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1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens
Division4th Northeast
Conference9th Eastern
1999–2000 record35–34–9–4
Home record18–17–5–1
Road record17–17–4–3
Goals for196
Goals against194
Team information
General managerRejean Houle
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainSaku Koivu
Alternate captainsShayne Corson
Turner Stevenson
ArenaMolson Centre
Average attendance20,205
Minor league affiliate(s)Quebec Citadelles
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
Team leaders
GoalsSergei Zholtok (26)
AssistsDainius Zubrus (28)
PointsMartin Rucinsky (49)
Penalty minutesShayne Corson (115)
Plus/minusCraig Rivet (+11)
WinsJeff Hackett (23)
Goals against averageJose Theodore (2.10)

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

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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

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Final standings

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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
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


Schedule and results

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

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
26 Martin Rucinsky LW 80 25 24 49 1 70
15 Dainius Zubrus C 73 14 28 42 −1 54
34 Sergei Zholtok C 68 26 12 38 2 28
43 Patrice Brisebois D 54 10 25 35 −1 18
14 Trevor Linden RW 50 13 17 30 −3 34
49 Brian Savage LW 38 17 12 29 −4 19
17 Benoit Brunet LW 50 14 15 29 3 13
22 Eric Weinrich D 77 4 25 29 4 39
27 Shayne Corson LW 70 8 20 28 −2 115
32 Oleg Petrov RW 44 2 24 26 10 8
23 Turner Stevenson RW 64 8 13 21 −1 61
11 Saku Koivu C 24 3 18 21 7 14
28 Karl Dykhuis† D 67 7 12 19 −3 40
63 Craig Darby C 76 7 10 17 −14 14
52 Craig Rivet D 61 3 14 17 11 76
51 Francis Bouillon D 74 3 13 16 −7 38
37 Patrick Poulin C 82 10 5 15 −15 17
40 Jesse Belanger C 16 3 6 9 2 2
29 Jim Cummins RW 47 3 5 8 −5 92
45 Arron Asham RW 33 4 2 6 −7 24
55 Igor Ulanov‡ D 43 1 5 6 −11 76
20 Scott Lachance D 57 0 6 6 −4 22
24 Scott Thornton‡ LW 35 2 3 5 −7 70
44 Sheldon Souray† D 19 3 0 3 7 44
61 Jason Ward RW 32 2 1 3 −1 10
48 Miloslav Guren D 24 1 2 3 −5 12
47 Juha Lind† C 13 1 2 3 −2 4
71 Mike Ribeiro C 19 1 1 2 −6 2
46 Matt Higgins C 25 0 2 2 −6 4
24 Christian Laflamme† D 15 0 2 2 −5 8
21 Barry Richter D 23 0 2 2 −5 8
6 Trent McCleary RW 12 1 0 1 2 4
35 Andrei Bashkirov LW 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Jeff Hackett G 56 0 0 0 4
38 Vladimir Malakhov‡ D 7 0 0 0 0 4
36 Dave Morissette LW 1 0 0 0 0 5
44 Stephane Robidas D 1 0 0 0 0 0
60 Jose Theodore G 30 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31 Jeff Hackett 56 23 25 7 1543 132 2.40 .914 3 3301
60 Jose Theodore 30 12 13 2 717 58 2.10 .919 3 1655

Awards and records

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Awards

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Head coach Alain Vigneault was a runner-up for the Jack Adams Trophy.[6]

Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Martin Rucinsky [7]
NHL Player of the Week Jose Theodore (November 29)[a] [8]
Team Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy Eric Weinrich [9]
Molson Cup Jeff Hackett [10]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Francis Bouillon October 2, 1999 [11]
Mike Ribeiro
Stephane Robidas October 20, 1999
Jason Ward December 3, 1999

Transactions

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Draft picks

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Montreal's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.[12]

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)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Co-winner with Jeremy Roenick of the Phoenix Coyotes.

References

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  • "Montreal Canadiens 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  • "1999-00 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  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.
  4. ^ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "1999-00 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  6. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  7. ^ "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "Roenick, Theodore Share Honors". NHL.com. November 29, 1999. Archived from the original on April 20, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  9. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
  10. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
  11. ^ "1999-00 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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