1999–2000 New York Islanders season

1999–2000 New York Islanders
1999–2000 New York Islanders
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
1999–2000 record	24–48–9–1
Home record	10–25–5–1
Road record	14–23–4–0
Goals for	194
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Butch Goring
Captain	Kenny Jonsson
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	9,748
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lowell Lock Monsters; Chicago Wolves; Trenton Titans
Team leaders
Goals	Mariusz Czerkawski (35)
Assists	Mariusz Czerkawski (35)
Points	Mariusz Czerkawski (70)
Penalty minutes	Eric Cairns (196)
Plus/minus	Ian Herbers (+6)
Wins	Kevin Weekes (10)
Goals against average	Felix Potvin (3.21)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 New York Islanders season was the 28th season in the franchise's history. In this season, the Islanders slipped to last place in the Atlantic Division, and 13th overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Off-season

Captain Trevor Linden was traded to the Montreal Canadiens; defenseman Kenny Jonsson was named his replacement as captain.

Regular season

The Islanders had the most power-play opportunities against during the regular season, with 420, and allowed the most power-play goals, with 84.^[1]

On March 2, 2000, the Islanders scored three short-handed goals in a 5–5 tie with the Ottawa Senators.^[2]

Final standings

Atlantic Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58

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^[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

1999–2000 regular season^[5]

October: 2–6–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 2, 1999	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	W	October 10, 1999	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	1–1–0–0	Recap
3	L	October 11, 1999	2–4	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	1–2–0–0	Recap
4	L	October 14, 1999	0–2	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	1–3–0–0	Recap
5	L	October 16, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	1–4–0–0	Recap
6	W	October 18, 1999	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	2–4–0–0	Recap
7	T	October 23, 1999	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	2–4–1–0	Recap
8	L	October 27, 1999	3–6	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	2–5–1–0	Recap
9	L	October 30, 1999	0–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	2–6–1–0	Recap

November: 4–6–2–0 (home: 1–3–0–0; road: 3–3–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
10	T	November 3, 1999	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	2–6–2–0	Recap
11	W	November 4, 1999	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	3–6–2–0	Recap
12	L	November 6, 1999	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	3–7–2–0	Recap
13	W	November 10, 1999	2–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	4–7–2–0	Recap
14	L	November 12, 1999	0–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	4–8–2–0	Recap
15	L	November 13, 1999	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	4–9–2–0	Recap
16	W	November 19, 1999	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	5–9–2–0	Recap
17	T	November 21, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	5–9–3–0	Recap
18	L	November 23, 1999	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	5–10–3–0	Recap
19	L	November 27, 1999	3–4	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	5–11–3–0	Recap
20	W	November 28, 1999	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	6–11–3–0	Recap
21	L	November 30, 1999	1–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	6–12–3–0	Recap

December: 3–9–2–0 (home: 3–6–1–0; road: 0–3–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
22	L	December 2, 1999	0–5	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	6–13–3–0	Recap
23	L	December 4, 1999	3–4	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	6–14–3–0	Recap
24	L	December 7, 1999	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	6–15–3–0	Recap
25	L	December 9, 1999	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	6–16–3–0	Recap
26	T	December 11, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	6–16–4–0	Recap
27	L	December 14, 1999	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	6–17–4–0	Recap
28	L	December 15, 1999	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	6–18–4–0	Recap
29	T	December 18, 1999	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	6–18–5–0	Recap
30	W	December 19, 1999	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	7–18–5–0	Recap
31	L	December 21, 1999	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	7–19–5–0	Recap
32	W	December 23, 1999	4–2	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	8–19–5–0	Recap
33	W	December 27, 1999	3–0	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–19–5–0	Recap
34	L	December 29, 1999	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	9–20–5–0	Recap
35	L	December 30, 1999	3–9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	9–21–5–0	Recap

January: 4–9–1–1 (home: 1–3–1–1; road: 3–6–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
36	L	January 2, 2000	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	9–22–5–0	Recap
37	L	January 4, 2000	3–7	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	9–23–5–0	Recap
38	L	January 6, 2000	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	9–24–5–0	Recap
39	W	January 8, 2000	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	10–24–5–0	Recap
40	T	January 10, 2000	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	10–24–6–0	Recap
41	L	January 12, 2000	3–4	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	10–25–6–0	Recap
42	L	January 13, 2000	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	10–26–6–0	Recap
43	L	January 15, 2000	2–5	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	10–27–6–0	Recap
44	OTL	January 17, 2000	3–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	10–27–6–1	Recap
45	L	January 19, 2000	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	10–28–6–1	Recap
46	L	January 21, 2000	0–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	10–29–6–1	Recap
47	W	January 22, 2000	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	11–29–6–1	Recap
48	W	January 26, 2000	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	12–29–6–1	Recap
49	W	January 29, 2000	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	13–29–6–1	Recap
50	L	January 31, 2000	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	13–30–6–1	Recap

February: 4–8–1–0 (home: 2–6–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
51	L	February 2, 2000	4–6	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	13–31–6–1	Recap
52	L	February 3, 2000	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	13–32–6–1	Recap
53	L	February 8, 2000	3–4	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	13–33–6–1	Recap
54	W	February 10, 2000	5–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	14–33–6–1	Recap
55	W	February 12, 2000	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	15–33–6–1	Recap
56	W	February 13, 2000	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	16–33–6–1	Recap
57	L	February 15, 2000	1–4	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	16–34–6–1	Recap
58	T	February 17, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	16–34–7–1	Recap
59	W	February 19, 2000	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	17–34–7–1	Recap
60	L	February 21, 2000	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	17–35–7–1	Recap
61	L	February 25, 2000	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	17–36–7–1	Recap
62	L	February 26, 2000	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	17–37–7–1	Recap
63	L	February 28, 2000	2–3	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	17–38–7–1	Recap

March: 5–8–1–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 4–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
64	T	March 2, 2000	5–5 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	17–38–8–1	Recap
65	W	March 4, 2000	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	18–38–8–1	Recap
66	W	March 5, 2000	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	19–38–8–1	Recap
67	L	March 9, 2000	0–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	19–39–8–1	Recap
68	W	March 10, 2000	4–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	20–39–8–1	Recap
69	L	March 12, 2000	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	20–40–8–1	Recap
70	L	March 15, 2000	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	20–41–8–1	Recap
71	W	March 16, 2000	4–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	21–41–8–1	Recap
72	L	March 18, 2000	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	21–42–8–1	Recap
73	L	March 21, 2000	2–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	21–43–8–1	Recap
74	W	March 22, 2000	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	22–43–8–1	Recap
75	L	March 24, 2000	2–8	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	22–44–8–1	Recap
76	L	March 26, 2000	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	22–45–8–1	Recap
77	L	March 28, 2000	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	22–46–8–1	Recap

April: 2–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
78	T	April 1, 2000	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	22–46–9–1	Recap
79	L	April 2, 2000	4–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	22–47–9–1	Recap
80	W	April 6, 2000	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	23–47–9–1	Recap
81	L	April 7, 2000	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	23–48–9–1	Recap
82	W	April 9, 2000	3–2	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	24–48–9–1	Recap

Legend:

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

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
21	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	79	35	35	70	−16	34
15	Brad Isbister	LW	64	22	20	42	−18	100
18	Tim Connolly	C	81	14	20	34	−25	44
13	Claude Lapointe	C	76	15	16	31	−22	60
32	Jorgen Jonsson‡	LW	68	11	17	28	−6	16
25	Josh Green	LW	49	12	14	26	−7	41
38	Dave Scatchard†	C	44	12	14	26	0	93
29	Kenny Jonsson	D	65	1	24	25	−15	32
62	Olli Jokinen	C	82	11	10	21	0	80
6	Jamie Heward	D	54	6	11	17	−9	26
20	Jamie Rivers	D	75	1	16	17	−4	84
10	Mats Lindgren	C	43	9	7	16	0	24
24	Gino Odjick‡	RW	46	5	10	15	−7	90
12	Mike Watt	LW	45	5	6	11	−8	17
37	Dmitri Nabokov	LW	26	4	7	11	−8	16
3	Zdeno Chara	D	65	2	9	11	−27	57
36^[a]	Niklas Andersson‡†	LW	17	3	7	10	−3	8
33	Eric Cairns	D	67	2	7	9	−5	196
41	Raymond Giroux	D	14	0	9	9	0	10
34	Mathieu Biron	D	60	4	4	8	−13	38
11	Bill Muckalt†	RW	12	4	3	7	5	4
24	Johan Davidsson†	C	14	2	4	6	0	0
28^[b]	Jason Krog	C	17	2	4	6	−1	6
44	Mark Lawrence	RW	29	1	5	6	−13	26
14	Chris Ferraro	C	11	1	3	4	1	8
8	Steve Webb	RW	65	1	3	4	−4	103
58	Aris Brimanis	D	18	2	1	3	−5	6
17	Ted Drury†	C	55	2	1	3	−8	31
16	Vladimir Orszagh	RW	11	2	1	3	1	4
36	Evgeny Korolev	D	17	1	2	3	−10	8
43	Mikael Andersson†	LW	19	0	3	3	−1	4
56	Ian Herbers†	D	6	0	3	3	6	2
55	Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	17	1	1	2	−3	8
39	Sean Haggerty	LW	5	1	1	2	3	4
4	Eric Brewer	D	26	0	2	2	−11	20
17	Tony Hrkac‡	C	7	0	2	2	−1	0
2	Rich Pilon‡	D	9	0	2	2	−2	34
7	Dallas Eakins‡	D	2	0	1	1	3	2
39	Scott Pearson	LW	2	0	1	1	1	0
7	Ray Schultz	D	9	0	1	1	1	30
80	Kevin Weekes†	G	36	0	1	1		0
30	Wade Flaherty	G	4	0	0	0		0
16	Daniel Lacroix	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
1	Roberto Luongo	G	24	0	0	0		0
32	Petr Mika	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0
28	Felix Potvin‡	G	22	0	0	0		2
35	Steve Valiquette	G	6	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
80	Kevin Weekes†	36	10	20	4	1173	115	3.41	.902	1	2026
1	Roberto Luongo	24	7	14	1	730	70	3.25	.904	1	1292
28	Felix Potvin‡	22	5	14	3	632	68	3.21	.892	1	1273
35	Steve Valiquette	6	2	0	0	117	6	1.87	.949	0	193
30	Wade Flaherty	4	0	1	1	81	7	2.31	.914	0	182

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mariusz Czerkawski	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Jorgen Jonsson (February 14)	^[7]
Team	Bob Nystrom Award	Claude Lapointe	^[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tim Connolly	October 2, 1999	^[9]
	Jorgen Jonsson	October 2, 1999
	Mathieu Biron	October 14, 1999
	Evgeny Korolev	October 27, 1999
	Roberto Luongo	November 28, 1999
	Jason Krog	December 4, 1999
	Raymond Giroux	December 11, 1999
	Steve Valiquette	March 9, 2000
	Petr Mika	March 21, 2000

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston.^[10]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Tim Connolly	United States	Erie Otters (OHL)
1	8	Taylor Pyatt	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
1	10	Branislav Mezei	Slovakia	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
1	28	Kristian Kudroc	Slovakia	Michalovce (Slovakia)
3	78	Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	IF Troja/Ljungby (Sweden)
3	87	Brian Collins	United States	St. John's High School (USHS-MA)
4	101	Juraj Kolník	Slovakia	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
4	102	Johan Halvardsson	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
5	130	Justin Mapletoft	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
5	140	Adam Johnson	United States	Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
6	163	Bjorn Melin	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
8	228	Radek Martinek	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
9	255	Brett Henning	United States	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
9	268	Tyler Scott	United States	Upper Canada College (HS-Ontario)

Notes

^ Andersson wore number 11 in his first game.
^ Krog wore number 11 in his first four games.

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[6] Andersson wore number 11 in his first game.

[7] Krog wore number 11 in his first four games.

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