1999–2000 Florida Panthers season

1999–2000 Florida Panthers
Division 2nd Southeast
1999–2000 record 43–27–6
Goals for 244
Goals against 209
Team information
General Manager Bryan Murray
Coach Terry Murray
Captain Scott Mellanby
Team leaders
<1998–99 2000–01>

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PIM Pts
1 2 Washington Capitals 82 44 24 12 2 227 194 994 102
2 5 Florida Panthers 82 43 27 6 6 244 209 1329 98
3 9 Carolina Hurricanes 82 37 35 10 0 217 216 799 84
4 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 19 47 9 7 204 310 1733 54
5 15 Atlanta Thrashers 82 14 57 7 4 170 313 1422 39

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.

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 2, 1999 4–3 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 1–0–0–0
2 W October 6, 1999 4–2 Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 2–0–0–0
3 T October 9, 1999 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 2–0–1–0
4 W October 12, 1999 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 3–0–1–0
5 L October 13, 1999 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 3–1–1–0
6 W October 16, 1999 3–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 4–1–1–0
7 W October 20, 1999 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 5–1–1–0
8 L October 22, 1999 2–3 OT Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 5–1–1–1
9 L October 24, 1999 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 5–2–1–1
10 W October 27, 1999 6–3 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 6–2–1–1
11 L October 29, 1999 2–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 6–2–1–2
12 L October 30, 1999 0–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 6–3–1–2
13 T November 3, 1999 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 6–3–2–2
14 L November 5, 1999 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 6–4–2–2
15 W November 6, 1999 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 7–4–2–2
16 W November 10, 1999 4–1 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 8–4–2–2
17 W November 13, 1999 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 9–4–2–2
18 W November 17, 1999 2–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 10–4–2–2
19 L November 18, 1999 0–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 10–5–2–2
20 W November 20, 1999 2–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 11–5–2–2
21 L November 24, 1999 1–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 11–6–2–2
22 W November 26, 1999 6–2 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 12–6–2–2
23 W November 27, 1999 3–0 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 13–6–2–2
24 L December 3, 1999 1–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 13–7–2–2
25 W December 4, 1999 2–1 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 14–7–2–2
26 W December 8, 1999 6–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 15–7–2–2
27 L December 10, 1999 3–4 @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 15–8–2–2
28 W December 11, 1999 4–2 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 16–8–2–2
29 W December 15, 1999 3–2 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 17–8–2–2
30 W December 17, 1999 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 18–8–2–2
31 W December 18, 1999 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 19–8–2–2
32 L December 20, 1999 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 19–9–2–2
33 T December 22, 1999 3–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 19–9–3–2
34 L December 26, 1999 3–4 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 19–9–3–3
35 W December 27, 1999 6–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 20–9–3–3
36 L December 30, 1999 1–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 20–10–3–3
37 W January 1, 2000 7–5 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 21–10–3–3
38 W January 5, 2000 5–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 22–10–3–3
39 L January 6, 2000 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 22–11–3–3
40 W January 8, 2000 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 23–11–3–3
41 W January 12, 2000 4–3 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 24–11–3–3
42 W January 14, 2000 5–1 Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 25–11–3–3
43 W January 15, 2000 5–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 26–11–3–3
44 W January 17, 2000 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 27–11–3–3
45 L January 19, 2000 1–3 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 27–12–3–3
46 T January 21, 2000 3–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 27–12–4–3
47 W January 22, 2000 4–3 OT Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 28–12–4–3
48 L January 26, 2000 2–3 New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 28–13–4–3
49 L January 27, 2000 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 28–14–4–3
50 W January 29, 2000 2–1 Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 29–14–4–3
51 L February 1, 2000 2–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 29–15–4–3
52 W February 2, 2000 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 30–15–4–3
53 W February 9, 2000 4–1 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 31–15–4–3
54 L February 11, 2000 3–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 31–16–4–3
55 W February 12, 2000 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 32–16–4–3
56 L February 14, 2000 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 32–17–4–3
57 W February 16, 2000 3–0 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 33–17–4–3
58 L February 19, 2000 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 33–18–4–3
59 L February 21, 2000 2–4 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 33–19–4–3
60 L February 23, 2000 2–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 33–19–4–4
61 W February 24, 2000 4–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 34–19–4–4
62 L February 26, 2000 1–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 34–19–4–5
63 L February 28, 2000 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 34–20–4–5
64 W March 1, 2000 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 35–20–4–5
65 L March 3, 2000 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 35–21–4–5
66 T March 4, 2000 1–1 OT St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 35–21–5–5
67 L March 7, 2000 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 35–22–5–5
68 W March 10, 2000 4–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 36–22–5–5
69 L March 11, 2000 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 36–23–5–5
70 L March 16, 2000 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 36–24–5–5
71 W March 18, 2000 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 37–24–5–5
72 L March 19, 2000 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 37–25–5–5
73 W March 21, 2000 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 38–25–5–5
74 W March 23, 2000 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 39–25–5–5
75 W March 25, 2000 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 40–25–5–5
76 L March 29, 2000 1–4 Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 40–26–5–5
77 W March 31, 2000 3–1 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 41–26–5–5
78 T April 1, 2000 3–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 41–26–6–5
79 W April 3, 2000 5–2 New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 42–26–6–5
80 W April 5, 2000 6–3 Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 43–26–6–5
81 L April 8, 2000 1–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 43–26–6–6
82 L April 9, 2000 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 43–27–6–6

Playoffs

The Panthers made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1997. As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fourth seeded New Jersey Devils. However, the Panthers were eliminated in a four game sweep.

New Jersey (4) vs. Florida (5)
Date Away Home Score
April 13 Florida New Jersey 4 – 3
April 16 Florida New Jersey 2 – 1
April 18 New Jersey Florida 2 – 1
April 20 New Jersey Florida 4 – 1
New Jersey wins series 4–0

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bure, PavelPavel Bure RW 74 58 36 94 16 25 11 2 14
Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 81 29 42 71 35 16 5 0 3
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 80 17 53 70 16 24 6 0 2
Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla D 82 9 40 49 64 23 3 0 1
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 77 18 28 46 126 14 6 0 2
Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 81 26 18 44 39 1 6 0 3
Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek D 82 10 26 36 53 7 4 0 1
Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 81 10 23 33 46 -5 1 0 4
Hedican, BretBret Hedican D 76 6 19 25 68 4 2 0 1
Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha LW/C 78 5 20 25 34 3 2 0 0
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard RW 47 10 10 20 4 -4 5 0 2
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson D 60 4 16 20 35 10 0 0 2
Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak RW 35 7 10 17 6 5 0 0 1
Stewart, CamCam Stewart LW 65 9 7 16 30 -2 0 0 3
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 66 4 12 16 14 1 0 0 0
Laus, PaulPaul Laus D 77 3 8 11 172 -1 0 0 0
Barrie, LenLen Barrie C 14 4 6 10 6 4 0 0 0
Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell LW 48 3 6 9 169 -7 2 0 1
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 13 4 4 8 16 -1 2 0 1
Pitlick, LanceLance Pitlick D 62 3 5 8 44 7 0 0 1
Simpson, ToddTodd Simpson D 82 1 6 7 202 5 0 0 0
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 13 1 5 6 2 -3 1 0 1
Novoseltsev, IvanIvan Novoseltsev RW 14 2 1 3 8 -3 2 0 0
Hicks, AlexAlex Hicks LW 8 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 0
Boyle, DanDan Boyle D 13 0 3 3 4 -2 0 0 0
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon G 34 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
Ference, BradBrad Ference D 13 0 2 2 46 2 0 0 0
Nilson, MarcusMarcus Nilson LW 9 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki C 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Burke, SeanSean Burke G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Duerden, DaveDave Duerden LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ferguson, CraigCraig Ferguson C 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Hay, DwayneDwayne Hay LW 6 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Jakopin, JohnJohn Jakopin D 17 0 0 0 26 -2 0 0 0
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd G 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov G 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Shulmistra, RichardRichard Shulmistra G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wells, ChrisChris Wells C 13 0 0 0 14 -5 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon 2019 34 18 13 2 83 2.47 1 1020 937 .919
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd 1574 28 14 11 2 69 2.63 1 809 740 .915
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov 882 15 8 4 2 34 2.31 0 369 335 .908
Burke, SeanSean Burke 418 7 2 5 0 18 2.58 0 208 190 .913
Shulmistra, RichardRichard Shulmistra 60 1 1 0 0 1 1.00 0 21 20 .952
Team: 4953 82 43 33 6 205 2.48 2 2427 2222 .916
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bure, PavelPavel Bure RW 4 1 3 4 2 -3 1 0 0
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 4 2 1 3 2 -1 0 0 0
Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 4 1 0 1 6 -1 0 0 0
Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 4 1 0 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell LW 4 1 0 1 8 -2 0 0 0
Hicks, AlexAlex Hicks LW 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 4 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 4 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Pitlick, LanceLance Pitlick D 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla D 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Barrie, LenLen Barrie C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Hedican, BretBret Hedican D 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha LW/C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laus, PaulPaul Laus D 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Simpson, ToddTodd Simpson D 4 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek D 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon G 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson D 4 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Vernon, MikeMike Vernon 237 4 0 4 12 3.04 0 136 124 .912
Team: 237 4 0 4 12 3.04 0 136 124 .912

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = 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

References

  1. ^ "1999–2000 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/FLA/2000.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 

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