1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators
Division 2nd Northeast Division
Conference 6th Eastern Conference
1999–2000 record 41–30–11–2
Home record 24–12–5–2
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 per game (717,852 total)
Team leaders
Goals Marian Hossa and Shawn McEachern (29)
Assists Daniel Alfredsson (38)
Points Radek Bonk (60)
Penalties in minutes Andre Roy (145)
Plus/minus Shaun Van Allen (+20)
Wins Patrick Lalime (19)
Goals against average Patrick Lalime (2.33)
<1998–99 2000–01>

The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators 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 playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Contents

This 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 5 year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995, however, Yashin wanted a hefty pay raise after his spectacular 1998–99 season, and set a deadline that the Senators had to give him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators did not 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 NHL Trade Deadline.

Barrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs, however, it was a short stay, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PIM Pts
1 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 45 27 7 3 246 222 1103 100
2 6 Ottawa Senators 82 41 28 11 2 244 210 850 95
3 8 Buffalo Sabres 82 35 32 11 4 213 204 1173 85
4 10 Montreal Canadiens 82 35 34 9 4 196 194 1067 83
5 11 Boston Bruins 82 24 33 19 6 210 248 865 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.

Game log

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

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Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 1999–2000 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto wins series 4–2

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 12 Ottawa 0 – 2 Toronto 0 – 1
2 April 15 Ottawa 1 – 5 Toronto 0 – 2
3 April 17 Toronto 3 – 4 Ottawa 1 – 2
4 April 19 Toronto 1 – 2 Ottawa 2 – 2
5 April 22 Ottawa 1 – 2 Toronto 2 – 3
6 April 24 Toronto 4 – 2 Ottawa 2 – 4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk C 80 23 37 60 53 -2 10 0 5
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson RW 57 21 38 59 28 11 4 2 0
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa RW 78 29 27 56 32 5 5 0 4
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal C 79 22 33 55 40 -2 5 0 4
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern RW 69 29 22 51 24 2 10 0 4
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 65 13 24 37 22 3 2 0 2
Redden, WadeWade Redden D 81 10 26 36 49 -1 3 0 2
Dackell, AndreasAndreas Dackell RW 82 10 25 35 18 5 0 0 1
York, JasonJason York D 79 8 22 30 60 -3 1 0 1
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson LW 47 15 13 28 36 4 1 1 4
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen C 75 9 19 28 37 20 0 2 4
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse D 66 6 17 23 21 17 1 0 0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 57 9 12 21 32 -6 0 1 0
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips D 65 5 14 19 39 12 0 0 1
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk D 64 6 12 18 20 -5 5 0 1
Salo, SamiSami Salo D 37 6 8 14 2 6 3 0 1
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen RW 67 4 8 12 57 2 0 0 1
Laukkanen, JanneJanne Laukkanen D 60 1 11 12 55 14 0 0 0
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher C 32 4 5 9 15 -6 0 0 1
Roy, AndreAndre Roy RW 73 4 3 7 145 3 0 0 1
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes C 45 2 5 7 12 -1 0 0 0
Schastlivy, PetrPetr Schastlivy LW 13 2 5 7 2 4 1 0 1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 40 2 4 6 8 -3 0 0 1
Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 9 3 2 5 2 1 1 0 2
Gardiner, BruceBruce Gardiner RW 10 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault LW 11 0 2 2 7 -3 0 0 0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 2 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butsayev, VyacheslavVyacheslav Butsayev C 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas D 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Emmons, JohnJohn Emmons C 10 0 0 0 6 -2 0 0 0
Fountain, MikeMike Fountain G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goldmann, ErichErich Goldmann D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gruden, JohnJohn Gruden D 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Hurme, JaniJani Hurme G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime G 38 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Rachunek, KarelKarel Rachunek D 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt G 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Van Drunen, DavidDavid Van Drunen D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Lalime, PatrickPatrick Lalime 2038 38 19 14 3 79 2.33 3 834 755 .905
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt 2435 44 18 12 8 103 2.54 4 1020 917 .899
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 418 7 3 4 0 22 3.16 0 182 160 .879
Hurme, JaniJani Hurme 60 1 1 0 0 2 2.00 0 19 17 .895
Fountain, MikeMike Fountain 16 1 0 0 0 1 3.75 0 6 5 .833
Team: 4967 82 41 30 11 207 2.50 7 2061 1854 .900

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson RW 6 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal C 6 0 4 4 4 -1 0 0 0
Dackell, AndreasAndreas Dackell RW 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 6 2 1 3 0 -1 0 0 0
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern RW 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 6 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk D 6 1 1 2 0 -5 0 0 0
Salo, SamiSami Salo D 6 1 1 2 0 -8 1 0 0
York, JasonJason York D 6 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes C 5 1 0 1 14 0 0 0 0
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips D 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Van Allen, ShaunShaun Van Allen C 6 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0
Arvedson, MagnusMagnus Arvedson LW 6 0 0 0 6 -6 0 0 0
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bonk, RadekRadek Bonk C 6 0 0 0 8 -6 0 0 0
Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa RW 6 0 0 0 2 -8 0 0 0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 6 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy, AndreAndre Roy RW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Schastlivy, PetrPetr Schastlivy LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse D 6 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso 372 6 2 4 16 2.58 0 168 152 .905
Team: 372 6 2 4 16 2.58 0 168 152 .905

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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

Trades

June 18, 1999 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Anti-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

September 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

June 25, 1998 To Atlanta Thrashers
Phil Crowe

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188. 

Roster

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Sources:

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 26 Martin Havlat  Czech Republic Trinec Ocelari (Czech.)
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 Vitkovice HC (Czech.)
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1999–2000 Ottawa Senators Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTT/2000_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
  2. ^ "1999–2000 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTT/2000.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
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