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2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2000–01
year	2000
Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Record	24–47–6–5
HomeRecord	17–19–3–2
RoadRecord	7–28–3–3
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	201
GoalsAgainst	280
GeneralManager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Steve Ludzik (Oct.–Jan.)
John Tortorella (Jan.–Apr.)
Captain	Vincent Lecavalier
Arena	Ice Palace
Attendance	14,906
MinorLeague	Detroit Vipers
Johnstown Chiefs
GoalsLeader	Fredrik Modin (32)
AssistsLeader	Brad Richards (41)
PointsLeader	Brad Richards (62)
PIMLeader	Cory Sarich (106)
PlusMinusLeader	Dmitri Afanasenkov (+1)
WinsLeader	Kevin Weekes (20)
GAALeader	Kevin Weekes (3.14)
prev_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-tampa-bay-lightning-season)

John Tortorella (Jan.–Apr.) Johnstown Chiefs The 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's ninth season of operation. The club again failed to make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Regular season

After 39 games, the Lightning fired coach Steve Ludzik and replaced him with John Tortorella. Ludzik finished with a record of 12–20–5–2 for the season. Tortorella would have a slightly worse record the rest of the way, finishing 12–27–1–3.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 6, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||0–0–1–0 || |- |2||October 8, 2000||4–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 13, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||0–2–1–0 || |- |4||October 15, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||1–2–1–0 || |- |5||October 18, 2000||5–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||1–3–1–0 || |- |6||October 21, 2000||2–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||1–4–1–0 || |- |7||October 22, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||2–4–1–0 || |- |8||October 25, 2000||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||2–5–1–0 || |- |9||October 27, 2000||0–6 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||2–6–1–0 || |- |10||October 31, 2000||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||2–6–1–1 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Lightning only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
19	C	82	21	41	62	−10	14
33	LW	76	32	24	56	−1	48
4	C	68	23	28	51	−26	66
26	RW	78	18	22	40	−4	12
10	RW	64	11	27	38	−10	38
9	C	70	11	25	36	−9	64
13	D	70	11	19	30	−14	103
14	LW	66	7	15	22	−9	8
8	LW	64	10	11	21	−13	46
17	C	80	7	14	21	−20	44
28	LW	43	9	11	20	−15	40
30	D	64	4	16	20	−8	76
2	D	46	6	10	16	−17	40
22	C	47	2	13	15	−17	77
6	D	26	1	11	12	−8	25
21	D	73	1	8	9	−25	106
36	RW	29	4	4	8	−3	97
5	D	74	1	6	7	−6	80
7	RW	23	5	1	6	−7	21
20	RW	34	2	4	6	−11	18
41	D	25	0	5	5	−5	8
27	RW	49	4	0	4	−13	38
57	D	22	2	2	4	0	36
3	D	14	2	2	4	−5	12
23	D	19	1	3	4	−4	41
6	D	10	0	3	3	−7	15
37	LW	9	1	1	2	1	4
62	D	15	1	1	2	−4	4
10	C	12	1	1	2	0	22
27	C	20	1	1	2	−9	13
32	D	16	1	1	2	−8	10
2	D	16	0	2	2	−1	8
11	D	16	1	0	1	−3	10
34	LW	28	0	1	1	−7	96
24	LW	13	0	1	1	−1	36
80	G	61	0	1	1		4
39	G	24	0	0	0		4
73	RW	8	0	0	0	−5	0
31	G	2	0	0	0		0
35	G	2	0	0	0		0
35	G	10	0	0	0		0
1	G	1	0	0	0		0
18	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
43	RW	5	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
80	Kevin Weekes	61	20	33	3	1742	177	3.15	.898	4	3378
39	Dan Cloutier	24	3	13	3	541	59	3.52	.891	1	1005
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	2	1	1	0	69	6	2.92	.913	0	123
31	Wade Flaherty	2	0	2	0	55	8	4.07	.855	0	118
35	Dieter Kochan	10	0	3	0	138	18	3.44	.870	0	314
1	Evgeny Konstantinov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	1

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL All-Rookie Team	Brad Richards (Forward)
[NHL All-Star Game](2001-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Fredrik Modin
NHL Rookie of the Month	Brad Richards (October)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Alexander Kharitonov	October 6, 2000
Brad Richards
Sheldon Keefe	October 18, 2000
Kristian Kudroc	November 27, 2000
Evgeny Konstantinov	December 8, 2000
Thomas Ziegler	February 6, 2001
Dmitri Afanasenkov	March 10, 2001

Transactions

The Lightning 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 Tampa Bay Lightning	To [New York Islanders](2000-01-new-york-islanders-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2000-01-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Buffalo Sabres](2000-01-buffalo-sabres-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [New Jersey Devils](2000-01-new-jersey-devils-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To New York Islanders
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Colorado Avalanche](2000-01-colorado-avalanche-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2000-01-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Vancouver Canucks](2000-01-vancouver-canucks-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To New York Islanders
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2000-01-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2000-01-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Dallas Stars](2000-01-dallas-stars-season)	title=NHL - Capitals first to swing major deal	url=http://a.espncdn.com/nhl/news/2001/0313/1152488.html	website=ESPN.com	access-date=May 10, 2023	date=March 14, 2001}}
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To [Ottawa Senators](2000-01-ottawa-senators-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Martin St. Louis
Jason Podollan
Craig Millar
Maxim Galanov
Grant Ledyard

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Pavel Torgaev	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RSL)
Zac Bierk	Minnesota Wild
Bruce Gardiner	Columbus Blue Jackets
Daren Puppa
Shawn Burr
Tim Thomas	AIK IF (SHL)
Robert Petrovicky	New York Islanders
Xavier Delisle	Montreal Canadiens
Reid Simpson	St. Louis Blues
Andrei Skopintsev	Atlanta Thrashers
Dwayne Hay	Calgary Flames

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Dan Kesa
Evgeny Konstantinov
Stan Drulia
Alexander Kharitonov
Thomas Ziegler
Fredrik Modin
Todd Warriner
Dan Cloutier
Dwayne Hay
Brian Holzinger
Steve Martins
Andrei Zyuzin
Ryan Johnson
Kaspars Astashenko
Bryan Muir
Wayne Primeau
Pavel Kubina
Sheldon Keefe
Kristian Kudroc
Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikita Alexeev
Jassen Cullimore
Matthew Barnaby

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Nikita Alexeev	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	34	Ruslan Zainullin	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
3	81	Alexander Kharitonov	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
4	126	Johan Hagglund	MODO Jr. (Sweden)
5	161	Pavel Sedov	Khimik Voskresensk (Russia)
6	191	Aaron Gionet	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	222	Marek Priechodsky	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
7	226	Brian Eklund	Brown University (NCAA)
8	233	Alexander Polukeyev	SKA St. Petersburg (Russia)
9	263	Thomas Ziegler	HC Ambrì-Piotta (Switzerland)

Notes

References

(January 6, 2001). "Lightning fires head coach - UPI Archives".
"2000-01 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
"2001 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(November 2, 2000). "Richards named top NHL rookie in October - UPI Archives".
"2000-01 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 24, 2000). "Islanders Acquire Kvasha, Parrish and 5th Overall Pick in Two Deals; Use Pick on Torres".
(June 26, 2000). "Vanbiesbrouck Traded; Flyers Gamble On Czech".
(January 4, 2001). "Tampa Bay sends Martins to Islanders - UPI Archives".
(January 24, 2001). "Svoboda's recovery not going as hoped".
(February 2, 2001). "Need to get tough? Get Barnaby".
(February 8, 2001). "Cloutier sent packing".
(February 16, 2001). "Lightning trades for goaltender - UPI Archives".
(February 20, 2001). "Maple Leafs get Galanov from Tampa Bay - UPI Archives".
(March 6, 2001). "Lightning makes swap for Khabibulin".
(March 14, 2001). "NHL - Capitals first to swing major deal".
(August 1, 2000). "Lightning, feeling need for speed, signs 3 free agents".
(September 30, 2000). "Dwyer: Style won't change".
(October 25, 2000). "Craig Millar claimed by Tampa Bay - UPI Archives".
(November 4, 2000). "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3+ - UPI Archives".
(February 1, 2001). "Ledyard signs with Lightning - UPI Archives".
(July 1, 2000). "2000 NHL Free Agents".
{{eliteprospects. 28713. Pavel Torgaev, retrieved May 10, 2023
(June 23, 2000). "NHL Expansion Draft List - UPI Archives".
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"TIM THOMAS".
(July 27, 2000). "Islanders Sign Three Free Agents".
"tsn.ca: National Hockey League (NHL)".
(August 24, 2000). "Simpson signs with Blues - UPI Archives".
(September 8, 2000). "TRANSACTIONS".
(October 4, 2000). "Sports transactions".
(June 29, 2000). "Lightning targets tradition of New Year's Eve at home".
(June 22, 2000). "Lightning Sign Rookie Goaltender".
(July 15, 2000). "TRANSACTIONS".
(July 17, 2000). "Lightning re-sign free agents Modin, Warriner".
(July 27, 2000). "Cloutier, Hay re-sign with the Lightning".
(August 3, 2000). "Zyuzin re-signs with Lightning - UPI Archives".
(August 14, 2000). "Lightning signs Ryan Johnson - UPI Archives".
(August 18, 2000). "Lightning signs Astashenko, Muir".
(August 29, 2000}}{{dead link). "Lightning re-signs Primeau".
(September 1, 2000). "Kubina signs 2-year deal with Lightning".
(September 22, 2000). "Keefe, team agree to contract".
(October 3, 2000). "Team goes for final tuneup today".
(March 17, 2001). "LIGHTNING SIGN TWO-TIME ALL STAR GOALTENDER NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN".
(April 24, 2001). "LIGHTNING SIGN 2000 1ST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICE NIKITA ALEXEEV".
(May 7, 2001). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN JASSEN CULLIMORE".
(May 30, 2001). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN RIGHT WING MATTHEW BARNABY".
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