1998–99 Detroit Red Wings season

1998–99 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st Central
1998–99 record	43–32–7
Goals for	245
Goals against	202
Team information
General Manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Team leaders
<1997–98	1999–2000 >

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	3	Detroit Red Wings	82	43	32	7	245	202	1202	93
2	5	St. Louis Blues	82	37	32	13	237	209	1308	87
3	10	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	41	12	202	248	1807	70
4	12	Nashville Predators	82	28	47	7	190	261	1420	63

Game log

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

Playoffs

the Red Wings went against the Ducks and swept them. They lost to Colorado in 6 games in the second round.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	80	29	45	74	42	8	13	2	4
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	77	26	37	63	66	9	6	2	3
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	75	14	49	63	48	13	4	2	2
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	81	31	27	58	123	2	5	0	5
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov	LW	79	29	29	58	45	10	6	1	4
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom	D	81	14	43	57	14	14	6	2	3
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	80	10	42	52	42	21	5	1	2
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty	RW	69	14	26	40	108	10	6	0	1
Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom	LW	82	13	21	34	69	-11	5	0	4
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	77	16	13	29	141	7	7	1	4
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	80	9	19	28	42	5	3	1	1
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	80	4	14	18	79	2	0	1	1
Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby	RW	53	8	6	14	34	-6	0	1	2
Dandenault, MathieuMathieu Dandenault	D	75	4	10	14	59	17	0	0	0
Roest, StacyStacy Roest	RW	59	4	8	12	14	-7	0	0	1
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson	D	61	2	10	12	34	5	0	0	1
Ward, AaronAaron Ward	D	60	3	8	11	52	-5	0	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	D	69	1	10	11	36	-1	0	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	39	2	5	7	87	0	0	0	0
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	12	4	2	6	2	1	0	0	1
Krupp, UweUwe Krupp	D	22	3	2	5	6	0	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	23	2	2	4	11	-4	0	0	1
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	63	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	10	1	1	2	4	5	1	0	1
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	W	13	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	1
Golubovsky, YanYan Golubovsky	D	17	0	1	1	16	4	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Audet, PhilippePhilippe Audet	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laplante, DarrylDarryl Laplante	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	D	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	3691	63	34	25	4	149	2.42	3	1654	1505	.910
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	821	16	6	5	2	31	2.27	0	379	348	.918
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	244	4	3	0	1	8	1.97	0	98	90	.918
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson	175	4	0	2	0	9	3.09	0	79	70	.886
Team:	4931	82	43	32	7	197	2.40	3	2210	2013	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	10	9	4	13	0	4	0	2
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom	D	10	2	9	11	4	2	0	0
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	LW	10	3	7	10	6	1	0	1
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov	C	10	1	8	9	8	0	0	0
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov	LW	10	6	1	7	4	3	0	0
Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom	LW	10	4	3	7	4	2	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	10	2	3	5	10	1	0	0
Brown, DougDoug Brown	RW	10	2	2	4	4	1	0	1
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	10	0	4	4	14	0	0	0
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	D	9	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty	RW	10	1	1	2	23	0	0	0
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	10	0	2	2	20	0	0	0
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	10	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby	RW	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
Dandenault, MathieuMathieu Dandenault	D	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	C	10	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
WardAaron Ward (ice hockey), AaronAaron WardAaron Ward (ice hockey)	D	8	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	358	6	4	2	14	2.35	1	172	158	.919
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	183	4	2	2	10	3.28	1	105	95	.905
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle	58	2	0	0	3	3.10	0	22	19	.864
Team:	599	10	6	4	27	2.70	2	299	272	.910

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season