# 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League and third as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes failed to qualify for the playoffs, despite qualifying the previous year.

## Regular season

The Hurricanes were the least penalized team during the regular season, with only 253 power-play opportunities against them.
Along with the NHL 2000 patch worn league-wide, Carolina wore Two other patches, one that celebrated their first season at the New Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena, and the other in memory of Steve Chiasson, who died in a drunk driving crash after the Hurricanes were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

### Final standings

Southeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
| 2 | 5 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
| 3 | 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
| 4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
| 5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM=Penalties in Minutes; 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

## Schedule and results

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 5–3–3–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 5–2–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
1WOctober 2, 19993–1@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)1–0–0–016,189Recap
2WOctober 7, 19992–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)2–0–0–019,273Recap
3LOctober 8, 19991–3@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)2–1–0–018,200Recap
4TOctober 11, 19993–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)2–1–1–012,328Recap
5TOctober 13, 19993–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)2–1–2–013,372Recap
6WOctober 15, 19994–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)3–1–2–013,701Recap
7TOctober 20, 19993–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)3–1–3–018,872Recap
8LOctober 22, 19993–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)3–2–3–015,434Recap
9WOctober 23, 19993–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)4–2–3–015,711Recap
10LOctober 29, 19992–4New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)4–3–3–018,730Recap
11WOctober 30, 19994–0@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)5–3–3–08,944Recap :
November: 6–5–3–0 (home: 6–3–1–0; road: 0–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
12LNovember 3, 19990–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)5–4–3–015,961Recap
13LNovember 5, 19992–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)5–5–3–019,983Recap
14WNovember 7, 19993–2Washington Capitals (1999–2000)6–5–3–012,624Recap
15LNovember 10, 19990–2New York Islanders (1999–2000)6–6–3–011,413Recap
16LNovember 11, 19991–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)6–7–3–019,499Recap
17WNovember 13, 19994–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)7–7–3–010,288Recap
18WNovember 17, 19992–1Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)8–7–3–011,237Recap
19TNovember 19, 19993–3 OT@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)8–7–4–011,943Recap
20WNovember 20, 19991–0Dallas Stars (1999–2000)9–7–4–013,442Recap
21LNovember 22, 19991–2Boston Bruins (1999–2000)9–8–4–014,709Recap
22TNovember 24, 19991–1 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)9–8–5–012,932Recap
23TNovember 26, 19993–3 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)9–8–6–014,344Recap
24WNovember 27, 19995–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)10–8–6–014,268Recap
25WNovember 30, 19994–3Calgary Flames (1999–2000)11–8–6–07,903Recap :
December: 3–8–1–0 (home: 2–3–1–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
26TDecember 2, 19992–2 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)11–8–7–09,367Recap
27LDecember 4, 19991–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)11–9–7–018,007Recap
28WDecember 7, 19994–2@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)12–9–7–016,356Recap
29LDecember 8, 19991–2@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)12–10–7–017,001Recap
30LDecember 10, 19992–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)12–11–7–012,974Recap
31LDecember 15, 19993–6Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)12–12–7–011,387Recap
32WDecember 18, 19994–2Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)13–12–7–010,187Recap
33LDecember 20, 19992–4Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)13–13–7–012,236Recap
34LDecember 22, 19991–4Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)13–14–7–015,375Recap
35LDecember 23, 19993–4@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)13–15–7–018,500Recap
36WDecember 26, 19994–3 OTFlorida Panthers (1999–2000)14–15–7–013,940Recap
37LDecember 28, 19992–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)14–16–7–017,113Recap :
January: 6–8–1–0 (home: 4–4–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
38WJanuary 1, 20004–2@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)15–16–7–017,642Recap
39LJanuary 4, 20001–2Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)15–17–7–07,848Recap
40WJanuary 6, 20007–3@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)16–17–7–015,582Recap
41TJanuary 7, 20004–4 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)16–17–8–012,002Recap
42WJanuary 9, 20001–0New York Rangers (1999–2000)17–17–8–012,174Recap
43LJanuary 11, 20003–4Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)17–18–8–011,609Recap
44LJanuary 14, 20001–5@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)17–19–8–015,073Recap
45LJanuary 17, 20002–5@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)17–20–8–011,042Recap
46LJanuary 18, 20002–3@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)17–21–8–018,200Recap
47LJanuary 20, 20001–4New York Rangers (1999–2000)17–22–8–011,073Recap
48WJanuary 22, 20004–1Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)18–22–8–016,345Recap
49WJanuary 24, 20003–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1999–2000)19–22–8–08,552Recap
50LJanuary 27, 20002–4Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)19–23–8–09,675Recap
51WJanuary 28, 20004–3 OTNew Jersey Devils (1999–2000)20–23–8–012,136Recap
52LJanuary 30, 20000–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)20–24–8–019,380Recap :
February: 6–4–1–0 (home: 2–2–1–0; road: 4–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
53WFebruary 1, 20004–2Florida Panthers (1999–2000)21–24–8–08,482Recap
54LFebruary 3, 20001–2@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)21–25–8–012,439Recap
55WFebruary 8, 20004–3@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)22–25–8–06,891Recap
56WFebruary 12, 20005–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)23–25–8–013,097Recap
57WFebruary 14, 20005–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)24–25–8–019,136Recap
58LFebruary 15, 20001–5@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)24–26–8–016,610Recap
59LFebruary 17, 20000–3Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)24–27–8–016,416Recap
60WFebruary 19, 20004–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)25–27–8–014,896Recap
61TFebruary 21, 20001–1 OTWashington Capitals (1999–2000)25–27–9–010,144Recap
62LFebruary 24, 20002–4Florida Panthers (1999–2000)25–28–9–010,494Recap
63WFebruary 26, 20002–1 OT@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)26–28–9–016,801Recap :
March: 8–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 4–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
64LMarch 1, 20005–7@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)26–29–9–014,666Recap
65WMarch 2, 20005–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)27–29–9–015,424Recap
66WMarch 4, 20005–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)28–29–9–017,483Recap
67WMarch 8, 20004–1Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)29–29–9–010,332Recap
68LMarch 10, 20003–5Boston Bruins (1999–2000)29–30–9–013,716Recap
69WMarch 12, 20005–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)30–30–9–011,513Recap
70TMarch 15, 20002–2 OTEdmonton Oilers (1999–2000)30–30–10–09,789Recap
71LMarch 17, 20002–4@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)30–31–10–014,908Recap
72LMarch 18, 20002–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)30–32–10–021,273Recap
73WMarch 21, 20005–0@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)31–32–10–013,809Recap
74LMarch 22, 20001–2St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)31–33–10–013,014Recap
75WMarch 26, 20004–1New York Islanders (1999–2000)32–33–10–011,406Recap
76LMarch 27, 20001–5Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)32–34–10–015,395Recap
77WMarch 29, 20003–1Nashville Predators (1999–2000)33–34–10–014,055Recap
78WMarch 31, 20003–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)34–34–10–018,690Recap :
April: 3–1–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordAttendanceRecap
79WApril 2, 20001–0Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)35–34–10–017,075Recap
80LApril 3, 20002–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)35–35–10–016,958Recap
81WApril 8, 20004–3@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)36–35–10–018,612Recap
82WApril 9, 20002–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)37–35–10–014,284Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Hurricanes only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 21 | Ron Francis | C | 78 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 10 | 18 |
| 92 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 80 | 25 | 38 | 63 | −9 | 72 |
| 10 | Gary Roberts | LW | 69 | 23 | 30 | 53 | −10 | 62 |
| 24 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 76 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
| 22 | Sean Hill | D | 62 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 59 |
| 18 | Robert Kron | LW | 81 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −4 | 8 |
| 77 | Paul Coffey | D | 69 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −6 | 40 |
| 51 | Andrei Kovalenko | RW | 76 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −13 | 38 |
| 13 | Bates Battaglia | LW | 77 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 20 | 39 |
| 23 | Martin Gelinas | LW | 81 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −10 | 40 |
| 28 | Paul Ranheim | LW | 79 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −14 | 6 |
| 2 | Glen Wesley | D | 78 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −4 | 38 |
| 27 | Rod Brind'Amour† | C | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −12 | 22 |
| 5 | Marek Malik | D | 57 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 63 |
| 16 | Tommy Westlund | RW | 81 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −10 | 19 |
| 14 | Steven Halko | D | 58 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 17 | Jeff Daniels | LW | 69 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −8 | 10 |
| 33 | Dave Karpa | D | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 52 |
| 44 | Kent Manderville‡ | C | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −8 | 12 |
| 45 | David Tanabe | D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 14 |
| 4 | Nolan Pratt | D | 64 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −22 | 90 |
| 7 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −19 | 14 |
| 15 | Byron Ritchie | C | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −10 | 17 |
| 1 | Arturs Irbe | G | 75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 14 |
| 35 | Eric Fichaud‡ | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 20 | Sandy McCarthy† | RW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 25 | Shane Willis | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltending

* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Arturs Irbe | 75 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 1858 | 175 | 2.42 | .906 | 5 | 4345 |
| 35 | Eric Fichaud‡ | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 206 | 24 | 2.94 | .883 | 1 | 490 |
| 30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 4.49 | .882 | 0 | 107 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Sami Kapanen |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Arturs Irbe (April 3) |
| Team | Steve Chiasson Award | Sean Hill |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
| First game | Tommy Westlund | October 2, 1999 | |
| First game | David Tanabe | October 11, 1999 | |

## Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts. The Hurricanes had the 16th overall pick.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 16 | David Tanabe | D | United States | University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA) |
| 2 | 49 | Brett Lysak | C | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 3 | 84 | Brad Fast | D | Canada | Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) |
| 4 | 113 | Ryan Murphy | LW | United States | Bowling Green University (NCAA) |
| 6 | 174 | Damian Surma | LW | United States | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
| 7 | 202 | Jim Baxter | RW | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 8 | 231 | David Evans | RW | United States | Clarkson University (ECAC) |
| 8 | 237 | Antti Jokela | G | Finland | Lukko (Finland) |
| 9 | 259 | Yevgeni Kurilin | C | Belarus | Anchorage Aces (WCHL) |

## Farm teams
### International Hockey League

The Cincinnati Cyclones are the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 1999–2000 IHL season.

### East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.