2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's ninth season of operation. The club again failed to make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season for the first time in franchise history.

Regular season After 39 games, the Lightning fired coach Steve Ludzik and replaced him with John Tortorella. Ludzik finished with a record of 12–20–5–2 for the season. Tortorella would have a slightly worse record the rest of the way, finishing 12–27–1–3.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||October 6, 2000||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||0–0–1–0 ||

|2||October 8, 2000||4–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||0–1–1–0 ||

|3||October 13, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||0–2–1–0 ||

|4||October 15, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||1–2–1–0 ||

|5||October 18, 2000||5–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||1–3–1–0 ||

|6||October 21, 2000||2–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||1–4–1–0 ||

|7||October 22, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||2–4–1–0 ||

|8||October 25, 2000||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||2–5–1–0 ||

|9||October 27, 2000||0–6 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||2–6–1–0 ||

|10||October 31, 2000||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||2–6–1–1 ||

|11||November 1, 2000||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||2–7–1–1 ||

|12||November 3, 2000||4–3 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||3–7–1–1 ||

|13||November 5, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||4–7–1–1 ||

|14||November 10, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||5–7–1–1 ||

|15||November 11, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||5–8–1–1 ||

|16||November 14, 2000||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||6–8–1–1 ||

|17||November 17, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||6–8–2–1 ||

|18||November 20, 2000||2–6 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||6–9–2–1 ||

|19||November 22, 2000||8–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||7–9–2–1 ||

|20||November 24, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||8–9–2–1 ||

|21||November 25, 2000||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||8–9–2–2 ||

|22||November 27, 2000||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2000–01) ||8–10–2–2 ||

|23||November 29, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||8–11–2–2 ||

|24||December 1, 2000||3–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||8–12–2–2 ||

|25||December 2, 2000||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||9–12–2–2 ||

|26||December 6, 2000||3–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||9–13–2–2 ||

|27||December 8, 2000||0–2 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||9–14–2–2 ||

|28||December 11, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||9–14–3–2 ||

|29||December 14, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||9–15–3–2 ||

|30||December 16, 2000||4–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||10–15–3–2 ||

|31||December 17, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||10–16–3–2 ||

|32||December 21, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||10–16–4–2 ||

|33||December 23, 2000||1–5 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||10–17–4–2 ||

|34||December 26, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||11–17–4–2 ||

|35||December 28, 2000||4–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||12–17–4–2 ||

|36||December 30, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||12–17–5–2 ||

|37||December 31, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||12–18–5–2 ||

|38||January 3, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||12–19–5–2 ||

|39||January 4, 2001||3–8 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||12–20–5–2 ||

|40||January 7, 2001||4–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||12–21–5–2 ||

|41||January 10, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||13–21–5–2 ||

|42||January 12, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||13–22–5–2 ||

|43||January 14, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2000–01) ||13–23–5–2 ||

|44||January 16, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||13–24–5–2 ||

|45||January 18, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||13–25–5–2 ||

|46||January 20, 2001||0–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||13–26–5–2 ||

|47||January 21, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||13–27–5–2 ||

|48||January 23, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||13–28–5–2 ||

|49||January 25, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||13–29–5–2 ||

|50||January 27, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||13–29–5–3 ||

|51||January 29, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||13–30–5–3 ||

|52||January 30, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||14–30–5–3 ||

|53||February 1, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||15–30–5–3 ||

|54||February 6, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||15–31–5–3 ||

|55||February 8, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||15–32–5–3 ||

|56||February 10, 2001||2–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||15–33–5–3 ||

|57||February 13, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||15–34–5–3 ||

|58||February 15, 2001||3–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||15–35–5–3 ||

|59||February 17, 2001||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2000–01) ||15–36–5–3 ||

|60||February 18, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||15–37–5–3 ||

|61||February 20, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||16–37–5–3 ||

|62||February 24, 2001||0–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||16–37–6–3 ||

|63||February 25, 2001||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||16–38–6–3 ||

|64||March 1, 2001||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||16–39–6–3 ||

|65||March 3, 2001||6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2000–01) ||17–39–6–3 ||

|66||March 4, 2001||0–6 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||17–40–6–3 ||

|67||March 6, 2001||2–1 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||18–40–6–3 ||

|68||March 8, 2001||1–0 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||19–40–6–3 ||

|69||March 10, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||20–40–6–3 ||

|70||March 13, 2001||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||20–40–6–4 ||

|71||March 15, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||21–40–6–4 ||

|72||March 17, 2001||5–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||22–40–6–4 ||

|73||March 21, 2001||4–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||23–40–6–4 ||

|74||March 22, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||23–41–6–4 ||

|75||March 24, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||23–42–6–4 ||

|76||March 27, 2001||1–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||23–43–6–4 ||

|77||March 29, 2001||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||23–44–6–4 ||

|78||March 30, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||24–44–6–4 ||

|79||April 1, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||24–45–6–4 ||

|80||April 4, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||24–46–6–4 ||

|81||April 5, 2001||3–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2000–01) ||24–46–6–5 ||

|82||April 8, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||24–47–6–5 ||

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 Lightning only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only. Player Regular season 19 C 82 21 41 62 −10 14 33 LW 76 32 24 56 −1 48 4 C 68 23 28 51 −26 66 26 RW 78 18 22 40 −4 12 10 RW 64 11 27 38 −10 38 9 C 70 11 25 36 −9 64 13 D 70 11 19 30 −14 103 14 LW 66 7 15 22 −9 8 8 LW 64 10 11 21 −13 46 17 C 80 7 14 21 −20 44 28 LW 43 9 11 20 −15 40 30 D 64 4 16 20 −8 76 2 D 46 6 10 16 −17 40 22 C 47 2 13 15 −17 77 6 D 26 1 11 12 −8 25 21 D 73 1 8 9 −25 106 36 RW 29 4 4 8 −3 97 5 D 74 1 6 7 −6 80 7 RW 23 5 1 6 −7 21 20 RW 34 2 4 6 −11 18 41 D 25 0 5 5 −5 8 27 RW 49 4 0 4 −13 38 57 D 22 2 2 4 0 36 3 D 14 2 2 4 −5 12 23 D 19 1 3 4 −4 41 6 D 10 0 3 3 −7 15 37 LW 9 1 1 2 1 4 62 D 15 1 1 2 −4 4 10 C 12 1 1 2 0 22 27 C 20 1 1 2 −9 13 32 D 16 1 1 2 −8 10 2 D 16 0 2 2 −1 8 11 D 16 1 0 1 −3 10 34 LW 28 0 1 1 −7 96 24 LW 13 0 1 1 −1 36 80 G 61 0 1 1 4 39 G 24 0 0 0 4 73 RW 8 0 0 0 −5 0 31 G 2 0 0 0 0 35 G 2 0 0 0 0 35 G 10 0 0 0 0 1 G 1 0 0 0 0 18 D 1 0 0 0 −1 0 43 RW 5 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltending = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only. Player Regular season 80 Kevin Weekes 61 20 33 3 1742 177 3.15 .898 4 3378 39 Dan Cloutier 24 3 13 3 541 59 3.52 .891 1 1005 35 Nikolai Khabibulin 2 1 1 0 69 6 2.92 .913 0 123 31 Wade Flaherty 2 0 2 0 55 8 4.07 .855 0 118 35 Dieter Kochan 10 0 3 0 138 18 3.44 .870 0 314 1 Evgeny Konstantinov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(annual) NHL All-Rookie Team Brad Richards (Forward) League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Fredrik Modin NHL Rookie of the Month Brad Richards (October)

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Alexander Kharitonov October 6, 2000 Brad Richards Sheldon Keefe October 18, 2000 Kristian Kudroc November 27, 2000 Evgeny Konstantinov December 8, 2000 Thomas Ziegler February 6, 2001 Dmitri Afanasenkov March 10, 2001

Transactions The Lightning were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Final, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final.

Trades Date Details Ref To Tampa Bay Lightning To New York Islanders To Tampa Bay Lightning To Philadelphia Flyers To Tampa Bay Lightning To Buffalo Sabres To Tampa Bay Lightning To New Jersey Devils To Tampa Bay Lightning To New York Islanders To Tampa Bay Lightning To Colorado Avalanche To Tampa Bay Lightning To Pittsburgh Penguins To Tampa Bay Lightning To Vancouver Canucks To Tampa Bay Lightning To New York Islanders To Tampa Bay Lightning To Toronto Maple Leafs To Tampa Bay Lightning To Phoenix Coyotes To Tampa Bay Lightning To Dallas Stars To Tampa Bay Lightning To Ottawa Senators

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Martin St. Louis Calgary Flames 2-year Free agency Jason Podollan Los Angeles Kings Waiver draft Craig Millar Nashville Predators Waivers Maxim Galanov Florida Panthers Waivers Grant Ledyard Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Via Ref N/A Pavel Torgaev Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (RSL) Free agency (VI) , retrieved May 10, 2023 Zac Bierk Minnesota Wild Expansion draft Bruce Gardiner Columbus Blue Jackets Expansion draft Daren Puppa Contract expiration (III) Shawn Burr Retirement Tim Thomas AIK IF (SHL) Free agency (UFA) Robert Petrovicky New York Islanders Free agency (UFA) Xavier Delisle Montreal Canadiens Free agency (UFA) Reid Simpson St. Louis Blues Free agency (III) Andrei Skopintsev Atlanta Thrashers Free agency (UFA) Dwayne Hay Calgary Flames Waivers

Signings