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1998–99 St. Louis Blues season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| year | 1998 |
| Team | St. Louis Blues |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 5th |
| Division | Central |
| DivisionRank | 2nd |
| Record | 37–32–13 |
| HomeRecord | 18–17–6 |
| RoadRecord | 19–15–7 |
| GoalsFor | 237 |
| GoalsAgainst | 209 |
| GeneralManager | Larry Pleau |
| Coach | Joel Quenneville |
| Captain | Chris Pronger |
| Arena | Kiel Center |
| Attendance | 18,276 |
| MinorLeague | Worcester IceCats |
| Peoria Rivermen | |
| GoalsLeader | Pavol Demitra (37) |
| AssistsLeader | Pavol Demitra (52) |
| PointsLeader | Pavol Demitra (89) |
| PIMLeader | Tony Twist (149) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Al MacInnis (+33) |
| WinsLeader | Grant Fuhr (16) |
| GAALeader | Jamie McLennan (2.38) |
| next_season | [1999–2000](1999-2000-st-louis-blues-season) |
Peoria Rivermen The 1998–99 St. Louis Blues season was the team's 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite the loss of Brett Hull during the preceding off-season, the Blues made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th-straight season after finishing in second place with a record of 37–32–13.
Off-season
Realignment came, as the NHL went from four to six divisions. Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay and Washington were grouped in the Eastern Conference's new Southeast Division and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton and Vancouver moved into the new Northwest Division in the Western Conference.
Regular season
The Blues made the playoffs for the 20th straight season by finishing in 2nd place with a record of 37–32–13. Al MacInnis won the Norris trophy as the best defenceman in the NHL, while Pavol Demitra scored 37 goals. In the playoffs, the Blues initially trailed the Phoenix Coyotes 3 games to 1. The Blues rallied and took the series in 7 games. However, in the second round, the Blues were knocked off again by the Dallas Stars led by Brett Hull in 6 games. Hull would go on to score the Stanley Cup clinching goal for the Stars.
The Blues tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 301. They also tied the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.
Season standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 10, 1998||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 12, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1998–99) ||1–0–1 || |- |3||October 16, 1998||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||October 17, 1998||0–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1998–99) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||October 22, 1998||5–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 24, 1998||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1998–99) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 27, 1998||1–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99) ||3–3–1 || |- |8||October 29, 1998||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1998–99) ||4–3–1 || |- |9||October 31, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||4–3–2 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 22, 1999 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Blues lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1999 || 3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 25, 1999 || 4–5 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 27, 1999 || 1–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1999 || 2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Coyotes lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1999 || 5–3 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 4, 1999 || 1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes || Blues win 4–3 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Blues only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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| 38 | LW | 82 | 37 | 52 | 89 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |||
| 77 | C | 67 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 2 | D | 82 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 33 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 20 | |||
| 48 | RW | 75 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 44 | D | 67 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 113 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 28 | |||
| 33 | LW | 80 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 22 | C | 69 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 6 | |||
| 32 | C | 82 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 25 | C | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 27 | C | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 14 | |||
| 10 | RW | 55 | 4 | 21 | 25 | −8 | 41 | |||||||||
| 34 | LW | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 56 | LW | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 26 | C | 66 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −9 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7 | D | 54 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 17 | |||
| 14 | LW | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 10 | |||
| 39 | RW | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 143 | |||||||||
| 15 | C | 22 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 21 | RW | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −3 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 | |||
| 18 | LW | 63 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 6 | D | 76 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −3 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |||
| 5 | D | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −6 | 16 | |||||||||
| 23 | RW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 36 | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |||||||||
| 37 | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 8 | |||
| 4 | D | 52 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −14 | 99 | |||||||||
| 19 | D | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −10 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 35 | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 42 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 31 | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 55 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1 | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 9 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | |||
| 30 | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 20 | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| 28 | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Goaltending
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.*
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Grant Fuhr | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 827 | 89 | 2.44 | .892 | 2 | 2193 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 305 | 31 | 2.35 | .898 | 1 | 790 | ||
| 29 | Jamie McLennan | 33 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 640 | 70 | 2.38 | .891 | 3 | 1763 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 37 | ||
| 30 | Rich Parent | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 193 | 22 | 2.54 | .886 | 1 | 519 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | Brent Johnson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 10 | 2.10 | .921 | 0 | 286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 35 | Jim Carey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 13 | 3.86 | .829 | 0 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | |
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| (annual) | League | ||||
| (in-season) | |||||
| James Norris Memorial Trophy | Al MacInnis | ||||
| NHL First All-Star Team | Al MacInnis (Defense) | ||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Pavol Demitra | ||||
| Al MacInnis | |||||
| Chris Pronger |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 25th shutout | 600th assist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Handzus | October 10, 1998 | |||||
| Marty Reasoner | ||||||
| Lubos Bartecko | November 28, 1998 | |||||
| Jochen Hecht | January 13, 1999 | |||||
| Brent Johnson | February 15, 1999 | |||||
| Tyson Nash | April 3, 1999 | |||||
| Grant Fuhr | April 1, 1999 | |||||
| Pierre Turgeon | April 14, 1999 |
Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Christian Backman | Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden) | |
| 2 | 41 | Maxym Linnik | St. Thomas Stars (GOJHL) | |
| 3 | 83 | Matt Walker | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) | |
| 6 | 157 | Brad Voth | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | |
| 6 | 170 | Andrei Troschinsky | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) | |
| 7 | 197 | Brad Twordik | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) | |
| 8 | 225 | Yevgeni Pastukh | Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) | |
| 9 | 255 | John Pohl | University of Minnesota (CCHA) |
Notes
References
References
- "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- "1998-99 St. Louis Blues Schedule".
- "James Norris Memorial Trophy".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
- "1998-99 NHL Debuts".
- (April 2, 1999). "N.H.L. : LAST NIGHT; Boston Tightens Hold On Eighth Playoff Spot".
- "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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