# 1998–99 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1998–99 Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 73rd season of operation in the National Hockey League. They entered the season as the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Central Division :
| R | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 1202 | 93 |
| 2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 1308 | 87 |
| 3 | 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 1807 | 70 |
| 4 | 12 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 1420 | 63 |
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
| 2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
| 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
| 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
| 8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
| 9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
| 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
| 12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
| 13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

## Playoffs

The Red Wings would enter the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the series proved to be no contest. Detroit would sweep the Ducks in four games, setting up a rematch with their arch-rival Colorado Avalanche. Despite Detroit winning the first two games, they would go on to lose the next four consecutively, and were eliminated by the Avalanche.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1998–99 regular season :
October: 6–4–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 10, 19981–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)0–1–0Recap
2WOctober 13, 19983–2@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)1–1–0Recap
3WOctober 16, 19984–1St. Louis Blues (1998–99)2–1–0Recap
4WOctober 18, 19982–0Calgary Flames (1998–99)3–1–0Recap
5WOctober 21, 19985–2Nashville Predators (1998–99)4–1–0Recap
6LOctober 23, 19983–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)4–2–0Recap
7WOctober 24, 19983–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)5–2–0Recap
8WOctober 28, 19987–2@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)6–2–0Recap
9LOctober 29, 19981–3@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)6–3–0Recap
10LOctober 31, 19982–3@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)6–4–0Recap :
November: 7–4–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
11LNovember 3, 19982–5Calgary Flames (1998–99)6–5–0Recap
12LNovember 6, 19981–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)6–6–0Recap
13WNovember 8, 19983–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)7–6–0Recap
14WNovember 11, 19986–2St. Louis Blues (1998–99)8–6–0Recap
15LNovember 13, 19981–5Dallas Stars (1998–99)8–7–0Recap
16LNovember 16, 19983–5@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)8–8–0Recap
17WNovember 18, 19986–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)9–8–0Recap
18WNovember 21, 19984–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)10–8–0Recap
19WNovember 25, 19985–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)11–8–0Recap
20WNovember 27, 19987–1Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)12–8–0Recap
21WNovember 29, 19984–1San Jose Sharks (1998–99)13–8–0Recap :
December: 4–8–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–5–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
22LDecember 2, 19982–4@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)13–9–0Recap
23TDecember 4, 19982–2 OT@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)13–9–1Recap
24WDecember 5, 19984–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)14–9–1Recap
25WDecember 8, 19983–2Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)15–9–1Recap
26WDecember 11, 19983–2Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)16–9–1Recap
27LDecember 12, 19980–3@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)16–10–1Recap
28WDecember 16, 19985–3Boston Bruins (1998–99)17–10–1Recap
29LDecember 18, 19981–3Dallas Stars (1998–99)17–11–1Recap
30LDecember 19, 19981–4@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)17–12–1Recap
31LDecember 22, 19982–6Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)17–13–1Recap
32LDecember 23, 19983–5@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)17–14–1Recap
33LDecember 26, 19983–4@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)17–15–1Recap
34TDecember 28, 19984–4 OTSt. Louis Blues (1998–99)17–15–2Recap
35LDecember 31, 19982–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)17–16–2Recap :
January: 7–5–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
36WJanuary 2, 19995–2Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)18–16–2Recap
37WJanuary 3, 19993–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)19–16–2Recap
38LJanuary 6, 19990–2Ottawa Senators (1998–99)19–17–2Recap
39WJanuary 9, 19993–2Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)20–17–2Recap
40LJanuary 10, 19991–4@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)20–18–2Recap
41WJanuary 12, 19995–1Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)21–18–2Recap
42WJanuary 14, 19992–1 OTNashville Predators (1998–99)22–18–2Recap
43TJanuary 16, 19992–2 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)22–18–3Recap
44LJanuary 17, 19991–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)22–19–3Recap
45LJanuary 19, 19991–3@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)22–20–3Recap
46WJanuary 21, 19994–1Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)23–20–3Recap
47WJanuary 26, 19994–1@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)24–20–3Recap
48LJanuary 30, 19992–3New York Rangers (1998–99)24–21–3Recap :
February: 7–4–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
49TFebruary 1, 19992–2 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)24–21–4Recap
50WFebruary 3, 19995–1New York Islanders (1998–99)25–21–4Recap
51LFebruary 5, 19991–3Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)25–22–4Recap
52LFebruary 7, 19991–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)25–23–4Recap
53WFebruary 9, 19995–2@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)26–23–4Recap
54WFebruary 11, 19994–2Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)27–23–4Recap
55WFebruary 12, 19992–1@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)28–23–4Recap
56WFebruary 14, 19994–2@ New York Rangers (1998–99)29–23–4Recap
57WFebruary 17, 19993–1San Jose Sharks (1998–99)30–23–4Recap
58WFebruary 19, 19993–1New Jersey Devils (1998–99)31–23–4Recap
59TFebruary 21, 19994–4 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)31–23–5Recap
60LFebruary 24, 19992–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (1998–99)31–24–5Recap
61TFebruary 26, 19995–5 OTFlorida Panthers (1998–99)31–24–6Recap
62LFebruary 27, 19991–3@ New York Islanders (1998–99)31–25–6Recap :
March: 7–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63WMarch 5, 19997–2@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)32–25–6Recap
64LMarch 7, 19991–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)32–26–6Recap
65LMarch 9, 19992–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)32–27–6Recap
66LMarch 12, 19990–2@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)32–28–6Recap
67WMarch 14, 19993–1@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)33–28–6Recap
68LMarch 17, 19993–4Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)33–29–6Recap
69WMarch 19, 19995–3@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)34–29–6Recap
70LMarch 21, 19994–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)34–30–6Recap
71WMarch 24, 19992–1Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)35–30–6Recap
72WMarch 26, 19996–1Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)36–30–6Recap
73WMarch 28, 19993–2 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1998–99)37–30–6Recap
74WMarch 31, 19992–1Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)38–30–6Recap :
April: 5–2–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
75WApril 2, 19995–3Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)39–30–6Recap
76WApril 4, 19993–0@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)40–30–6Recap
77WApril 5, 19993–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)41–30–6Recap
78WApril 7, 19996–1Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)42–30–6Recap
79TApril 9, 19991–1 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)42–30–7Recap
80LApril 11, 19990–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)42–31–7Recap
81WApril 14, 19994–2Nashville Predators (1998–99)43–31–7Recap
82LApril 17, 19992–3@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)43–32–7Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (6) Anaheim Mighty Ducks — Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WApril 21, 19995–3Anaheim Mighty DucksRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 23, 19995–1Anaheim Mighty DucksRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3WApril 25, 19994–2@ Anaheim Mighty DucksRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4WApril 27, 19993–0@ Anaheim Mighty DucksRed Wings win 4–0Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche — Avalanche win 4–2
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1WMay 7, 19993–2 OT@ Colorado AvalancheRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2WMay 9, 19994–0@ Colorado AvalancheRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LMay 11, 19993–5Colorado AvalancheRed Wings lead 2–1Recap
4LMay 13, 19992–6Colorado AvalancheSeries tied 2–2Recap
5LMay 16, 19990–3@ Colorado AvalancheAvalanche lead 3–2Recap
6LMay 18, 19992–5Colorado AvalancheAvalanche win 4–2Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 80 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 77 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 9 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Igor Larionov | C | 75 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 13 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 81 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 2 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | C | 79 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 10 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 81 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 55 | Larry Murphy | D | 80 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Darren McCarty | RW | 69 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 108 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 23 |
| 96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −11 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 77 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | Doug Brown | RW | 80 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Kris Draper | C | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| 18 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 53 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −6 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
| 11 | Mathieu Dandenault | RW | 75 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Stacy Roest | C | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Anders Eriksson‡ | D | 61 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Aaron Ward | D | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −5 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | Jamie Macoun | D | 69 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 26 | Joe Kocur | RW | 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 71 | Wendel Clark† | LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
| 4 | Uwe Krupp | D | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Todd Gill† | D | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 24 | Chris Chelios† | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 14 |
| 41 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 85 | Petr Klima† | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Yan Golubovsky | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Doug Houda | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Philippe Audet | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Kevin Hodson‡ | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Darryl Laplante | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Norm Maracle | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 40 | Bill Ranford† | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 2 | Ulf Samuelsson† | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |

### Goaltending

* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Chris Osgood | 63 | 63 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 1,654 | 149 | 2.42 | .910 | 3 | 3,691:21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 172 | 14 | 2.34 | .919 | 1 | 358:26 |
| 38 | Norm Maracle | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 379 | 31 | 2.27 | .918 | 0 | 820:59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3.08 | .864 | 0 | 58:22 |
| 40 | Bill Ranford† | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 8 | 1.96 | .918 | 0 | 244:22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 10 | 3.28 | .905 | 1 | 183:27 |
| 37 | Kevin Hodson‡ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 3.08 | .886 | 0 | 175:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Uwe Krupp |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Nicklas Lidstrom |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Larry Murphy |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Brendan Shanahan |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Steve Yzerman |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Brendan Shanahan (October 19) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
| First game | Stacy Roest | October 21, 1998 | |
| First game | Philippe Audet | December 23, 1998 | |

## Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 25 | Jiri Fischer | Czech Republic | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 55 | Ryan Barnes | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 2 | 56 | Tomek Valtonen | Finland | Ilves (Finland) |
| 3 | 84 | Jake McCracken | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 4 | 111 | Brent Hobday | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
| 5 | 142 | Calle Steen | Sweden | Hammarby IF (Sweden) |
| 6 | 151 | Adam Deleeuw | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
| 6 | 171 | Pavel Datsyuk | Russia | Dinamo-Energija Tekaterinburg (Russia) |
| 7 | 198 | Jeremy Goetzinger | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 8 | 226 | David Petrasek | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
| 9 | 256 | Petja Pietilainen | Finland | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |