1998–99 Ottawa Senators season

The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators cracked the 100 point barrier, as they finished with 103 points, and won the Northeast Division for the first time in club history.
Senators head coach Jacques Martin won the Jack Adams Trophy for the first time in his career and in Senators history, while Alexei Yashin, who was named team captain prior to the season, was a finalist for the Hart Trophy after his 94 point season. His 94 points shattered the club record of 79, which Yashin set in the 1993–94 season.
Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each goalie winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 GAA was an NHL low.
The Senators great regular season success did not continue to the playoffs, as the Buffalo Sabres, led by Dominik Hasek, swept the Senators out of the playoffs in 4 games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the 2nd time in 3 seasons.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
 Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1998 	4–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 11, 1998 	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 17, 1998 	3–1 	Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	3–0–0
4 	L	October 21, 1998 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	3–1–0
5 	L	October 22, 1998 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	3–2–0
6 	L	October 24, 1998 	1–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	3–3–0
7 	W	October 29, 1998 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	4–3–0
8 	W	October 31, 1998 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	5–3–0
9 	W	November 1, 1998 	5–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	6–3–0
10 	L	November 5, 1998 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	6–4–0
11 	L	November 7, 1998 	5–8 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	6–5–0
12 	T	November 10, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	6–5–1
13 	T	November 12, 1998	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	6–5–2
14 	L	November 14, 1998	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	6–6–2
15 	T	November 15, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	6–6–3
16 	W	November 20, 1998	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	7–6–3
17 	W	November 21, 1998	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	8–6–3
18 	W	November 23, 1998	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	9–6–3
19 	W	November 26, 1998	4–1 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	10–6–3
20 	L	November 28, 1998	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	10–7–3
21 	W	December 1, 1998 	3–1 	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99) 	11–7–3
22 	W	December 3, 1998 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	12–7–3
23 	L	December 5, 1998 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	12–8–3
24 	W	December 8, 1998 	4–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	13–8–3
25 	L	December 9, 1998 	5–6 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	13–9–3
26 	L	December 12, 1998	0–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) 	13–10–3
27 	L	December 17, 1998	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	13–11–3
28 	W	December 18, 1998	5–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	14–11–3
29 	L	December 20, 1998	2–3 	Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	14–12–3
30 	W	December 23, 1998	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	15–12–3
31 	L	December 26, 1998	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	15–13–3
32 	T	December 28, 1998	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) 	15–13–4
33 	W	December 30, 1998	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	16–13–4
34 	W	January 1, 1999 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	17–13–4
35 	W	January 2, 1999 	6–0 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	18–13–4
36 	T	January 4, 1999 	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	18–13–5
37 	W	January 6, 1999 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	19–13–5
38 	W	January 8, 1999 	5–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	20–13–5
39 	W	January 10, 1999 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) 	21–13–5
40 	W	January 11, 1999 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	22–13–5
41 	W	January 14, 1999 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	23–13–5
42 	T	January 16, 1999 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	23–13–6
43 	L	January 18, 1999 	0–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	23–14–6
44 	W	January 19, 1999 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	24–14–6
45 	W	January 21, 1999 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	25–14–6
46 	L	January 26, 1999 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) 	25–15–6
47 	W	January 30, 1999 	9–2 	New York Islanders (1998–99) 	26–15–6
48 	W	February 1, 1999 	1–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99) 	27–15–6
49 	T	February 3, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) 	27–15–7
50 	W	February 6, 1999 	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99) 	28–15–7
51 	T	February 9, 1999 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	28–15–8
52 	L	February 11, 1999	1–3 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	28–16–8
53 	W	February 13, 1999	2–1 	Washington Capitals (1998–99) 	29–16–8
54 	W	February 15, 1999	6–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99) 	30–16–8
55 	W	February 18, 1999	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	31–16–8
56 	W	February 20, 1999	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	32–16–8
57 	L	February 23, 1999	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	32–17–8
58 	W	February 25, 1999	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	33–17–8
59 	L	February 27, 1999	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) 	33–18–8
60 	W	March 2, 1999 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	34–18–8
61 	W	March 4, 1999 	5–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) 	35–18–8
62 	W	March 6, 1999 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	36–18–8
63 	W	March 8, 1999 	9–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	37–18–8
64 	W	March 10, 1999 	3–0 	@ New York Rangers (1998–99) 	38–18–8
65 	L	March 13, 1999 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	38–19–8
66 	L	March 15, 1999 	0–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) 	38–20–8
67 	T	March 17, 1999 	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	38–20–9
68 	W	March 19, 1999 	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99) 	39–20–9
69 	W	March 20, 1999 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99) 	40–20–9
70 	L	March 24, 1999 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1998–99) 	40–21–9
71 	T	March 26, 1999 	1–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99) 	40–21–10
72 	W	March 27, 1999 	7–3 	@ New York Islanders (1998–99) 	41–21–10
73 	W	March 30, 1999 	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	42–21–10
74 	T	April 1, 1999 	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99) 	42–21–11
75 	W	April 3, 1999 	6–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	43–21–11
76 	T	April 5, 1999 	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99) 	43–21–12
77 	L	April 7, 1999 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	43–22–12
78 	W	April 8, 1999 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99) 	44–22–12
79 	T	April 10, 1999 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) 	44–22–13
80 	L	April 12, 1999 	0–2 	Florida Panthers (1998–99) 	44–23–13
81 	T	April 15, 1999 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1998–99) 	44–23–14
82 	T	April 17, 1999 	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) 	44–23–15
==Playoffs==
The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.
====Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres====
Buffalo wins series 4–0
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 21	Buffalo	2 – 1	Ottawa 	0 – 1
2	April 23	Buffalo	3 – 2	Ottawa 	0 – 2
3	April 25	Ottawa 	0 – 3	Buffalo	0 – 3
4	April 27	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Buffalo	0 – 4
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	44	50	94 	54 	16 	19 	0 	5
 	RW 	77	31	25	56 	46 	8 	7 	0 	4
 	RW 	77	15	35	50 	30 	9 	6 	0 	3
 	LW 	80	21	26	47 	50 	33 	0 	4 	6
 	C 	69	21	16	37 	34 	1 	7 	0 	6
 	C 	79	10	26	36 	58 	8 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	79	4 	31	35 	48 	17 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	58	11	22	33 	14 	8 	3 	0 	5
 	C 	81	16	16	32 	48 	15 	0 	1 	6
 	RW 	60	15	15	30 	37 	18 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	72	8 	21	29 	54 	7 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	79	4 	21	25 	32 	14 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	61	7 	12	19 	24 	20 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	79	6 	11	17 	30 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	59	4 	8 	12 	43 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	50	1 	11	12 	40 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	1 	9 	10 	22 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	50	3 	6 	9 	33 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	36	4 	3 	7 	10 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	2 	5 	7 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	38	1 	6 	7 	65 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	3 	3 	6 	32 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	3 	2 	5 	10 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	2 	2 	4 	28 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	1 	1 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	1 	1 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2480	45	22	13	7 	101	2.44	3 	1060	959 	.905
 	2508	43	22	10	8 	75 	1.79	3 	1005	930 	.925
Team: 	4988	82	44	23	15	176	2.12	6 	2065	1889	.915
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	4 	1	3	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	2	3 	4 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	2	3 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	0	2 	6 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	2	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	10 	-4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV	SV%
 	150	2 	0	2	6 	2.40	0 	65 	59	.908
 	118	2 	0	2	6 	3.05	0 	41 	35	.854
Team: 	268	4 	0	4	12	2.69	0 	106	94	.887
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==
* Jack Adams Award - Jacques Martin
* Molson Cup - Alexei Yashin
* NHL Second All-Star Team - Alexei Yashin
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 27, 1998 	To San Jose SharksOttawa's eighth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft 	To Ottawa SenatorsSan Jose's eighth-round pick 1998 Entry Draft (Sergei Verenikin)
August 21, 1998 	To Chicago BlackhawksJustin Hocking 	To Ottawa SenatorsBrian Felsner
November 27, 1998	To New York RangersStan Neckar 	To Ottawa SenatorsBill BergNew York's second-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Simon Lajeunesse)
March 8, 1999 	To Florida PanthersOttawa's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (later traded) 	To Ottawa SenatorsVyacheslav Butsayev
March 12, 1999 	To Chicago BlackhawksRadim Bicanek 	To Ottawa SenatorsChicago's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Martin Prusek)
March 19, 1999 	To New York Islandersfuture considerations 	To Ottawa SenatorsChris Luongo
March 12, 1999 	To Chicago BlackhawksOttawa's fourth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Preston Mizzi)	To Ottawa SenatorsTed Donato
March 23, 1999 	To New York IslandersChris Murray 	To Ottawa SenatorsNelson Emerson
===Waivers===
No waiver transactions.
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former team
David Oliver 	Houston Aeros (IHL)
John Gruden 	Detroit Vipers (IHL)
Steve Martins 	Carolina Hurricanes
John Emmons 	Michigan K-Wings (IHL)
Andreas Johansson	Pittsburgh Penguins
Steve Leach 	Carolina Hurricanes
Brad Shaw 	Detroit Vipers (IHL)
Andre Roy 	Boston Bruins
===Expansion draft===
June 26, 1998	To Nashville PredatorsDenny Lambert
Source: 
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centres
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*GM: Rick Dudley
*Coach: Jacques Martin
Sources: 
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==Draft picks==
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	15 	Mathieu Chouinard 	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2 	44 	Mike Fisher 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 	58 	Chris Bala 	 	Harvard University (NCAA)
3 	74 	Julien Vauclair 	 	Lugano (Switzerland)
4 	101	Petr Schastlivy 	 	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
5 	130	Gavin McLeod 	 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6 	161	Chris Neil 	 	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7 	188	Michel Periard 	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
8 	223	Sergei Verenikin 	 	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
9 	246	Rastislav Pavlikovsky	 	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)
==Farm teams==
* Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League)
==See also==
*1998–99 NHL Season
==References==
*Ottawa Senators Media Guide 2007
*The Internet Hockey Database
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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