1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's seventh season of operation. The club again failed to make the playoffs.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
==Regular season==
===All-Star Game===
The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky’s last All-Star Game.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 9, 1998 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	0–1–0
2 	T	October 10, 1998 	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	0–1–1
3 	L	October 14, 1998 	0–2 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	0–2–1
4 	L	October 16, 1998 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	0–3–1
5 	L	October 18, 1998 	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	0–4–1
6 	W	October 21, 1998 	5–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	1–4–1
7 	W	October 23, 1998 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	2–4–1
8 	W	October 25, 1998 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	3–4–1
9 	L	October 28, 1998 	3–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	3–5–1
10 	W	October 30, 1998 	3–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	4–5–1
11 	L	October 31, 1998 	1–6 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	4–6–1
12 	W	November 4, 1998 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	5–6–1
13 	T	November 6, 1998 	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	5–6–2
14 	W	November 8, 1998 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	6–6–2
15 	L	November 10, 1998	2–10 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	6–7–2
16 	L	November 13, 1998	1–8 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	6–8–2
17 	L	November 14, 1998	1–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	6–9–2
18 	L	November 19, 1998	1–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	6–10–2
19 	L	November 21, 1998	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	6–11–2
20 	L	November 24, 1998	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	6–12–2
21 	L	November 27, 1998	1–2 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	6–13–2
22 	L	November 29, 1998	3–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	6–14–2
23 	L	December 3, 1998 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	6–15–2
24 	W	December 4, 1998 	2–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	7–15–2
25 	L	December 6, 1998 	5–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	7–16–2
26 	L	December 8, 1998 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	7–17–2
27 	L	December 11, 1998	1–2 	Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	7–18–2
28 	W	December 12, 1998	2–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	8–18–2
29 	L	December 15, 1998	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	8–19–2
30 	L	December 18, 1998	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	8–20–2
31 	T	December 20, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	8–20–3
32 	L	December 21, 1998	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	8–21–3
33 	L	December 23, 1998	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	8–22–3
34 	L	December 26, 1998	1–3 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	8–23–3
35 	W	December 29, 1998	3–0 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	9–23–3
36 	L	December 30, 1998	3–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	9–24–3
37 	L	January 4, 1999 	4–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	9–25–3
38 	L	January 7, 1999 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	9–26–3
39 	L	January 8, 1999 	1–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	9–27–3
40 	L	January 10, 1999 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	9–28–3
41 	L	January 12, 1999 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	9–29–3
42 	L	January 15, 1999 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	9–30–3
43 	T	January 16, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	9–30–4
44 	W	January 19, 1999 	2–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	10–30–4
45 	W	January 21, 1999 	3–2 	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	11–30–4
46 	L	January 26, 1999 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	11–31–4
47 	L	January 29, 1999 	1–4 	Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	11–32–4
48 	L	January 30, 1999 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	11–33–4
49 	L	February 2, 1999 	0–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	11–34–4
50 	L	February 3, 1999 	1–10 	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	11–35–4
51 	L	February 5, 1999 	3–5 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 	11–36–4
52 	L	February 10, 1999	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	11–37–4
53 	L	February 13, 1999	1–3 	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	11–38–4
54 	T	February 15, 1999	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	11–38–5
55 	L	February 17, 1999	1–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	11–39–5
56 	W	February 19, 1999	4–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	12–39–5
57 	L	February 20, 1999	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	12–40–5
58 	L	February 22, 1999	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	12–41–5
59 	W	February 26, 1999	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	13–41–5
60 	L	March 2, 1999 	2–8 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	13–42–5
61 	W	March 4, 1999 	2–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	14–42–5
62 	W	March 6, 1999 	6–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	15–42–5
63 	L	March 8, 1999 	3–9 	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	15–43–5
64 	L	March 9, 1999 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	15–44–5
65 	W	March 11, 1999 	5–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	16–44–5
66 	L	March 13, 1999 	0–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	16–45–5
67 	L	March 17, 1999 	0–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	16–46–5
68 	L	March 19, 1999 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	16–47–5
69 	W	March 22, 1999 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	17–47–5
70 	L	March 24, 1999 	0–3 	Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	17–48–5
71 	L	March 26, 1999 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	17–49–5
72 	T	March 28, 1999 	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	17–49–6
73 	L	March 31, 1999 	4–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	17–50–6
74 	L	April 1, 1999 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	17–51–6
75 	W	April 3, 1999 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	18–51–6
76 	T	April 5, 1999 	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	18–51–7
77 	W	April 8, 1999 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	19–51–7
78 	L	April 10, 1999 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	19–52–7
79 	L	April 12, 1999 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	19–53–7
80 	T	April 13, 1999 	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	19–53–8
81 	T	April 16, 1999 	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	19–53–9
82 	L	April 17, 1999 	2–6 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	19–54–9
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	82	21	22	43 	176	-34	8 	2 	3
 	LW/D	65	28	14	42 	35 	-25	11 	0 	2
 	RW 	64	12	21	33 	22 	-10	3 	2 	1
 	C 	82	13	15	28 	23 	-19	2 	0 	2
 	C 	52	7 	19	26 	102	-20	1 	0 	1
 	C 	62	11	14	25 	50 	-12	2 	0 	3
 	C 	38	4 	18	22 	10 	-13	2 	0 	0
 	D 	68	9 	12	21 	80 	-33	3 	1 	1
 	LW 	58	8 	11	19 	24 	-15	1 	1 	2
 	RW 	43	6 	13	19 	18 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	67	2 	16	18 	92 	-25	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	5 	12	17 	81 	-22	1 	1 	1
 	D 	34	1 	16	17 	53 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	32	6 	6 	12 	2 	-12	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	67	5 	7 	12 	135	-22	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	4 	8 	12 	4 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	54	8 	2 	10 	28 	-20	0 	2 	0
 	C 	22	4 	6 	10 	15 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	24	2 	7 	9 	6 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	1 	7 	8 	69 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	3 	4 	7 	6 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	0 	6 	6 	14 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	2 	3 	5 	4 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	1 	4 	5 	38 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3 	1 	4 	10 	-5 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	34	1 	3 	4 	27 	-15	0 	0 	1
 	G 	40	0 	4 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	2 	1 	3 	18 	-21	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	2 	1 	3 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	1 	2 	3 	24 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1 	2 	3 	0 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	23	0 	3 	3 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	26	2 	0 	2 	43 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	1 	2 	24 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	1 	2 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1 	0 	1 	15 	-3 	0 	1 	0
 	G 	13	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0 	1 	1 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	16 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2146	40	8 	25	3	126	3.52	0 	1153	1027	.891
 	691 	13	5 	6 	1	33 	2.87	2 	350 	317 	.906
 	1568	32	3 	18	3	102	3.90	1 	858 	756 	.881
 	238 	5 	2 	1 	1	11 	2.77	0 	118 	107 	.907
 	253 	5 	1 	3 	1	13 	3.08	0 	128 	115 	.898
 	59 	1 	0 	1 	0	2 	2.03	0 	21 	19 	.905
Team: 	4955	82	19	54	9	287	3.48	3 	2628	2341	.891
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==References==
*LightningHockey Database
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