1999–2000 Dallas Stars season

The 1999–2000 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' seventh season. The Stars were the defending Stanley Cup champions and once again advanced to the finals. However, this time they lost to the New Jersey Devils.

1999–2000 Dallas Stars
Western Conference champions
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
1999–2000 record	43–23–10–6
Home record	21–11–5–4
Road record	22–12–5–2
Goals for	211
Goals against	184
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Derian Hatcher
Arena	Reunion Arena
Average attendance	17,001[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Michigan K-Wings Dayton Bombers
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Modano (38)
Assists	Mike Modano (43)
Points	Mike Modano (81)
Penalty minutes	Brenden Morrow (81)
Plus/minus	Jamie Langenbrunner (+16)
Wins	Ed Belfour (32)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.10)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Offseason

Regular season

The Stars allowed the fewest power-play goals during the regular season, with 33, and had the best penalty-kill percentage, at 89.25%.^[2]

Final standings

Pacific Division^[3]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
3	6	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
5	9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83

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.

Western Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	51	19	11	1	248	165	114
2	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	43	23	10	6	211	184	102
3	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	42	28	11	1	233	201	96
4	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	48	22	10	2	278	210	108
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	39	27	12	4	245	228	94
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	8	4	232	228	90
7	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	26	16	8	226	212	88
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	35	30	10	7	225	214	87
8.5
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	34	33	12	3	217	227	83
10	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	30	29	15	8	227	237	83
11	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	33	37	10	2	242	245	78
12	Calgary Flames	NW	82	31	36	10	5	211	256	77
13	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	40	7	7	199	240	70

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

Regular season

1999–2000 regular season[5]
October: 6–5–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 1, 1999 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 1–0–0–0 W 2 October 2, 1999 2–0 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 2–0–0–0 W 3 October 5, 1999 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 3–0–0–0 W 4 October 8, 1999 0–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 3–1–0–0 L 5 October 9, 1999 3–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 4–1–0–0 W 6 October 13, 1999 0–2 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 4–2–0–0 L 7 October 15, 1999 2–2 OT Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 4–2–1–0 T 8 October 16, 1999 2–3 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 4–3–1–0 L 9 October 20, 1999 2–1 Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 5–3–1–0 W 10 October 22, 1999 2–1 OT New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 6–3–1–0 W 11 October 25, 1999 0–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 6–4–1–0 L 12 October 30, 1999 1–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 6–5–1–0 L
November: 5–5–2–1 (home: 1–3–0–1; road: 4–2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 November 3, 1999 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 6–6–1–0 L 14 November 5, 1999 6–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 7–6–1–0 W 15 November 6, 1999 1–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 7–7–1–0 L 16 November 9, 1999 5–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 8–7–1–0 W 17 November 10, 1999 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 8–8–1–0 L 18 November 17, 1999 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 8–8–2–0 T 19 November 18, 1999 1–1 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 8–8–3–0 T 20 November 20, 1999 0–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 8–9–3–0 L 21 November 22, 1999 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 8–9–3–1 OTL 22 November 24, 1999 3–2 OT Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 9–9–3–1 W 23 November 26, 1999 2–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 9–10–3–1 L 24 November 28, 1999 4–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 10–10–3–1 W 25 November 30, 1999 2–1 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 11–10–3–1 W
December: 8–4–2–0 (home: 5–2–0–0; road: 3–2–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 December 1, 1999 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 12–10–3–1 W 27 December 4, 1999 3–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 13–10–3–1 W 28 December 6, 1999 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 13–11–3–1 L 29 December 8, 1999 2–1 Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 14–11–3–1 W 30 December 10, 1999 4–3 Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 15–11–3–1 W 31 December 11, 1999 2–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 15–12–3–1 L 32 December 15, 1999 5–1 Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 16–12–3–1 W 33 December 17, 1999 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 16–12–4–1 T 34 December 18, 1999 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 17–12–4–1 W 35 December 21, 1999 0–0 OT @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 17–12–5–1 T 36 December 23, 1999 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 17–13–5–1 L 37 December 27, 1999 1–3 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 17–14–5–1 L 38 December 29, 1999 4–3 OT New York Rangers (1999–2000) 18–14–5–1 W 39 December 31, 1999 5–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 19–14–5–1 W
January: 8–3–0–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 4–1–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 January 3, 2000 4–1 Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 20–14–5–1 W 41 January 5, 2000 3–1 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 21–14–5–1 W 42 January 7, 2000 1–3 Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 21–15–5–1 L 43 January 11, 2000 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 22–15–5–1 W 44 January 12, 2000 1–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 22–15–5–2 OTL 45 January 15, 2000 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 23–15–5–2 W 46 January 19, 2000 1–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 23–16–5–2 L 47 January 20, 2000 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 24–16–5–2 W 48 January 23, 2000 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 25–16–5–2 W 49 January 26, 2000 3–1 Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 26–16–5–2 W 50 January 28, 2000 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 26–17–5–2 L 51 January 31, 2000 2–1 Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 27–17–5–2 W
February: 7–3–1–1 (home: 3–1–1–1; road: 4–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 52 February 2, 2000 2–1 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 28–17–5–2 W 53 February 3, 2000 2–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 29–17–5–2 W 54 February 9, 2000 5–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 30–17–5–2 W 55 February 11, 2000 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 30–18–5–2 L 56 February 13, 2000 2–1 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 31–18–5–2 W 57 February 16, 2000 3–0 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 32–18–5–2 W 58 February 18, 2000 3–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 32–19–5–2 L 59 February 20, 2000 2–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 33–19–5–2 W 60 February 21, 2000 2–5 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 33–20–5–2 L 61 February 23, 2000 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 34–20–5–2 W 62 February 25, 2000 3–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 34–20–5–3 OTL 63 February 27, 2000 1–1 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 34–20–6–3 T
March: 9–1–2–2 (home: 4–1–1–2; road: 5–0–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 64 March 1, 2000 2–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 35–20–6–3 W 65 March 3, 2000 4–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 36–20–6–3 W 66 March 5, 2000 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 36–21–6–3 L 67 March 8, 2000 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 36–21–7–3 T 68 March 10, 2000 3–4 OT New York Islanders (1999–2000) 36–21–7–4 OTL 69 March 12, 2000 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 37–21–7–4 W 70 March 13, 2000 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 38–21–7–4 W 71 March 15, 2000 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1999–2000) 39–21–7–4 W 72 March 18, 2000 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 39–21–8–4 T 73 March 19, 2000 5–3 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 40–21–8–4 W 74 March 24, 2000 5–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 41–21–8–4 W 75 March 26, 2000 1–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 41–21–8–5 OTL 76 March 28, 2000 4–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 42–21–8–5 W 77 March 29, 2000 4–1 @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 43–21–8–5 W
April: 0–2–2–1 (home: 0–0–2–0; road: 0–2–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 78 April 2, 2000 2–3 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 43–21–8–6 OTL 79 April 3, 2000 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 43–21–9–6 T 80 April 5, 2000 2–5 @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 43–22–9–6 L 81 April 7, 2000 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 43–23–9–6 L 82 April 9, 2000 2–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 43–23–10–6 T
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers: Stars win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 12, 2000 2–1 Edmonton Oilers Stars lead 1–0 W 2 April 13, 2000 3–0 Edmonton Oilers Stars lead 2–0 W 3 April 16, 2000 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers Stars lead 2–1 L 4 April 18, 2000 4–3 @ Edmonton Oilers Stars lead 3–1 W 5 April 21, 2000 3–2 Edmonton Oilers Stars win 4–1 W
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks: Stars win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 28, 2000 4–0 San Jose Sharks Stars lead 1–0 W 2 April 30, 2000 1–0 San Jose Sharks Stars lead 2–0 W 3 May 2, 2000 1–2 @ San Jose Sharks Stars lead 2–1 L 4 May 5, 2000 5–4 @ San Jose Sharks Stars lead 3–1 W 5 May 7, 2000 4–1 San Jose Sharks Stars win 4–1 W
Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche – Stars win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 13, 2000 0–2 Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 1–0 L 2 May 15, 2000 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Series tied 1–1 W 3 May 19, 2000 0–2 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–1 L 4 May 21, 2000 4–1 @ Colorado Avalanche Series tied 2–2 W 5 May 23, 2000 3–2 OT Colorado Avalanche Stars lead 3–2 W 6 May 25, 2000 1–2 @ Colorado Avalanche Series tied 3–3 L 7 May 27, 2000 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Stars win 4–3 W
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E4) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 30, 2000 3–7 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 1–0 L 2 June 1, 2000 2–1 @ New Jersey Devils Series tied 1–1 W 3 June 3, 2000 1–2 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 2–1 L 4 June 5, 2000 1–3 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–1 L 5 June 8, 2000 1–0 3OT @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–2 W 6 June 10, 2000 1–2 2OT New Jersey Devils Devils win 4–2 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	Mike Modano	C	77	38	43	81	0	48	23	10	13	23	3	10
16	Brett Hull	RW	79	24	35	59	−21	43	23	11	13	24	3	4
56	Sergei Zubov	D	77	9	33	42	−2	18	18	2	7	9	1	6
15	Jamie Langenbrunner	RW	65	18	21	39	16	68	15	1	7	8	−1	18
25	Joe Nieuwendyk	C	48	15	19	34	−1	26	23	7	3	10	−2	18
12	Mike Keane	RW	81	13	21	34	9	41	23	2	4	6	1	14
5	Darryl Sydor	D	74	8	26	34	6	32	23	1	6	7	1	6
45	Brenden Morrow	LW	64	14	19	33	8	81	21	2	4	6	2	22
24	Richard Matvichuk	D	70	4	21	25	7	42	23	2	5	7	7	14
2	Derian Hatcher	D	57	2	22	24	6	68	23	1	3	4	−4	29
22	Kirk Muller†	LW	47	7	15	22	−3	24	23	2	3	5	−2	18
11	Blake Sloan	RW	67	4	13	17	11	50	16	0	0	0	2	12
21	Guy Carbonneau	C	69	10	6	16	10	36	23	2	4	6	2	12
44	Aaron Gavey	C	41	7	6	13	0	44	13	1	2	3	1	10
36	Roman Lyashenko	C	58	6	6	12	−2	10	16	2	1	3	−1	0
3	Sylvain Cote†	D	28	2	8	10	6	14	23	2	1	3	0	8
17	Scott Thornton†	LW	30	6	3	9	−5	38	23	2	7	9	1	28
49	Jon Sim	LW	25	5	3	8	4	10	7	1	0	1	0	6
26	Jere Lehtinen	RW	17	3	5	8	1	0	13	1	5	6	1	2
29	Grant Marshall	RW	45	2	6	8	−5	38	14	0	1	1	0	4
4	Jamie Pushor	D	62	0	8	8	0	53	5	0	0	0	−1	5
14	Juha Lind‡	C	34	3	4	7	−1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Pavel Patera	C	12	1	4	5	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Jamie Wright	LW	23	1	4	5	4	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Brad Lukowich	D	60	3	1	4	−14	50	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Chris Murray	RW	32	2	1	3	−7	62	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Ric Jackman	D	22	1	2	3	−1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Dave Manson†	D	26	1	2	3	10	22	23	0	0	0	2	33
10	Brian Skrudland	C	22	1	2	3	0	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Ed Belfour	G	62	0	3	3		10	23	0	0	0		8
18	Derek Plante‡	C	16	1	1	2	−4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Manny Fernandez	G	24	0	2	2		2	1	0	0	0		0
17	Warren Luhning	RW	10	0	1	1	−2	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Keith Aldridge	D	4	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Joel Bouchard†	D	2	0	0	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Shawn Chambers	D	4	0	0	0	−2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
50	Ryan Christie	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Kevin Dean†‡	D	14	0	0	0	−1	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Alan Letang	D	8	0	0	0	−5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
20	Ed Belfour	62	32	21	7	1571	127	2.10	.919	4	3620	23	14	9	651	45	1.87	.931	4	1443
30	Manny Fernandez	24	11	8	3	603	48	2.13	.920	1	1353	1	0	0	8	1	3.53	.875	0	17

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Mike Modano (Center)	[6]
	Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award	Ed Belfour	[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mike Modano	[8]
		Sergei Zubov
Team	Star of the Game Award	Mike Modano	[9]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Pavel Patera	October 1, 1999	[10]
	Alan Letang	October 9, 1999
	Keith Aldridge	October 15, 1999
	Ric Jackman	October 22, 1999
	Ryan Christie	November 5, 1999
	Roman Lyashenko
	Brenden Morrow	November 18, 1999

Draft picks

Dallas's draft picks at the 1999 NHL entry draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.^[11]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	32	Michael Ryan	United States	Northeastern University (NCAA)
2	66	Dan Jancevski	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
3	96	Mathias Tjarnqvist	Sweden	Rogle BK (Sweden)
4	126	Jeff Bateman	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	156	Gregor Baumgartner	Austria	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
6	184	Justin Cox	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
6	186	Brett Draney	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	215	Jeff MacMillan	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	243	Brian Sullivan	United States	Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)
9	265	Jamie Chamberlain	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
9	272	Mikhail Donika	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)