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Richard Smehlik's 2000-2001 season

Points
15
NHL#407
Goals
3
NHL#462
Assists
12
NHL#361
Plus/minus
+6
NHL#156
Games
56
68%
68% of 82

Defenceman Richard Smehlik was 30 years old when the 2000-2001 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 56 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points, 0.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 1 points.

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

2000-2001Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Richard Smehlik plays the 2000-2001 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Richard was 30 years old when the 2000-2001 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–4BUF
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG19:55TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK3–5BUF
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:19TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3EDM
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–4VAN
      L
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:26TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–4MTL
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP16:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–2BUF
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:30TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5DET
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:52TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–4BUF
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–2BUF
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:58TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–1CHI
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:58TOI
    • November 2000
    • The game
      MTL4–5BUF
      W
      game 11/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP20:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–3BUF
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–0NJD
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:04TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–2BUF
      game 16/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:18TOI
    • The game
      MIN1–3BUF
      W
      game 17/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG17:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–4STL
      L
      game 18/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:14TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG21:28TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–3MTL
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      4
      points
      NHL#378
      2
      goals
      NHL#261
      2
      assists
      NHL#400
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#70
      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
      -1+/-0SOG19:52TOI
    • December 2000
    • The game
      PIT6–4BUF
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:44TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2PIT
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:49TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:04TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–5BUF
      W
      game 26/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG19:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYR
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG16:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–0BOS
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:11TOI
    Milestone

    Richard Smehlik reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Boston Bruins · December 12

    • The game
      BUF3–5CAR
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:32TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–3BUF
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:41TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2WSH
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG21:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–1BUF
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–5BUF
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP14:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–3BUF
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG14:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1SHP18:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG17:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–1TOR
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:38TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–3BUF
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:49TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0NSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG22:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–2SJS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:38TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      13
      points
      NHL#265
      2
      goals
      NHL#394
      11
      assists
      NHL#181
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#107
      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
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG21:24TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–0ANA
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG20:46TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–3BUF
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:06TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5FLA
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:12TOI
    • February 2001
    • The game
      BUF2–4TBL
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG19:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–3NYR
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG17:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–2BUF
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:06TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1OTT
      W
      game 54/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3BUF
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG17:29TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5ATL
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      ATL1–3BUF
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:38TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–5BUF
      W
      game 58/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–2BUF
      W
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0NJD
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:28TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      15
      points
      NHL#334
      3
      goals
      NHL#406
      12
      assists
      NHL#278
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#57
      BUF
      33-23-1W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • March 2001
    • The game
      NYR3–6BUF
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:32TOI
    • April 2001
    • The game
      WSH1–2BUF
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:21TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–1BUF
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:08TOI
    The season in numbers

    Richard Smehlik closes the 2000-2001 season with 15 points

    Points
    15
    NHL#407
    Games
    56of 82
    68%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#462
    Assists
    12
    NHL#361
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#399
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#156
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    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
      0+/-0SOG17:48TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF4–3PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:47TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–2BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:06TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:29TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF1–3PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:16TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    BUF4–2PHI
    Advance
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BUFvsPIT
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      BUF4–1PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG18:45TOI
    • May 2001
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF5–2PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG18:23TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP22:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 6
      BUF2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:52TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT3–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG28:02TOI
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

    BUF3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Richard Smehlik ends the 2000-2001 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    10
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.10
    NHL#117
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#42
    PHI4–2→PIT3–4