1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres
1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	8th Eastern
1999–2000 record	35–32–11–4
Home record	21–14–5–1
Road record	14–18–6–3
Goals for	213
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Michael Peca
Alternate captains	Doug Gilmour; Rob Ray; Jason Woolley
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	17,955
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans; South Carolina Stingrays; B.C. Icemen
Team leaders
Goals	Miroslav Satan (33)
Assists	Miroslav Satan (34)
Points	Miroslav Satan (67)
Penalty minutes	Rob Ray (158)
Plus/minus	Curtis Brown (+19)
Wins	Martin Biron (19)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.21)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season was the 30th for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1] The season saw the Sabres qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, but lose in the first round to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Off-season

Regular season

The Sabres struggled on the power-play, scoring only 37 power-play goals (tied for 28th with Phoenix Coyotes) and finishing 28th in power-play percentage (10.54%).^[2]

Final standings

Northeast Division^[3]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
2	6	Ottawa Senators	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
3	8	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
5	11	Boston Bruins	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; 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

Playoffs

The Sabres lost the Conference Quarterfinals (4–1) versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1999–2000 regular season^[5]

October: 3–7–2–0 (home: 3–2–1–0; road: 0–5–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 2, 1999	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 8, 1999	2–3	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 9, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	T	October 11, 1999	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	0–2–2–0	Recap
5	L	October 16, 1999	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	0–3–2–0	Recap
6	L	October 17, 1999	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	0–4–2–0	Recap
7	L	October 20, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	0–5–2–0	Recap
8	W	October 22, 1999	7–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	1–5–2–0	Recap
9	L	October 23, 1999	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	1–6–2–0	Recap
10	W	October 27, 1999	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	2–6–2–0	Recap
11	W	October 29, 1999	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	3–6–2–0	Recap
12	L	October 30, 1999	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	3–7–2–0	Recap

November: 8–5–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 4–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
13	W	November 3, 1999	3–1	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	4–7–2–0	Recap
14	W	November 4, 1999	5–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	5–7–2–0	Recap
15	W	November 6, 1999	2–1	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	6–7–2–0	Recap
16	W	November 10, 1999	6–2	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	7–7–2–0	Recap
17	L	November 12, 1999	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	7–8–2–0	Recap
18	L	November 13, 1999	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	7–9–2–0	Recap
19	L	November 16, 1999	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	7–10–2–0	Recap
20	W	November 19, 1999	4–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	8–10–2–0	Recap
21	W	November 20, 1999	4–3	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	9–10–2–0	Recap
22	W	November 24, 1999	5–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–10–2–0	Recap
23	L	November 26, 1999	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	10–11–2–0	Recap
24	W	November 28, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	11–11–2–0	Recap
25	L	November 30, 1999	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	11–12–2–0	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
26	L	December 2, 1999	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	11–13–2–0	Recap
27	T	December 4, 1999	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–13–3–0	Recap
28	OTL	December 6, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–13–3–1	Recap
29	T	December 8, 1999	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	11–13–4–1	Recap
30	W	December 10, 1999	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	12–13–4–1	Recap
31	W	December 14, 1999	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	13–13–4–1	Recap
32	L	December 17, 1999	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	13–14–4–1	Recap
33	T	December 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	13–14–5–1	Recap
34	W	December 21, 1999	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	14–14–5–1	Recap
35	W	December 23, 1999	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–14–5–1	Recap
36	L	December 27, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	15–15–5–1	Recap
37	L	December 28, 1999	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–16–5–1	Recap

January: 5–8–1–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 2–5–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	W	January 1, 2000	8–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	16–16–5–1	Recap
39	L	January 3, 2000	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	16–17–5–1	Recap
40	L	January 4, 2000	4–5	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	16–18–5–1	Recap
41	L	January 6, 2000	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	16–19–5–1	Recap
42	W	January 8, 2000	7–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	17–19–5–1	Recap
43	T	January 13, 2000	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	17–19–6–1	Recap
44	L	January 14, 2000	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	17–20–6–1	Recap
45	W	January 17, 2000	5–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	18–20–6–1	Recap
46	L	January 18, 2000	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	18–21–6–1	Recap
47	L	January 20, 2000	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	18–22–6–1	Recap
48	L	January 22, 2000	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	18–23–6–1	Recap
49	W	January 25, 2000	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	19–23–6–1	Recap
50	W	January 28, 2000	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	20–23–6–1	Recap
51	L	January 29, 2000	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	20–24–6–1	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	T	February 1, 2000	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	20–24–7–1	Recap
53	W	February 3, 2000	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	21–24–7–1	Recap
54	W	February 8, 2000	2–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	22–24–7–1	Recap
55	W	February 10, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	23–24–7–1	Recap
56	OTL	February 12, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	23–24–7–2	Recap
57	T	February 13, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	23–24–8–2	Recap
58	T	February 16, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	23–24–9–2	Recap
59	L	February 17, 2000	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	23–25–9–2	Recap
60	W	February 19, 2000	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	24–25–9–2	Recap
61	W	February 21, 2000	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	25–25–9–2	Recap
62	L	February 25, 2000	3–6	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	25–26–9–2	Recap
63	L	February 26, 2000	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	25–27–9–2	Recap
64	W	February 28, 2000	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–27–9–2	Recap

March: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 2–3–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
65	T	March 1, 2000	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	26–27–10–2	Recap
66	L	March 4, 2000	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	26–28–10–2	Recap
67	L	March 5, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	26–29–10–2	Recap
68	W	March 8, 2000	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	27–29–10–2	Recap
69	L	March 10, 2000	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	27–30–10–2	Recap
70	W	March 12, 2000	4–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	28–30–10–2	Recap
71	OTL	March 15, 2000	5–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	28–30–10–3	Recap
72	L	March 16, 2000	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	28–31–10–3	Recap
73	W	March 18, 2000	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	29–31–10–3	Recap
74	W	March 20, 2000	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	30–31–10–3	Recap
75	W	March 23, 2000	4–2	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	31–31–10–3	Recap
76	W	March 27, 2000	5–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	32–31–10–3	Recap
77	L	March 31, 2000	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	32–32–10–3	Recap

April: 3–0–1–1 (home: 1–0–0–1; road: 2–0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
78	W	April 1, 2000	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	33–32–10–3	Recap
79	W	April 3, 2000	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	34–32–10–3	Recap
80	W	April 6, 2000	5–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	35–32–10–3	Recap
81	OTL	April 7, 2000	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	35–32–10–4	Recap
82	T	April 9, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	35–32–11–4	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–1

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	April 13, 2000	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	L	April 14, 2000	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 2–0	Recap
3	L	April 16, 2000	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 3–0	Recap
4	W	April 18, 2000	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 3–1	Recap
5	L	April 20, 2000	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers 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 Sabres only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
81	Miroslav Satan	LW	81	33	34	67	16	32	5	3	2	5	2	0
37	Curtis Brown	C	74	22	29	51	19	42	5	1	3	4	1	6
41	Stu Barnes	C	82	20	25	45	−3	16	5	3	0	3	−1	2
27	Michael Peca	C	73	20	21	41	6	67	5	0	1	1	−1	4
25	Vaclav Varada	RW	76	10	27	37	12	62	5	0	0	0	1	8
61	Maxim Afinogenov	RW	65	16	18	34	−4	41	5	0	1	1	−2	2
18	Michal Grosek‡	LW	61	11	23	34	12	35	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Jason Woolley	D	74	8	25	33	14	52	5	0	2	2	1	2
8	Geoff Sanderson	LW	67	13	13	26	4	22	5	0	2	2	0	8
19	Brian Holzinger‡	C	59	7	17	24	4	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Dixon Ward	RW	71	11	9	20	1	41	5	0	1	1	1	2
29	Vladimir Tsyplakov†	LW	34	6	13	19	17	10	5	0	1	1	1	4
74	Jay McKee	D	78	5	12	17	5	50	1	0	0	0	0	0
93	Doug Gilmour†	C	11	3	14	17	3	12	5	0	1	1	−1	0
9	Erik Rasmussen	C	67	8	6	14	1	43	3	0	0	0	0	4
3	James Patrick	D	66	5	8	13	8	22	5	0	1	1	1	2
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	74	2	11	13	−6	95	4	0	0	0	−1	8
22	Wayne Primeau‡	C	41	5	7	12	−8	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Richard Smehlik	D	64	2	9	11	13	50	5	1	0	1	0	0
77	Chris Gratton†	C	14	1	7	8	1	15	5	0	1	1	−1	4
51	Brian Campbell	D	12	1	4	5	−2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Rob Ray	RW	69	1	3	4	0	158	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Cory Sarich‡	D	42	0	4	4	2	35	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Rhett Warrener	D	61	0	3	3	18	89	5	0	0	0	−1	2
16	Chris Taylor	C	11	1	1	2	−2	2	2	0	0	0	−1	2
55	Denis Hamel	LW	3	1	0	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
12^[a]	Domenic Pittis	C	7	1	0	1	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Dominik Hasek	G	35	0	1	1		12	5	0	0	0		2
20^[b]	Jason Holland	D	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
43	Martin Biron	G	41	0	0	0		6	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	11	0	0	0	−1	15	4	0	0	0	0	4
20	Doug Houda	D	1	0	0	0	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Mike Hurlbut	D	1	0	0	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Dmitri Kalinin	D	4	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Paul Kruse	LW	11	0	0	0	−2	43	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	David Moravec	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Dwayne Roloson	G	14	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
43	Martin Biron	41	19	18	2	988	90	2.42	.909	5	2229	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Dominik Hasek	35	15	11	6	937	76	2.21	.919	3	2066	5	1	4	147	12	2.39	.918	0	301
30	Dwayne Roloson	14	1	7	3	277	32	2.84	.884	0	677	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Dominik Hasek^[c]	^[8]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Miroslav Satan	^[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	James Patrick	December 4, 1999	^[9]

Transactions

Draft picks

Buffalo's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[10]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	20	Barrett Heisten	United States	University of Maine (Hockey East)
2	35	Milan Bartovic	Czech Republic	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia)
2	55	Doug Janik	United States	University of Maine (Hockey East)
2	64	Mike Zigomanis	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	73	Tim Preston	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	117	Karel Mosovsky	Czech Republic	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	138	Ryan Miller	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
5	146	Matt Kinch	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	178	Seneque Hyacinthe	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
7	206	Bret DeCecco	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	235	Brad Self	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
9	263	Craig Brunel	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)

Notes

References

"Buffalo Sabres 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
"1999-00 Buffalo Sabres Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

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1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

Contents

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

Notes

References