2000–01 Ottawa Senators season
The 2000–01 Ottawa Senators season was the ninth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. This season saw the Senators place first in the Northeast Division, with 109 points. In the playoffs, the Senators lost in the first round, again to the Toronto Maple Leafs, this time in a 4–0 sweep, in which they were repeatedly stymied by the Leafs' goaltender Curtis Joseph.
Ottawa trailed only the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils with the most goals during the regular season.
Alexei Yashin played during the 2000–01 season, but was not restored as captain; the position remaining with Alfredsson. After the season, Yashin would be traded to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt, and the Isles' first round draft pick, which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. Yashin would sign a ten-year contract with the Isles.
On Saturday, November 18, the Senators scored three short-handed goals in a 5–2 home win against the Florida Panthers.
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarter-finals| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score | Notes | Attendance |
| April 13 | Toronto | 1 | Ottawa | 0 | 10:49 OT | 18,500 |
| April 14 | Toronto | 3 | Ottawa | 0 | 18,500 | |
| April 16 | Ottawa | 2 | Toronto | 3 | 2:16 OT | 19,404 |
| April 18 | Ottawa | 1 | Toronto | 3 | 19,445 |
Schedule and results
Awards and records
- Molson Cup – Patrick Lalime
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 82 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 10 | |
| RW | 81 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 7 | |
| RW | 82 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 68 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 74 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 52 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| D | 78 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 49 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 73 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| LW | 79 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| LW | 51 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| D | 71 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 81 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 74 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 60 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 31 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 73 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 40 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 33 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 64 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 52 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 3607 | 60 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 141 | 2.35 | 7 | 1640 | 1499 | .914 | |
| 1296 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 2.50 | 2 | 563 | 509 | .904 | |
| 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .880 | |
| Team: | 4962 | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 198 | 2.39 | 9 | 2228 | 2030 | .911 |
Playoffs
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 251 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2.39 | 0 | 99 | 89 | .899 | |
| Team: | 251 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2.39 | 0 | 99 | 89 | .899 |
Transactions
Trades
Waivers
Expansion draft
Source:Roster
Sources:Draft picks
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 21 | Anton Volchenkov | Russia | Krylya Sovetov |
| 2 | 45 | Mathieu Chouinard | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes |
| 2 | 55 | Antoine Vermette | Canada | Victoriaville Tigres |
| 3 | 87 | Jan Bohac | Slavia Praha | |
| 4 | 122 | Derrick Byfuglien | United States | Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks |
| 5 | 156 | Greg Zanon | Canada | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| 5 | 157 | Grant Potulny | United States | Lincoln Stars |
| 5 | 158 | Sean Connolly | United States | Northern Michigan University |
| 6 | 188 | Jason Maleyko | Canada | Brampton Battalion |
| 9 | 283 | James DeMone | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks |