1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers season was the inaugural season of the franchise.
==Offseason==
===NHL draft===
Atlanta's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
===Expansion draft===
These results are numbered 1–26 for aesthetic purposes, but the players were not necessarily chosen in this order. As the Thrashers were the only team participating in the draft, the order is inconsequential.
# 	Player 	Drafted from
1. 	Trevor Kidd (G) 	Carolina Hurricanes
2. 	Norm Maracle (G) 	Detroit Red Wings
3. 	Corey Schwab (G) 	Tampa Bay Lightning
4. 	Petr Buzek (D) 	Dallas Stars
5. 	Brett Clark (D) 	Montreal Canadiens
6. 	Kevin Dean (D) 	New Jersey Devils
7. 	Maxim Galanov (D) 	Pittsburgh Penguins
8. 	David Harlock (D) 	New York Islanders
9. 	Jamie Pushor (D) 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10.	Darryl Shannon (D) 	Buffalo Sabres
11.	Chris Tamer (D) 	New York Rangers
12.	Mark Tinordi (D) 	Washington Capitals
13.	Yannick Tremblay (D) 	Toronto Maple Leafs
14.	Kelly Buchberger (RW)	Edmonton Oilers
15.	Sylvain Cloutier (C) 	Chicago Blackhawks
16.	Phil Crowe (RW) 	Ottawa Senators
17.	Peter Ferraro (RW) 	Boston Bruins
18.	Johan Garpenlov (LW) 	Florida Panthers
19.	Jody Hull (RW) 	Philadelphia Flyers
20.	Matt Johnson (LW) 	Los Angeles Kings
21.	Tomi Kallio (LW) 	Colorado Avalanche
22.	Steve Staios (RW/D) 	Vancouver Canucks
23.	Mike Stapleton (C) 	Phoenix Coyotes
24.	Ed Ward (RW) 	Calgary Flames
25.	Terry Yake (C) 	St. Louis Blues
26.	Alexei Yegorov (RW) 	San Jose Sharks
==Regular season==
The newly-formed Thrashers selected Patrik Stefan with the first overall selection in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. They played their first game on October 2, 1999, losing 4–1 to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the New Jersey Devils. Captain Kelly Buchberger scored the franchise's first goal in the loss.Atlanta Thrashers (1999-Present) The Thrashers would not get their first win until two weeks later. Damian Rhodes blanked the New York Islanders 2–0 on the road. The Thrashers would not get their first victory in Atlanta until October 23 when they beat the Calgary Flames in their return to Atlanta 2–1. Andrew Brunette led the team in scoring with 50 points as the Thrashers finished last in the Southeast Division with a NHL worst record of 14–57–7–4.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results 	Regular season results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 2, 1999 	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L 	October 7, 1999 	1–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	0–2–0–0
3 	T 	October 9, 1999 	5–5 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	0–2–1–0
4 	W 	October 14, 1999 	2–0 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	1–2–1–0
5 	T 	October 16, 1999 	4–4 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	1–2–2–0
6 	L 	October 17, 1999 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	1–3–2–0
7 	L 	October 23, 1999 	2–3 OT 	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	1–3–2–1
8 	W 	October 26, 1999 	2–1 	Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	2–3–2–1
9 	L 	October 27, 1999 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	2–4–2–1
10 	L 	October 31, 1999 	4–6 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	2–5–2–1
11 	W 	November 3, 1999 	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	3–5–2–1
12 	L 	November 6, 1999 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	3–6–2–1
13 	L 	November 10, 1999 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	3–7–2–1
14 	L 	November 12, 1999 	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	3–8–2–1
15 	L 	November 13, 1999 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	3–9–2–1
16 	W 	November 17, 1999 	5–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	4–9–2–1
17 	L 	November 19, 1999 	0–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	4–10–2–1
18 	L 	November 20, 1999 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	4–11–2–1
19 	W 	November 22, 1999 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	5–11–2–1
20 	L 	November 25, 1999 	3–6 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	5–12–2–1
21 	L 	November 27, 1999 	0–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	5–13–2–1
22 	L 	November 28, 1999 	2–4 	Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 	5–14–2–1
23 	W 	December 3, 1999 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	6–14–2–1
24 	W 	December 4, 1999 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	7–14–2–1
25 	L 	December 6, 1999 	3–4 OT 	Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	7–14–2–2
26 	L 	December 8, 1999 	0–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	7–15–2–2
27 	L 	December 10, 1999 	1–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	7–16–2–2
28 	L 	December 12, 1999 	1–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	7–17–2–2
29 	L 	December 15, 1999 	0–4 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	7–18–2–2
30 	L 	December 17, 1999 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	7–19–2–2
31 	L 	December 18, 1999 	2–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	7–20–2–2
32 	T 	December 22, 1999 	3–3 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	7–20–3–2
33 	T 	December 23, 1999 	4–4 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	7–20–4–2
34 	W 	December 26, 1999 	6–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	8–20–4–2
35 	L 	December 27, 1999 	2–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	8–20–4–3
36 	L 	December 30, 1999 	0–6 	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	8–21–4–3
37 	L 	January 1, 2000 	2–4 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	8–22–4–3
38 	W 	January 4, 2000 	5–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	9–22–4–3
39 	W 	January 6, 2000 	3–1 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	10–22–4–3
40 	L 	January 8, 2000 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	10–23–4–3
41 	L 	January 12, 2000 	2–5 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	10–24–4–3
42 	W 	January 14, 2000 	1–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	11–24–4–3
43 	L 	January 16, 2000 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	11–25–4–3
44 	T 	January 17, 2000 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	11–25–5–3
45 	L 	January 19, 2000 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	11–26–5–3
46 	T 	January 21, 2000 	3–3 OT 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	11–26–6–3
47 	L 	January 24, 2000 	3–6 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	11–27–6–3
48 	L 	January 27, 2000 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	11–28–6–3
49 	L 	January 29, 2000 	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	11–29–6–3
50 	L 	January 31, 2000 	1–2 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	11–29–6–4
51 	L 	February 2, 2000 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 	11–30–6–4
52 	L 	February 3, 2000 	3–6 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	11–31–6–4
53 	L 	February 9, 2000 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	11–32–6–4
54 	L 	February 11, 2000 	0–3 	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	11–33–6–4
55 	L 	February 12, 2000 	3–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	11–34–6–4
56 	L 	February 15, 2000 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	11–35–6–4
57 	L 	February 16, 2000 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	11–36–6–4
58 	L 	February 20, 2000 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	11–37–6–4
59 	W 	February 22, 2000 	4–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	12–37–6–4
60 	L 	February 25, 2000 	4–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	12–38–6–4
61 	L 	February 26, 2000 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	12–39–6–4
62 	L 	February 29, 2000 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	12–40–6–4
63 	L 	March 2, 2000 	2–5 	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	12–41–6–4
64 	L 	March 4, 2000 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	12–42–6–4
65 	L 	March 6, 2000 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	12–43–6–4
66 	L 	March 10, 2000 	0–9 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	12–44–6–4
67 	L 	March 12, 2000 	1–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	12–45–6–4
68 	L 	March 13, 2000 	0–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	12–46–6–4
69 	L 	March 16, 2000 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	12–47–6–4
70 	W 	March 18, 2000 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	13–47–6–4
71 	L 	March 21, 2000 	1–7 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	13–48–6–4
72 	T 	March 22, 2000 	1–1 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	13–48–7–4
73 	L 	March 24, 2000 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	13–49–7–4
74 	L 	March 26, 2000 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	13–50–7–4
75 	L 	March 28, 2000 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	13–51–7–4
76 	L 	March 29, 2000 	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	13–52–7–4
77 	L 	March 31, 2000 	0–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	13–53–7–4
78 	W 	April 2, 2000 	5–4 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	14–53–7–4
79 	L 	April 4, 2000 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	14–54–7–4
80 	L 	April 6, 2000 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	14–55–7–4
81 	L 	April 8, 2000 	3–4 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	14–56–7–4
82 	L 	April 9, 2000 	1–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	14–57–7–4
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	81	23	27	50 	30 	-32	9 	0 	2
 	C 	81	19	25	44 	88 	-33	10 	0 	3
 	RW 	58	14	19	33 	47 	-24	4 	0 	0
 	D 	75	10	21	31 	22 	-42	4 	1 	2
 	RW 	52	16	10	26 	24 	-14	1 	0 	2
 	C 	72	5 	20	25 	30 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	C 	62	10	12	22 	30 	-29	4 	0 	1
 	D 	63	5 	14	19 	41 	-22	3 	0 	0
 	D 	49	5 	13	18 	65 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	68	5 	12	17 	139	-34	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	73	2 	14	16 	31 	-30	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	6 	9 	15 	4 	-21	0 	0 	0
 	C 	51	5 	9 	14 	14 	-17	1 	0 	0
 	C 	20	4 	9 	13 	4 	-13	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	7 	4 	11 	12 	-4 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	73	5 	6 	11 	219	-17	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	33	4 	7 	11 	18 	-13	1 	0 	1
 	D 	58	1 	10	11 	38 	-26	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	2 	8 	10 	91 	-32	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	4 	3 	7 	20 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	C 	38	3 	4 	7 	6 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	2 	5 	7 	144	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	6 	7 	6 	-13	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	44	5 	1 	6 	44 	-5 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	44	0 	6 	6 	36 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	2 	3 	5 	66 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	25	1 	4 	5 	17 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1 	3 	4 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	0 	1 	14 	-5 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	27	1 	0 	1 	71 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	4 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1561	28	5 	19	3 	101	3.88	1 	803 	702 	.874
 	1618	32	4 	19	2 	94 	3.49	1 	852 	758 	.890
 	765 	15	3 	11	0 	55 	4.31	0 	395 	340 	.861
 	920 	16	2 	11	2 	49 	3.20	0 	451 	402 	.891
 	59 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4 	4.07	0 	32 	28 	.875
Team: 	4923	82	14	61	7 	303	3.69	2 	2533	2230	.880
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage; 
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
===Trades===
In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players in the expansion draft, the Thrashers were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades were officially booked as being for "future considerations":
*Ottawa traded Damian Rhodes to Atlanta on June 18, 1999
*Buffalo traded Dean Sylvester to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
*Calgary traded Andreas Karlsson to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
*Detroit traded Ulf Samuelsson to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
*New Jersey traded Sergei Vyshedkevich to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
*Phoenix traded Scott Langkow to Atlanta on June 25, 1999
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player	Former team	Contract terms
===Claimed from waivers===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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*
*
*
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*GM: Don Waddell
*Coach: Curt Fraser		
Defensemen		
Wingers		
Centers
==See also==
*1999–2000 NHL season
==References==
* Thrashers Official Web Site for 1999-2000 Stats
* Thrashers on Database Hockey
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