1999–2000 New York Rangers season

1999–2000 New York Rangers
1999–2000 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	T-11th Eastern
1999–2000 record	29–38–12–3
Goals for	218
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Neil Smith
Coach	John Muckler; John Tortorella (interim)
Captain	Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mike York (26)
Assists	Theo Fleury (49)
Points	Petr Nedved (68)
Penalty minutes	Mathieu Schneider (78)
Wins	Mike Richter (22)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.87)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 New York Rangers season was the 74th season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 29–38–12–3 record.^[1] New York did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58

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^[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

1999-00 Game Log

October: 4-7-2-0 (Home: 3-5-0-0; Road: 1-2-2-0)

November: 3-5-1-1 (Home: 0-2-1-0; Road: 3-3-0-1)

December: 5-3-3-2 (Home: 5-1-1-1; Road: 0-2-2-1)

January: 10-4-1-0 (Home: 4-2-0-0; Road: 6-2-1-0)

February: 4-7-2-0 (Home: 2-4-1-0; Road: 2-3-1-0)

March: 3-9-2-0 (Home: 1-4-2-0; Road: 2-5-0-0)

April: 0-3-1-0 (Home: 0-2-0-0; Road: 0-1-1-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season.^[2]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Petr Nedved	76	24	44	68	2	40
Theoren Fleury	80	15	49	64	-4	68
Mike York	82	26	24	50	-17	18
Jan Hlavac	67	19	23	42	3	16
John MacLean	77	18	24	42	-2	52
Adam Graves	77	23	17	40	-15	14
Radek Dvorak^†	46	11	22	33	0	10
Valeri Kamensky	65	14	20	34	-18	36
Mathieu Schneider	80	10	20	30	-6	78
Alexandre Daigle	58	8	18	26	-5	23
Brian Leetch	50	7	19	26	-16	20
Kevin Hatcher	74	4	19	23	-10	38
Kim Johnsson	76	6	15	21	-13	46
Tim Taylor	76	9	11	20	-4	72
Stephane Quintal	75	2	14	16	-10	77
Mike Knuble^‡	59	9	5	14	-5	18
Eric Lacroix	70	4	8	12	-12	24
Sylvain Lefebvre	82	2	10	12	-13	43
Kevin Stevens	38	3	5	8	-7	43
Todd Harvey^‡	31	3	3	6	-9	62
Rob DiMaio^†	12	1	3	4	-8	8
Rich Pilon^†	45	0	4	4	0	36
Johan Witehall	9	1	1	2	0	2
Jason Dawe	3	0	1	1	0	2
Jason Doig	7	0	1	1	-2	22
P.J. Stock	11	0	1	1	1	11
Darren Langdon	21	0	1	1	-2	26
Derek Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alexei Vasiliev	1	0	0	0	-1	2
Daniel Goneau	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Terry Virtue	1	0	0	0	-2	0
Dale Purinton	1	0	0	0	-1	7
Chris Kenady	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Manny Malhotra	27	0	0	0	-6	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Mike Richter	61	3622	22	31	8	173	2.87	1988	.905
Kirk McLean	22	1206	7	8	4	58	2.89	616	.896
Jean-Francois Labbe	1	60	0	1	0	3	3.00	25	.864
Milan Hnilicka	2	86	0	1	0	5	3.49	49	.886

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts at the FleetCenter.^[6]^[7]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Pavel Brendl	RW	Czech Republic	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1	9	Jamie Lundmark	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	59	David Inman	LW	Canada	Notre Dame (NCAA)
3	79	Johan Asplund	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (SEL)
3	90	Patrick Aufiero	D	United States	Boston University (NCAA)
5	137	Garret Bembridge	RW	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	177	Jay Dardis	C	United States	Proctor Academy (New Hampshire)
7	197	Arto Laatikainen	D	Finland	Blues (FNL)
8	226	Evgeny Gusakov	LW	Russia	Tolyatti-2 (Russia)
9	251	Peter Henning	RW	Sweden	MODO (SEL)
9	254	Alexei Bulatov	LW	Russia	Yekaterinburg Dynamo (Russia)

References

^ "1999–00 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
^ ^a ^b Diamos, Jason (2000-04-09). "On The Rangers; No Reward for the $61 Million Risk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
^ "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 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

[hr-1] "1999–00 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-01-26.

[risk-2] Diamos, Jason (2000-04-09). "On The Rangers; No Reward for the $61 Million Risk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-26.

[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 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

[6] "1999 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

[7] "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

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v t e 1999–2000 NHL season
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
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See also	Entry draft Expansion draft Waiver draft All-Star Game Playoffs 2000 Stanley Cup Finals