2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 34th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team played 82 games under new head coach Ivan Hlinka, who replaced Herb Brooks, who stepped down to remain a scout with the team. The Penguins' .585 points percentage meant that they were the only NHL team from the 1990–91 season to this one that had a points percentage above .500 every season.

Division3rd Atlantic

Conference6th Eastern

2000–01 record42–28–9–3

Home record24–15–2–0

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2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2000–01 record	42–28–9–3
Home record	24–15–2–0
Road record	18–13–7–3
Goals for	281
Goals against	256
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Ivan Hlinka
Captain	Jaromir Jagr
Alternate captains	Martin Straka Bob Boughner
Arena	Mellon Arena
Average attendance	16,277
Minor league affiliates	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (52)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (69)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (121)
Penalty minutes	Krzysztof Oliwa (165)
Plus/minus	Robert Lang (+20)
Wins	Jean-Sebastien Aubin (20)
Goals against average	Johan Hedberg (2.64)
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The last remaining active member of the 2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins was right wing Jaromir Jagr, who played his final NHL game in the 2017–18 season, although he did not play in the NHL during the 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 seasons. His career is still going on as a member of the Czech Extraliga's Rytiri Kladno.

Offseason

Herb Brooks resigned as head coach at the end of the previous season, but remained with the team as a scout. Ivan Hlinka succeeded Brooks as head coach. Former Penguin Joe Mullen became an assistant coach along with his former teammate Randy Hillier.

Regular season

The Penguins opened the regular season by splitting a two-game series against the Nashville Predators in Japan.

On December 9, 2000, it was announced by owner Mario Lemieux that he intended to come back as a player. Lemieux returned to the ice on December 27, 2000, making Lemieux the first ever owner-player in NHL history. Prior to the game, his number 66 banner was lowered from the rafters of the Mellon Arena with son Austin watching. Lemieux scored a goal and set up two others (including one on his first shift) in the Penguins' 5–0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to Lemieux's return, the Penguins were 15–14–6–1. After his comeback, the Penguins went 27–14–3–2 for a regular season record of 42–28–9–3 and a third-place finish in the Atlantic Division for a playoff spot. Lemieux however did not take back the capaticy when he returned, which Jaromir Jagr held onto for the entire season. The Penguins were shut out only once all year, which was on October 28th against the New Jersey Devils, the team that scored more goals than Pittsburgh during the regular season. Jagr had a stellar year, leading the team in goals (52), assists (69) and points (121). Alexei Kovalev had a career year, finishing with 44 goals and 51 assists for 95 points. Martin Straka finished second on the team in assists (68) and had 27 goals for 95 points, while Robert Lang had 32 goals and 48 assists for 80 points. In the 43 games he played in after he returned, roughly half the season, Lemieux managed 35 goals and 41 assists for 76 points.

Final standings

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Atlantic Division^[1]
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

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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.

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Eastern Conference^[2]
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
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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

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

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

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

The Penguins opened the playoffs against the Washington Capitals. It was their sixth meeting in the playoffs. The Penguins were shut out in Game 1, 1–0. Lemieux scored a goal and had an assist in Game 2, which was won by the Penguins, 2–1. Newcomer Johan Hedberg shut out the Capitals in Game 3. The Capitals won Game 4 in overtime, 4–3. However, game-winning goals by Lemieux and Martin Straka in Game 5 and 6 won the series for the Penguins, 4–2.

Eastern Conference Semifinals

The Penguins played the Buffalo Sabres in the conference semi-finals. The Penguins won Game 1 by the score of 3–0 and Game 2 by the score of 3–1. The Sabres won the next three games, pushing the Penguins to elimination. However, overtime-winning goals by Straka and Darius Kasparaitis in Game 6 and 7 won the series for the Penguins. Game 7 was Dominik Hasek's last game as a Sabre; he would sign with the Detroit Red Wings in the off-season.

Eastern Conference Finals

The Penguins and the New Jersey Devils split the first two games of the series before the Devils took games three, four, and five to eliminate the Penguins.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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2000–01 regular season^[3]

October: 5–4–1–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 2–0–1–0), 11 Points

#	Oct	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
1	7	Nashville Predators	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–1–0–0	0	L
2	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	Nashville Predators	1–1–0–0	2	W
3	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–1–0–0	4	W
4	14	New York Rangers	6–8	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1–0–0	6	W
5	18	Carolina Hurricanes	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2–0–0	6	L
6	19	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	Ottawa Senators	3–2–1–0	7	T
7	21	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2–1–0	9	W
8	25	Ottawa Senators	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3–1–0	9	L
9	27	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	New York Rangers	5–3–1–0	11	W
10	28	New Jersey Devils	9–0	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4–1–0	11	L

November: 6–4–2–1 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 3–3–1–1), 15 Points

#	Nov	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
11	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	San Jose Sharks	5–5–1–0	11	L
12	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Vancouver Canucks	6–5–1–0	13	W
13	4	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1	Calgary Flames	6–5–2–0	14	T
14	8	Philadelphia Flyers	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	7–5–2–0	16	W
15	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	New Jersey Devils	8–5–2–0	18	W
16	11	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	9–5–2–0	20	W
17	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche	9–5–2–1	21	OTL
18	16	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	St. Louis Blues	9–6–2–1	21	L
19	18	Atlanta Thrashers	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–6–2–1	23	W
20	22	Carolina Hurricanes	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–7–2–1	23	L
21	24	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers	11–7–2–1	25	W
22	25	Los Angeles Kings	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	11–7–3–1	26	T
23	28	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Boston Bruins	11–8–3–1	26	L

December: 6–6–3–0 (home: 2–5–0–0; road: 4–1–3–0), 15 Points

#	Dec	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
24	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–4	Buffalo Sabres	12–8–3–1	28	W
25	2	Buffalo Sabres	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	12–9–3–1	28	L
26	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	Ottawa Senators	13–9–3–1	30	W
27	6	Boston Bruins	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	13–10–3–1	30	L
28	9	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–11–3–1	30	L
29	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	14–11–3–1	32	W
30	13	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	14–12–3–1	32	L
31	15	Florida Panthers	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	14–13–3–1	32	L
32	16	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	Montreal Canadiens	14–13–4–1	33	T
33	20	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–2	Florida Panthers	14–13–5–1	34	T
34	21	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	14–13–6–1	35	T
35	23	Dallas Stars	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	14–14–6–1	35	L
36	26	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Buffalo Sabres	15–14–6–1	37	W
37	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	16–14–6–1	39	W
38	30	Ottawa Senators	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	17–14–6–1	41	W

January: 8–5–0–1 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 3–3–0–1), 17 Points

#	Jan	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
39	3	Washington Capitals	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	18–14–6–1	43	W
40	5	Montreal Canadiens	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	18–15–6–1	43	L
41	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Washington Capitals	19–15–6–1	45	W
42	9	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Boston Bruins	19–16–6–1	45	L
43	12	New York Islanders	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	20–16–6–1	47	W
44	13	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–6	New York Islanders	20–17–6–1	47	L
45	15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	21–17–6–1	49	W
46	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–5	Phoenix Coyotes	21–18–6–1	49	L
47	19	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–6 OT	Dallas Stars	21–18–6–2	50	OTL
48	21	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0	Chicago Blackhawks	22–18–6–2	52	W
49	24	Montreal Canadiens	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	23–18–6–2	54	W
50	27	Atlanta Thrashers	1–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	24–18–6–2	56	W
51	30	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–3	Atlanta Thrashers	25–18–6–2	58	W
52	31	Philadelphia Flyers	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	25–19–6–2	58	L

February: 7–3–1–0 (home: 6–1–0–0; road: 1–2–1–0), 15 Points

#	Feb	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
53	7	Philadelphia Flyers	4–9	Pittsburgh Penguins	26–19–6–2	60	W
54	10	New Jersey Devils	4–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	27–19–6–2	62	W
55	11	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Minnesota Wild	27–20–6–2	62	L
56	14	Minnesota Wild	1–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	28–20–6–2	64	W
57	16	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	New Jersey Devils	28–20–7–2	65	T
58	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets	29–20–7–2	67	W
59	19	Colorado Avalanche	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	29–21–7–2	67	L
60	21	Florida Panthers	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins	30–21–7–2	69	W
61	23	New York Rangers	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	31–21–7–2	71	W
62	25	New York Islanders	1–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	32–21–7–2	73	W
63	28	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Montreal Canadiens	32–22–7–2	73	L

March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 4–3–1–0), 18 Points

#	Mar	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
64	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	7–5	New York Rangers	33–22–7–2	75	W
65	3	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4	Washington Capitals	33–23–7–2	75	L
66	7	Washington Capitals	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	33–24–7–2	75	L
67	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	Atlanta Thrashers	34–24–7–2	77	W
68	10	Calgary Flames	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	35–24–7–2	79	W
69	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–3	New York Rangers	35–24–8–2	80	T
70	14	New York Islanders	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	35–25–8–2	80	L
71	16	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–3	Florida Panthers	36–25–8–2	82	W
72	17	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–5	Tampa Bay Lightning	36–26–8–2	82	L
73	20	Boston Bruins	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–26–9–2	83	T
74	23	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes	36–27–9–2	83	L
75	25	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	New Jersey Devils	37–27–9–2	85	W
76	27	Buffalo Sabres	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	38–27–9–2	87	W
77	29	Chicago Blackhawks	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	39–27–9–2	89	W
78	31	St. Louis Blues	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	40–27–9–2	91	W

April: 2–1–0–1 (home: 1–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–1), 5 Points

#	Apr	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Points	Recap
79	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–4	New York Islanders	40–28–9–2	91	L
80	4	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	41–28–9–2	93	W
81	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	41–28–9–3	94	OTL
82	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–4	Carolina Hurricanes	42–28–9–3	96	W

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

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Playoffs

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2001 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Washington Capitals – Penguins win 4–2

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	April 12, 2001	0–1	@ Washington Capitals	Capitals lead 1–0	L
2	April 14, 2001	2–1	@ Washington Capitals	Series tied 1–1	W
3	April 16, 2001	3–0	Washington Capitals	Penguins lead 2–1	W
4	April 18, 2001	3–4 OT	Washington Capitals	Series tied 2–2	L
5	April 21, 2001	2–1	@ Washington Capitals	Penguins lead 3–2	W
6	April 23, 2001	4–3 OT	Washington Capitals	Penguins win 4–2	W

Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres – Penguins win 4–3

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	April 26, 2001	3–0	@ Buffalo Sabres	Penguins lead 1–0	W
2	April 28, 2001	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	Penguins lead 2–0	W
3	April 30, 2001	1–4	Buffalo Sabres	Penguins lead 2–1	L
4	May 2, 2001	2–5	Buffalo Sabres	Series tied 2–2	L
5	May 5, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	Sabres lead 3–2	L
6	May 8, 2001	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres	Series tied 3–3	W
7	May 10, 2001	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	Penguins win 4–3	W

Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–1

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	May 12, 2001	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 1–0	L
2	May 15, 2001	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils	Series tied 1–1	W
3	May 17, 2001	0–3	New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 2–1	L
4	May 19, 2001	0–5	New Jersey Devils	Devils lead 3–1	L
5	May 22, 2001	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils	Devils win 4–1	L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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Player statistics

Skaters

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Regular season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jaromir Jagr	81	52	69	121	19	42
Alex Kovalev	79	44	51	95	12	96
Martin Straka	82	27	68	95	19	38
Robert Lang	82	32	48	80	20	28
Mario Lemieux	43	35	41	76	15	18
Jan Hrdina	78	15	28	43	19	48
Josef Beranek	70	9	14	23	-7	43
Kevin Stevens^†	32	8	15	23	-4	55
Hans Jonsson	58	4	18	22	11	22
Janne Laukkanen	50	3	17	20	9	34
Aleksey Morozov	66	5	14	19	-8	6
Darius Kasparaitis	77	3	16	19	11	111
Rene Corbet	43	8	9	17	-3	57
Jiri Slegr^‡	42	5	10	15	-9	60
Andrew Ference	36	4	11	15	6	28
Milan Kraft	42	7	7	14	-6	8
Jeff Norton^‡	32	2	10	12	8	20
Kip Miller	33	3	8	11	0	6
Roman Simicek^‡	29	3	6	9	-5	30
Toby Petersen	12	2	6	8	3	4
Ian Moran	40	3	4	7	5	28
Wayne Primeau^†	28	1	6	7	0	54
Marc Bergevin^†	36	1	4	5	5	26
Matthew Barnaby^‡	47	1	4	5	-7	168
Michal Rozsival	30	1	4	5	3	26
Bob Boughner	58	1	3	4	18	147
Krzysztof Oliwa^†	26	1	2	3	-4	131
Billy Tibbetts	29	1	2	3	-2	79
Frantisek Kucera^†	7	0	2	2	-2	0
Josef Melichar	18	0	2	2	-5	21
Sven Butenschon^‡	5	0	1	1	1	2
Bobby Dollas	5	0	0	0	0	4
Dan Trebil	16	0	0	0	-1	7
Dennis Bonvie	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Greg Crozier	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve McKenna	34	0	0	0	-4	100
Dan Lacouture	11	0	0	0	0	14
Total		281	500	781	—	1,561

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mario Lemieux	18	6	11	17	4	4
Martin Straka	18	5	8	13	-1	8
Jaromir Jagr	16	2	10	12	4	18
Alex Kovalev	18	5	5	10	-2	16
Andrew Ference	18	3	7	10	0	16
Robert Lang	16	4	4	8	2	4
Jan Hrdina	18	2	5	7	-4	8
Kevin Stevens	17	3	3	6	-4	20
Aleksey Morozov	18	3	3	6	0	6
Janne Laukkanen	18	2	2	4	6	14
Wayne Primeau	18	1	3	4	-2	2
Darius Kasparaitis	17	1	1	2	-5	26
Josef Beranek	13	0	2	2	1	2
Rene Corbet	17	1	0	1	-5	12
Marc Bergevin	12	0	1	1	2	2
Bob Boughner	18	0	1	1	5	22
Ian Moran	18	0	1	1	-3	4
Krzysztof Oliwa	5	0	0	0	0	16
Hans Jonsson	16	0	0	0	-2	8
Dan Lacouture	5	0	0	0	0	2
Milan Kraft	8	0	0	0	-4	2
Total		38	67	105	—	212

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Goaltenders

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Regular season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	36	35	2050:06	20	14	1	107	3.13	973	0.890	0	1	4
Garth Snow	35	34	2031:43	14	15	4	101	2.98	1014	0.900	3	0	8
Johan Hedberg	9	9	544:54	7	1	1	24	2.64	253	0.905	0	0	0
Rich Parent	7	4	331:39	1	1	3	17	3.08	150	0.887	0	0	0
Total		82	4958:22	42	31	9	249	3.01	2390	0.896	3	1	12

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Playoffs^[7]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Johan Hedberg	18	18	1123:04	9	9	0	43	2.30	482	0.911	2	0	0	0
Total		18	1123:58	9	9	0	43	2.30	482	0.911	2	0	0	0

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^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 1500 points for the Penguins. He did so in a 5–3 win over Ottawa on December 30.
Mario Lemieux became the first person to score 900 assists for the Penguins. He did so in a 6–1 win over the New York Islanders on February 25.
Kevin Stevens set the franchise record for penalty minutes (1023). He broke the previous high of 980 set by Troy Loney in 1993.

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Art Ross Trophy	Jaromir Jagr	^[8]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Jaromir Jagr (Right wing)	^[9]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Mario Lemieux (Center)	^[9]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Jaromir Jagr^[a]	^[12]
		Alexei Kovalev
		Mario Lemieux
	NHL Player of the Month	Mario Lemieux (January)	^[13]
		Alexei Kovalev (February)	^[14]
		Jaromir Jagr (March)	^[15]
	NHL Player of the Week	Alexei Kovalev (November 13)	^[16]
		Jaromir Jagr & Mario Lemieux (January 2)	^[17]
		Alexei Kovalev (February 12)	^[18]
Team	A. T. Caggiano Memorial Booster Club Award	Alexei Kovalev	^[19]
	Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Good Guy Award	Alexei Kovalev	^[20]
	Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Darius Kasparaitis	^[20]
	Bob Johnson Memorial Badger Bob Award	Martin Straka	^[20]
	Leading Scorer Award	Jaromir Jagr
	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy	No winner	^[21]
	Most Valuable Player Award	Mario Lemieux	^[22]
	Players' Player Award	Martin Straka	^[21]
	The Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award	Bob Boughner	^[19]

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Broadcaster Mike Lange was also awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2001, thus securing his induction into the broadcaster's wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Milestones

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Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Roman Simicek	First NHL goal	October 14, 2000
Milan Kraft	First NHL goal	October 14, 2000
Jaromir Jagr	400th career goal	November 13, 2000
Darius Kasparaitis	100th career point	November 25, 2000
Toby Petersen	First NHL goal	December 10, 2000
Jan Hrdina	100th career point	December 16, 2000
Jaromir Jagr	1000th career point	December 30, 2000
Mario Lemieux	1500th career point	December 30, 2000
Marc Bergevin	1000th career game	January 13, 2001
Jaromir Jagr	600th career assist	January 15, 2001
Kevin Stevens	700th career assist	January 19, 2001
Martin Straka	400th career assist	January 27, 2001
Robert Lang	100th career goal	January 30, 2001
Billy Tibbetts	First NHL goal	February 16, 2001
Alexei Kovalev	200th career goal	February 19, 2001
Johan Hedberg	First NHL win	March 16, 2001

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Johan Hedberg	First playoff win	April 14, 2001
Jaromir Jagr	100th playoff assist	April 26, 2001
Martin Straka	50th playoff point	May 15, 2001

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Making their NHL debuts in 2000–01 as members of the Pittsburgh Penguins were Greg Crozier, Johan Hedberg, Milan Kraft, Josef Melichar, Toby Petersen, Roman Simicek, and Billy Tibbetts.^[23]

Transactions

The Penguins 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.^[24]

Trades

More information Date, Details ...

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25)	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2000	To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000	^[25]
November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)	To New York Islanders 9th-round pick in 2001	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Trebil	^[26]
December 28, 2000 (2000-12-28)	To St. Louis Blues Dan Trebil	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marc Bergevin	^[27]
January 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)	To Minnesota Wild Roman Simicek	To Pittsburgh Penguins Steve McKenna	^[28]
January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)	To Atlanta Thrashers Jiri Slegr	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[29]
	To Philadelphia Flyers John Slaney	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Stevens	^[30]
	To Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd-round pick in 2001	To Pittsburgh Penguins Krzysztof Oliwa	^[30]
February 1, 2001 (2001-02-01)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Matthew Barnaby	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Primeau	^[31]
March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)	To San Jose Sharks Jeff Norton	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Dollas Johan Hedberg	^[32]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Edmonton Oilers Sven Butenschon	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan LaCouture	^[33]
March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)	To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th-round pick in 2001	To Pittsburgh Penguins Frantisek Kucera	^[33]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Darcy Verot	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)		Free agency	^[34]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Trent Cull	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[35]
September 19, 2000 (2000-09-19)	Rich Parent	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	^[36]
September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)	Kip Miller	Anaheim Mighty Ducks		Free agency	^[37]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Jason MacDonald	Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)		Free agency	^[38]
October 10, 2000 (2000-10-10)	Garth Snow	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)		Free agency	^[39]
November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)	Jeff Norton	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	^[26]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[b]	Ref
N/A	Valentin Morozov	HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Jonas Junkka	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	^[42]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Tyler Wright	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	^[42]
July 2, 2000 (2000-07-02)	Peter Popovic	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	^[43]
July 4, 2000 (2000-07-04)	Ron Tugnutt	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (III)	^[44]
July 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)	Tom O'Connor	Augusta Lynx (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[45]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Dan Trebil	New York Islanders	Free agency (VI)	^[46]
August 9, 2000 (2000-08-09)	Tyler Moss	Carolina Hurricanes	Free agency (VI)	^[47]
August 25, 2000 (2000-08-25)	Pat Falloon	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	^[48]
September 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)	Rob Brown	Chicago Wolves (IHL)	Free agency (III)	^[49]
N/A	Tom Chorske	Houston Aeros (IHL)	Free agency (III)	^[50]
N/A	J. P. Tessier	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[51]
October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	Peter Skudra	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[52]
November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)	Steve Leach	Louisville Panthers (AHL)	Free agency (III)	^[53]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 17, 2000 (2000-07-17)	Jan Fadrny		Entry-level	^[54]
	Roman Simicek		Entry-level	^[54]
	Alexander Zevakhin		Entry-level	^[54]
July 27, 2000 (2000-07-27)	Chris Kelleher		Re-signing	^[55]
July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)	Sven Butenschon		Re-signing	^[34]
July 30, 2000 (2000-07-30)	Janne Laukkanen	3-year	Re-signing	^[56]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Matthew Barnaby	1-year	Re-signing	^[57]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Rene Corbet	1-year	Re-signing	^[57]
August 3, 2000 (2000-08-03)	Josef Beranek		Re-signing	^[58]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Dennis Bonvie	1-year	Re-signing	^[59]
August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16)	Alexei Morozov		Re-signing	^[60]
August 18, 2000 (2000-08-18)	Toby Petersen		Entry-level	^[61]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Mark Moore		Entry-level	^[35]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Sebastien Caron		Entry-level	^[62]
September 24, 2000 (2000-09-24)	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	1-year	Re-signing	^[63]
December 11, 2000 (2000-12-11)	Mario Lemieux	1-year	Re-signing	^[64]
June 4, 2001 (2001-06-04)	Darcy Robinson		Entry-level	^[65]

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Other

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Name	Date	Notes
Ivan Hlinka	June 21, 2000	Promoted to head coach
Joe Mullen	June 21, 2000	Hired as assistant coach
Rick Kehoe	June 21, 2000	Re-signed as assistant coach

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Draft picks

The Penguins selected the following players at the 2000 NHL entry draft at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary:^[66]

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Brooks Orpik	Defense	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
2	52	Shane Endicott	Center	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	84	Peter Hamerlik	Goaltender	Slovakia	HK 36 Skalica (Slovakia)
4	124^[a]	Michel Ouellet	Right wing	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
5	146^[b]	David Koci	Defense	Czech Republic	Sparta Prague Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	185	Patrick Foley	Left wing	United States	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
7	216	Jim Abbott	Left wing	United States	University of New Hampshire (Hockey East)
8	248	Steven Crampton	Right wing	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
9	273^[c]	Roman Simicek	Center	Czech Republic	HPK Hameenlinna (Finland)
9	280	Nick Boucher	Goaltender	Canada	Dartmouth College (ECAC)

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Draft notes^[67]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a June 24, 2000 trade that sent a 2000 fourth-round pick and a 2000 fifth-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^a The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick (from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 24, 2000 trade that sent a 2000 fourth-round pick to the Canadiens in exchange for a 2000 fifth-round pick and this pick.
^b The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a June 24, 2000 trade that sent a 2000 fourth-round pick to the Canadiens in exchange for a 2000 fourth-round pick and this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as the result of a March 14, 2000 trade that sent Dan Trebil to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^c The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim's ninth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a January 29, 2000 trade that sent Kip Miller to the Mighty Ducks in exchange for this pick.

Farm teams

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL finished second in the Mid-Atlantic Division with a record of 36-33-9-2 record. They defeated the Syracuse Crunch, Philadelphia Phantoms and Hershey Bears to win the Robert W. Clarke Trophy as Western Conference playoff champions. They lost to the Saint John Flames in six games in the Calder Cup Finals. John Slaney won the Eddie Shore Award as defenseman of the year.

The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers finished last overall with a record of 24-40-8.

Notes

[a]
Jagr was voted to the starting lineup, earning more votes than any other player, but he did not play and was replaced by Sergei Samsonov of the Boston Bruins.^[10]^[11]
[b]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[40]

2000–01 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference Finals

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Other

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

Notes

References

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