1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season

The 1999–2000 New Jersey Devils season represented the team's 26th campaign in the NHL and their 18th since moving from Colorado in 1982. Following the dismissal of head coach Robbie Ftorek in March, the Devils clinched their second Stanley Cup title on June 10, 2000, by defeating the Dallas Stars in double overtime during Game 6 of the Finals.

Off-season

The offseason of 1999 proved difficult for New Jersey after a series of playoff exits: a defeat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the New York Rangers in 1997, followed by losses in the Quarterfinals to the Ottawa Senators (1998) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (1999), with the latter occurring at home in Continental Airlines Arena. The re-acquisition of 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy recipient Claude Lemieux strengthened the squad’s chances for another Stanley Cup pursuit.

Regular season

Despite having the league's fewest power-play opportunities (274), the Devils excelled by ranking second in power-play conversion rate at 20.07%, netting 55 goals on the man advantage.

Playoffs

Entering the Stanley Cup Finals as the fourth seed, New Jersey held home-ice advantage—making them the lowest-seeded team to do so at that time, a record they would break themselves during the 2012 season.

Preseason

|- |1 ||September 12, 1999||3–2 || align="left"|@ Pittsburgh Penguins || Value City Arena || 1–0–0–0||2 || W |- |2 ||September 17, 1999||4–3 OT || align="left"|@ New York Islanders || Nassau Coliseum || 2–0–0–0||4|| W |- |3 ||September 19, 1999||1–6 || align="left"|@ Atlanta Thrashers || Philips Arena || 2–1–0–0||4|| L |- |4 ||September 20, 1999||2–3 OT|| align="left"|@ New York Rangers || Madison Square Garden || 2–1–0–1||5|| OTL |- |5 ||September 21, 1999||3–2 || align="left"|New York Rangers || Continental Airlines Arena || 3–1–0–1||7|| W |- |6 ||September 24, 1999||6–1 || align="left"|Pittsburgh Penguins || Pepsi Arena || 4–1–0–1||9|| W |- |7 ||September 25, 1999||4–2 || align="left"|Philadelphia Flyers || Continental Airlines Arena || 5–1–0–1||11|| W |- |8 ||September 26, 1999||2–10 || align="left"|@ Philadelphia Flyers || First Union Center || 5–2–0–1||11|| L |- |9 ||September 28, 1999||4–3 || align="left"|New York Islanders || Continental Airlines Arena || 6–2–0–1||13|| W

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Regular season

|- |1||October 2, 1999||4–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers ||1–0–0–0||2 || |- |2||October 7, 1999||5–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins ||1–1–0–0||2 || |- |3||October 9, 1999||1–0 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning ||2–1–0–0||4 || |- |4||October 11, 1999||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators ||2–1–1–0||5 || |- |5||October 13, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim ||3–1–1–0||7 || |- |6||October 16, 1999||4–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders ||4–1–1–0||9 || |- |7||October 22, 1999||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Dallas Stars ||4–1–1–1||10 || |- |8||October 23, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues ||4–2–1–1||10 || |- |9||October 27, 1999||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues ||5–2–1–1||12 || |- |10||October 29, 1999||4–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes ||6–2–1–1||14 || |- |11||October 30, 1999||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers ||6–3–1–1||14 ||

|- |12||November 3, 1999||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens ||7–3–1–1||16 || |- |13||November 4, 1999||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins ||7–4–1–1||16 || |- |14||November 6, 1999||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs ||7–4–2–1||17 || |- |15||November 9, 1999||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers ||8–4–2–1||19 || |- |16||November 12, 1999||5–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers ||9–4–2–1||21 || |- |17||November 13, 1999||2-4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals ||9-5-2-1||21 || |- |18||November 17, 1999||2-2 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins ||9-5-3-1||22 || |- |19||November 20, 1999||3-1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators ||10-5-3-1||24 || |- |20||November 24, 1999||2-1 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim ||11-5-3-1||26 || |- |21||November 25, 1999|||2-4 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes ||11-6-3-1|||26 |- |22|||November 28, 1999|||3-4 OT|||align=“left”|@ San Jose Sharks]|||11-6-3-2|||27

|- |23|||December 01, 1999|||3-2|||align=“left”|New York Rangers]|||12-6-3-2|||29 |- |24|||December 03, 1999|||7-4|||align=“left”|Ottawa Senators]|||13-6-3-2|||31 |- |25|||December 04, 1999|||Loss|||align=“left”|Calgary Flames] (L)||13-7-3-2|||31

Legend: {{legend2|#cfc|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid black|} {{legend2|#fcc|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid black|} {{legend2|#ffc|Tie (1 point)|border=1px solid black|} {{legend2|#fff|Overtime loss (1 point)|border=1px solid black|}

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 13, 2000 || 4–3 || align="left"| Florida Panthers || Devils lead series 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 16, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers || Devils ahead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 18, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers || Devils up 3–0 || |- | 4 || April 20, 2000 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers || Devils sweep series 4–0 || |-

|- | 1 || April 27, 2000 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Maple Leafs take series lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 29, 2000 || 1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Series even at 1–1 || |- | 3 || May 1, 2000 || 5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Devils lead series 2–1 || |- | 4 || May 3, 2000 || 2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Series tied again at 2–2 || |- | 5 || May 6, 2000 || 4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Devils ahead in series 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 8, 2000 || 3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Devils win series 4–2|| |-

|- | 1 || May 14, 2000 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || Devils lead series opener 1–0|| |- | 2 || May 16, 2000 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers|| Series tied at one game apiece|| |- | 3 || May 18, 2000||2–4|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers|| Flyers take series lead 2–1|| |-

| 4 || May 20, 2000 || 1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers|| Flyers extend lead to 3–1||  

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| 5 || May 22, 2000 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers|| Flyers still lead 3–2||  

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| 6 || May 24, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers|| Series tied up at 3–3||  

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| 7 || May 26, 2000 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers|| Devils clinch series with a win, leading 4–3||  

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| 1 || May 30, 2000 || 7–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars|| Devils take early series lead, up 1–0||  

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| 2 || June 1, 2000 || 1–2 || Dallas Stars|| Series tied at one game each||  

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| 3 || June 3, 2000 || 2–1 @ Dallas Stars|| Devils regain series advantage at 2–1||  

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|4 June5,2000		33		@ Dallas Stars	Devils lead	31	 |-		5	June8,20000	01OT	Dallas Stars	Devils lead	32	 |-		6	June10,20000	21OT	@ Dallas Stars	Devils win	42	 |-

Legend: {{legend2|#cfc|Win|}

Scoring

• Position key: C = Center; D = Defenseman; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Acquired by team during season transactions. Statistics shown are for time with Devils only.
• Template:Double-dagger = Departed team during season transactions. Stats reflect tenure with Devils only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Template:Sortname	LW	72	35	37	72	16	58	23	7	13	20	9	9
23	Template:Sortname	C	82	19	51	70	14	78	23	4	6	10	1	4
17	=align=left= Template:Sortname	=RW	=79	=25	=43	=68	=24	=26	=23	=9	=8	=17	=8	=10

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

Category	Award/Honor	Recipient
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Ken Daneyko
	Calder Memorial Trophy	Scott Gomez
	Conn Smythe Trophy	Scott Stevens
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Scott Gomez (Forward)
		Brian Rafalski (Defense)
League (in-season)	2000 National Hockey League All-Star Game#NHL All-Star Game selections	Martin Brodeur
		Patrik Eliáš
		Scott Gomez
		Scott Stevens
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Scott Gomez (November)
		Brian Rafalski (February)
Team	Devils' Players' Player	Randy McKay
	Hugh Delano Unsung Hero	John Madden
	Most Valuable Devil	Martin Brodeur
	Three-Star Award	Martin Brodeur

Milestones

Achievement	Player	Date
Debut game	Scott Gomez	October 2, 1999
	Brian Rafalski
	Eric Bertrand	October 7, 1999
	Colin White	January 11, 2000
	Willie Mitchell	March 25, 2000
	Steve Brule	May 18, 2000
Career milestone: 1,000 games played	Ken Daneyko	October 29, 1999
	Claude Lemieux	April 6, 2000

Draft selections

Below are the players chosen by the Devils during the 1999 NHL entry draft, which took place at the FleetCenter in Boston.

Round	Overall Pick	Player Name	Nationality	Position	Previous Team (League)	Remarks
1	27	Ari Ahonen	Template:Flagcountry	Goaltender	JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga)
2	42	Mike Commodore	Canada	Defenseman	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
2	50	Brett Clouthier	Canada	Left Wing	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	95	Andre Lakos	Template:Flagcountry	Defenseman	Barrie Colts (OHL)
4	100	Teemu Kesa	Template:Flagcountry	Defenseman	Ilves Jr. (Liiga)
5	155	'No selection in fifth round'
6	185	Scott Cameron	'Canada'	'Left Wing'	'Barrie Colts' (OHL)
7	214	'Chris Hartsburg'	'United States'	'Center'	'Colorado College' (WCHA)
8	242	'Justin Dziama'	'United States'	'Forward'	'Noble and Greenough School' (Massachusetts Independent School League)
9	270	'No selection in ninth round'

Broadcasting

Games were televised on Fox Sports Net, featuring commentary by Mike Emrick and Chico Resch. Radio broadcasts were provided on WABC 770 with Mike Milbury as the announcer.

See also

• 1999–2000 NHL season