1998–99 Detroit Red Wings season

1998–99 Detroit Red Wings
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	3rd Western
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

The 1998–99 Detroit Red Wings season was Detroit's 73rd season of operation in the National Hockey League.

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

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	51	19	12	236	168	114
2	y – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	28	10	239	205	98
3	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	43	32	7	245	202	93
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	39	31	12	205	197	90
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	37	32	13	237	209	87
6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	34	13	215	206	83
7	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	31	33	18	196	191	80
8	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	33	37	12	230	226	78
9	Calgary Flames	NW	82	30	40	12	211	234	72
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	41	12	202	248	70
11	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	32	45	5	189	222	69
12	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	28	47	7	190	261	63
13	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	23	47	12	192	258	58

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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 would enter the 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the series proved to be no contest. Detroit would sweep the Ducks in four games, setting up a rematch with their arch-rival Colorado Avalanche. Despite Detroit winning the first two games, they would go on to lose the next four consecutively, and were eliminated by the Avalanche.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Yzerman	C	80	29	45	74	42	8	13	2	4
Sergei Fedorov	C	77	26	37	63	66	9	6	2	3
Igor Larionov	C	75	14	49	63	48	13	4	2	2
Brendan Shanahan	LW	81	31	27	58	123	2	5	0	5
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	79	29	29	58	45	10	6	1	4
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	81	14	43	57	14	14	6	2	3
Larry Murphy	D	80	10	42	52	42	21	5	1	2
Darren McCarty	RW	69	14	26	40	108	10	6	0	1
Tomas Holmstrom	LW	82	13	21	34	69	-11	5	0	4
Martin Lapointe	RW	77	16	13	29	141	7	7	1	4
Doug Brown	RW	80	9	19	28	42	5	3	1	1
Kris Draper	C	80	4	14	18	79	2	0	1	1
Kirk Maltby	RW	53	8	6	14	34	-6	0	1	2
Mathieu Dandenault	D	75	4	10	14	59	17	0	0	0
Stacy Roest	RW	59	4	8	12	14	-7	0	0	1
Anders Eriksson	D	61	2	10	12	34	5	0	0	1
Aaron Ward	D	60	3	8	11	52	-5	0	0	0
Jamie Macoun	D	69	1	10	11	36	-1	0	0	0
Joe Kocur	RW	39	2	5	7	87	0	0	0	0
Wendel Clark	LW/D	12	4	2	6	2	1	0	0	1
Uwe Krupp	D	22	3	2	5	6	0	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	23	2	2	4	11	-4	0	0	1
Chris Osgood	G	63	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0
Chris Chelios	D	10	1	1	2	4	5	1	0	1
Brent Gilchrist	LW	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Petr Klima	W	13	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	1
Yan Golubovsky	D	17	0	1	1	16	4	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Philippe Audet	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Kevin Hodson	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Laplante	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Maracle	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson	D	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	3691	63	34	25	4	149	2.42	3	1654	1505	.910
Norm Maracle	821	16	6	5	2	31	2.27	0	379	348	.918
Bill Ranford	244	4	3	0	1	8	1.97	0	98	90	.918
Kevin 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
Steve Yzerman	C	10	9	4	13	0	4	0	2
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	10	2	9	11	4	2	0	0
Brendan Shanahan	LW	10	3	7	10	6	1	0	1
Sergei Fedorov	C	10	1	8	9	8	0	0	0
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	10	6	1	7	4	3	0	0
Tomas Holmstrom	LW	10	4	3	7	4	2	0	1
Wendel Clark	LW/D	10	2	3	5	10	1	0	0
Doug Brown	RW	10	2	2	4	4	1	0	1
Chris Chelios	D	10	0	4	4	14	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson	D	9	0	3	3	10	0	0	0
Darren McCarty	RW	10	1	1	2	23	0	0	0
Martin Lapointe	RW	10	0	2	2	20	0	0	0
Igor Larionov	C	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Larry Murphy	D	10	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Kirk Maltby	RW	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
Mathieu Dandenault	D	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kris Draper	C	10	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Todd Gill	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	D	8	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Brent Gilchrist	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Macoun	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Maracle	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Osgood	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Chris Osgood	358	6	4	2	14	2.35	1	172	158	.919
Bill Ranford	183	4	2	2	10	3.28	1	105	95	.905
Norm 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;

Draft picks

Detroit'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	25	Jiri Fischer	Czech Republic	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
2	55	Ryan Barnes	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	56	Tomek Valtonen	Finland	Ilves (Finland)
3	84	Jake McCracken	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	111	Brent Hobday	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	142	Calle Steen	Sweden	Hammarby IF (Sweden)
6	151	Adam Deleeuw	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	171	Pavel Datsyuk	Russia	Dinamo-Energija Tekaterinburg (Russia)
7	198	Jeremy Goetzinger	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
8	226	David Petrasek	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
9	256	Petja Pietilainen	Finland	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)

See also

• 1998–99 NHL season

References

Bibliography

• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.