1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens season

1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens
1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4th Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
1999–2000 record	35–34–9–4
Goals for	196
Goals against	194
Team information
General manager	Rejean Houle
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Saku Koivu
Alternate captains	Shayne Corson; Turner Stevenson
Arena	Molson Centre
Average attendance	20,205
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Citadelles; Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Zholtok (26)
Assists	Dainius Zubrus (28)
Points	Martin Rucinsky (49)
Penalty minutes	Shayne Corson (115)
Plus/minus	Craig Rivet (+11)
Wins	Jeff Hackett (23)
Goals against average	Jose Theodore (2.10)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 91st season of play. The club failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. Pierre Boivin replaced Ronald Corey as team president of the Canadiens.^[1] On September 2, 1999, Molson executive James Arnett announced that Molson would put the franchise up for sale.^[2]

Off season

Saku Koivu makes Canadiens history, as the first European to be named the team's captain. He succeeds Vincent Damphousse, who was traded the previous season.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Eastern Conference^[4]
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
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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

Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Points
1	L	Oct 2, 1999	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–0–0	0
2	L	Oct 6, 1999	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	0–2–0–0	0
3	W	Oct 8, 1999	4–1	@ Calgary Flames	1–2–0–0	2
4	L	Oct 9, 1999	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks	1–3–0–0	2
5	L	Oct 12, 1999	1–2	Florida Panthers	1–4–0–0	2
6	W	Oct 14, 1999	5–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2–4–0–0	4
7	W	Oct 16, 1999	2–1	Buffalo Sabres	3–4–0–0	6
8	L	Oct 18, 1999	2–4	New York Islanders	3–5–0–0	6
9	L	Oct 20, 1999	1–2	Colorado Avalanche	3–6–0–0	6
10	L	Oct 23, 1999	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–7–0–0	6
11	L	Oct 27, 1999	0–1	Chicago Blackhawks	3–8–0–0	6
12	T	Oct 30, 1999	2–2 OT	New York Rangers	3–8–1–0	7
13	L	Nov 3, 1999	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils	3–9–1–0	7
14	OTL	Nov 4, 1999	1–2 OT	@ New York Islanders	3–9–1–1	8
15	L	Nov 6, 1999	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators	3–10–1–1	8
16	L	Nov 10, 1999	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–11–1–1	8
17	W	Nov 11, 1999	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4–11–1–1	10
18	W	Nov 13, 1999	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers	5–11–1–1	12
19	L	Nov 16, 1999	1–4	San Jose Sharks	5–12–1–1	12
20	L	Nov 18, 1999	1–6	@ Nashville Predators	5–13–1–1	12
21	W	Nov 20, 1999	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings	6–13–1–1	14
22	W	Nov 22, 1999	2–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	7–13–1–1	16
23	W	Nov 23, 1999	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	8–13–1–1	18
24	W	Nov 27, 1999	2–1	Vancouver Canucks	9–13–1–1	20
25	L	Dec 1, 1999	2–3	Dallas Stars	9–14–1–1	20
26	L	Dec 3, 1999	2–3	@ New York Rangers	9–15–1–1	20
27	L	Dec 4, 1999	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers	9–16–1–1	20
28	T	Dec 7, 1999	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames	9–16–2–1	21
29	W	Dec 9, 1999	4–2	@ New York Islanders	10–16–2–1	23
30	L	Dec 11, 1999	2–4	Los Angeles Kings	10–17–2–1	23
31	W	Dec 13, 1999	1–0	@ Washington Capitals	11–17–2–1	25
32	L	Dec 16, 1999	1–2	New Jersey Devils	11–18–2–1	25
33	L	Dec 18, 1999	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	11–19–2–1	25
34	W	Dec 20, 1999	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	12–19–2–1	27
35	T	Dec 23, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins	12–19–3–1	28
36	T	Dec 27, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators	12–19–4–1	29
37	L	Dec 29, 1999	2–3	Ottawa Senators	12–20–4–1	29
38	T	Jan 2, 2000	2–2 OT	New York Rangers	12–20–5–1	30
39	L	Jan 4, 2000	1–6	@ Washington Capitals	12–21–5–1	30
40	L	Jan 6, 2000	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues	12–22–5–1	30
41	L	Jan 7, 2000	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche	12–23–5–1	30
42	W	Jan 11, 2000	3–0	Detroit Red Wings	13–23–5–1	32
43	W	Jan 14, 2000	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	14–23–5–1	34
44	T	Jan 15, 2000	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins	14–23–6–1	35
45	W	Jan 19, 2000	3–0	New York Islanders	15–23–6–1	37
46	W	Jan 22, 2000	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	16–23–6–1	39
47	OTL	Jan 24, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes	16–23–6–2	40
48	T	Jan 29, 2000	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	16–23–7–2	41
49	W	Jan 30, 2000	3–0	Carolina Hurricanes	17–23–7–2	43
50	L	Feb 2, 2000	1–3	@ Florida Panthers	17–24–7–2	43
51	W	Feb 3, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	18–24–7–2	45
52	OTL	Feb 8, 2000	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers	18–24–7–3	46
53	L	Feb 10, 2000	0–1	Washington Capitals	18–25–7–3	46
54	W	Feb 12, 2000	5–4	Ottawa Senators	19–25–7–3	48
55	W	Feb 14, 2000	4–1	Florida Panthers	20–25–7–3	50
56	W	Feb 16, 2000	5–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers	21–25–7–3	52
57	W	Feb 17, 2000	3–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes	22–25–7–3	54
58	W	Feb 19, 2000	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	23–25–7–3	56
59	W	Feb 22, 2000	1–0	Phoenix Coyotes	24–25–7–3	58
60	W	Feb 24, 2000	3–2 OT	New Jersey Devils	25–25–7–3	60
61	L	Feb 26, 2000	0–3	Washington Capitals	25–26–7–3	60
62	L	Feb 27, 2000	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils	25–27–7–3	60
63	W	Mar 1, 2000	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks	26–27–7–3	62
64	W	Mar 2, 2000	5–2	@ Boston Bruins	27–27–7–3	64
65	L	Mar 4, 2000	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–28–7–3	64
66	W	Mar 6, 2000	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers	28–28–7–3	66
67	W	Mar 8, 2000	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	29–28–7–3	68
68	W	Mar 10, 2000	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres	30–28–7–3	70
69	L	Mar 11, 2000	3–5	Boston Bruins	30–29–7–3	70
70	L	Mar 14, 2000	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning	30–30–7–3	70
71	T	Mar 16, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	30–30–8–3	71
72	W	Mar 18, 2000	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes	31–30–8–3	73
73	L	Mar 20, 2000	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	31–31–8–3	73
74	T	Mar 22, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers	31–31–9–3	74
75	L	Mar 25, 2000	2–4	@ Florida Panthers	31–32–9–3	74
76	W	Mar 26, 2000	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	32–32–9–3	76
77	W	Mar 29, 2000	4–3	Boston Bruins	33–32–9–3	78
78	L	Apr 1, 2000	0–2	Buffalo Sabres	33–33–9–3	78
79	OTL	Apr 2, 2000	5–6 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings	33–33–9–4	79
80	W	Apr 5, 2000	3–0	@ New York Rangers	34–33–9–4	81
81	W	Apr 6, 2000	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning	35–33–9–4	83
82	L	Apr 8, 2000	1–3	Ottawa Senators	35–34–9–4	83

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Martin Rucinsky	LW	80	25	24	49	70	1	7	1	4
Dainius Zubrus	C	73	14	28	42	54	-1	3	0	1
Sergei Zholtok	C	68	26	12	38	28	2	9	0	7
Patrice Brisebois	D	54	10	25	35	18	-1	5	0	2
Trevor Linden	RW	50	13	17	30	34	-3	4	0	3
Brian Savage	LW	38	17	12	29	19	-4	6	1	5
Benoit Brunet	LW	50	14	15	29	13	3	6	1	2
Eric Weinrich	D	77	4	25	29	39	4	2	0	0
Shayne Corson	LW	70	8	20	28	115	-2	2	0	1
Oleg Petrov	RW	44	2	24	26	8	10	1	0	0
Turner Stevenson	RW	64	8	13	21	61	-1	0	0	2
Saku Koivu	C	24	3	18	21	14	7	1	0	0
Karl Dykhuis	D	67	7	12	19	40	-3	3	1	0
Craig Darby	C	76	7	10	17	14	-14	0	1	2
Craig Rivet	D	61	3	14	17	76	11	0	0	1
Francis Bouillon	D	74	3	13	16	38	-7	2	0	1
Patrick Poulin	C	82	10	5	15	17	-15	0	1	2
Jesse Belanger	C	16	3	6	9	2	2	0	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	47	3	5	8	92	-5	0	0	0
Arron Asham	RW	33	4	2	6	24	-7	0	1	1
Igor Ulanov	D	43	1	5	6	76	-11	0	0	0
Scott Lachance	D	57	0	6	6	22	-4	0	0	0
Scott Thornton	LW	35	2	3	5	70	-7	0	0	1
Sheldon Souray	D	19	3	0	3	44	7	0	0	0
Jason Ward	RW	32	2	1	3	10	-1	1	0	0
Miloslav Guren	D	24	1	2	3	12	-5	1	0	0
Juha Lind	C	13	1	2	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Mike Ribeiro	C	19	1	1	2	2	-6	1	0	0
Matt Higgins	C	25	0	2	2	4	-6	0	0	0
Christian Laflamme	D	15	0	2	2	8	-5	0	0	0
Barry Richter	D	23	0	2	2	8	-5	0	0	0
Trent McCleary	RW	12	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0
Andrei Bashkirov	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Hackett	G	56	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Vladimir Malakhov	D	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Morissette	LW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Stephane Robidas	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Theodore	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Jeff Hackett	3301	56	23	25	7	132	2.40	3	1543	1411	.914
Jose Theodore	1655	30	12	13	2	58	2.10	5	717	659	.919
Team:	4956	82	35	38	9	190	2.30	8	2260	2070	.916

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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;

Awards and records

Alain Vigneault, Runner-Up, Jack Adams Trophy^[6]

Transactions

Draft picks

Montreal'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	39	Alexander Buturlin	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2	58	Matt Carkner	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	97	Chris Dyment	United States	Boston University (NCAA)
4	107	Evan Lindsay	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5	136	Dustin Jamieson	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	145	Marc-Andre Thinel	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
5	150	Matt Shasby	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6	167	Sean Dixon	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
7	196	Vadim Tarasov	Kazakhstan	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
8	225	Mikko Hyytia	Finland	JYP Jr. (Finland)
9	253	Jerome Marois	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)

References

^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.292, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.293, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
^ "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
^ "1999-00 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

[1] The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.292, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0

[2] The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.293, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0

[3] "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

[conf-4] "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.

[5] "1999-00 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

[6] National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Waiver Draft All-Star Game Playoffs 2000 Stanley Cup Finals

Off season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

References