1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season

The 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 18th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1]

1999–2000 New Jersey Devils
Stanley Cup champions
Eastern Conference champions
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	4th Eastern
1999–2000 record	45–24–8–5
Home record	28–9–3–1
Road record	17–15–5–4
Goals for	251
Goals against	203
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Robbie Ftorek (Oct.–Mar.) Larry Robinson (Mar.–Jun.)
Captain	Scott Stevens
Alternate captains	Jason Arnott Randy McKay
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Average attendance	15,206
Minor league affiliate(s)	Albany River Rats Augusta Lynx
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Elias (35)
Assists	Scott Gomez (51)
Points	Patrik Elias (72)
Penalty minutes	Krzysztof Oliwa (184)
Plus/minus	Scott Stevens (+30)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (43)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.24)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

After firing head coach Robbie Ftorek on March 23, the team won their second Stanley Cup championship on June 10, 2000, in a double-overtime victory in Game 6 of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals against the Dallas Stars.

Off-season

The summer of 1999 for the New Jersey Devils leading up to the franchise's 18th season in the NHL since the franchise relocated from Colorado was a difficult one, especially after being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to the New York Rangers in five games in 1997, and in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals the previous two years: to the Ottawa Senators in six games in 1998 and to the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in 1999, the latter coming on Continental Airlines Arena ice. But with the addition of Claude Lemieux, the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy winner returning to the Devils' uniform, the franchise were poised for another run for the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

The Devils finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities (274), but they finished second-overall in power-play percentage, with 20.07% (55 for 274).^[2]

Season standings

Atlantic Division^[3]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	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.

Eastern Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	y – Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs; z – Won conference; y – Won division

Playoffs

Main article: 2000 Stanley Cup Finals

New Jersey advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals with home ice advantage as the fourth seed, becoming the lowest seeded team to have home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup finals. This record was later broken by the Devils again in 2012.

Schedule and results

Preseason

1999 preseason
Preseason: 6–2–0–1 (home: 4–0–0–0; road: 2–2–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Arena Record Points Result 1 September 12, 1999 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) Value City Arena 1–0–0–0 2 W 2 September 17, 1999 4–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) Nassau Coliseum 2–0–0–0 4 W 3 September 19, 1999 1–6 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) Philips Arena 2–1–0–0 4 L 4 September 20, 1999 2–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) Madison Square Garden 2–1–0–1 5 OTL 5 September 21, 1999 3–2 New York Rangers (1999–2000) Continental Airlines Arena 3–1–0–1 7 W 6 September 24, 1999 6–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) Pepsi Arena 4–1–0–1 9 W 7 September 25, 1999 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) Continental Airlines Arena 5–1–0–1 11 W 8 September 26, 1999 2–10 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) First Union Center 5–2–0–1 11 L 9 September 28, 1999 4–3 New York Islanders (1999–2000) Continental Airlines Arena 6–2–0–1 13 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Regular season

1999–2000 regular season[5]
October: 6–3–1–1 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 2–2–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 1 October 2, 1999 4–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 1–0–0–0 2 W 2 October 7, 1999 5–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 1–1–0–0 2 L 3 October 9, 1999 1–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 2–1–0–0 4 W 4 October 11, 1999 2–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 2–1–1–0 5 T 5 October 13, 1999 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 3–1–1–0 7 W 6 October 16, 1999 4–1 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 4–1–1–0 9 W 7 October 22, 1999 1–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 4–1–1–1 10 OTL 8 October 23, 1999 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 4–2–1–1 10 L 9 October 27, 1999 2–1 St. Louis Blues (1999–2000) 5–2–1–1 12 W 10 October 29, 1999 4–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 6–2–1–1 14 W 11 October 30, 1999 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 6–3–1–1 14 L
November: 5–3–2–1 (home: 4–0–2–0; road: 1–3–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 12 November 3, 1999 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 7–3–1–1 16 W 13 November 4, 1999 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 7–4–1–1 16 L 14 November 6, 1999 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 7–4–2–1 17 T 15 November 9, 1999 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 8–4–2–1 19 W 16 November 12, 1999 5–1 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 9–4–2–1 21 W 17 November 13, 1999 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 9–5–2–1 21 L 18 November 17, 1999 2–2 OT Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 9–5–3–1 22 T 19 November 20, 1999 3–1 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 10–5–3–1 24 W 20 November 24, 1999 2–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1999–2000) 11–5–3–1 26 W 21 November 25, 1999 2–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 11–6–3–1 26 L 22 November 28, 1999 3–4 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 11–6–3–2 27 OTL
December: 10–4–1–0 (home: 8–2–0–0; road: 2–2–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 23 December 1, 1999 3–2 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 12–6–3–2 29 W 24 December 3, 1999 7–4 Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 13–6–3–2 31 W 25 December 4, 1999 2–4 Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 13–7–3–2 31 L 26 December 7, 1999 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 14–7–3–2 33 W 27 December 9, 1999 4–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 15–7–3–2 35 W 28 December 11, 1999 1–3 Edmonton Oilers (1999–2000) 15–8–3–2 35 L 29 December 14, 1999 7–1 Los Angeles Kings (1999–2000) 16–8–3–2 37 W 30 December 16, 1999 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 17–8–3–2 39 W 31 December 18, 1999 5–4 Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 18–8–3–2 41 W 32 December 19, 1999 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 18–9–3–2 41 L 33 December 22, 1999 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 19–9–3–2 43 W 34 December 23, 1999 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 19–10–3–2 43 L 35 December 26, 1999 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 19–10–4–2 44 T 36 December 27, 1999 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 20–10–4–2 46 W 37 December 29, 1999 5–4 OT Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 21–10–4–2 48 W
January: 10–1–1–2 (home: 4–0–0–1; road: 6–1–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 38 January 1, 2000 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1999–2000) 21–10–5–2 49 T 39 January 3, 2000 4–3 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1999–2000) 22–10–5–2 51 W 40 January 5, 2000 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 23–10–5–2 53 W 41 January 6, 2000 6–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 24–10–5–2 55 W 42 January 8, 2000 4–3 Phoenix Coyotes (1999–2000) 25–10–5–2 57 W 43 January 11, 2000 6–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 26–10–5–2 59 W 44 January 14, 2000 2–3 OT Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 26–10–5–3 60 OTL 45 January 15, 2000 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 27–10–5–3 62 W 46 January 17, 2000 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 28–10–5–3 64 W 47 January 19, 2000 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1999–2000) 29–10–5–3 66 W 48 January 21, 2000 4–0 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 30–10–5–3 68 W 49 January 26, 2000 3–2 @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 31–10–5–3 70 W 50 January 28, 2000 3–4 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 31–10–5–4 71 OTL 51 January 29, 2000 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1999–2000) 31–11–5–4 71 L
February: 7–3–2–1 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 2–1–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 52 February 2, 2000 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 32–11–5–4 73 W 53 February 3, 2000 4–1 Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 33–11–5–4 75 W 54 February 8, 2000 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1999–2000) 33–11–6–4 76 T 55 February 9, 2000 4–1 New York Rangers (1999–2000) 34–11–6–4 78 W 56 February 13, 2000 3–1 San Jose Sharks (1999–2000) 35–11–6–4 80 W 57 February 15, 2000 4–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1999–2000) 36–11–6–4 82 W 58 February 17, 2000 5–5 OT Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 36–11–7–4 83 T 59 February 19, 2000 2–4 New York Islanders (1999–2000) 36–12–7–4 83 L 60 February 21, 2000 2–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 36–13–7–4 83 L 61 February 24, 2000 2–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 36–13–7–5 84 OTL 62 February 25, 2000 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 36–14–7–5 84 L 63 February 27, 2000 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1999–2000) 37–14–7–5 86 W 64 February 29, 2000 2–1 @ Nashville Predators (1999–2000) 38–14–7–5 88 W
March: 5–8–1–0 (home: 2–3–0–0; road: 3–5–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 65 March 2, 2000 0–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (1999–2000) 38–15–7–5 88 L 66 March 4, 2000 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1999–2000) 38–16–7–5 88 L 67 March 5, 2000 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1999–2000) 38–16–8–5 89 T 68 March 10, 2000 9–0 @ Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 39–16–8–5 91 W 69 March 11, 2000 2–4 @ Washington Capitals (1999–2000) 39–17–8–5 91 L 70 March 13, 2000 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 40–17–8–5 93 W 71 March 15, 2000 2–3 Dallas Stars (1999–2000) 40–18–8–5 93 L 72 March 17, 2000 1–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 40–19–8–5 93 L 73 March 19, 2000 5–2 Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 41–19–8–5 95 W 74 March 21, 2000 0–5 Carolina Hurricanes (1999–2000) 41–20–8–5 95 L 75 March 24, 2000 8–2 @ New York Islanders (1999–2000) 42–20–8–5 97 W 76 March 25, 2000 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1999–2000) 42–21–8–5 97 L 77 March 28, 2000 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1999–2000) 42–22–8–5 97 L 78 March 31, 2000 6–0 Atlanta Thrashers (1999–2000) 43–22–8–5 99 W
April: 2–2–0–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 1–1–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Points Recap 79 April 2, 2000 4–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1999–2000) 44–22–8–5 101 W 80 April 3, 2000 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 44–23–8–5 101 L 81 April 6, 2000 0–5 Buffalo Sabres (1999–2000) 44–24–8–5 101 L 82 April 8, 2000 2–1 OT Florida Panthers (1999–2000) 45–24–8–5 103 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2000 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Florida Panthers – Devils win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 13, 2000 4–3 Florida Panthers Devils lead 1–0 W 2 April 16, 2000 2–1 Florida Panthers Devils lead 2–0 W 3 April 18, 2000 2–1 @ Florida Panthers Devils lead 3–0 W 4 April 20, 2000 4–1 @ Florida Panthers Devils win 4–0 W
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Devils win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 27, 2000 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs lead 1–0 L 2 April 29, 2000 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 1–1 W 3 May 1, 2000 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Devils lead 2–1 W 4 May 3, 2000 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 2–2 L 5 May 6, 2000 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Devils lead 3–2 W 6 May 8, 2000 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs Devils win 4–2 W
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Devils win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 14, 2000 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers Devils lead 1–0 W 2 May 16, 2000 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers Series tied 1–1 L 3 May 18, 2000 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers Flyers lead 2–1 L 4 May 20, 2000 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers Flyers lead 3–1 L 5 May 22, 2000 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers Flyers lead 3–2 W 6 May 24, 2000 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers Series tied 3–3 W 7 May 26, 2000 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers Devils win 4–3 W
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W2) Dallas Stars – Devils win 4–2 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 30, 2000 7–3 Dallas Stars Devils lead 1–0 W 2 June 1, 2000 1–2 Dallas Stars Series tied 1–1 L 3 June 3, 2000 2–1 @ Dallas Stars Devils lead 2–1 W 4 June 5, 2000 3–1 @ Dallas Stars Devils lead 3–1 W 5 June 8, 2000 0–1 3OT Dallas Stars Devils lead 3–2 L 6 June 10, 2000 2–1 2OT @ Dallas Stars Devils win 4–2 W
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 Devils only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Patrik Elias	LW	72	35	37	72	16	58	23	7	13	20	9	9
23	Scott Gomez	C	82	19	51	70	14	78	23	4	6	10	1	4
17	Petr Sykora	RW	79	25	43	68	24	26	23	9	8	17	8	10
25	Jason Arnott	C	76	22	34	56	22	51	23	8	12	20	7	18
16	Bobby Holik	C	79	23	23	46	7	106	23	3	7	10	−1	14
21	Randy McKay	RW	67	16	23	39	8	80	23	0	6	6	−1	9
22	Claude Lemieux†	RW	70	17	21	38	−3	86	23	4	6	10	7	28
27	Scott Niedermayer	D	71	7	31	38	19	48	22	5	2	7	5	10
28	Brian Rafalski	D	75	5	27	32	21	28	23	2	6	8	5	8
4	Scott Stevens	D	78	8	21	29	30	103	23	3	8	11	9	6
12	Sergei Nemchinov	LW	53	10	16	26	1	18	21	3	2	5	1	2
9	Brendan Morrison‡	C	44	5	21	26	8	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	John Madden	C	74	16	9	25	7	6	20	3	4	7	4	0
18	Sergei Brylin	LW	64	9	11	20	0	20	17	3	5	8	2	0
29	Krzysztof Oliwa	LW	69	6	10	16	−2	184	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Lyle Odelein‡	D	57	1	15	16	−10	104	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Jay Pandolfo	LW	71	7	8	15	0	4	23	0	5	5	3	0
2	Sheldon Souray‡	D	52	0	8	8	−6	70	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Vadim Sharifijanov‡	LW	20	3	4	7	−6	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	Alexander Mogilny†	RW	12	3	3	6	−4	4	23	4	3	7	1	4
19	Denis Pederson‡	C	35	3	3	6	−7	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Ken Daneyko	D	78	0	6	6	13	98	23	1	2	3	−2	14
30	Martin Brodeur	G	72	1	4	5		16	23	0	0	0		10
7	Vladimir Malakhov†	D	17	1	4	5	1	19	23	1	4	5	3	18
6	Brad Bombardir	D	32	3	1	4	−6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Brian Rolston‡	LW	11	3	1	4	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Colin White	D	21	2	1	3	3	40	23	1	5	6	9	18
2	Ken Sutton†	D	6	0	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Deron Quint†‡	D	4	1	0	1	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Eric Bertrand‡	LW	4	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Steve Kelly†	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	−1	4
24	Willie Mitchell	D	2	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Chris Terreri	G	12	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Steve Brule	RW	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
30	Martin Brodeur	72	43	20	8	1797	161	2.24	.910	6	4312	23	16	7	537	39	1.61	.927	2	1450
31	Chris Terreri	12	2	9	0	299	37	3.42	.876	0	649	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Ken Daneyko	[6]
	Calder Memorial Trophy	Scott Gomez	[7]
	Conn Smythe Trophy	Scott Stevens	[8]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Scott Gomez (Forward)	[9]
		Brian Rafalski (Defense)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Martin Brodeur	[10]
		Patrik Elias[a]
		Scott Gomez
		Scott Stevens
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Scott Gomez (November)	[12]
		Brian Rafalski (February)	[13]
Team	Devils' Players' Player	Randy McKay	[14]
	Hugh Delano Unsung Hero	John Madden	[14]
	Most Valuable Devil	Martin Brodeur	[14]
	Three-Star Award	Martin Brodeur	[14]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Scott Gomez	October 2, 1999	[15]
	Brian Rafalski
	Eric Bertrand	October 7, 1999
	Colin White	January 11, 2000
	Willie Mitchell	March 25, 2000
	Steve Brule	May 18, 2000	[16]
1,000th game played	Ken Daneyko	October 29, 1999	[17]
	Claude Lemieux	April 6, 2000	[18]

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1999 NHL entry draft at the FleetCenter in Boston.^[19]

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	27	Ari Ahonen	Finland	G	JYP (SM-liiga)
2	42	Mike Commodore	Canada	D	University of North Dakota (WCHA)	[b]
2	50	Brett Clouthier	Canada	LW	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)	[c]
3	95	Andre Lakos	Austria	D	Barrie Colts (OHL)	[d]
4	100	Teemu Kesa	Finland	D	Ilves Jr. (SM-liiga)	[e]
5	155	No fifth-round pick				[f]
6	185	Scott Cameron	Canada	LW	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7	214	Chris Hartsburg	United States	C	Colorado College (WCHA)
8	242	Justin Dziama	United States	F	Noble and Greenough School (Massachusetts Independent School League)
9	270	No ninth-round pick				[g]

Media

Television coverage was on Fox Sports Net with Mike Emrick and Chico Resch and radio coverage was on WABC 770 with Mike Milbury.

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season

Notes

1. Elias was an injury replacement for Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche.^[11]
2. Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for free agent Doug Gilmour. The Devils traded their original 1999 second-round pick (used on Stepan Mokhov) to Chicago for Chris Terreri on August 25, 1998.
3. The Devils acquired the 1999 second-round pick along with Ken Sutton from St. Louis for Mike Peluso and Ricard Persson on November 26, 1996.
4. The Devils had originally traded this pick to Toronto when they acquired Dave Andreychuk, but got it back (along with Dave Ellett and Doug Gilmour) in a later deal with Toronto in exchange for Jason Smith, Steve Sullivan and the rights to Alyn McCauley.
5. Compensatory pick awarded by the NHL as compensation for free agent Steve Thomas. The Devils traded their original 1999 fourth-round pick (later transferred to Los Angeles and used on Daniel Johansson) to New York (I) for Sergei Nemchinov on March 22, 1999.
6. The Devils traded their 1999 fifth-round pick (used on Niko Dimitrakos) to San Jose for Ken Sutton on August 26, 1998.
7. The Devils traded their 1999 ninth-round pick (used on James Desmarais), along with Chris McAlpine, to St. Louis for Peter Zezel on February 11, 1997.