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
Southeast Division champions
Division	1st Southeast
Conference	2nd Eastern
1999–2000 record	44–24–12–2
Goals for	227
Goals against	194
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Adam Oates

Offseason

Owner Abe Pollin sold the Capitals to an investor group headed by America Online president Ted Leonsis on May 12, 1999.[1]

Regular season

The Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 3.[2]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	994	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	1329	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	799	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	1733	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	1422	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.

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
3	T	October 9, 1999	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	1–1–1–0
4	W	October 12, 1999	5–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	2–1–1–0
5	L	October 16, 1999	2–3	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	2–2–1–0
6	L	October 19, 1999	1–7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–3–1–0
7	T	October 23, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	2–3–2–0
8	L	October 26, 1999	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	2–4–2–0
9	L	October 29, 1999	2–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	2–5–2–0
10	L	October 31, 1999	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	2–6–2–0
11	W	November 3, 1999	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	3–6–2–0
12	W	November 5, 1999	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	4–6–2–0
13	L	November 7, 1999	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	4–7–2–0
14	W	November 9, 1999	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	5–7–2–0
15	OTL	November 11, 1999	4–5 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	5–7–2–1
16	W	November 13, 1999	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	6–7–2–1
17	T	November 17, 1999	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	6–7–3–1
18	T	November 19, 1999	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	6–7–4–1
19	W	November 20, 1999	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	7–7–4–1
20	L	November 24, 1999	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	7–8–4–1
21	W	November 26, 1999	1–0	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	8–8–4–1
22	W	November 27, 1999	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	9–8–4–1
23	L	November 29, 1999	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	9–9–4–1
24	T	December 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–9–5–1
25	L	December 4, 1999	1–2	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	9–10–5–1
26	W	December 7, 1999	4–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	10–10–5–1
27	L	December 9, 1999	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–11–5–1
28	L	December 13, 1999	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	10–12–5–1
29	W	December 15, 1999	4–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	11–12–5–1
30	W	December 17, 1999	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	12–12–5–1
31	L	December 18, 1999	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	12–13–5–1
32	L	December 21, 1999	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	12–14–5–1
33	L	December 22, 1999	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	12–15–5–1
34	T	December 27, 1999	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	12–15–6–1
35	W	December 29, 1999	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	13–15–6–1
36	T	January 1, 2000	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	13–15–7–1
37	W	January 4, 2000	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	14–15–7–1
38	L	January 6, 2000	1–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	14–16–7–1
39	W	January 8, 2000	3–0	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	15–16–7–1
40	W	January 12, 2000	5–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	16–16–7–1
41	W	January 14, 2000	3–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–16–7–1
42	W	January 16, 2000	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	18–16–7–1
43	W	January 17, 2000	6–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	19–16–7–1
44	W	January 19, 2000	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	20–16–7–1
45	T	January 22, 2000	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	20–16–8–1
46	W	January 24, 2000	8–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	21–16–8–1
47	W	January 26, 2000	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	22–16–8–1
48	W	January 28, 2000	3–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	23–16–8–1
49	W	January 30, 2000	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	24–16–8–1
50	L	February 1, 2000	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	24–17–8–1
51	W	February 3, 2000	2–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	25–17–8–1
52	T	February 8, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	25–17–9–1
53	W	February 10, 2000	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	26–17–9–1
54	W	February 12, 2000	4–2	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	27–17–9–1
55	L	February 13, 2000	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	27–18–9–1
56	W	February 15, 2000	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	28–18–9–1
57	W	February 18, 2000	5–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	29–18–9–1
58	L	February 19, 2000	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	29–19–9–1
59	T	February 21, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	29–19–10–1
60	W	February 23, 2000	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	30–19–10–1
61	L	February 25, 2000	0–3	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	30–20–10–1
62	W	February 26, 2000	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	31–20–10–1
63	W	February 28, 2000	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	32–20–10–1
64	W	March 1, 2000	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	33–20–10–1
65	T	March 3, 2000	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	33–20–11–1
66	W	March 5, 2000	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	34–20–11–1
67	W	March 7, 2000	4–2	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	35–20–11–1
68	L	March 9, 2000	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	35–21–11–1
69	W	March 11, 2000	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	36–21–11–1
70	W	March 15, 2000	4–3	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	37–21–11–1
71	W	March 17, 2000	4–2	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	38–21–11–1
72	W	March 19, 2000	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	39–21–11–1
73	L	March 20, 2000	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	39–22–11–1
74	W	March 23, 2000	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	40–22–11–1
75	W	March 25, 2000	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	41–22–11–1
76	W	March 28, 2000	5–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	42–22–11–1
77	OTL	March 30, 2000	3–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	42–22–11–2
78	L	April 1, 2000	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	42–23–11–2
79	W	April 3, 2000	4–1	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	43–23–11–2
80	L	April 4, 2000	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	43–24–11–2
81	W	April 7, 2000	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	44–24–11–2
82	T	April 9, 2000	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	44–24–12–2

Playoffs

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins

April 13

Pittsburgh Penguins

7–0

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

April 15

Washington Capitals

1–2

OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 17

Washington Capitals

3–4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 19

Pittsburgh Penguins

2–3

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

April 21

Pittsburgh Penguins

2–1

Washington Capitals

MCI Center

Pittsburgh won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	82	15	56	71	14	13	5	0	6
Sergei Gonchar	D	73	18	36	54	52	26	5	0	3
Chris Simon	LW	75	29	20	49	146	11	7	0	5
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	82	16	27	43	80	19	3	0	1
Peter Bondra	RW	62	21	17	38	30	5	5	3	5
Ulf Dahlen	LW	75	15	23	38	8	11	5	0	4
Richard Zednik	RW	69	19	16	35	54	6	1	0	2
Calle Johansson	D	82	7	25	32	24	13	1	0	3
Jan Bulis	C	56	9	22	31	30	7	0	0	1
Jeff Halpern	C	79	18	11	29	39	21	4	4	1
Andrei Nikolishin	C	76	11	14	25	28	6	0	2	2
Joe Sacco	RW	79	7	16	23	50	7	0	0	1
Dmitri Mironov	D	73	3	19	22	28	7	1	0	0
Ken Klee	D	80	7	13	20	79	8	0	0	2
Glen Metropolit	C	30	6	13	19	4	5	1	0	1
James Black	LW	49	8	9	17	6	-1	1	0	1
Joe Murphy	RW	29	5	8	13	53	8	1	0	2
Terry Yake	C	35	6	5	11	12	2	1	0	1
Brendan Witt	D	77	1	7	8	114	5	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	59	0	7	7	50	21	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	30	1	2	3	16	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Svejkovsky	RW	23	1	2	3	2	-7	1	0	0
Jeff Toms	C	20	1	2	3	4	-1	0	0	1
Mike Eagles	C/LW	25	2	0	2	15	-7	0	0	1
Alexei Tezikov	D	23	1	1	2	2	-2	1	0	1
Olaf Kolzig	G	73	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Rob Zettler	D	12	0	2	2	19	-1	0	0	0
Nolan Baumgartner	D	8	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Miika Elomo	LW	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Huscroft	D	7	0	0	0	11	-5	0	0	0
Barrie Moore	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Volchkov	C	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	4371	73	41	20	11	163	2.24	5	1957	1794	.917
Craig Billington	611	13	3	6	1	28	2.75	2	310	282	.910
Team:	4982	82	44	26	12	191	2.30	7	2267	2076	.916

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeff Halpern	C	5	2	1	3	0	1	0	1
Calle Johansson	D	5	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Adam Oates	C	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Chris Simon	LW	4	2	0	2	24	0	0	0
Peter Bondra	RW	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	0
Andrei Nikolishin	C	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Sergei Gonchar	D	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	5	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
Ulf Dahlen	LW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ken Klee	D	5	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Joe Reekie	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Metropolit	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dmitri Mironov	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Joe Sacco	RW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Yake	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Zednik	RW	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Rob Zettler	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	284	5	1	4	16	3.38	0	103	87	.845
Craig Billington	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	6	5	.833
Team:	304	5	1	4	17	3.36	0	109	92	.844

[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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Washington'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	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)

Farm teams

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. Diamond 2000, p. 282.
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2000.html
3. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. "1999–2000 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000), "NHL Franchise Histories", Total Hockey, Total Sports Publishing, pp. 201–282, ISBN 1-892129-85-XCS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• "1999–2000 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.