# 1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 74th season of operation in the National Hockey League.

## Regular season

The Red Wings led in goals for during the regular season, with 278. They also finished first in power-play goals scored, with 69 (tied with the Philadelphia Flyers) and power-play percentage (20.41%).

### 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
### Regular season

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 7–2–1–1 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 2–0–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 2, 19992–0Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2LOctober 5, 19992–3Dallas Stars (1999–2000)1–1–0–0Recap
3WOctober 7, 19997–1@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)2–1–0–0Recap
4TOctober 9, 19992–2 OT@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)2–1–1–0Recap
5WOctober 13, 19994–2St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)3–1–1–0Recap
6WOctober 16, 19993–2Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)4–1–1–0Recap
7WOctober 20, 19996–3San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)5–1–1–0Recap
8WOctober 23, 19991–0@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)6–1–1–0Recap
9WOctober 27, 19995–3Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)7–1–1–0Recap
10LOctober 29, 19992–4Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)7–2–1–0Recap
11OTLOctober 30, 19994–5 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)7–2–1–1Recap :
November: 7–4–2–0 (home: 5–1–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12TNovember 3, 19991–1 OTLos Angeles Kings (1999–2000)7–2–2–1Recap
13WNovember 5, 19993–2Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)8–2–2–1Recap
14LNovember 7, 19992–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)8–3–2–1Recap
15WNovember 10, 19994–2@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)9–3–2–1Recap
16WNovember 12, 19993–2 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)10–3–2–1Recap
17TNovember 13, 19991–1 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)10–3–3–1Recap
18WNovember 15, 19996–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)11–3–3–1Recap
19WNovember 17, 19997–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)12–3–3–1Recap
20LNovember 19, 19991–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)12–4–3–1Recap
21LNovember 20, 19991–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)12–5–3–1Recap
22WNovember 24, 19994–2St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)13–5–3–1Recap
23WNovember 26, 19994–2Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)14–5–3–1Recap
24LNovember 28, 19993–4Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)14–6–3–1Recap :
December: 11–2–1–0 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 5–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
25WDecember 1, 19994–2San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)15–6–3–1Recap
26WDecember 3, 19997–4@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)16–6–3–1Recap
27LDecember 4, 19991–4@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)16–7–3–1Recap
28WDecember 8, 19996–3Nashville Predators (1999–2000)17–7–3–1Recap
29WDecember 10, 19993–1Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)18–7–3–1Recap
30WDecember 11, 19995–4@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)19–7–3–1Recap
31WDecember 15, 19995–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)20–7–3–1Recap
32WDecember 17, 19995–2Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)21–7–3–1Recap
33LDecember 19, 19991–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)21–8–3–1Recap
34WDecember 20, 19994–3@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)22–8–3–1Recap
35WDecember 22, 19994–1@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)23–8–3–1Recap
36WDecember 27, 19993–2 OTAtlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)24–8–3–1Recap
37WDecember 28, 19997–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)25–8–3–1Recap
38TDecember 31, 19994–4 OTChicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)25–8–4–1Recap :
January: 6–6–2–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 1–4–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
39LJanuary 2, 20003–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)25–9–4–1Recap
40LJanuary 4, 20002–5Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)25–10–4–1Recap
41WJanuary 6, 20005–2Nashville Predators (1999–2000)26–10–4–1Recap
42WJanuary 8, 20005–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)27–10–4–1Recap
43LJanuary 11, 20000–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)27–11–4–1Recap
44LJanuary 13, 20003–5Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)27–12–4–1Recap
45TJanuary 16, 20003–3 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)27–12–5–1Recap
46LJanuary 18, 20001–6@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)27–13–5–1Recap
47TJanuary 19, 20003–3 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)27–13–6–1Recap
48WJanuary 22, 20003–2@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)28–13–6–1Recap
49WJanuary 26, 20004–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)29–13–6–1Recap
50WJanuary 28, 20004–1Calgary Flames (1999–2000)30–13–6–1Recap
51WJanuary 29, 20003–1New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)31–13–6–1Recap
52LJanuary 31, 20003–5@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)31–14–6–1Recap :
February: 7–5–0–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 4–2–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
53LFebruary 3, 20003–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)31–15–6–1Recap
54LFebruary 8, 20001–4St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)31–16–6–1Recap
55WFebruary 10, 20002–0@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)32–16–6–1Recap
56WFebruary 13, 20004–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)33–16–6–1Recap
57WFebruary 14, 20003–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)34–16–6–1Recap
58WFebruary 16, 20005–2Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)35–16–6–1Recap
59LFebruary 18, 20002–3Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)35–17–6–1Recap
60LFebruary 20, 20004–6@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)35–18–6–1Recap
61WFebruary 21, 20002–0@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)36–18–6–1Recap
62LFebruary 23, 20002–5Dallas Stars (1999–2000)36–19–6–1Recap
63WFebruary 25, 20005–2New York Islanders (1999–2000)37–19–6–1Recap
64WFebruary 27, 20003–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)38–19–6–1Recap :
March: 9–1–3–1 (home: 3–0–1–1; road: 6–1–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
65TMarch 3, 20002–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)38–19–7–1Recap
66WMarch 5, 20005–3@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)39–19–7–1Recap
67WMarch 7, 20003–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)40–19–7–1Recap
68TMarch 8, 20001–1 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)40–19–8–1Recap
69WMarch 10, 20003–1@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)41–19–8–1Recap
70WMarch 14, 20003–2 OTNashville Predators (1999–2000)42–19–8–1Recap
71OTLMarch 16, 20003–4 OTToronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)42–19–8–2Recap
72WMarch 18, 20004–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)43–19–8–2Recap
73LMarch 19, 20001–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)43–20–8–2Recap
74TMarch 22, 20002–2 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)43–20–9–2Recap
75WMarch 23, 20006–3@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)44–20–9–2Recap
76WMarch 26, 20008–2New York Rangers (1999–2000)45–20–9–2Recap
77WMarch 27, 20006–0@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)46–20–9–2Recap
78WMarch 29, 20006–3Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)47–20–9–2Recap :
April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
79TApril 1, 20000–0 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)47–20–10–2Recap
80WApril 2, 20006–5 OTMontreal Canadiens (1999–2000)48–20–10–2Recap
81LApril 7, 20002–4Washington Capitals (1999–2000)48–21–10–2Recap
82LApril 9, 20002–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)48–22–10–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings — Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 13, 20002–0Los Angeles KingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 15, 20008–5Los Angeles KingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3WApril 17, 20002–1@ Los Angeles KingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4WApril 19, 20003–0@ Los Angeles KingsRed Wings win 4–0Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche — Avalanche win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 27, 20000–2@ Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 29, 20001–3@ Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 2–0Recap
3WMay 1, 20003–1Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 3, 20002–3 OTColorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 3–1Recap
5LMay 5, 20002–4@ Colorado AvalancheAvalanche win 4–1Recap :
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 Red Wings 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 |
| 19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 78 | 35 | 44 | 79 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
| 14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 78 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 24 | 105 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 81 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 4 |
| 91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 68 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Pat Verbeek† | RW | 68 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 22 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
| 8 | Igor Larionov | C | 79 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
| 20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 82 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 17 | 121 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 20 |
| 28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 79 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 55 | Larry Murphy | D | 81 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 4 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 72 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 12 |
| 96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 72 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 24 | Chris Chelios | D | 81 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 48 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 8 |
| 17 | Doug Brown | RW | 51 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 81 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −12 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Stacy Roest | C | 49 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 41 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Darren McCarty | RW | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 33 | Kris Draper | C | 51 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | Yuri Butsayev | C | 57 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Jiri Fischer | D | 52 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
| 21 | Darryl Laplante | C | 30 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Aaron Ward | D | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Yan Golubovsky | D | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Todd Gill† | D | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | Marc Rodgers | RW | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4 |
| 31 | Ken Wregget | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Manny Legace† | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jesse Wallin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | B. J. Young | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | 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 | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | 53 | 52 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1,349 | 126 | 2.40 | .907 | 6 | 3,147:32 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 237 | 18 | 1.97 | .924 | 2 | 546:54 |
| 31 | Ken Wregget | 29 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 700 | 70 | 2.66 | .900 | 0 | 1,578:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Manny Legace† | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 11 | 2.75 | .906 | 0 | 239:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Frank J. Selke Trophy | Steve Yzerman |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense) |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Brendan Shanahan (Left Wing) |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Steve Yzerman (Center) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Scotty Bowman (coach) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Chris Chelios |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Nicklas Lidstrom |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Brendan Shanahan |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Steve Yzerman |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Yuri Butsayev | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Marc Rodgers | October 5, 1999 |
| First game | Jiri Fischer | October 13, 1999 |
| First game | B. J. Young | November 28, 1999 |
| First game | Jesse Wallin | April 9, 2000 |
| 25th shutout | Chris Osgood | October 23, 1999 |
| 400th goal | Brendan Shanahan | November 13, 1999 |
| 1,000th point | Pat Verbeek | February 27, 2000 |

## Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 4 | 120 | Jari Tolsa | Sweden | Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden) |
| 5 | 149 | Andrei Maximenko | Russia | Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
| 6 | 181 | Kent McDonell | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 7 | 210 | Henrik Zetterberg | Sweden | Timra IK (Sweden) |
| 8 | 238 | Anton Borodkin | Russia | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 9 | 266 | Ken Davis | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |