2000–01 New York Islanders season

The 2000–01 New York Islanders season was the 29th season in the franchise's history. The team missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

2000–01 New York Islanders
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2000–01 record	21–51–7–3
Home record	12–27–1–1
Road record	9–24–6–2
Goals for	185
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Butch Goring (Oct.–Mar.) Lorne Henning (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Kenny Jonsson (Oct.–Nov.) Vacant (Nov.–Apr.)
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	11,332 (69.5%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves Springfield Falcons Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Mariusz Czerkawski (30)
Assists	Mariusz Czerkawski (32)
Points	Mariusz Czerkawski (62)
Penalty minutes	Zdeno Chara (157)
Plus/minus	Kevin Haller (+5)
Wins	John Vanbiesbrouck (10)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.01)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Off-season

Regular season

Defenseman Kenny Jonsson resigned the captaincy on November 18; the role was left vacant for the rest of the season.^[1]

Head coach Butch Goring was fired on March 4 and replaced by Lorne Henning on an interim basis through the end of the season.^[2]

The Islanders finished the regular season as the most penalized team in the NHL, with 445 power-play opportunities against.^[3]

Final standings

Atlantic Division^[4]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
3	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
5	15	New York Islanders	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

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.

Eastern Conference^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched conference; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	82	30	32	62	−24	48
4	Roman Hamrlik	D	76	16	30	46	−20	92
38	Dave Scatchard	C	81	21	24	45	−9	114
18	Tim Connolly	C	82	10	31	41	−14	42
15	Brad Isbister	LW	51	18	14	32	−19	59
13	Claude Lapointe	LW	80	9	23	32	−2	56
27	Mark Parrish	RW	70	17	13	30	−27	28
29	Kenny Jonsson	D	65	8	21	29	−22	30
11	Bill Muckalt	RW	60	11	15	26	−4	33
12	Oleg Kvasha	C	62	11	9	20	−15	46
28	Garry Galley	D	56	6	14	20	−4	59
17	Taylor Pyatt	LW	78	4	14	18	−17	39
14	Jason Blake†	C	30	4	8	12	−12	24
3	Zdeno Chara	D	82	2	7	9	−27	157
32	Aris Brimanis	D	56	0	8	8	−12	26
25	Juraj Kolnik	RW	29	4	3	7	−8	12
24	Mark Lawrence	RW	36	3	4	7	−9	32
10	Mats Lindgren	C	20	3	4	7	4	10
26	Jeff Toms‡	C	39	2	4	6	−7	10
7	Kevin Haller	D	30	1	5	6	5	56
2	Branislav Mezei	D	42	1	4	5	−5	53
14	Mike Stapleton‡	C	34	1	4	5	−5	2
33	Eric Cairns	D	45	2	2	4	−18	106
37	Steve Martins†	C	39	1	3	4	−7	20
8	Jason Krog	C	9	0	3	3	4	0
16	Craig Berube†	LW	38	0	2	2	−5	54
1	Rick DiPietro	G	20	0	2	2		6
39	Ray Schultz	D	13	0	2	2	−1	40
20[a]	Steve Webb	RW	31	0	2	2	1	35
6	Mathieu Biron	D	14	0	1	1	2	12
51	Anders Myrvold	D	12	0	1	1	−2	0
44	Jesse Belanger	C	12	0	0	0	−5	2
30	Wade Flaherty‡	G	20	0	0	0		2
36	Evgeny Korolev	D	8	0	0	0	0	6
49[b]	Robert Petrovicky	C	11	0	0	0	−1	4
30	Chris Terreri†	G	8	0	0	0		2
34	John Vanbiesbrouck‡	G	44	0	0	0		8

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	John Vanbiesbrouck‡	44	10	25	5	1177	120	3.01	.898	1	2390
30	Wade Flaherty‡	20	6	10	0	470	56	3.30	.881	1	1017
1	Rick DiPietro	20	3	15	1	515	63	3.49	.878	0	1083
30	Chris Terreri†	8	2	4	1	205	18	2.44	.912	0	443

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
Team	Bob Nystrom Award	Dave Scatchard	[7]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Taylor Pyatt	October 6, 2000	[8]
	Branislav Mezei	November 18, 2000
	Juraj Kolnik	December 29, 2000
	Rick DiPietro	January 27, 2001

Transactions

The Islanders 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.^[9]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To New York Islanders 1st-round pick in 2000 4th-round pick in 2000 Islanders’ 7th-round pick in 2000	To Tampa Bay Lightning Kevin Weekes Rights to Kristian Kudroc 2nd-round pick in 2001	[10]
	To New York Islanders Oleg Kvasha Mark Parrish	To Florida Panthers Olli Jokinen Roberto Luongo	[10]
	To New York Islanders Roman Hamrlik	To Edmonton Oilers Eric Brewer Josh Green 2nd-round pick in 2000	[11]
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To New York Islanders John Vanbiesbrouck[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2001	[13]
November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)	To New York Islanders 9th-round pick in 2001	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Trebil	[14]
December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)	To New York Islanders Sean Pronger	To Boston Bruins Future considerations	[15]
December 28, 2000 (2000-12-28)	To New York Islanders 9th-round pick in 2001	To Vancouver Canucks Mike Stapleton	[16]
January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03)	To New York Islanders Jason Blake	To Los Angeles Kings Conditional draft pick[d]	[17]
January 4, 2001 (2001-01-04)	To New York Islanders Steve Martins	To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional draft pick	[18]
January 11, 2001 (2001-01-11)	To New York Islanders Craig Berube	To Washington Capitals Vancouver's 9th-round pick in 2001	[19]
February 16, 2001 (2001-02-16)	To New York Islanders Conditional draft pick	To Tampa Bay Lightning Wade Flaherty	[20]
March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)	To New York Islanders Chris Terreri 9th-round pick in 2001	To New Jersey Devils John Vanbiesbrouck	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2000 (2000-07-03)	Kevin Haller	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	3-year	Free agency	[22]
	Mike Stapleton	Atlanta Thrashers	2-year	Free agency	[22]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Jesse Belanger	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	[23]
	Robert Petrovicky	Tampa Bay Lightning		Free agency	[23]
	Jeff Toms	Washington Capitals		Free agency	[23]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Dan Trebil	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[24]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Anders Myrvold	AIK IF (SHL)		Free agency	[25]
September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)	Garry Galley	Los Angeles Kings	1-year[e]	Free agency	[26]
December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22)	Marco Charpentier	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)		Free agency	[27]
	David St. Germain	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)		Free agency	[27]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[f]	Ref
June 12, 2000 (2000-06-12)	Vladimir Chebaturkin	St. Louis Blues	Free agency	[29]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Ted Drury	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	[30]
	Ian Herbers	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	[30]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	Chris Ferraro	New Jersey Devils	Free agency	[31]
August 7, 2000 (2000-08-07)	Raymond Giroux	HIFK Hockey (Liiga)	Free agency (II)[g]	[32]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Vladimir Orszagh	Djurgardens IF (SHL)	Free agency	[33]
August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)	Niklas Andersson	Calgary Flames	Free agency	[34]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Johan Davidsson	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
September 17, 2000 (2000-09-17)	Dmitri Nabokov	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)[h]	Release (II)	[37]
October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27)	Jamie Rivers	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[38]
December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09)	Daniel Lacroix	Newcastle Jesters (BISL)	Free agency	[39]
January 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)	Jeff Toms	New York Rangers	Waivers	[40]
April 17, 2001 (2001-04-17)	Jesse Belanger	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds (NLB)	Free agency	[41]
May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)	Sean Pronger	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waivers	[42]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	Rick DiPietro	3-year	Entry-level	[43]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Aris Brimanis		Re-signing	[24]
	Ray Schultz		Re-signing	[24]
August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03)	Taylor Pyatt		Entry-level	[44]
August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)	Juraj Kolnik	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Branislav Mezei	3-year	Entry-level	[46]
September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01)	Kenny Jonsson	1-year	Re-signing	[47]
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)	Roman Hamrlik	4-year	Re-signing	[48]
September 10, 2000 (2000-09-10)	Zdeno Chara	1-year	Re-signing	[49]
	Brad Isbister	1-year	Re-signing	[49]
February 6, 2001 (2001-02-06)	Raffi Torres	3-year	Entry-level	[50]

Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[51]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	1	Rick DiPietro	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
1	5	Raffi Torres	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	101	Arto Tukio	Finland	Ilves (Finland)
4	105	Vladimir Gorbunov	Russia	HC Moscow (Russia)
5	136	Dmitri Upper	Kazakhstan	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
5	148	Kristofer Ottosson	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
7	202	Ryan Caldwell	Canada	Thunder Bay Flyers (TBJHL)
9	264	Dimitri Altaryov	Russia	Dizel Penza (Russia)
9	267	Tomi Pettinen	Finland	Ilves (Finland)

See also

• 2000–01 NHL season

Notes

1. Webb wore number 8 in his first 15 games.
2. After wearing number 49 in his first game, Petrovicky wore number 39 in his next nine games before switching back.
3. The Flyers agreed to pay $1.25 million of Vanbiesbrouck's $3.5 million salary for the 2000–01 season.^[12]
4. 5th-round pick in 2002.
5. Club option for a second year.
6. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[28]
7. The Islanders retained Giroux's NHL rights and re-signed him for the 2001–02 season.
8. Nabokov played for HC Lada Togliatti in 2000–01.^[36]