1999–2000 Edmonton Oilers season

1999–2000 Edmonton Oilers
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	7th Western
1999–2000 record	32–26–16–8
Home record	18–11–9–3
Road record	14–15–7–5
Goals for	226 (15th)
Goals against	212 (12th)
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Kevin Lowe
Captain	Doug Weight
Alternate captains	Bill Guerin Jason Smith
Arena	Skyreach Centre
Average attendance	15,802 (92.4%)
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Smyth (28)
Assists	Doug Weight (51)
Points	Doug Weight (72)
Penalty minutes	Sean Brown (192)
Plus/minus	Jason Smith (+16)
Wins	Tommy Salo (27)
Goals against average	Tommy Salo (2.33)

The 1999–2000 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 21st season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 33–37–12 record in 1998–99, earning their 3rd straight playoff appearance, however, they would be swept in the first round by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Dallas Stars.

The Oilers would not bring back head coach Ron Low, who had been with the team since 1995, and hire former Oilers defenceman Kevin Lowe as his replacement. Lowe played with Edmonton from 1979–1992, and then again from 1996–1998, winning 5 cups with the team, and scored the first NHL goal in Oilers history.

Edmonton would see their win total drop to 32, however, they would earn 88 points, the teams highest point total since the Stanley Cup winning 1989–90 season, and qualify for the playoffs for the 4th straight season, finishing in 7th place in the Western Conference.

Offensively, newly named captain, Doug Weight, would rebound from his injury plagued 1998–99 season, and lead the club with 51 assists and 72 points. Ryan Smyth would be the Oilers goal scoring leader with 28 goals. Alexander Selivanov would score 27 goals and 47 points in his first full season with the Oilers, while Bill Guerin would score 24 goals. Defenceman Roman Hamrlik would lead the blueline with 45 points, while 2nd year player Tom Poti would score 9 goals and earn 35 points. Sean Brown would once again lead the club in penalty minutes with 192.

In goal, Tommy Salo would get the bulk of the action, winning 27 games, while recording a GAA of 2.33, and earn 2 shutouts along the way.

The Oilers would open the playoffs against the Dallas Stars, and this would make the 4th straight season that these teams would face each other. The Stars finished in 2nd place in the Western Conference with 102 points, 14 points higher than the Oilers. The Stars would get a 2–0 series lead by winning both games in Dallas, however, the Oilers would cut the lead in half with a solid 5–2 victory in game 3 at Skyreach Centre. Dallas would win game 4 by a 3–1 score, then finish off the series in game 5 at Dallas, ending the Oilers season for the 3rd year in a row.

Season standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Colorado Avalanche	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
Edmonton Oilers	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
Vancouver Canucks	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
Calgary Flames	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77

Game log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 1	New York Rangers	1–1	Edmonton Oilers	0–0–1–0	1
2	October 6	Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	1–0–1–0	3
3	October 7	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	San Jose Sharks	1–0–1–1	4
4	October 9	St. Louis Blues	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	1–1–1–1	4
5	October 13	Carolina Hurricanes	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–1–2–1	5
6	October 16	Los Angeles Kings	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	2–1–2–1	7
7	October 20	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Dallas Stars	2–2–2–1	7
8	October 21	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	St. Louis Blues	2–2–2–2	8
9	October 23	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Nashville Predators	2–3–2–2	8
10	October 26	Phoenix Coyotes	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	3–3–2–2	10
11	October 31	Nashville Predators	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	4–3–2–2	12
12	November 3	Florida Panthers	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	4–3–3–2	13
13	November 5	St. Louis Blues	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	4–4–3–2	13
14	November 7	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4–5–3–2	13
15	November 9	Edmonton Oilers	1–1	Los Angeles Kings	4–5–4–2	14
16	November 10	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes	4–5–4–3	15
17	November 12	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	St. Louis Blues	4–5–5–3	16
18	November 14	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks	5–5–5–3	18
19	November 20	Detroit Red Wings	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	6–5–5–3	20
20	November 21	New York Islanders	4–4	Edmonton Oilers	6–5–6–3	21
21	November 24	Chicago Blackhawks	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	6–6–6–3	21
22	November 26	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Detroit Red Wings	6–7–6–3	21
23	November 27	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–8–6–3	21
24	December 1	Colorado Avalanche	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	7–8–6–3	23
25	December 2	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Vancouver Canucks	7–8–6–4	24
26	December 4	Vancouver Canucks	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	8–8–6–4	26
27	December 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks	8–9–6–4	26
28	December 8	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	New York Rangers	8–9–6–5	27
29	December 9	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Boston Bruins	8–9–7–5	28
30	December 11	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	New Jersey Devils	9–9–7–5	30
31	December 14	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	New York Islanders	10–9–7–5	32
32	December 15	Edmonton Oilers	1–5	Detroit Red Wings	10–10–7–5	32
33	December 17	Dallas Stars	2–2	Edmonton Oilers	10–10–8–5	33
34	December 19	Ottawa Senators	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	10–10–9–5	34
35	December 21	Washington Capitals	2–6	Edmonton Oilers	11–10–9–5	36
36	December 23	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Calgary Flames	11–11–9–5	36
37	December 27	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	12–11–9–5	38
38	December 30	Edmonton Oilers	2–8	Los Angeles Kings	12–12–9–5	38
39	January 1	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Phoenix Coyotes	13–12–9–5	40
40	January 3	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Colorado Avalanche	13–12–10–5	41
41	January 5	San Jose Sharks	1–1	Edmonton Oilers	13–12–11–5	42
42	January 7	Tampa Bay Lightning	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	14–12–11–5	44
43	January 11	Dallas Stars	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	14–13–11–5	44
44	January 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	14–13–11–6	45
45	January 16	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	14–13–12–6	46
46	January 19	Calgary Flames	0–7	Edmonton Oilers	15–13–12–6	48
47	January 22	Vancouver Canucks	3–3	Edmonton Oilers	15–13–13–6	49
48	January 24	Nashville Predators	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	15–13–13–7	50
49	January 25	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Vancouver Canucks	16–13–13–7	52
50	January 28	Edmonton Oilers	7–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	17–13–13–7	54
51	January 29	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Florida Panthers	17–14–13–7	54
52	January 31	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Dallas Stars	17–15–13–7	54
53	February 2	Chicago Blackhawks	1–4	Edmonton Oilers	18–15–13–7	56
54	February 8	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Montreal Canadiens	19–15–13–7	58
55	February 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	20–15–13–7	60
56	February 11	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	20–15–14–7	61
57	February 13	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Buffalo Sabres	20–15–15–7	62
58	February 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Nashville Predators	21–15–15–7	64
59	February 18	Edmonton Oilers	2–4	Calgary Flames	21–16–15–7	64
60	February 19	Calgary Flames	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	21–16–15–8	65
61	February 21	Los Angeles Kings	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	22–16–15–8	67
62	February 23	Boston Bruins	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	23–16–15–8	69
63	February 25	Atlanta Thrashers	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	24–16–15–8	71
64	February 27	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	24–17–15–8	71
65	February 29	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Colorado Avalanche	25–17–15–8	73
66	March 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	25–18–15–8	73
67	March 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–0	Edmonton Oilers	25–19–15–8	73
68	March 10	Colorado Avalanche	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	25–20–15–8	73
69	March 12	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Nashville Predators	25–21–15–8	73
70	March 13	Edmonton Oilers	3–0	Atlanta Thrashers	26–21–15–8	75
71	March 15	Edmonton Oilers	2–2	Carolina Hurricanes	26–21–16–8	76
72	March 17	Ottawa Senators	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	27–21–16–8	78
73	March 19	Calgary Flames	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	27–22–16–8	78
74	March 22	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	28–22–16–8	80
75	March 25	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	28–23–16–8	80
76	March 27	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	San Jose Sharks	29–23–16–8	82
77	March 29	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Colorado Avalanche	29–24–16–8	82
78	April 1	Phoenix Coyotes	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	30–24–16–8	84
79	April 3	San Jose Sharks	1–0	Edmonton Oilers	30–25–16–8	84
80	April 5	Colorado Avalanche	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	30–26–16–8	84
81	April 7	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Vancouver Canucks	31–26–16–8	86
82	April 8	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	Calgary Flames	32–26–16–8	88

Playoffs

Dallas Stars 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 12	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Dallas Stars	0–1
2	April 13	Edmonton Oilers	0–3	Dallas Stars	0–2
3	April 16	Dallas Stars	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	April 18	Dallas Stars	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–3
5	April 21	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Dallas Stars	1–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Weight	77	21	51	72	54
Ryan Smyth	82	28	26	54	58
Alexander Selivanov	67	27	20	47	46
Bill Guerin	70	24	22	46	123
Roman Hamrlik	80	8	37	45	68

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Tommy Salo	70	4164	27	28	13	162	2	.914	2.33
Mike Minard	1	60	1	0	0	3	0	.917	3.00
Bill Ranford	16	785	4	6	3	47	0	.885	3.59

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Guerin	5	3	2	5	9
Doug Weight	5	3	2	5	4
Jim Dowd	5	2	1	3	4
German Titov	5	1	1	2	0
Janne Niinimaa	5	0	2	2	2

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Tommy Salo	5	297	1	4	14	0	.895	2.83

Transactions

Trades

June 26, 1999	To Nashville Predators Craig Millar	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd round pick in 1999 - Mike Comrie
November 30, 1999	To Phoenix Coyotes Eric Houde	To Edmonton Oilers Rob Murray
December 29, 1999	To Boston Bruins Mike Matteucci	To Edmonton Oilers Kay Whitmore
February 4, 2000	To Washington Capitals *4th round pick in 2001 - Brandon Rogers	To Edmonton Oilers Alexandre Volchkov
March 9, 2000	To Montreal Canadiens Christian Laflamme Matthieu Descoteaux	To Edmonton Oilers Igor Ulanov Alain Nasreddine
March 14, 2000	To Pittsburgh Penguins Josef Beranek	To Edmonton Oilers German Titov

*Later traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Free agents

Player Former team Contract terms G Bill Ranford Detroit Red Wings 1 year, $0.455 million F Eric Houde Montreal Canadiens 2 years, D Bert Robertsson Vancouver Canucks 1 year, F Brian Swanson New York Rangers 2 years, $1.05 million F Michel Picard St. Louis Blues 1 year, F Kevin Brown New York Rangers 1 year,

Player New team G Steve Passmore Chicago Blackhawks F Bill Huard Los Angeles Kings F Jeff Daw Chicago Blackhawks F Chris Ferraro New York Islanders F Joe Hulbig Boston Bruins F Daniel Lacroix New York Islanders F Jason Bowen Colorado Avalanche D Ian Herbers Tampa Bay Lightning G Bob Essensa Phoenix Coyotes D Marty McSorley Boston Bruins

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	13	Jani Rita	Finland	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
2	36	Alexei Semenov	Russia	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	41	Tony Salmelainen	Finland	HIFK (SM-liiga)
3	81	Adam Hauser	United States	University of Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)
3	91	Mike Comrie	Canada	University of Michigan Wolverines (NCAA)
5	139	Jonathan Fauteux	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
6	171	Chris Legg	Canada	London Nationals (JR.B)
7	199	Christian Chartier	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
9	256	Tomas Groschl	Hungary	Leksands IF (Sweden)

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007