# 1999–2000 Florida Panthers season

The 1999–2000 Florida Panthers season was their seventh season in the National Hockey League.

## Regular season
### 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

## Playoffs

The Panthers made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1997. As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fourth-seeded New Jersey Devils. However, the Panthers were eliminated in a four-game sweep. The Devils' sweep over the Panthers began a 12-year drought where the Florida team never made the playoffs. The Panthers would reenter the playoffs in 2012 after winning the Southeast Division title.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1999–2000 regular season :
October: 6–3–1–2 (home: 5–0–1–1; road: 1–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 2, 19994–3Washington Capitals (1999–2000)1–0–0–0Recap
2WOctober 6, 19994–2Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)2–0–0–0Recap
3TOctober 9, 19992–2 OTDetroit Red Wings (1999–2000)2–0–1–0Recap
4WOctober 12, 19992–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)3–0–1–0Recap
5LOctober 13, 19992–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)3–1–1–0Recap
6WOctober 16, 19993–2 OTMighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)4–1–1–0Recap
7WOctober 20, 19995–2Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)5–1–1–0Recap
8OTLOctober 22, 19992–3 OTCalgary Flames (1999–2000)5–1–1–1Recap
9LOctober 24, 19990–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)5–2–1–1Recap
10WOctober 27, 19996–3New York Islanders (1999–2000)6–2–1–1Recap
11OTLOctober 29, 19992–3 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)6–2–1–2Recap
12LOctober 30, 19990–5@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)6–3–1–2Recap :
November: 7–3–1–0 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13TNovember 3, 19992–2 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)6–3–2–2Recap
14LNovember 5, 19992–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)6–4–2–2Recap
15WNovember 6, 19996–3@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)7–4–2–2Recap
16WNovember 10, 19994–1Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)8–4–2–2Recap
17WNovember 13, 19993–1Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)9–4–2–2Recap
18WNovember 17, 19992–1@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)10–4–2–2Recap
19LNovember 18, 19990–3@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)10–5–2–2Recap
20WNovember 20, 19992–1 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)11–5–2–2Recap
21LNovember 24, 19991–6Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)11–6–2–2Recap
22WNovember 26, 19996–2New York Rangers (1999–2000)12–6–2–2Recap
23WNovember 27, 19993–0Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)13–6–2–2Recap :
December: 7–4–1–1 (home: 2–1–1–0; road: 5–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24LDecember 3, 19991–2@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)13–7–2–2Recap
25WDecember 4, 19992–1Washington Capitals (1999–2000)14–7–2–2Recap
26WDecember 8, 19996–1@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)15–7–2–2Recap
27LDecember 10, 19993–4@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)15–8–2–2Recap
28WDecember 11, 19994–2@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)16–8–2–2Recap
29WDecember 15, 19993–2Nashville Predators (1999–2000)17–8–2–2Recap
30WDecember 17, 19994–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)18–8–2–2Recap
31WDecember 18, 19995–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)19–8–2–2Recap
32LDecember 20, 19994–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)19–9–2–2Recap
33TDecember 22, 19993–3 OTAtlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)19–9–3–2Recap
34OTLDecember 26, 19993–4 OT@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)19–9–3–3Recap
35WDecember 27, 19996–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)20–9–3–3Recap
36LDecember 30, 19991–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)20–10–3–3Recap :
January: 9–4–1–0 (home: 6–2–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
37WJanuary 1, 20007–5Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)21–10–3–3Recap
38WJanuary 5, 20005–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)22–10–3–3Recap
39LJanuary 6, 20002–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)22–11–3–3Recap
40WJanuary 8, 20004–2@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)23–11–3–3Recap
41WJanuary 12, 20004–3New York Islanders (1999–2000)24–11–3–3Recap
42WJanuary 14, 20005–1Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)25–11–3–3Recap
43WJanuary 15, 20005–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)26–11–3–3Recap
44WJanuary 17, 20003–1Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)27–11–3–3Recap
45LJanuary 19, 20001–3Washington Capitals (1999–2000)27–12–3–3Recap
46TJanuary 21, 20003–3 OT@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)27–12–4–3Recap
47WJanuary 22, 20004–3 OTBoston Bruins (1999–2000)28–12–4–3Recap
48LJanuary 26, 20002–3New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)28–13–4–3Recap
49LJanuary 27, 20002–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)28–14–4–3Recap
50WJanuary 29, 20002–1Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)29–14–4–3Recap :
February: 5–6–0–2 (home: 3–3–0–1; road: 2–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
51LFebruary 1, 20002–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)29–15–4–3Recap
52WFebruary 2, 20003–1Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)30–15–4–3Recap
53WFebruary 9, 20004–1San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)31–15–4–3Recap
54LFebruary 11, 20003–5@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)31–16–4–3Recap
55WFebruary 12, 20005–1@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)32–16–4–3Recap
56LFebruary 14, 20001–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)32–17–4–3Recap
57WFebruary 16, 20003–0New York Rangers (1999–2000)33–17–4–3Recap
58LFebruary 19, 20001–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)33–18–4–3Recap
59LFebruary 21, 20002–4Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)33–19–4–3Recap
60OTLFebruary 23, 20002–3 OT@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)33–19–4–4Recap
61WFebruary 24, 20004–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)34–19–4–4Recap
62OTLFebruary 26, 20001–2 OTCarolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)34–19–4–5Recap
63LFebruary 28, 20002–5Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)34–20–4–5Recap :
March: 7–6–1–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 4–4–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
64WMarch 1, 20003–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)35–20–4–5Recap
65LMarch 3, 20002–4@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)35–21–4–5Recap
66TMarch 4, 20001–1 OTSt. Louis Blues (1999–2000)35–21–5–5Recap
67LMarch 7, 20002–4@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)35–22–5–5Recap
68WMarch 10, 20004–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)36–22–5–5Recap
69LMarch 11, 20002–5Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)36–23–5–5Recap
70LMarch 16, 20002–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)36–24–5–5Recap
71WMarch 18, 20004–2@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)37–24–5–5Recap
72LMarch 19, 20002–5@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)37–25–5–5Recap
73WMarch 21, 20004–3@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)38–25–5–5Recap
74WMarch 23, 20003–1@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)39–25–5–5Recap
75WMarch 25, 20004–2Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)40–25–5–5Recap
76LMarch 29, 20001–4Dallas Stars (1999–2000)40–26–5–5Recap
77WMarch 31, 20003–1Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)41–26–5–5Recap :
April: 2–1–1–1 (home: 2–0–1–0; road: 0–1–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78TApril 1, 20003–3 OTTampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)41–26–6–5Recap
79WApril 3, 20005–2New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)42–26–6–5Recap
80WApril 5, 20006–3Boston Bruins (1999–2000)43–26–6–5Recap
81OTLApril 8, 20001–2 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)43–26–6–6Recap
82LApril 9, 20002–3@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)43–27–6–6Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 13, 20003–4@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 16, 20001–2@ New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 18, 20001–2New Jersey DevilsDevils lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 20, 20001–4New Jersey DevilsDevils win 4–0Recap :
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 Panthers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers 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 |
| 10 | Pavel Bure | RW | 74 | 58 | 36 | 94 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 81 | 29 | 42 | 71 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 80 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 24 | Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 23 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 77 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 14 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Mark Parrish | RW | 81 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 28 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 82 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 7 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 44 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 81 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −5 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| 4 | Bret Hedican | D | 76 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Oleg Kvasha | RW | 78 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Ray Sheppard† | RW | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Mike Wilson | D | 60 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
| 19 | Radek Dvorak‡ | RW | 35 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Cam Stewart | LW | 65 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −2 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Ryan Johnson‡ | C | 66 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Paul Laus | D | 77 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −1 | 172 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Len Barrie† | C | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 8 | Peter Worrell | LW | 48 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −7 | 169 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
| 16 | Mike Sillinger† | C | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 2 | Lance Pitlick | D | 62 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Todd Simpson | D | 82 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 202 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 5 | Filip Kuba‡ | D | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Ivan Novoseltsev | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Alex Hicks | LW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| 6 | Dan Boyle | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Mike Vernon† | G | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 10 |
| 45 | Brad Ference | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Marcus Nilson | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Eric Boguniecki | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Sean Burke‡ | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Dave Duerden | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | Craig Ferguson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Dwayne Hay‡ | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | John Jakopin | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Mikhail Shtalenkov† | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Richard Shulmistra | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Chris Wells‡ | C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
| 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 |
| 29 | Mike Vernon† | 34 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1020 | 83 | 2.47 | .919 | 1 | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 12 | 3.04 | .912 | 0 | 237 |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 809 | 69 | 2.63 | .915 | 1 | 1574 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Mikhail Shtalenkov† | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 369 | 34 | 2.31 | .908 | 0 | 882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Sean Burke‡ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 18 | 2.58 | .913 | 0 | 418 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Richard Shulmistra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1.00 | .952 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Pavel Bure |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Pavel Bure (Right Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Pavel Bure |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Viktor Kozlov |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Whitney |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Pavel Bure (December) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Pavel Bure (December 20) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Ivan Novoseltsev | October 13, 1999 |
| First game | Dave Duerden | January 6, 2000 |
| First game | Eric Boguniecki | March 3, 2000 |
| First game | Brad Ference | March 10, 2000 |
| 1,000th game played | Scott Mellanby | March 1, 2000 |

## Draft picks

Florida'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 | 12 | Denis Shvidki | Ukraine | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
| 2 | 40 | Alex Auld | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 3 | 70 | Niklas Hagman | Finland | HIFK (Finland) |
| 3 | 80 | Jean-Francois Laniel | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 103 | Morgan McCormick | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 4 | 109 | Rod Sarich | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
| 6 | 169 | Brad Woods | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
| 7 | 198 | Travis Eagles | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 8 | 227 | Jonathan Charron | Canada | Val-d'or Foreurs (QMJHL) |

## Farm teams

Louisville Panthers