1999–2000 Boston Bruins season

Following a 2nd round loss to the Buffalo Sabres the year previous, the Boston Bruins headed into the 1999–2000 NHL season with confidence that they could reach the playoffs for the third straight year under head coach Pat Burns. General manager Harry Sinden signed no free agents in the offseason and made no significant moves heading into the season. Goaltender Byron Dafoe was to be the starter for the third straight year following his best season in 1998-99 going 32-23-11 with a .926 save percentage.

Regular season

On February 21, 2000, McSorley, playing for the Bruins, swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with seconds left in the Bruins-Vancouver Canucks game. Brashear lost consciousness and suffered a grade 3 concussion, but not from immediate contact with the stick. The stick hit Brashear's helmet, but caused him to fall backward, and his head hit hard on the ice.

As a result of the stick incident, McSorley was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season (including playoffs) missing 23 games. On October 4, 2000, a jury found McSorley guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since 1988. After his assault conviction his NHL suspension was extended to one full year (through February 21, 2001).^[1] This suspension was the longest in NHL history and afterwards McSorley never played in another NHL game.

During the regular season, the Bruins were the only team not to score a short-handed goal.^[2]

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.

Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	X- Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
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	28	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

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	81	23	37	60	82	-5	5	3
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	59	22	25	47	14	8	4	1
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	77	19	26	45	4	-6	6	3
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	65	10	28	38	20	-11	6	0
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk	LW	63	19	14	33	28	-11	7	2
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	37	10	18	28	20	5	3	1
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	79	5	23	28	73	-19	4	0
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	81	10	16	26	24	1	0	4
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	75	12	13	25	36	-8	2	2
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	50	5	16	21	42	-1	0	0
Savage, AndreAndre Savage	C	43	7	13	20	10	-8	2	1
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	71	8	11	19	67	-4	2	3
Eloranta, MikkoMikko Eloranta	LW	50	6	12	18	36	-10	1	0
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	26	7	7	14	41	-7	3	0
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	81	1	13	14	48	-14	0	0
Mann, CameronCameron Mann	RW	32	8	4	12	13	-6	1	0
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	44	5	7	12	14	-17	0	1
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	81	3	9	12	51	0	0	0
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas	RW	20	5	6	11	12	-1	1	0
Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen	LW	27	6	3	9	2	3	0	1
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	16	5	4	9	6	-4	3	1
Timander, MattiasMattias Timander	D	60	0	8	8	22	-11	0	0
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	14	3	3	6	8	-2	1	1
Smith, BrandonBrandon Smith	D	22	2	4	6	10	-4	0	0
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	D	27	2	3	5	62	2	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	37	2	2	4	44	-4	0	0
Hulbig, JoeJoe Hulbig	LW	24	2	2	4	8	-8	0	0
Henderson, JayJay Henderson	LW	16	1	3	4	9	1	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	40	1	3	4	18	-6	0	0
Girard, JonathanJonathan Girard	D	23	1	2	3	2	-1	0	0
Prpic, JoelJoel Prpic	C	14	0	3	3	0	-6	0	0
Mathieu, MarquisMarquis Mathieu	C	6	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0
Ferraro, PeterPeter Ferraro	LW	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	G	24	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Pronger, SeanSean Pronger	C	11	0	1	1	13	-4	0	0
Aitken, JohnathanJohnathan Aitken	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	5	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Downey, AaronAaron Downey	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	G	27	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Zehr, JeffJeff Zehr	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	2307	41	13	16	10	114	2.96	3	1030	916	.889
Grahame, JohnJohn Grahame	1344	24	7	10	5	55	2.46	2	609	554	.910
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	1363	27	4	13	4	72	3.17	0	628	556	.885
Team:	5014	82	24	39	19	241	2.88	5	2267	2026	.894

^[4]

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

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

March 6, 2000

To Colorado Avalanche

Ray Bourque, Dave Andreychuk^[5]

To Boston Bruins

Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, First Round pick

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Marty McSorley	Edmonton Oilers

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

References

↑ "McSorley must miss a year". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. 2000-11-08. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
↑ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
↑ "1999–2000 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
↑ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.438, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2

Boston Bruins

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See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Playoffs 2000 Stanley Cup Finals

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1999–2000 Boston Bruins season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Claimed from waivers

Draft picks

See also

References