1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	6th Eastern
1999–2000 record	41–30–11–2
Home record	24–10–5–2
Road record	17–18–6–0
Goals for	244
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Marshall Johnston
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Shawn McEachern Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	17,509 per game (717,852 total)
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa and Shawn McEachern (29)
Assists	Daniel Alfredsson (38)
Points	Radek Bonk (60)
Penalty minutes	Andre Roy (145)
Plus/minus	Shaun Van Allen (+20)
Wins	Patrick Lalime (19)
Goals against average	Patrick Lalime (2.33)

The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season saw the Senators drop in the standings, as they finished with 95 points, down from the 103 they registered the previous season. They finished second in the Northeast Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Regular season

This season is remembered by fans as the season that star forward Alexei Yashin decided to sit out due to his contract. He was entering the final year of a five-year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995. However, Yashin demanded a large pay raise after his impressive 1998–99 season and set a deadline that the Senators had to offer him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators opted not sign him, and Yashin sat out the entire 1999–2000 season.

With the loss of Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson was named captain, and, despite missing 25 games due to various injuries, he scored 59 points, behind only Radek Bonk's 60 points in team scoring. Marian Hossa tied Shawn McEachern for the team lead in goals, with 29.

The Senators traded goaltender Damian Rhodes to the Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, and acquired Patrick Lalime from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to split goaltending duties with Ron Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a sub-par season by his standards, and was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Tom Barrasso at the trade deadline.

Final standings

Northeast Division

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

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
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	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

Playoffs

Barrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs. However, it was a short stay for the goaltender, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series was the first Ottawa–Toronto Stanley Cup series since 1922, when the original Senators defeated the St. Patricks in an NHL playoff.

Toronto was the higher seed and drew home ice advantage. The first five games were all won by the home team. The Maple Leafs won 4–2 in Game 6 at Ottawa to win the series four games to two.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 2, 1999	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	1–0–0–0	19,541
2	W	October 5, 1999	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–0–0–0	18,200
3	W	October 7, 1999	4–3	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	3–0–0–0	18,500
4	W	October 9, 1999	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	4–0–0–0	18,500
5	T	October 11, 1999	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	4–0–1–0	15,269
6	L	October 14, 1999	3–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	4–1–1–0	13,879
7	L	October 16, 1999	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	4–2–1–0	18,007
8	W	October 21, 1999	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	5–2–1–0	17,474
9	W	October 23, 1999	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	6–2–1–0	16,081
10	OTL	October 28, 1999	3–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	6–2–1–1	15,903
11	W	October 30, 1999	5–0	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	7–2–1–1	15,239
12	W	October 31, 1999	6–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	8–2–1–1	15,541
13	L	November 3, 1999	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	8–3–1–1	11,012
14	W	November 4, 1999	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	9–3–1–1	16,279
15	W	November 6, 1999	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	10–3–1–1	18,500
16	W	November 10, 1999	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–3–1–1	18,200
17	L	November 11, 1999	1–2	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	11–4–1–1	14,765
18	W	November 13, 1999	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	12–4–1–1	18,500
19	L	November 17, 1999	1–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	12–5–1–1	11,237
20	L	November 18, 1999	1–4	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	12–6–1–1	16,976
21	L	November 20, 1999	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	12–7–1–1	15,027
22	W	November 25, 1999	6–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	13–7–1–1	16,457
23	L	November 26, 1999	0–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	13–8–1–1	17,115
24	T	November 28, 1999	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	13–8–2–1	17,709
25	W	November 30, 1999	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	14–8–2–1	17,875
26	L	December 3, 1999	4–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	14–9–2–1	12,393
27	L	December 4, 1999	1–3	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	14–10–2–1	18,211
28	T	December 8, 1999	0–0 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	14–10–3–1	16,789
29	T	December 11, 1999	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	14–10–4–1	17,129
30	W	December 13, 1999	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	15–10–4–1	19,087
31	W	December 16, 1999	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	16–10–4–1	14,120
32	L	December 18, 1999	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	16–11–4–1	14,549
33	T	December 19, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	16–11–5–1	16,217
34	W	December 23, 1999	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	17–11–5–1	18,500
35	T	December 27, 1999	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	17–11–6–1	18,500
36	W	December 29, 1999	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	18–11–6–1	21,273
37	W	December 30, 1999	5–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	19–11–6–1	18,500
38	OTL	January 3, 2000	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	19–11–6–2	18,181
39	W	January 4, 2000	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	20–11–6–2	7,848
40	W	January 6, 2000	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	21–11–6–2	17,484
41	L	January 8, 2000	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	21–12–6–2	18,500
42	W	January 11, 2000	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	22–12–6–2	14,224
43	W	January 12, 2000	2–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	23–12–6–2	12,501
44	L	January 16, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	23–13–6–2	13,749
45	W	January 17, 2000	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	24–13–6–2	7,247
46	T	January 20, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	24–13–7–2	19,602
47	L	January 22, 2000	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	24–14–7–2	18,500
48	T	January 24, 2000	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	24–14–8–2	19,210
49	L	January 26, 2000	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	24–15–8–2	18,078
50	L	January 28, 2000	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	24–16–8–2	18,690
51	W	January 29, 2000	3–2	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	25–16–8–2	18,211
52	T	February 1, 2000	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	25–16–9–2	17,756
53	L	February 3, 2000	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	25–17–9–2	18,690
54	W	February 11, 2000	5–3	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–17–9–2	17,763
55	L	February 12, 2000	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	26–18–9–2	21,273
56	W	February 15, 2000	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	27–18–9–2	16,610
57	W	February 17, 2000	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	28–18–9–2	16,214
58	L	February 19, 2000	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	28–19–9–2	18,500
59	W	February 21, 2000	4–2	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	29–19–9–2	15,226
60	L	February 24, 2000	4–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	29–20–9–2	13,343
61	W	February 26, 2000	4–2	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	30–20–9–2	18,500
62	T	February 28, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	30–20–10–2	16,081
63	W	February 29, 2000	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	31–20–10–2	15,150
64	T	March 2, 2000	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	31–20–11–2	6,224
65	W	March 4, 2000	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	32–20–11–2	17,411
66	W	March 6, 2000	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	33–20–11–2	15,836
67	W	March 9, 2000	7–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	34–20–11–2	16,737
68	L	March 11, 2000	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	34–21–11–2	18,500
69	W	March 15, 2000	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	35–21–11–2	16,642
70	L	March 17, 2000	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	35–22–11–2	17,100
71	L	March 18, 2000	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	35–23–11–2	17,762
72	W	March 21, 2000	7–1	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	36–23–11–2	16,408
73	W	March 23, 2000	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	37–23–11–2	18,500
74	L	March 25, 2000	3–4	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	37–24–11–2	18,136
75	W	March 28, 2000	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	38–24–11–2	17,903
76	L	March 30, 2000	3–6	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	38–25–11–2	13,310
77	L	March 31, 2000	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	38–26–11–2	14,835
78	L	April 2, 2000	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	38–27–11–2	19,713
79	W	April 4, 2000	4–0	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	39–27–11–2	16,902
80	L	April 6, 2000	1–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	39–28–11–2	16,626
81	W	April 8, 2000	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	40–28–11–2	21,273
82	W	April 9, 2000	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	41–28–11–2	18,022

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Attendance
1	April 12	Ottawa	0 – 2	Toronto	0 – 1	19,330
2	April 15	Ottawa	1 – 5	Toronto	0 – 2	19,391
3	April 17	Toronto	3 – 4	Ottawa	1 – 2	18,500
4	April 19	Toronto	1 – 2	Ottawa	2 – 2	18,500
5	April 22	Ottawa	1 – 2	Toronto	2 – 3	19,393
6	April 24	Toronto	4 – 2	Ottawa	2 – 4	18,500

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Radek Bonk	C	80	23	37	60	53	-2	10	0	5
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	57	21	38	59	28	11	4	2	0
Marian Hossa	RW	78	29	27	56	32	5	5	0	4
Vaclav Prospal	C	79	22	33	55	40	-2	5	0	4
Shawn McEachern	RW	69	29	22	51	24	2	10	0	4
Joe Juneau	C	65	13	24	37	22	3	2	0	2
Wade Redden	D	81	10	26	36	49	-1	3	0	2
Andreas Dackell	RW	82	10	25	35	18	5	0	0	1
Jason York	D	79	8	22	30	60	-3	1	0	1
Magnus Arvedson	LW	47	15	13	28	36	4	1	1	4
Shaun Van Allen	C	75	9	19	28	37	20	0	2	4
Patrick Traverse	D	66	6	17	23	21	17	1	0	0
Rob Zamuner	LW	57	9	12	21	32	-6	0	1	0
Chris Phillips	D	65	5	14	19	39	12	0	0	1
Igor Kravchuk	D	64	6	12	18	20	-5	5	0	1
Sami Salo	D	37	6	8	14	2	6	3	0	1
Kevin Dineen	RW	67	4	8	12	57	2	0	0	1
Janne Laukkanen	D	60	1	11	12	55	14	0	0	0
Mike Fisher	C	32	4	5	9	15	-6	0	0	1
Andre Roy	RW	73	4	3	7	145	3	0	0	1
Colin Forbes	C	45	2	5	7	12	-1	0	0	0
Petr Schastlivy	LW	13	2	5	7	2	4	1	0	1
Grant Ledyard	D	40	2	4	6	8	-3	0	0	1
Kevin Miller	C	9	3	2	5	2	1	1	0	2
Bruce Gardiner	RW	10	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0
Yves Sarault	LW	11	0	2	2	7	-3	0	0	0
Steve Martins	C	2	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Tom Barrasso	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vyacheslav Butsayev	C	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Bobby Dollas	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
John Emmons	C	10	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Mike Fountain	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erich Goldmann	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Gruden	D	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Jani Hurme	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Karel Rachunek	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Van Drunen	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Lalime	2038	38	19	14	3	79	2.33	3	834	755	.905
Ron Tugnutt	2435	44	18	12	8	103	2.54	4	1020	917	.899
Tom Barrasso	418	7	3	4	0	22	3.16	0	182	160	.879
Jani Hurme	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0	19	17	.895
Mike Fountain	16	1	0	0	0	1	3.75	0	6	5	.833
Team:	4967	82	41	30	11	207	2.50	7	2061	1854	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	6	1	3	4	2	0	1	0	0
Vaclav Prospal	C	6	0	4	4	4	-1	0	0	0
Andreas Dackell	RW	6	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
Joe Juneau	C	6	2	1	3	0	-1	0	0	0
Shawn McEachern	RW	6	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Rob Zamuner	LW	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
Igor Kravchuk	D	6	1	1	2	0	-5	0	0	0
Sami Salo	D	6	1	1	2	0	-8	1	0	0
Jason York	D	6	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Colin Forbes	C	5	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Shaun Van Allen	C	6	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
Magnus Arvedson	LW	6	0	0	0	6	-6	0	0	0
Tom Barrasso	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Radek Bonk	C	6	0	0	0	8	-6	0	0	0
Marian Hossa	RW	6	0	0	0	2	-8	0	0	0
Grant Ledyard	D	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Kevin Miller	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Roy	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Petr Schastlivy	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Traverse	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tom Barrasso	372	6	2	4	16	2.58	0	168	152	.905
Team:	372	6	2	4	16	2.58	0	168	152	.905

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

• Molson Cup - Marian Hossa

Transactions

Trades

June 18, 1999	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Anti-Jussi Niemi Ted Donato	To Ottawa Senators Patrick Lalime
June 18, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Damian Rhodes	To Ottawa Senators future considerations
June 30, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning Rick Dudley Andreas Johansson	To Ottawa Senators Rob Zamuner Tampa's second-round pick 2002 Draft (later traded)
November 11, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning Bruce Gardiner	To Ottawa Senators Colin Forbes
March 8, 2000	To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Jeff Shevalier
March 14, 1999	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Tugnutt Janne Laukkanen	To Ottawa Senators Tom Barrasso
March 18, 2000	To Quebec (AHL) Jeff Shevalier (loan)	To Ottawa Senators Jason McBain

Waivers

September 27, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vyacheslav Butsayev
October 28, 1999	To Ottawa Senators Vyacheslav Butsayev (assigned to Grand Rapids)
October 29, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Martins
November 11, 1999	To Calgary Flames Bobby Dollas

Expansion draft

June 25, 1998

To Atlanta Thrashers Phil Crowe

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.

Roster

1999–2000 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Jani Hurme  30 – Mike Fountain  31 – Ron Tugnutt  35 – Tom Barrasso  40 – Patrick Lalime		Defencemen 2 – Bobby Dollas  2 – Grant Ledyard  3 – Patrick Traverse  4 – Chris Phillips  5 – Sami Salo  6 – Wade Redden  - A 24 – John Gruden  27 – Janne Laukkanen  29 – Igor Kravchuk  33 – Jason York  44 – Karel Rachunek  52 – David Van Drunen  59 – Erich Goldmann	Wingers 7 – Rob Zamuner  9 – Kevin Dineen  10 – Andreas Dackell  11 – Daniel Alfredsson  - C 15 – Shawn McEachern  - A 18 – Marian Hossa  20 – Magnus Arvedson  23 – Yves Sarault  25 – Bruce Gardiner  26 – Andre Roy  56 – Petr Schastlivy		Centres 12 – Mike Fisher  13 – Vaclav Prospal  14 – Radek Bonk  16 – Steve Martins  17 – Colin Forbes  21 – Kevin Miller  22 – Shaun Van Allen  25 – Vyacheslav Butsayev  38 – John Emmons  39 – Joe Juneau  GM: Marshall Johnston Coach: Jacques Martin

Sources:

• "NHL.com - Player Search". NHL. Retrieved 2010-02-08.

Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	26	Martin Havlat	Czech Republic	Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga)
2	48	Simon Lajeunesse	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2	62	Teemu Sainomaa	Finland	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
3	94	Chris Kelly	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
5	154	Andrew Ianiero	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
6	164	Martin Prusek	Czech Republic	HC Vitkovice (Czech Extraliga)
7	201	Mikko Ruutu	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
7	209	Layne Ulmer	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	213	Alexandre Giroux	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
9	269	Konstantin Gorovikov	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Farm teams

• Grand Rapids Griffins (International Hockey League)
• Mobile Mysticks (East Coast Hockey League)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007