1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season


The 1999–2000 Ottawa Senators season was the eighth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. This season saw the Senators drop in the standings, as they finished with 95 points, down from the 103 they registered the previous season. They finished second in the Northeast Division and sixth in the Eastern Conference. They qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Regular season

This season is remembered by fans as the season that star forward Alexei Yashin decided to sit out due to his contract. He was entering the final year of a five-year contract that he signed with Ottawa in 1995. However, Yashin demanded a large pay raise after his impressive 1998–99 season and set a deadline that the Senators had to offer him a new contract, or he would miss the entire season. The Senators opted not sign him, and Yashin sat out the entire 1999–2000 season.
With the loss of Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson was named captain, and, despite missing 25 games due to various injuries, he scored 59 points, behind only Radek Bonk's 60 points in team scoring. Marian Hossa tied Shawn McEachern for the team lead in goals, with 29.
The Senators traded goaltender Damian Rhodes to the Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft, and acquired Patrick Lalime from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to split goaltending duties with Ron Tugnutt. Tugnutt had a sub-par season by his standards, and was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for two-time Stanley Cup champion goaltender Tom Barrasso at the trade deadline.

Final standings

Playoffs

Barrasso was the starting goalie going into the playoffs. However, it was a short stay for the goaltender, as the Senators were eliminated in six games in the first round by their provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series was the first Ottawa–Toronto Stanley Cup series since 1922, when the original Senators defeated the St. Patricks in an NHL playoff.
Toronto was the higher seed and drew home ice advantage. The first five games were all won by the home team. The Maple Leafs won 4–2 in Game 6 at Ottawa to win the series four games to two.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) [Toronto Maple Leafs]

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordAttendance
1April 12Ottawa0 – 2Toronto0 – 119,330
2April 15Ottawa1 – 5Toronto0 – 219,391
3April 17Toronto3 – 4Ottawa1 – 218,500
4April 19Toronto1 – 2Ottawa2 – 218,500
5April 22Ottawa1 – 2Toronto2 – 319,393
6April 24Toronto4 – 2Ottawa2 – 418,500

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
C8023376053-21005
RW572138592811420
RW78292756325504
C7922335540-2504
RW692922512421004
C65132437223202
D8110263649-1302
RW82102535185001
D798223060-3101
LW47151328364114
C75919283720024
D66617232117100
LW579122132-6010
D65514193912001
D646121820-5501
D37681426301
RW674812572001
D60111125514000
C3245915-6001
RW734371453001
C4525712-1000
LW1325724101
D402468-3001
C932521102
RW1003341000
LW110227-3000
C21010-1000
G700000000
C30000-2000
D100002000
C100006-2000
G100000000
D100000000
D900040000
G100000000
G3800040000
D600020000
G4400000000
D100000000

;Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLT/OTGAGAASOSASVSV%
20383819143792.333834755.905
243544181281032.5441020917.899
4187340223.160182160.879
60110022.0001917.895
16100013.75065.833
Team:4967824130112072.50720611854.900

Playoffs

;Scoring
PlayerPosGPGAPtsPIM+/-PPGSHGGWG
RW613420100
C60444-1000
RW621320001
C62130-1000
RW603340000
LW620221001
D61120-5000
D61120-8100
D602221000
C5101140000
D601140000
C601190000
LW60006-6000
G600020000
C60008-6000
RW60002-8000
D6000160000
C100000000
RW500020000
LW100000000
D60002-2000

;Goaltending
PlayerMINGPWLGAGAASOSASVSV%
372624162.580168152.905
Team:372624162.580168152.905

Awards and records

Trades

Waivers

Expansion draft

Source:

Roster

Sources:
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts.
Round#PlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club Team
126Martin HavlatOcelari Trinec
248Simon LajeunesseMoncton Wildcats
262Teemu SainomaaJokerit
394Chris KellyLondon Knights
5154Andrew IanieroKingston Frontenacs
6164Martin PrusekHC Vitkovice
7201Mikko RuutuHIFK
7209Layne UlmerSwift Current Broncos
7213Alexandre GirouxHull Olympiques
9269Konstantin GorovikovSKA Saint Petersburg

Farm teams