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).
Owner Abe Pollin sold the Capitals to an investor group headed by America Online president Ted Leonsis on May 12, 1999. [1]
The Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 3. [2]
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
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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) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 |
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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 |
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] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Adam Oates | December 22, 1999 | [10] |
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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) |
The loss spoiled Capitals captain Adam Oates' night. He was playing in his 1,000th game.