17	Alexei Mikhnov	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
2	35	Brad Winchester	University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers (NCAA)
3	83	Alexander Lyubimov	Samara CSK VVS (Russia)
4	113	Lou Dickenson	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
5	152	Paul Flache	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
6	184	Shaun Norrie	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
7	211	Joe Cullen	Colorado College Tigers (NCAA)
7	215	Matthew Lombardi	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	247	Jason Platt	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
9	274	Evgeny Muratov	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)

Notes

References

National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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