1999-00 NHL season

The 1999-2000 NHL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams each played 82 games. The New Jersey Devils defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars for their second Stanley Cup championship.

Changes
Starting in the 1999-2000 season, teams would get one point for an overtime loss in the regular season instead of zero.

Wayne Gretzky's jersey number was retired league-wide on February 6, 2000.

1999-2000 was the inaugural season for the Atlanta Thrashers. It was also the first year for the Carolina Hurricanes' home rink, the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena.

A new award, the Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award, was introduced for this season for the goaltender with the best save percentage.

Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalty Minutes.

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Playoff bracket
Note: W = Wins, G = Goals Scored

Finals
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Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1999-2000 (listed with their first team):


 * Maxim Afinogenov (Buffalo Sabres)
 * Brian Boucher (Philadelphia Flyers)
 * Tim Connolly (New York Islanders)
 * Mike Fisher (Ottawa Senators)
 * Simon Gagne (Philadelphia Flyers)
 * Scott Gomez (New Jersey Devils)
 * John Grahame (Boston Bruins)
 * Roberto Luongo (New York Islanders)
 * Willie Mitchell (New Jersey Devils)
 * Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars)
 * Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose Sharks)
 * Ladislav Nagy (St. Louis Blues)
 * Brian Rafalski (New Jersey Devils)
 * Robyn Regehr (Calgary Flames)
 * Mike Ribeiro (Montreal Canadiens)
 * Martin Skoula (Colorado Avalanche)
 * Patrick Stefan (Atlanta Thrashers
 * Brad Stuart (San Jose Sharks)
 * Alex Tanguay (Colorado Avalanche)

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1999-2000 (listed with their last team):


 * Doug Bodger (Vancouver Canucks)
 * Shawn Burr (Tampa Bay Lightning)
 * Guy Carbonneau (Dallas Stars)
 * Wendel Clark (Toronto Maple Leafs)
 * Geoff Courtnall (St. Louis Blues)
 * Murray Craven (San Jose Sharks)
 * John Cullen (Tampa Bay Lightning)
 * Dave Ellett (St. Louis Blues)
 * Pat Falloon (Pittsburgh Penguins)
 * Grant Fuhr (Calgary Flames)
 * Derek King (St. Louis Blues)
 * Marty McSorley (Boston Bruins)
 * Ed Olczyk (Chicago Blackhawks)
 * Darren Puppa (Tampa Bay Lightning)
 * Bill Ranford (Edmonton Oilers)
 * Bob Rouse (San Jose Sharks)
 * Ulf Samuelsson (Philadelphia Flyers)
 * Ray Sheppard (Florida Panthers)
 * Brian Skrudland (Dallas Stars)
 * Esa Tikkanen (Florida Panthers)
 * Darren Turcotte (Nashville Predators)
 * Ken Wregget (Detroit Red Wings)
 * Zarley Zalapski (Philadelphia Flyers)