1999–2000 San Jose Sharks season

1999–2000 San Jose Sharks
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	8th Western
1999–2000 record	35–30–10–7
Goals for	225
Goals against	214
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan
Alternate captains	Vincent Damphousse Gary Suter

The 1999–2000 San Jose Sharks season was the team's ninth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Under third-year head coach Darryl Sutter, the Sharks posted a winning record for the first time in franchise history; in doing so, they managed to clinch a playoff berth for the third consecutive season.

The Sharks' 1999–2000 regular season is remembered, in large part, for the heroics of captain Owen Nolan. Nolan, in his fourth full season with the team, posted career-best goal (44) and point (84) totals; both figures established new franchise records. Nolan's excellent play was complemented by that of fellow forwards Vincent Damphousse and Jeff Friesen; fan-favorite Mike Ricci, in his third season with the team, also turned in a quality campaign. All told, San Jose's offense improved considerably despite disappointing production from young forwards Patrick Marleau and Marco Sturm. By contrast, the Sharks' defense regressed despite quality play from starting goaltender Steve Shields, rookie goaltender Evgeni Nabokov, and defensemen Gary Suter and Brad Stuart. Still, the team finished the 1999–2000 campaign with franchise-record point (87) and win (35) totals.

The Sharks' competent play netted them the Western Conference's eighth, and final, playoff berth. In the first round, they faced the top-seeded (and heavily favored) St. Louis Blues. As expected, the Blues took the series' first game with relative ease; the Sharks shocked onlookers, however, by winning each of the next three. The Blues responded with two decisive victories of their own; in doing so, they forced a deciding seventh game in St. Louis. There, in an upset on par with their 1994 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, the Sharks scored a stunning 3–1 victory. The game is remembered, in part, for an infamous center-ice goal by Owen Nolan on Blues goaltender Roman Turek. The goal, which gave the Sharks a 2–0 lead, ultimately served as the series-winner. In the second round, the team faced the second-seeded Dallas Stars. Unlike the Blues, the defending Stanley Cup champion Stars made quick work of the Sharks; while the latter managed to steal a game in San Jose, they were ultimately eliminated in five games.

Regular season

The Sharks had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season (377) and scored the most short-handed goals (16).

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
3	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
5	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83

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

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Owen Nolan RW 78 44 40 84 110 −1 18 4 6 Vincent Damphousse C 82 21 49 70 58 4 3 1 1 Jeff Friesen LW 82 26 35 61 47 −2 11 3 7 Mike Ricci C 82 20 24 44 60 14 10 0 5 Patrick Marleau C 81 17 23 40 36 −9 3 0 3 Niklas Sundstrom RW 79 12 25 37 22 9 2 1 2 Brad Stuart D 82 10 26 36 32 3 5 1 3 Alexander Korolyuk LW 57 14 21 35 35 4 3 0 1 Gary Suter D 76 6 28 34 52 7 2 1 0 Marco Sturm LW 74 12 15 27 22 4 2 4 3 Stephane Matteau LW 69 12 12 24 61 −3 0 0 3 Jeff Norton D 62 0 20 20 49 −2 0 0 0 Marcus Ragnarsson D 63 3 13 16 38 13 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 66 2 14 16 31 −2 0 0 0 Tony Granato RW 48 6 7 13 39 2 1 0 0 Todd Harvey RW/C 40 8 4 12 78 −2 2 0 0 Ron Sutter C 78 5 6 11 34 −3 0 1 1 Ron Stern RW 67 4 5 9 151 −9 0 0 0 Dave Lowry LW 32 1 4 5 18 1 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 49 0 4 4 72 3 0 0 0 Scott Hannan D 30 1 2 3 10 7 0 0 0 Andy Sutton D 40 1 1 2 80 −5 0 0 0 Murray Craven LW 19 0 2 2 4 −2 0 0 0 Brantt Myhres RW 13 0 1 1 97 0 0 0 0 Bob Rouse D 26 0 1 1 19 −3 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 67 0 1 1 29 0 0 0 0 Shawn Heins D 1 0 0 0 2 −1 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Vernon G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Steve Shields 3797 67 27 30 8 162 2.56 4 1826 1664 .911 Mike Vernon 772 15 6 5 1 32 2.49 0 360 328 .911 Evgeni Nabokov 414 11 2 2 1 15 2.17 1 166 151 .910 Team: 4983 82 35 37 10 209 2.52 5 2352 2143 .911

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Owen Nolan RW 10 8 2 10 6 −2 2 2 3 Vincent Damphousse C 12 1 7 8 16 −5 1 0 0 Gary Suter D 12 2 5 7 12 −6 1 0 1 Mike Ricci C 12 5 1 6 2 −3 3 0 1 Jeff Friesen LW 11 2 2 4 10 −4 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 12 1 3 4 8 1 0 0 0 Marco Sturm LW 12 1 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 11 2 1 3 12 2 0 0 0 Dave Lowry LW 12 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 Alexander Korolyuk LW 9 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 0 Marcus Ragnarsson D 12 0 3 3 10 3 0 0 0 Patrick Marleau C 5 1 1 2 2 −3 1 0 0 Stephane Matteau LW 10 0 2 2 8 −2 0 0 0 Niklas Sundstrom RW 12 0 2 2 2 −3 0 0 0 Ron Sutter C 12 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 Todd Harvey RW/C 12 1 0 1 8 −2 1 0 0 Ron Stern RW 3 1 0 1 11 −2 0 0 0 Brad Stuart D 12 1 0 1 6 −11 1 0 0 Tony Granato RW 12 0 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 Scott Hannan D 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Norton D 12 0 1 1 7 −3 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Steve Shields 696 12 5 7 36 3.10 0 323 287 .889 Evgeni Nabokov 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 10 1.000 Team: 716 12 5 7 36 3.02 0 333 297 .892

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;

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	14	Jeff Jillson	Defence	United States	University of Michigan
3	82	Marc Concannon	Left Wing	United States	The Winchendon School
4	111	Willie Levesque	Right Wing	United States	Northeastern University
5	155	Niko Dimitrakos	Right Wing	United States	University of Maine
8	229	Eric Betournay	Centre	Canada	Acadie-Bathurst Titan
8	241	Douglas Murray	Defence	Sweden	New York Apple Core
9	257	Hannes Hyvönen	Right wing	Finland	TPS

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• "1999–2000 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.