1999–2000 NHL season

The **1999–2000 NHL season** was the 83rd regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams each played 82 games. The New Jersey Devils defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars for their second Stanley Cup championship. During the regular season, no player reached the 100-point plateau - the first time this had happened in a non-lockout season since 1967-68.

### Final standings

***Note:** W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalty Minutes._

#### Eastern Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Northeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|82|45|27|7|3|100|246|222|1103|||||||||||
|**Ottawa Senators**|82|41|28|11|2|95|244|210|850|||||||||||
|**Buffalo Sabres**|82|35|32|11|4|85|213|204|1173|||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|82|35|34|9|4|83|196|194|1067|||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|82|24|33|19|6|73|210|248|865|||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Atlantic Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|82|45|22|12|3|105|237|179|1233|||||||||||
|**New Jersey Devils**|82|45|24|8|5|103|251|203|1313|||||||||||
|**Pittsburgh Penguins**|82|37|31|8|6|88|241|236|1221|||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|82|29|38|12|3|73|218|246|916|||||||||||
|**New York Islanders**|82|24|48|9|1|58|194|275|1376|||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Southeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Washington Capitals**|82|44|24|12|2|102|227|194|994|||||||||||
|**Florida Panthers**|82|43|27|6|6|98|244|209|1329|||||||||||
|**Carolina Hurricanes**|82|37|35|10|0|84|217|216|799|||||||||||
|**Tampa Bay Lightning**|82|19|47|9|7|54|204|310|1733|||||||||||
|**Atlanta Thrashers**|82|14|57|7|4|39|170|313|1422|||||||||||

#### Western Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Central Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**St. Louis Blues**|82|51|19|11|1|114|248|165|1139|||||||||||
|**Detroit Red Wings**|82|48|22|10|2|108|278|210|1014|||||||||||
|**Chicago Blackhawks**|82|33|37|10|2|78|242|245|1444|||||||||||
|**Nashville Predators**|82|28|40|7|7|70|199|240|946|||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Pacific Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Dallas Stars**|82|43|23|10|6|102|211|184|1029|||||||||||
|**Los Angeles Kings**|82|39|27|12|4|94|245|228|1313|||||||||||
|**Phoenix Coyotes**|82|39|31|8|4|90|232|228|940|||||||||||
|**San Jose Sharks**|82|35|30|10|7|87|225|214|1292|||||||||||
|**Mighty Ducks of Anaheim**|82|34|33|12|3|83|217|227|926|||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Northwest Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|OTL|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Colorado Avalanche**|82|42|28|11|1|96|233|201|1118|||||||||||
|**Edmonton Oilers**|82|32|26|16|8|88|226|212|1344|||||||||||
|**Vancouver Canucks**|82|30|29|15|8|83|227|237|1047|||||||||||
|**Calgary Flames**|82|31|36|10|5|77|211|256|1267|||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jaromir Jagr|Pittsburgh Penguins|63|42|54|96|||||||
|Pavel Bure|Florida Panthers|74|58|36|94|||||||
|Mark Recchi|Philadelphia Flyers|82|28|63|91|||||||
|Paul Kariya|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|74|42|44|86|||||||
|Teemu Selanne|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|79|33|52|85|||||||
|Owen Nolan|San Jose Sharks|78|44|40|84|||||||
|Tony Amonte|Chicago Blackhawks|82|43|41|84|||||||
|Joe Sakic|Colorado Avalanche|60|28|53|81|||||||
|Mike Modano|Dallas Stars|77|38|43|81|||||||
|Steve Yzerman|Detroit Red Wings|78|35|44|79|||||||

### Playoff bracket

***Note:** W = Wins, G = Goals Scored_

#### Eastern Conference Final

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|Philadelphia (1) vs. New Jersey (4)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|||
|May 14|**New Jersey**|Philadelphia|4 – 1|
|May 16|New Jersey|**Philadelphia**|4 – 3|
|May 18|**Philadelphia**|New Jersey|4 – 2|
|May 20|**Philadelphia**|New Jersey|3 – 1|
|May 22|**New Jersey**|Philadelphia|4 – 1|
|May 24|Philadelphia|**New Jersey**|2 – 1|
|May 26|**New Jersey**|Philadelphia|2 – 1|
|colspan="4"|***New Jersey wins series 4–3 and Prince of Wales Trophy***|}||

#### Western Conference Final

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Dallas (2) vs. Colorado (3)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|May 13|**Colorado**|Dallas||2 – 0|
|May 15|Colorado|**Dallas**||3 – 2|
|May 19|Dallas|**Colorado**||2 – 0|
|May 21|**Dallas**|Colorado||4 – 1|
|May 23|Colorado|**Dallas**|OT|3 – 2|
|May 25|Dallas|**Colorado**||2 – 1|
|May 27|Colorado|**Dallas**||3 – 2|
|colspan="5"|***Dallas wins series 4–3 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl***|}|||

#### Finals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|New Jersey (4) vs. Dallas (2)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|May 30|Dallas|**New Jersey**||7 – 3|
|June 1|**Dallas**|New Jersey||2 – 1|
|June 3|**New Jersey**|Dallas||2 – 1|
|June 5|**New Jersey**|Dallas||3 – 1|
|June 8|**Dallas**|New Jersey|3OT|1 – 0|
|June 10|**New Jersey**|Dallas|2OT|2 – 1|
|colspan="5"|***New Jersey wins series 4–2 and the Stanley Cup***||||
|colspan="5"|***Scott Stevens (New Jersey) wins Conn Smythe Trophy***|}|||

## NHL awards

|Presidents' Trophy:|St. Louis Blues|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|New Jersey Devils|
|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:|Dallas Stars|
|Art Ross Memorial Trophy:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:|Ken Daneyko, New Jersey Devils|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Scott Gomez, New Jersey Devils|
|Frank J. Selke Trophy:|Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Chris Pronger, St. Louis Blues|
|Conn Smythe Trophy:|Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils|
|Jack Adams Award:|Joel Quenneville, St. Louis Blues|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Chris Pronger, St. Louis Blues|
|King Clancy Memorial Trophy:|Curtis Joseph, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Pavol Demitra, St. Louis Blues|
|Lester B. Pearson Award:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Lester Patrick Trophy:|Mario Lemieux, Craig Patrick, Lou Vairo|
|Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy|Pavel Bure, Florida Panthers|
|NHL Plus/Minus Award:|Chris Pronger, St. Louis Blues|
|Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:|Ed Belfour, Dallas Stars|
|Vezina Trophy:|Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals|
|William M. Jennings Trophy:|Roman Turek, St. Louis Blues|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals|align=center|G|Roman Turek, St. Louis Blues|
|Chris Pronger, St. Louis Blues|align=center|D|Rob Blake, Los Angeles Kings|
|Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Eric Desjardins, Philadelphia Flyers|
|Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|C|Mike Modano, Dallas Stars|
|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|align=center|RW|Pavel Bure, Florida Panthers|
|Brendan Shanahan, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|LW|Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|

## First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1999–2000 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Patrick Stefan, Atlanta Thrashers
- John Grahame, Boston Bruins
- Maxim Afinogenov, Buffalo Sabres
- Robyn Regehr, Calgary Flames
- Alex Tanguay, Colorado Avalanche
- Martin Skoula, Colorado Avalanche
- Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars
- Mike Ribeiro, Montreal Canadiens
- Brian Rafalski, New Jersey Devils
- Scott Gomez, New Jersey Devils
- Willie Mitchell, New Jersey Devils
- Roberto Luongo, New York Islanders
- Tim Connolly, New York Islanders
- Mike Fisher, Ottawa Senators
- Brian Boucher, Philadelphia Flyers
- Simon Gagne, Philadelphia Flyers
- Brad Stuart, San Jose Sharks
- Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks
- Ladislav Nagy, St. Louis Blues
- Nik Antropov, Toronto Maple Leafs

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1999–2000 (listed with their last team):
- Marty McSorley, Boston Bruins
- Grant Fuhr, Calgary Flames
- Steve Smith, Calgary Flames
- Guy Carbonneau, Dallas Stars
- Esa Tikkanen, Florida Panthers
- Wendel Clark, Toronto Maple Leafs

## References

- Hockey Database
- http://nhl.com/

## Infobox (sports season)

- **title**: 1999–2000 NHL season
- **league**: National Hockey League
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **pixels**: 230px
- **duration**: October 1, 1999 – June 10, 2000
- **draft**: Draft
- **draft link**: 1999 NHL Entry Draft
- **top pick link**: List of first overall NHL draft picks
- **top pick**: Patrik Štefan, Patrik Stefan
- **picked by**: Atlanta Thrashers
- **season**: Regular season
- **season champ name**: Presidents' Trophy
- **season champs**: St. Louis Blues
- **mvp**: Chris Pronger (St. Louis Blues, Blues)
- **mvp link**: Hart Memorial Trophy
- **top scorer**: Jaromír Jágr, Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins, Penguins)
- **top scorer link**: Art Ross Trophy
- **playoffs**: Playoffs
- **playoffs link**: 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
- **finals**: Stanley Cup
- **finals link**: 2000 Stanley Cup Finals
- **finals champ**: New Jersey Devils
- **finals runner-up**: Dallas Stars
- **playoffs mvp**: Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils, Devils)
- **playoffs mvp link**: Conn Smythe Trophy
- **nextseason year**: 2000–01 NHL season, 2000–01
- **prevseason year**: 1998–99 NHL season, 1998–99
- **seasonslistnames**: List of NHL seasons, NHL
- **no of games**: 82
- **no of teams**: 28
- **tv**: Hockey Night in Canada, CBC, NHL on Sportsnet, CTV Sportsnet, La Soirée du hockey, SRC (Canada)
NHL on ESPN, ESPN/NHL on ABC, ABC (United States)