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1998–99 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1998–99
year	1998
Team	Boston Bruins
Record	39–30–13
HomeRecord	22–10–9
RoadRecord	17–20–4
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	3rd
GeneralManager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Ray Bourque
Arena	Fleet Center
GoalsFor	214
GoalsAgainst	181
Attendance	16,299 (91.3%)
Total: 668,290
MinorLeague	Providence Bruins (AHL)
GoalsLeader	Dmitri Khristich (29)
AssistsLeader	Jason Allison (53)
PointsLeader	Jason Allison (76)
PlusMinusLeader	Don Sweeney (+14)
PIMLeader	Ken Belanger (152)
WinsLeader	Byron Dafoe (32)
GAALeader	Byron Dafoe (2.00)
next_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-boston-bruins-season)

Total: 668,290

The 1998–99 Boston Bruins season was the teams' 75th season.

Regular season

The Bruins' 11 shutouts were the most among all 27 teams. The Bruins also scored the fewest short-handed goals (3), allowed the fewest power-play goals (33) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (89.18%)

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 1998||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 12, 1998||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1998–99) ||1–0–1 || |- |3||October 14, 1998||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||2–0–1 || |- |4||October 16, 1998||1–2 OT || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||2–1–1 || |- |5||October 18, 1998||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||3–1–1 || |- |6||October 19, 1998||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 21, 1998||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||3–3–1 || |- |8||October 24, 1998||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1998–99) ||3–4–1 || |- |9||October 28, 1998||9–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||4–4–1 || |- |10||October 29, 1998||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||4–4–2 || |- |11||October 31, 1998||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||4–5–2 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 22, 1999 || 2–0 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Bruins lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1999 || 2–3 OT || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 26, 1999 || 2–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Hurricanes lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 28, 1999 || 4–1 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1999 || 4–3 2OT || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes || Bruins lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1999 || 2–0 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes || Bruins win 4–2 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
41	C	82	23	53	76	5	68	12	2	9	11	1	6
12	LW	79	29	42	71	11	48	12	3	4	7	1	6
77	D	81	10	47	57	−7	34	12	1	9	10	1	14
14	LW	79	25	26	51	−6	18	11	3	1	4	3	0
6	C	81	16	25	41	3	69	11	3	6	9	1	4
33	C	55	24	16	40	7	22	12	4	3	7	−3	0
23	RW	73	22	18	40	7	30	12	4	3	7	−1	0
18	D	52	6	18	24	1	48	12	0	3	3	4	10
19	C	71	7	14	21	−14	95	12	2	0	2	2	8
20	D	60	5	15	20	−5	66	11	1	2	3	−3	4
11	LW	77	7	10	17	−14	18	12	1	1	2	−1	4
42	C	46	6	8	14	10	44
36	D	47	4	8	12	−8	33	2	0	0	0	−1	2
32	D	81	2	10	12	14	64	11	3	0	3	2	6
26	C	49	4	7	11	−10	55	12	0	3	3	1	8
25	D	80	3	7	10	−10	63	12	0	0	0	−1	14
17	C	33	5	4	9	3	2	12	0	0	0	−1	4
38	C	37	3	5	8	−3	12
10	RW	33	5	2	7	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	RW	22	3	3	6	0	17
44	D	54	0	6	6	11	25	8	0	0	0	0	4
37	D	22	0	6	6	4	10	4	1	1	2	3	2
16	LW	45	1	4	5	−2	152	12	1	0	1	2	16
22	LW	69	1	3	4	−6	119	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	LW	14	1	3	4	0	4
57	LW	11	1	2	3	−1	2
34	G	68	0	2	2		25	12	0	0	0		2
21	C	4	0	2	2	−1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	C	6	1	0	1	2	0
55	D	3	0	0	0	1	0
51	LW	4	0	0	0	−1	2
61	C	9	0	0	0	−1	8
72	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
56	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0
53	D	5	0	0	0	2	0
35	G	17	0	0	0		0
29	D	3	0	0	0	−3	6
71	D	4	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	Byron Dafoe	68	67	32	23	11	1,800	133	2.00	.926	10	4,001:17	12	12	6	6	330	26	1.98	.921	2	767:58
35	Robbie Tallas	17	15	7	7	2	421	43	2.61	.898	1	986:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Lester Patrick Trophy	Harry Sinden
NHL Second All-Star Team	Ray Bourque (Defense)
Byron Dafoe (Goaltender)
[NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Ray Bourque
Dmitri Khristich
NHL Player of the Month	Byron Dafoe (April)
NHL Player of the Week	Ray Bourque (December 21)
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Byron Dafoe
Seventh Player Award	Byron Dafoe
Three Stars Awards	Byron Dafoe (1st)
Ray Bourque (2nd)
Jason Allison (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Antti Laaksonen	October 10, 1998
Peter Nordstrom
Jonathan Girard	October 18, 1998
Jay Henderson	October 28, 1998
Marquis Mathieu
Eric Nickulas	January 7, 1999
Andre Savage
Brandon Smith	January 9, 1999
Terry Virtue	January 16, 1999

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
	To [New York Islanders](1998-99-new-york-islanders-season)[1998](1998-nhl-entry-draft) 9th-round pick (#250 overall)
	To [New York Islanders](1998-99-new-york-islanders-season)Ted Donato

Free agents

Player	Team	Contract term
Anders Myrvold	to Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
P. C. Drouin	to Bracknell Bees (BISL)
Peter Ferraro	from New York Rangers	1-year
Brandon Smith	from Detroit Red Wings	1-year
Chris Taylor	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year
Jon Rohloff	to San Jose Sharks
Barry Richter	to New York Islanders
Dean Malkoc	to New York Islanders
Terry Virtue	from St. Louis Blues
Dennis Vaske	from New York Islanders	1-year with a 1-year option
Guy Larose	to Chicago Wolves (IHL)
Trent McCleary	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term
	Peter Nordstrom	1-year
	Aaron Downey	1-year
	Ray Bourque	2-year (voiding current contract)
	Eric Nickulas	2-year
	Steve Heinze	2-year
	Jonathan Girard	3-year
	Jason Allison	2-year
	Ted Donato	1-year
	Marquis Mathieu
	Anson Carter	2-year
	Kyle McLaren	3-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
	Rory Fitzpatrick	from St. Louis Blues in Waiver Draft
	to St. Louis Blues

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	48	Jonathan Girard	D	Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL)
21	52	Bobby Allen	D	Boston College (Hockey East)
3	78	Peter Nordstrom	LW	Färjestad BK (Sweden)
5	135	Andrew Raycroft	G	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
6	165	Ryan Milanovic	LW	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

;Notes

The Bruins acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 1997 that sent Bill Ranford, Adam Oates and Rick Tocchet to Washington in exchange for Jason Allison, Jim Carey, Anson Carter, a third-round pick in 1997 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).

The Bruins first-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on November 22, 1996 that sent Landon Wilson and Anders Myrvold to Boston in exchange for this pick (19th overall).
The Bruins fourth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Doug Bodger to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (105th overall).

- The Bruins seventh-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 21, 1997 that sent Mike Sullivan to Boston in exchange for this pick (192nd overall). - The Bruins eighth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 3, 1998 that sent Grant Ledyard to Boston in exchange for this pick (219th overall). - The Bruins ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent and ninth-round pick in [1999](1999-nhl-entry-draft) to Boston in exchange for this pick (250th overall). ## Notes ## References - - - ## References 1. ["1998-99 NHL Goalie Statistics"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999_goalies.html). 2. ["1998-99 NHL Summary"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html). 3. ["1998-99 Boston Bruins Schedule"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1999_games.html). 4. ["Lester Patrick Trophy"](https://records.nhl.com/awards/trophies/lester-patrick-trophy). 5. ["Postseason All-Star Teams"](https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=19981999). 6. ["NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)"](https://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=29185). 7. ["1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/allstar/NHL_1999_roster.html). 8. (April 19, 1999). ["Dafoe Is Player of the Month"](http://nhl.com/news/apr/041999dafoe.htm). 9. (December 21, 1998). ["Boston's Bourque is Player of the Week"](http://www.nhl.com/news/dec/122198bourque.htm). 10. Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p.239 11. Boston Bruins 2014–15 Guide & Record Book, p. 239–40 12. ["1998-99 NHL Debuts"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999_debut.html). 13. ["1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com"](https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1998e.html). ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998–99_Boston_Bruins_season) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998–99_Boston_Bruins_season?action=history). ::

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