# 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's eighth season of operation. The club placed fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

## Regular season

* March 4, 2000: In a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career.

### 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: 3–5–1–1 (home: 2–2–1–1; road: 1–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 2, 19994–2New York Islanders (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 7, 19992–5Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)1–1–0–0Recap
3LOctober 9, 19990–1@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)1–2–0–0Recap
4LOctober 15, 19992–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)1–3–0–0Recap
5TOctober 16, 19994–4 OTAtlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)1–3–1–0Recap
6OTLOctober 19, 19995–6 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)1–3–1–1Recap
7WOctober 23, 19992–1Calgary Flames (1999–2000)2–3–1–1Recap
8LOctober 27, 19993–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)2–4–1–1Recap
9LOctober 28, 19993–7@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)2–5–1–1Recap
10WOctober 30, 19992–1@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)3–5–1–1Recap :
November: 5–6–1–1 (home: 4–1–1–1; road: 1–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
11LNovember 3, 19991–4@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)3–6–1–1Recap
12WNovember 6, 19997–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)4–6–1–1Recap
13WNovember 7, 19993–2Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)5–6–1–1Recap
14LNovember 9, 19991–2@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)5–7–1–1Recap
15WNovember 12, 19994–2Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)6–7–1–1Recap
16LNovember 13, 19992–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)6–8–1–1Recap
17LNovember 17, 19994–5@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)6–9–1–1Recap
18WNovember 18, 19992–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)7–9–1–1Recap
19LNovember 20, 19991–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)7–10–1–1Recap
20WNovember 22, 19994–1Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)8–10–1–1Recap
21LNovember 24, 19993–6New York Rangers (1999–2000)8–11–1–1Recap
22TNovember 26, 19993–3 OTCarolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)8–11–2–1Recap
23OTLNovember 28, 19992–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1999–2000)8–11–2–2Recap :
December: 2–6–3–1 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 1–4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24WDecember 1, 19994–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)9–11–2–2Recap
25LDecember 2, 19991–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)9–12–2–2Recap
26TDecember 4, 19993–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)9–12–3–2Recap
27TDecember 6, 19993–3 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)9–12–4–2Recap
28WDecember 10, 19993–2Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)10–12–4–2Recap
29TDecember 14, 19994–4 OTNashville Predators (1999–2000)10–12–5–2Recap
30LDecember 18, 19990–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)10–13–5–2Recap
31OTLDecember 19, 19994–5 OT@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)10–13–5–3Recap
32LDecember 21, 19992–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)10–14–5–3Recap
33LDecember 23, 19993–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)10–15–5–3Recap
34LDecember 26, 19993–6@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)10–16–5–3Recap
35LDecember 27, 19991–6Florida Panthers (1999–2000)10–17–5–3Recap :
January: 2–10–1–1 (home: 2–5–0–0; road: 0–5–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36LJanuary 1, 20005–7@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)10–18–5–3Recap
37TJanuary 5, 20003–3 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)10–18–6–3Recap
38LJanuary 7, 20001–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)10–19–6–3Recap
39OTLJanuary 8, 20002–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)10–19–6–4Recap
40LJanuary 11, 20005–6New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)10–20–6–4Recap
41WJanuary 13, 20004–2New York Islanders (1999–2000)11–20–6–4Recap
42LJanuary 15, 20002–5Florida Panthers (1999–2000)11–21–6–4Recap
43LJanuary 17, 20003–6Washington Capitals (1999–2000)11–22–6–4Recap
44LJanuary 20, 20002–4Boston Bruins (1999–2000)11–23–6–4Recap
45LJanuary 22, 20000–2@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)11–24–6–4Recap
46LJanuary 24, 20002–8@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)11–25–6–4Recap
47LJanuary 25, 20001–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)11–26–6–4Recap
48LJanuary 28, 20003–7Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)11–27–6–4Recap
49WJanuary 29, 20002–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)12–27–6–4Recap :
February: 3–6–1–2 (home: 2–3–1–1; road: 1–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50LFebruary 1, 20003–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)12–28–6–4Recap
51OTLFebruary 3, 20001–2 OTMontreal Canadiens (1999–2000)12–28–6–5Recap
52LFebruary 8, 20000–8San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)12–29–6–5Recap
53OTLFebruary 10, 20004–5 OT@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)12–29–6–6Recap
54LFebruary 12, 20002–5Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)12–30–6–6Recap
55TFebruary 15, 20002–2 OTNew York Rangers (1999–2000)12–30–7–6Recap
56LFebruary 17, 20002–6@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)12–31–7–6Recap
57LFebruary 19, 20002–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)12–32–7–6Recap
58WFebruary 21, 20002–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)13–32–7–6Recap
59WFebruary 24, 20005–4Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)14–32–7–6Recap
60WFebruary 26, 20003–2@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)15–32–7–6Recap
61LFebruary 27, 20001–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)15–33–7–6Recap :
March: 3–10–1–1 (home: 1–6–0–1; road: 2–4–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
62LMarch 1, 20002–4Washington Capitals (1999–2000)15–34–7–6Recap
63LMarch 3, 20001–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)15–35–7–6Recap
64LMarch 4, 20001–4@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)15–36–7–6Recap
65OTLMarch 8, 20002–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1999–2000)15–36–7–7Recap
66LMarch 10, 20003–4Florida Panthers (1999–2000)15–37–7–7Recap
67LMarch 12, 20001–4Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)15–38–7–7Recap
68WMarch 14, 20004–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)16–38–7–7Recap
69TMarch 15, 20004–4 OT@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)16–38–8–7Recap
70WMarch 17, 20003–1@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)17–38–8–7Recap
71LMarch 19, 20002–5@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)17–39–8–7Recap
72LMarch 21, 20000–4@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)17–40–8–7Recap
73LMarch 24, 20001–5St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)17–41–8–7Recap
74LMarch 26, 20001–3Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)17–42–8–7Recap
75LMarch 28, 20002–4Dallas Stars (1999–2000)17–43–8–7Recap
76WMarch 30, 20006–3Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)18–43–8–7Recap :
April: 1–4–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
77TApril 1, 20003–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)18–43–9–7Recap
78LApril 2, 20001–4New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)18–44–9–7Recap
79WApril 4, 20005–4Boston Bruins (1999–2000)19–44–9–7Recap
80LApril 6, 20001–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)19–45–9–7Recap
81LApril 8, 20002–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)19–46–9–7Recap
82LApril 9, 20002–5@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)19–47–9–7Recap :
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 Lightning only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 80 | 25 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 43 |
| 33 | Fredrik Modin | LW | 80 | 22 | 26 | 48 | −26 | 18 |
| 26 | Mike Sillinger‡ | C | 67 | 19 | 25 | 44 | −29 | 86 |
| 77 | Chris Gratton‡ | C | 58 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −24 | 121 |
| 16 | Darcy Tucker‡ | RW | 50 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −15 | 108 |
| 20 | Stan Drulia | RW | 68 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −18 | 24 |
| 13 | Pavel Kubina | D | 69 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −19 | 93 |
| 23 | Petr Svoboda | D | 70 | 2 | 23 | 25 | −11 | 170 |
| 8 | Todd Warriner† | LW | 55 | 11 | 13 | 24 | −14 | 34 |
| 10 | Mike Johnson† | RW | 28 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −2 | 4 |
| 2 | Paul Mara | D | 54 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −27 | 73 |
| 14 | Robert Petrovicky | C | 43 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 14 |
| 17 | Steve Guolla‡ | C | 46 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 11 |
| 25 | Dan Kesa | RW | 50 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −11 | 21 |
| 44 | Stephane Richer‡ | RW | 20 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Steve Martins† | C | 57 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −11 | 37 |
| 30 | Andrei Zyuzin | D | 34 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −11 | 33 |
| 15 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky† | RW | 29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −7 | 28 |
| 5 | Bruce Gardiner† | RW | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −21 | 37 |
| 7 | Ben Clymer | RW | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −26 | 87 |
| 9 | Brian Holzinger† | C | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −7 | 21 |
| 3 | Sergey Gusev | D | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −9 | 6 |
| 21 | Andreas Johansson‡ | C | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | Wayne Primeau† | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 25 |
| 28 | Nils Ekman† | LW | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 36 |
| 2 | Bill Houlder‡ | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| 8 | Michael Nylander‡ | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| 18 | Marek Posmyk† | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 27 | Jassen Cullimore | D | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −12 | 66 |
| 42 | Matt Elich | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 25 | Dwayne Hay† | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Chris McAlpine†‡ | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 10 |
| 6 | Bryan Muir† | D | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 32 |
| 11 | Shawn Burr | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Ryan Johnson† | C | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −9 | 2 |
| 21 | Cory Sarich† | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 42 |
| 29 | Pavel Torgaev†‡ | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Reid Simpson† | LW | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 103 |
| 49 | Kaspars Astashenko | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 1 | Zac Bierk | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 34 | Gordie Dwyer† | LW | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 135 |
| 51 | Dale Rominski | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Vyacheslav Butsayev‡ | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 39 | Dan Cloutier | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 29 |
| 27 | Colin Forbes‡ | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 18 |
| 43 | Kyle Freadrich | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 39 |
| 56 | Ian Herbers‡ | D | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | 45 |
| 35 | Kevin Hodson | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 35 | Dieter Kochan† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | Rich Parent† | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 93 | Daren Puppa | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 9 | Jeff Shevalier‡ | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 46 | Andrei Skopintsev | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning 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 |
| 39 | Dan Cloutier | 52 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 1258 | 145 | 3.49 | .885 | 0 | 2492 |
| 1 | Zac Bierk | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 308 | 31 | 3.65 | .899 | 0 | 509 |
| 35 | Kevin Hodson | 24 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 327 | 47 | 3.67 | .856 | 0 | 769 |
| 31 | Rich Parent† | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 353 | 43 | 3.70 | .878 | 0 | 698 |
| 35 | Dieter Kochan† | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 17 | 4.29 | .847 | 0 | 238 |
| 93 | Daren Puppa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 19 | 4.58 | .853 | 0 | 249 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Petr Svoboda | |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Ben Clymer | October 16, 1999 |
| First game | Nils Ekman | December 10, 1999 |
| First game | Kyle Freadrich | January 1, 2000 |
| First game | Dale Rominski | January 13, 2000 |
| First game | Gordie Dwyer | February 12, 2000 |
| First game | Matt Elich | February 19, 2000 |
| First game | Marek Posmyk | February 21, 2000 |
| First game | Kaspars Astasenko | March 26, 2000 |
| First game | Dieter Kochan | March 28, 2000 |
| 1,000th game played | Petr Svoboda | March 12, 2000 |

## Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 47 | Sheldon Keefe | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
| 3 | 67 | Evgeny Konstantinov | Russia | Ital Kazan 2 (Russia) |
| 3 | 75 | Brett Scheffelmaier | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 3 | 88 | Jimmie Olvestad | Sweden | Djurgardens IF (Sweden) |
| 5 | 127 | Kaspars Astasenko | Latvia | Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) |
| 5 | 148 | Michal Lanicek | Czech Republic | Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic) |
| 6 | 182 | Fedor Fedorov | Russia | Port Huron Border Cats (UHL) |
| 7 | 187 | Ivan Rachunek | Czech Republic | ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic) |
| 8 | 216 | Erkki Rajamaki | Finland | HIFK (Finland) |
| 9 | 244 | Mikko Kuparinen | Finland | Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL) |