# 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season

The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season was the eighth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators drop in the standings, as they finished with 95 points, down from the 103 they registered the previous season. They finished second in the Northeast Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.

## Regular season

This season is remembered by fans as the season that star forward Alexei Yashin decided to sit out due to his contract. He was entering the final year of a five-year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995. However, Yashin demanded a large pay raise after his impressive 1998–99 season and set a deadline that the Senators had to offer him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators opted not to sign him, and Yashin sat out the entire 1999–2000 season.
With the loss of Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson was named captain, and, despite missing 25 games due to various injuries, he scored 59 points, behind only Radek Bonk's 60 points in team scoring. Marian Hossa tied Shawn McEachern for the team lead in goals, with 29.
The Senators traded goaltender Damian Rhodes to the Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, and acquired Patrick Lalime from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to split goaltending duties with Ron Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a sub-par season by his standards, and was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Tom Barrasso at the trade deadline.

### Final standings

Northeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
| 2 | 6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
| 3 | 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
| 4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
| 5 | 11 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z – Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
| 2 | y – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
| 3 | y – Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
| 4 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
| 6 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
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| 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
| 10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
| 11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
| 12 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
| 13 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
| 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
| 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

## Playoffs

Barrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs. However, it was a short stay for the goaltender, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series was the first Ottawa–Toronto Stanley Cup series since 1922, when the original Senators defeated the St. Patricks in an NHL playoff.
Toronto was the higher seed and drew home ice advantage. The first five games were all won by the home team. The Maple Leafs won 4–2 in Game 6 at Ottawa to win the series four games to two.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 8–2–1–1 (home: 5–0–1–1; road: 3–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1WOctober 2, 19993–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)1–0–0–019,541Recap
2WOctober 5, 19992–1@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)2–0–0–018,200Recap
3WOctober 7, 19994–3Boston Bruins (1999–2000)3–0–0–018,500Recap
4WOctober 9, 19994–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)4–0–0–018,500Recap
5TOctober 11, 19992–2 OTNew Jersey Devils (1999–2000)4–0–1–015,269Recap
6LOctober 14, 19993–4@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)4–1–1–013,879Recap
7LOctober 16, 19991–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)4–2–1–018,007Recap
8WOctober 21, 19994–1Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)5–2–1–017,474Recap
9WOctober 23, 19994–0Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)6–2–1–016,081Recap
10OTLOctober 28, 19993–4 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)6–2–1–115,903Recap
11WOctober 30, 19995–0Florida Panthers (1999–2000)7–2–1–115,239Recap
12WOctober 31, 19996–4@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)8–2–1–115,541Recap :
November: 6–6–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
13LNovember 3, 19991–3@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)8–3–1–111,012Recap
14WNovember 4, 19992–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)9–3–1–116,279Recap
15WNovember 6, 19992–1Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)10–3–1–118,500Recap
16WNovember 10, 19994–3@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)11–3–1–118,200Recap
17LNovember 11, 19991–2Nashville Predators (1999–2000)11–4–1–114,765Recap
18WNovember 13, 19994–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)12–4–1–118,500Recap
19LNovember 17, 19991–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)12–5–1–111,237Recap
20LNovember 18, 19991–4San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)12–6–1–116,976Recap
21LNovember 20, 19991–3@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)12–7–1–115,027Recap
22WNovember 25, 19996–3@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)13–7–1–116,457Recap
23LNovember 26, 19990–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)13–8–1–117,115Recap
24TNovember 28, 19993–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1999–2000)13–8–2–117,709Recap
25WNovember 30, 19992–1Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)14–8–2–117,875Recap :
December: 5–3–4–0 (home: 2–1–2–0; road: 3–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
26LDecember 3, 19994–7@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)14–9–2–112,393Recap
27LDecember 4, 19991–3Dallas Stars (1999–2000)14–10–2–118,211Recap
28TDecember 8, 19990–0 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)14–10–3–116,789Recap
29TDecember 11, 19991–1 OTNew York Islanders (1999–2000)14–10–4–117,129Recap
30WDecember 13, 19993–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)15–10–4–119,087Recap
31WDecember 16, 19992–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)16–10–4–114,120Recap
32LDecember 18, 19991–2@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)16–11–4–114,549Recap
33TDecember 19, 19993–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)16–11–5–116,217Recap
34WDecember 23, 19994–3Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)17–11–5–118,500Recap
35TDecember 27, 19994–4 OTMontreal Canadiens (1999–2000)17–11–6–118,500Recap
36WDecember 29, 19993–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)18–11–6–121,273Recap
37WDecember 30, 19995–4 OTBoston Bruins (1999–2000)19–11–6–118,500Recap :
January: 6–5–2–1 (home: 2–3–0–1; road: 4–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
38OTLJanuary 3, 20003–4 OTNew Jersey Devils (1999–2000)19–11–6–218,181Recap
39WJanuary 4, 20002–1@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)20–11–6–27,848Recap
40WJanuary 6, 20005–2Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)21–11–6–217,484Recap
41LJanuary 8, 20004–7Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)21–12–6–218,500Recap
42WJanuary 11, 20004–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)22–12–6–214,224Recap
43WJanuary 12, 20002–0@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)23–12–6–212,501Recap
44LJanuary 16, 20001–2@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)23–13–6–213,749Recap
45WJanuary 17, 20004–3 OT@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)24–13–6–27,247Recap
46TJanuary 20, 20001–1 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)24–13–7–219,602Recap
47LJanuary 22, 20002–3Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)24–14–7–218,500Recap
48TJanuary 24, 20003–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)24–14–8–219,210Recap
49LJanuary 26, 20001–4St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)24–15–8–218,078Recap
50LJanuary 28, 20000–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)24–16–8–218,690Recap
51WJanuary 29, 20003–2New York Rangers (1999–2000)25–16–8–218,211Recap :
February: 6–4–2–0 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
52TFebruary 1, 20004–4 OTBoston Bruins (1999–2000)25–16–9–217,756Recap
53LFebruary 3, 20002–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)25–17–9–218,690Recap
54WFebruary 11, 20005–3Florida Panthers (1999–2000)26–17–9–217,763Recap
55LFebruary 12, 20004–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)26–18–9–221,273Recap
56WFebruary 15, 20005–1Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)27–18–9–216,610Recap
57WFebruary 17, 20006–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)28–18–9–216,214Recap
58LFebruary 19, 20001–3Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)28–19–9–218,500Recap
59WFebruary 21, 20004–2@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)29–19–9–215,226Recap
60LFebruary 24, 20004–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)29–20–9–213,343Recap
61WFebruary 26, 20004–2New York Rangers (1999–2000)30–20–9–218,500Recap
62TFebruary 28, 20001–1 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)30–20–10–216,081Recap
63WFebruary 29, 20005–3@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)31–20–10–215,150Recap :
March: 7–6–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
64TMarch 2, 20005–5 OT@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)31–20–11–26,224Recap
65WMarch 4, 20003–2Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)32–20–11–217,411Recap
66WMarch 6, 20005–1@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)33–20–11–215,836Recap
67WMarch 9, 20007–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)34–20–11–216,737Recap
68LMarch 11, 20002–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)34–21–11–218,500Recap
69WMarch 15, 20003–1@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)35–21–11–216,642Recap
70LMarch 17, 20002–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)35–22–11–217,100Recap
71LMarch 18, 20001–6@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)35–23–11–217,762Recap
72WMarch 21, 20007–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)36–23–11–216,408Recap
73WMarch 23, 20003–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)37–23–11–218,500Recap
74LMarch 25, 20003–4Washington Capitals (1999–2000)37–24–11–218,136Recap
75WMarch 28, 20005–2Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)38–24–11–217,903Recap
76LMarch 30, 20003–6@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)38–25–11–213,310Recap
77LMarch 31, 20001–3@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)38–26–11–214,835Recap :
April: 3–2–0–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
78LApril 2, 20001–4@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)38–27–11–219,713Recap
79WApril 4, 20004–0Washington Capitals (1999–2000)39–27–11–216,902Recap
80LApril 6, 20001–2New York Islanders (1999–2000)39–28–11–216,626Recap
81WApril 8, 20003–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)40–28–11–221,273Recap
82WApril 9, 20005–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)41–28–11–218,022Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesAttendanceRecap
1LApril 12, 20000–2@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 1–019,330Recap
2LApril 15, 20001–5@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–019,391Recap
3WApril 17, 20004–3Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 2–118,500Recap
4WApril 19, 20002–1Toronto Maple LeafsSeries tied 2–218,500Recap
5LApril 22, 20001–2@ Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs lead 3–219,393Recap
6LApril 24, 20002–4Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leafs win 4–218,500Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 14 | Radek Bonk | C | 80 | 23 | 37 | 60 | −2 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 8 |
| 11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 57 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Marian Hossa | RW | 78 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 2 |
| 13 | Vaclav Prospal | C | 79 | 22 | 33 | 55 | −2 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 15 | Shawn McEachern | RW | 69 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Joe Juneau† | C | 65 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| 6 | Wade Redden | D | 81 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −1 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Andreas Dackell | RW | 82 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Jason York | D | 79 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Magnus Arvedson | LW | 47 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
| 22 | Shaun Van Allen | C | 75 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Patrick Traverse | D | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 57 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −6 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Chris Phillips | D | 65 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 64 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −5 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
| 5 | Sami Salo | D | 37 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 0 |
| 9 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 67 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Janne Laukkanen‡ | D | 60 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Mike Fisher | C | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −6 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Andre Roy | RW | 73 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Colin Forbes† | C | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 56 | Petr Schastlivy | LW | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Grant Ledyard† | D | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 21 | Kevin Miller | C | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bruce Gardiner‡ | RW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Yves Sarault | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Steve Martins‡ | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Tom Barrasso† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 25 | Vyacheslav Butsayev† | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Bobby Dollas†‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | John Emmons | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Mike Fountain | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 59 | Erich Goldmann | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | John Gruden | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Jani Hurme | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Karel Rachunek | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Ron Tugnutt‡ | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 52 | David Van Drunen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 834 | 79 | 2.33 | .905 | 3 | 2038 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Ron Tugnutt‡ | 44 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1020 | 103 | 2.54 | .899 | 4 | 2435 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Tom Barrasso† | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 22 | 3.16 | .879 | 0 | 418 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 168 | 16 | 2.58 | .905 | 0 | 372 |
| 1 | Jani Hurme | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2.00 | .895 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Mike Fountain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.75 | .833 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Radek Bonk | |
| Team | Molson Cup | Marian Hossa | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Mike Fisher | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Karel Rachunek | October 31, 1999 |
| First game | Erich Goldmann | November 11, 1999 |
| First game | David Van Drunen | December 13, 1999 |
| First game | Petr Schastlivy | January 3, 2000 |
| First game | John Emmons | January 6, 2000 |
| First game | Jani Hurme | April 9, 2000 |
| 1,000th game played | Kevin Dineen | October 21, 1999 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 18, 1999 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimAntti-Jussi Niemi Ted Donato | To Ottawa SenatorsPatrick Lalime |
| June 18, 1999 | To Atlanta ThrashersDamian Rhodes | To Ottawa Senatorsfuture considerations |
| June 30, 1999 | To Tampa Bay LightningRick Dudley Andreas Johansson | To Ottawa SenatorsRob Zamuner Tampa's second-round pick 2002 Draft (later traded) |
| November 11, 1999 | To Tampa Bay LightningBruce Gardiner | To Ottawa SenatorsColin Forbes |
| March 8, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightningfuture considerations | To Ottawa SenatorsJeff Shevalier |
| March 14, 1999 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRon Tugnutt Janne Laukkanen | To Ottawa SenatorsTom Barrasso |
| March 18, 2000 | To Quebec (AHL)Jeff Shevalier (loan) | To Ottawa SenatorsJason McBain |

### Waivers

| September 27, 1999 | To Tampa Bay LightningVyacheslav Butsayev |
| October 28, 1999 | To Ottawa SenatorsVyacheslav Butsayev (assigned to Grand Rapids) |
| October 29, 1999 | To Tampa Bay LightningSteve Martins |
| November 11, 1999 | To Calgary FlamesBobby Dollas |

### Expansion draft

| June 25, 1998 | To Atlanta ThrashersPhil Crowe |
Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.

## Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 26 | Martin Havlat | Czech Republic | Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga) |
| 2 | 48 | Simon Lajeunesse | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 62 | Teemu Sainomaa | Finland | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
| 3 | 94 | Chris Kelly | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 5 | 154 | Andrew Ianiero | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 6 | 164 | Martin Prusek | Czech Republic | HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga) |
| 7 | 201 | Mikko Ruutu | Finland | HIFK (SM-liiga) |
| 7 | 209 | Layne Ulmer | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
| 7 | 213 | Alexandre Giroux | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 269 | Konstantin Gorovikov | Russia | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia) |

## Farm teams

* Grand Rapids Griffins (International Hockey League)
* Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)