The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season was the eighth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This season saw the Senators drop in the standings, as they finished with 95 points, down from the 103 they registered the previous season. They finished second in the Northeast Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.
1999–2000 Ottawa Senators | |
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Division | 2nd Northeast |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 41–28–11–2 |
Home record | 24–10–5–2 |
Road record | 17–18–6–0 |
Goals for | 244 |
Goals against | 210 |
Team information | |
General manager | Marshall Johnston |
Coach | Jacques Martin |
Captain | Daniel Alfredsson |
Alternate captains | Shawn McEachern Wade Redden |
Arena | Corel Centre |
Average attendance | 17,509 (717,852 total) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Grand Rapids Griffins Mobile Mysticks |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Marian Hossa and Shawn McEachern (29) |
Assists | Daniel Alfredsson (38) |
Points | Radek Bonk (60) |
Penalty minutes | Andre Roy (145) |
Plus/minus | Shaun Van Allen (+20) |
Wins | Patrick Lalime (19) |
Goals against average | Patrick Lalime (2.33) |
Regular season
editThis season is remembered by fans as the season that star forward Alexei Yashin decided to sit out due to his contract. He was entering the final year of a five-year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995. However, Yashin demanded a large pay raise after his impressive 1998–99 season and set a deadline that the Senators had to offer him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators opted not to sign him, and Yashin sat out the entire 1999–2000 season.
With the loss of Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson was named captain, and, despite missing 25 games due to various injuries, he scored 59 points, behind only Radek Bonk's 60 points in team scoring. Marian Hossa tied Shawn McEachern for the team lead in goals, with 29.
The Senators traded goaltender Damian Rhodes to the Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, and acquired Patrick Lalime from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to split goaltending duties with Ron Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a sub-par season by his standards, and was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Tom Barrasso at the trade deadline.
Final standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
2 | 6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
3 | 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
5 | 11 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | z – Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
2 | y – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
3 | y – Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
4 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
5 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
6 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
8 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
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9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
11 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
12 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
13 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
15 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division
Playoffs
editBarrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs. However, it was a short stay for the goaltender, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series was the first Ottawa–Toronto Stanley Cup series since 1922, when the original Senators defeated the St. Patricks in an NHL playoff.
Toronto was the higher seed and drew home ice advantage. The first five games were all won by the home team. The Maple Leafs won 4–2 in Game 6 at Ottawa to win the series four games to two.
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 8–2–1–1 (home: 5–0–1–1; road: 3–2–0–0)
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November: 6–6–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–4–0–0)
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December: 5–3–4–0 (home: 2–1–2–0; road: 3–2–2–0)
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January: 6–5–2–1 (home: 2–3–0–1; road: 4–2–2–0)
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February: 6–4–2–0 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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March: 7–6–1–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
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April: 3–2–0–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Maple Leafs win 4–2
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Legend:
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Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
14 | Radek Bonk | C | 80 | 23 | 37 | 60 | −2 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 8 |
11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 57 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
18 | Marian Hossa | RW | 78 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 2 |
13 | Vaclav Prospal | C | 79 | 22 | 33 | 55 | −2 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
15 | Shawn McEachern | RW | 69 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
39[a] | Joe Juneau† | C | 65 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
6 | Wade Redden | D | 81 | 10 | 26 | 36 | −1 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Andreas Dackell | RW | 82 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
33 | Jason York | D | 79 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
20 | Magnus Arvedson | LW | 47 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
22 | Shaun Van Allen | C | 75 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
3 | Patrick Traverse | D | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 57 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −6 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Chris Phillips | D | 65 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
29 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 64 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −5 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
5 | Sami Salo | D | 37 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 0 |
9 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 67 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Janne Laukkanen‡ | D | 60 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Mike Fisher | C | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −6 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Andre Roy | RW | 73 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Colin Forbes† | C | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
56 | Petr Schastlivy | LW | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Grant Ledyard† | D | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
21 | Kevin Miller | C | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Bruce Gardiner‡ | RW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Yves Sarault | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Steve Martins‡ | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Tom Barrasso† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
25 | Vyacheslav Butsayev† | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Bobby Dollas†‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | John Emmons | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Mike Fountain | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
59 | Erich Goldmann | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | John Gruden | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Jani Hurme | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
40 | Patrick Lalime | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
44 | Karel Rachunek | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Ron Tugnutt‡ | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
52 | David Van Drunen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
40 | Patrick Lalime | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 834 | 79 | 2.33 | .905 | 3 | 2038 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Ron Tugnutt‡ | 44 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1020 | 103 | 2.54 | .899 | 4 | 2435 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Tom Barrasso† | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 22 | 3.16 | .879 | 0 | 418 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 168 | 16 | 2.58 | .905 | 0 | 372 |
1 | Jani Hurme | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2.00 | .895 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Mike Fountain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.75 | .833 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Radek Bonk | [4] |
Team | Molson Cup | Marian Hossa | [5] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Mike Fisher | October 2, 1999 | [6] |
Karel Rachunek | October 31, 1999 | ||
Erich Goldmann | November 11, 1999 | ||
David Van Drunen | December 13, 1999 | ||
Petr Schastlivy | January 3, 2000 | ||
John Emmons | January 6, 2000 | ||
Jani Hurme | April 9, 2000 | ||
1,000th game played | Kevin Dineen | October 21, 1999 | [7] |
Transactions
editTrades
editJune 18, 1999 | To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Antti-Jussi Niemi Ted Donato |
To Ottawa Senators Patrick Lalime |
June 18, 1999 | To Atlanta Thrashers Damian Rhodes |
To Ottawa Senators future considerations |
June 30, 1999 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Rick Dudley Andreas Johansson |
To Ottawa Senators Rob Zamuner Tampa's second-round pick 2002 Draft (later traded) |
November 11, 1999 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Bruce Gardiner |
To Ottawa Senators Colin Forbes |
March 8, 2000 | To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations |
To Ottawa Senators Jeff Shevalier |
March 14, 1999 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Tugnutt Janne Laukkanen |
To Ottawa Senators Tom Barrasso |
March 18, 2000 | To Quebec (AHL) Jeff Shevalier (loan) |
To Ottawa Senators Jason McBain |
Waivers
editSeptember 27, 1999 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Vyacheslav Butsayev |
October 28, 1999 | To Ottawa Senators Vyacheslav Butsayev (assigned to Grand Rapids) |
October 29, 1999 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Martins |
November 11, 1999 | To Calgary Flames Bobby Dollas |
Expansion draft
editJune 25, 1998 | To Atlanta Thrashers Phil Crowe |
Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.
Draft picks
editOttawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 26 | Martin Havlat | Czech Republic | Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga) |
2 | 48 | Simon Lajeunesse | Canada | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) |
2 | 62 | Teemu Sainomaa | Finland | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
3 | 94 | Chris Kelly | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
5 | 154 | Andrew Ianiero | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
6 | 164 | Martin Prusek | Czech Republic | HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga) |
7 | 201 | Mikko Ruutu | Finland | HIFK (SM-liiga) |
7 | 209 | Layne Ulmer | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 213 | Alexandre Giroux | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
9 | 269 | Konstantin Gorovikov | Russia | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Farm teams
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ Juneau wore number 28 through March 21.
References
edit- "Ottawa Senators 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "1999-00 Ottawa Senators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ a b "1999-00 Ottawa Senators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ "Senators Stop Avalanche". www.cbsnews.com. October 21, 1999. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
Ottawa right wing Kevin Dineen was honored in a pre-game ceremony prior to his 1,000th NHL game.
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.