1999–2000 Nashville Predators season

The 1999–2000 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 2nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1999–2000 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	13th Western
1999–2000 record	28–40–7–7
Goals for	199
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	St. Louis Blues	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	1139	114
2	4	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	1014	108
3	11	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	1444	78
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	946	70

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.

Western Conference[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
3	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
4	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
7	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
8.5
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83
10	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
11	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77
13	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Playoffs

The Predators failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cliff Ronning	C	82	26	36	62	34	-13	7	0	2
Patric Kjellberg	RW	82	23	23	46	14	-11	9	0	3
Greg Johnson	C	82	11	33	44	40	-15	2	0	1
Kimmo Timonen	D	51	8	25	33	26	-5	2	1	2
Vitali Yachmenev	LW	68	16	16	32	12	5	1	1	3
Drake Berehowsky	D	79	12	20	32	87	-4	5	0	1
David Legwand	C	71	13	15	28	30	-6	4	0	2
Scott Walker	RW	69	7	21	28	90	-16	0	1	0
Ville Peltonen	LW	79	6	22	28	22	-1	2	0	2
Sergei Krivokrasov	RW	63	9	17	26	40	-7	3	0	2
Rob Valicevic	RW	80	14	11	25	21	-11	2	1	3
Randy Robitaille	C	69	11	14	25	10	-13	2	0	1
Sebastien Bordeleau	C	60	10	13	23	30	-12	0	2	1
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	82	13	9	22	66	-18	0	3	1
Craig Millar	D	57	3	11	14	28	-6	0	0	1
Bill Houlder	D	57	2	12	14	24	-6	1	0	1
Karlis Skrastins	D	59	5	6	11	20	-7	1	0	2
Mark Mowers	C	41	4	5	9	10	0	0	0	0
Bob Boughner	D	62	2	4	6	97	-13	0	0	0
Richard Lintner	D	33	1	5	6	22	-6	0	0	0
Joel Bouchard	D	52	1	4	5	23	-11	0	0	0
Dan Keczmer	D	24	0	5	5	28	-2	0	0	0
David Gosselin	RW	10	2	1	3	6	-4	0	0	0
Niklas Andersson	LW	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Turcotte	C	9	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Tomas Vokoun	G	33	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Andrew Berenzweig	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Alexandre Boikov	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Marian Cisar	RW	3	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Patrick Cote	LW	21	0	0	0	70	-7	0	0	0
Phil Crowe	LW	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Mike Dunham	G	52	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Marc Moro	D	8	0	0	0	40	-3	0	0	0
John Namestnikov	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jan Vopat	D	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mike Dunham	3077	52	19	27	6	146	2.85	0	1584	1438	.908
Tomas Vokoun	1879	33	9	20	1	87	2.78	1	908	821	.904
Team:	4956	82	28	47	7	233	2.82	1	2492	2259	.907

[2]

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;

      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Nashville'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	6	Brian Finley	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	33	Jonas Andersson	Sweden	AIK IF Jr. (Sweden)
2	52	Adam Hall	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	54	Andrew Hutchinson	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
2	61	Ed Hill	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	65	Jan Lasak	Slovakia	HKm Zvolen (Slovakia)
3	72	Brett Angel	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	121	Evgeny Pavlov	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	124	Alexander Krevsun	Kazakhstan	CSK VVS Samara (Russia)
5	131	Konstantin Panov	Russia	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	162	Timo Helbling	Switzerland	HC Davos (Switzerland)
7	191	Martin Erat	Czech Republic	ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic)
7	205	Kyle Kettles	Canada	Neepawa Natives (MJHL)
8	220	Miroslav Durak	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava Jr. (Slovakia)
9	248	Darren Haydar	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.

1. "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
2. "1999–2000 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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