1998–99 NHL season

The **1998–99 NHL season** was the 82nd regular season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 82 games each.

The Dallas Stars finished first in regular season play. They won the Stanley Cup Championship over the Buffalo Sabres with a disputed overtime goal by Brett Hull.

Goaltenders continued to rule the league; only two teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils, averaged more than three goals scored per game. In addition, no player reached the 50-goal plateau. A total of 160 shutouts were recorded for the second-straight regular season.

#### Eastern Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Atlantic Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**New Jersey Devils**|82|47|24|11|105|248|196|1355||||||||||
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|82|37|26|19|93|231|196|1075||||||||||
|**Pittsburgh Penguins**|82|38|30|14|90|242|225|977||||||||||
|New York Rangers|82|33|38|11|77|217|227|1087||||||||||
|New York Islanders|82|24|48|10|58|194|244|1111||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Northeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Ottawa Senators**|82|44|23|15|103|239|179|892||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|82|45|30|7|97|268|231|1095||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|82|39|30|13|91|214|181|1182||||||||||
|**Buffalo Sabres**|82|37|28|17|91|207|175|1561||||||||||
|Montreal Canadiens|82|32|39|11|75|184|209|1299||||||||||
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Southeast Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Carolina Hurricanes**|82|34|30|18|86|210|202|1158||||||||||
|Florida Panthers|82|30|34|18|78|210|228|1522||||||||||
|Washington Capitals|82|31|45|6|68|200|218|1381||||||||||
|Tampa Bay Lightning|82|19|54|9|47|179|292|1316||||||||||

#### Western Conference

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Central Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Detroit Red Wings**|82|43|32|7|93|245|202|1202||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|82|37|32|13|87|237|209|1308||||||||||
|Chicago Blackhawks|82|29|41|12|70|202|248|1807||||||||||
|Nashville Predators|82|28|47|7|63|190|261|1420||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Northwest Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Colorado Avalanche**|82|44|28|10|98|239|205|1619||||||||||
|**Edmonton Oilers**|82|33|37|12|78|230|226|1373||||||||||
|Calgary Flames|82|30|40|12|72|211|234|1389||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|82|23|47|12|58|192|258|1764||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Pacific Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Dallas Stars**|82|51|19|12|114|236|168|1108||||||||||
|**Phoenix Coyotes**|82|39|31|12|90|205|197|1412||||||||||
|**Mighty Ducks of Anaheim**|82|35|34|13|83|215|206|1323||||||||||
|**San Jose Sharks**|82|31|33|18|80|196|191|1423||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|82|32|45|5|69|189|222|1383||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jaromir Jagr|Pittsburgh Penguins|81|44|83|127|66||||||||
|Teemu Selanne|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|75|47|60|107|30||||||||
|Paul Kariya|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|82|39|62|101|40||||||||
|Peter Forsberg|Colorado Avalanche|78|30|67|97|108||||||||
|Joe Sakic|Colorado Avalanche|73|41|55|96|29||||||||
|Alexei Yashin|Ottawa Senators|82|44|50|94|54||||||||
|Eric Lindros|Philadelphia Flyers|71|40|53|93|120||||||||
|Theoren Fleury|Calgary Flames /Colorado Avalanche|75|40|53|93|86||||||||
|John Leclair|Philadelphia Flyers|76|43|47|90|30||||||||
|Pavol Demitra|St. Louis Blues|82|37|52|89|16||||||||

#### Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|New Jersey (1) vs. Pittsburgh (8)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|April 22|Pittsburgh|**New Jersey**||3 – 1|
|April 24|**Pittsburgh**|New Jersey||4 – 1|
|April 25|New Jersey|**Pittsburgh**||4 – 2|
|April 27|**New Jersey**|Pittsburgh||4 – 2|
|April 30|Pittsburgh|**New Jersey**||4 – 3|
|May 2|New Jersey|**Pittsburgh**|OT|3 – 2|
|May 4|**Pittsburgh**|New Jersey||4 – 2|
|colspan="5"|***Pittsburgh wins series 4–3***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"|
|April 21|**Buffalo**|Ottawa||2 – 1|
|April 23|**Buffalo**|Ottawa|2OT|3 – 2|
|April 25|Ottawa|**Buffalo**||3 – 0|
|April 27|Ottawa|**Buffalo**||4 – 3|
|colspan="5"|***Buffalo wins series 4–0***|}|||
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|April 22|**Boston**|Carolina||2 – 0|
|April 24|Boston|**Carolina**|OT|3 – 2|
|April 26|**Carolina**|Boston||3 – 2|
|April 28|Carolina|**Boston**||4 – 1|
|April 30|**Boston**|Carolina|2OT|4 – 3|
|May 2|Carolina|**Boston**||2 – 0|
|colspan="5"|***Boston wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"|
|April 22|**Philadelphia**|Toronto||3 – 0|
|April 24|Philadelphia|**Toronto**||2 – 1|
|April 26|**Toronto**|Philadelphia||2 – 1|
|April 28|Toronto|**Philadelphia**||5 – 2|
|April 30|Philadelphia|**Toronto**|OT|2 – 1|
|May 2|**Toronto**|Philadelphia||1 – 0|
|colspan="5"|***Toronto wins series 4–2***|}|||

#### Western Conference Quarterfinals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Dallas (1) vs. Edmonton (8)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|April 21|Edmonton|**Dallas**||2 – 1|
|April 23|Edmonton|**Dallas**||3 – 2|
|April 25|**Dallas**|Edmonton||3 – 2|
|April 28|**Dallas**|Edmonton|3OT|3 – 2|
|colspan="5"|***Dallas wins series 4–0***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"|
|April 24|San Jose|**Colorado**||3 – 1|
|April 26|San Jose|**Colorado**|OT|2 – 1|
|April 28|Colorado|**San Jose**||4 – 2|
|April 30|Colorado|**San Jose**||7 – 3|
|May 1|San Jose|**Colorado**||6 – 2|
|May 3|**Colorado**|San Jose|OT|3 – 2|
|colspan="5"|***Colorado wins series 4–2***|}|||
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"||||
|April 21|Anaheim|**Detroit**|5 – 3||
|April 23|Anaheim|**Detroit**|5 – 1||
|April 25|**Detroit**|Anaheim|4 – 2||
|April 27|**Detroit**|Anaheim|3 – 0||
|colspan="4"|***Detroit wins series 4–0***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"|
|April 22|**St. Louis**|Phoenix||3 – 1|
|April 24|St. Louis|**Phoenix**|OT|4 – 3|
|April 25|**Phoenix**|St. Louis||5 – 4|
|April 27|**Phoenix**|St. Louis||2 – 1|
|April 30|**St. Louis**|Phoenix|OT|2 – 1|
|May 2|Phoenix|**St. Louis**||5 – 3|
|May 4|**St. Louis**|Phoenix|OT|1 – 0|
|colspan="5"|***St. Louis wins series 4–3***|}|||

#### Eastern Conference Semifinals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Toronto (4) vs. Pittsburgh (8)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|May 7|**Pittsburgh**|Toronto||2 – 0|
|May 9|Pittsburgh|**Toronto**||4 – 2|
|May 11|Toronto|**Pittsburgh**||4 – 3|
|May 13|**Toronto**|Pittsburgh|OT|3 – 2|
|May 15|Pittsburgh|**Toronto**||4 – 1|
|May 17|**Toronto**|Pittsburgh|OT|4 – 3|
|colspan="5"|***Toronto wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="4" border="1"|
|May 6|Buffalo|**Boston **|4 – 2||
|May 9|**Buffalo **|Boston|3 – 1||
|May 12|Boston|** Buffalo**|3 – 2||
|May 14|Boston|** Buffalo**|3 – 0||
|May 16|Buffalo|**Boston **|5 – 3||
|May 18|Boston|** Buffalo**|3 – 2||
|colspan="4"|***Buffalo wins series 4–2***|}|||

#### Western Conference Semifinals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Dallas (1) vs. St. Louis (5)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|May 6|St. Louis|**Dallas**||3 – 0|
|May 8|St. Louis|**Dallas**|OT|5 – 4|
|May 10|Dallas|**St. Louis**|OT|3 – 2|
|May 12|Dallas|**St. Louis**|OT|3 – 2|
|May 15|St. Louis|**Dallas**||3 – 1|
|May 17|**Dallas**|St. Louis|OT|2 – 1|
|colspan="5"|***Dallas wins series 4–2***|}|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"|
|May 7|**Detroit**|Colorado|OT|3 – 2|
|May 9|**Detroit**|Colorado||4 – 0|
|May 11|**Colorado**|Detroit||5 – 3|
|May 13|**Colorado**|Detroit||6 – 2|
|May 16|Detroit|**Colorado**||3 – 0|
|May 18|**Colorado**|Detroit||5 – 2|
|colspan="5"|***Colorado wins series 4–2***|}|||

#### Eastern Conference Final

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="4"|Toronto (4) vs. Buffalo (7)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="3" border="1"|||
|May 23|**Buffalo**|Toronto|5 – 4|
|May 25|Buffalo|**Toronto**|6 – 3|
|May 27|Toronto|**Buffalo**|4 – 2|
|May 29|Toronto|**Buffalo**|5 – 2|
|May 31|**Buffalo**|Toronto|4 – 2|
|colspan="4"|***Buffalo wins series 4–1 and Prince of Wales Trophy***|}||

#### Western Conference Final

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Dallas (1) vs. Colorado (2)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|May 22|**Colorado**|Dallas||2 – 1|
|May 24|Colorado|**Dallas**||4 – 2|
|May 26|**Dallas**|Colorado||3 – 0|
|May 28|Dallas|**Colorado**|OT|3 – 2|
|May 30|**Colorado**|Dallas||7 – 5|
|June 1|**Dallas**|Colorado||4 – 1|
|June 4|Colorado|**Dallas**||4 – 1|
|colspan="5"|***Dallas wins series 4–3 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl***|}|||

#### Finals

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="5"|Dallas (1) vs. Buffalo (7)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{| cellpadding="5" border="1"||||
|June 8|**Buffalo**|Dallas|OT|3 – 2|
|June 10|Buffalo|**Dallas**||4 – 2|
|June 12|**Dallas**|Buffalo||2 – 1|
|June 15|Dallas|**Buffalo**||2 – 1|
|June 17|Buffalo|**Dallas**||2 – 0|
|June 19|**Dallas**|Buffalo|3OT|2 – 1|
|colspan="5"|***Dallas wins series 4—2 and the Stanley Cup***||||
|colspan="5"|***Joe Nieuwendyk (Dallas) wins Conn Smythe Trophy***|}|||

## NHL awards

|Presidents' Trophy:|Dallas Stars|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Buffalo Sabres|
|Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:|Dallas Stars|
|Art Ross Memorial Trophy:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:|John Cullen, Tampa Bay Lightning|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche|
|Conn Smythe Trophy:|Joe Nieuwendyk, Dallas Stars|
|Frank J. Selke Trophy:|Jere Lehtinen, Dallas Stars|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Jack Adams Award:|Jacques Martin, Ottawa Senators|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Al MacInnis, St. Louis Blues|
|King Clancy Memorial Trophy:|Rob Ray, Buffalo Sabres|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Wayne Gretzky, New York Rangers|
|Lester B. Pearson Award:|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|
|Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy:|Teemu Selänne, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|
|NHL Plus/Minus Award:|John LeClair, Philadelphia Flyers|
|Vezina Trophy:|Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres|
|William M. Jennings Trophy:|Ed Belfour & Roman Turek, Dallas Stars|
|Lester Patrick Trophy:|Harry Sinden|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres|align=center|G|Byron Dafoe, Boston Bruins|
|Al MacInnis, St. Louis Blues|align=center|D|Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins|
|Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Eric Desjardins, Philadelphia Flyers|
|Peter Forsberg, Colorado Avalanche|align=center|C|Alexei Yashin, Ottawa Senators|
|Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins|align=center|RW|Teemu Selanne, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|
|Paul Kariya, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim|align=center|LW|John LeClair, Philadelphia Flyers|

## First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1998–99 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Martin St. Louis, Calgary Flames
- Jean-Pierre Dumont, Chicago Blackhawks
- Chris Drury, Colorado Avalanche
- Milan Hejduk, Colorado Avalanche
- Tom Poti, Edmonton Oilers
- Dan Boyle, Florida Panthers
- Jason Blake, Los Angeles Kings
- David Legwand, Nashville Predators
- Karlis Skrastins, Nashville Predators
- Kimmo Timonen, Nashville Predators
- John Madden, New Jersey Devils
- Eric Brewer, New York Islanders
- Sami Salo, Ottawa Senators
- Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1998–99 (listed with their last team):
- Dale Hunter, Colorado Avalanche
- Wayne Gretzky, New York Rangers
- Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers

## References

- Hockey Database
- http://nhl.com/

## Infobox (sports season)

- **title**: 1998–99 NHL season
- **league**: National Hockey League
- **sport**: Ice hockey
- **duration**: October 9, 1998 – June 19, 1999
- **draft**: Draft
- **draft link**: 1998 NHL Entry Draft
- **top pick link**: List of first overall NHL draft picks
- **top pick**: Vincent Lecavalier
- **picked by**: Tampa Bay Lightning
- **season**: Regular season
- **season champ name**: Presidents' Trophy
- **season champs**: Dallas Stars
- **mvp**: Jaromír Jágr, Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins, Penguins)
- **mvp link**: Hart Memorial Trophy
- **top scorer**: Jaromir Jagr (Penguins)
- **top scorer link**: Art Ross Trophy
- **playoffs**: Playoffs
- **playoffs link**: 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs
- **finals**: Stanley Cup
- **finals link**: 1999 Stanley Cup Finals
- **finals champ**: Dallas Stars
- **finals runner-up**: Buffalo Sabres
- **playoffs mvp**: Joe Nieuwendyk (Dallas Stars, Stars)
- **playoffs mvp link**: Conn Smythe Trophy
- **nextseason year**: 1999–2000 NHL season, 1999–2000
- **prevseason year**: 1997–98 NHL season, 1997–98
- **seasonslistnames**: List of NHL seasons, NHL
- **no of games**: 82
- **no of teams**: 27
- **tv**: Hockey Night in Canada, CBC, NHL on Sportsnet, CTV Sportsnet, La Soirée du hockey, SRC (Canada)
NHL on ESPN, ESPN, NHL on Fox, Fox (United States)