2000–01 NHL season

The 2000–01 NHL season was the 84th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Colorado Avalanche, who won the best of seven series 4–3 against the New Jersey Devils. The focus of Colorado's Stanley Cup run was on defenceman Raymond Bourque who was on a quest to win his first Stanley Cup championship in his 22-year career.
Regular season.
Final standings.
"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points"
Scoring leaders.
"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points"
Leading goaltenders.
Wins: Martin Brodeur (42);
Shutouts: Dominik Hasek (11);
GAA: Roman Cechmanek (2.01);
SV%: Sean Burke (.922)
Stanley Cup playoffs.
Scoring leaders.
"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points"
NHL Awards.
The NHL Awards presentation took place in Toronto.
First games.
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2000–01 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
Last games.
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 2000–01 (listed with their last team):