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Brian Rafalski's 1999-2000 season

Points
32
NHL#200
Goals
5
NHL#366
Assists
27
NHL#109
Plus/minus
+21
NHL#26
Games
75
91%
91% of 82

Defenceman Brian Rafalski was 26 years old when the 1999-2000 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils. He played 75 of a possible 82 games and scored 5 goals and 27 assists for 32 points, 0.43 points per game. The season ended with Brian Rafalski winning the Stanley Cup with New Jersey Devils against Dallas Stars, after 23 playoff games and 8 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1999-2000Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Brian Rafalski makes his NHL debut

    Brian was 26 years old · Philips Arena, USA

    Other Swedes on the ice: Johan Garpenlöv and Per Svartvadet.

    • The game
      NJD4–1ATL
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      PIT7–5NJD
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:25TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Brian Rafalski records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 7

    • The game
      TBL0–1NJD
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:59TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2OTT
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–3NJD
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG20:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–4NJD
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–2DAL
      L
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:29TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3STL
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:28TOI
    • The game
      STL1–2NJD
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:18TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2CAR
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG15:06TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Brian Rafalski scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Carolina Hurricanes · October 29

    • The game
      NJD3–5PHI
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG20:55TOI
    • November 1999
    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      W
      game 12/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:40TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3BOS
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:12TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–3NJD
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–2NJD
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ATL1–5NJD
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP21:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–4WSH
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG19:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2NJD
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:16TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–3NJD
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:17TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–1ANA
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–4PHX
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG17:51TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      10
      points
      NHL#156
      1
      goals
      NHL#320
      9
      assists
      NHL#75
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#69
      NJD
      11-6-1W-L-OT26Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–4SJS
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG18:00TOI
    • December 1999
    • The game
      NYR2–3NJD
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–7NJD
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG24:04TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–2NJD
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG17:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–2NJD
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:37TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–1NJD
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:46TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–7NJD
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–1MTL
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5NJD
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–5NYI
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG14:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG18:45TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4TOR
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:53TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4NJD
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG11:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5NJD
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:52TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2BOS
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:16TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1PIT
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:39TOI
    • The game
      NJD6–3BUF
      W
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      13
      points
      NHL#242
      1
      goals
      NHL#448
      12
      assists
      NHL#152
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#47
      NJD
      24-10-2W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX3–4NJD
      W
      game 42/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG13:49TOI
    • The game
      NJD6–5TBL
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG14:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–2NJD
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:02TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–1PHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP18:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR2–5NJD
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG17:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–4NJD
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG19:25TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2FLA
      W
      game 49/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–4CAR
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:13TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3DET
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:37TOI
    • February 2000
    • The game
      NJD3–1NYR
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG19:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NSH1–4NJD
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:16TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:06TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP16:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–3NJD
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG17:59TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI2–4NJD
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:59TOI
    • The game
      COL5–5NJD
      game 58/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG24:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–2NJD
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–3BUF
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG19:49TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–3MTL
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG20:20TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–1NJD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:30TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8260 of 62 played
      27
      points
      NHL#174
      4
      goals
      NHL#345
      23
      assists
      NHL#93
      +21
      +/-
      NHL#8
      NJD
      36-14-5W-L-OT84Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL0–3NJD
      W
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:41TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–1NSH
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG19:34TOI
      +2 assists
    • March 2000
    • The game
      NJD0–5COL
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:36TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4VAN
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2CGY
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:56TOI
    • The game
      NJD9–0ATL
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG18:56TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–4WSH
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:24TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2PIT
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:33TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2NJD
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:21TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–1NJD
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:09TOI
    • The game
      ATL0–6NJD
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:44TOI
    • April 2000
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP18:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–5FLA
      L
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0NJD
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:28TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–2NJD
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG23:08TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Brian Rafalski closes the 1999-2000 season with 32 points

    Points
    32
    NHL#200
    Games
    75of 82
    91%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#366
    Assists
    27
    NHL#109
    P/GP
    0.43
    NHL#235
    +/-
    +21
    NHL#26
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    2×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Florida Panthers

    NJDvsFLA
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      FLA3–4NJD
      W
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG20:09TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 2
      FLA1–2NJD
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:30TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      NJD2–1FLA
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:20TOI
      +2 points
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      NJD4–1FLA
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG23:03TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Florida Panthers out 4–0

    NJD4–0FLA
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    NJDvsTOR
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 1
      NJD1–2TOR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:56TOI
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD1–0TOR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:14TOI
    • May 2000
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      TOR1–5NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:50TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      TOR3–2NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:32TOI
    • New Jersey Devilsare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      NJD4–3TOR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:51TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      TOR0–3NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:49TOI
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–2

    NJD4–2TOR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    6 days later
    Conference final

    New Jersey Devils meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NJDvsPHI
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NJD4–1PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG18:27TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NJD3–4PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:35TOI
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI4–2NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:20TOI
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      PHI3–1NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:41TOI
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD4–1PHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP17:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      PHI1–2NJD
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:15TOI
    • New Jersey Devilsare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      NJD2–1PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:29TOI
    Conference final

    New Jersey Devils knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–3

    NJD4–3PHI
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New Jersey Devils play the Stanley Cup Final against Dallas Stars

    NJDvsDAL
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      DAL3–7NJD
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG19:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • June 2000
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstDallas Stars
    • Game 2
      DAL2–1NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:56TOI
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withDallas Stars
    • Game 3
      NJD2–1DAL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP19:22TOI
      +2 assists
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstDallas Stars
    • Game 4
      NJD3–1DAL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG20:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      DAL1–0NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG40:40TOI
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstDallas Stars
    • Game 6
      NJD2–1DAL
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:11TOI
    Stanley Cup Champions

    New Jersey Devils

    beat Dallas Stars 4–2 in the final

    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Brian Rafalski ends the 1999-2000 playoffs with 8 points

    Points
    8
    NHL#33
    Games
    23
    Goals
    2
    NHL#52
    Assists
    6
    NHL#26
    P/GP
    0.35
    NHL#62
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#17
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff assist
    1×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    2 points
    best game
    FLA4–0→TOR4–2→PHI4–3→DAL4–2