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
Captain	Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mike York (26)
Assists	Theo Fleury (49)
Points	Petr Nedved (68)
Penalty minutes	Mathieu Schneider (78)
Wins	Mike Richter (22)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.87)

The 1999–2000 New York Rangers season was the 74th season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 29–38–12–3 record. New York did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season.

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	33	19	6	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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved C 76 24 44 68 40 2 6 2 4 Fleury, TheorenTheoren Fleury RW 80 15 49 64 68 -4 1 0 1 York, MikeMike York 5-10 26 24 50 -17 18 18 0 4 177 Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac LW 67 19 23 42 16 3 6 0 2 MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean RW 77 18 24 42 52 -2 6 2 3 Graves, AdamAdam Graves LW 77 23 17 40 14 -15 11 0 4 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak RW 46 11 22 33 10 0 2 1 0 Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky LW 58 13 19 32 24 -13 3 0 1 Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider D 80 10 20 30 78 -6 3 0 1 Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle C 58 8 18 26 23 -5 1 0 1 Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch D 50 7 19 26 20 -16 3 0 2 Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher D 74 4 19 23 38 -10 2 0 0 Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson D 76 6 15 21 46 -13 1 0 1 Taylor, TimTim Taylor C 76 9 11 20 72 -4 0 0 2 Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal D 75 2 14 16 77 -10 0 0 1 Knuble, MikeMike Knuble RW 59 9 5 14 18 -5 1 0 1 Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix LW 70 4 8 12 24 -12 0 0 1 Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre D 82 2 10 12 43 -13 0 0 0 Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens LW 38 3 5 8 43 -7 1 0 0 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 31 3 3 6 62 -9 0 0 0 DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio RW 12 1 3 4 8 -8 0 0 0 Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 45 0 4 4 36 0 0 0 0 Witehall, JohanJohan Witehall LW 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Dawe, JasonJason Dawe RW 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Doig, JasonJason Doig D 7 0 1 1 22 -2 0 0 0 Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon LW 21 0 1 1 26 -2 0 0 0 McLean, KirkKirk McLean G 22 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Stock, P.J.P.J. Stock C 11 0 1 1 11 1 0 0 0 Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goneau, DanielDaniel Goneau LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kenady, ChrisChris Kenady RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Labbe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Labbe G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra C 27 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0 Purinton, DaleDale Purinton D 1 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0 Richter, MikeMike Richter G 61 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Vasiliev, AlexeiAlexei Vasiliev D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Virtue, TerryTerry Virtue D 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Richter, MikeMike Richter 3622 61 22 31 8 173 2.87 0 1815 1642 .905 McLean, KirkKirk McLean 1206 22 7 8 4 58 2.89 0 558 500 .896 Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka 86 2 0 1 0 5 3.49 0 44 39 .886 Labbe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Labbe 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 22 19 .864 Team: 4974 82 29 41 12 239 2.88 0 2439 2200 .902

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

References

• 1999-00 New York Rangers Statistics

Notes