1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season

The 1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fifth season. It was the first season in the new Pepsi Center arena.

1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	3rd Western
1999–2000 record	42–28–11–1
Goals for	233
Goals against	201
Team information
General Manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
Arena	Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals	Milan Hejduk (36)
Assists	Joe Sakic (53)
Points	Joe Sakic (81)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (162)
Wins	Patrick Roy (32)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.28)

Regular season

• December 12, 1999: Colorado beat the Vancouver Canucks, and Patrick Roy, who earned that decision, won his 424th game, surpassing Tony Esposito on the all-time list.[1]
• March 4, 2000: Colorado beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career, surpassing Jacques Plante on the all-time list.[2]

Season standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	1118	96
2	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	1344	88
3	10	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	1047	83
4	12	Calgary Flames	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	1267	77

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[3]

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes

April 13

Phoenix Coyotes

3–6

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

April 15

Phoenix Coyotes

1–3

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

April 17

Colorado Avalanche

4–2

Phoenix Coyotes

America West Arena

April 19

Colorado Avalanche

2–3

Phoenix Coyotes

America West Arena

April 21

Phoenix Coyotes

1–2

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

Colorado won series 4–1

Western Conference Semifinals: (3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings

April 27	Detroit Red Wings		0–2		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			10:13 – Peter Forsberg (2)
No Scoring		Second period			11:39 – pp – Sandis Ozolinsh (4)
No Scoring		Third period			No Scoring
Chris Osgood 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 25 saves / 25 shots

April 29	Detroit Red Wings		1–3		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			08:12 – pp – Milan Hejduk (2) 15:49 – pp – Peter Forsberg (3)
No Scoring		Second period			No Scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (2) – 08:12		Third period			19:01 – en – Chris Drury (2)
Chris Osgood 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 29 saves / 30 shots

May 1	Colorado Avalanche		1–3		Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			09:38 – pp – Igor Larionov (1)
Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 09:39		Second period			11:57 – pp – Sergei Federov (4)
No Scoring		Third period			19:19 – en – Brendan Shanahan (2)
Patrick Roy 33 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 22 saves / 23 shots

May 3	Colorado Avalanche		3–2	OT	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No Scoring
Jon Klemm (1) – 03:37		Second period			08:46 – Tomas Holmstrom (3)
Dave Andreychuk (3) – 15:33		Third period			09:20 – pp – Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)
Chris Drury (3) – 10:21		First overtime period			No Scoring
Patrick Roy 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 18 saves / 21 shots

May 5	Detroit Red Wings		2–4		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No Scoring
Larry Murphy (2) – sh – 12:01		Second period			02:46 – pp – Joe Sakic (2) 10:01 – Stephane Yelle (1)
Brendan Shanahan (3) – 06:13		Third period			04:40 – Peter Forsberg (5) 09:01 – Shjon Podein (4)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 20 saves / 22 shots

Colorado won series 4–1

Western Conference Finals: (2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche

May 13	Colorado Avalanche		2–0		Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Milan Hejduk (3) – pp – 08:51 Aaron Miller (1) – 17:32		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 24 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 16 saves / 18 shots

May 15	Colorado Avalanche		2–3		Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Sandis Ozolinsh (5) – pp – 00:25		Second period			05:24 – Mike Modano (7) 18:15 – pp – Mike Modano (8)
Peter Forsberg (6) – 14:23		Third period			05:48 – Brett Hull (5)
Patrick Roy 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 20 saves / 22 shots

May 19	Dallas Stars		0–2		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:39 – Shjon Podein (5)
No scoring		Second period			14:50 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 21 saves / 21 shots

May 21	Dallas Stars		4–1		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Joe Nieuwendyk (5) – pp – 07:12 Brett Hull (6) – 17:30		First period			No scoring
Brett Hull (7) – 07:52		Second period			01:43 – Dave Reid (1)
Richard Matvichuk (2) – 04:39		Third period			No scoring
Ed Belfour 38 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 11 saves / 15 shots

May 23

Colorado Avalanche

2–3

OT

Dallas Stars

Reunion Arena

May 25

Dallas Stars

1–2

Colorado Avalanche

Pepsi Center

May 27	Colorado Avalanche		2–3		Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:36 – pp – Sergei Zubov (2) 19:54 – pp – Mike Modano (9)
No scoring		Second period			05:31 – Roman Lyashenko (2)
Peter Forsberg (7) – sh – 05:25 Milan Hejduk (5) – 08:26		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Ed Belfour 31 saves / 33 shots

Dallas won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 60 28 53 81 28 30 5 1 5 Milan Hejduk RW 82 36 36 72 16 14 13 0 9 Chris Drury C 82 20 47 67 42 8 7 0 2 Sandis Ozolinsh D 82 16 36 52 46 17 6 0 1 Alex Tanguay LW 76 17 34 51 22 6 5 0 3 Peter Forsberg C 49 14 37 51 52 9 3 0 2 Adam Deadmarsh RW 71 18 27 45 106 -10 5 0 4 Stephane Yelle C 79 8 14 22 28 9 0 1 1 Shjon Podein LW 75 11 8 19 29 12 0 1 3 Dave Reid LW 65 11 7 18 28 12 0 0 3 Brian Rolston C/RW 50 8 10 18 12 -6 1 0 3 Adam Foote D 59 5 13 18 98 5 1 0 2 Martin Skoula D 80 3 13 16 20 5 2 0 0 Ray Bourque D 14 8 6 14 6 9 7 0 0 Jon Klemm D 73 5 7 12 34 26 0 0 0 Chris Dingman LW 68 8 3 11 132 -2 2 0 1 Claude Lemieux RW 13 3 6 9 4 0 0 0 0 Eric Messier LW 61 3 6 9 24 0 1 0 0 Greg de Vries D 69 2 7 9 73 -7 0 0 0 Aaron Miller D 53 1 7 8 36 3 0 0 0 Alexei Gusarov D 34 2 2 4 10 -8 0 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 27 1 3 4 10 0 0 0 0 Serge Aubin LW 15 2 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 Dave Andreychuk LW 14 1 2 3 2 -9 1 0 1 Jeff Odgers RW 62 1 2 3 162 -7 0 0 1 Patrick Roy G 63 0 3 3 10 0 0 0 0 Marc Denis G 23 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Shean Donovan RW 18 1 0 1 8 -4 0 0 0 Christian Matte RW 5 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Sami Helenius D 33 0 0 0 46 -5 0 0 0 Ville Nieminen LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Smith D 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Rick Tabaracci G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Willsie RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 3704 63 32 21 8 141 2.28 2 1640 1499 .914 Marc Denis 1203 23 9 8 3 51 2.54 3 618 567 .917 Rick Tabaracci 60 2 1 0 0 2 2.00 0 18 16 .889 Team: 4967 82 42 29 11 194 2.34 5 2276 2082 .915

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Peter Forsberg C 16 7 8 15 12 9 2 1 4 Adam Deadmarsh RW 17 4 11 15 21 7 1 0 1 Chris Drury C 17 4 10 14 4 7 1 0 2 Sandis Ozolinsh D 17 5 5 10 20 1 3 0 1 Milan Hejduk RW 17 5 4 9 6 -7 3 0 1 Joe Sakic C 17 2 7 9 8 -5 2 0 0 Ray Bourque D 13 1 8 9 8 4 0 0 0 Adam Foote D 16 0 7 7 28 6 0 0 0 Shjon Podein LW 17 5 0 5 8 4 0 0 1 Dave Andreychuk LW 17 3 2 5 18 -3 2 0 0 Dave Reid LW 17 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 Jon Klemm D 17 2 1 3 9 4 0 0 0 Alex Tanguay LW 17 2 1 3 2 -2 1 0 1 Stephane Yelle C 17 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 Aaron Miller D 17 1 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 Martin Skoula D 17 0 2 2 4 -3 0 0 0 Serge Aubin LW 17 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 Eric Messier LW 14 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 Patrick Roy G 17 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Greg de Vries D 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 Jeff Odgers RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Patrick Roy 1039 17 11 6 31 1.79 3 431 400 .928 Team: 1039 17 11 6 31 1.79 3 431 400 .928

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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

Team trophies

Player awards and trophies

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

Other transactions

Draft picks

Colorado'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	25	Mikhail Kuleshov	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
2	45	Martin Grenier	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	93	Branko Radivojevic	Slovakia	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	112	Sanny Lindstrom	Sweden	Huddinge IK (Sweden)
4	122	Kristian Kovac	Slovakia	HC Kosice Jr. (Slovakia)
5	142	William Magnuson	United States	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
5	152	Jordan Krestanovich	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	158	Anders Lovdahl	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
6	183	Riku Hahl	Finland	HPK (Finland)
7	212	Radim Vrbata	Czech Republic	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	240	Jeff Finger	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season
• 1999 NHL Entry Draft
• List of Colorado Avalanche seasons
• List of Colorado Avalanche players
• List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

References

1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p436 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.436 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
3. "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
4. "1999–2000 Colorado Avalanche Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
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

General

• The Internet Hockey Database
• Colorado Avalanche Database
• Official National Hockey League Site