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2000-01 Season in Review
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Dates Statistics Standings Game Results

Opening and Closing Line-ups

The opening game against Pittsburgh in Japan on October 7, 2000:

Defensemen: Karlis Skrastins, Craig Millar, Drake Berehowsky, Cale Hulse, Richard Lintner, and Kimmo Timonen.

Forwards: Cliff Ronning, Greg Classen, Patric Kjellberg, David Legwand, Rob Valicevic, Ville Peltonen, Scott Hartnell, Tom Fitzgerald, Greg Johnson, Scott Walker, Randy Robitaille, and Vitali Yachmenev.

Goaltenders: Mike Dunham, Tomas Vokoun

The closing game at St. Louis on April 7, 2002:

Defensemen: Karlis Skrastins, Mark Eaton, Bill Houlder, Cale Hulse, Richard Lintner, and Kimmo Timonen.

Forwards: Cliff Ronning, Patric Kjellberg, David Legwand, Rob Valicevic, Scott Hartnell, Tom Fitzgerald, Greg Johnson, Scott Walker, Denis Arkhipov, Randy Robitaille, Marian Cisar, and Vitali Yachmenev.

Goaltenders: Mike Dunham, Tomas Vokoun

Memorable Dates

October 7-8, 2000 The Predators opened the 2000-01 season with a two-game series against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Saitama Super Arena outside of Tokyo, Japan. Both games finished with a score of 3-1, with the Predators winning the first and the Penguins the second. The two games drew the two largest crowds ever to witness hockey in Japan (13,849 for the first game, 13,426 for the second).
October 19, 2000 Cliff Ronning scored the game-winning goal 1:51 into overtime in Nashville's 2-1 win over Detroit, the Predators' first-ever at Joe Louis Arena.
November 26, 2000 The Predators scored a team-record seven goals in a 7-4 win at Carolina.
December 23, 2000 Predators center David Legwand recorded the first overtime penalty shot goal in NHL history in a 3-2 Predators win at Madison Square Garden. The goal, which came 3:17 into overtime, was scored against Rangers goalie Kirk McLean.
December 26, 2000 Scott Walker notched the Predators' first-ever hat trick at the Gaylord Entertainment Center and the first of his career in Nashville's 5-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche.
January 19, 2001 The Predators record their first-ever overtime victory at home when Cale Hulse scored at 1:24 of the extra session in a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins. Mike Dunham stopped 35 shots in the shutout.
February 1, 2001 The Predators overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Kings, 6-4, at the Staples Center. The comeback was the largest in Predators history.
March 22, 2001 Mark Eaton scored at 1:54 of overtime to give the Predators a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. The victory was the 18th road win of the season for Nashville - a franchise record. The Predators finished the season with a .500 record (18-18-2-3) on the road for the first time. Tomas Vokoun stopped a penalty shot in the win, marking his second consecutive start in which he faced penalty shot.
March 29, 2001 David Legwand scores the game-winner 36 seconds into overtime, capping Nashville's 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Phoenix Coyotes in front of a capacity crowd at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.
April 5, 2001 Mike Dunham stopped 33 shots as the Predators shut out the Calgary Flames in their final home game of the 2000-01 season. The victory was Nashville's 34th of the season, giving them 80 points in 2000-01, the most in franchise history.


Statistics

For an explanation of the statistics and their abbreviations, visit our statistics guide.

Skaters
Player GP G A PTS PIM
Cliff Ronning 80 19 43 62 28
Scott Walker 74 25 29 54 66
Patric Kjellberg 81 14 31 45 12
David Legwand 81 13 28 41 38
Vitali Yachmenev 78 15 19 34 10
Greg Johnson 82 15 17 32 46
Marian Cisar 60 12 15 27 45
Randy Robitaille 62 9 17 26 12
Kimmo Timonen 82 12 13 25 50
Drake Berehowsky (NSH) 66 6 18 24 100
Tom Fitzgerald 82 9 9 18 71
Bill Houlder 81 4 12 16 40
Scott Hartnell 75 2 14 16 48
Robert Valicevic 60 8 6 14 26
Denis Arkhipov 40 6 7 13 4
Karlis Skrastins 82 1 11 12 30
Mark Eaton 38 3 8 11 14
Richard Lintner 50 3 5 8 22
Cale Hulse 82 1 7 8 128
Greg Classen 27 2 4 6 14
Sebastian Bordeleau (NSH) 14 2 3 5 14
Ville Peltonen 23 3 1 4 2
Mike Watt 18 1 1 2 8
Jeremy Stevenson 8 1 0 1 39
Sean Haggerty 3 0 1 1 0
Chris Mason 1 0 0 0 0
Rory Fitzpatrick 2 0 0 0 2
Bubba Berenzweig 5 0 0 0 0
Craig Millar (NSH) 5 0 0 0 6
Pavel Skrbek 5 0 0 0 4
Marc Moro 6 0 0 0 12
Alexandre Boikov 8 0 0 0 13
Brantt Myhres (NSH) 20 0 0 0 28
Tomas Vokoun 37 0 0 0 2
Mike Dunham 48 0 0 0 2



Goaltenders
Player GP MINS GAA W L T SO SV %
Tomas Vokoun 37 2088 2.44 13 17 5 2 .910
Mike Dunham 48 2810 2.28 21 21 4 4 .923
Chris Mason 1 59 2.03 0 1 0 0 .900


Standings

Standings for each year are listed in the conference standings format, for the Western Conference only. Standings are not listed by playoff seeding, only by point totals.

Standings
Team W L T OTL GF GA PTS
Colorado 52 16 10 4 270 192 118
Detroit 49 20 9 4 253 202 111
Dallas 48 24 8 2 241 187 106
St. Louis 43 22 12 5 249 195 103
San Jose 40 27 12 3 217 192 95
Edmonton 39 28 12 3 243 222 93
Los Angeles 38 28 13 3 252 228 92
Vancouver 36 28 11 7 239 238 90
Phoenix 35 27 17 3 214 212 90
Predators 34 36 9 3 186 200 80
Calgary 27 36 15 4 197 236 73
Columbus 28 39 9 6 190 233 71
Chicago 29 40 8 5 210 246 71
Minnesota 25 39 13 5 168 210 68
Anaheim 25 41 11 5 188 245 66


Game-by-game Results

  Date Opponent Score
Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins
(played in Japan)		 W, 3-1
Oct. 8 Pittsburgh Penguins
(played in Japan)		 L, 1-3
Oct. 13 Washington Capitals W, 3-1
Oct. 14 Carolina Hurricanes W, 2-1
Oct. 17 Los Angeles Kings T, 1-1 (OT)
Oct. 19 at Detroit Red Wings W, 2-1 (OT)
Oct. 21 San Jose Sharks L, 3-5
Oct. 24 Vancouver Canucks T, 4-4 (OT)
Oct. 25 at Colorado Avalanche L, 1-2 (OT)
Oct. 27 Florida Panthers T, 3-3 (OT)
Oct. 31 St. Louis Blues L, 2-4
Nov. 2 at Philadelphia Flyers W, 3-1
Nov. 4 Anaheim Mighty Ducks T, 3-3 (OT)
Nov. 7 at New York Islanders L, 1-2
Nov. 8 at New Jersey Devils W, 4-3
Nov. 11 at Boston Bruins T, 2-2 (OT)
Nov. 15 at Atlanta Thrashers L, 0-1
Nov. 16 Columbus Blue Jackets L, 1-5
Nov. 18 Detroit Red Wings W, 3-2
Nov. 20 at Detroit Red Wings L, 3-6
Nov. 22 Dallas Stars L, 0-1
Nov. 24 St. Louis Blues L, 0-4
Nov. 26 at Carolina Hurricanes W, 7-4
Nov. 28 Calgary Flames W, 6-1
Nov. 30 at Chicago Blackhawks W, 3-0
Dec. 1 Chicago Blackhawks L, 1-2
Dec. 4 at Vancouver Canucks L, 3-6
Dec. 6 at Edmonton Oilers L, 0-4
Dec. 7 at Calgary Flames L, 0-3
Dec. 10 at Minnesota Wild W, 2-1
Dec. 12 Philadelphia Flyers T, 2-2 (OT)
Dec. 14 Edmonton Oilers L, 2-6
Dec. 16 Chicago Blackhawks L, 0-3
Dec. 20 at Toronto Maple Leafs W, 3-1
Dec. 21 at Montreal Canadiens L, 2-4
Dec. 23 at New York Rangers W, 3-2 (OT)
Dec. 26 Colorado Avalanche W, 5-2
Dec. 28 Anaheim Mighty Ducks T, 2-2 (OT)
Dec. 29 at Colorado Avalanche L, 1-3
Jan. 1 Vancouver Canucks L, 2-5
Jan. 4 at St. Louis Blues W, 4-2
Jan. 6 Buffalo Sabres L, 0-2
Jan. 8 at Vancouver Canucks L, 1-2
Jan. 10 at Edmonton Oilers W, 5-2
Jan. 11 at Calgary Flames L, 1-2
Jan. 13 at San Jose Sharks W, 5-3
Jan. 16 Edmonton Oilers L, 1-2
Jan. 17 at Dallas Stars L, 3-4 (OT)
Jan. 19 Boston Bruins W, 1-0 (OT)
Jan. 21 St. Louis Blues W, 3-1
Jan. 23 Atlanta Thrashers W, 4-3
Jan. 24 at Detroit Red Wings L, 3-4
Jan. 27 Colorado Avalanche L, 1-5
Jan. 29 at Phoenix Coyotes W, 5-2
Jan. 31 at Anaheim Mighty Ducks W, 3-0
Feb. 1 at Los Angeles Kings W, 6-4
Feb. 8 Columbus Blue Jackets W, 3-1
Feb. 10 at Columbus Blue Jackets L, 2-3
Feb. 13 Dallas Stars L, 1-2
Feb. 16 San Jose Sharks L, 0-2
Feb. 18 Tampa Bay Lightning W, 3-2
Feb. 20 Detroit Red Wings T, 3-3 (OT)
Feb. 21 at Washington Capitals L, 1-2
Feb. 24 Minnesota Wild W, 2-1
Feb. 27 Los Angeles Kings L, 1-2
Mar. 1 Columbus Blue Jackets L, 2-5
Mar. 4 New York Rangers W, 5-2
Mar. 6 at Phoenix Coyotes L, 1-5
Mar. 8 at Los Angeles Kings L, 1-4
Mar. 10 at San Jose Sharks W, 3-0
Mar. 11 at Anaheim Mighty Ducks L, 0-1 (OT)
Mar. 15 at Chicago Blackhawks L, 2-3
Mar. 17 Phoenix Coyotes W, 4-1
Mar. 19 at Columbus Blue Jackets W, 2-1
Mar. 21 at Minnesota Wild T, 0-0 (OT)
Mar. 22 at Chicago Blackhawks W, 2-1 (OT)
Mar. 24 Ottawa Senators L, 0-4
Mar. 29 Phoenix Coyotes W, 4-3 (OT)
Mar. 31 Minnesota Wild W, 4-1
Apr. 4 at Dallas Stars L, 1-5
Apr. 5 Calgary Flames W, 4-0
Apr. 7 at St. Louis Blues L, 0-1

SCHEDULE

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STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 SJS 59 39 11 9 200 145 87
2 CHI 59 39 15 5 188 138 83
3 VAN 58 35 21 2 185 143 72
4 PHX 60 36 19 5 163 151 77
5 LAK 59 36 20 3 180 163 75
6 COL 58 33 19 6 172 151 72
7 NSH 58 31 22 5 162 163 67
8 CGY 60 29 22 9 152 152 67
9 DET 59 27 21 11 153 159 65
10 DAL 59 26 21 12 169 184 64
11 ANA 59 28 24 7 166 181 63
12 MIN 58 29 25 4 161 170 62
13 STL 60 26 25 9 154 169 61
14 CBJ 60 24 27 9 156 194 57
15 EDM 58 18 34 6 145 199 42
COMPLETE STANDINGS

STATS

2009-2010 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
P. Hornqvist 57 23 13 13 36
S. Sullivan 58 12 24 -2 36
J. Dumont 50 11 25 10 36
M. Erat 51 18 17 -3 35
J. Arnott 47 14 20 7 34
S. Weber 56 10 23 6 33
D. Legwand 58 10 20 -3 30
J. Ward 51 12 16 -4 28
R. Suter 58 2 24 11 26
M. Goc 51 10 9 6 19
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
D. Ellis 11 11 1 .910 2.65
P. Rinne 20 11 4 .903 2.77
FULL TEAM STATS




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