2000–01 San Jose Sharks season
The 2000–01 San Jose Sharks season was the team's tenth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The campaign saw the Sharks win 40 games for the first time in franchise history. In so doing, the team set a new franchise record for points (95) and clinched a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season.
2000–01 San Jose Sharks | |
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Division | 2nd Pacific |
Conference | 5th Western |
2000–01 record | 40–27–12–3 |
Home record | 22–14–4–1 |
Road record | 18–13–8–2 |
Goals for | 217 |
Goals against | 192 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dean Lombardi |
Coach | Darryl Sutter |
Captain | Owen Nolan |
Arena | San Jose Arena |
Average attendance | 17,468 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Kentucky Thoroughblades New Orleans Brass |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrick Marleau (25) |
Assists | Niklas Sundstrom (39) |
Points | Patrick Marleau (52) |
Penalty minutes | Bryan Marchment (204) |
Plus/minus | Vincent Damphousse (+17) |
Wins | Evgeni Nabokov (32) |
Goals against average | Evgeni Nabokov (2.19) |
During the off-season, general manager Dean Lombardi sought to add depth to the Sharks' offense. In addition to retaining nearly all of the prior season's players, Lombardi traded for forward Niklas Sundstrom and signed gritty right winger Scott Thornton. These moves paid dividends immediately, as the Sharks' offense continued to function well despite injuries to key forwards Owen Nolan and Vincent Damphousse. The Sharks also benefited from the strong play of Patrick Marleau, who set career highs in goals (25), assists (27), and points (52) in his fourth season with the team. The Sharks' defense also improved behind the quality play of Gary Suter, Brad Stuart and Scott Hannan.
The 2000–01 regular season is also remembered for the emergence of second-year goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. While Nabokov had been impressive in limited action one season earlier, he remained the backup to starter Steve Shields. However, an early-season ankle injury to Shields forced Nabokov into a starting role. With Nabokov as their starter, the Sharks raced out to a 9–2–2 start. By the time Shields returned from his injury, Nabokov was fully entrenched as starting goaltender. Nabokov was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy at the end of the season for his play.
Late in the 2000–01 season, the team traded Shields and struggling star Jeff Friesen to Anaheim for superstar forward Teemu Selanne. In making the trade, the Sharks sought to establish themselves as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders for the first time in franchise history. While Selanne played well in limited action, the Sharks' aspirations proved premature. In the first round of the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs, the team was defeated by the St. Louis Blues in six games.
Off-season
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 48 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 241 | 187 | 106 |
2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 192 | 95 |
3 | 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 252 | 228 | 92 |
4 | 9 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 35 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 214 | 212 | 90 |
5 | 15 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 188 | 245 | 66 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 6–2–1–0 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 4–1–0–0)
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November: 9–3–1–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
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December: 7–4–3–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 5–2–1–0)
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January: 7–5–3–0 (home: 4–5–1–0; road: 3–0–2–0)
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February: 5–5–2–0 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 2–4–2–0)
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March: 3–8–2–2 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 0–4–2–2)
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April: 3–0–0–1 (home: 2–0–0–1; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) St. Louis Blues: Blues win 4–2
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Legend:
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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 Sharks only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
14 | Patrick Marleau | C | 81 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Owen Nolan | RW | 57 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 8 |
24 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 82 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 45 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 17 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 14 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 81 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Scott Thornton | LW | 73 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 114 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
39 | Jeff Friesen![]() | LW | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 68 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Marco Sturm | LW | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
32 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 80 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Alexander Korolyuk | LW | 70 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Brad Stuart | D | 77 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Todd Harvey | RW | 69 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
27 | Bryan Marchment | D | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 204 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
22 | Scott Hannan | D | 75 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
10 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 68 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
8 | Teemu Selanne![]() | RW | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
40 | Mike Rathje | D | 81 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Tony Granato | RW | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
23 | Shawn Heins | D | 38 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
26 | Jim Montgomery | C | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Mark Smith | C | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Bill Lindsay![]() | RW | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
44 | Matt Bradley | RW | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Bobby Dollas![]() ![]() | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Evgeni Nabokov | G | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | Jeff Norton![]() | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
34 | Miikka Kiprusoff | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | Paul Kruse | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Mikael Samuelsson | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Steve Shields![]() | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Evgeni Nabokov | 66 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 1582 | 135 | 2.19 | .915 | 6 | 3700 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 103 | 10 | 2.75 | .903 | 1 | 218 |
31 | Steve Shields![]() | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 531 | 47 | 2.48 | .911 | 2 | 1135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 1.95 | .902 | 0 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 2.01 | .937 | 0 | 149 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Calder Memorial Trophy | Evgeni Nabokov | [4] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Evgeni Nabokov (Goaltender) | [5] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Vincent Damphousse[lower-alpha 1] | [7] |
Evgeni Nabokov | |||
Marcus Ragnarsson | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Evgeni Nabokov (January 29) | [8] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Evgeni Nabokov (November) | [9] | |
Evgeni Nabokov (December) | [9] | ||
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Evgeni Nabokov | [10] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Evgeni Nabokov | [10] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th point | Vincent Damphousse | October 14, 2000 | [11] |
1,000th game played | Gary Suter | October 25, 2000 | [12] |
600th assist | Gary Suter | January 6, 2001 | [13] |
Draft picks
San Jose's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Canadian Airlines Saddledome in Calgary on June 24–25, 2000.[14]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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2 | 41 | Tero Maatta | Defense | ![]() |
Jokerit Jr. (Finland) |
4 | 104 | Jon DiSalvatore | Right Wing | ![]() |
Providence College (NCAA) |
5 | 142 | Michal Pinc | Center | ![]() |
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
5 | 166 | Nolan Schaefer | Goalie | ![]() |
Providence College (NCAA) |
6 | 183 | Michal Macho | Center | ![]() |
HC Martin |
8 | 246 | Chad Wiseman | Left Wing | ![]() |
Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) |
8 | 256 | Pasi Saarinen | Defense | ![]() |
Ilves (Finland) |
See also
Notes
- Damphousse did not play and was replaced by Simon Gagne of the Philadelphia Flyers.[6]
References
- "San Jose Sharks 2000-01 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- "2000-01 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- "2000-2001 Division Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- "2000-2001 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- "2000-01 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- "Calder Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- "NHL - Detailed North America roster". ESPN.com. January 16, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2001". NHL.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- "NHL NOTEBOOK Penguins' Tibbetts hit with 4-game suspension". New Haven Register. January 30, 2001. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
SHARKS: San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov was named the NHL Player of the Week after going undefeated in three games.
- "Nabokov nabs rookie of the month award". CBC.ca. January 2, 2001. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
- "San Jose 5, Boston 2 - UPI Archives". UPI. October 15, 2000. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
Vincent Damphousse became the 58th player ever to reach 1,000 points
- Cooper, Tony (October 26, 2000). "Nabokov Cool Under Fire, Sharks Finish Road Trip 4-1". SFGATE. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
Defenseman Gary Suter, playing in his 1,000th NHL game
- "Suter re-signs with Sharks - UPI Archives". UPI. August 15, 2001. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
He posted his 600th career assist on Jan. 6 against Florida.
- "2000 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 19, 2023.