1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season

1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	2nd Pacific
1998–99 record	39–31–12
Goals for	205
Goals against	197
Team information
General Manager	Bobby Smith
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Keith Tkachuk
Team leaders
<1997–98	1999–2000 >

The 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' third season in Phoenix. The Coyotes made the playoffs, losing in the first round.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	51	19	12	236	168	114
2	4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	12	205	197	90
3	6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	34	13	215	206	83
4	7	San Jose Sharks	82	31	33	18	196	191	80
5	11	Los Angeles Kings	82	32	45	5	189	222	69

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1998	1–4	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1998	5–2	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	1–1–0
3	W	October 19, 1998	3–1	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	2–1–0
4	L	October 22, 1998	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	2–2–0
5	T	October 25, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	2–2–1
6	W	October 26, 1998	5–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	3–2–1
7	W	October 28, 1998	4–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	4–2–1
8	W	November 1, 1998	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	5–2–1
9	W	November 6, 1998	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	6–2–1
10	T	November 10, 1998	1–1 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	6–2–2
11	W	November 11, 1998	2–0	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	7–2–2
12	W	November 14, 1998	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	8–2–2
13	W	November 18, 1998	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	9–2–2
14	W	November 20, 1998	2–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	10–2–2
15	W	November 21, 1998	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	11–2–2
16	W	November 24, 1998	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	12–2–2
17	W	November 26, 1998	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	13–2–2
18	W	November 28, 1998	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	14–2–2
19	L	December 2, 1998	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	14–3–2
20	W	December 5, 1998	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	15–3–2
21	T	December 6, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	15–3–3
22	W	December 9, 1998	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	16–3–3
23	W	December 12, 1998	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	17–3–3
24	T	December 14, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	17–3–4
25	L	December 16, 1998	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	17–4–4
26	L	December 17, 1998	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	17–5–4
27	W	December 20, 1998	4–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	18–5–4
28	W	December 22, 1998	6–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	19–5–4
29	L	December 23, 1998	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	19–6–4
30	W	December 26, 1998	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	20–6–4
31	L	December 28, 1998	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	20–7–4
32	W	December 30, 1998	3–1	New York Rangers (1998–99)	21–7–4
33	L	January 1, 1999	1–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	21–8–4
34	T	January 5, 1999	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	21–8–5
35	L	January 7, 1999	1–7	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	21–9–5
36	L	January 8, 1999	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	21–10–5
37	W	January 11, 1999	1–0	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	22–10–5
38	W	January 13, 1999	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	23–10–5
39	L	January 15, 1999	0–2	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	23–11–5
40	T	January 17, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	23–11–6
41	W	January 19, 1999	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	24–11–6
42	T	January 21, 1999	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	24–11–7
43	T	January 26, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	24–11–8
44	L	January 28, 1999	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	24–12–8
45	T	January 29, 1999	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	24–12–9
46	W	January 31, 1999	5–1	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	25–12–9
47	T	February 2, 1999	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	25–12–10
48	W	February 4, 1999	3–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	26–12–10
49	W	February 6, 1999	3–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	27–12–10
50	L	February 8, 1999	0–3	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	27–13–10
51	W	February 10, 1999	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	28–13–10
52	W	February 13, 1999	4–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	29–13–10
53	L	February 14, 1999	1–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	29–14–10
54	L	February 16, 1999	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	29–15–10
55	L	February 19, 1999	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	29–16–10
56	L	February 20, 1999	1–7	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	29–17–10
57	L	February 22, 1999	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	29–18–10
58	W	February 24, 1999	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	30–18–10
59	L	February 26, 1999	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	30–19–10
60	L	February 28, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	30–20–10
61	L	March 2, 1999	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	30–21–10
62	L	March 5, 1999	2–7	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	30–22–10
63	W	March 7, 1999	4–3	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	31–22–10
64	L	March 9, 1999	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	31–23–10
65	L	March 11, 1999	0–3	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	31–24–10
66	W	March 13, 1999	1–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	32–24–10
67	T	March 15, 1999	5–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	32–24–11
68	W	March 17, 1999	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	33–24–11
69	T	March 18, 1999	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	33–24–12
70	W	March 21, 1999	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	34–24–12
71	L	March 23, 1999	2–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	34–25–12
72	W	March 25, 1999	4–2	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	35–25–12
73	W	March 27, 1999	2–1	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	36–25–12
74	L	March 29, 1999	0–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	36–26–12
75	W	March 30, 1999	7–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	37–26–12
76	W	April 1, 1999	4–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	38–26–12
77	L	April 6, 1999	0–1	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	38–27–12
78	L	April 9, 1999	3–4	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	38–28–12
79	L	April 11, 1999	0–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	38–29–12
80	L	April 14, 1999	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	38–30–12
81	L	April 15, 1999	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	38–31–12
82	W	April 17, 1999	2–0	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	39–31–12

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	78	24	48	72	130	7	4	0	3
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	68	36	32	68	151	22	11	2	7
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	81	26	30	56	147	5	6	1	5
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	75	19	24	43	26	-1	5	0	3
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	82	10	30	40	30	3	1	0	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	53	9	22	31	65	17	0	0	3
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	D	60	7	21	28	34	5	1	0	4
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	82	7	18	25	32	11	2	0	2
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen	C	59	6	17	23	20	18	2	0	1
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	64	8	14	22	30	-3	2	0	2
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	79	6	16	22	54	-5	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	77	9	10	19	17	-9	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	76	9	9	18	34	-7	0	2	2
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	82	2	14	16	62	15	0	2	0
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	13	7	6	13	4	2	3	0	3
Quint, DeronDeron Quint	D	60	5	8	13	20	-10	2	0	0
Isbister, BradBrad Isbister	LW	32	4	4	8	46	1	0	0	2
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	55	1	7	8	190	3	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	7	2	5	7	2	3	2	0	1
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	35	0	7	7	32	-8	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	63	2	4	6	24	-11	0	1	1
Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski	RW	14	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
Hansen, TavisTavis Hansen	RW	20	2	1	3	12	-4	0	0	0
Murray, RobRob Murray	C	13	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	22	1	1	2	37	-6	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	44	0	2	2	72	9	0	0	0
Doig, JasonJason Doig	D	9	0	1	1	10	2	0	0	0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft	D	11	0	1	1	27	-1	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	11	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
DeBrusk, LouieLouie DeBrusk	LW	15	0	0	0	34	-2	0	0	0
Dziedzic, JoeJoe Dziedzic	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gagnon, SeanSean Gagnon	D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer	D	11	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	63	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Langkow, ScottScott Langkow	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	7	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiley, BradBrad Tiley	D	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vasilyev, AndreiAndrei Vasilyev	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	3657	63	32	23	7	130	2.13	8	1681	1551	.923
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	898	16	6	5	4	41	2.74	1	390	349	.895
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	243	4	1	2	1	9	2.22	0	104	95	.913
Esche, RobertRobert Esche	130	3	0	1	0	7	3.23	0	50	43	.860
Langkow, ScottScott Langkow	35	1	0	0	0	3	5.14	0	17	14	.824
Team:	4963	82	39	31	12	190	2.30	9	2242	2052	.915

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	7	4	3	7	4	2	0	1
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	2
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	7	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	7	1	3	4	13	1	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	7	2	1	3	4	2	0	0
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	7	1	2	3	10	0	0	0
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	7	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
DeBrusk, LouieLouie DeBrusk	LW	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	6	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen	C	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lumme, JyrkiJyrki Lumme	D	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Hansen, TavisTavis Hansen	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Tiley, BradBrad Tiley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924
Team:	449	7	3	4	18	2.41	0	236	218	.924

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Trades

June 30, 1998	To Nashville Predators Seventh-round pick in 1999 - Kyle Kettles	To Phoenix Coyotes Mike Sullivan
October 31, 1998	To Nashville Predators Cliff Ronning Richard Lintner	To Phoenix Coyotes Future Considerations
January 13, 1999	To Nashville Predators Future Considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes J.J. Daigneault
March 8, 1999	To Vancouver Canucks Future Considerations	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Huscroft
March 11, 1999	To Edmonton Oilers Fifth-round pick in 2000 - Matt Koalska	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikhail Shtalenkov
March 20, 1999	To New York Islanders Brad Isbister Third-round pick in 1999 - Brian Collins	To Phoenix Coyotes Robert Reichel Third-round pick in 1999 - Jason Jaspers Fourth-round pick in 1999 - Preston Mizzi
March 23, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jean-Francois Jomphe	To Phoenix Coyotes Cash
March 23, 1999	To New York Rangers Jason Doig Sixth-round pick in 1999 - Jay Dardis	To Phoenix Coyotes Stan Neckar
June 25, 1999	To Atlanta Thrashers Scott Langkow	To Phoenix Coyotes Future Considerations
June 26, 1999	To Montreal Canadiens Jim Cummins	To Phoenix Coyotes Sixth-round pick in 1999 - Erik Lewerstrom
June 26, 1999	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Oleg Tverdovsky	To Phoenix Coyotes Travis Green First-round pick in 1999 - Scott Kelman

Waivers

December 19, 1998

To St. Louis Blues Bryan Helmer

Free agents

Player Former Team Jyrki Lumme Vancouver Canucks Bryan Helmer New Jersey Devils Andrei Vasilyev New York Islanders Mike Martone Buffalo Sabres Joe Dziedzic Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Adams Dallas Stars Stephen Leach Ottawa Senators Brian Noonan Vancouver Canucks David Cullen Undrafted Free Agent Player New Team Mark Janssens Chicago Blackhawks Murray Baron Vancouver Canucks Ted Crowley Colorado Avalanche Scott Levins Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Dahl Calgary Flames Igor Korolev Toronto Maple Leafs See also 1998–99 NHL season References "1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PHX/1999_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.  External links