1999–2000_Nashville_Predators_season

1999–2000 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season

The 1999–2000 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' second season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

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1999–2000 Nashville Predators
Division	4th Central
Conference	13th Western
1999–2000 record	28–40–7–7
Home record	15–21–3–2
Road record	13–19–4–5
Goals for	199
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Tom Fitzgerald
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Average attendance	16,599
Minor league affiliate(s)	Milwaukee Admirals Hampton Roads Admirals
Team leaders
Goals	Cliff Ronning (26)
Assists	Cliff Ronning (36)
Points	Cliff Ronning (62)
Penalty minutes	Bob Boughner (97)
Plus/minus	Vitali Yachmenev (+5)
Wins	Mike Dunham (19)
Goals against average	Tomas Vokoun (2.78)
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Off-season

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Regular season

Final standings

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Central Division^[1]
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.

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Western Conference^[2]
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
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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

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1999–2000 regular season^[3]

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 2, 1999	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 5, 1999	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 10, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	W	October 11, 1999	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	1–2–1–0	Recap
5	L	October 14, 1999	1–5	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	1–3–1–0	Recap
6	W	October 16, 1999	3–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	2–3–1–0	Recap
7	W	October 20, 1999	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	3–3–1–0	Recap
8	W	October 23, 1999	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	4–3–1–0	Recap
9	L	October 28, 1999	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	4–4–1–0	Recap
10	L	October 30, 1999	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	4–5–1–0	Recap
11	L	October 31, 1999	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	4–6–1–0	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
12	OTL	November 3, 1999	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	4–6–1–1	Recap
13	L	November 5, 1999	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	4–7–1–1	Recap
14	W	November 10, 1999	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	5–7–1–1	Recap
15	W	November 11, 1999	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	6–7–1–1	Recap
16	L	November 13, 1999	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	6–8–1–1	Recap
17	W	November 18, 1999	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	7–8–1–1	Recap
18	L	November 20, 1999	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	7–9–1–1	Recap
19	OTL	November 22, 1999	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	7–9–1–2	Recap
20	L	November 24, 1999	2–5	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	7–10–1–2	Recap
21	L	November 26, 1999	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	7–11–1–2	Recap
22	L	November 27, 1999	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	7–12–1–2	Recap
23	L	November 30, 1999	3–6	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	7–13–1–2	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	L	December 2, 1999	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	7–14–1–2	Recap
25	W	December 4, 1999	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	8–14–1–2	Recap
26	W	December 6, 1999	4–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	9–14–1–2	Recap
27	L	December 8, 1999	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	9–15–1–2	Recap
28	L	December 10, 1999	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	9–16–1–2	Recap
29	L	December 11, 1999	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	9–17–1–2	Recap
30	T	December 14, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	9–17–2–2	Recap
31	L	December 15, 1999	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	9–18–2–2	Recap
32	T	December 18, 1999	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	9–18–3–2	Recap
33	T	December 19, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	9–18–4–2	Recap
34	W	December 21, 1999	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	10–18–4–2	Recap
35	T	December 23, 1999	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	10–18–5–2	Recap
36	W	December 26, 1999	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	11–18–5–2	Recap
37	W	December 28, 1999	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	12–18–5–2	Recap
38	W	December 30, 1999	6–0	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	13–18–5–2	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	W	January 1, 2000	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	14–18–5–2	Recap
40	L	January 5, 2000	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	14–19–5–2	Recap
41	L	January 6, 2000	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	14–20–5–2	Recap
42	W	January 8, 2000	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	15–20–5–2	Recap
43	L	January 11, 2000	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–21–5–2	Recap
44	OTL	January 13, 2000	3–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	15–21–5–3	Recap
45	W	January 15, 2000	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	16–21–5–3	Recap
46	T	January 18, 2000	4–4 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	16–21–6–3	Recap
47	OTL	January 21, 2000	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	16–21–6–4	Recap
48	W	January 23, 2000	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	17–21–6–4	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	18–21–6–4	Recap
50	L	January 27, 2000	2–6	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	18–22–6–4	Recap
51	W	January 29, 2000	3–1	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	19–22–6–4	Recap
52	L	January 31, 2000	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	19–23–6–4	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
53	W	February 2, 2000	6–4	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	20–23–6–4	Recap
54	L	February 3, 2000	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	20–24–6–4	Recap
55	OTL	February 10, 2000	1–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	20–24–6–5	Recap
56	L	February 12, 2000	2–4	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	20–25–6–5	Recap
57	L	February 15, 2000	1–2	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	20–26–6–5	Recap
58	L	February 16, 2000	0–3	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	20–27–6–5	Recap
59	L	February 18, 2000	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	20–28–6–5	Recap
60	W	February 21, 2000	5–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	21–28–6–5	Recap
61	W	February 23, 2000	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	22–28–6–5	Recap
62	L	February 26, 2000	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	22–29–6–5	Recap
63	L	February 29, 2000	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	22–30–6–5	Recap

March: 6–7–1–2 (home: 4–4–0–0; road: 2–3–1–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
64	L	March 2, 2000	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	22–31–6–5	Recap
65	OTL	March 4, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	22–31–6–6	Recap
66	L	March 5, 2000	0–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	22–32–6–6	Recap
67	W	March 7, 2000	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	23–32–6–6	Recap
68	L	March 10, 2000	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	23–33–6–6	Recap
69	W	March 12, 2000	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	24–33–6–6	Recap
70	OTL	March 14, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	24–33–6–7	Recap
71	T	March 16, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	24–33–7–7	Recap
72	W	March 17, 2000	4–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	25–33–7–7	Recap
73	W	March 19, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	26–33–7–7	Recap
74	L	March 21, 2000	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	26–34–7–7	Recap
75	L	March 23, 2000	3–6	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	26–35–7–7	Recap
76	L	March 25, 2000	1–2	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	26–36–7–7	Recap
77	W	March 28, 2000	3–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	27–36–7–7	Recap
78	L	March 29, 2000	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	27–37–7–7	Recap
79	W	March 31, 2000	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	28–37–7–7	Recap

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

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	L	April 3, 2000	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	28–38–7–7	Recap
81	L	April 5, 2000	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	28–39–7–7	Recap
82	L	April 7, 2000	1–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	28–40–7–7	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 Predators only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Cliff Ronning	C	82	26	36	62	−13	34
10	Patric Kjellberg	RW	82	23	23	46	−11	14
22	Greg Johnson	C	82	11	33	44	−15	40
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	51	8	25	33	−5	26
43	Vitali Yachmenev	LW	68	16	16	32	5	12
15	Drake Berehowsky	D	79	12	20	32	−4	87
11	David Legwand	C	71	13	15	28	−6	30
24	Scott Walker	RW	69	7	21	28	−16	90
16	Ville Peltonen	LW	79	6	22	28	−1	22
25	Sergei Krivokrasov‡	RW	63	9	17	26	−7	40
12	Rob Valicevic	RW	80	14	11	25	−11	21
27	Randy Robitaille	C	69	11	14	25	−13	10
71	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	60	10	13	23	−12	30
21	Tom Fitzgerald	RW	82	13	9	22	−18	66
8	Craig Millar	D	57	3	11	14	−6	28
23^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Bill Houlder†	D	57	2	12	14	−6	24
3	Karlis Skrastins	D	59	5	6	11	−7	20
18	Mark Mowers	C	41	4	5	9	0	10
6	Bob Boughner‡	D	62	2	4	6	−13	97
41	Richard Lintner	D	33	1	5	6	−6	22
42	Joel Bouchard‡	D	52	1	4	5	−11	23
2	Dan Keczmer‡	D	24	0	5	5	−2	28
40	David Gosselin	RW	10	2	1	3	−4	6
36	Niklas Andersson†‡	LW	7	0	1	1	0	0
9	Darren Turcotte‡	C	9	0	1	1	0	4
29	Tomas Vokoun	G	33	0	1	1		8
26	Andrew Berenzweig	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0
38	Alexandre Boikov	D	2	0	0	0	0	2
39	Marian Cisar	RW	3	0	0	0	−2	4
17	Patrick Cote	LW	21	0	0	0	−7	70
26	Phil Crowe	LW	4	0	0	0	0	10
1	Mike Dunham	G	52	0	0	0		6
33	Marc Moro	D	8	0	0	0	−3	40
20	John Namestnikov†	D	2	0	0	0	0	2
5	Jan Vopat	D	6	0	0	0	1	6

Goaltending

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Mike Dunham	52	19	27	6	1584	146	2.85	.908	0	3077
29	Tomas Vokoun	33	9	20	1	908	87	2.78	.904	1	1879

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[4]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Brian Finley	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	33	Jonas Andersson	Sweden	AIK IF Jr. (Sweden)
2	52	Adam Hall	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	54	Andrew Hutchinson	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
2	61	Ed Hill	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	65	Jan Lasak	Slovakia	HKm Zvolen (Slovakia)
3	72	Brett Angel	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	121	Evgeny Pavlov	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	124	Alexander Krevsun	Kazakhstan	CSK VVS Samara (Russia)
5	131	Konstantin Panov	Russia	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	162	Timo Helbling	Switzerland	HC Davos (Switzerland)
7	191	Martin Erat	Czech Republic	ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic)
7	205	Kyle Kettles	Canada	Neepawa Natives (MJHL)
8	220	Miroslav Durak	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava Jr. (Slovakia)
9	248	Darren Haydar	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)

Notes

Houlder wore number 3 in his first game.

References

"Nashville Predators 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
"1999-00 Nashville Predators Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.

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"1999-2000 NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
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"1999-2000 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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"1999-00 Nashville Predators Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
[4]
"1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

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