1999–2000 New York Islanders season
The 1999–2000 New York Islanders season was the 28th season in the franchise's history. In this season, the Islanders slipped to last place in the Atlantic Division, and 13th overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.
1999–2000 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 13th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 24–48–9–1 |
Home record | 10–25–5–1 |
Road record | 14–23–4–0 |
Goals for | 194 |
Goals against | 275 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Butch Goring |
Captain | Kenny Jonsson |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 9,748 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lowell Lock Monsters Chicago Wolves Trenton Titans |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mariusz Czerkawski (35) |
Assists | Mariusz Czerkawski (35) |
Points | Mariusz Czerkawski (70) |
Penalty minutes | Eric Cairns (196) |
Plus/minus | Ian Herbers (+6) |
Wins | Kevin Weekes (10) |
Goals against average | Felix Potvin (3.21) |
Off-season
Captain Trevor Linden was traded to the Montreal Canadiens; defenseman Kenny Jonsson was named his replacement as captain.
Regular season
The Islanders had the most power-play opportunities against during the regular season, with 420, and allowed the most power-play goals, with 84.[1]
On March 2, 2000, the Islanders scored three short-handed goals in a 5–5 tie with the Ottawa Senators.[2]
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
2 | 4 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
3 | 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
4 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
5 | 13 | New York Islanders | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 58 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM=Penalties in Minutes; 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
Schedule and results
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October: 2–6–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0)
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November: 4–6–2–0 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 3–3–2–0)
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December: 3–9–2–0 (home: 3–6–1–0; road: 0–3–1–0)
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January: 4–9–1–1 (home: 1–3–1–1; road: 3–6–0–0)
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February: 4–8–1–0 (home: 2–6–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
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March: 5–8–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 4–5–0–0)
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April: 2–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
21 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 79 | 35 | 35 | 70 | −16 | 34 |
15 | Brad Isbister | LW | 64 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −18 | 100 |
18 | Tim Connolly | C | 81 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −25 | 44 |
13 | Claude Lapointe | C | 76 | 15 | 16 | 31 | −22 | 60 |
32 | Jorgen Jonsson‡ | LW | 68 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −6 | 16 |
25 | Josh Green | LW | 49 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −7 | 41 |
38 | Dave Scatchard† | C | 44 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 93 |
29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 65 | 1 | 24 | 25 | −15 | 32 |
62 | Olli Jokinen | C | 82 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 80 |
6 | Jamie Heward | D | 54 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −9 | 26 |
20 | Jamie Rivers | D | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −4 | 84 |
10 | Mats Lindgren | C | 43 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
24 | Gino Odjick‡ | RW | 46 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −7 | 90 |
12 | Mike Watt | LW | 45 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −8 | 17 |
37 | Dmitri Nabokov | LW | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −8 | 16 |
3 | Zdeno Chara | D | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −27 | 57 |
36[lower-alpha 1] | Niklas Andersson‡† | LW | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 8 |
33 | Eric Cairns | D | 67 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −5 | 196 |
41 | Raymond Giroux | D | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
34 | Mathieu Biron | D | 60 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −13 | 38 |
11 | Bill Muckalt† | RW | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
24 | Johan Davidsson† | C | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
28[lower-alpha 2] | Jason Krog | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
44 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −13 | 26 |
14 | Chris Ferraro | C | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
8 | Steve Webb | RW | 65 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 103 |
58 | Aris Brimanis | D | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 6 |
17 | Ted Drury† | C | 55 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −8 | 31 |
16 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
36 | Evgeny Korolev | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 8 |
43 | Mikael Andersson† | LW | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
56 | Ian Herbers† | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
55 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 8 |
39 | Sean Haggerty | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Eric Brewer | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −11 | 20 |
17 | Tony Hrkac‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
2 | Rich Pilon‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 34 |
7 | Dallas Eakins‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
39 | Scott Pearson | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Ray Schultz | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
80 | Kevin Weekes† | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
30 | Wade Flaherty | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Daniel Lacroix | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Petr Mika | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
28 | Felix Potvin‡ | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
35 | Steve Valiquette | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
80 | Kevin Weekes† | 36 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1173 | 115 | 3.41 | .902 | 1 | 2026 |
1 | Roberto Luongo | 24 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 730 | 70 | 3.25 | .904 | 1 | 1292 |
28 | Felix Potvin‡ | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 632 | 68 | 3.21 | .892 | 1 | 1273 |
35 | Steve Valiquette | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 1.87 | .949 | 0 | 193 |
30 | Wade Flaherty | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 2.31 | .914 | 0 | 182 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mariusz Czerkawski | [6] |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Claude Lapointe | [7] |
Transactions
Draft picks
New York's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Tim Connolly | United States | Erie Otters (OHL) |
1 | 8 | Taylor Pyatt | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
1 | 10 | Branislav Mezei | Slovakia | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
1 | 28 | Kristian Kudroc | Slovakia | Michalovce (Slovakia) |
3 | 78 | Mattias Weinhandl | Sweden | IF Troja/Ljungby (Sweden) |
3 | 87 | Brian Collins | United States | St. John's High School (USHS-MA) |
4 | 101 | Juraj Kolnik | Slovakia | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
4 | 102 | Johan Halvardsson | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
5 | 130 | Justin Mapletoft | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
5 | 140 | Adam Johnson | United States | Greenway High School (USHS-MN) |
6 | 163 | Bjorn Melin | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
8 | 228 | Radek Martinek | Czech Republic | HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) |
9 | 255 | Brett Henning | United States | University of Notre Dame (NCAA) |
9 | 268 | Tyler Scott | United States | Upper Canada College (HS-Ontario) |
See also
Notes
- Andersson wore number 11 in his first game.
- Krog wore number 11 in his first four games.
References
- "New York Islanders 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- "1999-00 New York Islanders Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- "1999-00 NHL Summary".
- "Ottawa Senators at New York Islanders Box Score — March 2, 2000".
- "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- "1999-00 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- "New York Islanders - Awards and Honors". New York Islanders. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.