# 1999–2000 New York Islanders season

The 1999–2000 New York Islanders season was the 28th season in the franchise's history. In this season, the Islanders slipped to last place in the Atlantic Division, and 13th overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

## Off-season

Captain Trevor Linden was traded to the Montreal Canadiens; defenseman Kenny Jonsson was named his replacement as captain.

## Regular season

The Islanders had the most power-play opportunities against during the regular season, with 420, and allowed the most power-play goals, with 84.
On March 2, 2000, the Islanders scored three short-handed goals in a 5–5 tie with the Ottawa Senators.

### Final standings

Atlantic Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
| 2 | 4 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
| 3 | 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
| 4 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
| 5 | 13 | New York Islanders | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
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: 2–6–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 2, 19992–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)0–1–0–0Recap
2WOctober 10, 19994–2Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)1–1–0–0Recap
3LOctober 11, 19992–4New York Rangers (1999–2000)1–2–0–0Recap
4LOctober 14, 19990–2Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)1–3–0–0Recap
5LOctober 16, 19991–4@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)1–4–0–0Recap
6WOctober 18, 19994–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)2–4–0–0Recap
7TOctober 23, 19992–2 OTVancouver Canucks (1999–2000)2–4–1–0Recap
8LOctober 27, 19993–6@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)2–5–1–0Recap
9LOctober 30, 19990–4Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)2–6–1–0Recap :
November: 4–6–2–0 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 3–3–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
10TNovember 3, 19993–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)2–6–2–0Recap
11WNovember 4, 19992–1 OTMontreal Canadiens (1999–2000)3–6–2–0Recap
12LNovember 6, 19991–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)3–7–2–0Recap
13WNovember 10, 19992–0@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)4–7–2–0Recap
14LNovember 12, 19990–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)4–8–2–0Recap
15LNovember 13, 19993–5St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)4–9–2–0Recap
16WNovember 19, 19993–2@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)5–9–2–0Recap
17TNovember 21, 19994–4 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)5–9–3–0Recap
18LNovember 23, 19992–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)5–10–3–0Recap
19LNovember 27, 19993–4Washington Capitals (1999–2000)5–11–3–0Recap
20WNovember 28, 19992–1@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)6–11–3–0Recap
21LNovember 30, 19991–2Dallas Stars (1999–2000)6–12–3–0Recap :
December: 3–9–2–0 (home: 3–6–1–0; road: 0–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
22LDecember 2, 19990–5Calgary Flames (1999–2000)6–13–3–0Recap
23LDecember 4, 19993–4Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)6–14–3–0Recap
24LDecember 7, 19992–4@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)6–15–3–0Recap
25LDecember 9, 19992–4Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)6–16–3–0Recap
26TDecember 11, 19991–1 OT@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)6–16–4–0Recap
27LDecember 14, 19992–4Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)6–17–4–0Recap
28LDecember 15, 19991–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)6–18–4–0Recap
29TDecember 18, 19992–2 OTBuffalo Sabres (1999–2000)6–18–5–0Recap
30WDecember 19, 19995–3New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)7–18–5–0Recap
31LDecember 21, 19990–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)7–19–5–0Recap
32WDecember 23, 19994–2New York Rangers (1999–2000)8–19–5–0Recap
33WDecember 27, 19993–0Boston Bruins (1999–2000)9–19–5–0Recap
34LDecember 29, 19991–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)9–20–5–0Recap
35LDecember 30, 19993–9@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)9–21–5–0Recap :
January: 4–9–1–1 (home: 1–3–1–1; road: 3–6–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36LJanuary 2, 20001–4Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)9–22–5–0Recap
37LJanuary 4, 20003–7Boston Bruins (1999–2000)9–23–5–0Recap
38LJanuary 6, 20002–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)9–24–5–0Recap
39WJanuary 8, 20005–2@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)10–24–5–0Recap
40TJanuary 10, 20002–2 OTPhoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)10–24–6–0Recap
41LJanuary 12, 20003–4@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)10–25–6–0Recap
42LJanuary 13, 20002–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)10–26–6–0Recap
43LJanuary 15, 20002–5New York Rangers (1999–2000)10–27–6–0Recap
44OTLJanuary 17, 20003–4 OTOttawa Senators (1999–2000)10–27–6–1Recap
45LJanuary 19, 20000–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)10–28–6–1Recap
46LJanuary 21, 20000–4@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)10–29–6–1Recap
47WJanuary 22, 20002–0Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)11–29–6–1Recap
48WJanuary 26, 20004–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)12–29–6–1Recap
49WJanuary 29, 20003–2 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)13–29–6–1Recap
50LJanuary 31, 20002–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)13–30–6–1Recap :
February: 4–8–1–0 (home: 2–6–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51LFebruary 2, 20004–6Nashville Predators (1999–2000)13–31–6–1Recap
52LFebruary 3, 20002–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)13–32–6–1Recap
53LFebruary 8, 20003–4Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)13–33–6–1Recap
54WFebruary 10, 20005–4 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)14–33–6–1Recap
55WFebruary 12, 20005–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)15–33–6–1Recap
56WFebruary 13, 20004–2@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)16–33–6–1Recap
57LFebruary 15, 20001–4San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)16–34–6–1Recap
58TFebruary 17, 20002–2 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)16–34–7–1Recap
59WFebruary 19, 20004–2@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)17–34–7–1Recap
60LFebruary 21, 20000–2Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)17–35–7–1Recap
61LFebruary 25, 20002–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)17–36–7–1Recap
62LFebruary 26, 20001–5Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)17–37–7–1Recap
63LFebruary 28, 20002–3Washington Capitals (1999–2000)17–38–7–1Recap :
March: 5–8–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 4–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64TMarch 2, 20005–5 OTOttawa Senators (1999–2000)17–38–8–1Recap
65WMarch 4, 20004–2Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)18–38–8–1Recap
66WMarch 5, 20004–3 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)19–38–8–1Recap
67LMarch 9, 20000–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)19–39–8–1Recap
68WMarch 10, 20004–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)20–39–8–1Recap
69LMarch 12, 20002–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)20–40–8–1Recap
70LMarch 15, 20003–4@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)20–41–8–1Recap
71WMarch 16, 20004–2@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)21–41–8–1Recap
72LMarch 18, 20002–4Florida Panthers (1999–2000)21–42–8–1Recap
73LMarch 21, 20002–8Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)21–43–8–1Recap
74WMarch 22, 20005–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)22–43–8–1Recap
75LMarch 24, 20002–8New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)22–44–8–1Recap
76LMarch 26, 20001–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)22–45–8–1Recap
77LMarch 28, 20002–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)22–46–8–1Recap :
April: 2–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78TApril 1, 20002–2 OTChicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)22–46–9–1Recap
79LApril 2, 20004–5@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)22–47–9–1Recap
80WApril 6, 20002–1@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)23–47–9–1Recap
81LApril 7, 20001–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)23–48–9–1Recap
82WApril 9, 20003–2Florida Panthers (1999–2000)24–48–9–1Recap :
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 Islanders only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders 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 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 79 | 35 | 35 | 70 | −16 | 34 |
| 15 | Brad Isbister | LW | 64 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −18 | 100 |
| 18 | Tim Connolly | C | 81 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −25 | 44 |
| 13 | Claude Lapointe | C | 76 | 15 | 16 | 31 | −22 | 60 |
| 32 | Jorgen Jonsson‡ | LW | 68 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −6 | 16 |
| 25 | Josh Green | LW | 49 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −7 | 41 |
| 38 | Dave Scatchard† | C | 44 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 93 |
| 29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 65 | 1 | 24 | 25 | −15 | 32 |
| 62 | Olli Jokinen | C | 82 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 80 |
| 6 | Jamie Heward | D | 54 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −9 | 26 |
| 20 | Jamie Rivers | D | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −4 | 84 |
| 10 | Mats Lindgren | C | 43 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 24 | Gino Odjick‡ | RW | 46 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −7 | 90 |
| 12 | Mike Watt | LW | 45 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −8 | 17 |
| 37 | Dmitri Nabokov | LW | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −8 | 16 |
| 3 | Zdeno Chara | D | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −27 | 57 |
| 36 | Niklas Andersson‡† | LW | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 |
| 33 | Eric Cairns | D | 67 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −5 | 196 |
| 41 | Raymond Giroux | D | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 34 | Mathieu Biron | D | 60 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −13 | 38 |
| 11 | Bill Muckalt† | RW | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 24 | Johan Davidsson† | C | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jason Krog | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 44 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −13 | 26 |
| 14 | Chris Ferraro | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Steve Webb | RW | 65 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 103 |
| 58 | Aris Brimanis | D | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 6 |
| 17 | Ted Drury† | C | 55 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −8 | 31 |
| 16 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 36 | Evgeny Korolev | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 8 |
| 43 | Mikael Andersson† | LW | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 56 | Ian Herbers† | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 55 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 8 |
| 39 | Sean Haggerty | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Eric Brewer | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −11 | 20 |
| 17 | Tony Hrkac‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 2 | Rich Pilon‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 34 |
| 7 | Dallas Eakins‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Scott Pearson | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Ray Schultz | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 80 | Kevin Weekes† | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
| 30 | Wade Flaherty | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 16 | Daniel Lacroix | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | Petr Mika | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 28 | Felix Potvin‡ | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 35 | Steve Valiquette | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders 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 |
| 80 | Kevin Weekes† | 36 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1173 | 115 | 3.41 | .902 | 1 | 2026 |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | 24 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 730 | 70 | 3.25 | .904 | 1 | 1292 |
| 28 | Felix Potvin‡ | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 632 | 68 | 3.21 | .892 | 1 | 1273 |
| 35 | Steve Valiquette | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 1.87 | .949 | 0 | 193 |
| 30 | Wade Flaherty | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 2.31 | .914 | 0 | 182 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Mariusz Czerkawski |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Jorgen Jonsson (February 14) |
| Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Claude Lapointe |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Tim Connolly | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Jorgen Jonsson | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Mathieu Biron | October 14, 1999 |
| First game | Evgeny Korolev | October 27, 1999 |
| First game | Roberto Luongo | November 28, 1999 |
| First game | Jason Krog | December 4, 1999 |
| First game | Raymond Giroux | December 11, 1999 |
| First game | Steve Valiquette | March 9, 2000 |
| First game | Petr Mika | March 21, 2000 |

## Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 5 | Tim Connolly | United States | Erie Otters (OHL) |
| 1 | 8 | Taylor Pyatt | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 1 | 10 | Branislav Mezei | Slovakia | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
| 1 | 28 | Kristian Kudroc | Slovakia | Michalovce (Slovakia) |
| 3 | 78 | Mattias Weinhandl | Sweden | IF Troja/Ljungby (Sweden) |
| 3 | 87 | Brian Collins | United States | St. John's High School (USHS-MA) |
| 4 | 101 | Juraj Kolník | Slovakia | Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 102 | Johan Halvardsson | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
| 5 | 130 | Justin Mapletoft | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 5 | 140 | Adam Johnson | United States | Greenway High School (USHS-MN) |
| 6 | 163 | Bjorn Melin | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
| 8 | 228 | Radek Martinek | Czech Republic | HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic) |
| 9 | 255 | Brett Henning | United States | University of Notre Dame (NCAA) |
| 9 | 268 | Tyler Scott | United States | Upper Canada College (HS-Ontario) |