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1999–2000 Edmonton Oilers season
NHL team season
NHL team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1999–2000 |
| year | 1999 |
| Team | Edmonton Oilers |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 7th |
| Division | Northwest |
| DivisionRank | 2nd |
| Record | 32–26–16–8 |
| HomeRecord | 18–11–9–3 |
| RoadRecord | 14–15–7–5 |
| GoalsFor | 226 |
| GoalsAgainst | 212 |
| GeneralManager | Glen Sather |
| Coach | Kevin Lowe |
| Captain | Doug Weight |
| AltCaptain | Bill Guerin |
| Jason Smith | |
| Arena | Skyreach Centre |
| Attendance | 15,800 (92.4%) |
| MinorLeague | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) |
| Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL) | |
| GoalsLeader | Ryan Smyth (28) |
| AssistsLeader | Doug Weight (51) |
| PointsLeader | Doug Weight (72) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Jason Smith (+16) |
| PIMLeader | Sean Brown (192) |
| WinsLeader | Tommy Salo (27) |
| GAALeader | Tommy Salo (2.33) |
Jason Smith Tallahassee Tiger Sharks (ECHL)
The 1999–2000 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 21st season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 33–37–12 record in 1998–99, earning their third-straight playoff appearance. However, they were defeated in the first round by the eventual Western Conference Champions, the Dallas Stars.
The Oilers did not bring back Head Coach Ron Low, who had been with the team since 1995, and hired former Oilers defenceman Kevin Lowe as his replacement. Lowe played with Edmonton from 1979 to 1992, and then again from 1996 to 1998, winning five Stanley Cups with the team, and scored the first NHL goal in Oilers history.
Edmonton saw its win total drop to 32; however, it earned 88 points, the team's highest point total since the Stanley Cup-winning 1989–90 season, and qualified for the playoffs for the fourth-straight season, finishing in seventh place in the Western Conference.
Offensively, newly named captain Doug Weight rebounded from his injury-plagued 1998–99 season and led the club with 51 assists and 72 points. Ryan Smyth was the Oilers' goal-scoring leader, with 28 goals. Alexander Selivanov scored 27 goals and 47 points in his first full season with the Oilers, while Bill Guerin scored 24 goals. Defenceman Roman Hamrlik led the blueline with 45 points, while second-year player Tom Poti scored nine goals and earned 35 points. Sean Brown led the club in penalty minutes once again, with 192.
In goal, Tommy Salo got the bulk of the action, winning 27 games, while recording a goals against average (GAA) of 2.33, earning two shutouts along the way.
The Oilers opened the playoffs against the Dallas Stars, the fourth-straight season that these teams faced each other. The Stars finished in second place in the Western Conference with 102 points, 14 points higher than the Oilers. The Stars earned a 2–0 series lead by winning both games in Dallas; however, the Oilers cut the lead in half with a 5–2 victory in Game 3 at Skyreach Centre. Dallas won Game 4 by a 4–3 score, earning them a 3–1 then they finished off the series in Game 5 in Dallas, ending the Oilers' season for the third year in a row.
Season standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- | 1 || October 1 || New York Rangers || 1 – 1 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Salo || 17,100 || 0–0–1–0 || 1 || |- | 2 || October 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 1 – 2 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 16,052 || 1–0–1–0 || 3 || |- | 3 || October 7 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 3 || San Jose Sharks || OT || Ranford || 16,301 || 1–0–1–1 || 4 || |- | 4 || October 9 || St. Louis Blues || 4 – 2 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 14,236 || 1–1–1–1 || 4 || |- | 5 || October 13 || Carolina Hurricanes || 3 – 3 || Edmonton Oilers || OT || Ranford || 13,372 || 1–1–2–1 || 5 || |- | 6 || October 16 || Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 5 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 16,094 || 2–1–2–1 || 7 || |- | 7 || October 20 || Edmonton Oilers || 1 – 2 || Dallas Stars || || Salo || 17,001 || 2–2–2–1 || 7 || |- | 8 || October 21 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 3 || St. Louis Blues || OT || Salo || 15,530 || 2–2–2–2 || 8 || |- | 9 || October 23 || Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 4 || Nashville Predators || || Ranford || 16,822 || 2–3–2–2 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 26 || Phoenix Coyotes || 1 – 3 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 13,390 || 3–3–2–2 || 10 || |- | 11 || October 31 || Nashville Predators || 2 – 4 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 13,323 || 4–3–2–2 || 12 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 12 || Edmonton Oilers || 1 – 2 || Dallas Stars || || Salo || 17,001 || 0–1 || |- | 2 || April 13 || Edmonton Oilers || 0 – 3 || Dallas Stars || || Salo || 17,001 || 0–2 || |- | 3 || April 16 || Dallas Stars || 2 – 5 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 17,100 || 1–2 || |- | 4 || April 18 || Dallas Stars || 4 – 3 || Edmonton Oilers || || Salo || 17,100 || 1–3 || |- | 5 || April 21 || Edmonton Oilers || 2 – 3 || Dallas Stars || || Salo || 17,001 || 1–4 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | C | 77 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |||
| 94 | LW | 82 | 28 | 26 | 54 | −2 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | |||
| 29 | RW | 67 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 9 | RW | 70 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 4 | 123 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 9 | |||
| 22 | D | 80 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | |||
| 26 | C | 82 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 5 | D | 76 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 44 | D | 81 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 25 | RW | 65 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 68 | |||||||||
| 18 | LW | 73 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | C | 76 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 20 | |||||||||
| 34 | C | 69 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 10 | RW | 33 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| 20 | C | 58 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −6 | 39 | |||||||||
| 27 | RW | 76 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 17 | C | 44 | 9 | 5 | 14 | −2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 21 | D | 80 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 23 | D | 72 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 23 | |||
| 37 | LW | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | C | 40 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | D | 50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −4 | 32 | |||||||||
| 14 | D | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | LW | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 47 | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 55 | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 2 | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 35 | G | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Tommy Salo | 70 | 27 | 28 | 13 | 1875 | 162 | 2.33 | .914 | 2 | 4164 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 14 | 2.83 | .895 | 0 | 297 | ||
| 30 | Bill Ranford | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 407 | 47 | 3.59 | .885 | 0 | 785 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | Mike Minard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3.00 | .917 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref | League | |
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| (in-season) | Team | ||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](2000-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Tommy Salo | ||||
| Community Service Award | Todd Marchant | ||||
| Defenceman of the Year | Jason Smith | ||||
| Molson Cup | Tommy Salo | ||||
| Most Popular Player | Georges Laraque | ||||
| Top Defensive Forward | Mike Grier | ||||
| Top First Year Oiler | Jim Dowd | ||||
| Unsung Hero | Ethan Moreau | ||||
| Zane Feldman Trophy | Tommy Salo |
Milestones
| Alexander Selivanov | 400th NHL Game |
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| 3rd NHL Hat-trick |
| Georges Laraque | 1st NHL Assist |
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| 1st NHL Point | April 21, 2000 |
Transactions
Trades
| March 14, 2000 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJosef Beranek | To Edmonton OilersGerman Titov |
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Players acquired
| Date | style="width: 14em;" | Player | style="width: 16em;" | Former team | style="width: 16em;" | Contract terms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Swanson | |||||||||
Players lost
| Date | style="width: 14em;" | Player | style="width: 16em;" | New team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Ferraro | ||||||
Waivers
| Date | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Ladislav Benýšek | to Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | |
| Todd Reirden | to St. Louis Blues | |
| Pat Falloon | to Pittsburgh Penguins |
Draft picks
Edmonton's draft picks at the 1999 NHL entry draft.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Jani Rita | Jokerit (Finland) | |
| 2 | 36 | Alexei Semenov | Russia | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 2 | 41 | Tony Salmelainen | HIFK (Finland) | |
| 3 | 81 | Adam Hauser | United States | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
| 3 | 91 | Mike Comrie | Canada | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
| 5 | 139 | Jonathan Fauteux | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 171 | Chris Legg | Canada | London Nationals (Ont. Jr. B) |
| 7 | 199 | Christian Chartier | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 9 | 256 | Tamas Groschl | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
Notes
References
- National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
References
- "1999-00 Edmonton Oilers Schedule".
- "2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- 2014–15 Edmonton Oilers Media Guide, p.173
- "1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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