2000–01 NHL season

[5] The All-Star Game was played on February 4, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, the home of the Colorado Avalanche.

He went on to add a goal and finish with three points, solidifying his return and bringing a struggling Jaromir Jagr back to his elite status, who went on to win his fourth straight Art Ross Trophy, narrowly surpassing Joe Sakic.

The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, where home ice advantage was awarded to the team that had the better regular season record.

[17] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points [18] Wins: Martin Brodeur (42); Patrick Roy (40); Dominic Hasek (37); Olaf Kolzig (37); Arturs Irbe (37); Shutouts: Dominik Hasek (11); Roman Cechmanek (10); Martin Brodeur (9); Tommy Salo (8); Ed Belfour (8); GAA: Roman Cechmanek (2.01); Manny Legace (2.05); Dominik Hasek (2.11); Evgeni Nabokov (2.19); Patrick Roy (2.21) SV%: Marty Turco (.925); Mike Dunham (.923); Sean Burke (.922); Dominik Hasek (.921); Roman Cechmanek (.921) Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 2000–01: The following is a list of players of note who played their last NHL game in 2000–01, listed with their team: This was the third season of the league's Canadian national broadcast rights deals with CBC and the renamed Sportsnet (the latter was sold by CTV after acquiring rival TSN).

Coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs continued to primarily be on CBC, while Sportsnet aired first round all-U.S. series.

This was the second year of the league's five-year U.S. national broadcast rights deal with ESPN and ABC.

During the first two rounds of the playoffs, ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected games, while ABC had Saturday regional telecasts.

ABC's weekend telecasts continued into the Conference Finals, while ESPN had the rest of the third round games.

ESPN then aired the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals before the rest of the series shifted to ABC.