Fined Capitals coach Ron Wilson $5,000 and Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz $3,000 for their comments to the media regarding the incident.

Atlanta Thrashers
Re-assigned forwards Jody Hull and and Jeff Williams to Orlando of the International Hockey League

Placed forward Vladimir Vujtek on injured reserve.

Boston Bruins
Signed defenseman Nick Boynton to a three-year contract.

Calgary Flames
Acquired left wing Bill Lindsay from the Florida Panthers for defenseman Todd Simpson

Assigned center Daniel Tkaczuk to St. John of the American Hockey League

Released forward Pavel Torgaev.

Carolina Hurricanes
Assigned forward Shane Willis to Cincinnati of the International Hockey League.

Chicago Blackhawks
Signed forward Blair Atcheynum and defenseman Steve McCarthy, the team's first-round selection in the 1999 NHL Draft

Re-assigned goaltender Marc Lamothe, forward Ty Jones and defensemen Radim Bicanek and Todd Rohloff to Cleveland of the International Hockey League, goaltender Michel Laraocque to Florida of the East Coast Hockey League and forward Mark Bell to his junior team.

Columbus Blue Jackets
Reached a player affiliation with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League beginning in 2000-2001.

Dallas Stars
Claimed forward Chris Murray off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Nashville Predators
Assigned the following players to Milwaukee of the International Hockey League: Alexander Boikov, Eric Fenton, Jan Lasak, Marc Moro, Brent Peterson, Bobby Russell, Lyle Steenbergen, Mark Mowers, Chris Mason, Corey Hirsch, Andy Berenzweig, Jayme Filipowicz, Ryan Tobler, David Gosselin, Danny Riva, Kent Sauer, Petr Sykora, Steve Washburn, Jeff Kealty, Karlis Skrastins

Assigned Jonas Andersson and Brett Angel to North Bay of the Ontario Hockey League

Martin Bartek to Moncton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Martin Beauchesne to Sherbrooke of the QMJHL

Martin Erat to Saskatoon of the Western Hockey League

Konstantin Panov to Kamloops of the WHL

Kyle Kettles to Medicine Hat of the WHL and Ed Hill to Barrie of the OHL.

New York Rangers
Acquired defenseman Kevin Hatcher from the Pittsburgh Penquins for defenseman Peter Popovic.

Philadelphia Flyers
Released defenseman Kam White

Assigned the following 24 players: goaltenders Neil Little and Jean-Marc Pelletier, defensemen Ryan Bast, Mikhail Chernov, Andy Delmore, Francis Lessard and Jeff Tory, forwards Chris Albert, Francis Belanger, Jesse Boulerice, Tomas Divisek, Todd Fedoruk, Ruslan Fedotenko, Matt Henderson, Jeff Lank, Mike Maneluk, Steve McLaren, Dean Melanson, Jim Montgomery, Sean O'Brien, Roman Vopat, Brian Wesenberg, Peter White and Jason Zent

Loaned Bujar Amidovski, forward Martin Cerven and defenseman Sergei Skrobot.

Pittsburgh Penguins
Signed free agent defenseman John Slaney, who had been with the Nashville Predators

Assigned center Tyler Wright to Wilkes Barre-Scranton of the American Hockey League.

St. Louis Blues
Claimed defenseman Todd Reirden off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers

Reassigned defenseman Jaroslav Obsut to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Tampa Bay Ligthning
Assigned defenseman Paul Mara to Detroit of the International Hockey League

Released defenseman Ben Clymer and left wing Alek Stojanov

Placed left wing Andreas Johansson on injured reserve with rotator cuff tendinitis.

Toronto Maple Leafs
Assigned forwards Nikolai Antropov and Kevyn Adams and defenseman Terran Sandwith to St. John's of the American Hockey League

Released left wing Darrin Shannon.

Vancouver Canucks
Re-signed D Ed Jovanovski

Signed defenseman Greg Hawgood

Claimed goaltender Manny Legace off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings

Assigned center Matt Cooke to Syracuse of the International Hockey League

Re-assigned goaltender Mike Valley to Augusta of the East Coast Hockey League, goaltender Tim Keyes to Baton Rouge of the East Coast Hockey League and Larry Shapley to Manitoba of the International Hockey League.

Washington Capitals
Assigned defensemen Jamie Huscroft and Alexei Tezikov and right wing Alexandre Volchkov to Portland of the American Hockey League.