1999–2000 Florida Panthers season

The 1999–2000 Florida Panthers season was their seventh season in the National Hockey League.

1999–2000 Florida Panthers
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	5th Eastern
1999–2000 record	43–27–6–6
Home record	26–9–4–2
Road record	17–18–2–4
Goals for	244
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Scott Mellanby
Arena	National Car Rental Center
Average attendance	15,981
Minor league affiliate(s)	Louisville Panthers Port Huron Border Cats
Team leaders
Goals	Pavel Bure (58)
Assists	Viktor Kozlov (53)
Points	Pavel Bure (94)
Penalty minutes	Todd Simpson (202)
Plus/minus	Pavel Bure (+25)
Wins	Mike Vernon (18)
Goals against average	Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.31)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division^[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Washington Capitals	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
2	5	Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
3	9	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
4	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
5	15	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

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.

Eastern Conference^[2]

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

The Panthers made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1997. As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fourth-seeded New Jersey Devils. However, the Panthers were eliminated in a four-game sweep. The Devils' sweep over the Panthers began a 12-year drought where the Florida team never made the playoffs. The Panthers would reenter the playoffs in 2012 after winning the Southeast Division title.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–0 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 13, 2000 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 16, 2000 1–2 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 2–0 Recap 3 L April 18, 2000 1–2 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–0 Recap 4 L April 20, 2000 1–4 New Jersey Devils Devils win 4–0 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 Panthers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	Pavel Bure	RW	74	58	36	94	25	16	4	1	3	4	−3	2
14	Ray Whitney	LW	81	29	42	71	16	35	4	1	0	1	−2	4
25	Viktor Kozlov	C	80	17	53	70	24	16	4	0	1	1	−3	0
24	Robert Svehla	D	82	9	40	49	23	64	4	0	1	1	0	4
27	Scott Mellanby	RW	77	18	28	46	14	126	4	0	1	1	0	2
21	Mark Parrish	RW	81	26	18	44	1	39	4	0	1	1	−2	0
28	Jaroslav Spacek	D	82	10	26	36	7	53	4	0	0	0	−1	0
44	Rob Niedermayer	C	81	10	23	33	−5	46	4	1	0	1	−1	6
4	Bret Hedican	D	76	6	19	25	4	68	4	0	0	0	1	0
13[a]	Oleg Kvasha	RW	78	5	20	25	3	34	4	0	0	0	0	0
26[b]	Ray Sheppard†	RW	47	10	10	20	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Mike Wilson	D	60	4	16	20	10	35	4	0	0	0	−5	0
19	Radek Dvorak‡	RW	35	7	10	17	5	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Cam Stewart	LW	65	9	7	16	−2	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
12[c]	Ryan Johnson‡	C	66	4	12	16	1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Paul Laus	D	77	3	8	11	−1	172	4	0	0	0	0	8
9	Len Barrie†	C	14	4	6	10	4	6	4	0	0	0	−1	0
8	Peter Worrell	LW	48	3	6	9	−7	169	4	1	0	1	−2	8
16	Mike Sillinger†	C	13	4	4	8	−1	16	4	2	1	3	−1	2
2	Lance Pitlick	D	62	3	5	8	7	44	4	0	1	1	0	0
22	Todd Simpson	D	82	1	6	7	5	202	4	0	0	0	−4	4
5	Filip Kuba‡	D	13	1	5	6	−3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
16[d]	Ivan Novoseltsev	RW	14	2	1	3	−3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Alex Hicks	LW	8	1	2	3	3	4	4	0	1	1	−1	4
6	Dan Boyle	D	13	0	3	3	−2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
29[e]	Mike Vernon†	G	34	0	3	3		2	4	0	0	0		10
45	Brad Ference	D	13	0	2	2	2	46	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Marcus Nilson	LW	9	0	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Eric Boguniecki	C	4	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Sean Burke‡	G	7	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Dave Duerden	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	Craig Ferguson	C	3	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Dwayne Hay‡	LW	6	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	John Jakopin	D	17	0	0	0	−2	26	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Trevor Kidd	G	28	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Mikhail Shtalenkov†	G	15	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Richard Shulmistra	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Chris Wells‡	C	13	0	0	0	−5	14	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29[e]	Mike Vernon†	34	18	13	2	1020	83	2.47	.919	1	2019	4	0	4	136	12	3.04	.912	0	237
37	Trevor Kidd	28	14	11	2	809	69	2.63	.915	1	1574	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Mikhail Shtalenkov†	15	8	4	2	369	34	2.31	.908	0	882	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Sean Burke‡	7	2	5	0	208	18	2.58	.913	0	418	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Richard Shulmistra	1	1	0	0	21	1	1.00	.952	0	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Pavel Bure	[4]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Pavel Bure (Right Wing)	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Pavel Bure	[6]
		Viktor Kozlov
		Ray Whitney[f]
	NHL Player of the Month	Pavel Bure (December)	[8]
	NHL Player of the Week	Pavel Bure (December 20)	[9]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ivan Novoseltsev	October 13, 1999	[10]
	Dave Duerden	January 6, 2000
	Eric Boguniecki	March 3, 2000
	Brad Ference	March 10, 2000
1,000th game played	Scott Mellanby	March 1, 2000	[11]

Transactions

Draft picks

Florida'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)
1	12	Denis Shvidki	Ukraine	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	40	Alex Auld	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
3	70	Niklas Hagman	Finland	HIFK (Finland)
3	80	Jean-Francois Laniel	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4	103	Morgan McCormick	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	109	Rod Sarich	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	169	Brad Woods	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
7	198	Travis Eagles	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
8	227	Jonathan Charron	Canada	Val-d'or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Louisville Panthers

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Kvasha wore number 16 in his first seven games.
2. Sheppard wore number 16 in his first eight games.
3. Johnson wore number 29 through January 1.
4. Novoseltsev wore number 26 in his first eleven games.
5. Vernon wore number 32 in his first game.
6. Whitney was an injury replacement for Pierre Turgeon of the St. Louis Blues.^[7]

References

• "Florida Panthers 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
• "1999-00 Florida Panthers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

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7. "Avalanche coach furious over injury to Forsberg". The Globe and Mail. February 4, 2000. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Left winger Ray Whitney of the Florida Panthers replaces injured Blues star Pierre Turgeon on the North American team.
8. "Florida's Bure Nabs Player of Month Honors". NHL.com. January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on June 15, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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