1999–2000 Vancouver Canucks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Vancouver Canucks
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	10th
Division:	Northwest
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	30–29–15–8
Homerecord:	16–14–5–6
Roadrecord:	14–15–10–2
Goalsfor:	227
Goalsagainst:	237
Generalmanager:	Brian Burke
Coach:	Marc Crawford
Captain:	Mark Messier
Altcaptain:	Markus Naslund Mattias Ohlund
Arena:	General Motors Place
Attendance:	14,641^[1]
Minorleague:	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Goalsleader:	Markus Naslund (27)
Assistsleader:	Andrew Cassels (45)
Pointsleader:	Markus Naslund (65)
Pimleader:	Donald Brashear (136)
Plusminusleader:	Harold Druken (+14)
Winsleader:	Felix Potvin (12)
Gaaleader:	Felix Potvin (2.59)

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.

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

Schedule and results

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

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
	Player
19		LW	82	27	38	65	−5	64
25		C	79	17	45	62	8	16
11		C	66	17	37	54	−15	30
44		RW	80	25	25	50	−2	126
89		RW	47	21	17	38	7	16
72		LW	71	16	15	31	0	20
55		D	75	5	21	26	−3	54
6		D	57	10	14	24	7	30
4		D	79	5	17	22	5	26
26		RW	47	10	10	20	−8	26
2		D	42	4	16	20	6	24
18		LW	45	8	11	19	9	22
27		C	54	4	13	17	−4	20
9		LW	59	9	7	16	−2	90
15		C	33	7	9	16	14	10
8		LW	60	11	2	13	−9	136
24		LW	51	5	7	12	3	39
17		RW	33	4	8	12	6	17
23		D	81	2	10	12	8	67
28		D	38	2	9	11	−4	6
14		C	40	5	4	9	−3	14
7		C	12	2	7	9	4	10
13		C	49	1	8	9	−4	10
3		D	18	2	4	6	9	12
21		C	6	1	5	6	2	2
20		C	12	3	2	5	1	2
39		D	11	0	5	5	2	2
34		D	63	1	3	4	−13	64
20		C	21	0	4	4	−3	24
17		RW	17	2	1	3	−7	14
5		D	18	1	1	2	−1	8
29		G	34	0	2	2		2
30		G	32	0	2	2		8
3		D	13	0	1	1	−6	4
37		LW	8	0	1	1	−1	6
36		D	3	0	0	0	−1	0
38		RW	2	0	0	0	−2	2
33		G	2	0	0	0		0
32		G	6	0	0	0		2
31		C	4	0	0	0	0	0
35		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
	Player
29		34	12	13	7	906	85	2.51	.906	0	1966
30		32	10	15	3	775	76	2.68	.902	0	1712
35		20	6	7	4	461	47	2.85	.898	1	987
32		6	2	1	1	115	16	3.57	.861	0	269
33		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	^[3]
	NHL Player of the Week	Markus Naslund (March 20)	^[4]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Peter Schaefer (October)	^[5]
Team	Babe Pratt Trophy	Mattias Ohlund	^[6]
	Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Mark Messier
	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Markus Naslund
	Fred J. Hume Award	Andrew Cassels	^[7]
	Molson Cup	Mark Messier	^[8]
	Most Exciting Player Award	Todd Bertuzzi

Transactions

Trades

June 1, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Pat Kavanagh	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th round pick in 1999 (Konstantin Rudenko)
- bgcolor="#eeeeee"	June 26, 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.^[9]

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

Farm teams

Syracuse Crunch (AHL)

References

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

Notes and References

Web site: NHL Attendance Report - 1999-00. ESPN. December 20, 2015.
Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p436, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON,
Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2000 . NHL.com . June 10, 2023.
Web site: Markus Naslund . Canucks.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030204052943mp_/http://www.canucks.com/theteam/roster.asp?sectionID=23&id=32#career . February 4, 2003 . Was named NHL player of the week for March 13 to 19 when he led the NHL in scoring (3-5-8) in three games.
Web site: NHL Rookies of the Month . Hockey-Reference.com . June 10, 2023.
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.