1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season

1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres
Division	3rd Northeast
1999–2000 record	35–32–11
Team information
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	Michael Peca

The 1999–2000 Buffalo Sabres season saw the Sabres qualify for the playoffs, but lose in the first round to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	1103	100
2	6	Ottawa Senators	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	850	95
3	8	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	1173	85
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	1067	83
5	11	Boston Bruins	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	865	73

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 2, 1999	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	0–1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1999	2–3	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	0–2–0–0
3	T	October 9, 1999	5–5 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	0–2–1–0
4	T	October 11, 1999	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	0–2–2–0
5	L	October 16, 1999	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	0–3–2–0
6	L	October 17, 1999	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	0–4–2–0
7	L	October 20, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	0–5–2–0
8	W	October 22, 1999	7–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	1–5–2–0
9	L	October 23, 1999	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	1–6–2–0
10	W	October 27, 1999	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	2–6–2–0
11	W	October 29, 1999	3–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	3–6–2–0
12	L	October 30, 1999	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	3–7–2–0
13	W	November 3, 1999	3–1	@ Dallas Stars (1999–2000)	4–7–2–0
14	W	November 4, 1999	5–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	5–7–2–0
15	W	November 6, 1999	2–1	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	6–7–2–0
16	W	November 10, 1999	6–2	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	7–7–2–0
17	L	November 12, 1999	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	7–8–2–0
18	L	November 13, 1999	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	7–9–2–0
19	L	November 16, 1999	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	7–10–2–0
20	W	November 19, 1999	4–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	8–10–2–0
21	W	November 20, 1999	4–3	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	9–10–2–0
22	W	November 24, 1999	5–2	Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	10–10–2–0
23	L	November 26, 1999	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1999–2000)	10–11–2–0
24	W	November 28, 1999	3–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	11–11–2–0
25	L	November 30, 1999	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	11–12–2–0
26	L	December 2, 1999	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	11–13–2–0
27	T	December 4, 1999	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	11–13–3–0
28	L	December 6, 1999	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	11–13–3–1
29	T	December 8, 1999	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	11–13–4–1
30	W	December 10, 1999	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000)	12–13–4–1
31	W	December 14, 1999	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	13–13–4–1
32	L	December 17, 1999	2–4	Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	13–14–4–1
33	T	December 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	13–14–5–1
34	W	December 21, 1999	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	14–14–5–1
35	W	December 23, 1999	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	15–14–5–1
36	L	December 27, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	15–15–5–1
37	L	December 28, 1999	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000)	15–16–5–1
38	W	January 1, 2000	8–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	16–16–5–1
39	L	January 3, 2000	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	16–17–5–1
40	L	January 4, 2000	4–5	Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000)	16–18–5–1
41	L	January 6, 2000	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	16–19–5–1
42	W	January 8, 2000	7–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	17–19–5–1
43	T	January 13, 2000	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	17–19–6–1
44	L	January 14, 2000	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	17–20–6–1
45	W	January 17, 2000	5–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	18–20–6–1
46	L	January 18, 2000	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	18–21–6–1
47	L	January 20, 2000	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000)	18–22–6–1
48	L	January 22, 2000	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	18–23–6–1
49	W	January 25, 2000	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000)	19–23–6–1
50	W	January 28, 2000	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	20–23–6–1
51	L	January 29, 2000	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	20–24–6–1
52	T	February 1, 2000	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000)	20–24–7–1
53	W	February 3, 2000	4–2	Ottawa Senators (1999–2000)	21–24–7–1
54	W	February 8, 2000	2–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000)	22–24–7–1
55	W	February 10, 2000	2–1 OT	@ Nashville Predators (1999–2000)	23–24–7–1
56	L	February 12, 2000	2–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000)	23–24–7–2
57	T	February 13, 2000	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000)	23–24–8–2
58	T	February 16, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	23–24–9–2
59	L	February 17, 2000	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	23–25–9–2
60	W	February 19, 2000	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000)	24–25–9–2
61	W	February 21, 2000	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	25–25–9–2
62	L	February 25, 2000	3–6	New York Rangers (1999–2000)	25–26–9–2
63	L	February 26, 2000	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	25–27–9–2
64	W	February 28, 2000	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1999–2000)	26–27–9–2
65	T	March 1, 2000	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1999–2000)	26–27–10–2
66	L	March 4, 2000	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1999–2000)	26–28–10–2
67	L	March 5, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	26–29–10–2
68	W	March 8, 2000	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1999–2000)	27–29–10–2
69	L	March 10, 2000	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	27–30–10–2
70	W	March 12, 2000	4–2	New York Islanders (1999–2000)	28–30–10–2
71	L	March 15, 2000	5–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000)	28–30–10–3
72	L	March 16, 2000	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000)	28–31–10–3
73	W	March 18, 2000	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	29–31–10–3
74	W	March 20, 2000	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	30–31–10–3
75	W	March 23, 2000	4–2	Calgary Flames (1999–2000)	31–31–10–3
76	W	March 27, 2000	5–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	32–31–10–3
77	L	March 31, 2000	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000)	32–32–10–3
78	W	April 1, 2000	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000)	33–32–10–3
79	W	April 3, 2000	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000)	34–32–10–3
80	W	April 6, 2000	5–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000)	35–32–10–3
81	L	April 7, 2000	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000)	35–32–10–4
82	T	April 9, 2000	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1999–2000)	35–32–11–4

Playoffs

The Sabres lost the Conference quarter-finals (4–1) versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	81	33	34	67	32	16	5	3	5
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	74	22	29	51	42	19	5	0	4
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	82	20	25	45	16	-3	8	2	2
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	73	20	21	41	67	6	2	0	3
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	76	10	27	37	62	12	0	0	0
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	65	16	18	34	41	-4	2	0	2
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	61	11	23	34	35	12	2	0	2
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	74	8	25	33	52	14	2	0	2
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	67	13	13	26	22	4	4	0	3
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	59	7	17	24	30	4	0	1	2
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	71	11	9	20	41	1	1	2	2
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	34	6	13	19	10	17	0	0	1
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	78	5	12	17	50	5	1	0	1
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	11	3	14	17	12	3	2	0	0
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	67	8	6	14	43	1	0	0	2
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	66	5	8	13	22	8	0	0	3
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	74	2	11	13	95	-6	1	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	41	5	7	12	38	-8	2	0	1
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	64	2	9	11	50	13	0	0	0
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	14	1	7	8	15	1	0	0	0
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	D	12	1	4	5	4	-2	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	69	1	3	4	158	0	0	0	0
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich	D	42	0	4	4	35	2	0	0	0
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	61	0	3	3	89	18	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	11	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	LW	3	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Pittis, DomenicDomenic Pittis	C	7	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	35	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Holland, JasonJason Holland	D	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	41	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Grand-Pierre, Jean-LucJean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	11	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Hurlbut, MikeMike Hurlbut	D	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Kalinin, DmitriDmitri Kalinin	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse	LW	11	0	0	0	43	-2	0	0	0
Moravec, DavidDavid Moravec	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	2229	41	19	18	2	90	2.42	5	988	898	.909
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	2066	35	15	11	6	76	2.21	3	937	861	.919
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	677	14	1	7	3	32	2.84	0	277	245	.884
Team:	4972	82	35	36	11	198	2.39	8	2202	2004	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	5	3	2	5	0	2	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	5	1	3	4	6	1	1	0	0
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	5	3	0	3	2	-1	2	0	1
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	5	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Grand-Pierre, Jean-LucJean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Holland, JasonJason Holland	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	5	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	4	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	301	5	1	4	12	2.39	0	147	135	.918
Team:	301	5	1	4	12	2.39	0	147	135	.918

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