1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks season

1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks
1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	3rd Central
Conference	11th Western
1999–2000 record	33–37–10–2
Home record	16–19–5–1
Road record	17–18–5–1
Goals for	242
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray (Oct.–Dec.) ; Bob Pulford (Dec.–Apr.)
Coach	Lorne Molleken (Oct.–Dec.) ; Bob Pulford (Dec.–Apr.)
Captain	Doug Gilmour (Oct.–Mar.) ; Vacant (Mar.–Apr.)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	16,274
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Lumberjacks; Hampton Roads Admirals
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Amonte (43)
Assists	Steve Sullivan (42)
Points	Tony Amonte (84)
Penalty minutes	Ryan VandenBussche (143)
Plus/minus	Steve Sullivan (+20)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (25)
Goals against average	Steve Passmore (2.72)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Chicago Blackhawks' 74th season of operation. Finishing 11th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Forward Doug Gilmour was named team captain.

Regular season

The Blackhawks tied the Atlanta Thrashers for the most short-handed goals allowed during the regular season, with 13.^[1] Captain Doug Gilmour was traded in March to the Buffalo Sabres. The team completed the season without a captain.

Final standings

Central Division^[2]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	St. Louis Blues	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	4	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
3	11	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
4	13	Nashville Predators	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
3	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
4	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
7	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
8.5
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83
10	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
11	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77
13	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1999–2000 regular season^[4]

October: 2–5–4–0 (home: 0–3–3–0; road: 2–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 4, 1999	1–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 6, 1999	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 8, 1999	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	T	October 10, 1999	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	0–2–2–0	Recap
5	L	October 15, 1999	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	0–3–2–0	Recap
6	T	October 16, 1999	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	0–3–3–0	Recap
7	T	October 21, 1999	5–5 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	0–3–4–0	Recap
8	L	October 23, 1999	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	0–4–4–0	Recap
9	W	October 27, 1999	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	1–4–4–0	Recap
10	W	October 29, 1999	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	2–4–4–0	Recap
11	L	October 30, 1999	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	2–5–4–0	Recap

November: 3–8–0–2 (home: 1–3–0–1; road: 2–5–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
12	OTL	November 4, 1999	4–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	2–5–4–1	Recap
13	W	November 5, 1999	3–1	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	3–5–4–1	Recap
14	L	November 7, 1999	1–3	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	3–6–4–1	Recap
15	L	November 10, 1999	2–4	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	3–7–4–1	Recap
16	W	November 12, 1999	5–0	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	4–7–4–1	Recap
17	L	November 14, 1999	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	4–8–4–1	Recap
18	L	November 16, 1999	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	4–9–4–1	Recap
19	L	November 19, 1999	2–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	4–10–4–1	Recap
20	L	November 20, 1999	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	4–11–4–1	Recap
21	W	November 24, 1999	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	5–11–4–1	Recap
22	OTL	November 25, 1999	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	5–11–4–2	Recap
23	L	November 27, 1999	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	5–12–4–2	Recap
24	L	November 30, 1999	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	5–13–4–2	Recap

December: 6–6–2–0 (home: 3–4–0–0; road: 3–2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	L	December 3, 1999	4–7	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	5–14–4–2	Recap
26	W	December 4, 1999	9–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	6–14–4–2	Recap
27	W	December 6, 1999	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	7–14–4–2	Recap
28	L	December 9, 1999	0–4	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	7–15–4–2	Recap
29	L	December 10, 1999	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000)	7–16–4–2	Recap
30	L	December 12, 1999	1–2	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	7–17–4–2	Recap
31	W	December 14, 1999	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	8–17–4–2	Recap
32	L	December 17, 1999	0–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	8–18–4–2	Recap
33	W	December 18, 1999	8–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	9–18–4–2	Recap
34	W	December 23, 1999	5–2	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	10–18–4–2	Recap
35	L	December 26, 1999	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	10–19–4–2	Recap
36	T	December 27, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–19–5–2	Recap
37	W	December 30, 1999	2–1	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	11–19–5–2	Recap
38	T	December 31, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	11–19–6–2	Recap

January: 7–6–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 2–3–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	L	January 2, 2000	1–4	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	11–20–6–2	Recap
40	W	January 6, 2000	5–2	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	12–20–6–2	Recap
41	L	January 8, 2000	3–6	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	12–21–6–2	Recap
42	W	January 9, 2000	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	13–21–6–2	Recap
43	W	January 12, 2000	3–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	14–21–6–2	Recap
44	W	January 13, 2000	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–21–6–2	Recap
45	L	January 15, 2000	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–22–6–2	Recap
46	W	January 17, 2000	5–4 OT	San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	16–22–6–2	Recap
47	L	January 19, 2000	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	16–23–6–2	Recap
48	L	January 21, 2000	0–3	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	16–24–6–2	Recap
49	L	January 23, 2000	2–3	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	16–25–6–2	Recap
50	W	January 27, 2000	6–4	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	17–25–6–2	Recap
51	W	January 30, 2000	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	18–25–6–2	Recap

February: 4–6–1–0 (home: 1–4–0–0; road: 3–2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	L	February 2, 2000	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	18–26–6–2	Recap
53	T	February 3, 2000	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	18–26–7–2	Recap
54	W	February 12, 2000	4–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	19–26–7–2	Recap
55	L	February 14, 2000	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	19–27–7–2	Recap
56	L	February 16, 2000	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	19–28–7–2	Recap
57	L	February 18, 2000	4–5	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	19–29–7–2	Recap
58	W	February 20, 2000	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	20–29–7–2	Recap
59	L	February 22, 2000	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	20–30–7–2	Recap
60	L	February 23, 2000	2–4	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	20–31–7–2	Recap
61	W	February 25, 2000	4–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	21–31–7–2	Recap
62	W	February 27, 2000	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	22–31–7–2	Recap

March: 8–5–2–0 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 4–4–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
63	L	March 1, 2000	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	22–32–7–2	Recap
64	W	March 3, 2000	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	23–32–7–2	Recap
65	W	March 5, 2000	7–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	24–32–7–2	Recap
66	L	March 7, 2000	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	24–33–7–2	Recap
67	L	March 8, 2000	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	24–34–7–2	Recap
68	W	March 11, 2000	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	25–34–7–2	Recap
69	W	March 12, 2000	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	26–34–7–2	Recap
70	W	March 15, 2000	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	27–34–7–2	Recap
71	W	March 16, 2000	5–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	28–34–7–2	Recap
72	T	March 18, 2000	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	28–34–8–2	Recap
73	W	March 21, 2000	3–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	29–34–8–2	Recap
74	L	March 24, 2000	1–5	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	29–35–8–2	Recap
75	T	March 26, 2000	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	29–35–9–2	Recap
76	L	March 27, 2000	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	29–36–9–2	Recap
77	W	March 30, 2000	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	30–36–9–2	Recap

April: 3–1–1–0 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 1–0–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
78	T	April 1, 2000	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	30–36–10–2	Recap
79	L	April 2, 2000	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	30–37–10–2	Recap
80	W	April 5, 2000	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	31–37–10–2	Recap
81	W	April 7, 2000	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	32–37–10–2	Recap
82	W	April 9, 2000	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	33–37–10–2	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
10	Tony Amonte	RW	82	43	41	84	10	48
26^[a]	Steve Sullivan†	RW	73	22	42	64	20	52
13	Alexei Zhamnov	C	71	23	37	60	7	61
93	Doug Gilmour‡	C	63	22	34	56	−12	51
92^[b]	Michael Nylander†	C	66	23	28	51	9	26
2	Boris Mironov	D	58	9	28	37	−3	72
55	Eric Daze	RW	59	23	13	36	−16	28
19	Dean McAmmond	C	76	14	18	32	11	72
8	Anders Eriksson	D	73	3	25	28	4	20
44	Bryan McCabe	D	79	6	19	25	−8	139
6	Sylvain Cote†‡	D	45	6	18	24	−4	14
11	Josef Marha	C	81	10	12	22	−10	18
17^[c]	Jean-Pierre Dumont‡	RW	47	10	8	18	−6	18
24	Bob Probert	LW	69	4	11	15	10	114
34	Blair Atcheynum	RW	47	5	7	12	−8	6
6	Kevin Dean†	D	27	2	8	10	9	12
4	Doug Zmolek	D	43	2	7	9	6	60
3^[d]	Brad Brown	D	57	0	9	9	−1	134
23	Jean-Yves Leroux	LW	54	3	5	8	−10	43
22	Dave Manson‡	D	37	0	7	7	2	40
17	Michal Grosek†	LW	14	2	4	6	−1	12
20	Mark Janssens	C	36	0	6	6	−2	73
37	Bryan Muir‡	D	11	2	3	5	−1	13
16	Ed Olczyk	C	33	2	2	4	−8	12
33^[e]	Jamie Allison	D	59	1	3	4	−5	102
32	Radim Bicanek	D	11	0	3	3	7	4
17	Wendel Clark‡	LW	13	2	0	2	−2	13
25	Kyle Calder	LW	8	1	1	2	−3	2
5	Steve McCarthy	D	5	1	1	2	0	4
12	Derek Plante†	C	17	1	1	2	−1	2
14	Ryan VandenBussche	RW	52	0	1	1	−3	143
36	Chris Herperger	C	9	0	0	0	−2	5
31	Marc Lamothe	G	2	0	0	0		0
29	Steve Passmore	G	24	0	0	0		9
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	60	0	0	0		2
26	Todd White‡	C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	60	25	26	7	1679	158	2.76	.906	3	3438
29	Steve Passmore	24	7	12	3	654	63	2.72	.904	1	1388
31	Marc Lamothe	2	1	1	0	50	10	5.17	.800	0	116

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Tony Amonte	^[5]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Steve McCarthy	October 4, 1999	^[6]
	Chris Herperger	October 6, 1999
	Kyle Calder	October 21, 1999
	Marc Lamothe	November 27, 1999
1,000th game played	Eddie Olczyk	October 8, 1999	^[7]
400th goal	Doug Gilmour	October 29, 1999	^[8]
1,000th game played	Sylvain Cote	January 23, 2000	^[9]

Transactions

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[10]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Steve McCarthy	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2	46	Dmitri Levinsky	Kazakhstan	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
2	63	Stepan Mokhov	Kazakhstan	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
5	134	Michael Jacobsen	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	165	Michael Leighton	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	194	Mattias Wennerberg	Sweden	MODO Jr. (Sweden)
7	195	Yorick Treille	France	University of Massachusetts Lowell (NCAA)

Notes

^ Sullivan wore number 15 through December 12.
^ Nylander wore number 37 in his first game.
^ Dumont wore number 12 through December 18.
^ Brown wore number 2 in his first twelve games.
^ Allison wore number 38 through December 17.

References

"Chicago Blackhawks 1999-00 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
"1999-00 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.

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[5] Sullivan wore number 15 through December 12.

[6] Nylander wore number 37 in his first game.

[7] Dumont wore number 12 through December 18.

[8] Brown wore number 2 in his first twelve games.

[9] Allison wore number 38 through December 17.

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[13] "N.H.L.: LAST NIGHT; Gilmour Scores 400th Goal". The New York Times. October 30, 1999. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

[14] "Dallas Stars Thumbnail Sketches - UPI Archives". UPI. May 29, 2000. Retrieved June 9, 2023. Sylvain Cote… Played his 1,000th NHL game on Jan. 23 against Dallas.

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