# 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season

The 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fifth season. It was the first season in the new Pepsi Center arena.

## Regular season

* December 12, 1999: Colorado beat the Vancouver Canucks, and Patrick Roy, who earned that decision, won his 424th game, surpassing Tony Esposito on the all-time list.
* March 4, 2000: Colorado beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career, surpassing Jacques Plante on the all-time list.

### Season standings

Northwest Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 233 | 201 | 96 |
| 2 | 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 226 | 212 | 88 |
| 3 | 10 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 227 | 237 | 83 |
| 4 | 12 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 211 | 256 | 77 |
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.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 248 | 165 | 114 |
| 2 | y – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 211 | 184 | 102 |
| 3 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 233 | 201 | 96 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 278 | 210 | 108 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 245 | 228 | 94 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 232 | 228 | 90 |
| 7 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 226 | 212 | 88 |
| 8 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 225 | 214 | 87 |
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| 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 227 | 83 |
| 10 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 227 | 237 | 83 |
| 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 242 | 245 | 78 |
| 12 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 211 | 256 | 77 |
| 13 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 199 | 240 | 70 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 5–5–2–1 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 3–4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 5, 19993–2@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 6, 19991–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)1–1–0–0Recap
3TOctober 8, 19993–3 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)1–1–1–0Recap
4LOctober 10, 19992–4@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)1–2–1–0Recap
5TOctober 11, 19993–3 OT@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)1–2–2–0Recap
6WOctober 13, 19992–1Boston Bruins (1999–2000)2–2–2–0Recap
7WOctober 16, 19993–1Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)3–2–2–0Recap
8WOctober 20, 19992–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)4–2–2–0Recap
9LOctober 21, 19991–4@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)4–3–2–0Recap
10WOctober 23, 19993–2 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)5–3–2–0Recap
11LOctober 27, 19993–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)5–4–2–0Recap
12OTLOctober 28, 19994–5 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)5–4–2–1Recap
13LOctober 30, 19993–5Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)5–5–2–1Recap :
November: 6–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14WNovember 3, 19995–0St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)6–5–2–1Recap
15WNovember 5, 19994–1New York Rangers (1999–2000)7–5–2–1Recap
16LNovember 11, 19992–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)7–6–2–1Recap
17WNovember 13, 19995–2@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)8–6–2–1Recap
18TNovember 15, 19992–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)8–6–3–1Recap
19LNovember 17, 19991–2Florida Panthers (1999–2000)8–7–3–1Recap
20LNovember 19, 19992–3New York Islanders (1999–2000)8–8–3–1Recap
21WNovember 22, 19993–2 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)9–8–3–1Recap
22LNovember 23, 19992–6Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)9–9–3–1Recap
23LNovember 26, 19990–7@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)9–10–3–1Recap
24WNovember 27, 19997–1Calgary Flames (1999–2000)10–10–3–1Recap
25WNovember 30, 19994–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)11–10–3–1Recap :
December: 7–5–1–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 3–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26LDecember 1, 19991–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)11–11–3–1Recap
27WDecember 4, 19993–1Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)12–11–3–1Recap
28WDecember 6, 19995–2Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)13–11–3–1Recap
29LDecember 8, 19992–4@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)13–12–3–1Recap
30WDecember 10, 19992–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)14–12–3–1Recap
31WDecember 12, 19993–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)15–12–3–1Recap
32LDecember 15, 19992–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)15–13–3–1Recap
33LDecember 17, 19992–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)15–14–3–1Recap
34TDecember 18, 19992–2 OT@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)15–14–4–1Recap
35WDecember 20, 19994–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)16–14–4–1Recap
36LDecember 23, 19991–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)16–15–4–1Recap
37WDecember 27, 19995–1St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)17–15–4–1Recap
38WDecember 29, 19994–2Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)18–15–4–1Recap :
January: 7–4–3–0 (home: 6–0–2–0; road: 1–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
39TJanuary 3, 20002–2 OTEdmonton Oilers (1999–2000)18–15–5–1Recap
40WJanuary 5, 20004–0Calgary Flames (1999–2000)19–15–5–1Recap
41WJanuary 7, 20004–1Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)20–15–5–1Recap
42LJanuary 9, 20003–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)20–16–5–1Recap
43WJanuary 11, 20004–2Nashville Predators (1999–2000)21–16–5–1Recap
44WJanuary 13, 20004–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)22–16–5–1Recap
45WJanuary 15, 20003–1Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)23–16–5–1Recap
46WJanuary 17, 20002–0Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)24–16–5–1Recap
47TJanuary 19, 20000–0 OTSan Jose Sharks (1999–2000)24–16–6–1Recap
48TJanuary 21, 20003–3 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)24–16–7–1Recap
49LJanuary 23, 20002–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)24–17–7–1Recap
50WJanuary 25, 20004–3@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)25–17–7–1Recap
51LJanuary 27, 20004–6@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)25–18–7–1Recap
52LJanuary 29, 20000–4@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)25–19–7–1Recap :
February: 3–7–3–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 1–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
53WFebruary 1, 20002–1Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)26–19–7–1Recap
54TFebruary 3, 20003–3 OTSan Jose Sharks (1999–2000)26–19–8–1Recap
55LFebruary 8, 20000–2Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)26–20–8–1Recap
56WFebruary 10, 20003–2Calgary Flames (1999–2000)27–20–8–1Recap
57LFebruary 13, 20003–4Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)27–21–8–1Recap
58LFebruary 15, 20001–2@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)27–22–8–1Recap
59TFebruary 17, 20005–5 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)27–22–9–1Recap
60WFebruary 18, 20004–2@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)28–22–9–1Recap
61LFebruary 20, 20001–2Dallas Stars (1999–2000)28–23–9–1Recap
62LFebruary 22, 20003–4Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)28–24–9–1Recap
63LFebruary 25, 20002–4@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)28–25–9–1Recap
64TFebruary 27, 20001–1 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)28–25–10–1Recap
65LFebruary 29, 20001–3Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)28–26–10–1Recap :
March: 10–2–1–0 (home: 6–2–1–0; road: 4–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
66WMarch 2, 20005–0New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)29–26–10–1Recap
67WMarch 4, 20004–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)30–26–10–1Recap
68WMarch 7, 20008–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)31–26–10–1Recap
69WMarch 10, 20004–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)32–26–10–1Recap
70WMarch 12, 20003–1Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)33–26–10–1Recap
71WMarch 14, 20004–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)34–26–10–1Recap
72TMarch 16, 20002–2 OTNashville Predators (1999–2000)34–26–11–1Recap
73LMarch 18, 20003–4Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)34–27–11–1Recap
74LMarch 20, 20002–3Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)34–28–11–1Recap
75WMarch 23, 20004–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)35–28–11–1Recap
76WMarch 26, 20002–1 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)36–28–11–1Recap
77WMarch 27, 20003–1Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)37–28–11–1Recap
78WMarch 29, 20003–2Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)38–28–11–1Recap :
April: 4–0–0–0 (home: 2–0–0–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
79WApril 2, 20003–2 OTDallas Stars (1999–2000)39–28–11–1Recap
80WApril 5, 20003–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)40–28–11–1Recap
81WApril 7, 20003–1@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)41–28–11–1Recap
82WApril 9, 20003–2Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)42–28–11–1Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes – Avalanche win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 13, 20006–3Phoenix CoyotesAvalanche lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 15, 20003–1Phoenix CoyotesAvalanche lead 2–0Recap
3WApril 17, 20004–2@ Phoenix CoyotesAvalanche lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 19, 20002–3@ Phoenix CoyotesAvalanche lead 3–1Recap
5WApril 21, 20002–1Phoenix CoyotesAvalanche win 4–1Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings: Avalanche win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 27, 20002–0Detroit Red WingsAvalanche lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 29, 20003–1Detroit Red WingsAvalanche lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 1, 20001–3@ Detroit Red WingsAvalanche lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 3, 20003–2 OT@ Detroit Red WingsAvalanche lead 3–1Recap
5WMay 5, 20004–2Detroit Red WingsAvalanche win 4–1Recap :
Western Conference Finals vs. (2) Dallas Stars – Stars win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 13, 20002–0@ Dallas StarsAvalanche lead 1–0Recap
2LMay 15, 20002–3@ Dallas StarsSeries tied 1–1Recap
3WMay 19, 20002–0Dallas StarsAvalanche lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 21, 20001–4Dallas StarsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 23, 20002–3 OT@ Dallas StarsStars lead 3–2Recap
6WMay 25, 20002–1Dallas StarsSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LMay 27, 20002–3@ Dallas StarsStars win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Avalanche only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche 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 |
| 19 | Joe Sakic | C | 60 | 28 | 53 | 81 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −5 | 8 |
| 23 | Milan Hejduk | RW | 82 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −7 | 6 |
| 37 | Chris Drury | C | 82 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 82 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 40 | Alex Tanguay | LW | 76 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 49 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 9 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −10 | 106 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 21 |
| 26 | Stephane Yelle | C | 79 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | Shjon Podein | LW | 75 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Dave Reid† | LW | 65 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Brian Rolston†‡ | LW | 50 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 52 | Adam Foote | D | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 98 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 55 | Martin Skoula | D | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| 77 | Ray Bourque† | D | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Jon Klemm | D | 73 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Chris Dingman | LW | 68 | 8 | 3 | 11 | −2 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Claude Lemieux‡ | RW | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Eric Messier | LW | 61 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Greg de Vries | D | 69 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −7 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Aaron Miller | D | 53 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Dan Hinote | RW | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Serge Aubin | LW | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 38 | Dave Andreychuk† | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −9 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 18 |
| 36 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 62 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Patrick Roy | G | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4 |
| 30 | Marc Denis | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Shean Donovan‡ | RW | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Christian Matte | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Sami Helenius | D | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Ville Nieminen | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Dan Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Rick Tabaracci† | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Brian Willsie | RW | 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 Avalanche 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 |
| 33 | Patrick Roy | 63 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 1640 | 141 | 2.28 | .914 | 2 | 3704 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 431 | 31 | 1.79 | .928 | 3 | 1039 |
| 30 | Marc Denis | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 618 | 51 | 2.54 | .917 | 3 | 1203 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Rick Tabaracci† | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2.00 | .889 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Forsberg |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Milan Hejduk |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Sandis Ozolinsh |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Joe Sakic |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Joe Sakic (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Peter Forsberg (January 17) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Dan Hinote | October 5, 1999 |
| First game | Martin Skoula | October 5, 1999 |
| First game | Alex Tanguay | October 5, 1999 |
| First game | Brian Willsie | January 9, 2000 |
| First game | Ville Nieminen | January 29, 2000 |
| 1,000th point | Joe Sakic | December 27, 1999 |
| 400th goal | Ray Bourque | March 18, 2000 |
| 400th goal | Joe Sakic | March 23, 2000 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| March 6, 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche Ray Bourque, Dave Andreychuk | To Boston Bruins Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick |
| June 7, 2000 | To Colorado Avalanche 2nd round pick in 2000 (Tomas Kurka) | To Columbus Blue Jackets Marc Denis |

## Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 25 | Mikhail Kuleshov | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
| 2 | 45 | Martin Grenier | Canada | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 93 | Branko Radivojevic | Slovakia | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 4 | 112 | Sanny Lindstrom | Sweden | Huddinge IK (Sweden) |
| 4 | 122 | Kristian Kovac | Slovakia | HC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia) |
| 5 | 142 | William Magnuson | United States | Lake Superior State University (NCAA) |
| 5 | 152 | Jordan Krestanovich | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
| 6 | 158 | Anders Lovdahl | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
| 6 | 183 | Riku Hahl | Finland | HPK (Finland) |
| 7 | 212 | Radim Vrbata | Czech Republic | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 8 | 240 | Jeff Finger | United States | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |