1999-2000 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1999-2000 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 33rd in the National Hockey League. It was the first season under ownership led by former superstar Mario Lemieux.
==Offseason==
In June of 1999, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge granted former player Mario Lemieux ownership of the Penguins franchise, who were in danger of either relocating to Portland, Oregon or folding. Lemieux received final approval of team ownership by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on September 3, 1999.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 1, 1999 	4–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 	0–1–0–0
2 	W	October 7, 1999 	7–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	1–1–0–0
3 	T	October 8, 1999 	3–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	1–1–1–0
4 	W	October 14, 1999 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	2–1–1–0
5 	T	October 16, 1999 	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	2–1–2–0
6 	L	October 23, 1999 	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	2–2–2–0
7 	L	October 27, 1999 	1–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–2–2–1
8 	L	October 28, 1999 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	2–3–2–1
9 	T	October 30, 1999 	1–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	2–3–3–1
10 	L	November 2, 1999 	4–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 	2–4–3–1
11 	L	November 4, 1999 	1–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	2–5–3–1
12 	L	November 6, 1999 	4–7 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	2–6–3–1
13 	W	November 10, 1999	5–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	3–6–3–1
14 	L	November 12, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	3–6–3–2
15 	W	November 13, 1999	6–2 	Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	4–6–3–2
16 	W	November 16, 1999	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	5–6–3–2
17 	L	November 18, 1999	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	5–7–3–2
18 	L	November 20, 1999	1–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	5–7–3–3
19 	W	November 23, 1999	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	6–7–3–3
20 	W	November 26, 1999	5–0 	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	7–7–3–3
21 	L	November 27, 1999	3–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	7–8–3–3
22 	W	November 30, 1999	4–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	8–8–3–3
23 	L	December 2, 1999 	2–5 	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 	8–9–3–3
24 	L	December 4, 1999 	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	8–9–3–4
25 	L	December 7, 1999 	1–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	8–10–3–4
26 	W	December 9, 1999 	3–0 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	9–10–3–4
27 	W	December 11, 1999	4–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	10–10–3–4
28 	W	December 14, 1999	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	11–10–3–4
29 	W	December 15, 1999	6–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	12–10–3–4
30 	L	December 18, 1999	2–5 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	12–11–3–4
31 	L	December 20, 1999	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	12–12–3–4
32 	W	December 21, 1999	4–0 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	13–12–3–4
33 	W	December 23, 1999	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	14–12–3–4
34 	W	December 26, 1999	4–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 	15–12–3–4
35 	L	December 29, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	15–12–3–5
36 	W	December 30, 1999	9–3 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	16–12–3–5
37 	W	January 2, 2000 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 	17–12–3–5
38 	L	January 5, 2000 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	17–13–3–5
39 	W	January 7, 2000 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	18–13–3–5
40 	L	January 8, 2000 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	18–14–3–5
41 	L	January 12, 2000 	1–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 	18–15–3–5
42 	L	January 13, 2000 	3–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 	18–16–3–5
43 	L	January 15, 2000 	2–4 	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 	18–17–3–5
44 	W	January 19, 2000 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 	19–17–3–5
45 	L	January 22, 2000 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	19–18–3–5
46 	T	January 23, 2000 	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	19–18–4–5
47 	L	January 25, 2000 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	19–19–4–5
48 	W	January 27, 2000 	4–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	20–19–4–5
49 	L	January 29, 2000 	1–7 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 	20–20–4–5
50 	W	January 31, 2000 	2–1 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	21–20–4–5
51 	W	February 1, 2000 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	22–20–4–5
52 	W	February 3, 2000 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	23–20–4–5
53 	W	February 9, 2000 	5–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	24–20–4–5
54 	T	February 11, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	24–20–5–5
55 	L	February 12, 2000	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	24–21–5–5
56 	W	February 14, 2000	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 	25–21–5–5
57 	T	February 16, 2000	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	25–21–6–5
58 	W	February 19, 2000	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	26–21–6–5
59 	L	February 21, 2000	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 	26–22–6–5
60 	L	February 22, 2000	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	26–23–6–5
61 	L	February 24, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	26–23–6–6
62 	T	February 26, 2000	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	26–23–7–6
63 	T	February 28, 2000	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	26–23–8–6
64 	L	March 1, 2000 	2–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 	26–24–8–6
65 	W	March 4, 2000 	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 	27–24–8–6
66 	L	March 8, 2000 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 	27–25–8–6
67 	L	March 9, 2000 	0–7 	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 	27–26–8–6
68 	W	March 11, 2000 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	28–26–8–6
69 	L	March 13, 2000 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	28–27–8–6
70 	W	March 16, 2000 	4–2 	Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 	29–27–8–6
71 	L	March 18, 2000 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	29–28–8–6
72 	W	March 19, 2000 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1999–2000) 	30–28–8–6
73 	W	March 21, 2000 	8–2 	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 	31–28–8–6
74 	W	March 24, 2000 	5–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 	32–28–8–6
75 	L	March 26, 2000 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	32–29–8–6
76 	W	March 28, 2000 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 	33–29–8–6
77 	W	March 30, 2000 	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 	34–29–8–6
78 	L	April 1, 2000 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 	34–30–8–6
79 	W	April 3, 2000 	3–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 	35–30–8–6
80 	W	April 5, 2000 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 	36–30–8–6
81 	W	April 7, 2000 	2–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 	37–30–8–6
82 	L	April 9, 2000 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 	37–31–8–6
==Playoffs==
===Eastern Conference Quarter-finals===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	April 13, 2000	7 - 0 	@ Washington Capitals	1-0
2 	W	April 15, 2000	2 - 1 (OT)	Washington Capitals 	2-0
3 	W	April 17, 2000	4 - 3 	Washington Capitals 	3-0
4 	L	April 19, 2000	2 - 3 	@ Washington Capitals	3-1
5 	W	April 21, 2000	2 - 1 	@ Washington Capitals	4-1
===Eastern Conference Semi-finals===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	April 27, 2000	2 - 0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	1-0
2 	W	April 29, 2000	4 - 1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2-0
3 	L	May 2, 2000 	3 - 4 (OT) 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2-1
4 	L	May 4, 2000 	1 - 2 (5OT)	Philadelphia Flyers 	2-2
5 	L	May 7, 2000 	3 - 6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2-3
6 	L	May 9, 2000 	1 - 2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2-4
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	63	42	54	96 	50 	25 	10 	0 	5
 	RW 	82	26	40	66 	94 	-3 	9 	2 	4
 	C 	78	23	42	65 	14 	-9 	13 	0 	5
 	C 	71	20	39	59 	26 	24 	3 	1 	2
 	C 	70	13	33	46 	43 	13 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	63	17	25	42 	34 	-3 	4 	2 	3
 	RW 	68	12	19	31 	14 	12 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	74	11	20	31 	82 	20 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	64	12	12	24 	197	3 	0 	0 	3
 	RW 	50	10	13	23 	10 	-13	4 	0 	3
 	C 	50	12	10	22 	45 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	75	4 	17	21 	48 	11 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	44	4 	15	19 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	73	3 	12	15 	146	-12	1 	0 	1
 	D 	68	3 	11	14 	12 	-5 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	30	4 	9 	13 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	4 	8 	12 	28 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	61	3 	8 	11 	69 	15 	0 	0 	1
 	LW/C	13	4 	4 	8 	18 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	7 	8 	12 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	2 	5 	7 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	4 	6 	20 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	33	1 	5 	6 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	1 	5 	6 	30 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	56	2 	3 	5 	24 	-11	0 	0 	1
 	D 	29	1 	4 	5 	10 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	69 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	0 	0 	0 	80 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2789	51	23	21	3 	120	2.58	2 	1392	1272	.914
 	870 	18	5 	7 	2 	46 	3.17	1 	386 	340 	.881
 	922 	20	5 	7 	3 	48 	3.12	1 	374 	326 	.872
 	374 	7 	4 	2 	0 	15 	2.41	0 	197 	182 	.924
Team: 	4955	82	37	37	8 	229	2.77	4 	2349	2120	.903
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	11	8	8	16 	6 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	9 	4	8	12 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3	9	12 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	3	3	6 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	11	2	4	6 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	1	5	6 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	2	3	5 	19 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	11	3	1	4 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	11	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	1	2 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1	1	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0	2	2 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	2	2 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1	0	1 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	746	11	6	5	22	1.77	2 	398	376	.945
 	20 	1 	0	0	1 	3.00	0 	11 	10 	.909
Team: 	766	11	6	5	23	1.80	2 	409	386	.944
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==
===Awards===
Player 	Award
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	Booster Club Award
Matthew Barnaby 	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Rob Brown 	Baz Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award
Jaromir Jagr 	Leading Point Scorer AwardMost Valuable Player AwardArt Ross Memorial TrophyLester B. Pearson AwardFirst team NHL All-Star
Darius Kasparaitis 	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee
Ian Moran 	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Jiri Slegr 	Bob Johnson Memorial Award
Martin Straka 	Player's Player Award
In addition, owner Mario Lemieux and general manager Craig Patrick were recipients of the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.
Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Transactions==
The Penguins were involved in the following tramnsactions during the 1999-2000 season:
===Trades===
September 30, 1999	To Pittsburgh Penguins Peter Popovic 	To New York Rangers Kevin Hatcher
January 29, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins 9th round draft pick in 2000; Pittsburgh selected Roman Simicek	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Kip Miller
February 4, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pat Falloon 	To Edmonton Oilers Claimed off waivers
March 13, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Boughner 	To Nashville Predators Pavel Skrbek
March 14, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Josef Beranek 	To Edmonton Oilers German Titov
March 14, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rene CorbetTyler Moss 	To Calgary Flames Brad Werenka
March 14, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Trebil 	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 5th round pick in 2000; Anaheim selected Bill Cass
March 14, 2000 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron TugnuttJanne Laukkanen 	To Ottawa Senators Tom Barrasso
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, previously known as the Cornwall Aces, debuted in the AHL as the top minor league affiliate for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Playing in the Empire State Division, they finished last overall in the Western Conference with a record of 23-43-9-5. WBRE, the NBC station in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, received a James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding television coverage. Marketing executives Brian Magness and Rich Hixon won the Ken McKenzie Award as the league's outstanding marketing executives.
The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League finished the season in fifth place in the Northwest Division with a record of 25-40-5.
==See also==
*1999–2000 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Pittsburgh Penguins season, 1999–2000
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