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1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division4th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
1999–2000 record19–47–9–7
Home record13–20–4–4
Road record6–27–5–3
Goals for204
Goals against310
Team information
General manager Rick Dudley
Coach Steve Ludzik
Captain Bill Houlder (Oct)
Chris Gratton (Oct–Feb)
Vincent Lecavalier (Mar–Apr)
Arena Ice Palace
Average attendance13,600
Minor league affiliate(s) Detroit Vipers
Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals Vincent Lecavalier (25)
AssistsVincent Lecavalier (42)
PointsVincent Lecavalier (67)
Penalty minutes Petr Svoboda (170)
Plus/minus Steve Guolla (+2)
Robert Petrovicky (+2)
Wins Dan Cloutier (9)
Goals against averageDan Cloutier (3.49)
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The 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's eighth season of operation. The club placed fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Offseason

Regular season

  • March 4, 2000: In a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career. [1]

Final standings

Southeast Division [2]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
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.

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 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
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 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

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

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

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 Lightning only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
4 Vincent Lecavalier C 80 25 42 67 −25 43
33 Fredrik Modin LW 80 22 26 48 −26 18
26 Mike Sillinger‡ C 67 19 25 44 −29 86
77 Chris Gratton‡ C 58 14 27 41 −24 121
16 Darcy Tucker‡ RW 50 14 20 34 −15 108
20 Stan Drulia RW 68 11 22 33 −18 24
13 Pavel Kubina D 69 8 18 26 −19 93
23 Petr Svoboda D 70 2 23 25 −11 170
8 Todd Warriner† LW 55 11 13 24 −14 34
10 [a] Mike Johnson† RW 28 10 12 22 −2 4
2 [b] Paul Mara D 54 7 11 18 −27 73
14 Robert Petrovicky C 43 7 10 17 2 14
17 Steve Guolla‡ C 46 6 10 16 2 11
25 Dan Kesa RW 50 4 10 14 −11 21
44 Stephane Richer‡ RW 20 7 5 12 2 4
19 Steve Martins† C 57 5 7 12 −11 37
30 Andrei Zyuzin D 34 2 9 11 −11 33
15 Jaroslav Svejkovsky† RW 29 5 5 10 −7 28
5 Bruce Gardiner† RW 41 3 6 9 −21 37
7 Ben Clymer RW 60 2 6 8 −26 87
9 [c] Brian Holzinger† C 14 3 3 6 −7 21
3 Sergey Gusev D 28 2 3 5 −9 6
21 Andreas Johansson‡ C 12 2 3 5 1 8
22 Wayne Primeau† C 17 2 3 5 −4 25
28 Nils Ekman† LW 28 2 2 4 −8 36
2 Bill Houlder‡ D 14 1 2 3 −3 2
8 Michael Nylander‡ C 11 1 2 3 −3 4
18 Marek Posmyk† D 18 1 2 3 1 20
27 Jassen Cullimore D 46 1 1 2 −12 66
42 Matt Elich RW 8 1 1 2 −1 0
25 Dwayne Hay† LW 13 1 1 2 0 2
22 Chris McAlpine†‡ D 10 1 1 2 −5 10
6 Bryan Muir† D 30 1 1 2 −8 32
11 Shawn Burr LW 4 0 2 2 2 0
17 Ryan Johnson† C 14 0 2 2 −9 2
21 Cory Sarich† D 17 0 2 2 −8 42
29 Pavel Torgaev†‡ LW 5 0 2 2 1 2
24 [d] Reid Simpson† LW 26 1 0 1 −3 103
49 Kaspars Astashenko D 8 0 1 1 −2 4
1 Zac Bierk G 12 0 1 1 0
34 Gordie Dwyer† LW 24 0 1 1 −6 135
51 Dale Rominski RW 3 0 1 1 1 2
29 Vyacheslav Butsayev‡ C 2 0 0 0 −2 0
39 Dan Cloutier G 52 0 0 0 29
27 Colin Forbes‡ C 8 0 0 0 −4 18
43 Kyle Freadrich LW 10 0 0 0 −1 39
56 Ian Herbers‡ D 37 0 0 0 −12 45
35 Kevin Hodson G 24 0 0 0 2
35 Dieter Kochan† G 5 0 0 0 0
31 Rich Parent† G 14 0 0 0 2
93 Daren Puppa G 5 0 0 0 2
9 Jeff Shevalier‡ LW 5 0 0 0 −1 2
46 Andrei Skopintsev D 4 0 0 0 −4 6

Goaltending

  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
39 Dan Cloutier 52 9 30 3 1258 145 3.49 .885 0 2492
1 Zac Bierk 12 4 4 1 308 31 3.65 .899 0 509
35 Kevin Hodson 24 2 7 4 327 47 3.67 .856 0 769
31 Rich Parent† 14 2 7 1 353 43 3.70 .878 0 698
35 Dieter Kochan† 5 1 4 0 111 17 4.29 .847 0 238
93 Daren Puppa 5 1 2 0 129 19 4.58 .853 0 249

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Petr Svoboda [5]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
1,000th game played Petr Svoboda March 12, 2000 [6]

Transactions

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. [7]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 47 Sheldon Keefe   Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
3 67 Evgeny Konstantinov   Russia Ital Kazan 2 (Russia)
3 75 Brett Scheffelmaier   Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3 88 Jimmie Olvestad   Sweden Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
5 127 Kaspars Astasenko   Latvia Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)
5 148 Michal Lanicek   Czech Republic Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
6 182 Fedor Fedorov   Russia Port Huron Border Cats (UHL)
7 187 Ivan Rachunek   Czech Republic ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic)
8 216 Erkki Rajamaki   Finland HIFK (Finland)
9 244 Mikko Kuparinen   Finland Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson wore number 11 in his first game.
  2. ^ Mara wore number 22 in his first game.
  3. ^ Holzinger wore number 17 in his first game.
  4. ^ Simpson wore number 28 in his first twelve games.

References

  • "Tampa Bay Lightning 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  • "1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000". NHL.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Amonte hat trick zaps Lightning". ESPN.com. March 12, 2000. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Tampa Bay defenseman Petr Svoboda played in his 1,000th career game.
  7. ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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