1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres | |
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Division | 3rd Northeast |
Conference | 8th Eastern |
1999–2000 record | 35–32–11–4 |
Home record | 21–14–5–1 |
Road record | 14–18–6–3 |
Goals for | 213 |
Goals against | 204 |
Team information | |
General manager | Darcy Regier |
Coach | Lindy Ruff |
Captain | Michael Peca |
Alternate captains |
Doug Gilmour Rob Ray Jason Woolley |
Arena | HSBC Arena |
Average attendance | 17,955 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Rochester Americans South Carolina Stingrays B.C. Icemen |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Miroslav Satan (33) |
Assists | Miroslav Satan (34) |
Points | Miroslav Satan (67) |
Penalty minutes | Rob Ray (158) |
Plus/minus | Curtis Brown (+19) |
Wins | Martin Biron (19) |
Goals against average | Dominik Hasek (2.21) |
The 1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season was the 30th for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. [1] The season saw the Sabres qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, but lose in the first round to the Philadelphia Flyers.
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The Sabres struggled on the power-play, scoring only 37 power-play goals (tied for 28th with Phoenix Coyotes) and finishing 28th in power-play percentage (10.54%). [2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 222 | 100 |
2 | 6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 244 | 210 | 95 |
3 | 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 213 | 204 | 85 |
4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 196 | 194 | 83 |
5 | 11 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 210 | 248 | 73 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; 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
The Sabres lost the Conference Quarterfinals (4–1) versus the Philadelphia Flyers.
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October: 3–7–2–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 0–5–1–0)
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November: 8–5–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 4–3–0–0)
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December: 4–4–3–1 (home: 3–3–2–0; road: 1–1–1–1)
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January: 5–8–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 2–5–1–0)
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February: 6–3–3–1 (home: 3–2–2–0; road: 3–1–1–1)
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March: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–3–1–1)
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April: 3–0–1–1 (home: 1–0–0–1; road: 2–0–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–1
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Legend:
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 81 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
37 | Curtis Brown | C | 74 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
41 | Stu Barnes | C | 82 | 20 | 25 | 45 | −3 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
27 | Michael Peca | C | 73 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
25 | Vaclav Varada | RW | 76 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 65 | 16 | 18 | 34 | −4 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
18 | Michal Grosek‡ | LW | 61 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Jason Woolley | D | 74 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 67 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
19 | Brian Holzinger‡ | C | 59 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Dixon Ward | RW | 71 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Vladimir Tsyplakov† | LW | 34 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
74 | Jay McKee | D | 78 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
93 | Doug Gilmour† | C | 11 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
9 | Erik Rasmussen | C | 67 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | James Patrick | D | 66 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 74 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −6 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
22 | Wayne Primeau‡ | C | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −8 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 64 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
77 | Chris Gratton† | C | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
51 | Brian Campbell | D | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Rob Ray | RW | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 158 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Cory Sarich‡ | D | 42 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
16 | Chris Taylor | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
55 | Denis Hamel | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 [a] | Domenic Pittis | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Dominik Hasek | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
20 [b] | Jason Holland | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Martin Biron | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
34 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
20 | Doug Houda | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Mike Hurlbut | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Paul Kruse | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
64 | David Moravec | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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 |
43 | Martin Biron | 41 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 988 | 90 | 2.42 | .909 | 5 | 2229 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Dominik Hasek | 35 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 937 | 76 | 2.21 | .919 | 3 | 2066 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 147 | 12 | 2.39 | .918 | 0 | 301 |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 277 | 32 | 2.84 | .884 | 0 | 677 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Dominik Hasek [c] | [8] |
Miroslav Satan |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | James Patrick | December 4, 1999 | [9] |
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Buffalo's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. [10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 20 | Barrett Heisten | United States | University of Maine ( Hockey East) |
2 | 35 | Milan Bartovic | Czech Republic | Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia) |
2 | 55 | Doug Janik | United States | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
2 | 64 | Mike Zigomanis | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs ( OHL) |
3 | 73 | Tim Preston | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds ( WHL) |
4 | 117 | Karel Mosovsky | Czech Republic | Regina Pats (WHL) |
5 | 138 | Ryan Miller | United States | Michigan State University ( CCHA) |
5 | 146 | Matt Kinch | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
6 | 178 | Seneque Hyacinthe | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs ( QMJHL) |
7 | 206 | Bret DeCecco | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
8 | 235 | Brad Self | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
9 | 263 | Craig Brunel | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
Buffalo's JAMES PATRICK, a former Ranger, played the 1,000th N.H.L. game of his career.