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) |
The 1999–2000 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
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
No. | 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
Regular 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
2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- 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.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | 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
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No. | Player | 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
Awards
Type | 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 Rookie of the Month | Jeff Halpern (March) | [9] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Adam Oates | December 22, 1999 | [10] |
Transactions
Draft picks
Washington's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
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
References
- "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.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ "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.