1999–2000 Florida Panthers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Florida Panthers
Record:	43–27–6–6
Homerecord:	26–9–4–2
Roadrecord:	17–18–2–4
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	244
Goalsagainst:	209
Attendance:	15,981
Goalsleader:	Pavel Bure (58)
Assistsleader:	Viktor Kozlov (53)
Pointsleader:	Pavel Bure (94)
Pimleader:	Todd Simpson (202)
Plusminusleader:	Pavel Bure (+25)
Winsleader:	Mike Vernon (18)
Gaaleader:	Mikhail Shtalenkov (2.31)

The 1999–2000 Florida Panthers season was their seventh season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

The Panthers made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1997. As the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fourth-seeded New Jersey Devils. However, the Panthers were eliminated in a four-game sweep. The Devils' sweep over the Panthers began a 12-year drought where the Florida team never made the playoffs. The Panthers would reenter the playoffs in 2012 after winning the Southeast Division title.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| April 13, 2000 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| April 16, 2000 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 ||L|| April 18, 2000 || 1–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Devils lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 ||L|| April 20, 2000 || 1–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Devils 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 Panthers only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.

	Player
	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=6	Playoffs
10		RW	74	58	36	94	25	16	4	1	3	4	−3	2
14		LW	81	29	42	71	16	35	4	1	0	1	−2	4
25		C	80	17	53	70	24	16	4	0	1	1	−3	0
24		D	82	9	40	49	23	64	4	0	1	1	0	4
27		RW	77	18	28	46	14	126	4	0	1	1	0	2
21		RW	81	26	18	44	1	39	4	0	1	1	−2	0
28		D	82	10	26	36	7	53	4	0	0	0	−1	0
44		C	81	10	23	33	−5	46	4	1	0	1	−1	6
4		D	76	6	19	25	4	68	4	0	0	0	1	0
13		RW	78	5	20	25	3	34	4	0	0	0	0	0
26		RW	47	10	10	20	−4	4
7		D	60	4	16	20	10	35	4	0	0	0	−5	0
19		RW	35	7	10	17	5	6
18		LW	65	9	7	16	−2	30
12		C	66	4	12	16	1	14
3		D	77	3	8	11	−1	172	4	0	0	0	0	8
9		C	14	4	6	10	4	6	4	0	0	0	−1	0
8		LW	48	3	6	9	−7	169	4	1	0	1	−2	8
16		C	13	4	4	8	−1	16	4	2	1	3	−1	2
2		D	62	3	5	8	7	44	4	0	1	1	0	0
22		D	82	1	6	7	5	202	4	0	0	0	−4	4
5		D	13	1	5	6	−3	2
16		RW	14	2	1	3	−3	8
12		LW	8	1	2	3	3	4	4	0	1	1	−1	4
6		D	13	0	3	3	−2	4
29		G	34	0	3	3		2	4	0	0	0		10
45		D	13	0	2	2	2	46
48		LW	9	0	2	2	2	2
40		C	4	0	0	0	−1	2
31		G	7	0	0	0		2
48		LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
47		C	3	0	0	0	−2	0
48		LW	6	0	0	0	−2	2
15		D	17	0	0	0	−2	26
37		G	28	0	0	0		0
30		G	15	0	0	0		2
32		G	1	0	0	0		0
23		C	13	0	0	0	−5	14

Goaltending

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

	Player
	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=9	Playoffs
29		34	18	13	2	1020	83	2.47	.919	1	2019	4	0	4	136	12	3.04	.912	0	237
37		28	14	11	2	809	69	2.63	.915	1	1574	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30		15	8	4	2	369	34	2.31	.908	0	882	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31		7	2	5	0	208	18	2.58	.913	0	418	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32		1	1	0	0	21	1	1.00	.952	0	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Pavel Bure	^[1]
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Pavel Bure (Right Wing)	^[2]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Pavel Bure	^[3]
		Viktor Kozlov
		Ray Whitney
	NHL Player of the Month	Pavel Bure (December)	^[4]
	NHL Player of the Week	Pavel Bure (December 20)	^[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ivan Novoseltsev	October 13, 1999	^[6]
	Dave Duerden	January 6, 2000
	Eric Boguniecki	March 3, 2000
	Brad Ference	March 10, 2000
1,000th game played	Scott Mellanby	March 1, 2000	^[7]

Draft picks

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

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Denis Shvidki	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	40	Alex Auld	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
3	70	Niklas Hagman	HIFK (Finland)
3	80	Jean-Francois Laniel	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4	103	Morgan McCormick	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4	109	Rod Sarich	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	169	Brad Woods	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
7	198	Travis Eagles	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
8	227	Jonathan Charron	Val-d'or Foreurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Louisville Panthers

References

Web site: Florida Panthers 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . May 31, 2023.
Web site: 1999-00 Florida Panthers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . May 31, 2023.

Notes and References

Web site: Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 8, 2023.
Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 8, 2023.
Web site: 2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters . Hockey-Reference.com . August 29, 2024.
Web site: Florida's Bure Nabs Player of Month Honors . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000615213033/http://nhl.com/news/pom010300.htm . June 15, 2000 . January 3, 2000.
Web site: Bure Named Player of the Week . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000617012859/http://nhl.com/news/pow122099.htm . June 17, 2000 . December 20, 1999.
Web site: 1999-00 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 10, 2024.
Web site: Panthers down Maple Leafs 3-1 . Tampa Bay Times . June 8, 2023 . March 2, 2000.
Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.

1999–2000 Florida Panthers season explained

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

Notes and References