1998–99 Washington Capitals season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
2 	L	October 13, 1998 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	1–1–0
3 	T	October 16, 1998 	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 18, 1998 	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 21, 1998 	1–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 23, 1998 	1–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	3–2–1
7 	T	October 24, 1998 	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	3–2–2
8 	L	October 28, 1998 	2–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	3–3–2
9 	T	October 30, 1998 	0–0 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	3–3–3
10 	L	November 1, 1998 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	3–4–3
11 	L	November 4, 1998 	2–5 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	3–5–3
12 	L	November 6, 1998 	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	3–6–3
13 	W	November 7, 1998 	8–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	4–6–3
14 	L	November 12, 1998	0–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	4–7–3
15 	W	November 14, 1998	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	5–7–3
16 	W	November 18, 1998	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	6–7–3
17 	L	November 20, 1998	1–4 	Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	6–8–3
18 	L	November 21, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	6–9–3
19 	W	November 25, 1998	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	7–9–3
20 	L	November 27, 1998	0–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	7–10–3
21 	L	November 28, 1998	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	7–11–3
22 	L	December 1, 1998 	0–4 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	7–12–3
23 	W	December 4, 1998 	5–1 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	8–12–3
24 	L	December 5, 1998 	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	8–13–3
25 	L	December 9, 1998 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	8–14–3
26 	L	December 11, 1998	0–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	8–15–3
27 	L	December 12, 1998	1–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	8–16–3
28 	W	December 17, 1998	3–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	9–16–3
29 	L	December 19, 1998	0–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	9–17–3
30 	W	December 23, 1998	4–0 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	10–17–3
31 	L	December 26, 1998	1–3 	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	10–18–3
32 	W	December 28, 1998	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	11–18–3
33 	L	December 30, 1998	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	11–19–3
34 	L	January 1, 1999 	3–4 	Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	11–20–3
35 	W	January 2, 1999 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	12–20–3
36 	W	January 7, 1999 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	13–20–3
37 	W	January 9, 1999 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	14–20–3
38 	W	January 11, 1999 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	15–20–3
39 	L	January 13, 1999 	0–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	15–21–3
40 	L	January 15, 1999 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	15–22–3
41 	W	January 16, 1999 	3–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	16–22–3
42 	T	January 18, 1999 	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	16–22–4
43 	L	January 21, 1999 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	16–23–4
44 	L	January 26, 1999 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	16–24–4
45 	L	January 29, 1999 	3–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	16–25–4
46 	L	January 30, 1999 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	16–26–4
47 	W	February 1, 1999 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	17–26–4
48 	W	February 3, 1999 	10–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	18–26–4
49 	W	February 5, 1999 	4–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	19–26–4
50 	W	February 7, 1999 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	20–26–4
51 	W	February 9, 1999 	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	21–26–4
52 	W	February 12, 1999	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	22–26–4
53 	L	February 13, 1999	1–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) 	22–27–4
54 	L	February 15, 1999	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	22–28–4
55 	T	February 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	22–28–5
56 	W	February 20, 1999	3–1 	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	23–28–5
57 	W	February 22, 1999	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	24–28–5
58 	L	February 24, 1999	1–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	24–29–5
59 	L	February 27, 1999	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	24–30–5
60 	W	February 28, 1999	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	25–30–5
61 	W	March 2, 1999 	8–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	26–30–5
62 	L	March 4, 1999 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	26–31–5
63 	W	March 6, 1999 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	27–31–5
64 	L	March 9, 1999 	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	27–32–5
65 	L	March 11, 1999 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	27–33–5
66 	L	March 13, 1999 	4–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	27–34–5
67 	T	March 15, 1999 	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	27–34–6
68 	W	March 17, 1999 	2–1 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	28–34–6
69 	W	March 20, 1999 	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	29–34–6
70 	L	March 21, 1999 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	29–35–6
71 	L	March 25, 1999 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	29–36–6
72 	L	March 26, 1999 	1–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	29–37–6
73 	L	March 30, 1999 	2–3 	Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	29–38–6
74 	W	April 1, 1999 	5–3 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	30–38–6
75 	L	April 3, 1999 	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	30–39–6
76 	W	April 5, 1999 	3–0 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	31–39–6
77 	L	April 7, 1999 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	31–40–6
78 	L	April 8, 1999 	0–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	31–41–6
79 	L	April 10, 1999 	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	31–42–6
80 	L	April 12, 1999 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	31–43–6
81 	L	April 14, 1999 	0–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	31–44–6
82 	L	April 18, 1999 	0–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	31–45–6
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	66	31	24	55 	56 	-1 	6 	3 	5
 	C 	59	12	42	54 	22 	-1 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	63	14	27	41 	20 	-3 	2 	1 	3
 	LW 	76	17	19	36 	26 	-12	8 	0 	3
 	C 	73	8 	27	35 	28 	0 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	53	21	10	31 	57 	1 	13 	1 	3
 	LW 	75	16	14	30 	14 	5 	1 	1 	3
 	D 	67	8 	21	29 	22 	10 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	45	12	12	24 	26 	0 	4 	1 	2
 	C 	38	7 	16	23 	6 	3 	3 	0 	3
 	D 	78	7 	13	20 	80 	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	9 	8 	17 	50 	-6 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	46	2 	14	16 	80 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	6 	8 	14 	12 	-2 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	36	5 	6 	11 	12 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	3 	7 	10 	48 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	0 	10	10 	68 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	66	5 	4 	9 	166	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	4 	3 	7 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	62	2 	5 	7 	29 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	54	2 	5 	7 	87 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	52	4 	2 	6 	50 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	21	1 	5 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	0 	6 	6 	108	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	50	0 	5 	5 	102	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	2 	2 	4 	8 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	4 	4 	28 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	2 	0 	2 	103	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	0 	2 	2 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	2 	2 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	0 	0 	8 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3586	64	26	31	3	154	2.58	4 	1538	1384	.900
 	1193	23	4 	12	3	50 	2.51	2 	530 	480 	.906
 	28 	1 	1 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	12 	12 	1.000
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0	6 	3.00	0 	55 	49 	.891
Team: 	4927	82	31	45	6	210	2.56	6 	2135	1925	.902
Note: 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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1998–99 NHL season
==References==
==External links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1998–99
Washington Capitals season, 1998–99
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