who scored the most points by a defenseman in 2000

Nicklas Lidstrom recorded the most points by a defenseman in 1999-00, with 73 points.

	NAME	P	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	73	1999-00	DET	81	20	53	+19	18	9	22	4	1	3	0	218	9.2	0	0		59	95	40	84	28:45
2	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	62	1999-00	STL	79	14	48	+52	92	8	18	0	3	3	0	192	7.3	0	1	0.0	106	185	61	93	30:14
3	Rob Blake R. Blake	57	1999-00	LAK	77	18	39	+10	112	12	14	0	1	5	0	327	5.5	0	0		202	181	70	116	28:30
4	Eric Desjardins E. Desjardins	55	1999-00	PHI	81	14	41	+20	32	8	16	0	0	4	1	207	6.8	0	1	0.0	28	141	65	99	27:01
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	55	1999-00	CGY	78	11	44	-12	24	5	30	0	0	2	1	176	6.3	0	1	0.0	23	50	48	90	23:29
6	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	54	1999-00	WSH	73	18	36	+26	52	5	14	0	0	3	0	181	9.9	0	0		97	44	23	90	21:46
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	52	1999-00	TOT	79	18	34	-2	26	13	24	0	0	0	0	260	6.9	0	1	0.0	164	94	65	72	27:11
8	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	52	1999-00	COL	82	16	36	+17	46	6	17	0	0	1	0	210	7.6	0	0		71	47	78	125	22:41
9	Oleg Tverdovsky O. Tverdovsky	51	1999-00	ANA	82	15	36	+5	30	5	14	0	1	5	2	153	9.8	0	1	0.0	79	89	51	86	22:46
10	Robert Svehla R. Svehla	49	1999-00	FLA	82	9	40	+23	64	3	18	0	0	1	0	143	6.3	0	1	0.0	97	169	58	89	24:47
11	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	45	1999-00	EDM	80	8	37	+1	68	5	21	0	0	0	0	180	4.4	0	0		122	99	39	84	25:18
12	Sean Hill S. Hill	44	1999-00	CAR	62	13	31	+3	59	8	18	0	2	2	0	150	8.7	0	1	0.0	246	94	14	56	24:31
13	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	42	1999-00	PHX	79	8	34	+21	16	2	11	0	3	2	0	126	6.3	0	1	0.0	75	96	76	69	23:37
14	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	42	1999-00	DAL	77	9	33	-2	18	3	19	1	2	3	1	179	5.0	0	0		52	58	52	125	28:50
15	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	41	1999-00	DET	79	10	31	+12	42	1	14	0	0	1	1	154	6.5	0	1	0.0	41	104	36	64	21:14
16	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	40	1999-00	CAR	69	11	29	-6	40	6	16	0	0	3	0	155	7.1	0	0		18	70	21	84	22:35
17	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	40	1999-00	TOR	82	7	33	+3	24	2	13	0	1	0	0	82	8.5	0	0		86	106	26	114	22:55
18	Jyrki Lumme J. Lumme	40	1999-00	PHX	74	8	32	+9	44	4	12	0	3	3	2	142	5.6	0	0		51	105	79	93	23:36
19	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	40	1999-00	DET	81	10	30	+4	45	7	9	0	0	0	0	146	6.8	1	1	100.0	38	92	23	81	21:50
20	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	39	1999-00	STL	61	11	28	+20	34	6	13	0	1	7	1	245	4.5	0	0		44	72	41	79	26:07
21	Derek Morris D. Morris	38	1999-00	CGY	78	9	29	+2	80	3	11	0	0	2	1	193	4.7	0	0		127	119	28	65	24:51
22	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	38	1999-00	NJD	71	7	31	+19	48	1	8	0	0	0	0	109	6.4	3	8	37.5	105	82	97	89	24:21
23	Boris Mironov B. Mironov	37	1999-00	CHI	58	9	28	-3	72	4	11	2	0	1	0	144	6.3	1	1	100.0	121	60	17	41	24:53
24	Wade Redden W. Redden	36	1999-00	OTT	81	10	26	-1	49	3	13	0	0	2	0	163	6.1	0	0		119	103	35	97	23:43
25	Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	36	1999-00	FLA	82	10	26	+7	53	4	12	0	0	1	1	111	9.0	0	1	0.0	122	98	51	69	22:55