The 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 18th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1]
1999–2000 New Jersey Devils | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Eastern Conference champions | |
Division | 2nd Atlantic |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 45–24–8–5 |
Home record | 28–9–3–1 |
Road record | 17–15–5–4 |
Goals for | 251 |
Goals against | 203 |
Team information | |
General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach | Robbie Ftorek (Oct–Mar) Larry Robinson (Mar–Jun) |
Captain | Scott Stevens |
Alternate captains | Jason Arnott Randy McKay |
Arena | Continental Airlines Arena |
Average attendance | 15,206 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats Augusta Lynx |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrik Elias (35) |
Assists | Scott Gomez (51) |
Points | Patrik Elias (72) |
Penalty minutes | Krzysztof Oliwa (184) |
Plus/minus | Scott Stevens (+30) |
Wins | Martin Brodeur (43) |
Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.24) |
After firing head coach Robbie Ftorek on March 23, the team won their second Stanley Cup championship on June 10, 2000, in a double-overtime victory in Game 6 of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals against the Dallas Stars.
Off-season
editThe summer of 1999 for the New Jersey Devils leading up to the franchise's 18th season in the NHL since the franchise relocated from Colorado was a difficult one, especially after being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to the New York Rangers in five games in 1997, and in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals the previous two years: to the Ottawa Senators in six games in 1998 and to the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in 1999, the latter coming on Continental Airlines Arena ice. But with the addition of Claude Lemieux, the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy winner returning to the Devils' uniform, the franchise were poised for another run for the Stanley Cup.
Regular season
editThe Devils finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities (274), but they finished second-overall in power-play percentage, with 20.07% (55 for 274).[2]
Season standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 237 | 179 | 105 |
2 | 4 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
3 | 7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
4 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 218 | 246 | 73 |
5 | 13 | New York Islanders | 82 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 194 | 275 | 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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 |
5 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
6 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
7 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 236 | 88 |
8 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
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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 | 38 | 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
bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division
Playoffs
editNew Jersey advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals with home ice advantage as the fourth seed, becoming the lowest seeded team to have home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup finals. This record was later broken by the Devils again in 2012.
Schedule and results
editPreseason
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Preseason: 6–2–0–1 (home: 4–0–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1)
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Legend:
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Regular season
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October: 6–3–1–1 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–2–1–1)
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November: 5–3–2–1 (home: 4–0–2–0; road: 1–3–0–1)
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December: 10–4–1–0 (home: 8–2–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)
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January: 10–1–1–2 (home: 4–0–0–1; road: 6–1–1–1)
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February: 7–3–2–1 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 2–1–1–1)
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March: 5–8–1–0 (home: 2–3–0–0; road: 3–5–1–0)
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April: 2–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Florida Panthers – Devils win 4–0
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Devils win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win 4–3
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Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W2) Dallas Stars – Devils win 4–2
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Legend:
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Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
26 | Patrik Elias | LW | 72 | 35 | 37 | 72 | 16 | 58 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 9 |
23 | Scott Gomez | C | 82 | 19 | 51 | 70 | 14 | 78 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Petr Sykora | RW | 79 | 25 | 43 | 68 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 10 |
25 | Jason Arnott | C | 76 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 18 |
16 | Bobby Holik | C | 79 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 7 | 106 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −1 | 14 |
21 | Randy McKay | RW | 67 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 80 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −1 | 9 |
22 | Claude Lemieux† | RW | 70 | 17 | 21 | 38 | −3 | 86 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 71 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 19 | 48 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
28 | Brian Rafalski | D | 75 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 78 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 103 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
12 | Sergei Nemchinov | LW | 53 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Brendan Morrison‡ | C | 44 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | John Madden | C | 74 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 64 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
29 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 69 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −2 | 184 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Lyle Odelein‡ | D | 57 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −10 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 71 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Sheldon Souray‡ | D | 52 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −6 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Vadim Sharifijanov‡ | LW | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
89 | Alexander Mogilny† | RW | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
19 | Denis Pederson‡ | C | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Ken Daneyko | D | 78 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 98 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 14 |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 72 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
7 | Vladimir Malakhov† | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
6 | Brad Bombardir | D | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Brian Rolston‡ | LW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Colin White | D | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
2 | Ken Sutton† | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Deron Quint† | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Eric Bertrand‡ | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Steve Kelly† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
24 | Willie Mitchell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Chris Terreri | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
10 | Steve Brule | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Martin Brodeur | 72 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 1797 | 161 | 2.24 | .910 | 6 | 4312 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 537 | 39 | 1.61 | .927 | 2 | 1450 |
31 | Chris Terreri | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 299 | 37 | 3.42 | .876 | 0 | 649 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | Ken Daneyko | [6] |
Calder Memorial Trophy | Scott Gomez | [7] | |
Conn Smythe Trophy | Scott Stevens | [8] | |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Scott Gomez (Forward) | [9] | |
Brian Rafalski (Defense) | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Brodeur | [10] |
Patrik Elias[a] | |||
Scott Gomez | |||
Scott Stevens | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Scott Gomez (November) | [12] | |
Brian Rafalski (February) | [13] | ||
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Randy McKay | [14] |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | John Madden | [14] | |
Most Valuable Devil | Martin Brodeur | [14] | |
Three-Star Award | Martin Brodeur | [14] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Ken Daneyko | October 29, 1999 | [15] |
Claude Lemieux | April 6, 2000 | [16] |
Draft picks
editThe Devils' draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft at the FleetCenter in Boston.[17]
Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) | Notes |
1 | 27 | Ari Ahonen | Finland | G | JYP (SM-liiga) | |
2 | 42 | Mike Commodore | Canada | D | University of North Dakota (WCHA) | [b] |
2 | 50 | Brett Clouthier | Canada | LW | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) | [c] |
3 | 95 | Andre Lakos | Austria | D | Barrie Colts (OHL) | [d] |
4 | 100 | Teemu Kesa | Finland | D | Ilves Jr. (SM-liiga) | [e] |
5 | 155 | No fifth-round pick | [f] | |||
6 | 185 | Scott Cameron | Canada | LW | Barrie Colts (OHL) | |
7 | 214 | Chris Hartsburg | United States | C | Colorado College (WCHA) | |
8 | 242 | Justin Dziama | United States | F | Noble and Greenough School (Massachusetts Independent School League) | |
9 | 270 | No ninth-round pick | [g] |
Media
editTelevision coverage was on Fox Sports Net with Mike Emrick and Chico Resch and radio coverage was on WABC 770 with Mike Milbury.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Elias was an injury replacement for Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche.[11]
- ^ Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for free agent Doug Gilmour. The Devils traded their original 1999 second-round pick (used on Stepan Mokhov) to Chicago for Chris Terreri on August 25, 1998.
- ^ The Devils acquired the 1999 second-round pick along with Ken Sutton from St. Louis for Mike Peluso and Ricard Persson on November 26, 1996.
- ^ The Devils had originally traded this pick to Toronto when they acquired Dave Andreychuk, but got it back (along with Dave Ellett and Doug Gilmour) in a later deal with Toronto in exchange for Jason Smith, Steve Sullivan and the rights to Alyn McCauley.
- ^ Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for free agent Steve Thomas. The Devils traded their original 1999 fourth-round pick (later transferred to Los Angeles and used on Daniel Johansson) to New York (I) for Sergei Nemchinov on March 22, 1999.
- ^ The Devils traded their 1999 fifth-round pick (used on Niko Dimitrakos) to San Jose for Ken Sutton on August 26, 1998.
- ^ The Devils traded their 1999 ninth-round pick (used on James Desmarais), along with Chris McAlpine, to St. Louis for Peter Zezel on February 11, 1997.
References
edit- "New Jersey Devils 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- "1999-00 New Jersey Devils Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
- ^ "1999-00 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ a b "1999-00 New Jersey Devils Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Calder Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Conn Smythe Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL – Avs' Forsberg out 7-10 days". ESPN.com. February 4, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ Everson, Mark (December 2, 1999). "DEVILS FUMING AT FTOREK – BENCHINGS, DECISIONS HAVE PLAYERS FURIOUS". New York Post. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
Scott Gomez was named NHL Rookie of the Month after going 4-11-15 in 11 games.
- ^ "Rafalski earns monthly rookie honors – UPI Archives". UPI. March 1, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Levine, Mike (ed.), 2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide, New Jersey Devils Hockey Club, p. 225
- ^ Everson, Mark (October 30, 1999). "ROOKIE HELPS DANEYKO FEEL GRAND". New York Post. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Hasek keeps Buffalo in race". The Globe and Mail. April 7, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
There was a ceremony to honour veteran forward and 20-goal scorer Claude Lemieux, who was playing in his 1,000th career game last night.
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
External links
edit- "Devils team photo". New Jersey Devils. Retrieved January 27, 2016.