1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

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.

1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres
Division	3rd Northeast
1999–2000 record	35–32–11–4
Team information
General manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Michael Peca

Regular season

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]

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	1103	100
2	6	Ottawa Senators	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	850	95
3	8	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	1173	85
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	1067	83
5	11	Boston Bruins	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	865	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.

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

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
The Sabres lost the Conference quarter-finals (4–1) versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres

April 13

Buffalo Sabres

2-3

Philadelphia Flyers

First Union Center

April 14

Buffalo Sabres

1-2

Philadelphia Flyers

First Union Center

April 16

Philadelphia Flyers

2-0

Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena

April 18

Philadelphia Flyers

2-3

OT

Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena

April 20

Buffalo Sabres

2-5

Philadelphia Flyers

First Union Center

Philadelphia won series 4-1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Miroslav Satan	LW	81	33	34	67	32	16	5	3	5
Curtis Brown	C/LW	74	22	29	51	42	19	5	0	4
Stu Barnes	C	82	20	25	45	16	-3	8	2	2
Michael Peca	C	73	20	21	41	67	6	2	0	3
Vaclav Varada	RW	76	10	27	37	62	12	0	0	0
Maxim Afinogenov	RW	65	16	18	34	41	-4	2	0	2
Michal Grosek	LW	61	11	23	34	35	12	2	0	2
Jason Woolley	D	74	8	25	33	52	14	2	0	2
Geoff Sanderson	LW	67	13	13	26	22	4	4	0	3
Brian Holzinger	C	59	7	17	24	30	4	0	1	2
Dixon Ward	RW	71	11	9	20	41	1	1	2	2
Vladimir Tsyplakov	LW	34	6	13	19	10	17	0	0	1
Jay McKee	D	78	5	12	17	50	5	1	0	1
Doug Gilmour	C	11	3	14	17	12	3	2	0	0
Erik Rasmussen	LW/C	67	8	6	14	43	1	0	0	2
James Patrick	D	66	5	8	13	22	8	0	0	3
Alexei Zhitnik	D	74	2	11	13	95	-6	1	0	0
Wayne Primeau	C	41	5	7	12	38	-8	2	0	1
Richard Smehlik	D	64	2	9	11	50	13	0	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	14	1	7	8	15	1	0	0	0
Brian Campbell	D	12	1	4	5	4	-2	0	0	0
Rob Ray	RW	69	1	3	4	158	0	0	0	0
Cory Sarich	D	42	0	4	4	35	2	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener	D	61	0	3	3	89	18	0	0	0
Chris Taylor	C	11	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Denis Hamel	LW	3	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Domenic Pittis	C	7	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0
Dominik Hasek	G	35	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Jason Holland	D	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Biron	G	41	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	11	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Mike Hurlbut	D	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Dmitri Kalinin	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Paul Kruse	LW	11	0	0	0	43	-2	0	0	0
David Moravec	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Dwayne Roloson	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Martin Biron	2229	41	19	18	2	90	2.42	5	988	898	.909
Dominik Hasek	2066	35	15	11	6	76	2.21	3	937	861	.919
Dwayne Roloson	677	14	1	7	3	32	2.84	0	277	245	.884
Team:	4972	82	35	36	11	198	2.39	8	2202	2004	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Miroslav Satan	LW	5	3	2	5	0	2	0	0	0
Curtis Brown	C/LW	5	1	3	4	6	1	1	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	5	3	0	3	2	-1	2	0	1
Geoff Sanderson	LW	5	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Jason Woolley	D	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Richard Smehlik	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maxim Afinogenov	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Doug Gilmour	C	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
James Patrick	D	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Michael Peca	C	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Vladimir Tsyplakov	LW	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Dixon Ward	RW	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Dominik Hasek	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Holland	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay McKee	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erik Rasmussen	LW/C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Chris Taylor	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Vaclav Varada	RW	5	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik	D	4	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dominik Hasek	301	5	1	4	12	2.39	0	147	135	.918
Team:	301	5	1	4	12	2.39	0	147	135	.918

[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;

Draft picks

Buffalo'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	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)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
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 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.