 The following season, Druken spent time with the Canucks' International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate, the Kansas City Blades, but spent the majority of the campaign with the Canucks, a season in which he appeared in an NHL career-high 55 games and scored 15 goals and 30 points, including a hat-trick on December 8, 2000, against the San Jose Sharks.Druken ended a 13-goal scoring drought late in the season when he scored two goals in a crucial game on April 6, 2001, against the Los Angeles Kings.He scored his second goal of the game just outside the lip of the crease to beat Félix Potvin in overtime, secure a 3–2 win and a Canucks' Stanley Cup playoff berth for the first time in five years.