1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 33rd season of operation in the National Hockey League. The 1999-2000 season was the Kings' first in Staples Center, which replaced The Forum as the Kings home venue. The Kings made it to the playoffs, but lost in the first round to Detroit. The 1999-2000 season was the Kings' first in Staples Center

1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
1999–2000 record	39–27–12–4
Goals for	245
Goals against	228
Team information
General Manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Mattias Norstrom Luc Robitaille
Arena	Staples Center

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	1029	102
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	1313	94
3	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	940	90
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	1292	87
5	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	926	83

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Kings were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games in the 1st round.

(4) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings

April 13	Los Angeles Kings		0–2		Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:43 – Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)
No scoring		Third period			19:47 – en – Sergei Fedorov (1)
Stephane Fiset 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 19 saves / 19 shots

April 15	Los Angeles Kings		5–8		Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Luc Robitaille (1) – 02:04 Zigmund Palffy (1) – 04:55 Sean O'Donnell (1) – 19:36		First period			00:55 – Brendan Shanahan (1) 01:33 – Martin Lapointe (1) 03:32 – Kris Draper (1) 6:56 – Martin Lapointe
Craig Johnson (1) – 11:43		Second period			03:27 – Kris Draper (2) 09:33 – pp – Martin Lapointe (3)
Zigmund Palffy (2) – 01:11		Third period			09:18 – pp – Nicklas Lidstrom (1) 19:23 – en – Nicklas Lidstrom (2)
Stephane Fiset 12 saves / 17 shots Jamie Storr 23 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Chris Osgood 39 saves / 44 shots

April 17	Detroit Red Wings		2–1		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
Sergei Fedorov (2) – pp – 05:21		First period			No scoring
Tomas Holmstrom (1) – pp – 14:40		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:35 – Luc Robitaille (2)
Chris Osgood 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 24 shots

April 19	Detroit Red Wings		3–0		Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Pat Verbeek (1) – pp – 17:10 Larry Murphy (1) – pp – 19:41
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Sergei Fedorov (3) – en – 19:09
Chris Osgood 25 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Stephane Fiset 25 saves / 27 shots

Detroit won series 4–0

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Luc Robitaille LW 71 36 38 74 68 11 13 0 7 Zigmund Palffy RW 64 27 39 66 32 18 4 0 3 Glen Murray RW 78 29 33 62 60 13 10 1 2 Jozef Stumpel C 57 17 41 58 10 23 3 0 7 Rob Blake D 77 18 39 57 112 10 12 0 5 Bryan Smolinski C 79 20 36 56 48 2 2 0 0 Donald Audette RW 49 12 20 32 45 6 1 0 3 Garry Galley D 70 9 21 30 52 9 2 0 1 Craig Johnson LW 76 9 14 23 28 -10 1 0 1 Jason Blake C 64 5 18 23 26 4 0 0 1 Ian Laperriere RW 79 9 13 22 185 -14 0 0 1 Marko Tuomainen RW 63 9 8 17 80 -12 2 1 1 Jere Karalahti D 48 6 10 16 18 3 4 0 1 Aki Berg D 70 3 13 16 45 -1 0 0 0 Sean O'Donnell D 80 2 12 14 114 4 0 0 1 Mattias Norstrom D 82 1 13 14 66 22 0 0 0 Vladimir Tsyplakov LW 29 6 7 13 4 6 1 0 1 Len Barrie C 46 5 8 13 56 5 0 0 0 Brad Chartrand C 50 6 6 12 17 4 0 1 3 Bob Corkum C 45 5 6 11 14 0 0 0 0 Jaroslav Modry D 26 5 4 9 18 -2 5 0 1 Dan Bylsma RW 64 3 6 9 55 -2 0 1 0 Frantisek Kaberle D 37 0 9 9 4 3 0 0 0 Steve McKenna LW 46 0 5 5 125 3 0 0 0 Kelly Buchberger RW 13 2 1 3 13 -2 0 0 0 Nelson Emerson RW 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Stephane Fiset G 47 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Jason Podollan RW 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Jamie Storr G 42 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Philippe Boucher D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcel Cousineau G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Huard LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jan Nemecek D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Reinprecht C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Pavel Rosa RW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Stephane Fiset 2592 47 20 15 7 119 2.75 1 1208 1089 .901 Jamie Storr 2206 42 18 15 5 93 2.53 1 1008 915 .908 Marcel Cousineau 171 5 1 1 0 6 2.11 0 64 58 .906 Team: 4969 82 39 31 12 218 2.63 2 2280 2062 .904

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Luc Robitaille LW 4 2 2 4 6 -1 0 0 0 Jozef Stumpel C 4 0 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 Zigmund Palffy RW 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Blake D 4 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 Craig Johnson LW 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sean O'Donnell D 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 Jere Karalahti D 4 0 1 1 2 -3 0 0 0 Aki Berg D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jason Blake C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Buchberger RW 4 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Dan Bylsma RW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Brad Chartrand C 4 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Bob Corkum C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Nelson Emerson RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stephane Fiset G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garry Galley D 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Ian Laperriere RW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jaroslav Modry D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Glen Murray RW 4 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 Mattias Norstrom D 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 Bryan Smolinski C 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Jamie Storr G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marko Tuomainen RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Stephane Fiset 200 4 0 3 10 3.00 0 98 88 .898 Jamie Storr 36 1 0 1 2 3.33 0 25 23 .920 Team: 236 4 0 4 12 3.05 0 123 111 .902

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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

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	43	Andrei Shefer	Russia	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
3	74	Jason Crain	United States	Ohio State University (NCAA)
3	76	Frantisek Kaberle	Czech Republic	MODO (Sweden)
3	92	Cory Campbell	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	104	Brian McGrattan	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	125	Daniel Johansson	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
5	133	Jean-Francois Nogues	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	193	Kevin Baker	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
8	222	George Parros	United States	Chicago Freeze (NAHL)
9	250	Noah Clarke	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. "1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
2. "1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

• "1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links