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1998–99 Ottawa Senators season
NHL hockey team season
NHL hockey team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| year | 1998 |
| Team | Ottawa Senators |
| Conference | Eastern |
| ConferenceRank | 2nd |
| Division | Northeast |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 44–23–15 |
| HomeRecord | 22–11–8 |
| RoadRecord | 22–12–7 |
| GoalsFor | 239 |
| GoalsAgainst | 179 |
| GeneralManager | Rick Dudley |
| Coach | Jacques Martin |
| Captain | Alexei Yashin |
| AltCaptain | Daniel Alfredsson |
| Wade Redden | |
| Arena | Corel Centre |
| Attendance | 17,219 (93.1% capacity) |
| MinorLeague | Detroit Vipers |
| GoalsLeader | Alexei Yashin (44) |
| AssistsLeader | Alexei Yashin (50) |
| PointsLeader | Alexei Yashin (94) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Magnus Arvedson (+33) |
| PIMLeader | Vaclav Prospal (58) |
| WinsLeader | Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt (22) |
| GAALeader | Ron Tugnutt (1.79) |
| DivisionWin | yes |
| next_season | [1999–2000](1999-2000-ottawa-senators-season) |
Wade Redden
The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators season was the seventh season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). In this season the team 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 Memorial Trophy after his 94-point season. His 94 points obliterated the club record of 79, which Yashin himself set in the 1993–94 season.
Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 goals against average (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 four games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the second time in three seasons.
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 10, 1998||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||1–0–0||16,061 || |- |2||October 11, 1998||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99) ||2–0–0||15,812 || |- |3||October 17, 1998||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Nashville Predators (1998–99) ||3–0–0||18,500 || |- |4||October 21, 1998||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||3–1–0||19,784 || |- |5||October 22, 1998||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1998–99) ||3–2–0||14,293 || |- |6||October 24, 1998||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99) ||3–3–0||14,428 || |- |7||October 29, 1998||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||4–3–0||15,738 || |- |8||October 31, 1998||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1998–99) ||5–3–0||17,653 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 21, 1999 || 1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres || Sabres lead 1–0 || 18,500 || |- | 2 || April 23, 1999 || 2–3 2OT || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres || Sabres lead 2–0 || 18,500 || |- | 3 || April 25, 1999 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres || Sabres lead 3–0 || 18,595 || |- | 4 || April 27, 1999 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres || Sabres win 4–0 || 18,595 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | C | 82 | 44 | 50 | 94 | 16 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 10 | |||
| 15 | RW | 77 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 8 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 10 | RW | 77 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 20 | LW | 80 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 33 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 21 | C | 69 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 13 | C | 79 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 33 | D | 79 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 17 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |||
| 11 | RW | 58 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |||
| 14 | C | 81 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 18 | RW | 60 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 6 | D | 72 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 29 | D | 79 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | |||
| 5 | D | 61 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |||
| 22 | C | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 25 | RW | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 27 | D | 50 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 3 | D | 46 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 22 | |||||||||
| 2 | D | 50 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 16 | C | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
| 12 | RW | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 17 | RW | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 65 | |||||||||
| 4 | D | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 28 | LW | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | LW | 44 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | G | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | RW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 37 | LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 23 | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 31 | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damian Rhodes | 45 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 1060 | 101 | 2.44 | .905 | 3 | 2480 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 6 | 2.40 | .908 | 0 | 150 | ||
| 31 | Ron Tugnutt | 43 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1005 | 75 | 1.79 | .925 | 3 | 2508 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 3.05 | .854 | 0 | 118 |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | |||||
| (in-season) | Team | |||||
| Jack Adams Award | Jacques Martin | |||||
| NHL All-Rookie Team | Marian Hossa (Forward) | |||||
| Sami Salo (Defence) | ||||||
| NHL Second All-Star Team | Alexei Yashin (Centre) | |||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Ron Tugnutt | |||||
| Alexei Yashin | ||||||
| NHL Player of the Week | Ron Tugnutt (January 11) | |||||
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Marian Hossa (March) | |||||
| Molson Cup | Alexei Yashin |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami Salo | October 10, 1998 |
Transactions
Trades
| March 23, 1999 | To New York IslandersChris Murray | To Ottawa SenatorsNelson Emerson |
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Waivers
No waiver transactions.
Free agents
| Andre Roy | Boston Bruins |
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| Steve Leach | Phoenix Coyotes |
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|}
Expansion draft
| June 26, 1998 | To Nashville PredatorsDenny Lambert |
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Source:
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 | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 44 | Mike Fisher | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 2 | 58 | Chris Bala | United States | Harvard University (NCAA) |
| 3 | 74 | Julien Vauclair | Switzerland | HC Lugano (Switzerland) |
| 4 | 101 | Petr Schastlivy | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia) |
| 5 | 130 | Gavin McLeod | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
| 6 | 161 | Chris Neil | Canada | North Bay Centennials (OHL) |
| 7 | 188 | Michel Periard | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 8 | 223 | Sergei Verenikin | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia) |
| 9 | 246 | Rastislav Pavlikovsky | Utah Grizzlies (IHL) |
Farm teams
- Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League)
Notes
References
References
- "1998-99 Ottawa Senators Schedule".
- "Jack Adams Award".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- (January 22, 1999). "Lindros Gets All-Star Start - CBS News".
- "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- (January 11, 1999). "Ottawa's Tugnutt Named Player of the Week".
- (April 1, 1999). "Hossa Named Rookie of the Month".
- Ottawa Senators 2014–15 Media Guide, p.162–82
- "1998-99 NHL Debuts".
- "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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