# 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season

The 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' seventh season. The Stars were the defending Stanley Cup champions and once again advanced to the finals. However, this time they lost to the New Jersey Devils.

## Regular season

The Stars allowed the fewest power-play goals during the regular season, with 33, and had the best penalty-kill percentage, at 89.25%.

### Final standings

Pacific Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 211 | 184 | 102 |
| 2 | 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 245 | 228 | 94 |
| 3 | 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 232 | 228 | 90 |
| 4 | 8 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 225 | 214 | 87 |
| 5 | 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 217 | 227 | 83 |
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: 6–5–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 1, 19996–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2WOctober 2, 19992–0Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)2–0–0–0Recap
3WOctober 5, 19993–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)3–0–0–0Recap
4LOctober 8, 19990–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)3–1–0–0Recap
5WOctober 9, 19993–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)4–1–0–0Recap
6LOctober 13, 19990–2San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)4–2–0–0Recap
7TOctober 15, 19992–2 OTBoston Bruins (1999–2000)4–2–1–0Recap
8LOctober 16, 19992–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)4–3–1–0Recap
9WOctober 20, 19992–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)5–3–1–0Recap
10WOctober 22, 19992–1 OTNew Jersey Devils (1999–2000)6–3–1–0Recap
11LOctober 25, 19990–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)6–4–1–0Recap
12LOctober 30, 19991–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)6–5–1–0Recap :
November: 5–5–2–1 (home: 1–3–0–1; road: 4–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13LNovember 3, 19991–3Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)6–6–1–0Recap
14WNovember 5, 19996–4@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)7–6–1–0Recap
15LNovember 6, 19991–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)7–7–1–0Recap
16WNovember 9, 19995–2@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)8–7–1–0Recap
17LNovember 10, 19992–4Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)8–8–1–0Recap
18TNovember 17, 19992–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)8–8–2–0Recap
19TNovember 18, 19991–1 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)8–8–3–0Recap
20LNovember 20, 19990–1@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)8–9–3–0Recap
21OTLNovember 22, 19992–3 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)8–9–3–1Recap
22WNovember 24, 19993–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)9–9–3–1Recap
23LNovember 26, 19992–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)9–10–3–1Recap
24WNovember 28, 19994–2@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)10–10–3–1Recap
25WNovember 30, 19992–1@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)11–10–3–1Recap :
December: 8–4–2–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 3–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26WDecember 1, 19993–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)12–10–3–1Recap
27WDecember 4, 19993–1@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)13–10–3–1Recap
28LDecember 6, 19992–3Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)13–11–3–1Recap
29WDecember 8, 19992–1Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)14–11–3–1Recap
30WDecember 10, 19994–3Florida Panthers (1999–2000)15–11–3–1Recap
31LDecember 11, 19992–4@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)15–12–3–1Recap
32WDecember 15, 19995–1Calgary Flames (1999–2000)16–12–3–1Recap
33TDecember 17, 19992–2 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)16–12–4–1Recap
34WDecember 18, 19994–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)17–12–4–1Recap
35TDecember 21, 19990–0 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)17–12–5–1Recap
36LDecember 23, 19992–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)17–13–5–1Recap
37LDecember 27, 19991–3San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)17–14–5–1Recap
38WDecember 29, 19994–3 OTNew York Rangers (1999–2000)18–14–5–1Recap
39WDecember 31, 19995–4Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)19–14–5–1Recap :
January: 8–3–0–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 4–1–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
40WJanuary 3, 20004–1Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)20–14–5–1Recap
41WJanuary 5, 20003–1Nashville Predators (1999–2000)21–14–5–1Recap
42LJanuary 7, 20001–3Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)21–15–5–1Recap
43WJanuary 11, 20003–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)22–15–5–1Recap
44OTLJanuary 12, 20001–2 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)22–15–5–2Recap
45WJanuary 15, 20002–1@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)23–15–5–2Recap
46LJanuary 19, 20001–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)23–16–5–2Recap
47WJanuary 20, 20005–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)24–16–5–2Recap
48WJanuary 23, 20003–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)25–16–5–2Recap
49WJanuary 26, 20003–1Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)26–16–5–2Recap
50LJanuary 28, 20001–3St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)26–17–5–2Recap
51WJanuary 31, 20002–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)27–17–5–2Recap :
February: 7–3–1–1 (home: 3–1–1–1; road: 4–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
52WFebruary 2, 20002–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)28–17–5–2Recap
53WFebruary 3, 20002–0@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)29–17–5–2Recap
54WFebruary 9, 20005–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)30–17–5–2Recap
55LFebruary 11, 20002–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)30–18–5–2Recap
56WFebruary 13, 20002–1Washington Capitals (1999–2000)31–18–5–2Recap
57WFebruary 16, 20003–0Nashville Predators (1999–2000)32–18–5–2Recap
58LFebruary 18, 20003–4Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)32–19–5–2Recap
59WFebruary 20, 20002–1@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)33–19–5–2Recap
60LFebruary 21, 20002–5@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)33–20–5–2Recap
61WFebruary 23, 20005–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)34–20–5–2Recap
62OTLFebruary 25, 20003–4 OTChicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)34–20–5–3Recap
63TFebruary 27, 20001–1 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)34–20–6–3Recap :
March: 9–1–2–2 (home: 4–1–1–2; road: 5–0–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64WMarch 1, 20002–0Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)35–20–6–3Recap
65WMarch 3, 20004–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)36–20–6–3Recap
66LMarch 5, 20003–5Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)36–21–6–3Recap
67TMarch 8, 20003–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)36–21–7–3Recap
68OTLMarch 10, 20003–4 OTNew York Islanders (1999–2000)36–21–7–4Recap
69WMarch 12, 20004–2St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)37–21–7–4Recap
70WMarch 13, 20004–3@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)38–21–7–4Recap
71WMarch 15, 20003–2@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)39–21–7–4Recap
72TMarch 18, 20002–2 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)39–21–8–4Recap
73WMarch 19, 20005–3San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)40–21–8–4Recap
74WMarch 24, 20005–1Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)41–21–8–4Recap
75OTLMarch 26, 20001–2 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)41–21–8–5Recap
76WMarch 28, 20004–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)42–21–8–5Recap
77WMarch 29, 20004–1@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)43–21–8–5Recap :
April: 0–2–2–1 (home: 0–0–2–0; road: 0–2–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78OTLApril 2, 20002–3 OT@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)43–21–8–6Recap
79TApril 3, 20002–2 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)43–21–9–6Recap
80LApril 5, 20002–5@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)43–22–9–6Recap
81LApril 7, 20002–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)43–23–9–6Recap
82TApril 9, 20002–2 OTPhoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)43–23–10–6Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers: Stars win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 12, 20002–1Edmonton OilersStars lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 13, 20003–0Edmonton OilersStars lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 16, 20002–5@ Edmonton OilersStars lead 2–1Recap
4WApril 18, 20004–3@ Edmonton OilersStars lead 3–1Recap
5WApril 21, 20003–2Edmonton OilersStars win 4–1Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks: Stars win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 28, 20004–0San Jose SharksStars lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 30, 20001–0San Jose SharksStars lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 2, 20001–2@ San Jose SharksStars lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 5, 20005–4@ San Jose SharksStars lead 3–1Recap
5WMay 7, 20004–1San Jose SharksStars win 4–1Recap :
Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche – Stars win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 13, 20000–2Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 15, 20003–2Colorado AvalancheSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LMay 19, 20000–2@ Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 2–1Recap
4WMay 21, 20004–1@ Colorado AvalancheSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WMay 23, 20003–2 OTColorado AvalancheStars lead 3–2Recap
6LMay 25, 20001–2@ Colorado AvalancheSeries tied 3–3Recap
7WMay 27, 20003–2Colorado AvalancheStars win 4–3Recap :
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E4) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LMay 30, 20003–7@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 1–0Recap
2WJune 1, 20002–1@ New Jersey DevilsSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LJune 3, 20001–2New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 2–1Recap
4LJune 5, 20001–3New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–1Recap
5WJune 8, 20001–0 3OT@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–2Recap
6LJune 10, 20001–2 2OTNew Jersey DevilsDevils win 4–2Recap :
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 Stars only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars 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 |
| 9 | Mike Modano | C | 77 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 0 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 10 |
| 16 | Brett Hull | RW | 79 | 24 | 35 | 59 | −21 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 4 |
| 56 | Sergei Zubov | D | 77 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −2 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 65 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 16 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 18 |
| 25 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 48 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −1 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | −2 | 18 |
| 12 | Mike Keane | RW | 81 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Darryl Sydor | D | 74 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 45 | Brenden Morrow | LW | 64 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 81 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 24 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 70 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Derian Hatcher | D | 57 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 68 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 29 |
| 22 | Kirk Muller† | LW | 47 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −3 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 18 |
| 11 | Blake Sloan | RW | 67 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 21 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 69 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 44 | Aaron Gavey | C | 41 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 36 | Roman Lyashenko | C | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −2 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| 3 | Sylvain Cote† | D | 28 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Scott Thornton† | LW | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −5 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 49 | Jon Sim | LW | 25 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −5 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Jamie Pushor | D | 62 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
| 14 | Juha Lind‡ | C | 34 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Pavel Patera | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | Jamie Wright | LW | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Brad Lukowich | D | 60 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −14 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Chris Murray | RW | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −7 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Ric Jackman | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Dave Manson† | D | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Brian Skrudland | C | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Ed Belfour | G | 62 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 8 |
| 18 | Derek Plante‡ | C | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | G | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 17 | Warren Luhning | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Keith Aldridge | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Joel Bouchard† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Shawn Chambers | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Ryan Christie | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Kevin Dean†‡ | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Alan Letang | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| 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 |
| 20 | Ed Belfour | 62 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 1571 | 127 | 2.10 | .919 | 4 | 3620 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 651 | 45 | 1.87 | .931 | 4 | 1443 |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 603 | 48 | 2.13 | .920 | 1 | 1353 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.53 | .875 | 0 | 17 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Mike Modano (Center) |
| League (annual) | Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award | Ed Belfour |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Mike Modano |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Sergei Zubov |
| Team | Star of the Game Award | Mike Modano |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Pavel Patera | October 1, 1999 |
| First game | Alan Letang | October 9, 1999 |
| First game | Keith Aldridge | October 15, 1999 |
| First game | Ric Jackman | October 22, 1999 |
| First game | Ryan Christie | November 5, 1999 |
| First game | Roman Lyashenko | November 5, 1999 |
| First game | Brenden Morrow | November 18, 1999 |

## Draft picks

Dallas'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 | 32 | Michael Ryan | United States | Northeastern University (NCAA) |
| 2 | 66 | Dan Jancevski | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 3 | 96 | Mathias Tjarnqvist | Sweden | Rogle BK (Sweden) |
| 4 | 126 | Jeff Bateman | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
| 5 | 156 | Gregor Baumgartner | Austria | Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 184 | Justin Cox | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 6 | 186 | Brett Draney | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 7 | 215 | Jeff MacMillan | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 8 | 243 | Brian Sullivan | United States | Thayer Academy (USHS-MA) |
| 9 | 265 | Jamie Chamberlain | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 9 | 272 | Mikhail Donika | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia) |