1999–2000_New_York_Rangers_season

1999–2000 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

The 1999–2000 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 74th season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 29–38–12–3 record.^[1] New York failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third straight season.^[2]

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1999–2000 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
1999–2000 record	29–38–12–3
Home record	15–20–5–1
Road record	14–18–7–2
Goals for	218
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Neil Smith
Coach	John Muckler John Tortorella (interim)
Captain	Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,200
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hartford Wolf Pack Charlotte Checkers
Team leaders
Goals	Mike York (26)
Assists	Theoren Fleury (49)
Points	Petr Nedved (68)
Penalty minutes	Mathieu Schneider (78)
Plus/minus	Jan Hlavac (+3)
Wins	Mike Richter (22)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.87)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

For the second time in three seasons, the Rangers fired their head coach during the regular season. John Muckler, who took the position after Colin Campbell's firing in 1997–98, was himself fired with four games left in the season.^[3]^[4] General manager Neil Smith was also fired, bringing an end to his tenure which had seen the Rangers win the Stanley Cup but also fall on hard times.^[4]

Regular season

Final standings

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Atlantic Division^[5]
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.

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Eastern Conference^[6]
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
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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

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1999–2000 regular season^[7]

October: 4–7–2–0 (home: 3–5–0–0; road: 1–2–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
1	October 1, 1999	@ Edmonton Oilers	1–1 OT	T	0–0–1–0	Recap
2	October 2, 1999	@ Vancouver Canucks	2–1	L	0–1–1–0	Recap
3	October 5, 1999	Ottawa Senators	2–1	L	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	October 8, 1999	Carolina Hurricanes	3–1	W	1–2–1–0	Recap
5	October 10, 1999	Phoenix Coyotes	4–2	W	2–2–1–0	Recap
6	October 11, 1999	@ New York Islanders	4–2	W	3–2–1–0	Recap
7	October 14, 1999	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	L	3–3–1–0	Recap
8	October 17, 1999	Atlanta Thrashers	4–1	W	4–3–1–0	Recap
9	October 19, 1999	San Jose Sharks	2–1	L	4–4–1–0	Recap
10	October 20, 1999	@ Philadelphia Flyers	5–0	L	4–5–1–0	Recap
11	October 22, 1999	Philadelphia Flyers	2–0	L	4–6–1–0	Recap
12	October 24, 1999	Vancouver Canucks	3–0	L	4–7–1–0	Recap
13	October 30, 1999	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–2 OT	T	4–7–2–0	Recap

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
14	November 3, 1999	New York Islanders	3–3 OT	T	4–7–3–0	Recap
15	November 5, 1999	@ Colorado Avalanche	4–1	L	4–8–3–0	Recap
16	November 7, 1999	@ Chicago Blackhawks	3–1	W	5–8–3–0	Recap
17	November 10, 1999	Ottawa Senators	4–3	L	5–9–3–0	Recap
18	November 11, 1999	@ Washington Capitals	5–4 OT	W	6–9–3–0	Recap
19	November 13, 1999	Boston Bruins	5–2	L	6–10–3–0	Recap
20	November 18, 1999	@ Boston Bruins	5–3	L	6–11–3–0	Recap
21	November 20, 1999	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3 OT	OTL	6–11–3–1	Recap
22	November 24, 1999	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	6–3	W	7–11–3–1	Recap
23	November 26, 1999	@ Florida Panthers	6–2	L	7–12–3–1	Recap

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
24	December 1, 1999	@ New Jersey Devils	3–2	L	7–13–3–1	Recap
25	December 3, 1999	Montreal Canadiens	3–2	W	8–13–3–1	Recap
26	December 4, 1999	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–1 OT	T	8–13–4–1	Recap
27	December 6, 1999	Calgary Flames	3–2 OT	W	9–13–4–1	Recap
28	December 8, 1999	Edmonton Oilers	2–1 OT	W	10–13–4–1	Recap
29	December 15, 1999	Los Angeles Kings	8–3	W	11–13–4–1	Recap
30	December 17, 1999	Washington Capitals	3–2 OT	OTL	11–13–4–2	Recap
31	December 19, 1999	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–4 OT	W	12–13–4–2	Recap
32	December 21, 1999	Buffalo Sabres	3–1	L	12–14–4–2	Recap
33	December 23, 1999	@ New York Islanders	4–2	L	12–15–4–2	Recap
34	December 26, 1999	New Jersey Devils	3–3 OT	T	12–15–5–2	Recap
35	December 28, 1999	@ Phoenix Coyotes	2–2 OT	T	12–15–6–2	Recap
36	December 29, 1999	@ Dallas Stars	4–3 OT	OTL	12–15–6–3	Recap

January: 10–4–1–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 6–2–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
37	January 2, 2000	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–2 OT	T	12–15–7–3	Recap
38	January 3, 2000	St. Louis Blues	5–2	L	12–16–7–3	Recap
39	January 5, 2000	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2 OT	W	13–16–7–3	Recap
40	January 8, 2000	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	W	14–16–7–3	Recap
41	January 9, 2000	@ Carolina Hurricanes	1–0	L	14–17–7–3	Recap
42	January 15, 2000	@ New York Islanders	5–2	W	15–17–7–3	Recap
43	January 16, 2000	Atlanta Thrashers	6–3	W	16–17–7–3	Recap
44	January 18, 2000	Carolina Hurricanes	3–2	W	17–17–7–3	Recap
45	January 20, 2000	@ Carolina Hurricanes	4–1	W	18–17–7–3	Recap
46	January 22, 2000	@ St. Louis Blues	4–1	W	19–17–7–3	Recap
47	January 24, 2000	@ Atlanta Thrashers	6–3	W	20–17–7–3	Recap
48	January 25, 2000	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	W	21–17–7–3	Recap
49	January 27, 2000	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	L	21–18–7–3	Recap
50	January 29, 2000	@ Ottawa Senators	3–2	L	21–19–7–3	Recap
51	January 31, 2000	Nashville Predators	5–1	W	22–19–7–3	Recap

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
52	February 2, 2000	New Jersey Devils	3–1	L	22–20–7–3	Recap
53	February 3, 2000	@ Atlanta Thrashers	6–3	W	23–20–7–3	Recap
54	February 8, 2000	New Jersey Devils	2–2 OT	T	23–20–8–3	Recap
55	February 9, 2000	@ New Jersey Devils	4–1	L	23–21–8–3	Recap
56	February 11, 2000	Boston Bruins	5–2	W	24–21–8–3	Recap
57	February 13, 2000	New York Islanders	4–2	L	24–22–8–3	Recap
58	February 15, 2000	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	2–2 OT	T	24–22–9–3	Recap
59	February 16, 2000	@ Florida Panthers	3–0	L	24–23–9–3	Recap
60	February 18, 2000	Colorado Avalanche	4–2	L	24–24–9–3	Recap
61	February 20, 2000	Philadelphia Flyers	3–2	L	24–25–9–3	Recap
62	February 22, 2000	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3	W	25–25–9–3	Recap
63	February 25, 2000	@ Buffalo Sabres	6–3	W	26–25–9–3	Recap
64	February 26, 2000	@ Ottawa Senators	4–2	L	26–26–9–3	Recap

March: 3–9–2–0 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 2–5–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
65	March 1, 2000	Buffalo Sabres	3–3 OT	T	26–26–10–3	Recap
66	March 3, 2000	Florida Panthers	4–2	W	27–26–10–3	Recap
67	March 6, 2000	@ San Jose Sharks	2–1	L	27–27–10–3	Recap
68	March 8, 2000	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4–3 OT	W	28–27–10–3	Recap
69	March 9, 2000	@ Los Angeles Kings	3–1	L	28–28–10–3	Recap
70	March 11, 2000	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	L	28–29–10–3	Recap
71	March 13, 2000	Dallas Stars	4–3	L	28–30–10–3	Recap
72	March 15, 2000	Tampa Bay Lightning	4–4 OT	T	28–30–11–3	Recap
73	March 18, 2000	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3–2	W	29–30–11–3	Recap
74	March 19, 2000	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4	L	29–31–11–3	Recap
75	March 21, 2000	Florida Panthers	4–3	L	29–32–11–3	Recap
76	March 23, 2000	Washington Capitals	4–1	L	29–33–11–3	Recap
77	March 26, 2000	@ Detroit Red Wings	8–2	L	29–34–11–3	Recap
78	March 27, 2000	Detroit Red Wings	6–0	L	29–35–11–3	Recap

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Recap
79	April 1, 2000	@ Boston Bruins	2–2 OT	T	29–35–12–3	Recap
80	April 3, 2000	@ Washington Capitals	4–1	L	29–36–12–3	Recap
81	April 5, 2000	Montreal Canadiens	3–0	L	29–37–12–3	Recap
82	April 9, 2000	Philadelphia Flyers	4–1	L	29–38–12–3	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 Rangers only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
93	Petr Nedved	C	76	24	44	68	2	40
14	Theoren Fleury	RW	80	15	49	64	−4	68
18	Mike York	C	82	26	24	50	−17	18
27	Jan Hlavac	LW	67	19	23	42	3	16
15	John MacLean	RW	77	18	24	42	−2	52
9	Adam Graves	LW	77	23	17	40	−15	14
20	Radek Dvorak†	RW	46	11	22	33	0	10
13	Valeri Kamensky	LW	65	14	20	34	−18	36
21	Mathieu Schneider	D	80	10	20	30	−6	78
12	Alexandre Daigle†	RW	58	8	18	26	−5	23
2	Brian Leetch	D	50	7	19	26	−16	20
4	Kevin Hatcher	D	74	4	19	23	−10	38
3	Kim Johnsson	D	76	6	15	21	−13	46
26	Tim Taylor	C	76	9	11	20	−4	72
5	Stephane Quintal	D	75	2	14	16	−10	77
22	Mike Knuble‡	RW	59	9	5	14	−5	18
28	Eric Lacroix	LW	70	4	8	12	−12	24
24	Sylvain Lefebvre	D	82	2	10	12	−13	43
17	Kevin Stevens	LW	38	3	5	8	−7	43
10	Todd Harvey‡	RW	31	3	3	6	−9	62
16	Rob DiMaio†	RW	12	1	3	4	−8	8
47	Rich Pilon†	D	45	0	4	4	0	36
29	Johan Witehall	LW	9	1	1	2	0	2
22	Jason Dawe†	RW	3	0	1	1	0	2
25	Jason Doig	D	7	0	1	1	−2	22
19	Darren Langdon	LW	21	0	1	1	−2	26
30	Kirk McLean	G	22	0	1	1		2
32^{[lower-alpha 1]}	P. J. Stock	C	11	0	1	1	1	11
37	Derek Armstrong	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	Daniel Goneau	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
32	Milan Hnilicka	G	2	0	0	0		0
29	Chris Kenady	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
31	Jean-Francois Labbe	G	1	0	0	0		0
6	Manny Malhotra	C	27	0	0	0	−6	4
45	Dale Purinton	D	1	0	0	0	−1	7
35	Mike Richter	G	61	0	0	0		4
36	Alexei Vasiliev	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
32	Terry Virtue	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Mike Richter	61	22	31	8	1988	173	2.87	.905	0	3622
30	Kirk McLean	22	7	8	4	616	58	2.89	.896	0	1206
32	Milan Hnilicka	2	0	1	0	49	5	3.49	.886	0	86
31	Jean-Francois Labbe	1	0	1	0	25	3	3.00	.864	0	60

Sources:^[1]^[8]

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Mike York (Forward)	^[9]
League (annual)	NHL Foundation Player Award	Adam Graves	^[10]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mike Richter	^[11]
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Mike Richter (January 24)	^[12]
Team	Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Adam Graves	^[13]
	Frank Boucher Trophy	Mike Richter	^[13]
	Good Guy Award	Tim Taylor	^[14]
	Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Kim Johnsson	^[14]
	Players' Player Award	Mike Richter	^[13]
	Rangers MVP	Mike Richter	^[13]
	Rookie of the Year	Mike York	^[13]
	Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Adam Graves	^[13]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
500th game played	Mike Richter	October 30, 1999	^[15]
400th goal	John MacLean	January 20, 2000	^[16]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts, at the FleetCenter.^[17]^[18]

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Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Pavel Brendl	RW	Czech Republic	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1	9	Jamie Lundmark	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	59	David Inman	LW	Canada	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
3	79	Johan Asplund	G	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Sweden)
3	90	Patrick Aufiero	D	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
5	137	Garret Bembridge	RW	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	177	Jay Dardis	C	United States	Proctor Academy (USHS–NH)
7	197	Arto Laatikainen	D	Finland	Blues (Finland)
8	226	Yevgeni Gusakov	LW	Russia	Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia)
9	251	Petter Henning	RW	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9	254	Alexei Bulatov	LW	Russia	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia)

Notes

Stock wore number 20 in his first five games.

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