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2000–01 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2000–01
year	2000
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	41–27–10–4
HomeRecord	24–9–6–2
RoadRecord	17–18–4–2
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	3rd
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	1st
GoalsFor	233
GoalsAgainst	211
GeneralManager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Adam Oates
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,534
MinorLeague	Portland Pirates
Richmond Renegades
Quad City Mallards
GoalsLeader	Peter Bondra (45)
AssistsLeader	Adam Oates (69)
PointsLeader	Adam Oates (82)
PIMLeader	Chris Simon (109)
PlusMinusLeader	Joe Reekie (+14)
WinsLeader	Olaf Kolzig (37)
GAALeader	Craig Billington (2.45)
DivisionWin	Yes
prev_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-washington-capitals-season)

Richmond Renegades Quad City Mallards The 2000–01 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 6, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 7, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 11, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||0–1–2–0 || |- |4||October 13, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||0–2–2–0 || |- |5||October 14, 2000||0–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||0–3–2–0 || |- |6||October 17, 2000||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||0–3–2–1 || |- |7||October 19, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||1–3–2–1 || |- |8||October 21, 2000||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||1–3–3–1 || |- |9||October 26, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||1–4–3–1 || |- |10||October 27, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||1–5–3–1 || |- |11||October 29, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||1–5–4–1 || |- |12||October 31, 2000||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||2–5–4–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 12, 2001 || 1–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 14, 2001 || 1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 16, 2001 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 18, 2001 || 4–3 OT || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 21, 2001 || 1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 23, 2001 || 3–4 OT || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins win 4–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
77	C	81	13	69	82	−9	28	6	0	0	0	−4	0
12	RW	82	45	36	81	8	60	6	2	0	2	−2	2
55	D	76	19	38	57	12	70	6	1	3	4	0	2
10	RW	73	15	33	48	11	6	6	0	1	1	−2	2
22	LW	82	24	23	47	8	87	6	2	3	5	−1	14
11	C	80	21	21	42	13	60	6	2	3	5	0	17
13	C	81	13	25	38	9	34	6	0	0	0	−3	2
6	D	76	7	29	36	11	26	6	1	2	3	−4	2
44	RW	62	16	19	35	−2	61
8	RW	43	10	19	29	−8	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
17	LW	60	10	10	20	−12	109	6	0	1	1	−2	4
3	D	68	7	11	18	−3	18	5	0	0	0	−1	2
38	C	39	5	13	18	0	26
14	RW	69	7	7	14	4	48	6	0	0	0	−1	2
29	D	74	2	9	11	14	77	4	0	0	0	−1	4
15	D	36	3	5	8	−7	6
19	D	72	3	3	6	2	101	6	2	0	2	−5	12
2	D	54	2	4	6	−5	60	6	0	1	1	0	8
23	C	61	2	4	6	3	35	5	0	0	0	0	2
21	LW	42	1	5	6	−3	4
20	C	15	1	5	6	−2	10	1	0	0	0	−1	0
9	RW	14	1	5	6	−5	20
26	C	22	2	3	5	3	17
16	RW	12	3	1	4	2	8	6	0	4	4	−3	14
24	D	29	0	4	4	0	55	6	0	0	0	−1	0
25	C	12	0	3	3	0	8
9	C	12	1	1	2	−4	7	6	0	0	0	1	2
37	G	72	0	2	2		14	6	0	0	0		0
27	LW	22	0	1	1	−3	18
1	G	12	0	1	1		0
16	C	4	0	0	0	−2	2
34	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
30	G	1	0	0	0		0
28	D	5	0	0	0	−1	17
74	RW	5	0	0	0	0	29
28	LW	10	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
37	Olaf Kolzig	72	37	26	8	1941	177	2.48	.909	5	4279	6	2	4	153	14	2.24	.908	1	375
1	Craig Billington	12	3	5	2	317	27	2.45	.915	0	660	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Corey Hirsch	1	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	1.000	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2001-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Sergei Gonchar
NHL Player of the Week	Olaf Kolzig (December 18)
Adam Oates (December 27)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Kris Beech	October 6, 2000
Jakub Cutta
Matt Pettinger	November 24, 2000
Calle Johansson	March 19, 2001

Transactions

The Capitals 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 Washington Capitals	To [Calgary Flames](2000-01-calgary-flames-season)	title=A Complete Recap Of Draft Weekend	url=http://www.portlandpirates.com/newsroom/00062601.htm	website=Portland Pirates	access-date=May 11, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210022300fw_/http://www.portlandpirates.com/newsroom/00062601.htm	archive-date=December 10, 2000	date=June 26, 2000}}
To Washington Capitals	To [Los Angeles Kings](2000-01-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2000-01-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [San Jose Sharks](2000-01-san-jose-sharks-season)
To Washington Capitals	To Chicago Blackhawks	title=TransactionsBaseballBraves: Claimed C Paul Bako off waivers...	url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-07-22-0007220041-story.html	website=Baltimore Sun	access-date=May 11, 2023	date=July 22, 2000	quote=Capitals: Traded D Nolan Baumgartner to Blackhawks for D Remi Royer. Signed D Todd Rohloff.}}
To Washington Capitals	To [St. Louis Blues](2000-01-st-louis-blues-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2000-01-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [New York Islanders](2000-01-new-york-islanders-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Nashville Predators](2000-01-nashville-predators-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Florida Panthers](2000-01-florida-panthers-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Montreal Canadiens](2000-01-montreal-canadiens-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2000-01-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	title=SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 13+ - UPI Archives	url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/03/14/SPORTS-TRANSACTIONS-FOR-TUESDAY-MARCH-13/1429984546000/	website=UPI	access-date=May 11, 2023	date=March 13, 2001	quote=Washington Capitals -- Acquired center Trevor Linden, right wing Dainius Zubrus and a 2001 second-round pick from the Montreal Canadiens for right wing Richard Zednik, center Jan Bulis and a 2001 first-round pick; acquired defenseman Jason Marshall from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for defenseman Alexei Tezikov and a 2001 fourth-round pick; acquired defenseman Dean Melanson from the Philadelphia Flyers for center Matt Herr}}
To Washington Capitals	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2000-01-philadelphia-flyers-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Sylvain Cote
Craig Berube
Mark Murphy
Stefan Ustorf
Todd Rohloff
Stephane Richer
Corey Hirsch
Martin Hlinka

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Barrie Moore
Oleg Orekhovsky
Trevor Halverson
Michal Pivonka
Jim McKenzie
Steve Poapst
Jeff Toms
Martin Brochu
Stephane Richer
Joe Murphy
David Emma

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Patrick Boileau
Joe Sacco
Joe Murphy
Craig Billington
Andrei Nikolishin
Sebastien Charpentier
Matt Herr
Mike Peluso
Rob Zettler
Michal Sivek
Brendan Witt
Ken Klee
Jan Bulis
Ryan Van Buskirk
Jakub Cutta
Kris Beech
Matt Pettinger
Sergei Gonchar
Chris Simon
Steve Konowalchuk
Peter Bondra
Kyle Clark
Ross Lupaschuk
Chris Corrinet
Roman Tvrdon
Nolan Yonkman

Draft picks

Washington'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	26	Brian Sutherby	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	43	Matt Pettinger	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	61	Jakub Cutta	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4	121	Ryan Van Buskirk	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	163	Ivan Nepryaev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
9	289	Bjorn Nord	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)

Notes

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