1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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.

1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1999–2000 record	19–47–9–7
Goals for	204
Goals against	310
Team information
Coach	Steve Ludzik
Captain	Bill Houlder (Oct) Chris Gratton (Oct–Feb) Vincent Lecavalier (Mar–Apr)

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

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	994	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	1329	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	799	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	1733	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	1422	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[2]

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

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 2, 1999	4–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1999	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	1–1–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1999	0–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	1–2–0–0
4	L	October 15, 1999	2–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	1–3–0–0
5	T	October 16, 1999	4–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	1–3–1–0
6	OTL	October 19, 1999	5–6 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	1–3–1–1
7	W	October 23, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	2–3–1–1
8	L	October 27, 1999	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	2–4–1–1
9	L	October 28, 1999	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	2–5–1–1
10	W	October 30, 1999	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	3–5–1–1
11	L	November 3, 1999	1–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	3–6–1–1
12	W	November 6, 1999	7–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	4–6–1–1
13	W	November 7, 1999	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	5–6–1–1
14	L	November 9, 1999	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	5–7–1–1
15	W	November 12, 1999	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	6–7–1–1
16	L	November 13, 1999	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	6–8–1–1
17	L	November 17, 1999	4–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	6–9–1–1
18	W	November 18, 1999	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	7–9–1–1
19	L	November 20, 1999	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	7–10–1–1
20	W	November 22, 1999	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	8–10–1–1
21	L	November 24, 1999	3–6	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	8–11–1–1
22	T	November 26, 1999	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	8–11–2–1
23	OTL	November 28, 1999	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	8–11–2–2
24	W	December 1, 1999	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	9–11–2–2
25	L	December 2, 1999	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	9–12–2–2
26	T	December 4, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	9–12–3–2
27	T	December 6, 1999	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	9–12–4–2
28	W	December 10, 1999	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	10–12–4–2
29	T	December 14, 1999	4–4 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	10–12–5–2
30	L	December 18, 1999	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	10–13–5–2
31	OTL	December 19, 1999	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	10–13–5–3
32	L	December 21, 1999	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	10–14–5–3
33	L	December 23, 1999	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–15–5–3
34	L	December 26, 1999	3–6	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	10–16–5–3
35	L	December 27, 1999	1–6	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	10–17–5–3
36	L	January 1, 2000	5–7	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	10–18–5–3
37	T	January 5, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	10–18–6–3
38	L	January 7, 2000	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	10–19–6–3
39	OTL	January 8, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	10–19–6–4
40	L	January 11, 2000	5–6	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	10–20–6–4
41	W	January 13, 2000	4–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	11–20–6–4
42	L	January 15, 2000	2–5	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	11–21–6–4
43	L	January 17, 2000	3–6	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	11–22–6–4
44	L	January 20, 2000	2–4	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	11–23–6–4
45	L	January 22, 2000	0–2	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	11–24–6–4
46	L	January 24, 2000	2–8	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	11–25–6–4
47	L	January 25, 2000	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	11–26–6–4
48	L	January 28, 2000	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	11–27–6–4
49	W	January 29, 2000	2–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	12–27–6–4
50	L	February 1, 2000	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	12–28–6–4
51	OTL	February 3, 2000	1–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	12–28–6–5
52	L	February 8, 2000	0–8	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	12–29–6–5
53	OTL	February 10, 2000	4–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	12–29–6–6
54	L	February 12, 2000	2–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	12–30–6–6
55	T	February 15, 2000	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	12–30–7–6
56	L	February 17, 2000	2–6	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	12–31–7–6
57	L	February 19, 2000	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	12–32–7–6
58	W	February 21, 2000	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	13–32–7–6
59	W	February 24, 2000	5–4	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	14–32–7–6
60	W	February 26, 2000	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	15–32–7–6
61	L	February 27, 2000	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–33–7–6
62	L	March 1, 2000	2–4	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	15–34–7–6
63	L	March 3, 2000	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	15–35–7–6
64	L	March 4, 2000	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–36–7–6
65	OTL	March 8, 2000	2–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	15–36–7–7
66	L	March 10, 2000	3–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	15–37–7–7
67	L	March 12, 2000	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	15–38–7–7
68	W	March 14, 2000	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	16–38–7–7
69	T	March 15, 2000	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	16–38–8–7
70	W	March 17, 2000	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–38–8–7
71	L	March 19, 2000	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	17–39–8–7
72	L	March 21, 2000	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	17–40–8–7
73	L	March 24, 2000	1–5	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	17–41–8–7
74	L	March 26, 2000	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	17–42–8–7
75	L	March 28, 2000	2–4	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	17–43–8–7
76	W	March 30, 2000	6–3	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	18–43–8–7
77	T	April 1, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	18–43–9–7
78	L	April 2, 2000	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	18–44–9–7
79	W	April 4, 2000	5–4	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	19–44–9–7
80	L	April 6, 2000	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	19–45–9–7
81	L	April 8, 2000	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	19–46–9–7
82	L	April 9, 2000	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	19–47–9–7

Playoffs

The Lightning were unable to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Vincent Lecavalier C 80 25 42 67 43 -25 6 0 3 Fredrik Modin LW 80 22 26 48 18 -26 3 0 5 Mike Sillinger C 67 19 25 44 86 -29 6 3 1 Chris Gratton C 58 14 27 41 121 -24 4 0 1 Darcy Tucker RW 50 14 20 34 108 -15 1 0 2 Stan Drulia RW 68 11 22 33 24 -18 1 2 1 Pavel Kubina D 69 8 18 26 93 -19 6 0 3 Petr Svoboda D 70 2 23 25 170 -11 2 0 0 Todd Warriner LW 55 11 13 24 34 -14 3 1 0 Mike Johnson RW 28 10 12 22 4 -2 4 0 0 Paul Mara D 54 7 11 18 73 -27 4 0 1 Robert Petrovicky C 43 7 10 17 14 2 1 0 0 Steve Guolla C 46 6 10 16 11 2 2 0 0 Dan Kesa RW 50 4 10 14 21 -11 0 1 1 Stephane Richer RW 20 7 5 12 4 2 1 0 0 Steve Martins C 57 5 7 12 37 -11 0 1 1 Andrei Zyuzin D 34 2 9 11 33 -11 0 0 0 Jaroslav Svejkovsky RW 29 5 5 10 28 -7 0 0 0 Bruce Gardiner RW 41 3 6 9 37 -21 0 0 0 Ben Clymer RW 60 2 6 8 87 -26 2 0 0 Brian Holzinger C 14 3 3 6 21 -7 1 1 0 Sergey Gusev D 28 2 3 5 6 -9 1 0 0 Andreas Johansson C 12 2 3 5 8 1 0 0 0 Wayne Primeau C 17 2 3 5 25 -4 0 0 0 Nils Ekman LW 28 2 2 4 36 -8 1 0 0 Bill Houlder D 14 1 2 3 2 -3 1 0 0 Michael Nylander C 11 1 2 3 4 -3 1 0 0 Marek Posmyk D 18 1 2 3 20 1 0 0 0 Jassen Cullimore D 46 1 1 2 66 -12 0 0 0 Matt Elich RW 8 1 1 2 0 -1 0 0 0 Dwayne Hay LW 13 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Chris McAlpine D 10 1 1 2 10 -5 0 0 0 Bryan Muir D 30 1 1 2 32 -8 0 0 0 Shawn Burr LW/C 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 Ryan Johnson C 14 0 2 2 2 -9 0 0 0 Cory Sarich D 17 0 2 2 42 -8 0 0 0 Pavel Torgaev LW 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Reid Simpson LW 26 1 0 1 103 -3 0 0 0 Kaspars Astashenko D/W 8 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0 Zac Bierk G 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gordie Dwyer LW 24 0 1 1 135 -6 0 0 0 Dale Rominski RW 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 Viacheslav Butsayev C 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Dan Cloutier G 52 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 Colin Forbes C 8 0 0 0 18 -4 0 0 0 Kyle Freadrich LW 10 0 0 0 39 -1 0 0 0 Ian Herbers D 37 0 0 0 45 -12 0 0 0 Kevin Hodson G 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Dieter Kochan G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rich Parent G 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Daren Puppa G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jeff Shevalier LW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Andrei Skopintsev D 4 0 0 0 6 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dan Cloutier 2492 52 9 30 3 145 3.49 0 1258 1113 .885 Zac Bierk 509 12 4 4 1 31 3.65 0 308 277 .899 Kevin Hodson 769 24 2 7 4 47 3.67 0 327 280 .856 Rich Parent 698 14 2 7 1 43 3.70 0 353 310 .878 Dieter Kochan 238 5 1 4 0 17 4.29 0 111 94 .847 Daren Puppa 249 5 1 2 0 19 4.58 0 129 110 .853 Team: 4955 82 19 54 9 302 3.66 0 2486 2184 .879

[3]

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

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

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

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

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 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
3. "1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

• "1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links