1998–99 Dallas Stars season

The 1998–99 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' sixth season and thirty-second of the franchise. The most important aspect of the season was defeating the Buffalo Sabres to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1998 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 13, 1998 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	2–0–0
3 	T	October 15, 1998 	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	2–0–1
4 	L	October 17, 1998 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	2–1–1
5 	W	October 20, 1998 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	3–1–1
6 	W	October 22, 1998 	2–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	4–1–1
7 	W	October 24, 1998 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	5–1–1
8 	T	October 30, 1998 	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 	5–1–2
9 	W	October 31, 1998 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	6–1–2
10 	L	November 4, 1998 	0–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	6–2–2
11 	W	November 7, 1998 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	7–2–2
12 	L	November 11, 1998	0–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	7–3–2
13 	W	November 13, 1998	5–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	8–3–2
14 	W	November 14, 1998	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	9–3–2
15 	W	November 20, 1998	4–2 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	10–3–2
16 	T	November 21, 1998	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	10–3–3
17 	W	November 23, 1998	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	11–3–3
18 	L	November 25, 1998	2–5 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	11–4–3
19 	W	November 27, 1998	4–0 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	12–4–3
20 	W	December 2, 1998 	3–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	13–4–3
21 	L	December 4, 1998 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	13–5–3
22 	W	December 6, 1998 	6–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	14–5–3
23 	W	December 7, 1998 	3–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	15–5–3
24 	T	December 9, 1998 	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	15–5–4
25 	W	December 11, 1998	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	16–5–4
26 	T	December 13, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	16–5–5
27 	W	December 15, 1998	7–3 	St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	17–5–5
28 	W	December 18, 1998	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	18–5–5
29 	W	December 20, 1998	3–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	19–5–5
30 	T	December 21, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	19–5–6
31 	W	December 23, 1998	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	20–5–6
32 	W	December 26, 1998	4–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	21–5–6
33 	W	December 28, 1998	1–0 	Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	22–5–6
34 	W	December 31, 1998	6–1 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	23–5–6
35 	W	January 1, 1999 	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	24–5–6
36 	W	January 6, 1999 	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	25–5–6
37 	L	January 8, 1999 	0–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	25–6–6
38 	L	January 10, 1999 	0–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	25–7–6
39 	T	January 12, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	25–7–7
40 	W	January 13, 1999 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	26–7–7
41 	W	January 15, 1999 	3–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	27–7–7
42 	L	January 18, 1999 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	27–8–7
43 	L	January 20, 1999 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	27–9–7
44 	W	January 27, 1999 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	28–9–7
45 	W	January 29, 1999 	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	29–9–7
46 	W	January 30, 1999 	5–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	30–9–7
47 	T	February 1, 1999 	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	30–9–8
48 	L	February 7, 1999 	0–3 	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	30–10–8
49 	W	February 12, 1999	3–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	31–10–8
50 	W	February 13, 1999	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	32–10–8
51 	W	February 15, 1999	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	33–10–8
52 	W	February 17, 1999	2–1 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	34–10–8
53 	W	February 19, 1999	5–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	35–10–8
54 	T	February 21, 1999	1–1 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	35–10–9
55 	W	February 23, 1999	4–3 	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	36–10–9
56 	L	February 24, 1999	1–2 	Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	36–11–9
57 	W	February 26, 1999	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	37–11–9
58 	W	February 28, 1999	1–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	38–11–9
59 	T	March 2, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	38–11–10
60 	W	March 4, 1999 	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	39–11–10
61 	L	March 5, 1999 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	39–12–10
62 	W	March 7, 1999 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	40–12–10
63 	W	March 10, 1999 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	41–12–10
64 	W	March 12, 1999 	4–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 	42–12–10
65 	T	March 14, 1999 	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	42–12–11
66 	T	March 16, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	42–12–12
67 	L	March 17, 1999 	1–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	42–13–12
68 	L	March 19, 1999 	1–2 	Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	42–14–12
69 	W	March 21, 1999 	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	43–14–12
70 	W	March 23, 1999 	3–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	44–14–12
71 	W	March 25, 1999 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	45–14–12
72 	L	March 26, 1999 	1–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	45–15–12
73 	W	March 28, 1999 	3–0 	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	46–15–12
74 	W	March 31, 1999 	6–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	47–15–12
75 	L	April 3, 1999 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	47–16–12
76 	L	April 4, 1999 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	47–17–12
77 	W	April 7, 1999 	5–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 	48–17–12
78 	W	April 9, 1999 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	49–17–12
79 	W	April 11, 1999 	6–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	50–17–12
80 	W	April 14, 1999 	4–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	51–17–12
81 	L	April 17, 1999 	0–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	51–18–12
82 	L	April 18, 1999 	1–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	51–19–12
==Playoffs==
===Western Conference quarter-finals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	April 21	Edmonton	1–2 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
2	April 23	Edmonton	2–3 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
3	April 25	Dallas 	3–2 	Edmonton	Belfour 	17,100
4	April 27	Dallas 	3–2 OT	Edmonton	Belfour 	17,100
===Western Conference semi-finals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	May 6 	St. Louis	0–3 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
2	May 8 	St. Louis	4–5 OT	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
3	May 10	Dallas 	2–3 OT	St. Louis	Belfour 	19,826
4	May 12	Dallas 	2–3 OT	St. Louis	Belfour 	20,341
5	May 15	St. Louis	1–3 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
6	May 17	Dallas 	2–1 OT	St. Louis	Belfour 	20,355
===Western Conference finals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	May 22	Colorado	2–1 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
2	May 24	Colorado	2–4 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
3	May 26	Dallas 	3–0 	Colorado	Belfour 	16,061
4	May 28	Dallas 	2–3 	Colorado	Belfour 	16,061
5	May 30	Colorado	7–5 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
6	June 1	Dallas 	4–1 	Colorado	Belfour 	16,061
7	June 4	Colorado	1–4 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
===Stanley Cup Final===
#	Date 	Visitor	Score 	Home 	Decision	Attendance
1	June 8 	Buffalo	3–2 OT	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
2	June 10	Buffalo	2–4 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
3	June 12	Dallas 	2–1 	Buffalo	Belfour 	18,595
4	June 15	Dallas 	1–2 	Buffalo	Belfour 	18,595
5	June 17	Buffalo	0–2 	Dallas 	Belfour 	17,001
6	June 19	Dallas 	2–1 OT	Buffalo	Belfour 	18,595
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	77	34	47	81 	44 	29 	6 	4 	7
 	RW 	60	32	26	58 	30 	19 	15 	0 	11
 	C 	67	28	27	55 	34 	11 	8 	0 	8
 	RW 	74	20	32	52 	18 	29 	7 	1 	2
 	D 	81	10	41	51 	20 	9 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	74	14	34	48 	50 	-1 	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	75	12	33	45 	62 	10 	4 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	17	17	34 	133	11 	8 	0 	2
 	RW 	82	13	18	31 	85 	1 	2 	0 	4
 	D 	80	9 	21	30 	102	21 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	81	6 	23	29 	62 	-2 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	69	13	14	27 	26 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	73	6 	11	17 	16 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	74	4 	12	16 	31 	-3 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	64	3 	9 	12 	51 	23 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	61	2 	9 	11 	18 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	80	2 	6 	8 	87 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	40	4 	1 	5 	33 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2 	3 	5 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	4 	5 	6 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	12	1 	3 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	19 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	1 	2 	3 	50 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	1 	1 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	0 	0 	26 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	0 	0 	23 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	0 	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3536	61	35	15	9 	117	1.99	5 	1373	1256	.915
 	1382	26	16	3 	3 	48 	2.08	1 	562 	514 	.915
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	2.00	0 	29 	27 	.931
Team: 	4978	82	51	19	12	167	2.01	6 	1964	1797	.915
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	23	5 	18	23 	16 	6 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	23	11	10	21 	19 	7 	3 	0 	6
 	RW 	23	10	7 	17 	16 	7 	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	22	8 	7 	15 	4 	3 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	23	10	50	13 	2 	8 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	23	1 	12	13 	4 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	3 	9 	12 	16 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	23	2 	8 	10 	14 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	5 	2 	7 	6 	-1 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	18	3 	4 	7 	14 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	18	1 	6 	7 	24 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	2 	4 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	22	1 	5 	6 	20 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	4 	5 	20 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	3 	3 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	2 	2 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	0 	2 	2 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	2 	2 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	0 	2 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	0 	2 	2 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1 	0 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1544	23	16	7	43	1.67	3 	617	574	.930
Team: 	1544	23	16	7	43	1.67	3 	617	574	.930
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; 
==Awards and records==
* Presidents' Trophy
* Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
* Ed Belfour & Roman Turek, William M. Jennings Trophy
* Jere Lehtinen, Frank J. Selke Trophy
* Joe Nieuwendyk, Conn Smythe Trophy
==Transactions==
*February 26, 1999 – Doug Lidster was signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.
== Dallas Stars 1999 Stanley Cup Champions ==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==References==
* Stars on Hockey Database
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