# 1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 30th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

## Regular season

* December 12, 1999: With a victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Patrick Roy passed Tony Esposito's mark of 423 victories.

### Final 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

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 7–3–2–1 (home: 4–2–0–1; road: 3–1–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 2, 19992–1New York Rangers (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2WOctober 6, 19995–4Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)2–0–0–0Recap
3WOctober 9, 19994–1Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)3–0–0–0Recap
4OTLOctober 13, 19993–4 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)3–0–0–1Recap
5LOctober 15, 19991–4Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)3–1–0–1Recap
6TOctober 16, 19994–4 OT@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)3–1–1–1Recap
7WOctober 19, 19996–5 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)4–1–1–1Recap
8LOctober 20, 19992–5@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)4–2–1–1Recap
9TOctober 23, 19992–2 OT@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)4–2–2–1Recap
10WOctober 24, 19993–0@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)5–2–2–1Recap
11WOctober 26, 19995–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)6–2–2–1Recap
12LOctober 28, 19991–4Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)6–3–2–1Recap
13WOctober 30, 19994–1Nashville Predators (1999–2000)7–3–2–1Recap :
November: 3–5–4–0 (home: 1–3–2–0; road: 2–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14WNovember 5, 19993–2Florida Panthers (1999–2000)8–3–2–1Recap
15LNovember 7, 19991–6St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)8–4–2–1Recap
16TNovember 9, 19994–4 OTSan Jose Sharks (1999–2000)8–4–3–1Recap
17WNovember 12, 19993–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)9–4–3–1Recap
18TNovember 15, 19992–2 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)9–4–4–1Recap
19LNovember 17, 19992–7Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)9–5–4–1Recap
20WNovember 20, 19993–1@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)10–5–4–1Recap
21LNovember 22, 19993–6@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)10–6–4–1Recap
22TNovember 24, 19991–1 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)10–6–5–1Recap
23TNovember 26, 19992–2 OT@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)10–6–6–1Recap
24LNovember 27, 19991–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)10–7–6–1Recap
25LNovember 30, 19992–4Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)10–8–6–1Recap :
December: 2–6–1–2 (home: 2–3–0–2; road: 0–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26WDecember 2, 19993–2 OTEdmonton Oilers (1999–2000)11–8–6–1Recap
27LDecember 4, 19992–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)11–9–6–1Recap
28LDecember 6, 19992–5@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)11–10–6–1Recap
29TDecember 8, 19992–2 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)11–10–7–1Recap
30LDecember 10, 19992–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)11–11–7–1Recap
31OTLDecember 12, 19992–3 OTColorado Avalanche (1999–2000)11–11–7–2Recap
32LDecember 16, 19991–2Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)11–12–7–2Recap
33LDecember 18, 19992–4Dallas Stars (1999–2000)11–13–7–2Recap
34WDecember 22, 19996–3Washington Capitals (1999–2000)12–13–7–2Recap
35LDecember 26, 19990–2Calgary Flames (1999–2000)12–14–7–2Recap
36OTLDecember 29, 19992–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1999–2000)12–14–7–3Recap :
January: 3–5–3–3 (home: 1–3–2–2; road: 2–2–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
37LJanuary 2, 20002–4@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)12–15–7–3Recap
38TJanuary 5, 20003–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)12–15–8–3Recap
39WJanuary 7, 20003–1@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)13–15–8–3Recap
40LJanuary 8, 20002–4@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)13–16–8–3Recap
41OTLJanuary 12, 20002–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)13–16–8–4Recap
42WJanuary 13, 20004–3 OT@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)14–16–8–4Recap
43LJanuary 15, 20001–2Dallas Stars (1999–2000)14–17–8–4Recap
44OTLJanuary 17, 20004–5 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)14–17–8–5Recap
45TJanuary 19, 20003–3 OTDetroit Red Wings (1999–2000)14–17–9–5Recap
46TJanuary 22, 20003–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)14–17–10–5Recap
47LJanuary 23, 20001–2Nashville Predators (1999–2000)14–18–10–5Recap
48OTLJanuary 25, 20004–5 OTEdmonton Oilers (1999–2000)14–18–10–6Recap
49WJanuary 28, 20004–1San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)15–18–10–6Recap
50LJanuary 30, 20001–3Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)15–19–10–6Recap :
February: 6–5–2–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 3–3–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51LFebruary 1, 20001–2@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)15–20–10–6Recap
52LFebruary 3, 20002–5St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)15–21–10–6Recap
53WFebruary 9, 20004–3 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)16–21–10–6Recap
54WFebruary 12, 20004–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)17–21–10–6Recap
55LFebruary 14, 20000–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)17–22–10–6Recap
56LFebruary 16, 20002–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)17–23–10–6Recap
57WFebruary 17, 20002–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)18–23–10–6Recap
58WFebruary 19, 20003–1@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)19–23–10–6Recap
59WFebruary 21, 20005–2Boston Bruins (1999–2000)20–23–10–6Recap
60TFebruary 23, 20004–4 OT@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)20–23–11–6Recap
61LFebruary 25, 20002–5Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)20–24–11–6Recap
62WFebruary 27, 20002–1Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)21–24–11–6Recap
63TFebruary 29, 20001–1 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)21–24–12–6Recap :
March: 7–4–2–2 (home: 5–0–0–1; road: 2–4–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64WMarch 2, 20003–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)22–24–12–6Recap
65WMarch 4, 20004–2New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)23–24–12–6Recap
66OTLMarch 6, 20005–6 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)23–24–12–7Recap
67TMarch 8, 20003–3 OT@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)23–24–13–7Recap
68TMarch 9, 20002–2 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)23–24–14–7Recap
69LMarch 11, 20000–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)23–25–14–7Recap
70OTLMarch 13, 20002–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)23–25–14–8Recap
71WMarch 16, 20006–3Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)24–25–14–8Recap
72WMarch 18, 20006–1Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)25–25–14–8Recap
73WMarch 20, 20003–2@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)26–25–14–8Recap
74LMarch 22, 20003–4@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)26–26–14–8Recap
75WMarch 24, 20008–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)27–26–14–8Recap
76WMarch 25, 20003–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)28–26–14–8Recap
77LMarch 29, 20003–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)28–27–14–8Recap
78LMarch 31, 20001–2@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)28–28–14–8Recap :
April: 2–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–1–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
79WApril 2, 20003–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)29–28–14–8Recap
80TApril 5, 20001–1 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)29–28–15–8Recap
81LApril 7, 20004–5 OTEdmonton Oilers (1999–2000)29–29–15–8Recap
82WApril 9, 20005–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)30–29–15–8Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 19 | Markus Naslund | LW | 82 | 27 | 38 | 65 | −5 | 64 |
| 25 | Andrew Cassels | C | 79 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Mark Messier | C | 66 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −15 | 30 |
| 44 | Todd Bertuzzi | RW | 80 | 25 | 25 | 50 | −2 | 126 |
| 89 | Alexander Mogilny‡ | RW | 47 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 16 |
| 72 | Peter Schaefer | LW | 71 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 20 |
| 55 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 75 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −3 | 54 |
| 6 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 57 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Greg Hawgood | D | 79 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 26 |
| 26 | Trent Klatt | RW | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −8 | 26 |
| 2 | Mattias Ohlund | D | 42 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 24 |
| 18 | Steve Kariya | LW | 45 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 22 |
| 27 | Harry York | C | 54 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 20 |
| 9 | Brad May | LW | 59 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −2 | 90 |
| 15 | Harold Druken | C | 33 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 10 |
| 8 | Donald Brashear | LW | 60 | 11 | 2 | 13 | −9 | 136 |
| 24 | Matt Cooke | LW | 51 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 39 |
| 17 | Bill Muckalt‡ | RW | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 17 |
| 23 | Murray Baron | D | 81 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 67 |
| 28 | Chris Joseph‡ | D | 38 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −4 | 6 |
| 14 | Darby Hendrickson | C | 40 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −3 | 14 |
| 7 | Brendan Morrison† | C | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | Artem Chubarov | C | 49 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −4 | 10 |
| 3 | Brent Sopel | D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 21 | Josh Holden | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Denis Pederson† | C | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 | Chris O'Sullivan | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Jason Strudwick | D | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −13 | 64 |
| 20 | Dave Scatchard‡ | C | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 24 |
| 17 | Vadim Sharifijanov† | RW | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −7 | 14 |
| 5 | Zenith Komarniski | D | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 |
| 29 | Felix Potvin† | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
| 30 | Garth Snow | G | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 8 |
| 3 | Doug Bodger‡ | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 4 |
| 37 | Jarkko Ruutu | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| 36 | Ryan Bonni | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 38 | Brad Leeb† | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 33 | Alfie Michaud | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | Corey Schwab† | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 31 | Lubomir Vaic | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kevin Weekes‡ | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks 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 |
| 29 | Felix Potvin† | 34 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 906 | 85 | 2.51 | .906 | 0 | 1966 |
| 30 | Garth Snow | 32 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 775 | 76 | 2.68 | .902 | 0 | 1712 |
| 35 | Kevin Weekes‡ | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 461 | 47 | 2.85 | .898 | 1 | 987 |
| 32 | Corey Schwab† | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 16 | 3.57 | .861 | 0 | 269 |
| 33 | Alfie Michaud | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4.32 | .815 | 0 | 69 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Mark Messier |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Markus Naslund (March 20) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Rookie of the Month | Peter Schaefer (October) |
| Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Mattias Ohlund |
| Team | Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Mark Messier |
| Team | Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Markus Naslund |
| Team | Fred J. Hume Award | Andrew Cassels |
| Team | Molson Cup | Mark Messier |
| Team | Most Exciting Player Award | Todd Bertuzzi |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Artem Chubarov | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Steve Kariya | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Alfie Michaud | October 28, 1999 |
| First game | Zenith Komarniski | November 20, 1999 |
| First game | Jarkko Ruutu | November 20, 1999 |
| First game | Harold Druken | November 30, 1999 |
| First game | Ryan Bonni | December 4, 1999 |
| First game | Brad Leeb | December 12, 1999 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 1, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks Pat Kavanagh | To Philadelphia Flyers 6th round pick in 1999 (Konstantin Rudenko) |
| June 26, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks 4th overall pick in 1999 | To Chicago Blackhawks Bryan McCabe 1st round pick in 2000 (Pavel Vorobiev) |
| June 26, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks 1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan) | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th overall pick in 1999 (previously acquired from Chicago) 3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 75-Brett Scheffelmaier) 3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 88-Jimmie Olvestad) |
| June 26, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks 2nd overall draft pick in 1999 (Daniel Sedin) conditional 3rd round pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer) | To Atlanta Thrashers 1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan) |
| June 26, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks 6th round draft pick in 1999 (Josh Reed) | To San Jose Sharks 6th round draft pick in 2001 (Tom Cavanagh) |
| October 28, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks Corey Schwab | To Atlanta Thrashers conditional draft pick in 2000 (Carl Mallette) |
| December 19, 1999 | To Vancouver Canucks Felix Potvin 2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine) 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Thatcher Bell) | To New York Islanders Bill Muckalt Dave Scatchard Kevin Weekes |
| January 14, 2000 | To Vancouver Canucks Vadim Sharifijanov 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Tim Branham) | To New Jersey Devils 2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine) 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer) |
| March 14, 2000 | To Vancouver Canucks Brendan Morrison Denis Pederson | To New Jersey Devils Alexander Mogilny |

## Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel Sedin (LW) | Sweden | Vancouver Canucks (from Atlanta) | Modo (Elitserien) |
| 1 | 3 | Henrik Sedin (C) | Sweden | Vancouver Canucks | Modo (Elitserien) |
| 3 | 69 | Rene Vydareny (D) | Slovakia | Vancouver Canucks | Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga) |
| 5 | 129 | Ryan Thorpe (LW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 6 | 172 | Josh Reed (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks (from San Jose) | Vernon Vipers (BCHL) |
| 7 | 189 | Kevin Swanson (G) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
| 8 | 218 | Markus Kankaanpera (D) | Finland | Vancouver Canucks | JYP (Liiga) |
| 9 | 271 | Darrell Hay (D) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |

## Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch (AHL)