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
The 1982–83 NHL season was the 66th season of the National Hockey League. The New York Islanders won their fourth Stanley Cup in a row with their second consecutive finals sweep by beating the Edmonton Oilers four games to none. No team in any ...
.
After firing head coach
Robbie Ftorek on March 23, the team won their second
Stanley Cup championship
The Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey (also known as the Stanley Cup Final among various media, french: Finale de la Coupe Stanley) is the National Hockey League's (NHL) championship series to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, North Ameri ...
on June 10, 2000 in a double-overtime victory in Game 6 of the
2000 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals was the Stanley Cup Finals, championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1999–2000 NHL season, 1999–2000 season, and the culmination of the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Co ...
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
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
, and in the
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals the previous two years: to the
Ottawa Senators in six games in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
and to the
Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
, 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.
Preseason
Regular season
The Devils finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities (274), but they finished 2nd overall in power-play percentage, with 20.07% (55 for 274).
Season standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Finals
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
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.
Media
Television coverage was on Fox Sports Net with Mike Emrick and Chico Resch and radio coverage was on WABC 770 with Mike Milbury.
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
;Goaltending
Playoffs
;Scoring
;Goaltending
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;
Awards and records
Awards
50th NHL All-Star Game
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
NHL All-Star representatives at the
50th NHL All-Star Game
The 2000 NHL All-Star Game was the 50th All-Star Game in the National Hockey League. It took place on February 6, 2000, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 1st NHL All-Star Game took place in 1947 and was also ho ...
in
Toronto,
Ontario, at the
Air Canada Centre.
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Martin Brodeur
Martin Pierre Brodeur (; born May 6, 1972) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current team executive. He played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 21 of them for the New Jersey Devils, with whom ...
, G, (North America All-Stars)
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Patrik Elias Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
* Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...
, LW, (World All-Stars)
*
Scott Gomez, C, (North America All-Stars)
*
Scott Stevens, D, (North America All-Stars)
Draft picks
The Devils' draft picks at the
1999 NHL Entry Draft
The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was the 37th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston. According to ''Sports Illustrated'' and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in tale ...
at the
FleetCenter
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after its sponsor, TD Bank, a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Ontario. It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been k ...
in
Boston.
See also
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1999–2000 NHL season
The 1999–2000 NHL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Hockey League. With the addition of the expansion Atlanta Thrashers, 28 teams each played 82 games. This was the first season played in which teams were awarded a point for an ...
Notes
References
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New Jersey Devils seasons
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Eastern Conference (NHL) championship seasons
Meadowlands Sports Complex
Stanley Cup championship seasons