# 1999–2000 Washington Capitals season

The 1999–2000 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Offseason

Owner Abe Pollin sold the Capitals to an investor group headed by America Online president Ted Leonsis on May 12, 1999.

## Regular season

The Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 3.

### Final standings

Southeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
| 2 | 5 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
| 3 | 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
| 4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
| 5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
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
### Regular season

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

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 13, 20000–7Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 15, 20001–2 OTPittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 17, 20003–4@ Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 3–0Recap
4WApril 19, 20003–2@ Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins lead 3–1Recap
5LApril 21, 20001–2Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguins 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 Capitals only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals 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 |
| 77 | Adam Oates | C | 82 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 73 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
| 17 | Chris Simon | LW | 75 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 11 | 146 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| 22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 82 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 62 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| 10 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 75 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 44 | Richard Zednik | RW | 69 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
| 6 | Calle Johansson | D | 82 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
| 8 | Jan Bulis | C | 56 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 79 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| 13 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 76 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| 14 | Joe Sacco | RW | 79 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 15 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 73 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Ken Klee | D | 80 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 10 |
| 20 | Glen Metropolit | C | 30 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 28 | James Black | LW | 49 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Joe Murphy† | RW | 29 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 |
| 27 | Terry Yake† | C | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 19 | Brendan Witt | D | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| 29 | Joe Reekie | D | 59 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 33 | Jim McKenzie† | LW | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky‡ | RW | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Jeff Toms | C | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Mike Eagles | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Alexei Tezikov | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 24 | Rob Zettler | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 38 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Miika Elomo | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Craig Billington | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 3 | Jamie Huscroft | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Barrie Moore | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Alexandre Volchkov‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Trent Whitfield | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 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 | 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 |
| 37 | Olaf Kolzig | 73 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 1957 | 163 | 2.24 | .917 | 5 | 4371 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 16 | 3.38 | .845 | 0 | 284 |
| 1 | Craig Billington | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 310 | 28 | 2.75 | .910 | 2 | 611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | .833 | 0 | 20 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Olaf Kolzig (Goaltender) |
| League (annual) | Vezina Trophy | Olaf Kolzig |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Olaf Kolzig |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Olaf Kolzig (January) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Sergei Gonchar (January 31) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Olaf Kolzig (March 6) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Rookie of the Month | Jeff Halpern (March) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Jeff Halpern | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Glen Metropolit | October 2, 1999 |
| First game | Miika Elomo | October 16, 1999 |
| First game | Alexander Volchkov | October 23, 1999 |
| First game | Trent Whitfield | April 17, 2000 |
| 1,000th game played | Adam Oates | December 22, 1999 |

## Draft picks

Washington'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 | 7 | Kris Beech | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
| 2 | 29 | Michal Sivek | Czech Republic | Velvana Kladno (Czech Republic) |
| 2 | 31 | Charlie Stephens | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 2 | 34 | Ross Lupaschuk | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 2 | 37 | Nolan Yonkman | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
| 5 | 132 | Roman Tvrdon | Slovakia | Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia) |
| 6 | 175 | Kyle Clark | United States | Harvard University (NCAA) |
| 7 | 192 | David Bornhammar | Sweden | AIK IF Jr. (Sweden) |
| 8 | 219 | Maxim Orlov | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| 9 | 249 | Igor Shadilov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |