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2000–01 Los Angeles Kings season

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Division
  
3rd Pacific

Goals for
  
252

General Manager
  
Dave Taylor

2000–01 record
  
38–28–13

Goals against
  
228

Coach
  
Andy Murray

The 2000–01 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 34th season of operation. The club made it to the playoffs, defeating Detroit in the first round before losing to Colorado in the second round.

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Final standings

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.

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Playoffs

The Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 in the 1st Round after being down 0-2, this was LA's first playoff series win since beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1993 Campbell Conference Finals. However they would lose to former Captain Rob Blake and the Colorado Avalanche in 7 games in the 2nd Round, the Avs would go on to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

The Kings' selected the following players at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta:

  • Alexander Frolov (20th pick)
  • Andreas Lilja (54th pick)
  • Yanick Lehoux (86th pick)
  • Lubomir Visnovsky (118th pick)
  • Nathan Marsters (165th pick)
  • Yevgeny Fedorov (201st pick)
  • Tim Eriksson (206th pick)
  • Craig Olynick (218th pick)
  • Dan Welch (245th pick)
  • Flavien Conne (250th pick)
  • Carl Grahn (282nd pick)
  • References

    2000–01 Los Angeles Kings season Wikipedia