1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Tampa Bay Lightning
Record:	19–47–9–7
Homerecord:	13–20–4–4
Roadrecord:	6–27–5–3
Conferencerank:	14th
Divisionrank:	4th
Goalsfor:	204
Goalsagainst:	310
Captain:	Bill Houlder (Oct) Chris Gratton (Oct - Feb) Vincent Lecavalier (Mar - Apr)
Attendance:	13,600
Goalsleader:	Vincent Lecavalier (25)
Assistsleader:	Vincent Lecavalier (42)
Pointsleader:	Vincent Lecavalier (67)
Pimleader:	Petr Svoboda (170)
Plusminusleader:	Steve Guolla (+2) Robert Petrovicky (+2)
Winsleader:	Dan Cloutier (9)
Gaaleader:	Dan Cloutier (3.49)

The 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's eighth season of operation. The club placed fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Regular season

March 4, 2000: In a victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Patrick Roy earned the 435th victory of his career.^[1]

Final standings

Schedule and results

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

	Regular season
	Player
4		C	80	25	42	67	−25	43
33		LW	80	22	26	48	−26	18
26		C	67	19	25	44	−29	86
77		C	58	14	27	41	−24	121
16		RW	50	14	20	34	−15	108
20		RW	68	11	22	33	−18	24
13		D	69	8	18	26	−19	93
23		D	70	2	23	25	−11	170
8		LW	55	11	13	24	−14	34
10		RW	28	10	12	22	−2	4
2		D	54	7	11	18	−27	73
14		C	43	7	10	17	2	14
17		C	46	6	10	16	2	11
25		RW	50	4	10	14	−11	21
44		RW	20	7	5	12	2	4
19		C	57	5	7	12	−11	37
30		D	34	2	9	11	−11	33
15		RW	29	5	5	10	−7	28
5		RW	41	3	6	9	−21	37
7		RW	60	2	6	8	−26	87
9		C	14	3	3	6	−7	21
3		D	28	2	3	5	−9	6
21		C	12	2	3	5	1	8
22		C	17	2	3	5	−4	25
28		LW	28	2	2	4	−8	36
2		D	14	1	2	3	−3	2
8		C	11	1	2	3	−3	4
18		D	18	1	2	3	1	20
27		D	46	1	1	2	−12	66
42		RW	8	1	1	2	−1	0
25		LW	13	1	1	2	0	2
22		D	10	1	1	2	−5	10
6		D	30	1	1	2	−8	32
11		LW	4	0	2	2	2	0
17		C	14	0	2	2	−9	2
21		D	17	0	2	2	−8	42
29		LW	5	0	2	2	1	2
24		LW	26	1	0	1	−3	103
49		D	8	0	1	1	−2	4
1		G	12	0	1	1		0
34		LW	24	0	1	1	−6	135
51		RW	3	0	1	1	1	2
29		C	2	0	0	0	−2	0
39		G	52	0	0	0		29
27		C	8	0	0	0	−4	18
43		LW	10	0	0	0	−1	39
56		D	37	0	0	0	−12	45
35		G	24	0	0	0		2
35		G	5	0	0	0		0
31		G	14	0	0	0		2
93		G	5	0	0	0		2
9		LW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
46		D	4	0	0	0	−4	6

Goaltending

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

	Regular season
	Player
39		52	9	30	3	1258	145	3.49	.885	0	2492
1		12	4	4	1	308	31	3.65	.899	0	509
35		24	2	7	4	327	47	3.67	.856	0	769
31		14	2	7	1	353	43	3.70	.878	0	698
35		5	1	4	0	111	17	4.29	.847	0	238
93		5	1	2	0	129	19	4.58	.853	0	249

Awards and records

Milestones

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[4]

Round		Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	47	Sheldon Keefe	Barrie Colts (OHL)
3	67	Evgeny Konstantinov	Ital Kazan 2 (Russia)
3	75	Brett Scheffelmaier	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	88	Jimmie Olvestad	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
5	127	Kaspars Astasenko	Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)
5	148	Michal Lanicek	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	182	Fedor Fedorov	Port Huron Border Cats (UHL)
7	187	Ivan Rachunek	ZPS Zlin Jr. (Czech Republic)
8	216	Erkki Rajamaki	HIFK (Finland)
9	244	Mikko Kuparinen	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)

References

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

Notes and References

Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.436, 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 8, 2023.
Web site: Amonte hat trick zaps Lightning . ESPN.com . June 8, 2023 . March 12, 2000 . Tampa Bay defenseman Petr Svoboda played in his 1,000th career game..
Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.