1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	Western
1998–99 record	35–34–13
Goals for	215
Goals against	206
Team information
General manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Craig Hartsburg
Captain	Paul Kariya
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 1998–99 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the sixth season in franchise history.

Off-season

The roster was shaken up a lot during the previous season and only a few changes took place in the summer. The Ducks traded Dave Karpa and a 2000 4th round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for Kevin Haller and Stu Grimson on June 18. Two months later they acquired Jim Mckenzie for Jean-Francois Jomphe on August 11. They signed veteran Fredrik Olausson, who was with the Ducks before, to give the team scoring from the blue line, and Pascal Trepanier. Rookies Antti Aalto and Johan Davidsson made the roster while Mike Crowley who played very well last season would see more ice time with the parent team.

For the first time since the Ducks traded Ron Tugnutt to the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 the team saw just their second change in net, losing Mikhail Shtalenkov to the Nashville Predators in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. That left them with Prospects Patrick Lalime and Chris Mason for the back up position. Just before the season started the Ducks acquired Dominic Roussel from the Nashville Predators for Chris Mason and Marc Moro on October 5, 1998 which gave the team more experience in case Hebert would be sidelined like last season. Days later they sent Doug Houda to Detroit on October 9.

Regular season

The season was much more consistent than last season. Anaheim started off slow, losing their first three games and scoring only one goal but was unbeaten the next six games. On October 27, 1998 they added Marty McInnes, a key player who gave them more scoring depth for the team's upcoming success and dominating Powerplay. On November 8 Tomas Sandstrom suffered a broken left wrist which kept him sidelined until late December thus relying more on their star players and hoping for others to fill the void. The team managed to comeback a few times after going winless some games and even put up winning streaks like in early December (4-0-2) and early February (4-0-0). January turned out to be the very tough going 4-9-1 and winless (0-5-1) a second time since late November. Overall the Ducks were hovering around the .500 mark fighting to go to the post season.

In February the team pushed themselves into the Play Off as the Mighty Ducks went 13-3-1 from February 3 until March 10 including a team record seven game winning streak. The Ducks finished the season 6 in the west as the team was unable to maintain their amazing run. The Blues only lost 1 game in their last nine games where as the Ducks only won one game out of their last seven, ironically against the Coyotes, missing out on 5th place facing Phoenix rather than the Red Wings.

During that winning-streak the team only allowed 1 goal in each of those games, highlighting the great goaltending of Guy Hebert, who had career year and his best season since 1996/97. Dominic Roussel also enjoyed a stellar comeback in the NHL as the team's backup. Both goalies provided excellent goaltending for the Ducks, each posting a save percentage above .920 as well as a superb GAA. Those great numbers were supported by their Defense as the team allowed 55 goals less than last year. Offensively the Ducks only scored 10 goals more than last season but relied heavily on their first line ( Kariya - Rucchin - Selanne ) combining for 109 goals. Additional scoring was only provided by Marty McInnes (17 goals), Fredrik Olausson (16 goals) and Tomas Sandstrom (15 goals), who missed 24 games due to injury. Matt Cullen enjoyed a good second season, tallying 11 goals which was almost double than last year while Travis Green only scored 13 goals and 30 points which was below expectation.

The Mighty Ducks finished the regular season with the most power-play goals, 83, and the best power-play percentage, 21.96% (83 for 378) in the NHL.

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.

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

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

Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks met the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings swept the Mighty Ducks in four games.

Late in Game 3 Stu Grimson cross-checked Kris Draper in the face in front of the Red Wings which caused a brawl between both teams.

Game 1: Mighty Ducks 3, Detroit 5

Game 2: Mighty Ducks 1, Detroit 5

Game 3: Detroit 4, Mighty Ducks 2

Game 4: Detroit 3, Mighty Ducks 0

Detroit Wins Series 4-0

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Teemu Selanne	75	47	60	107	30
Paul Kariya	82	39	62	101	40
Steve Rucchin	69	23	39	62	22
Fredrik Olausson	74	16	40	56	30
Marty McInnis	75	18	34	52	36
Tomas Sandstrom	58	15	17	32	42
Travis Green	79	13	17	30	81
Matt Cullen	75	11	14	25	47
Ruslan Salei	74	2	14	16	65
Ted Drury	75	5	6	11	83
Jim McKenzie	73	5	4	9	99
Jeff Nielsen	80	5	4	9	34
Antti Aalto	73	3	5	8	24
Johan Davidsson	64	3	5	8	14
Jason Marshall	72	1	7	8	142
Kevin Haller	82	1	6	7	122
Pascal Trepanier	45	2	4	6	48
Mike Crowley	20	2	3	5	16
Pavel Trnka	63	0	4	4	60
Stu Grimson	73	3	0	3	158
Jamie Pushor	70	1	2	3	112
Scott Ferguson	2	0	1	1	0
Guy Hebert	69	0	1	1	0
Josef Marha	10	0	1	1	0
Mike Leclerc	7	0	0	0	4
Dominic Roussel	18	0	0	0	0
Dan Trebil	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Guy Hebert	4083	69	31	29	9	165	2.42	2114	1949	.922	6
Dominic Roussel	884	18	4	5	4	37	2.51	478	441	.923	1
Team:	4967	82	35	34	13	202	2.44	2592	2390	.922	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Teemu Selanne	4	2	2	4	2
Paul Kariya	3	1	3	4	0
Steve Rucchin	4	0	3	3	0
Marty McInnis	4	2	0	2	2
Fredrik Olausson	4	0	2	2	4
Jason Marshall	4	1	0	1	10
Travis Green	4	0	1	1	4
Pavel Trnka	4	0	1	1	2
Antti Aalto	4	0	0	0	2
Tom Askey	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Cullen	4	0	0	0	0
Johan Davidsson	1	0	0	0	0
Ted Drury	4	0	0	0	0
Stu Grimson	3	0	0	0	30
Kevin Haller	4	0	0	0	2
Guy Hebert	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Leclerc	1	0	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	4	0	0	0	4
Jeff Nielsen	4	0	0	0	2
Jamie Pushor	4	0	0	0	6
Ruslan Salei	3	0	0	0	4
Tomas Sandstrom	4	0	0	0	4
Dan Trebil	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Tom Askey	30	1	0	1		2	4.00	11	9	.818	0
Guy Hebert	208	4	0	3		15	4.33	124	109	.879	0
Team:	238	4	0	4		17	4.29	135	118	.874	0

Transactions

Acquired Marty McInnes from the Chicago Blackhawks ( previously acquired from the Calgary Flames ) for a 4th round draft pick on October 27, 1998

Traded Drew Bannister to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2000 5th round pick on December 10, 1998

Traded Josef Marha to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations (became a 1999 4th round draft) on January 28, 1999

Draft picks

Anaheim'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	5	Vitaly Vishnevskiy	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	32	Stephen Peat	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	112	Viktor Wallin	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)
6	150	Trent Hunter	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	178	Jesse Fibiger	Canada	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
8	205	David Bernier	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9	233	Pelle Prestberg	Sweden	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
9	245	Andreas Andersson	Sweden	HV71 (Sweden)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
• Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
• 1998–99 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1998–99

• Anaheim Angels (Edison International Field of Anaheim)
  • 1998 Anaheim Angels season
  • 1999 Anaheim Angels season
• Los Angeles Clippers (Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim)
  • 1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers season*

*Played Occasional Games in Anaheim

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.