# 1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' 74th season of operation. Finishing 11th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Offseason

Forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.

## Regular season

The Blackhawks tied the Atlanta Thrashers for the most short-handed goals allowed during the regular season, with 13. Captain Doug Gilmour was traded in March to the Buffalo Sabres. The team completed the season without a captain.

### Final standings

Central Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 248 | 165 | 114 |
| 2 | 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 278 | 210 | 108 |
| 3 | 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 242 | 245 | 78 |
| 4 | 13 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 199 | 240 | 70 |
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

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 2–5–4–0 (home: 0–3–3–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 4, 19991–7@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)0–1–0–0Recap
2LOctober 6, 19994–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)0–2–0–0Recap
3TOctober 8, 19993–3 OTPhoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)0–2–1–0Recap
4TOctober 10, 19993–3 OTNashville Predators (1999–2000)0–2–2–0Recap
5LOctober 15, 19991–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)0–3–2–0Recap
6TOctober 16, 19993–3 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)0–3–3–0Recap
7TOctober 21, 19995–5 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)0–3–4–0Recap
8LOctober 23, 19990–1Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)0–4–4–0Recap
9WOctober 27, 19991–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)1–4–4–0Recap
10WOctober 29, 19994–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)2–4–4–0Recap
11LOctober 30, 19991–3Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)2–5–4–0Recap :
November: 3–8–0–2 (home: 1–3–0–1; road: 2–5–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12OTLNovember 4, 19994–5 OTBuffalo Sabres (1999–2000)2–5–4–1Recap
13WNovember 5, 19993–1@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)3–5–4–1Recap
14LNovember 7, 19991–3New York Rangers (1999–2000)3–6–4–1Recap
15LNovember 10, 19992–4Nashville Predators (1999–2000)3–7–4–1Recap
16WNovember 12, 19995–0New York Islanders (1999–2000)4–7–4–1Recap
17LNovember 14, 19993–6Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)4–8–4–1Recap
18LNovember 16, 19992–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)4–9–4–1Recap
19LNovember 19, 19992–4@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)4–10–4–1Recap
20LNovember 20, 19991–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)4–11–4–1Recap
21WNovember 24, 19993–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)5–11–4–1Recap
22OTLNovember 25, 19991–2 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)5–11–4–2Recap
23LNovember 27, 19993–8@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)5–12–4–2Recap
24LNovember 30, 19991–2@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)5–13–4–2Recap :
December: 6–6–2–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
25LDecember 3, 19994–7Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)5–14–4–2Recap
26WDecember 4, 19999–3@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)6–14–4–2Recap
27WDecember 6, 19995–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)7–14–4–2Recap
28LDecember 9, 19990–4New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)7–15–4–2Recap
29LDecember 10, 19991–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)7–16–4–2Recap
30LDecember 12, 19991–2Calgary Flames (1999–2000)7–17–4–2Recap
31WDecember 14, 19995–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)8–17–4–2Recap
32LDecember 17, 19990–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)8–18–4–2Recap
33WDecember 18, 19998–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)9–18–4–2Recap
34WDecember 23, 19995–2Dallas Stars (1999–2000)10–18–4–2Recap
35LDecember 26, 19992–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)10–19–4–2Recap
36TDecember 27, 19992–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)10–19–5–2Recap
37WDecember 30, 19992–1Florida Panthers (1999–2000)11–19–5–2Recap
38TDecember 31, 19994–4 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)11–19–6–2Recap :
January: 7–6–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
39LJanuary 2, 20001–4San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)11–20–6–2Recap
40WJanuary 6, 20005–2Calgary Flames (1999–2000)12–20–6–2Recap
41LJanuary 8, 20003–6@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)12–21–6–2Recap
42WJanuary 9, 20005–3Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)13–21–6–2Recap
43WJanuary 12, 20003–2 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)14–21–6–2Recap
44WJanuary 13, 20005–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)15–21–6–2Recap
45LJanuary 15, 20001–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)15–22–6–2Recap
46WJanuary 17, 20005–4 OTSan Jose Sharks (1999–2000)16–22–6–2Recap
47LJanuary 19, 20001–4@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)16–23–6–2Recap
48LJanuary 21, 20000–3St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)16–24–6–2Recap
49LJanuary 23, 20002–3Dallas Stars (1999–2000)16–25–6–2Recap
50WJanuary 27, 20006–4Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)17–25–6–2Recap
51WJanuary 30, 20003–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)18–25–6–2Recap :
February: 4–6–1–0 (home: 1–4–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
52LFebruary 2, 20001–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)18–26–6–2Recap
53TFebruary 3, 20005–5 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)18–26–7–2Recap
54WFebruary 12, 20004–3@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)19–26–7–2Recap
55LFebruary 14, 20003–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)19–27–7–2Recap
56LFebruary 16, 20001–4Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)19–28–7–2Recap
57LFebruary 18, 20004–5Washington Capitals (1999–2000)19–29–7–2Recap
58WFebruary 20, 20006–4Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)20–29–7–2Recap
59LFebruary 22, 20001–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)20–30–7–2Recap
60LFebruary 23, 20002–4Nashville Predators (1999–2000)20–31–7–2Recap
61WFebruary 25, 20004–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)21–31–7–2Recap
62WFebruary 27, 20004–1@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)22–31–7–2Recap :
March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 4–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63LMarch 1, 20001–4Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)22–32–7–2Recap
64WMarch 3, 20005–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)23–32–7–2Recap
65WMarch 5, 20007–3Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)24–32–7–2Recap
66LMarch 7, 20001–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)24–33–7–2Recap
67LMarch 8, 20001–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)24–34–7–2Recap
68WMarch 11, 20005–2@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)25–34–7–2Recap
69WMarch 12, 20004–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)26–34–7–2Recap
70WMarch 15, 20005–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)27–34–7–2Recap
71WMarch 16, 20005–4 OTBoston Bruins (1999–2000)28–34–7–2Recap
72TMarch 18, 20002–2 OTDallas Stars (1999–2000)28–34–8–2Recap
73WMarch 21, 20003–0@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)29–34–8–2Recap
74LMarch 24, 20001–5@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)29–35–8–2Recap
75TMarch 26, 20001–1 OTSt. Louis Blues (1999–2000)29–35–9–2Recap
76LMarch 27, 20001–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)29–36–9–2Recap
77WMarch 30, 20004–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)30–36–9–2Recap :
April: 3–1–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 1–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78TApril 1, 20002–2 OT@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)30–36–10–2Recap
79LApril 2, 20002–3Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)30–37–10–2Recap
80WApril 5, 20005–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)31–37–10–2Recap
81WApril 7, 20004–3 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)32–37–10–2Recap
82WApril 9, 20003–1St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)33–37–10–2Recap :
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 Blackhawks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 10 | 48 |
| 26 | Steve Sullivan† | RW | 73 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 20 | 52 |
| 13 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 71 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 7 | 61 |
| 93 | Doug Gilmour‡ | C | 63 | 22 | 34 | 56 | −12 | 51 |
| 92 | Michael Nylander† | C | 66 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Boris Mironov | D | 58 | 9 | 28 | 37 | −3 | 72 |
| 55 | Eric Daze | RW | 59 | 23 | 13 | 36 | −16 | 28 |
| 19 | Dean McAmmond | C | 76 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 72 |
| 8 | Anders Eriksson | D | 73 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 20 |
| 44 | Bryan McCabe | D | 79 | 6 | 19 | 25 | −8 | 139 |
| 6 | Sylvain Cote†‡ | D | 45 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −4 | 14 |
| 11 | Josef Marha | C | 81 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 18 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Dumont‡ | RW | 47 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −6 | 18 |
| 24 | Bob Probert | LW | 69 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 114 |
| 34 | Blair Atcheynum | RW | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −8 | 6 |
| 6 | Kevin Dean† | D | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Doug Zmolek | D | 43 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 60 |
| 3 | Brad Brown | D | 57 | 0 | 9 | 9 | −1 | 134 |
| 23 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 54 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −10 | 43 |
| 22 | Dave Manson‡ | D | 37 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 40 |
| 17 | Michal Grosek† | LW | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 12 |
| 20 | Mark Janssens | C | 36 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −2 | 73 |
| 37 | Bryan Muir‡ | D | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 13 |
| 16 | Ed Olczyk | C | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 12 |
| 33 | Jamie Allison | D | 59 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 102 |
| 32 | Radim Bicanek | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 17 | Wendel Clark‡ | LW | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 13 |
| 25 | Kyle Calder | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
| 5 | Steve McCarthy | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Derek Plante† | C | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 143 |
| 36 | Chris Herperger | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
| 31 | Marc Lamothe | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | Steve Passmore | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 |
| 41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 26 | Todd White‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltending

| 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 |
| 41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 60 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 1679 | 158 | 2.76 | .906 | 3 | 3438 |
| 29 | Steve Passmore | 24 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 654 | 63 | 2.72 | .904 | 1 | 1388 |
| 31 | Marc Lamothe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 5.17 | .800 | 0 | 116 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

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

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Steve McCarthy | October 4, 1999 |
| First game | Chris Herperger | October 6, 1999 |
| First game | Kyle Calder | October 21, 1999 |
| First game | Marc Lamothe | November 27, 1999 |
| 1,000th game played | Eddie Olczyk | October 8, 1999 |
| 400th goal | Doug Gilmour | October 29, 1999 |
| 1,000th game played | Sylvain Cote | January 23, 2000 |

## Draft picks

Chicago'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 | 23 | Steve McCarthy | Canada | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
| 2 | 46 | Dmitri Levinsky | Kazakhstan | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
| 2 | 63 | Stepan Mokhov | Kazakhstan | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
| 5 | 134 | Michael Jacobsen | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 6 | 165 | Michael Leighton | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 7 | 194 | Mattias Wennerberg | Sweden | MODO Jr. (Sweden) |
| 7 | 195 | Yorick Treille | France | University of Massachusetts Lowell (NCAA) |