1999–2000 Boston Bruins season

The 1999–2000 Boston Bruins season was the team's 76th season of operation. The Bruins failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs.

1999–2000 Boston Bruins
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	12th Eastern
1999–2000 record	24–33–19–6
Home record	12–17–11–1
Road record	12–16–8–5
Goals for	210
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Ray Bourque (Oct.–Mar.) Vacant (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Thornton (23)
Assists	Joe Thornton (37)
Points	Joe Thornton (60)
Penalty minutes	Joe Thornton (82)
Plus/minus	Anson Carter (+8)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (13)
Goals against average	John Grahame (2.46)

Off-season

Following a second-round loss to the Buffalo Sabres the year previous, the Bruins headed into the 1999–2000 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, Marty 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	OTL	December 29, 1999	4–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	13–14–9–1
38	OTL	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	OTL	January 22, 2000	3–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	16–17–13–3
50	OTL	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	OTL	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	OTL	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 Bruins failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Joe Thornton	C	81	23	37	60	82	-5	5	0	3
Anson Carter	RW	59	22	25	47	14	8	4	0	1
Sergei Samsonov	LW	77	19	26	45	4	-6	6	0	3
Ray Bourque	D	65	10	28	38	20	-11	6	0	0
Dave Andreychuk	LW	63	19	14	33	28	-11	7	0	2
Jason Allison	C	37	10	18	28	20	5	3	0	1
Darren Van Impe	D	79	5	23	28	73	-19	4	0	0
P. J. Axelsson	LW	81	10	16	26	24	1	0	0	4
Steve Heinze	RW	75	12	13	25	36	-8	2	0	2
Rob DiMaio	RW	50	5	16	21	42	-1	0	0	0
Andre Savage	C	43	7	13	20	10	-8	2	0	1
Kyle McLaren	D	71	8	11	19	67	-4	2	0	3
Mikko Eloranta	LW	50	6	12	18	36	-10	1	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	26	7	7	14	41	-7	3	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	81	1	13	14	48	-14	0	0	0
Cameron Mann	RW	32	8	4	12	13	-6	1	0	0
Shawn Bates	C	44	5	7	12	14	-17	0	0	1
Hal Gill	D	81	3	9	12	51	0	0	0	0
Eric Nickulas	RW	20	5	6	11	12	-1	1	0	0
Antti Laaksonen	LW	27	6	3	9	2	3	0	0	1
Brian Rolston	C/RW	16	5	4	9	6	-4	3	0	1
Mattias Timander	D	60	0	8	8	22	-11	0	0	0
Mike Knuble	RW	14	3	3	6	8	-2	1	0	1
Brandon Smith	D	22	2	4	6	10	-4	0	0	0
Marty McSorley	D	27	2	3	5	62	2	0	0	0
Ken Belanger	LW	37	2	2	4	44	-4	0	0	0
Joe Hulbig	LW	24	2	2	4	8	-8	0	0	0
Jay Henderson	LW	16	1	3	4	9	1	0	0	0
Landon Wilson	RW	40	1	3	4	18	-6	0	0	0
Jonathan Girard	D	23	1	2	3	2	-1	0	0	0
Joel Prpic	C	14	0	3	3	0	-6	0	0	0
Marquis Mathieu	C	6	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Peter Ferraro	LW	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
John Grahame	G	24	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Sean Pronger	C	11	0	1	1	13	-4	0	0	0
Johnathan Aitken	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Nick Boynton	D	5	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	G	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Tallas	G	27	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Jeff Zehr	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Byron Dafoe	2307	41	13	16	10	114	2.96	3	1030	916	.889
John Grahame	1344	24	7	10	5	55	2.46	2	609	554	.910
Robbie 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

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Nick Boynton	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2	56	Matt Zultek	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	89	Kyle Wanvig	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
4	118	Jaakko Harikkala	Finland	Lukko (Finland)
5	147	Seamus Kotyk	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	179	Don Choukalos	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
7	207	Greg Barber	Canada	Victoria Salsa (BCJHL)
8	236	John Cronin	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
9	247	Mikko Eloranta	Finland	TPS (Finland)
9	264	Georgijs Pujacs	Latvia	Dynamo-81 Riga (Latvia)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. "McSorley must miss a year". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. 2000-11-08. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
3. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. "1999–2000 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
5. 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