1999–2000 Boston Bruins season

The 1999–2000 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 75th season of operation. The Bruins finished 5th in the Northeast Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
Following a 2nd round loss to the Buffalo Sabres the year previous, the Boston Bruins headed into the 1999-2000 NHL season with confidence that they could reach the playoffs for the third straight year under head coach Pat Burns. General manager Harry Sinden signed no free agents in the offseason and made no significant moves heading into the season. Goaltender Byron Dafoe was to be the starter for the third straight year following his best season in 1998-99 going 32-23-11 with a .926 save percentage.
==Regular Season==
On February 21, 2000, McSorley, playing for the Boston Bruins, swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with seconds left in the Bruins-Vancouver Canucks game. Brashear lost consciousness and suffered a grade 3 concussion, but not from immediate contact with the stick. The stick hit Brashear's helmet, but caused him to fall backward, and his head hit hard on the ice. 
As a result of the stick incident, McSorley was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999-2000 season (including playoffs) missing 23 games. On October 4, 2000, a jury found McSorley guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since 1988. After his assault conviction his NHL suspension was extended to one full year (through February 21, 2001). This suspension was the longest in NHL history and afterwards McSorley never played in another NHL game.
===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 	1–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L 	October 4, 1999 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	0–2–0–0
3 	L 	October 7, 1999 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	0–3–0–0
4 	T 	October 9, 1999 	1–1 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	0–3–1–0
5 	T 	October 11, 1999 	3–3 OT 	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	0–3–2–0
6 	L 	October 13, 1999 	1–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	0–4–2–0
7 	T 	October 15, 1999 	2–2 OT 	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 	0–4–3–0
8 	L 	October 16, 1999 	1–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	0–5–3–0
9 	T 	October 20, 1999 	2–2 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	0–5–4–0
10 	W 	October 23, 1999 	3–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	1–5–4–0
11 	W 	October 24, 1999 	3–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–5–4–0
12 	W 	October 28, 1999 	7–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	3–5–4–0
13 	W 	October 30, 1999 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	4–5–4–0
14 	W 	November 4, 1999 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	5–5–4–0
15 	W 	November 6, 1999 	4–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	6–5–4–0
16 	L 	November 10, 1999 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	6–6–4–0
17 	W 	November 11, 1999 	4–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	7–6–4–0
18 	W 	November 13, 1999 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	8–6–4–0
19 	T 	November 17, 1999 	2–2 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	8–6–5–0
20 	W 	November 18, 1999 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	9–6–5–0
21 	L 	November 20, 1999 	0–3 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	9–7–5–0
22 	W 	November 22, 1999 	2–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	10–7–5–0
23 	W 	November 24, 1999 	5–2 	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	11–7–5–0
24 	T 	November 26, 1999 	2–2 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	11–7–6–0
25 	L 	November 28, 1999 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	11–8–6–0
26 	T 	December 2, 1999 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	11–8–7–0
27 	L 	December 4, 1999 	3–9 	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	11–9–7–0
28 	T 	December 9, 1999 	2–2 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	11–9–8–0
29 	L 	December 11, 1999 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	11–10–8–0
30 	W 	December 13, 1999 	2–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	12–10–8–0
31 	L 	December 14, 1999 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	12–11–8–0
32 	W 	December 17, 1999 	3–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	13–11–8–0
33 	L 	December 18, 1999 	0–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	13–12–8–0
34 	L 	December 21, 1999 	1–3 	Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	13–13–8–0
35 	T 	December 23, 1999 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	13–13–9–0
36 	L 	December 27, 1999 	0–3 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	13–14–9–0
37 	L 	December 29, 1999 	4–5 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	13–14–9–1
38 	L 	December 30, 1999 	4–5 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	13–14–9–2
39 	T 	January 1, 2000 	2–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	13–14–10–2
40 	W 	January 4, 2000 	7–3 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	14–14–10–2
41 	L 	January 6, 2000 	3–7 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	14–15–10–2
42 	L 	January 8, 2000 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	14–16–10–2
43 	L 	January 11, 2000 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	14–17–10–2
44 	T 	January 13, 2000 	0–0 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	14–17–11–2
45 	T 	January 15, 2000 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	14–17–12–2
46 	T 	January 17, 2000 	3–3 OT 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	14–17–13–2
47 	W 	January 19, 2000 	4–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	15–17–13–2
48 	W 	January 20, 2000 	4–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	16–17–13–2
49 	L 	January 22, 2000 	3–4 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	16–17–13–3
50 	L 	January 24, 2000 	3–4 OT 	Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	16–17–13–4
51 	W 	January 29, 2000 	1–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	17–17–13–4
52 	L 	January 31, 2000 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 	17–18–13–4
53 	T 	February 1, 2000 	4–4 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	17–18–14–4
54 	W 	February 3, 2000 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	18–18–14–4
55 	T 	February 8, 2000 	2–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	18–18–15–4
56 	L 	February 11, 2000 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	18–19–15–4
57 	L 	February 12, 2000 	1–5 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	18–20–15–4
58 	T 	February 16, 2000 	3–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	18–20–16–4
59 	L 	February 21, 2000 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	18–21–16–4
60 	L 	February 23, 2000 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	18–22–16–4
61 	W 	February 25, 2000 	3–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	19–22–16–4
62 	T 	February 26, 2000 	2–2 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	19–22–17–4
63 	L 	February 29, 2000 	3–5 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	19–23–17–4
64 	L 	March 2, 2000 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	19–24–17–4
65 	L 	March 4, 2000 	0–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	19–25–17–4
66 	L 	March 6, 2000 	1–5 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	19–26–17–4
67 	L 	March 8, 2000 	1–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	19–26–17–5
68 	W 	March 10, 2000 	5–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	20–26–17–5
69 	W 	March 11, 2000 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	21–26–17–5
70 	L 	March 16, 2000 	4–5 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	21–26–17–6
71 	W 	March 18, 2000 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	22–26–17–6
72 	L 	March 19, 2000 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	22–27–17–6
73 	W 	March 21, 2000 	4–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	23–27–17–6
74 	L 	March 23, 2000 	1–3 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	23–28–17–6
75 	T 	March 25, 2000 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	23–28–18–6
76 	L 	March 29, 2000 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	23–29–18–6
77 	L 	March 30, 2000 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	23–30–18–6
78 	T 	April 1, 2000 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	23–30–19–6
79 	L 	April 4, 2000 	4–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	23–31–19–6
80 	L 	April 5, 2000 	3–6 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	23–32–19–6
81 	L 	April 8, 2000 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	23–33–19–6
82 	W 	April 9, 2000 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 	24–33–19–6
==Playoffs==
*The Bruins failed to qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	81	23	37	60 	82 	-5 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	59	22	25	47 	14 	8 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	19	26	45 	4 	-6 	6 	0 	3
 	D 	65	10	28	38 	20 	-11	6 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	19	14	33 	28 	-11	7 	0 	2
 	C 	37	10	18	28 	20 	5 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	79	5 	23	28 	73 	-19	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	81	10	16	26 	24 	1 	0 	0 	4
 	RW 	75	12	13	25 	36 	-8 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	50	5 	16	21 	42 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	43	7 	13	20 	10 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	71	8 	11	19 	67 	-4 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	50	6 	12	18 	36 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	26	7 	7 	14 	41 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	81	1 	13	14 	48 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	8 	4 	12 	13 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	44	5 	7 	12 	14 	-17	0 	0 	1
 	D 	81	3 	9 	12 	51 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	5 	6 	11 	12 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	6 	3 	9 	2 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	C/RW	16	5 	4 	9 	6 	-4 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	60	0 	8 	8 	22 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	3 	3 	6 	8 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	22	2 	4 	6 	10 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	2 	3 	5 	62 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	2 	2 	4 	8 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	37	2 	2 	4 	44 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	1 	3 	4 	9 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	40	1 	3 	4 	18 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	2 	3 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	0 	3 	3 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	1 	1 	13 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2307	41	13	16	10 	114	2.96	3 	1030	916 	.889
 	1344	24	7 	10	5 	55 	2.46	2 	609 	554 	.910
 	1363	27	4 	13	4 	72 	3.17	0 	628 	556 	.885
Team: 	5014	82	24	39	19 	241	2.88	5 	2267	2026	.894
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==
*The Bruins did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
March 6, 2000	To Colorado Avalanche Ray Bourque, Dave AndreychukPatrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.438, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2	To Boston Bruins Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick
==Free Agents==
Player 	Former Team
Marty McSorley	Edmonton Oilers
===Claimed from Waivers===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
==Draft Picks==
Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
==See Also==
*1999–2000 NHL season
==References==
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Boston Bruins season, 1999–2000
Boston Bruins season, 1999–2000