1999–2000 New York Rangers season

1999–2000 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	T-11th Eastern
1999–2000 record	29–38–12–3
Goals for	218
Goals against	246
Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	John Muckler John Tortorella (interim)
Captain	Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mike York (26)
Assists	Theoren Fleury (49)
Points	Petr Nedved (68)
Penalties in minutes	Mathieu Schneider (78)
Wins	Mike Richter (22)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.87)
<1998–99 2000–01>

The 1999–2000 New York Rangers season was the 74th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 29–38–12–3 record.^[1] New York failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third straight season.^[2]

For the second time in three seasons, the Rangers fired their head coach during the regular season. John Muckler, who took the position after Colin Campbell's firing in 1997–98, was himself fired with four games left in the season.^[3][4] General manager Neil Smith was also fired, bringing an end to his tenure which had seen the Rangers win the Stanley Cup but also fall on hard times.^[4]

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	1233	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	1313	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	1221	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	916	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	1376	58

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.

Eastern Conference^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	Y- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	X- Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	28	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

1999-00 Game Log
October: 4-7-2-0 (Home: 3-5-0-0; Road: 1-2-2-0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 1 @ Edmonton Oilers 1 - 1 OT 0-0-1-0 2 2 @ Vancouver Canucks 2 - 1 0-1-1-0 3 5 Ottawa Senators 2 - 1 0-2-1-0 4 8 Carolina Hurricanes 3 - 1 1-2-1-0 5 10 Phoenix Coyotes 4 - 2 2-2-1-0 6 11 @ New York Islanders 4 - 2 3-2-1-0 7 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 2 3-3-1-0 8 17 Atlanta Thrashers 4 - 1 4-3-1-0 9 19 San Jose Sharks 2 - 1 4-4-1-0 10 20 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 0 4-5-1-0 11 22 Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 0 4-6-1-0 12 24 Vancouver Canucks 3 - 0 4-7-1-0 13 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 2 - 2 OT 4-7-2-0
November: 3-5-1-1 (Home: 0-2-1-0; Road: 3-3-0-1) Game November Opponent Score Record 14 3 New York Islanders 3 - 3 OT 4-7-3-0 15 5 @ Colorado Avalanche 4 - 1 4-8-3-0 16 7 @ Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 1 5-8-3-0 17 10 Ottawa Senators 4 - 3 5-9-3-0 18 11 @ Washington Capitals 5 - 4 OT 6-9-3-0 19 13 Boston Bruins 5 - 2 6-10-3-0 20 18 @ Boston Bruins 5 - 3 6-11-3-0 21 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 OT 6-11-3-1 22 24 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 6 - 3 7-11-3-1 23 26 @ Florida Panthers 6 - 2 7-12-3-1
December: 5-3-3-2 (Home: 5-1-1-1; Road: 0-2-2-1) Game December Opponent Score Record 24 1 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 7-13-3-1 25 3 Montreal Canadiens 3 - 2 8-13-3-1 26 4 @ Buffalo Sabres 1 - 1 OT 8-13-4-1 27 6 Calgary Flames 3 - 2 OT 9-13-4-1 28 8 Edmonton Oilers 2 - 1 OT 10-13-4-1 29 15 Los Angeles Kings 8 - 3 11-13-4-1 30 17 Washington Capitals 3 - 2 OT 11-13-4-2 31 19 Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 4 OT 12-13-4-2 32 21 Buffalo Sabres 3 - 1 12-14-4-2 33 23 @ New York Islanders 4 - 2 12-15-4-2 34 26 New Jersey Devils 3 - 3 OT 12-15-5-2 35 28 @ Phoenix Coyotes 2 - 2 OT 12-15-6-2 36 29 @ Dallas Stars 4 - 3 OT 12-15-6-3
January: 10-4-1-0 (Home: 4-2-0-0; Road: 6-2-1-0) Game January Opponent Score Record 37 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 2 - 2 OT 12-15-7-3 38 3 St. Louis Blues 5 - 2 12-16-7-3 39 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 - 2 OT 13-16-7-3 40 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5 - 3 14-16-7-3 41 9 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1 - 0 14-17-7-3 42 15 @ New York Islanders 5 - 2 15-17-7-3 43 16 Atlanta Thrashers 6 - 3 16-17-7-3 44 18 Carolina Hurricanes 3 - 2 17-17-7-3 45 20 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4 - 1 18-17-7-3 46 22 @ St. Louis Blues 4 - 1 19-17-7-3 47 24 @ Atlanta Thrashers 6 - 3 20-17-7-3 48 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 21-17-7-3 49 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 21-18-7-3 50 29 @ Ottawa Senators 3 - 2 21-19-7-3 51 31 Nashville Predators 5 - 1 22-19-7-3
February: 4-7-2-0 (Home: 2-4-1-0; Road: 2-3-1-0) Game February Opponent Score Record 52 2 New Jersey Devils 3 - 1 22-20-7-3 53 3 @ Atlanta Thrashers 6 - 3 23-20-7-3 54 8 New Jersey Devils 2 - 2 OT 23-20-8-3 55 9 @ New Jersey Devils 4 - 1 23-21-8-3 56 11 Boston Bruins 5 - 2 24-21-8-3 57 13 New York Islanders 4 - 2 24-22-8-3 58 15 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2 - 2 OT 24-22-9-3 59 16 @ Florida Panthers 3 - 0 24-23-9-3 60 18 Colorado Avalanche 4 - 2 24-24-9-3 61 20 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 2 24-25-9-3 62 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 25-25-9-3 63 25 @ Buffalo Sabres 6 - 3 26-25-9-3 64 26 @ Ottawa Senators 4 - 2 26-26-9-3
March: 3-9-2-0 (Home: 1-4-2-0; Road: 2-5-0-0) Game March Opponent Score Record 65 1 Buffalo Sabres 3 - 3 OT 26-26-10-3 66 3 Florida Panthers 4 - 2 27-26-10-3 67 6 @ San Jose Sharks 2 - 1 27-27-10-3 68 8 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4 - 3 OT 28-27-10-3 69 9 @ Los Angeles Kings 3 - 1 28-28-10-3 70 11 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 28-29-10-3 71 13 Dallas Stars 4 - 3 28-30-10-3 72 15 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 4 OT 28-30-11-3 73 18 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 2 29-30-11-3 74 19 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 4 29-31-11-3 75 21 Florida Panthers 4 - 3 29-32-11-3 76 23 Washington Capitals 4 - 1 29-33-11-3 77 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 8 - 2 29-34-11-3 78 27 Detroit Red Wings 6 - 0 29-35-11-3
April: 0-3-1-0 (Home: 0-2-0-0; Road: 0-1-1-0) Game April Opponent Score Record 79 1 @ Boston Bruins 2 - 2 OT 29-35-12-3 80 3 @ Washington Capitals 4 - 1 29-36-12-3 81 5 Montreal Canadiens 3 - 0 29-37-12-3 82 9 Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 1 29-38-12-3

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season.^[2]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved 76 24 44 68 2 40 Fleury, TheorenTheoren Fleury 80 15 49 64 -4 68 York, MikeMike York 82 26 24 50 -17 18 Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac 67 19 23 42 3 16 MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean 77 18 24 42 -2 52 Graves, AdamAdam Graves 77 23 17 40 -15 14 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak^† 46 11 22 33 0 10 Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky 65 14 20 34 -18 36 Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider 80 10 20 30 -6 78 Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle 58 8 18 26 -5 23 Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch 50 7 19 26 -16 20 Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher 74 4 19 23 -10 38 Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson 76 6 15 21 -13 46 Taylor, TimTim Taylor 76 9 11 20 -4 72 Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal 75 2 14 16 -10 77 Knuble, MikeMike Knuble^‡ 59 9 5 14 -5 18 Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix 70 4 8 12 -12 24 Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre 82 2 10 12 -13 43 Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens 38 3 5 8 -7 43 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey^‡ 31 3 3 6 -9 62 DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio^† 12 1 3 4 -8 8 Pilon, RichRich Pilon^† 45 0 4 4 0 36 Witehall, JohanJohan Witehall 9 1 1 2 0 2 Dawe, JasonJason Dawe 3 0 1 1 0 2 Doig, JasonJason Doig 7 0 1 1 -2 22 Stock, P. J.P. J. Stock 11 0 1 1 1 11 Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon 21 0 1 1 -2 26 Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 0 Vasiliev, AlexeiAlexei Vasiliev 1 0 0 0 -1 2 Goneau, DanielDaniel Goneau 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Virtue, TerryTerry Virtue 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Purinton, DaleDale Purinton 1 0 0 0 -1 7 Kenady, ChrisChris Kenady 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra 27 0 0 0 -6 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	61	3622	22	31	8	173	2.87	1988	.905	0
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	22	1206	7	8	4	58	2.89	616	.896	0
Labbe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Labbe	1	60	0	1	0	3	3.00	25	.864	0
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	2	86	0	1	0	5	3.49	49	.886	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[6]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts, at the FleetCenter.^[7][8]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Pavel Brendl	RW	Czech Republic	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1	9	Jamie Lundmark	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	59	David Inman	LW	Canada	Notre Dame (CCHA)
3	79	Johan Asplund	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (Sweden)
3	90	Patrick Aufiero	D	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
5	137	Garret Bembridge	RW	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	177	Jay Dardis	C	United States	Proctor Academy (USHS–NH)
7	197	Arto Laatikainen	D	Finland	Blues (Finland)
8	226	Evgeny Gusakov	LW	Russia	Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia)
9	251	Peter Henning	RW	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9	254	Alexei Bulatov	LW	Russia	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia)

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

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