1999–2000 Washington Capitals season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1999–2000
Year:	1999
Team:	Washington Capitals
Record:	44–24–12–2
Homerecord:	26–5–8–2
Roadrecord:	18–19–4–0
Conferencerank:	2nd
Divisionrank:	1st
Goalsfor:	227
Goalsagainst:	194
Attendance:	14,485
Goalsleader:	Chris Simon (29)
Assistsleader:	Adam Oates (56)
Pointsleader:	Adam Oates (71)
Pimleader:	Chris Simon (146)
Plusminusleader:	Sergei Gonchar (+26)
Winsleader:	Olaf Kolzig (41)
Gaaleader:	Olaf Kolzig (2.24)
Divisionwin:	Yes

The 1999–2000 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Owner Abe Pollin sold the Capitals to an investor group headed by America Online president Ted Leonsis on May 12, 1999.

Regular season

The Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with just 3.^[1]

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 ||L|| April 13, 2000 || 0–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 ||L|| April 15, 2000 || 1–2 OT || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 ||L|| April 17, 2000 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 3–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 ||W|| April 19, 2000 || 3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 5 ||L|| April 21, 2000 || 1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins 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 Capitals only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.

	Player		scope=colgroup colspan=6	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=6	Playoffs
77		C	82	15	56	71	13	14	5	0	3	3	0	4
55		D	73	18	36	54	26	52	5	1	0	1	−3	6
17		LW	75	29	20	49	11	146	4	2	0	2	1	24
22		LW	82	16	27	43	19	80	5	1	0	1	0	2
12		RW	62	21	17	38	5	30	5	1	1	2	−4	4
10		LW	75	15	23	38	11	8	5	0	1	1	−1	2
44		RW	69	19	16	35	6	54	5	0	0	0	−1	5
6		D	82	7	25	32	13	24	5	1	2	3	−4	0
8		C	56	9	22	31	7	30
11		C	79	18	11	29	21	39	5	2	1	3	−1	0
13		C	76	11	14	25	6	28	5	0	2	2	−3	4
14		RW	79	7	16	23	7	50	5	0	0	0	−2	4
15		D	73	3	19	22	7	28	4	0	0	0	2	4
2		D	80	7	13	20	8	79	5	0	1	1	−1	10
20		C	30	6	13	19	5	4	2	0	0	0	−1	2
28		LW	49	8	9	17	−1	6
9		RW	29	5	8	13	8	53	5	0	0	0	−2	8
27		C	35	6	5	11	2	12	3	0	0	0	−2	0
19		D	77	1	7	8	5	114	3	0	0	0	−3	0
29		D	59	0	7	7	21	50	5	0	1	1	−1	2
33		LW	30	1	2	3	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0
34		RW	23	1	2	3	−7	2
21		C	20	1	2	3	−1	4
36		LW	25	2	0	2	−7	15
4		D	23	1	1	2	−2	2
37		G	73	0	2	2		6	5	0	0	0		0
24		D	12	0	2	2	−1	19	5	0	0	0	−2	2
38		D	8	0	1	1	1	2
23		LW	2	0	1	1	1	2
1		G	13	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0
3		D	7	0	0	0	−5	11
25		LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
39		C	3	0	0	0	−2	0
23		C							3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Player	scope=colgroup colspan=10	Regular season	scope=colgroup colspan=9	Playoffs
37		73	41	20	11	1957	163	2.24	.917	5	4371	5	1	4	103	16	3.38	.845	0	284
1		13	3	6	1	310	28	2.75	.910	2	611	1	0	0	6	1	3.00	.833	0	20

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL First All-Star Team	Olaf Kolzig (Goaltender)	^[2]
	Vezina Trophy	Olaf Kolzig	^[3]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Olaf Kolzig	^[4]
	NHL Player of the Month	Olaf Kolzig (January)	^[5]
	NHL Player of the Week	Sergei Gonchar (January 31)	^[6]
		Olaf Kolzig (March 6)	^[7]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Jeff Halpern (March)	^[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jeff Halpern	October 2, 1999	^[9]
	Glen Metropolit
	Miika Elomo	October 16, 1999
	Alexander Volchkov	October 23, 1999
	Trent Whitfield	April 17, 2000	^[10]
1,000th game played	Adam Oates	December 22, 1999	^[11]

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[12]

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	7	Kris Beech		Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	29	Michal Sivek		Velvana Kladno (Czech Republic)
2	31	Charlie Stephens		Guelph Storm (OHL)
2	34	Ross Lupaschuk		Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	37	Nolan Yonkman		Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
5	132	Roman Tvrdon		Dukla Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)
6	175	Kyle Clark		Harvard University (NCAA)
7	192	David Bornhammar		AIK IF Jr. (Sweden)
8	219	Maxim Orlov		CSKA Moscow (Russia)
9	249	Igor Shadilov		Dynamo Moscow (Russia)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• Web site: Washington Capitals 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 1, 2023.
• Web site: 1999-00 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . June 1, 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1999-00 NHL Summary.
2. Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . June 8, 2023.
3. Web site: Vezina Trophy . records.nhl.com . June 8, 2023.
4. Web site: 2000 NHL All-Star Game Rosters . Hockey-Reference.com . August 29, 2024.
5. Web site: Capitals' Kolzig Nabs Player of Month Honors . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000415151244/http://nhl.com/news/pom020100.htm . April 15, 2000 . February 1, 2000.
6. Web site: Gonchar Best Last Week . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000415183030/http://nhl.com/news/pow013100.htm . April 15, 2000 . January 31, 2000.
7. Web site: Kolzig Named Player of the Week . NHL.com . July 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000605131207/http://www.nhl.com/news/pow030600.htm . June 5, 2000 . March 6, 2000.
8. Web site: NHL Rookies of the Month . Hockey-Reference.com . June 8, 2023.
9. Web site: 1999-00 NHL Debuts . Hockey-Reference.com . October 10, 2024.
10. Web site: Whitfield comes full circle for 1,000th game . theahl.com . October 11, 2024 . February 22, 2013 . He made his NHL debut with the Caps on April 17, 2000, in a playoff game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
11. Web site: Potvin pays off in Vancouver win Canucks' Kariya celebrates birthday with a pair of goals . Deseret News . June 8, 2023 . December 23, 1999 . The loss spoiled Capitals captain Adam Oates' night. He was playing in his 1,000th game..
12. Web site: 1999 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . June 10, 2023.