# 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the sixth season in franchise history.

## Off-season

The roster was shaken up a lot during the previous season and only a few changes took place in the summer. The Ducks traded Dave Karpa and a 2000 4th round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for Kevin Haller and Stu Grimson on June 18. Two months later they acquired Jim Mckenzie for Jean-Francois Jomphe on August 11. They signed veteran Fredrik Olausson, who was with the Ducks before, to give the team scoring from the blue line, and Pascal Trepanier. Rookies Antti Aalto and Johan Davidsson made the roster while Mike Crowley who played very well last season would see more ice time with the parent team.
For the first time since the Ducks traded Ron Tugnutt to the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 the team saw just their second change in net, losing Mikhail Shtalenkov to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. That left them with Prospects Patrick Lalime and Chris Mason for the back up position. Just before the season started the Ducks acquired Dominic Roussel from the Nashville Predators for Chris Mason and Marc Moro on October 5, 1998 which gave the team more experience in case Hebert would be sidelined like last season. Days later they sent Doug Houda to Detroit on October 9.

## Regular season

The season was much more consistent than the previous season. Anaheim started off slow, losing their first three games and scoring only one goal but was unbeaten the next six games. On October 27, 1998 they added Marty McInnis, a key player who gave them more scoring depth for the team's upcoming success and dominating Powerplay. On November 8 Tomas Sandstrom suffered a broken left wrist which kept him sidelined until late December thus relying more on their star players and hoping for others to fill the void. The team managed to comeback a few times after going winless some games and even put up an unbeaten streak like in early December (4-0-2) and a winning streak in early February (4–0–0). January turned out to be the very tough going 4–9–1 and winless (0-5-1) a second time since late November. Overall the Ducks were hovering around the .500 mark fighting to go to the post season.
In February the team pushed themselves into the playoffs as the Mighty Ducks went 13–3–1 from February 3 until March 10 including a team record seven-game winning streak. Anaheim stayed consistent after their streak, going 4–4–3, but registering a record of 1–5–1 in their last seven games, thus missing out on 5th place facing rather Phoenix than the Red Wings as they finished the season 6th in the west since the team was unable to maintain their amazing run in April. The Blues only lost one of their last nine games, whereas the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Phoenix Coyotes,
During that seven-game winning streak the team only allowed 1 goal in each of those games, highlighting the great goaltending of Guy Hebert, who had a career year and his best season since 1996–97. Dominic Roussel also enjoyed a stellar comeback in the NHL as the team's backup. Both goalies provided excellent goaltending for the Mighty Ducks, each posting a save percentage above .920 as well as a superb GAA. Those great numbers were supported by their Defense as the team allowed 55 goals less than last year. Offensively the Ducks only scored 10 goals more than last season and relied very heavily on their first line (Kariya - Rucchin - Selanne) combining for 109 goals. Additional scoring was only provided by Marty McInnis (17 goals), defenceman Fredrik Olausson (16 goals) and Tomas Sandstrom (15 goals), who improved over last season but missed 24 games due to injury. Matt Cullen enjoyed a good second season, tallying 11 goals which was almost double than last year while Travis Green only scored 13 goals and 30 points which was below expectation. Rookies Anti Aaalto and Johan Davidson did not make an impact in the scoring department.
The Mighty Ducks finished the regular season with the most power-play goals, 83, and the best power-play percentage, 21.96% (83 for 378) in the NHL.

### Final standings

Pacific Division :
| R | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
| 2 | 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
| 3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
| 4 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
| 5 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
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 Mighty Ducks met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings swept the Mighty Ducks in four games.
Late in Game 3 Stu Grimson cross-checked Kris Draper in the face in front of the Red Wings bench which caused a brawl between both teams.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

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

### Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings — Red Wings win 4–0
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 21, 19993–5@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 1–0Recap
2LApril 23, 19991–5@ Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 2–0Recap
3LApril 25, 19992–4Detroit Red WingsRed Wings lead 3–0Recap
4LApril 27, 19990–3Detroit Red WingsRed Wings win 4–0Recap :
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 Mighty Ducks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks 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 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne | RW | 75 | 47 | 60 | 107 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 9 | Paul Kariya | LW | 82 | 39 | 62 | 101 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Rucchin | C | 69 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 74 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| 16 | Marty McInnis† | C | 75 | 18 | 34 | 52 | −14 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 17 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 58 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −5 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 39 | Travis Green | C | 79 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −7 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
| 11 | Matt Cullen | C | 75 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −12 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 24 | Ruslan Salei | D | 74 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| 18 | Ted Drury | C | 75 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 |
| 33 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 73 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −18 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 19 | Jeff Nielsen | RW | 80 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −12 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 2 |
| 14 | Antti Aalto | C | 73 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Johan Davidsson | C | 64 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jason Marshall | D | 72 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −5 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 10 |
| 5 | Kevin Haller | D | 82 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 27 | Pascal Trepanier | D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Mike Crowley | D | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −10 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Pavel Trnka | D | 63 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
| 32 | Stu Grimson | LW | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Jamie Pushor | D | 70 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −20 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
| 21 | Scott Ferguson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Guy Hebert | G | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 10 | Josef Marha‡ | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Mike Leclerc | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Dominic Roussel | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Dan Trebil | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Tom Askey | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | 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 |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Guy Hebert | 69 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 2114 | 165 | 2.46 | .922 | 6 | 4083 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 15 | 4.33 | .879 | 0 | 208 |
| 30 | Dominic Roussel | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 478 | 37 | 2.51 | .923 | 1 | 884 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Tom Askey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3.99 | .818 | 0 | 30 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Teemu Selanne |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Paul Kariya (Left Wing) |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Teemu Selanne (Right Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Paul Kariya |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Teemu Selanne |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Month | Teemu Selanne (February) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Paul Kariya (November 23) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Player of the Week | Teemu Selanne (March 1) |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
| First game | Johan Davidsson | October 10, 1998 | |

## Transactions

Acquired Marty McInnis from the Chicago Blackhawks ( previously acquired from the Calgary Flames ) for a 4th round draft pick on October 27, 1998
Traded Drew Bannister to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2000 5th round pick on December 10, 1998
Traded Josef Marha to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations (became a 1999 4th round draft) on January 28, 1999

## Draft picks

Anaheim'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 | 5 | Vitaly Vishnevskiy | Russia | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) |
| 2 | 32 | Stephen Peat | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 4 | 112 | Viktor Wallin | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |
| 6 | 150 | Trent Hunter | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 7 | 178 | Jesse Fibiger | Canada | University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) |
| 8 | 205 | David Bernier | Canada | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 233 | Pelle Prestberg | Sweden | Farjestad BK (Sweden) |
| 9 | 245 | Andreas Andersson | Sweden | HV71 (Sweden) |

## Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks