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Alexei Zhitnik's 2000-2001 season

Points
37
NHL#164
Goals
8
NHL#286
Assists
29
NHL#115
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#553
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Defenceman Alexei Zhitnik was 27 years old when the 2000-2001 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 8 goals and 29 assists for 37 points, 0.47 points per game. In the playoffs he played 13 games for 7 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2000-2001Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Alexei Zhitnik plays the 2000-2001 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Alexei was 27 years old when the 2000-2001 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–4BUF
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG22:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–5BUF
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:13TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3EDM
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG24:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–4VAN
      L
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:47TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–4MTL
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–1CHI
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP19:39TOI
      +2 assists
    • November 2000
    • The game
      MTL4–5BUF
      W
      game 11/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP21:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:24TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–3BUF
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP23:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–0NJD
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:38TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–3BUF
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP28:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL2–2BUF
      game 16/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:45TOI
    • The game
      MIN1–3BUF
      W
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG26:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4STL
      L
      game 18/82
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG25:56TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG22:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–3MTL
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG26:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 played
      11
      points
      NHL#157
      4
      goals
      NHL#147
      7
      assists
      NHL#141
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#88
      BUF
      12-6-1W-L-OT27Points
      3rd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF1–3OTT
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG26:42TOI
    • December 2000
    • The game
      PIT6–4BUF
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP29:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2PIT
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG29:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:57TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–5BUF
      W
      game 26/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP24:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYR
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–0BOS
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:15TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–5CAR
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -3+/-3SOG2PPP25:18TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA2–3BUF
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:20TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2WSH
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:30TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–1BUF
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG24:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–5BUF
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–3BUF
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:35TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–2BUF
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG27:50TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:51TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:22TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1TOR
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:06TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–3BUF
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–0NSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2SJS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG26:26TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      18
      points
      NHL#180
      5
      goals
      NHL#243
      13
      assists
      NHL#138
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#230
      BUF
      21-14-1W-L-OT48Points
      3rd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–3LAK
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG24:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–0ANA
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG23:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–3BUF
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:17TOI
    • The game
      FLA0–1BUF
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:30TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG27:07TOI
    • The game
      CBJ2–1BUF
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:39TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1NYI
      W
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:42TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5FLA
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG25:25TOI
    • February 2001
    • The game
      BUF2–4TBL
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG23:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–3NYR
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:43TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–2BUF
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG27:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1OTT
      W
      game 54/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3BUF
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:15TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5ATL
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:13TOI
    • The game
      ATL1–3BUF
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG23:21TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–5BUF
      W
      game 58/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP21:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT0–2BUF
      W
      game 59/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP27:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–0NJD
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:34TOI
    • The game
      PHX7–3BUF
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:11TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–5BUF
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP23:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      24
      points
      NHL#210
      5
      goals
      NHL#315
      19
      assists
      NHL#151
      -11
      +/-
      NHL#281
      BUF
      33-23-1W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF4–1OTT
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP25:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2001
    • The game
      BUF0–2PHI
      L
      game 64/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2COL
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:05TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4DAL
      L
      game 66/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG26:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–1BOS
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:56TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–0BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:09TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–6BUF
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP26:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN2–4BUF
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG24:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2WSH
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP23:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR0–3BUF
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–1CAR
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:44TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3BUF
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG23:00TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF4–0ATL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP25:44TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF1–4PIT
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:53TOI
    • The game
      ATL0–4BUF
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG21:33TOI
    • April 2001
    • The game
      BUF4–2TBL
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP21:57TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF5–3FLA
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:06TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:48TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2BUF
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:46TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–1BUF
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:58TOI
    The season in numbers

    Alexei Zhitnik closes the 2000-2001 season with 37 points

    Points
    37
    NHL#164
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#286
    Assists
    29
    NHL#115
    P/GP
    0.47
    NHL#196
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#553
    Events
    3×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF2–1PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:00TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF4–3PHI
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP34:01TOI
      +2 points
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–2BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG22:49TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG27:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF1–3PHI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG26:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      PHI0–8BUF
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP22:07TOI
      +2 assists
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    BUF4–2PHI
    Advance
    6Games6Points1Goals5Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BUFvsPIT
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 1
      PIT3–0BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:54TOI
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      PIT3–1BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:47TOI
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF4–1PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:50TOI
    • May 2001
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF5–2PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG24:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG31:39TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 6
      BUF2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG32:31TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT3–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG30:31TOI
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

    BUF3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Alexei Zhitnik ends the 2000-2001 playoffs with 7 points

    Points
    7
    NHL#41
    Games
    13
    Goals
    1
    NHL#99
    Assists
    6
    NHL#28
    P/GP
    0.54
    NHL#37
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#272
    Events
    25
    playoff assists
    2 points
    best game
    PHI4–2→PIT3–4