1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

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.

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 →

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

See also: 2000 Stanley Cup 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]
		Miroslav Satan

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)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Pittis wore number 28 in his first four games.
2. Holland wore number 29 in his first game.
3. Hasek was voted to the starting lineup but did not play.^[6] He was replaced by Roman Turek of the St. Louis Blues.^[7]

References

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• "1999-00 Buffalo Sabres Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

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9. Diamos, Jason (December 5, 1999). "HOCKEY; Daigle Stars as Fleury Struggles". The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2023. Buffalo's JAMES PATRICK, a former Ranger, played the 1,000th N.H.L. game of his career.
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