1999–2000 St. Louis Blues season

1999–2000 St. Louis Blues
Presidents' Trophy winners
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1999–2000 record	51–19–11–1
Goals for	248
Goals against	165
Team information
General manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Chris Pronger
Alternate captains	Al MacInnis Pierre Turgeon
Arena	Kiel Center

The 1999–2000 St. Louis Blues season was the 33rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.

The Blues qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 21st consecutive season, with a record of 51 wins, 19 losses, 11 ties and one overtime loss (114 points), and won the Central Division title, and the Presidents' Trophy for the best point total in the NHL during the regular season. It was their first division title since the 1986–87 season, when they won the Norris Division, and their last until the 2011–12 season.

Regular season

The Blues allowed the fewest goals during the regular season, with just 165, and had the most shutouts, with nine. They also tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just three.

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	St. Louis Blues	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	4	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
3	11	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

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.

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
3	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
4	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
7	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
8.5
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83
10	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
11	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77
13	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

• The #1 seed Blues were defeated in seven games by the #8 seed San Jose Sharks in the first round.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pavol Demitra	LW	71	28	47	75	8	34	8	0	4
Pierre Turgeon	C	52	26	40	66	8	30	8	0	3
Chris Pronger	D	79	14	48	62	92	52	8	0	3
Michal Handzus	C	81	25	28	53	44	19	3	4	5
Scott Young	RW	75	24	15	39	18	12	6	1	7
Lubos Bartecko	LW	67	16	23	39	51	24	3	0	3
Al MacInnis	D	61	11	28	39	34	20	6	0	7
Mike Eastwood	C	79	19	15	34	32	5	1	3	3
Jochen Hecht	LW	63	13	21	34	28	20	5	0	1
Craig Conroy	C	79	12	15	27	36	5	1	2	3
Stephane Richer	RW	36	8	17	25	14	7	4	0	1
Todd Reirden	D	56	4	21	25	32	18	0	0	1
Marty Reasoner	C	32	10	14	24	20	9	3	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	80	8	15	23	48	9	0	2	2
Jamal Mayers	RW	79	7	10	17	90	0	0	0	0
Tyson Nash	LW	66	4	9	13	150	6	0	1	1
Terry Yake	C	26	4	9	13	22	2	2	0	2
Dave Ellett	D	52	2	8	10	12	-4	0	0	1
Jeff Finley	D	74	2	8	10	38	26	0	0	2
Derek King	LW	19	2	7	9	6	0	1	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	81	1	8	9	75	27	0	0	0
Ricard Persson	D	41	0	8	8	38	-2	0	0	0
Ladislav Nagy	LW	11	2	4	6	2	2	1	0	0
Geoff Courtnall	LW	6	2	2	4	6	3	0	0	1
Bob Bassen	C	27	1	3	4	26	-3	0	0	0
Bryan Helmer	D	15	1	1	2	10	-3	1	0	1
Chris McAlpine	D	21	1	1	2	14	1	0	0	0
Pascal Rheaume	C	7	1	1	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Kelly Chase	RW	25	0	1	1	118	-5	0	0	0
Roman Turek	G	67	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Derek Bekar	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Campbell	RW	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Jamie McLennan	G	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rudy Poeschek	RW/D	12	0	0	0	24	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roman Turek	3960	67	42	15	9	129	1.95	7	1470	1341	.912
Jamie McLennan	1009	19	9	5	2	33	1.96	2	341	308	.903
Team:	4969	82	51	20	11	162	1.96	9	1811	1649	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jochen Hecht	LW	7	4	6	10	2	1	1	0	1
Scott Young	RW	6	6	2	8	8	1	3	0	0
Chris Pronger	D	7	3	4	7	32	0	2	0	2
Pierre Turgeon	C	7	0	7	7	0	-2	0	0	0
Al MacInnis	D	7	1	3	4	14	-1	1	0	0
Jamal Mayers	RW	7	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0
Marty Reasoner	C	7	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	0
Michal Handzus	C	7	0	3	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Lubos Bartecko	LW	7	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Mike Eastwood	C	7	1	1	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Ladislav Nagy	LW	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Craig Conroy	C	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Jeff Finley	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Tyson Nash	LW	6	1	0	1	24	-1	0	0	0
Ricard Persson	D	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Stephane Richer	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Dave Ellett	D	7	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Todd Reirden	D	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Scott Pellerin	LW	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Roman Turek	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roman Turek	415	7	3	4	19	2.75	0	161	142	.882
Team:	415	7	3	4	19	2.75	0	161	142	.882

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

• Presidents' Trophy for best regular season record in the NHL
• Chris Pronger, Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player)

Draft picks

St. Louis'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	17	Barret Jackman	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	85	Peter Smrek	Slovakia	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
4	114	Chad Starling	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	143	Trevor Byrne	United States	Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)
6	180	Tore Vikingstad	Norway	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
7	203	Phil Osaer	United States	Ferris State University (NCAA)
8	221	Colin Hemingway	Canada	Surrey Eagles (BCJHL)
8	232	Alexander Khavanov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
9	260	Brian McMeekin	Canada	Cornell University (NCAA)
9	270	James Desmarais	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)

References

• Blues on Hockey Database