1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Los Angeles Kings
Record:	39–27–12–4
Homerecord:	21–13–5–2
Roadrecord:	18–14–7–2
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	245
Goalsagainst:	228
Attendance:	16,518
Goalsleader:	Luc Robitaille (36)
Assistsleader:	Jozef Stumpel (41)
Pointsleader:	Luc Robitaille (74)
Pimleader:	Ian Laperriere (185)
Plusminusleader:	Jozef Stumpel (+23)
Winsleader:	Stephane Fiset (20)
Gaaleader:	Jamie Storr (2.53)

The 1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 33rd season in the National Hockey League. It was the Kings' first season in Staples Center, which replaced The Forum as the Kings home venue. The Kings made it to the playoffs but lost in the first round to Detroit.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |1||W||October 2, 1999||2–0 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||1–0–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2||W||October 4, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||2–0–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|3||L||October 6, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) ||2–1–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |4||W||October 7, 1999||5–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) ||3–1–0–0 || |- align="center" |5||T||October 9, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) ||3–1–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |6||W||October 15, 1999||4–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||4–1–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||October 16, 1999||4–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||4–2–1–0 || |- align="center" |8||T||October 20, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1999–2000) ||4–2–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 22, 1999||3–6 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||4–3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |10||W||October 24, 1999||4–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||5–3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |11||W||October 26, 1999||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1999–2000) ||6–3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |12||W||October 28, 1999||5–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) ||7–3–2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |13||W||October 30, 1999||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||8–3–2–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |14||W||November 2, 1999||5–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) ||9–3–2–0 || |- align="center" |15||T||November 3, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||9–3–3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 6, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) ||9–4–3–0 || |- align="center" |17||T||November 9, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||9–4–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |18||W||November 11, 1999||5–2 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) ||10–4–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |19||W||November 14, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||11–4–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||November 16, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||12–4–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|21||L||November 18, 1999||2–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||12–5–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||November 20, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) ||12–6–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |23||W||November 23, 1999||6–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) ||13–6–4–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|24||OTL||November 24, 1999||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||13–6–4–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |25||W||November 27, 1999||4–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||14–6–4–1 || |-|- align="center" |26||T||December 3, 1999||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||14–6–5–1 || |- align="center" |27||T||December 4, 1999||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) ||14–6–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||December 8, 1999||4–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) ||15–6–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||December 10, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||15–7–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |30||W||December 11, 1999||4–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) ||16–7–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 14, 1999||1–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) ||16–8–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||December 15, 1999||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) ||16–9–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||December 18, 1999||4–8 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||16–10–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|34||L||December 22, 1999||1–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||16–11–6–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|35||OTL||December 26, 1999||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||16–11–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||December 29, 1999||2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) ||16–12–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |37||W||December 30, 1999||8–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||17–12–6–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||January 3, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||17–13–6–2 || |- align="center" |39||T||January 4, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||17–13–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |40||W||January 6, 2000||4–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1999–2000) ||18–13–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|41||L||January 11, 2000||3–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) ||18–14–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||January 13, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||18–15–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|43||OTL||January 15, 2000||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||18–15–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||January 18, 2000||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) ||19–15–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 20, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||19–16–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |46||W||January 23, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) ||20–16–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||January 26, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||20–17–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |48||W||January 27, 2000||6–2 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||21–17–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|49||L||January 29, 2000||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) ||21–18–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |50||W||January 31, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1999–2000) ||22–18–7–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |51||W||February 3, 2000||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||23–18–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||February 8, 2000||3–5 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||23–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |53||W||February 9, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||24–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |54||W||February 11, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||25–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |55||W||February 14, 2000||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||26–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |56||W||February 16, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) ||27–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |57||W||February 18, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||28–19–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|58||L||February 19, 2000||1–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) ||28–20–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 21, 2000||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) ||28–21–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |60||W||February 23, 2000||7–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||29–21–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |61||W||February 25, 2000||5–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||30–21–7–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|62||L||February 26, 2000||3–6 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||30–22–7–3 || |- align="center" |63||T||February 29, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||30–22–8–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|64||L||March 2, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) ||30–23–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |65||W||March 4, 2000||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||31–23–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 7, 2000||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) ||31–24–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |67||W||March 9, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1999–2000) ||32–24–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |68||W||March 11, 2000||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1999–2000) ||33–24–8–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |69||W||March 13, 2000||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||34–24–8–3 || |- align="center" |70||T||March 15, 2000||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||34–24–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|71||L||March 17, 2000||0–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) ||34–25–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FF6F6F"|72||OTL||March 19, 2000||1–2 OT|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (1999–2000) ||34–25–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|73||L||March 21, 2000||2–5 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||34–26–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |74||W||March 23, 2000||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) ||35–26–9–4 || |- align="center" |75||T||March 25, 2000||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) ||35–26–10–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |76||W||March 26, 2000||4–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) ||36–26–10–4 || |- align="center" |77||T||March 29, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) ||36–26–11–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |78||W||April 1, 2000||2–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||37–26–11–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|79||L||April 3, 2000||1–2 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) ||37–27–11–4 || |- align="center" |80||T||April 5, 2000||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) ||37–27–12–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |81||W||April 7, 2000||3–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1999–2000) ||38–27–12–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |82||W||April 9, 2000||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) ||39–27–12–4 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1 ||L|| April 13, 2000 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| April 15, 2000 || 5–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 ||L|| April 17, 2000 || 1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 ||L|| April 19, 2000 || 0–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Red Wings win 4–0 || |-|-| Legend:

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 Kings only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
20		LW	71	36	38	74	11	68	4	2	2	4	−1	6
33		RW	64	27	39	66	18	32	4	2	0	2	0	0
27		RW	78	29	33	62	13	60	4	0	0	0	−3	2
15		C	57	17	41	58	23	10	4	0	4	4	0	8
4		D	77	18	39	57	10	112	4	0	2	2	1	4
21		C	79	20	36	56	2	48	4	0	0	0	−1	2
10		RW	49	12	20	32	6	45
3		D	70	9	21	30	9	52	4	0	0	0	−2	0
23		LW	76	9	14	23	−10	28	4	1	0	1	0	2
11		C	64	5	18	23	4	26	3	0	0	0	0	0
22		RW	79	9	13	22	−14	185	4	0	0	0	0	2
12		RW	63	9	8	17	−12	80	1	0	0	0	0	0
8		D	48	6	10	16	3	18	4	0	1	1	−3	2
5		D	70	3	13	16	−1	45	2	0	0	0	0	2
6		D	80	2	12	14	4	114	4	1	0	1	0	4
14		D	82	1	13	14	22	66	4	0	0	0	1	6
9		LW	29	6	7	13	6	4
19		C	46	5	8	13	5	56
29		C	50	6	6	12	4	17	4	0	0	0	−1	6
19		C	45	5	6	11	0	14	4	0	0	0	−1	0
44		D	26	5	4	9	−2	18	2	0	0	0	0	2
42		RW	64	3	6	9	−2	55	3	0	0	0	−1	0
2		D	37	0	9	9	3	4
7		LW	46	0	5	5	3	125
9		RW	13	2	1	3	−2	13	4	0	0	0	−1	4
17		RW	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35		G	47	0	2	2		4	4	0	0	0		0
37		RW	1	0	1	1	0	2
1		G	42	0	1	1		4	1	0	0	0		0
43		D	1	0	0	0	0	0
34		G	5	0	0	0		0
28		LW	1	0	0	0	0	2
54		D	1	0	0	0	0	0
28		C	1	0	0	0	0	2
55		RW	3	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

	Regular season										Playoffs
	Player
35		47	20	15	7	1208	119	2.75	.901	1	2592	4	0	3	98	10	3.00	.898	0	200
1		42	18	15	5	1008	93	2.53	.908	1	2206	1	0	1	25	2	3.33	.920	0	36
34		5	1	1	0	64	6	2.11	.906	0	171	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Rob Blake (Defense)	^[1]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Rob Blake	^[2]
	NHL Player of the Week	Luc Robitaille (October 11)	^[3]
	NHL Player of the Week	Bryan Smolinski (November 1)	^[4]
Team	Best Newcomer	Zigmund Palffy	^[5]
	Bill Libby Memorial Award	Rob Blake
	Defensive Player	Mattias Norstrom
	Jim Fox Community Service	Rob Blake
	Leading Scorer	Luc Robitaille
	Most Inspirational	Garry Galley
	Most Popular Player	Ian Laperriere
	Outstanding Defenseman	Rob Blake
	Unsung Hero	Mattias Norstrom

Milestones

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1999–2000 season.^[7]

Trades

June 19, 1999	To Los Angeles Kings Žigmund Pálffy Bryan Smolinski Marcel Cousineau 4th round pick in 1999 - Daniel Johansson	To New York Islanders Olli Jokinen Josh Green Mathieu Biron 1st round pick in 1999 - Taylor Pyatt
January 23, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings 8th round pick in 2000 - Dan Welch 6th round pick in 2001 - Art Femenella	To Buffalo Sabres Vladimir Tsyplakov 8th round pick in 2001 - Marek Dubec
January 25, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Atlanta Thrashers Bill Huard
February 18, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings Allan Egeland	To Calgary Flames Future considerations
February 23, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings Craig Charron	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don MacLean
March 13, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings Kelly Buchberger Nelson Emerson	To Atlanta Thrashers Donald Audette František Kaberle
May 1, 2000	To Los Angeles Kings Steve Passmore	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th round pick in 2000 - Olli Malmivaara

Free agent signings

June 20, 1999	From HIFK (SM-I) Marko Tuomainen (1 year, $500,000)
July 19, 1999	From Edmonton Oilers Bill Huard
July 21, 1999	From St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) Brad Chartrand
July 21, 1999	From Frankfurt Lions (DEL) Len Barrie (1 year, $350,000)
July 21, 1999	From EC Villacher SV (ALP) Mike O'Neill
July 30, 1999	From Manitoba Moose (IHL) Scott Thomas
August 26, 1999	From Philadelphia Flyers David MacIsaac
December 26, 1999	From Phoenix Coyotes Bob Corkum (2 years, $1.65 million)
February 18, 2000	From Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Jerred Smithson
February 18, 2000	From St. Louis Blues Travis Scott
March 31, 2000	From University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA) Steven Reinprecht

Free agents lost

July 15, 1999	To Detroit Red Wings Manny Legace
July 21, 1999	To Florida Panthers Ryan Bach
August 2, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Ray Ferraro (2 years, $2 million)
August 4, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Doug Bodger (1 year, $700,000)
November 4, 1999	To Anchorage Aces (WCHL) Ruslan Batyrshin
January 31, 2000	To HC Ambrì-Piotta (NLA) Dave Babych

Expansion draft

June 25, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Matt Johnson

Waivers

September 27, 1999	From Nashville Predators Rich Brennan
March 10, 2000	To Florida Panthers Len Barrie

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[8]

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	43	Andrei Shefer	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
3	74	Jason Crain	Ohio State University (NCAA)
3	76	Frantisek Kaberle	MODO (Sweden)
3	92	Cory Campbell	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	104	Brian McGrattan	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	125	Daniel Johansson	MODO (Sweden)
5	133	Jean-Francois Nogues	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7	193	Kevin Baker	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
8	222	George Parros	Chicago Freeze (NAHL)
9	250	Noah Clarke	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

References

Web site: Los Angeles Kings 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 6, 2023.
Web site: 1999-00 Los Angeles Kings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . June 6, 2023.

Notes and References

Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 10, 2023.
Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000 . NHL.com . June 10, 2023.
Web site: Kings’ Luc Robitaille Named NHL Player Of The Week . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000412023742/http://nhl.com/news/robitaille.htm . April 12, 2000 . October 11, 1999.
Web site: Smolinski Wins Player of Week Award . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000411234215/http://nhl.com/news/pow110199.htm . April 11, 2000 . November 1, 1999.
Los Angeles Kings 2014–15 Media Guide, p. 201–03
Web site: Blues And Kings Tie . www.cbsnews.com . June 10, 2023 . January 4, 2000.
Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.
Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.

1999–2000 Los Angeles Kings season explained

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agent signings

Free agents lost

Expansion draft

Waivers

Draft picks

See also

References

Notes and References