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1998–99 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1998–99
year	1998
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	1st
Record	44–28–10
HomeRecord	21–14–6
RoadRecord	23–14–4
GoalsFor	239
GoalsAgainst	205
GeneralManager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Attendance	16,059
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
GoalsLeader	Joe Sakic (41)
AssistsLeader	Peter Forsberg (67)
PointsLeader	Peter Forsberg (97)
PIMLeader	Jeff Odgers (259)
PlusMinusLeader	Peter Forsberg (+27)
WinsLeader	Patrick Roy (32)
GAALeader	Patrick Roy (2.29)
DivisionWin	yes
next_season	[1999–2000](1999-2000-colorado-avalanche-season)

The 1998–99 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's fourth season and last season at McNichols Sports Arena. They would move to the Pepsi Center during the off-season.

Regular season

April 3, 1999: In a victory over the Edmonton Oilers, Patrick Roy passed Glenn Hall with his 408th victory.

Season standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 1998||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 12, 1998||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1998–99) ||0–2–0 || |- |3||October 14, 1998||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||0–3–0 || |- |4||October 15, 1998||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||0–4–0 || |- |5||October 18, 1998||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99) ||0–4–1 || |- |6||October 24, 1998||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1998–99) ||1–4–1 || |- |7||October 26, 1998||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||1–5–1 || |- |8||October 29, 1998||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||2–5–1 || |- |9||October 31, 1998||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||2–6–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 24, 1999 || 3–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 26, 1999 || 2–1 OT|| align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 28, 1999 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 30, 1999 || 3–7 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || May 1, 1999 || 6–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 3, 1999 || 3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Avalanche 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 Avalanche only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
21	C	78	30	67	97	27	108	19	8	16	24	7	31
19	C	73	41	55	96	23	29	19	6	13	19	−2	8
22	RW	82	27	24	51	0	102	19	3	11	14	5	26
18	RW	66	22	27	49	−2	99	19	8	4	12	2	20
23	RW	82	14	34	48	8	26	16	6	6	12	3	4
37	C	79	20	24	44	9	62	19	6	2	8	2	4
13	LW	65	14	30	44	1	28	10	4	5	9	5	4
8	D	39	7	25	32	10	22	19	4	8	12	−5	22
14	RW	15	10	14	24	8	18	18	5	12	17	−2	20
20	LW	53	8	14	22	3	58
52	D	64	5	16	21	20	92	19	2	3	5	3	24
2	D	76	2	18	20	18	48	19	0	1	1	6	12
12	RW	68	7	12	19	4	37	5	0	0	0	0	2
3	D	76	5	13	18	3	42	19	1	5	6	8	10
26	C	72	8	7	15	−8	40	10	0	1	1	−1	6
5	D	54	3	10	13	12	24	5	0	0	0	1	2
25	LW	41	2	6	8	−3	24	19	1	1	2	−1	12
29	LW	31	4	2	6	0	14	3	0	0	0	−1	0
32	C	12	2	4	6	0	17	19	1	3	4	0	38
36	RW	75	2	3	5	−3	259	15	1	0	1	0	14
11	RW	12	2	2	4	−6	20
7	D	67	1	3	4	−3	60	19	0	2	2	3	22
24	D	39	1	2	3	4	31	19	0	1	1	1	10
4	D	35	1	2	3	−5	84
17	RW	7	1	1	2	−2	0
33	G	61	0	2	2		28	19	0	2	2		4
16	LW	28	0	2	2	3	63	12	0	1	1	−1	14
15	D	7	0	1	1	−1	2
44	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	D	22	0	0	0	−2	71
1	G	21	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0		0
32	D	6	0	0	0	1	6
30	G	4	0	0	0		0
6	LW	1	0	0	0	0	7
15	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	LW	7	0	0	0	−2	2
27	RW	27	0	0	0	−3	71
43	D	12	0	0	0	5	9
59	D	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
33	61	32	19	8	1673	139	2.29	.917	5	3648	19	11	8	650	52	2.66	.920	1	1173
1	21	11	8	1	492	52	2.87	.894	0	1086	1	0	0	6	1	6.67	.833	0	9
30	4	1	1	1	110	9	2.49	.918	0	217	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
Calder Memorial Trophy	Chris Drury
NHL All-Rookie Team	Chris Drury (Forward)
Milan Hejduk (Forward)
NHL First All-Star Team	Peter Forsberg (Center)
[NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Peter Forsberg
NHL Player of the Month	Patrick Roy (January)
NHL Player of the Week	Joe Sakic (January 26)
Peter Forsberg (March 8)
Patrick Roy (March 29)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	600th assist
Chris Drury	October 10, 1998
Milan Hejduk
Dan Smith	October 12, 1998
Jeff Buchanan	November 6, 1998
Brian White	November 21, 1998
Scott Parker	November 28, 1998
Michael Gaul	December 19, 1998
Serge Aubin	December 31, 1998
Joe Sakic	April 3, 1999

Transactions

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Alex Tanguay	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
1	17	Martin Skoula	Barrie Colts (OHL)
1	19	Robyn Regehr	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
1	20	Scott Parker	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
2	28	Ramzi Abid	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
2	38	Philippe Sauve	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
2	53	Steve Moore	Harvard University (ECAC)
3	79	Yevgeni Lazarev	Kitchener Dutchmen (MWJHL)
5	141	K. C. Timmons	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	167	Alex Riazantsev	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)

Notes

Players wore a patch that read "CHS" to honor those lost during the Columbine High School shooting on 20 April, 1999.

References

{{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |last2=Fischler |first2=Shirley

References

Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.436, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, {{ISBN. 978-0-470-15616-2
"1998-99 Colorado Avalanche Schedule".
"Calder Memorial Trophy".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
"1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
(February 1, 1999). "Colorado's Roy is January's Best".
(January 26, 1999). "Colorado's Sakic is Player of the Week".
(March 9, 1999). "COYOTES".
(March 29, 1999). "Colorado's Roy Named Player of the Week".
"1998-99 NHL Debuts".
(April 4, 1999). "Avalanche Storm By Oilers - CBS News".
"1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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