1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 30th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	10th Western
1999–2000 record	30–29–15–8
Home record	16–14–5–6
Road record	14–15–10–2
Goals for	227
Goals against	237
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Markus Naslund Mattias Ohlund
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	14,641^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Markus Naslund (27)
Assists	Andrew Cassels (45)
Points	Markus Naslund (65)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (136)
Plus/minus	Harold Druken (+14)
Wins	Felix Potvin (12)
Goals against average	Felix Potvin (2.59)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Off-season

Regular season

• December 12, 1999: With a victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Patrick Roy passed Tony Esposito's mark of 423 victories.^[2]

Final standings

Northwest Division^[3]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Colorado Avalanche	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
2	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
3	10	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
4	12	Calgary Flames	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77

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.

Western Conference^[4]

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
8.5
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

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

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Markus Naslund	LW	82	27	38	65	−5	64
25	Andrew Cassels	C	79	17	45	62	8	16
11	Mark Messier	C	66	17	37	54	−15	30
44	Todd Bertuzzi	RW	80	25	25	50	−2	126
89	Alexander Mogilny‡	RW	47	21	17	38	7	16
72^[b]	Peter Schaefer	LW	71	16	15	31	0	20
55	Ed Jovanovski	D	75	5	21	26	−3	54
6	Adrian Aucoin	D	57	10	14	24	7	30
4	Greg Hawgood	D	79	5	17	22	5	26
26	Trent Klatt	RW	47	10	10	20	−8	26
2	Mattias Ohlund	D	42	4	16	20	6	24
18	Steve Kariya	LW	45	8	11	19	9	22
27	Harry York	C	54	4	13	17	−4	20
9	Brad May	LW	59	9	7	16	−2	90
15	Harold Druken	C	33	7	9	16	14	10
8	Donald Brashear	LW	60	11	2	13	−9	136
24	Matt Cooke	LW	51	5	7	12	3	39
17	Bill Muckalt‡	RW	33	4	8	12	6	17
23	Murray Baron	D	81	2	10	12	8	67
28	Chris Joseph‡	D	38	2	9	11	−4	6
14	Darby Hendrickson	C	40	5	4	9	−3	14
7	Brendan Morrison†	C	12	2	7	9	4	10
13	Artem Chubarov	C	49	1	8	9	−4	10
3	Brent Sopel	D	18	2	4	6	9	12
21	Josh Holden	C	6	1	5	6	2	2
20	Denis Pederson†	C	12	3	2	5	1	2
39	Chris O'Sullivan	D	11	0	5	5	2	2
34	Jason Strudwick	D	63	1	3	4	−13	64
20	Dave Scatchard‡	C	21	0	4	4	−3	24
17	Vadim Sharifijanov†	RW	17	2	1	3	−7	14
5	Zenith Komarniski	D	18	1	1	2	−1	8
29	Felix Potvin†	G	34	0	2	2		2
30	Garth Snow	G	32	0	2	2		8
3	Doug Bodger‡	D	13	0	1	1	−6	4
37	Jarkko Ruutu	LW	8	0	1	1	−1	6
36	Ryan Bonni	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
38	Brad Leeb†	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	2
33	Alfie Michaud	G	2	0	0	0		0
32	Corey Schwab†	G	6	0	0	0		2
31	Lubomir Vaic	C	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	Kevin Weekes‡	G	20	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

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

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
29	Felix Potvin†	34	12	13	7	906	85	2.51	.906	0	1966
30	Garth Snow	32	10	15	3	775	76	2.68	.902	0	1712
35	Kevin Weekes‡	20	6	7	4	461	47	2.85	.898	1	987
32	Corey Schwab†	6	2	1	1	115	16	3.57	.861	0	269
33	Alfie Michaud	2	0	1	0	27	5	4.32	.815	0	69

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mark Messier	^[6]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Peter Schaefer (October)	^[7]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Mattias Ohlund	^[8]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Mark Messier	^[8]
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund	^[8]
	Fred J. Hume Award	Andrew Cassels	^[9]
	Molson Cup	Mark Messier	^[10]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Todd Bertuzzi	^[9]

Transactions

Trades

June 1, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Pat Kavanagh	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th round pick in 1999 (Konstantin Rudenko)
June 26, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks 4th overall pick in 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Bryan McCabe 1st round pick in 2000 (Pavel Vorobiev)
June 26, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks 1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th overall pick in 1999 (previously acquired from Chicago) 3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 75-Brett Scheffelmaier) 3rd round pick in 1999 (No. 88-Jimmie Olvestad)
June 26, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd overall draft pick in 1999 (Daniel Sedin) conditional 3rd round pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer)	To Atlanta Thrashers 1st overall selection in 1999 (Patrik Stefan)
June 26, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks 6th round draft pick in 1999 (Josh Reed)	To San Jose Sharks 6th round draft pick in 2001 (Tom Cavanagh)
October 28, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Corey Schwab	To Atlanta Thrashers conditional draft pick in 2000 (Carl Mallette)
December 19, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Felix Potvin 2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine) 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Thatcher Bell)	To New York Islanders Bill Muckalt Dave Scatchard Kevin Weekes
January 14, 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Vadim Sharifijanov 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Tim Branham)	To New Jersey Devils 2nd round draft pick in 2000 (Teemu Laine) 3rd round draft pick in 2000 (Max Birbraer)
March 14, 2000	To Vancouver Canucks Brendan Morrison Denis Pederson	To New Jersey Devils Alexander Mogilny

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.^[11]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Daniel Sedin (LW)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks (from Atlanta)	Modo (Elitserien)
1	3	Henrik Sedin (C)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	Modo (Elitserien)
3	69	Rene Vydareny (D)	Slovakia	Vancouver Canucks	Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
5	129	Ryan Thorpe (LW)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	172	Josh Reed (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks (from San Jose)	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
7	189	Kevin Swanson (G)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
8	218	Markus Kankaanpera (D)	Finland	Vancouver Canucks	JYP (Liiga)
9	271	Darrell Hay (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Rule 84.2 of the NHL rulebook states "A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team." The Canucks pulled F. Potvin in OT and lost the game in OT, so they forfeit that 1 point for the OTL
2. Schaefer wore number 29 until Potvin was acquired.

References

• "Vancouver Canucks 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
• "1999-00 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

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10. 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
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