1999–2000 Washington Capitals season
The 1999–2000 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
1999–2000 Washington Capitals | |
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Southeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Southeast |
Conference | 2nd Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 44–24–12–2 |
Home record | 26–5–8–2 |
Road record | 18–19–4–0 |
Goals for | 227 |
Goals against | 194 |
Team information | |
General manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Ron Wilson |
Captain | Adam Oates |
Arena | MCI Center |
Average attendance | 14,485 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Hampton Roads Admirals Quad City Mallards |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Chris Simon (29) |
Assists | Adam Oates (56) |
Points | Adam Oates (71) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Simon (146) |
Plus/minus | Sergei Gonchar (+26) |
Wins | Olaf Kolzig (41) |
Goals against average | Olaf Kolzig (2.24) |
Offseason
editOwner Abe Pollin sold the Capitals to an investor group headed by America Online president Ted Leonsis on May 12, 1999.[1]
Regular season
editThe Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 3.[2]
Final standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 227 | 194 | 102 |
2 | 5 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 209 | 98 |
3 | 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 217 | 216 | 84 |
4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 204 | 310 | 54 |
5 | 15 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 14 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 170 | 313 | 39 |
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
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 2–6–2–0 (home: 1–2–1–0; road: 1–4–1–0)
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November: 7–3–2–1 (home: 5–0–2–1; road: 2–3–0–0)
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December: 4–6–2–0 (home: 2–1–2–0; road: 2–5–0–0)
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January: 11–1–2–0 (home: 7–0–1–0; road: 4–1–1–0)
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February: 8–4–2–0 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 5–3–2–0)
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March: 10–2–1–1 (home: 7–0–1–1; road: 3–2–0–0)
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April: 2–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
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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 Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
77 | Adam Oates | C | 82 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 73 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
17 | Chris Simon | LW | 75 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 11 | 146 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 82 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 62 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
10 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 75 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
44 | Richard Zednik | RW | 69 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 82 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
8 | Jan Bulis | C | 56 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 79 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
13 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 76 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
14 | Joe Sacco | RW | 79 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
15 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 73 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 80 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 10 |
20 | Glen Metropolit | C | 30 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
28 | James Black | LW | 49 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Joe Murphy† | RW | 29 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 |
27 | Terry Yake† | C | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 77 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
29 | Joe Reekie | D | 59 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
33 | Jim McKenzie† | LW | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky‡ | RW | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Jeff Toms | C | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Mike Eagles | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Alexei Tezikov | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | Rob Zettler | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
38 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Miika Elomo | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Craig Billington | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | Jamie Huscroft | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Barrie Moore | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Alexandre Volchkov‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Trent Whitfield | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 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 | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 73 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 1957 | 163 | 2.24 | .917 | 5 | 4371 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 16 | 3.38 | .845 | 0 | 284 |
1 | Craig Billington | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 310 | 28 | 2.75 | .910 | 2 | 611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | .833 | 0 | 20 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL First All-Star Team | Olaf Kolzig (Goaltender) | [6] |
Vezina Trophy | Olaf Kolzig | [7] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Olaf Kolzig | [8] |
NHL Player of the Month | Olaf Kolzig (January) | [9] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Sergei Gonchar (January 31) | [10] | |
Olaf Kolzig (March 6) | [11] | ||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Jeff Halpern (March) | [12] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Adam Oates | December 22, 1999 | [13] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editWashington's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[14]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 7 | Kris Beech | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
2 | 29 | Michal Sivek | Czech Republic | Velvana Kladno (Czech Republic) |
2 | 31 | Charlie Stephens | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
2 | 34 | Ross Lupaschuk | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
2 | 37 | Nolan Yonkman | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
5 | 132 | Roman Tvrdon | Slovakia | Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia) |
6 | 175 | Kyle Clark | United States | Harvard University (NCAA) |
7 | 192 | David Bornhammar | Sweden | AIK IF Jr. (Sweden) |
8 | 219 | Maxim Orlov | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 249 | Igor Shadilov | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
See also
editReferences
edit- "Washington Capitals 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- "1999-00 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000), "NHL Franchise Histories", Total Hockey, Total Sports Publishing, pp. 201–282, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
- ^ Diamond 2000, p. 282.
- ^ "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 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Vezina Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Capitals' Kolzig Nabs Player of Month Honors". NHL.com. February 1, 2000. Archived from the original on April 15, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Gonchar Best Last Week". NHL.com. January 31, 2000. Archived from the original on April 15, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Kolzig Named Player of the Week". NHL.com. March 6, 2000. Archived from the original on June 5, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Potvin pays off in Vancouver win Canucks' Kariya celebrates birthday with a pair of goals". Deseret News. December 23, 1999. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
The loss spoiled Capitals captain Adam Oates' night. He was playing in his 1,000th game.
- ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.