1999–2000 New York Islanders season

The 1999–2000 New York Islanders season was the 28th season in the franchise's history. In this season, the Islanders slipped to last place in the Atlantic Division, and 13 overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs.

1999–2000 New York Islanders
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
1999–2000 record	24–49–9–1
Goals for	194
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Butch Goring
Captain	Kenny Jonsson

Off-season

Captain Trevor Linden was traded to the Montreal Canadiens; defenseman Kenny Jonsson was named his replacement as captain.

Regular season

The Islanders had the most power-play opportunities against during the regular season, with 420, and allowed the most power-play goals, with 84.[1]

On March 2, 2000, the Islanders scored three short-handed goals in a 5–5 tie with the Ottawa Senators.[2]

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	1233	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	1313	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	1221	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	916	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	1376	58

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.

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

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

Playoffs

The Islanders missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	79	35	35	70	34	-16	16	0	4
Brad Isbister	LW	64	22	20	42	100	-18	9	0	1
Tim Connolly	C	81	14	20	34	44	-25	2	1	1
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	76	15	16	31	60	-22	2	1	3
Jorgen Jonsson	LW	68	11	17	28	16	-6	1	2	0
Josh Green	LW	49	12	14	26	41	-7	2	0	3
Dave Scatchard	C	44	12	14	26	93	0	0	1	1
Kenny Jonsson	D	65	1	24	25	32	-15	1	0	0
Olli Jokinen	C	82	11	10	21	80	0	1	2	3
Jamie Heward	D	54	6	11	17	26	-9	2	0	1
Jamie Rivers	D	75	1	16	17	84	-4	1	0	0
Mats Lindgren	C/LW	43	9	7	16	24	0	1	0	1
Gino Odjick	RW	46	5	10	15	90	-7	0	0	3
Mike Watt	LW	45	5	6	11	17	-8	0	1	0
Dmitri Nabokov	C/LW	26	4	7	11	16	-8	0	0	0
Zdeno Chara	D	65	2	9	11	57	-27	0	0	1
Niklas Andersson	LW	17	3	7	10	8	-3	1	0	0
Eric Cairns	D	67	2	7	9	196	-5	0	0	0
Raymond Giroux	D	14	0	9	9	10	0	0	0	0
Mathieu Biron	D	60	4	4	8	38	-13	2	0	2
Bill Muckalt	RW	12	4	3	7	4	5	0	0	0
Johan Davidsson	C	14	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Krog	C	17	2	4	6	6	-1	1	0	0
Mark Lawrence	RW	29	1	5	6	26	-13	0	0	0
Chris Ferraro	C	11	1	3	4	8	1	0	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	65	1	3	4	103	-4	0	0	0
Aris Brimanis	D	18	2	1	3	6	-5	2	0	0
Ted Drury	C	55	2	1	3	31	-8	1	0	0
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	11	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0
Evgeny Korolev	D	17	1	2	3	8	-10	0	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	19	0	3	3	4	-1	0	0	0
Ian Herbers	D	6	0	3	3	2	6	0	0	0
Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	17	1	1	2	8	-3	0	0	0
Sean Haggerty	LW	5	1	1	2	4	3	0	0	0
Eric Brewer	D	26	0	2	2	20	-11	0	0	0
Tony Hrkac	C	7	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Rich Pilon	D	9	0	2	2	34	-2	0	0	0
Dallas Eakins	D	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0
Scott Pearson	LW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	9	0	1	1	30	1	0	0	0
Kevin Weekes	G	36	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Flaherty	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Lacroix	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Roberto Luongo	G	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Petr Mika	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Felix Potvin	G	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Valiquette	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kevin Weekes	2026	36	10	20	4	115	3.41	1	1173	1058	.902
Roberto Luongo	1292	24	7	14	1	70	3.25	1	730	660	.904
Felix Potvin	1273	22	5	14	3	68	3.21	1	632	564	.892
Steve Valiquette	193	6	2	0	0	6	1.87	0	117	111	.949
Wade Flaherty	182	4	0	1	1	7	2.31	0	81	74	.914
Team:	4966	82	24	49	9	266	3.21	3	2733	2467	.903

[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;

Roster

1999–2000 New York Islanders
Goaltenders 1 – Roberto Luongo  30 – Wade Flaherty  35 – Kevin Weekes  40 – Steve Valiquette		Defensemen 2 – Dallas Eakins  3 – Zdeno Chara  4 – Eric Brewer  6 – Jamie Heward  7 – Ray Schultz  20 – Jamie Rivers  29 – Kenny Jonsson  – C 33 – Eric Cairns  34 – Mathieu Biron  36 – Evgeny Korolev  41 – Ray Giroux  55 – Vladimir Chebaturkin  56 – Ian Herbers  58 – Aris Brimanis		Wingers 8 – Steve Webb  11 – Bill Muckalt  12 – Mike Watt  15 – Brad Isbister  16 – Vladimir Orszagh  16 – Daniel Lacroix  21 – Mariusz Czerkawski  32 – Petr Mika  39 – Sean Haggerty  39 – Scott Pearson  43 – Mikael Andersson  44 – Mark Lawrence		Centers 10 – Mats Lindgren  13 – Claude Lapointe  14 – Chris Ferraro  17 – Ted Drury  18 – Tim Connolly  24 – Johan Davidsson  25 – Josh Green  28 – Jason Krog  37 – Dmitri Nabokov  38 – Dave Scatchard  62 – Olli Jokinen  GM: Mike Milbury Coach: Robert Goring Assistant Coach: Lorne Henning Assistant Coach: Greg Cronin

Draft picks

New York'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	5	Tim Connolly	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
1	8	Taylor Pyatt	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1	10	Branislav Mezei	Slovakia	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
1	28	Kristian Kudroc	Slovakia	Michalovce (Slovakia)
3	78	Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	IF Troja/Ljungby (Sweden)
3	87	Brian Collins	United States	St. John's High School (USHS-MA)
4	101	Juraj Kolnik	Slovakia	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
4	102	Johan Halvardsson	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
5	130	Justin Mapletoft	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
5	140	Adam Johnson	United States	Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
6	163	Bjorn Melin	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
8	228	Radek Martinek	Czech Republic	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)
9	255	Brett Henning	United States	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
9	268	Tyler Scott	United States	Upper Canada College (HS-Ontario)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200003020NYI.html
3. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. "1999–2000 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• "1999–2000 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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