1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	48–22–10–2
Homerecord:	28–9–3–1
Roadrecord:	20–13–7–1
Divisionrank:	2nd
Conferencerank:	4th
Goalsfor:	278
Goalsagainst:	210
Attendance:	19,983
Goalsleader:	Brendan Shanahan (41)
Assistsleader:	Nicklas Lidstrom (53)
Pointsleader:	Steve Yzerman (79)
Pimleader:	Martin Lapointe (121)
Plusminusleader:	Chris Chelios (+48)
Winsleader:	Chris Osgood (30)
Gaaleader:	Chris Osgood (2.40)

The 1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 74th season of operation in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

The Red Wings led in goals for during the regular season, with 278. They also finished first in power-play goals scored, with 69 (tied with the Philadelphia Flyers) and power-play percentage (20.41%).^[1]

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1 ||W|| April 13, 2000 || 2–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Red Wings lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 ||W|| April 15, 2000 || 8–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings || Red Wings lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 ||W|| April 17, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Red Wings lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| April 19, 2000 || 3–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Red Wings win 4–0 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1 ||L|| April 27, 2000 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| April 29, 2000 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 3 ||W|| May 1, 2000 || 3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 ||L|| May 3, 2000 || 2–3 OT || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L|| May 5, 2000 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche || Avalanche win 4–1 || |-|-| 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 Red Wings only.

	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=6	Playoffs
19		C	78	35	44	79	28	34	8	0	4	4	−4	0
14		LW	78	41	37	78	24	105	9	3	2	5	0	10
5		D	81	20	53	73	19	18	9	2	4	6	−6	4
91		C	68	27	35	62	8	22	9	4	4	8	2	4
15		RW	68	22	26	48	22	95	9	1	1	2	−4	2
8		C	79	9	38	47	13	28	9	1	2	3	−2	6
20		RW	82	16	25	41	17	121	9	3	1	4	−1	20
28		D	79	10	31	41	12	42	9	0	4	4	2	10
55		D	81	10	30	40	4	45	9	2	3	5	1	2
13		LW	72	18	18	36	11	28	8	2	1	3	−3	12
96		LW	72	13	22	35	4	43	9	3	1	4	3	16
24		D	81	3	31	34	48	103	9	0	1	1	−3	8
17		RW	51	10	8	18	8	12	3	0	1	1	0	0
11		D	81	6	12	18	−12	20	6	0	0	0	2	2
39		C	49	7	9	16	−1	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
18		RW	41	6	8	14	1	24	8	0	1	1	0	4
25		RW	24	6	6	12	1	48	9	0	1	1	3	12
33		C	51	5	7	12	3	28	9	2	0	2	4	6
22		C	57	5	3	8	−6	12
2		D	52	0	8	8	1	45
41		LW	24	4	2	6	1	24	6	0	0	0	−3	6
21		C	30	0	6	6	−2	10
27		D	36	1	3	4	−4	24	3	0	0	0	0	0
44		D	21	1	2	3	3	8
23		D	13	2	0	2	2	15	9	0	1	1	2	4
37		RW	21	1	1	2	−3	10
30		G	53	0	1	1		18	9	0	1	1		4
31		G	29	0	1	1		0
34		G	4	0	0	0		0
3		D	1	0	0	0	−2	0
36		RW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=11	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Playoffs
30		53	52	30	14	8	1,349	126	2.40	.907	6	3,147:32	9	9	5	4	237	18	1.97	.924	2	546:54
31		29	26	14	10	2	700	70	2.66	.900	0	1,578:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
34		4	4	4	0	0	117	11	2.75	.906	0	239:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Trophy	Steve Yzerman	^[2]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense)	^[3]
		Brendan Shanahan (Left Wing)
		Steve Yzerman (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Scotty Bowman (coach)	^[4]
		Chris Chelios
		Nicklas Lidstrom
		Brendan Shanahan
		Steve Yzerman

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Yuri Butsayev	October 2, 1999	^[5]
	Marc Rodgers	October 5, 1999
	Jiri Fischer	October 13, 1999
	B. J. Young	November 28, 1999
	Jesse Wallin	April 9, 2000
25th shutout	Chris Osgood	October 23, 1999
400th goal	Brendan Shanahan	November 13, 1999	^[6]
1,000th point	Pat Verbeek	February 27, 2000	^[7]

Draft picks

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

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	120	Jari Tolsa		Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5	149	Andrei Maximenko		Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
6	181	Kent McDonell		Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	210	Henrik Zetterberg		Timra IK (Sweden)
8	238	Anton Borodkin		Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	266	Ken Davis		Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• Web site: Detroit Red Wings 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 2, 2023.
• Web site: 1999-00 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . June 2, 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1999-00 NHL Summary.
2. Web site: Frank J. Selke Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 9, 2023.
3. Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 9, 2023.
4. Web site: 2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters . Hockey-Reference.com . August 29, 2024.
5. Web site: 1999-00 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 10, 2024.
6. Web site: N.H.L.: ROUNDUP; Renberg Thwarts San Jose . The New York Times . June 9, 2023 . November 14, 1999 . Brendan Shanahan scored his 400th career goal as visiting Detroit tied Toronto..
7. Web site: Brodeur, Devils burn CanadiensHeady . Deseret News . June 9, 2023 . February 28, 2000 . Pat Verbeek had two assists to go over 1,000 career points as Detroit beat Tampa Bay..
8. Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.