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

Regular seasonPlayoffs
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 seasonPlayoffs
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

TypeAward/honorRecipientRef
League
(annual)
NHL Second All-Star TeamRob Blake (Defense)[1]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selectionRob Blake[2]
NHL Player of the WeekLuc Robitaille (October 11)[3]
Bryan Smolinski (November 1)[4]
TeamBest NewcomerZigmund Palffy[5]
Bill Libby Memorial AwardRob Blake
Defensive PlayerMattias Norstrom
Jim Fox Community ServiceRob Blake
Leading ScorerLuc Robitaille
Most InspirationalGarry Galley
Most Popular PlayerIan Laperriere
Outstanding DefensemanRob Blake
Unsung HeroMattias Norstrom

Milestones

Transactions

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

Trades

June 19, 1999To 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, 2000To 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, 2000To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations
To Atlanta Thrashers
Bill Huard
February 18, 2000To Los Angeles Kings
Allan Egeland
To Calgary Flames
Future considerations
February 23, 2000To Los Angeles Kings
Craig Charron
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don MacLean
March 13, 2000To Los Angeles Kings
Kelly Buchberger
Nelson Emerson
To Atlanta Thrashers
Donald Audette
František Kaberle
May 1, 2000To Los Angeles Kings
Steve Passmore
To Chicago Blackhawks
4th round pick in 2000 - Olli Malmivaara

Free agent signings

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

Free agents lost

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

Expansion draft

June 25, 1999To Atlanta Thrashers
Matt Johnson

Waivers

September 27, 1999From Nashville Predators
Rich Brennan
March 10, 2000To 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]

RoundPlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
243Andrei SheferSeverstal Cherepovets (Russia)
374Jason CrainOhio State University (NCAA)
376Frantisek KaberleMODO (Sweden)
392Cory CampbellBelleville Bulls (OHL)
4104Brian McGrattanSudbury Wolves (OHL)
4125Daniel JohanssonMODO (Sweden)
5133Jean-Francois NoguesVictoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
7193Kevin BakerBelleville Bulls (OHL)
8222George ParrosChicago Freeze (NAHL)
9250Noah ClarkeDes Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 10, 2023.
  2. Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000 . NHL.com . June 10, 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Los Angeles Kings 2014–15 Media Guide, p. 201–03
  6. Web site: Blues And Kings Tie . www.cbsnews.com . June 10, 2023 . January 4, 2000.
  7. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.
  8. Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.