1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 74th season of operation in the National Hockey League.

1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd Central
Conference	4th Western
1999–2000 record	48–22–10–2
Home record	28–9–3–1
Road record	20–13–7–1
Goals for	278
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	19,983
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Louisiana IceGators
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (41)
Assists	Nicklas Lidstrom (53)
Points	Steve Yzerman (79)
Penalty minutes	Martin Lapointe (121)
Plus/minus	Chris Chelios (+48)
Wins	Chris Osgood (30)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.40)
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Off-season

Regular season

The Red Wings led in goals for during the regular season, with 278. They also finished first in power-play goals scored, with 69 (tied with the Philadelphia Flyers) and power-play percentage (20.41%).^[1]

Final standings

Central Division^[2]

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^[3]

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

Regular season

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

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings — Red Wings win 4–0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 W April 13, 2000 2–0 Los Angeles Kings Red Wings lead 1–0 Recap 2 W April 15, 2000 8–5 Los Angeles Kings Red Wings lead 2–0 Recap 3 W April 17, 2000 2–1 @ Los Angeles Kings Red Wings lead 3–0 Recap 4 W April 19, 2000 3–0 @ Los Angeles Kings Red Wings win 4–0 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche — Avalanche win 4–1 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 27, 2000 0–2 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 29, 2000 1–3 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–0 Recap 3 W May 1, 2000 3–1 Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap 4 L May 3, 2000 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 3–1 Recap 5 L May 5, 2000 2–4 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche win 4–1 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Red Wings only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Steve Yzerman	C	78	35	44	79	28	34	8	0	4	4	−4	0
14	Brendan Shanahan	LW	78	41	37	78	24	105	9	3	2	5	0	10
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	81	20	53	73	19	18	9	2	4	6	−6	4
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	68	27	35	62	8	22	9	4	4	8	2	4
15	Pat Verbeek†	RW	68	22	26	48	22	95	9	1	1	2	−4	2
8	Igor Larionov	C	79	9	38	47	13	28	9	1	2	3	−2	6
20	Martin Lapointe	RW	82	16	25	41	17	121	9	3	1	4	−1	20
28	Steve Duchesne	D	79	10	31	41	12	42	9	0	4	4	2	10
55	Larry Murphy	D	81	10	30	40	4	45	9	2	3	5	1	2
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	72	18	18	36	11	28	8	2	1	3	−3	12
96	Tomas Holmstrom	LW	72	13	22	35	4	43	9	3	1	4	3	16
24	Chris Chelios	D	81	3	31	34	48	103	9	0	1	1	−3	8
17	Doug Brown	RW	51	10	8	18	8	12	3	0	1	1	0	0
11	Mathieu Dandenault	D	81	6	12	18	−12	20	6	0	0	0	2	2
39[a]	Stacy Roest	C	49	7	9	16	−1	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	Kirk Maltby	RW	41	6	8	14	1	24	8	0	1	1	0	4
25	Darren McCarty	RW	24	6	6	12	1	48	9	0	1	1	3	12
33	Kris Draper	C	51	5	7	12	3	28	9	2	0	2	4	6
22	Yuri Butsayev	C	57	5	3	8	−6	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Jiri Fischer	D	52	0	8	8	1	45	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Brent Gilchrist	LW	24	4	2	6	1	24	6	0	0	0	−3	6
21	Darryl Laplante	C	30	0	6	6	−2	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Aaron Ward	D	36	1	3	4	−4	24	3	0	0	0	0	0
44	Yan Golubovsky	D	21	1	2	3	3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
23[b]	Todd Gill†	D	13	2	0	2	2	15	9	0	1	1	2	4
37	Marc Rodgers	RW	21	1	1	2	−3	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Chris Osgood	G	53	0	1	1		18	9	0	1	1		4
31	Ken Wregget	G	29	0	1	1		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Manny Legace†	G	4	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Jesse Wallin	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	B. J. Young	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Chris Osgood	53	52	30	14	8	1,349	126	2.40	.907	6	3,147:32	9	9	5	4	237	18	1.97	.924	2	546:54
31	Ken Wregget	29	26	14	10	2	700	70	2.66	.900	0	1,578:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Manny Legace†	4	4	4	0	0	117	11	2.75	.906	0	239:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Trophy	Steve Yzerman	[5]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense)	[6]
		Brendan Shanahan (Left Wing)
		Steve Yzerman (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Scotty Bowman (coach)	[7]
		Chris Chelios
		Nicklas Lidstrom[c]
		Brendan Shanahan[c]
		Steve Yzerman[c]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Yuri Butsayev	October 2, 1999	[9]
	Marc Rodgers	October 5, 1999
	Jiri Fischer	October 13, 1999
	B. J. Young	November 28, 1999
	Jesse Wallin	April 9, 2000
25th shutout	Chris Osgood	October 23, 1999
400th goal	Brendan Shanahan	November 13, 1999	[10]
1,000th point	Pat Verbeek	February 27, 2000	[11]

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit'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)
4	120	Jari Tolsa	Sweden	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5	149	Andrei Maximenko	Russia	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
6	181	Kent McDonell	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	210	Henrik Zetterberg	Sweden	Timra IK (Sweden)
8	238	Anton Borodkin	Russia	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	266	Ken Davis	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Roest wore number 23 until Gill was acquired.
2. Gill wore number 29 in his first game.
3. Lidstrom, Shanahan, and Yzerman were voted to the starting lineup.^[8]