1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

The 1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season saw the Sabres qualify for the playoffs, but lose in the first round to the Philadelphia Flyers.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 2, 1999 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L	October 8, 1999 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	0–2–0–0
3 	T	October 9, 1999 	5–5 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	0–2–1–0
4 	T	October 11, 1999 	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	0–2–2–0
5 	L	October 16, 1999 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	0–3–2–0
6 	L	October 17, 1999 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	0–4–2–0
7 	L	October 20, 1999 	3–4 	Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	0–5–2–0
8 	W	October 22, 1999 	7–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	1–5–2–0
9 	L	October 23, 1999 	0–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	1–6–2–0
10 	W	October 27, 1999 	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	2–6–2–0
11 	W	October 29, 1999 	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	3–6–2–0
12 	L	October 30, 1999 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	3–7–2–0
13 	W	November 3, 1999 	3–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 	4–7–2–0
14 	W	November 4, 1999 	5–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	5–7–2–0
15 	W	November 6, 1999 	2–1 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	6–7–2–0
16 	W	November 10, 1999	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	7–7–2–0
17 	L	November 12, 1999	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	7–8–2–0
18 	L	November 13, 1999	1–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	7–9–2–0
19 	L	November 16, 1999	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	7–10–2–0
20 	W	November 19, 1999	4–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	8–10–2–0
21 	W	November 20, 1999	4–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	9–10–2–0
22 	W	November 24, 1999	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	10–10–2–0
23 	L	November 26, 1999	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	10–11–2–0
24 	W	November 28, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	11–11–2–0
25 	L	November 30, 1999	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	11–12–2–0
26 	L	December 2, 1999 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	11–13–2–0
27 	T	December 4, 1999 	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	11–13–3–0
28 	L	December 6, 1999 	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	11–13–3–1
29 	T	December 8, 1999 	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	11–13–4–1
30 	W	December 10, 1999	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	12–13–4–1
31 	W	December 14, 1999	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	13–13–4–1
32 	L	December 17, 1999	2–4 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	13–14–4–1
33 	T	December 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	13–14–5–1
34 	W	December 21, 1999	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	14–14–5–1
35 	W	December 23, 1999	2–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	15–14–5–1
36 	L	December 27, 1999	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	15–15–5–1
37 	L	December 28, 1999	2–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	15–16–5–1
38 	W	January 1, 2000 	8–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	16–16–5–1
39 	L	January 3, 2000 	2–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	16–17–5–1
40 	L	January 4, 2000 	4–5 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	16–18–5–1
41 	L	January 6, 2000 	3–6 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	16–19–5–1
42 	W	January 8, 2000 	7–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	17–19–5–1
43 	T	January 13, 2000 	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	17–19–6–1
44 	L	January 14, 2000 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	17–20–6–1
45 	W	January 17, 2000 	5–0 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	18–20–6–1
46 	L	January 18, 2000 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	18–21–6–1
47 	L	January 20, 2000 	1–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	18–22–6–1
48 	L	January 22, 2000 	1–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	18–23–6–1
49 	W	January 25, 2000 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	19–23–6–1
50 	W	January 28, 2000 	1–0 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	20–23–6–1
51 	L	January 29, 2000 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	20–24–6–1
52 	T	February 1, 2000 	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 	20–24–7–1
53 	W	February 3, 2000 	4–2 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	21–24–7–1
54 	W	February 8, 2000 	2–0 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	22–24–7–1
55 	W	February 10, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	23–24–7–1
56 	L	February 12, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	23–24–7–2
57 	T	February 13, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	23–24–8–2
58 	T	February 16, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	23–24–9–2
59 	L	February 17, 2000	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	23–25–9–2
60 	W	February 19, 2000	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	24–25–9–2
61 	W	February 21, 2000	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	25–25–9–2
62 	L	February 25, 2000	3–6 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	25–26–9–2
63 	L	February 26, 2000	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	25–27–9–2
64 	W	February 28, 2000	5–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	26–27–9–2
65 	T	March 1, 2000 	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	26–27–10–2
66 	L	March 4, 2000 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	26–28–10–2
67 	L	March 5, 2000 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	26–29–10–2
68 	W	March 8, 2000 	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	27–29–10–2
69 	L	March 10, 2000 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	27–30–10–2
70 	W	March 12, 2000 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	28–30–10–2
71 	L	March 15, 2000 	5–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	28–30–10–3
72 	L	March 16, 2000 	3–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	28–31–10–3
73 	W	March 18, 2000 	5–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	29–31–10–3
74 	W	March 20, 2000 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	30–31–10–3
75 	W	March 23, 2000 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	31–31–10–3
76 	W	March 27, 2000 	5–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	32–31–10–3
77 	L	March 31, 2000 	1–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	32–32–10–3
78 	W	April 1, 2000 	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	33–32–10–3
79 	W	April 3, 2000 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	34–32–10–3
80 	W	April 6, 2000 	5–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	35–32–10–3
81 	L	April 7, 2000 	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	35–32–10–4
82 	T	April 9, 2000 	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	35–32–11–4
==Playoffs==
The Sabres lost the Conference quarter-finals (4–1) versus the Philadelphia Flyers.
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	81	33	34	67 	32 	16 	5 	3 	5
 	C/LW	74	22	29	51 	42 	19 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	82	20	25	45 	16 	-3 	8 	2 	2
 	C 	73	20	21	41 	67 	6 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	76	10	27	37 	62 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	65	16	18	34 	41 	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	61	11	23	34 	35 	12 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	74	8 	25	33 	52 	14 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	13	13	26 	22 	4 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	59	7 	17	24 	30 	4 	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	71	11	9 	20 	41 	1 	1 	2 	2
 	LW 	34	6 	13	19 	10 	17 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	78	5 	12	17 	50 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	11	3 	14	17 	12 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	LW/C	67	8 	6 	14 	43 	1 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	66	5 	8 	13 	22 	8 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	74	2 	11	13 	95 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	41	5 	7 	12 	38 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	64	2 	9 	11 	50 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1 	7 	8 	15 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	4 	5 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	69	1 	3 	4 	158	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	0 	4 	4 	35 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	61	0 	3 	3 	89 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1 	1 	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	0 	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	0 	0 	43 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2229	41	19	18	2 	90 	2.42	5 	988 	898 	.909
 	2066	35	15	11	6 	76 	2.21	3 	937 	861 	.919
 	677 	14	1 	7 	3 	32 	2.84	0 	277 	245 	.884
Team: 	4972	82	35	36	11 	198	2.39	8 	2202	2004	.910
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	5 	3	2	5 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	5 	1	3	4 	6 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	3	0	3 	2 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	301	5 	1	4	12	2.39	0 	147	135	.918
Team: 	301	5 	1	4	12	2.39	0 	147	135	.918
Note: Pos = Position; 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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1999–2000 NHL season
==References==
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