2000–01 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2000–01 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 31st in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1996, but lost in the first round in a four-game sweep to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.

2000–01 Vancouver Canucks
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	8th Western
2000–01 record	36–28–11–7
Home record	21–12–5–3
Road record	15–16–6–4
Goals for	239
Goals against	238
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Markus Naslund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	17,712[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Kansas City Blades (IHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (41)
Assists	Andrew Cassels (44)
Points	Markus Naslund (75)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (145)
Plus/minus	Jason Strudwick (+16)
Wins	Bob Essensa (18)
Goals against average	Dan Cloutier (2.43)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Offseason

Markus Naslund became the captain after Mark Messier signed with the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division^[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season[4]
October: 6–2–2–1 (home: 3–1–1–1; road: 3–1–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 5, 2000 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 0–1–0–0 L 2 October 6, 2000 4–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 1–1–0–0 W 3 October 8, 2000 5–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 2–1–0–0 W 4 October 12, 2000 2–5 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 2–2–0–0 L 5 October 14, 2000 4–0 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 3–2–0–0 W 6 October 16, 2000 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 4–2–0–0 W 7 October 18, 2000 4–1 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 5–2–0–0 W 8 October 21, 2000 2–3 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 5–2–0–1 OTL 9 October 24, 2000 4–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 5–2–1–1 T 10 October 25, 2000 6–2 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 6–2–1–1 W 11 October 27, 2000 1–1 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 6–2–2–1 T
November: 7–6–1–1 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–3–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 November 1, 2000 4–3 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 7–2–2–1 W 13 November 3, 2000 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 7–3–2–1 L 14 November 5, 2000 2–2 OT San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 7–3–3–1 T 15 November 8, 2000 7–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 8–3–3–1 W 16 November 9, 2000 0–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 8–4–3–1 L 17 November 11, 2000 2–5 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 8–5–3–1 L 18 November 14, 2000 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 9–5–3–1 W 19 November 17, 2000 4–3 New York Rangers (2000–01) 10–5–3–1 W 20 November 19, 2000 6–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 11–5–3–1 W 21 November 21, 2000 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 12–5–3–1 W 22 November 22, 2000 2–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 12–5–3–2 OTL 23 November 24, 2000 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 12–6–3–2 L 24 November 26, 2000 2–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 12–7–3–2 L 25 November 28, 2000 4–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 13–7–3–2 W 26 November 30, 2000 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 13–8–3–2 L
December: 6–3–1–2 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–2–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 27 December 2, 2000 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 14–8–3–2 W 28 December 4, 2000 6–3 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 15–8–3–2 W 29 December 6, 2000 1–1 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 15–8–4–2 T 30 December 8, 2000 6–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 16–8–4–2 W 31 December 10, 2000 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 16–9–4–2 L 32 December 16, 2000 4–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 17–9–4–2 W 33 December 20, 2000 2–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 17–9–4–3 OTL 34 December 21, 2000 4–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 17–10–4–3 L 35 December 23, 2000 2–3 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 17–10–4–4 OTL 36 December 27, 2000 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 18–10–4–4 W 37 December 29, 2000 0–5 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 18–11–4–4 L 38 December 30, 2000 6–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 19–11–4–4 W
January: 8–7–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 3–4–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 39 January 1, 2001 5–2 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 20–11–4–4 W 40 January 3, 2001 0–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 20–12–4–4 L 41 January 6, 2001 4–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 21–12–4–4 W 42 January 8, 2001 2–1 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 22–12–4–4 W 43 January 10, 2001 1–5 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 22–13–4–4 L 44 January 12, 2001 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 23–13–4–4 W 45 January 14, 2001 5–1 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 24–13–4–4 W 46 January 16, 2001 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 24–14–4–4 L 47 January 18, 2001 3–7 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 24–15–4–4 L 48 January 20, 2001 0–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 24–16–4–4 L 49 January 22, 2001 1–2 @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 24–17–4–4 L 50 January 24, 2001 6–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 25–17–4–4 W 51 January 27, 2001 5–3 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 26–17–4–4 W 52 January 28, 2001 2–6 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 26–18–4–4 L 53 January 30, 2001 3–2 OT Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 27–18–4–4 W
February: 6–3–1–1 (home: 3–1–1–1; road: 3–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 February 1, 2001 5–3 Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 28–18–4–4 W 55 February 8, 2001 0–0 OT San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 28–18–5–4 T 56 February 10, 2001 1–4 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 28–19–5–4 L 57 February 14, 2001 3–4 OT Washington Capitals (2000–01) 28–19–5–5 OTL 58 February 17, 2001 6–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 29–19–5–5 W 59 February 18, 2001 3–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 30–19–5–5 W 60 February 21, 2001 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 31–19–5–5 W 61 February 22, 2001 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 31–20–5–5 L 62 February 24, 2001 0–3 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 31–21–5–5 L 63 February 26, 2001 5–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 32–21–5–5 W 64 February 28, 2001 5–4 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 33–21–5–5 W
March: 2–4–6–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 1–2–4–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 March 2, 2001 3–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 34–21–5–5 W 66 March 4, 2001 3–4 OT Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 34–21–5–6 OTL 67 March 6, 2001 3–4 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 34–22–5–6 L 68 March 8, 2001 2–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 34–22–5–7 OTL 69 March 10, 2001 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 34–22–6–7 T 70 March 13, 2001 2–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 34–22–7–7 T 71 March 15, 2001 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 34–22–8–7 T 72 March 16, 2001 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 34–23–8–7 L 73 March 18, 2001 5–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 35–23–8–7 W 74 March 21, 2001 1–1 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 35–23–9–7 T 75 March 23, 2001 0–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 35–24–9–7 L 76 March 25, 2001 2–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 35–24–10–7 T 77 March 28, 2001 1–3 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 35–25–10–7 L 78 March 30, 2001 2–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 35–25–11–7 T
April: 1–3–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 79 April 1, 2001 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 35–26–11–7 L 80 April 2, 2001 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 35–27–11–7 L 81 April 5, 2001 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 36–27–11–7 W 82 April 7, 2001 2–4 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 36–28–11–7 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Colorado Avalanche: Avalanche win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 12, 2001 4–5 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 1–0 L 2 April 14, 2001 1–2 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–0 L 3 April 16, 2001 3–4 OT Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 3–0 L 4 April 18, 2001 1–5 Colorado Avalanche Avalanche win 4–0 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

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 Canucks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Markus Naslund	RW	72	41	34	75	−2	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Andrew Cassels	C	66	12	44	56	1	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Todd Bertuzzi	LW	79	25	30	55	−18	93	4	2	2	4	1	8
7	Brendan Morrison	C	82	16	38	54	2	42	4	1	2	3	−2	0
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	79	12	35	47	−1	102	4	1	1	2	−5	0
72	Peter Schaefer	LW	82	16	20	36	4	22	3	0	0	0	−3	0
22	Daniel Sedin	C	75	20	14	34	−3	24	4	1	2	3	−1	0
26	Trent Klatt	RW	77	13	20	33	8	31	4	3	0	3	−3	0
15	Harold Druken	C	55	15	15	30	2	14	4	0	1	1	−5	0
33	Henrik Sedin	LW	82	9	20	29	−2	38	4	0	4	4	1	0
8	Donald Brashear	LW	79	9	19	28	0	145	4	0	0	0	−2	0
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	65	8	20	28	−16	46	4	1	3	4	−5	6
24	Matt Cooke	RW	81	14	13	27	5	94	4	0	0	0	−3	4
6	Adrian Aucoin‡	D	47	3	13	16	13	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Brent Sopel	D	52	4	10	14	4	10	4	0	0	0	−1	2
14	Scott Lachance	D	76	3	11	14	5	46	2	0	1	1	0	2
20	Denis Pederson	RW	61	4	8	12	0	65	4	0	1	1	−1	4
23	Murray Baron	D	82	3	8	11	−13	63	4	0	0	0	−4	0
4	Greg Hawgood	D	16	2	5	7	8	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Steve Kariya	LW	17	1	6	7	−1	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Jarkko Ruutu	LW	21	3	3	6	1	32	4	0	1	1	0	8
28	Bryan Helmer	D	20	2	4	6	0	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Jason Strudwick	D	60	1	4	5	16	64	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Mike Stapleton†	C	18	1	2	3	−6	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Drake Berehowsky†	D	14	1	1	2	0	21	4	0	0	0	2	12
29	Felix Potvin‡	G	35	0	2	2		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Josh Holden	C	10	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Bryan Allen	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
27	Mike Brown	LW	1	0	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Artem Chubarov	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Dan Cloutier†	G	16	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
35	Bob Essensa	G	39	0	0	0		4	2	0	0	0		0
43	Pat Kavanagh	RW	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Bob Essensa	39	18	12	3	854	92	2.68	.892	1	2059	2	0	2	58	6	2.95	.897	0	122
29	Felix Potvin‡	35	14	17	3	914	103	3.08	.887	1	2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Dan Cloutier†	16	4	6	5	348	37	2.43	.894	0	914	2	0	2	57	9	4.63	.842	0	117

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ed Jovanovski[a]	[6]
		Markus Naslund
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Ed Jovanovski	[7]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Markus Naslund	[7]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund	[7]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Murray Baron	[8]
	Molson Cup	Markus Naslund	[9]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Markus Naslund	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Daniel Sedin	October 5, 2000	[10]
	Henrik Sedin
	Mike Brown	November 21, 2000
	Bryan Allen	February 26, 2001
	Pat Kavanagh	April 14, 2001	[11]

Transactions

The Canucks 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.^[12]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Brad May	[13]
	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Atlanta Thrashers 2nd-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2001	[12]
December 28, 2000 (2000-12-28)	To Vancouver Canucks Mike Stapleton	To New York Islanders 9th-round pick in 2001	[14]
February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07)	To Vancouver Canucks Dan Cloutier	To Tampa Bay Lightning Adrian Aucoin 2nd-round pick in 2001	[15]
February 15, 2001 (2001-02-15)	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations[b]	To Los Angeles Kings Felix Potvin	[16]
March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09)	To Vancouver Canucks Drake Berehowsky	To Nashville Predators Atlanta’s 2nd-round pick in 2001	[17]
May 31, 2001 (2001-05-31)	To Vancouver Canucks Rights to Alex Auld	To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2001 3rd-round pick in 2002	[18]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Bob Essensa	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	[19]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14)	Scott Lachance	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	[20]
August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21)	Bryan Helmer	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	[21]
	Sean Tallaire	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)		Free agency	[22]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Dody Wood	Kansas City Blades (IHL)		Free agency	[23]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Johan Davidsson	New York Islanders		Free agency	[24]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
N/A	Stewart Bodtker	Trenton Titans (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[26]
	Paul Ferone	Belfast Giants (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	[27]
June 19, 2000 (2000-06-19)	Martin Gendron	Frankfurt Lions (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[28]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Darby Hendrickson	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	[29]
	Stefan Nilsson	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	[29]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01)	Tim Keyes[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
	Harry York[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	[25]
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Brian Bonin	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	[32]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Mark Messier	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	[33]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Chris O'Sullivan	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (VI)	[34]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Chad Allan	St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
October 2000 (2000-10)	Mike Valley	Louisiana IceGators (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[36]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Garth Snow	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[37]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)	Jeff Scissons		Entry-level	[38]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Corey Schwab		Re-signing	[39]
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	Jarkko Ruutu		Re-signing	[40]
August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)	Felix Potvin		Re-signing	[41]
September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01)	Brendan Morrison	2-year	Re-signing	[42]
September 20, 2000 (2000-09-20)	Donald Brashear		Re-signing	[43]
September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	Brent Sopel		Re-signing	[44]
October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)	Trent Klatt	2-year	Extension	[45]
December 6, 2000 (2000-12-06)	Rene Vydareny		Entry-level	[46]
April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26)	Jarkko Ruutu		Extension	[47]
June 1, 2001 (2001-06-01)	Kevin Swanson		Entry-level	[48]

Draft picks

Vancouver's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[49]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Nathan Smith	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	71	Thatcher Bell	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3	93	Tim Branham	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)
5	144	Pavel Duma	Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
7	208	Brandon Reid	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
8	241	Nathan Barrett	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
9	272	Tim Smith	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

Notes

1. Jovanovski was an injury replacement for Chris Pronger of the St. Louis Blues.^[5]
2. 3rd-round pick in 2002
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[25]
4. Keyes retired.^[30]
5. York retired.^[31]