1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 91st season of play. The club failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. Pierre Boivin replaced Ronald Corey as team president of the Canadiens. On September 2, 1999, Molson executive James Arnett announced that Molson would put the franchise up for sale.Off season
makes Canadiens history, as the first European to be named the team's captain. He succeeds Vincent Damphousse, who was traded the previous season.Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 80 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| C | 73 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 54 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 68 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| D | 54 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 18 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 50 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 34 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 38 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 19 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| LW | 50 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| D | 77 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 70 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 115 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 44 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 64 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 61 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 24 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 67 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 76 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D | 61 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 74 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 82 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -15 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 92 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 76 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 70 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 3301 | 56 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 132 | 2.40 | 3 | 1543 | 1411 | .914 |
| 1655 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 2.10 | 5 | 717 | 659 | .919 |
| Team: | 4956 | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 190 | 2.30 | 8 | 2260 | 2070 | .916 |
Awards and records
Roster
Draft picks
Montreal's draft picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 2 | 39 | Alexander Buturlin | | CSKA Moscow |
| 2 | 58 | Matt Carkner | | Peterborough Petes |
| 4 | 97 | Chris Dyment | | Boston University |
| 4 | 107 | Evan Lindsay | | Prince Albert Raiders |
| 5 | 136 | Dustin Jamieson | | Sarnia Sting |
| 5 | 145 | Marc-Andre Thinel | | Victoriaville Tigres |
| 5 | 150 | Matt Shasby | | Des Moines Buccaneers |
| 6 | 167 | Sean Dixon | | Erie Otters |
| 7 | 196 | Vadim Tarasov | | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| 8 | 225 | Mikko Hyytia | | JYP Jr. |
| 9 | 253 | Jerome Marois | | Quebec Remparts |
Farm teams
