2000–01 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2000–01 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 34th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club made it to the playoffs, defeating Detroit in the first round before losing to Colorado in the second round.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs The Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to two in the first round after being down 0–2. This was LA's first playoff series win since defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1993 Campbell Conference Finals. However, they would lose to former captain Rob Blake and the Colorado Avalanche in seven games in the second round, as Colorado would go on to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||October 6, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||1–0–0–0 ||

|2||October 7, 2000||3–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||1–1–0–0 ||

|3||October 9, 2000||7–1 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||2–1–0–0 ||

|4||October 11, 2000||4–4 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||2–1–1–0 ||

|5||October 13, 2000||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||3–1–1–0 ||

|6||October 15, 2000||5–6 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||3–2–1–0 ||

|7||October 17, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||3–2–2–0 ||

|8||October 19, 2000||1–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||3–3–2–0 ||

|9||October 21, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||3–4–2–0 ||

|10||October 23, 2000||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||4–4–2–0 ||

|11||October 25, 2000||6–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||5–4–2–0 ||

|12||October 28, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||5–5–2–0 ||

|13||October 31, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||5–6–2–0 ||

|14||November 2, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||6–6–2–0 ||

|15||November 4, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||7–6–2–0 ||

|16||November 5, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2000–01) ||8–6–2–0 ||

|17||November 7, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||8–6–3–0 ||

|18||November 9, 2000||2–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||9–6–3–0 ||

|19||November 11, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||9–6–4–0 ||

|20||November 16, 2000||5–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||10–6–4–0 ||

|21||November 18, 2000||6–4 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||11–6–4–0 ||

|22||November 23, 2000||1–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||11–7–4–0 ||

|23||November 25, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||11–7–5–0 ||

|24||November 26, 2000||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||11–7–6–0 ||

|25||November 28, 2000||6–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||11–8–6–0 ||

|26||December 2, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||12–8–6–0 ||

|27||December 3, 2000||0–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||12–9–6–0 ||

|28||December 7, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||13–9–6–0 ||

|29||December 9, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||14–9–6–0 ||

|30||December 10, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||15–9–6–0 ||

|31||December 14, 2000||5–5 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2000–01) ||15–9–7–0 ||

|32||December 16, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||15–10–7–0 ||

|33||December 19, 2000||6–7 OT|| align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||15–10–7–1 ||

|34||December 21, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||15–11–7–1 ||

|35||December 22, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||15–12–7–1 ||

|36||December 26, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||15–13–7–1 ||

|37||December 28, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||16–13–7–1 ||

|38||December 29, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||17–13–7–1 ||

|39||December 31, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||17–14–7–1 ||

|40||January 2, 2001||2–6 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||17–15–7–1 ||

|41||January 4, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||17–16–7–1 ||

|42||January 6, 2001||5–0 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||18–16–7–1 ||

|43||January 11, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||19–16–7–1 ||

|44||January 13, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||19–17–7–1 ||

|45||January 16, 2001||7–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||20–17–7–1 ||

|46||January 17, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||21–17–7–1 ||

|47||January 20, 2001||6–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||22–17–7–1 ||

|48||January 22, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||22–18–7–1 ||

|49||January 25, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||22–19–7–1 ||

|50||January 27, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||22–20–7–1 ||

|51||January 30, 2001||8–0 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||23–20–7–1 ||

|52||February 1, 2001||4–6 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||23–21–7–1 ||

|53||February 6, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||23–21–8–1 ||

|54||February 8, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||24–21–8–1 ||

|55||February 10, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||24–22–8–1 ||

|56||February 12, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||24–23–8–1 ||

|57||February 14, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||24–24–8–1 ||

|58||February 16, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||25–24–8–1 ||

|59||February 18, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||25–25–8–1 ||

|60||February 20, 2001||0–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||25–26–8–1 ||

|61||February 22, 2001||2–0 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||26–26–8–1 ||

|62||February 24, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||27–26–8–1 ||

|63||February 27, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||28–26–8–1 ||

|64||March 1, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||28–26–9–1 ||

|65||March 3, 2001||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||29–26–9–1 ||

|66||March 4, 2001||0–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||29–27–9–1 ||

|67||March 6, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||30–27–9–1 ||

|68||March 8, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||31–27–9–1 ||

|69||March 10, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||31–27–10–1 ||

|70||March 14, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||32–27–10–1 ||

|71||March 17, 2001||1–0 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||33–27–10–1 ||

|72||March 19, 2001||6–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||34–27–10–1 ||

|73||March 21, 2001||0–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||34–28–10–1 ||

|74||March 24, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||34–28–11–1 ||

|75||March 26, 2001||0–0 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||34–28–12–1 ||

|76||March 27, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||34–28–12–2 ||

|77||March 29, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||35–28–12–2 ||

|78||March 31, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||36–28–12–2 ||

|79||April 2, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||37–28–12–2 ||

|80||April 3, 2001||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||37–28–13–2 ||

|81||April 5, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||37–28–13–3 ||

|82||April 7, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||38–28–13–3 ||

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 11, 2001 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 1–0 ||

| 2 || April 14, 2001 || 0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 2–0 ||

| 3 || April 15, 2001 || 2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 2–1 ||

| 4 || April 18, 2001 || 4–3 OT || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Series tied 2–2 ||

| 5 || April 21, 2001 || 3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Kings lead 3–2 ||

| 6 || April 23, 2001 || 3–2 OT || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Kings win 4–2 ||

|1||April 26, 2001||4–3 OT || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Kings lead 1–0 ||

|2||April 28, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Series tied 1–1 ||

|3||April 30, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 2–1 ||

|4||May 2, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 3–1 ||

|5||May 4, 2001||1–0 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 3–2 ||

|6||May 6, 2001||1–0 2OT || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Series tied 3–3 ||

|7||May 8, 2001||1–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche win 4–3 ||

Legend:

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 Kings only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. Player Regular season Playoffs 33 RW 73 38 51 89 22 20 13 3 5 8 0 8 20 LW 82 37 51 88 10 66 13 4 3 7 1 10 21 C 78 27 32 59 10 40 13 1 5 6 −1 14 15 C 63 16 39 55 20 14 13 3 5 8 1 10 10 D 73 16 35 51 0 56 13 0 9 9 4 10 4 D 54 17 32 49 −8 69 27 RW 64 18 21 39 9 32 13 4 3 7 −1 4 17 D 81 7 32 39 16 36 8 0 0 0 −1 0 28 C 59 12 17 29 11 12 7 RW 78 11 11 22 −13 54 13 2 2 4 1 4 25 C 62 9 12 21 14 16 13 1 4 5 3 2 9 RW 82 6 14 20 −10 75 8 1 0 1 −1 2 44 D 63 4 15 19 16 48 10 1 0 1 −1 4 22 RW 79 8 10 18 5 141 13 1 2 3 1 12 14 D 82 0 18 18 10 60 13 0 2 2 −4 18 19 C 58 4 6 10 −12 18 23 LW 26 4 5 9 0 16 8 D 56 2 7 9 8 38 13 0 0 0 −7 18 28 RW 18 4 2 6 3 4 13 3 3 6 0 4 43 D 22 2 4 6 4 20 13 0 1 1 1 2 32 LW 72 3 2 5 −2 235 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 D 13 0 5 5 3 14 13 0 1 1 4 6 51 RW 24 3 1 4 0 9 12 1 0 1 −1 4 11 C 17 1 3 4 −8 10 17 C 10 1 3 4 4 2 5 D 47 0 4 4 3 43 39 G 23 0 3 3 2 13 0 0 0 4 29 C 4 1 0 1 −2 2 11 C 11 1 0 1 0 4 8 0 0 0 −1 2 12 RW 11 0 1 1 1 4 26 D 2 0 0 0 −3 0 35 G 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 D 2 0 0 0 −2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 C 10 0 0 0 −3 6 31 G 14 0 0 0 0 45 G 1 0 0 0 0 1 G 45 0 0 0 4

Goaltending = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. Player Regular season Playoffs 1 Jamie Storr 45 19 18 6 1131 114 2.74 .899 4 2498 — — — — — — — — — 39 Felix Potvin 23 13 5 5 571 46 1.96 .919 5 1410 13 7 6 361 33 2.44 .909 2 812 35 Stephane Fiset 7 3 0 1 129 19 3.58 .853 0 318 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 31 Steve Passmore 14 3 8 1 310 37 3.09 .881 1 718 — — — — — — — — — 45 Travis Scott 1 0 0 0 10 3 7.20 .700 0 25 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(annual) NHL All-Rookie Team Lubomir Visnovsky (Defense) NHL Second All-Star Team Rob Blake (Defense) Luc Robitaille (Left wing) League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Rob Blake Zigmund Palffy Luc Robitaille NHL Player of the Week Felix Potvin (April 2) Team Best Newcomer Lubomir Visnovsky Bill Libby Memorial Award Luc Robitaille Defensive Player Mattias Norstrom Jim Fox Community Service Kelly Buchberger Stu Grimson Leading Scorer Zigmund Palffy Most Inspirational Ian Laperriere Most Popular Player Ian Laperriere Outstanding Defenseman Mattias Norstrom Unsung Hero Jaroslav Modry

Milestones