2000–01 Dallas Stars season

The 2000–01 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' eighth season as the Dallas Stars and 34th overall of the franchise. The Stars qualified for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. They beat the Oilers in six games in the Western Conference quarterfinals but they were upset in the ensuing round by the St. Louis Blues, being swept with losses of 4–2, 2–1, 3–2 (in double overtime), and 4–1.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|1||October 4, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||0–0–1–0 ||

|2||October 7, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||0–1–1–0 ||

|3||October 9, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) ||1–1–1–0 ||

|4||October 10, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) ||1–2–1–0 ||

|5||October 12, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) ||2–2–1–0 ||

|6||October 14, 2000||3–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2000–01) ||3–2–1–0 ||

|7||October 18, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||4–2–1–0 ||

|8||October 20, 2000||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||5–2–1–0 ||

|9||October 21, 2000||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||6–2–1–0 ||

|10||October 25, 2000||2–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||6–3–1–0 ||

|11||October 27, 2000||2–4 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||6–4–1–0 ||

|12||October 28, 2000||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||6–4–1–1 ||

|13||November 1, 2000||4–0 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||7–4–1–1 ||

|14||November 3, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||7–4–2–1 ||

|15||November 11, 2000||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) ||8–4–2–1 ||

|16||November 14, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||8–5–2–1 ||

|17||November 15, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||8–5–3–1 ||

|18||November 17, 2000||1–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||9–5–3–1 ||

|19||November 20, 2000||6–2 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||10–5–3–1 ||

|20||November 22, 2000||1–0 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||11–5–3–1 ||

|21||November 24, 2000||3–0 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||12–5–3–1 ||

|22||November 25, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) ||13–5–3–1 ||

|23||November 29, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||13–6–3–1 ||

|24||December 1, 2000||2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||13–7–3–1 ||

|25||December 2, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||14–7–3–1 ||

|26||December 6, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||14–7–4–1 ||

|27||December 7, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||14–8–4–1 ||

|28||December 10, 2000||1–0 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||15–8–4–1 ||

|29||December 13, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||16–8–4–1 ||

|30||December 15, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||17–8–4–1 ||

|31||December 17, 2000||0–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||17–9–4–1 ||

|32||December 20, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||17–10–4–1 ||

|33||December 21, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2000–01) ||18–10–4–1 ||

|34||December 23, 2000||8–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||19–10–4–1 ||

|35||December 27, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||20–10–4–1 ||

|36||December 29, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||20–11–4–1 ||

|37||December 31, 2000||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2000–01) ||21–11–4–1 ||

|38||January 4, 2001||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||21–12–4–1 ||

|39||January 6, 2001||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||22–12–4–1 ||

|40||January 8, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2000–01) ||23–12–4–1 ||

|41||January 10, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) ||24–12–4–1 ||

|42||January 12, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||24–13–4–1 ||

|43||January 14, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) ||25–13–4–1 ||

|44||January 15, 2001||0–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) ||25–14–4–1 ||

|45||January 17, 2001||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||26–14–4–1 ||

|46||January 19, 2001||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) ||27–14–4–1 ||

|47||January 21, 2001||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||27–15–4–1 ||

|48||January 22, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||28–15–4–1 ||

|49||January 24, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2000–01) ||28–16–4–1 ||

|50||January 26, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||28–17–4–1 ||

|51||January 30, 2001||0–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||28–18–4–1 ||

|52||February 1, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||29–18–4–1 ||

|53||February 7, 2001||3–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||30–18–4–1 ||

|54||February 9, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||30–19–4–1 ||

|55||February 11, 2001||3–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||30–19–5–1 ||

|56||February 13, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||31–19–5–1 ||

|57||February 14, 2001||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) ||32–19–5–1 ||

|58||February 16, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||33–19–5–1 ||

|59||February 18, 2001||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) ||33–20–5–1 ||

|60||February 21, 2001||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||34–20–5–1 ||

|61||February 23, 2001||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (2000–01) ||35–20–5–1 ||

|62||February 25, 2001||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||35–20–5–2 ||

|63||February 26, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||35–21–5–2 ||

|64||February 28, 2001||4–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||35–22–5–2 ||

|65||March 2, 2001||5–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||36–22–5–2 ||

|66||March 4, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) ||37–22–5–2 ||

|67||March 7, 2001||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||37–23–5–2 ||

|68||March 10, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||38–23–5–2 ||

|69||March 11, 2001||2–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) ||38–24–5–2 ||

|70||March 13, 2001||3–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) ||39–24–5–2 ||

|71||March 16, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) ||39–24–6–2 ||

|72||March 18, 2001||5–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2000–01) ||40–24–6–2 ||

|73||March 19, 2001||4–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) ||41–24–6–2 ||

|74||March 21, 2001||8–0 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) ||42–24–6–2 ||

|75||March 23, 2001||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2000–01) ||43–24–6–2 ||

|76||March 25, 2001||1–1 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2000–01) ||43–24–7–2 ||

|77||March 28, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) ||44–24–7–2 ||

|78||March 30, 2001||5–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) ||45–24–7–2 ||

|79||March 31, 2001||2–0 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||46–24–7–2 ||

|80||April 2, 2001||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (2000–01) ||46–24–8–2 ||

|81||April 4, 2001||5–1 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2000–01) ||47–24–8–2 ||

|82||April 7, 2001||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) ||48–24–8–2 ||

Legend:

Playoffs

|1||April 11, 2001||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers ||Stars lead 1–0 ||

|2||April 14, 2001||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers ||Series tied 1–1 ||

|3||April 15, 2001||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers ||Stars lead 2–1 ||

|4||April 17, 2001||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers ||Series tied 2–2 ||

|5||April 19, 2001||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers ||Stars lead 3–2 ||

|6||April 21, 2001||3–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers ||Stars win 4–2 ||

| 1 || April 27, 2001 || 2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 1–0 ||

| 2 || April 29, 2001 || 1–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 2–0 ||

| 3 || May 1, 2001 || 2–3 2OT || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 3–0 ||

| 4 || May 3, 2001 || 1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Blues win 4–0 ||

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 Stars only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only. Player Regular season Playoffs 9 C 81 33 51 84 26 52 9 3 4 7 1 0 16 RW 79 39 40 79 10 18 10 2 5 7 −1 6 25 C 69 29 23 52 5 30 7 4 0 4 −2 4 56 D 79 10 41 51 22 24 10 1 5 6 2 4 5 D 81 10 37 47 5 34 10 1 3 4 −2 0 26 RW 74 20 25 45 14 24 10 1 0 1 −4 2 10 LW 82 20 24 44 18 128 10 0 3 3 1 12 29 RW 75 13 24 37 1 64 9 0 0 0 −1 0 15 RW 53 12 18 30 4 57 10 2 2 4 2 6 17 LW 65 8 17 25 6 26 8 0 1 1 0 0 12 RW 67 10 14 24 4 35 10 3 2 5 1 4 27 C 59 7 16 23 5 16 8 0 2 2 1 8 2 D 80 2 21 23 5 77 10 0 1 1 −7 16 24 D 78 4 16 20 5 62 10 0 0 0 −2 14 37 D 80 4 10 14 28 76 10 1 0 1 2 4 33 C 34 3 7 10 −1 26 7 1 0 1 −4 6 22 LW 55 1 9 10 −4 26 10 1 3 4 0 12 36 C 60 6 3 9 −1 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 C 48 2 5 7 −3 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 51 RW 28 4 2 6 0 17 10 2 1 3 −3 6 11 RW 33 2 2 4 −2 4 6 D 57 1 2 3 1 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 LW 15 0 3 3 −2 6 46 LW 2 1 0 1 −3 0 20 G 63 0 1 1 4 10 0 0 0 6 18 D 8 0 1 1 3 4 9 0 1 1 2 4 4 D 14 0 0 0 4 18 42 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 D 16 0 0 0 −6 18 40 C 2 0 0 0 −1 0 35 G 26 0 0 0 12 34 D 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending Player Regular season Playoffs 20 Ed Belfour 63 35 20 7 1508 144 2.34 .905 8 3687 10 4 6 277 25 2.23 .910 0 671 35 Marty Turco 26 13 6 1 532 40 1.90 .925 3 1266 — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Brett Hull Team Star of the Game Award Mike ModanoDallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Tyler Bouck October 4, 2000 Marty Turco October 10, 2000 Greg Leeb October 12, 2000 Steve Gainey February 1, 2001 1,000th game played Brett Hull February 25, 2001

Transactions The Stars 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 Dallas Stars To Minnesota Wild To Dallas Stars To Minnesota Wild To Dallas Stars To Chicago Blackhawks To Dallas Stars To Toronto Maple Leafs To Dallas Stars To New York Rangers To Dallas Stars To Tampa Bay Lightning

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Chad Alban Mobile Mysticks (ECHL) 1-year Free agency Sami Helenius Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Rick Tabaracci Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year Free agency Shaun Van Allen Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency Jeff Tory Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Eric Houde Phoenix Coyotes 1-year Free agency Chris Wells New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Ted Donato Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1-year Free agency Benoit Hogue Phoenix Coyotes 2-year Free agency

Players lost