1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
1999–2000 record	19–47–9–7
Home record	13–20–4–4
Road record	6–27–5–3
Goals for	204
Goals against	310
Team information
General manager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Steve Ludzik
Captain	Bill Houlder (Oct.) Chris Gratton (Oct.–Feb.) Vincent Lecavalier (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	Ice Palace
Average attendance	13,600
Minor league affiliate(s)	Detroit Vipers Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals	Vincent Lecavalier (25)
Assists	Vincent Lecavalier (42)
Points	Vincent Lecavalier (67)
Penalty minutes	Petr Svoboda (170)
Plus/minus	Steve Guolla (+2) Robert Petrovicky (+2)
Wins	Dan Cloutier (9)
Goals against average	Dan Cloutier (3.49)

The 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's eighth season of operation. The club placed fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Offseason

Regular season

• March 4, 2000: In a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division^[2]

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^[3]

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	80	25	42	67	−25	43
33	Fredrik Modin	LW	80	22	26	48	−26	18
26	Mike Sillinger‡	C	67	19	25	44	−29	86
77	Chris Gratton‡	C	58	14	27	41	−24	121
16	Darcy Tucker‡	RW	50	14	20	34	−15	108
20	Stan Drulia	RW	68	11	22	33	−18	24
13	Pavel Kubina	D	69	8	18	26	−19	93
23	Petr Svoboda	D	70	2	23	25	−11	170
8	Todd Warriner†	LW	55	11	13	24	−14	34
10[a]	Mike Johnson†	RW	28	10	12	22	−2	4
2[b]	Paul Mara	D	54	7	11	18	−27	73
14	Robert Petrovicky	C	43	7	10	17	2	14
17	Steve Guolla‡	C	46	6	10	16	2	11
25	Dan Kesa	RW	50	4	10	14	−11	21
44	Stephane Richer‡	RW	20	7	5	12	2	4
19	Steve Martins†	C	57	5	7	12	−11	37
30	Andrei Zyuzin	D	34	2	9	11	−11	33
15	Jaroslav Svejkovsky†	RW	29	5	5	10	−7	28
5	Bruce Gardiner†	RW	41	3	6	9	−21	37
7	Ben Clymer	RW	60	2	6	8	−26	87
9[c]	Brian Holzinger†	C	14	3	3	6	−7	21
3	Sergey Gusev	D	28	2	3	5	−9	6
21	Andreas Johansson‡	C	12	2	3	5	1	8
22	Wayne Primeau†	C	17	2	3	5	−4	25
28	Nils Ekman†	LW	28	2	2	4	−8	36
2	Bill Houlder‡	D	14	1	2	3	−3	2
8	Michael Nylander‡	C	11	1	2	3	−3	4
18	Marek Posmyk†	D	18	1	2	3	1	20
27	Jassen Cullimore	D	46	1	1	2	−12	66
42	Matt Elich	RW	8	1	1	2	−1	0
25	Dwayne Hay†	LW	13	1	1	2	0	2
22	Chris McAlpine†‡	D	10	1	1	2	−5	10
6	Bryan Muir†	D	30	1	1	2	−8	32
11	Shawn Burr	LW	4	0	2	2	2	0
17	Ryan Johnson†	C	14	0	2	2	−9	2
21	Cory Sarich†	D	17	0	2	2	−8	42
29	Pavel Torgaev†‡	LW	5	0	2	2	1	2
24[d]	Reid Simpson†	LW	26	1	0	1	−3	103
49	Kaspars Astashenko	D	8	0	1	1	−2	4
1	Zac Bierk	G	12	0	1	1		0
34	Gordie Dwyer†	LW	24	0	1	1	−6	135
51	Dale Rominski	RW	3	0	1	1	1	2
29	Vyacheslav Butsayev‡	C	2	0	0	0	−2	0
39	Dan Cloutier	G	52	0	0	0		29
27	Colin Forbes‡	C	8	0	0	0	−4	18
43	Kyle Freadrich	LW	10	0	0	0	−1	39
56	Ian Herbers‡	D	37	0	0	0	−12	45
35	Kevin Hodson	G	24	0	0	0		2
35	Dieter Kochan†	G	5	0	0	0		0
31	Rich Parent†	G	14	0	0	0		2
93	Daren Puppa	G	5	0	0	0		2
9	Jeff Shevalier‡	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
46	Andrei Skopintsev	D	4	0	0	0	−4	6

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
39	Dan Cloutier	52	9	30	3	1258	145	3.49	.885	0	2492
1	Zac Bierk	12	4	4	1	308	31	3.65	.899	0	509
35	Kevin Hodson	24	2	7	4	327	47	3.67	.856	0	769
31	Rich Parent†	14	2	7	1	353	43	3.70	.878	0	698
35	Dieter Kochan†	5	1	4	0	111	17	4.29	.847	0	238
93	Daren Puppa	5	1	2	0	129	19	4.58	.853	0	249

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Petr Svoboda	[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ben Clymer	October 16, 1999	[6]
	Nils Ekman	December 10, 1999
	Kyle Freadrich	January 1, 2000
	Dale Rominski	January 13, 2000
	Gordie Dwyer	February 12, 2000
	Matt Elich	February 19, 2000
	Marek Posmyk	February 21, 2000
	Kaspars Astasenko	March 26, 2000
	Dieter Kochan	March 28, 2000
1,000th game played	Petr Svoboda	March 12, 2000	[7]

Transactions

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[8]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	47	Sheldon Keefe	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
3	67	Evgeny Konstantinov	Russia	Ital Kazan 2 (Russia)
3	75	Brett Scheffelmaier	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	88	Jimmie Olvestad	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
5	127	Kaspars Astasenko	Latvia	Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)
5	148	Michal Lanicek	Czech Republic	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	182	Fedor Fedorov	Russia	Port Huron Border Cats (UHL)
7	187	Ivan Rachunek	Czech Republic	ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic)
8	216	Erkki Rajamaki	Finland	HIFK (Finland)
9	244	Mikko Kuparinen	Finland	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Johnson wore number 11 in his first game.
2. Mara wore number 22 in his first game.
3. Holzinger wore number 17 in his first game.
4. Simpson wore number 28 in his first twelve games.

References

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

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2. "1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
3. "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
4. "1999-00 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
5. "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
6. "1999-00 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
7. "Amonte hat trick zaps Lightning". ESPN.com. March 12, 2000. Retrieved June 8, 2023. Tampa Bay defenseman Petr Svoboda played in his 1,000th career game.
8. "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.