1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins
1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
1998–99 record	38–30–14
Goals for	242
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Jaromír Jágr
Alternate captains	Alexei Kovalev; Martin Straka
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins' 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

Regular season

The Penguins were the least penalized team during the regular season, with just 302 power-play opportunities against. They also allowed the most short-handed goals, with 14.^[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
3	8	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	30	14	242	225	90
4	10	New York Rangers	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	10	194	244	58

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Eastern Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	47	24	11	248	196	105
2	y – Ottawa Senators	NE	82	44	23	15	239	179	103
3	y – Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	34	30	18	210	202	86
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	30	7	268	231	97
5	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	37	26	19	231	196	93
6	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	214	181	91
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	28	17	207	175	91
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	ATL	82	38	30	14	242	225	90

9	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	34	18	210	228	78
10	New York Rangers	ATL	82	33	38	11	217	227	77
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	32	39	11	184	209	75
12	Washington Capitals	SE	82	31	45	6	200	218	68
13	New York Islanders	ATL	82	24	48	10	194	244	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	54	9	179	292	47

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division

Schedule and results

1998–99 Schedule

October: 4–3–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–1), 10 Points

November: 6–3–3 (Home: 3–1–3 ; Road: 3–2–0), 15 Points

December: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–1), 12 Points

January: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0), 16 Points

February: 9–5–0 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 2–5–0), 18 Points

March: 4–5–6 (Home: 2–3–5 ; Road: 2–2–1), 14 Points

April: 2–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–1), 5 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

1999 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: 4–3 (Home: 2–1 ; Road: 2–2)

Eastern Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2 ; Road: 1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jaromir Jagr	81	44	83	127	17	66
Martin Straka	80	35	48	83	12	26
German Titov	72	11	45	56	18	34
Alexei Kovalev^†	63	20	26	46	8	37
Robert Lang	72	21	23	44	–10	24
Jan Hrdina	82	13	29	42	–2	40
Kip Miller	77	19	23	42	1	22
Kevin Hatcher	66	11	27	38	11	24
Stu Barnes^‡	64	20	12	32	–12	20
Robert Brown	58	13	11	24	–15	16
Brad Werenka	81	6	18	24	17	93
Jiri Slegr	63	3	20	23	13	86
Aleksey Morozov	67	9	10	19	5	14
Danny Kesa	67	2	8	10	–9	27
Bob Dollas	70	2	8	10	–3	60
Ian Moran	62	4	5	9	1	37
Maxim Galanov	51	4	3	7	–8	14
Jeff Serowik	26	0	6	6	–4	16
Darius Kasparaitis	48	1	4	5	12	70
Matthew Barnaby^†	18	2	2	4	–10	34
Martin Sonnenberg	44	1	1	2	–2	19
Patrick Lebeau	8	1	0	1	–2	2
Greg Andrusak	7	0	1	1	4	4
Victor Ignatjev	11	0	1	1	–3	6
Sean Pronger^‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Kelleher	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bonin	5	0	0	0	–2	0
Harry York^†‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Tamer^‡	11	0	0	0	–2	32
Tyler Wright	61	0	0	0	–2	90
Neil Wilkinson	24	0	0	0	–2	22
Ryan Savoia	3	0	0	0	–1	0
Pavel Skrbek	4	0	0	0	2	2
Sven Butenschon	17	0	0	0	–7	6
Total		242	414	656	—	943

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Martin Straka	13	6	9	15	0	6
Alex Kovalev	10	5	7	12	0	14
Jaromir Jagr	9	5	7	12	1	16
Kip Miller	13	2	7	9	–1	19
German Titov	11	3	5	8	4	4
Robert Brown	13	2	5	7	–2	8
Kevin Hatcher	13	2	3	5	1	4
Jan Hrdina	13	4	1	5	–1	12
Jiri Slegr	13	1	3	4	1	12
Aleksey Morozov	10	1	1	2	1	0
Robert Lang	12	0	2	2	–3	0
Brad Werenka	13	1	1	2	0	6
Ian Moran	13	0	2	2	–3	8
Danny Kesa	13	1	0	1	–2	0
Greg Andrusak	12	1	0	1	–1	6
Bob Dollas	13	1	0	1	–4	6
Tyler Wright	13	0	0	0	–2	19
Victor Ignatjev	1	0	0	0	0	2
Todd Hlushko	2	0	0	0	0	0
Maxim Galanov	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bonin	3	0	0	0	–1	0
Matthew Barnaby	13	0	0	0	–2	35
Martin Sonnenberg	7	0	0	0	–2	0
Total		35	53	88	—	177

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Tom Barrasso	43	43	2306:15	19	16	3	98	2.55	993	0.901	4	3	20
Peter Skudra	37	27	1914:12	15	11	5	89	2.79	822	0.892	3	0	2
Jean-Sebastien Aubin	17	11	756:15	4	3	6	28	2.22	304	0.908	2	0	0
Total		81	4976:42	38	30	14	215	2.59	2119	0.899	9	3	22

Playoffs^[7]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tom Barrasso	13	13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.90	1	0	0	4
Total		13	787:20	6	7	0	35	2.67	350	0.90	1	0	0	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Transactions

The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 1998–99 season:^[8]

Trades

November 25, 1998	To New York Rangers Petr Nedved Sean Pronger Chris Tamer	To Pittsburgh Penguins Alexei Kovalev Harry York future considerations
February 10, 1999	To Philadelphia Flyers Sean O`Brien	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations
March 11, 1999	To Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes	To Pittsburgh Penguins Matthew Barnaby
March 18, 1999	To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations (cash)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brent Peterson

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Date
Dan Kesa	Hartford Whalers	August 20, 1998

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Date
Ron Francis	Carolina Hurricanes	July 13, 1998
Stefan Bergkvist	Leksands IF (Sweden)	July 14, 1998
Domenic Pittis	Buffalo Sabres	August 10, 1998
Chris Ferraro	Edmonton Oilers	August 13, 1998
Ed Olczyk	Chicago Blackhawks	August 26, 1998
Joe Dziedzic	Phoenix Coyotes	August 27, 1998
Fredrik Olausson	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	August 28, 1998
Andreas Johansson	Ottawa Senators	September 29, 1998
Maxim Galanov	Atlanta Thrashers (Expansion Draft)	June 25, 1999

Claimed via waivers

Date	Player	Previous team
October 5, 1998	Kip Miller	New York Islanders
October 5, 1998	Maxim Galanov	New York Rangers

Lost via waivers

Date	Player	New team
December 8, 1998	Harry York	Vancouver Canucks

Player signings

Player	Date
Sean Pronger	August 10, 1998
Rob Brown	August 11, 1998
Sean O'Brien	August 11, 1998
Viktors Ignatjevs	August 11, 1998
Robert Lang	September 22, 1998
Martin Sonnenberg	October 9, 1998
Brian Leitza	October 12, 1998
Patrick Lebeau	October 18, 1998
Greg Andrusak	March 19, 1999
Hans Jonsson	June 21, 1999

Roster

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
49	Greg Andrusak	D	R	29	1988	Cranbrook, British Columbia
30	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	G	R	21	1995	Montreal, Quebec
36	Matthew Barnaby	RW	L	26	1992	Ottawa, Ontario
35	Tom Barrasso	G	R	34	1983	Boston, Massachusetts
17	Brian Bonin	C	L	25	1992	St. Paul, Minnesota
44	Robert Brown	RW	L	31	1986	Kingston, Ontario
22	Sven Butenschon	D	L	23	1994	Itzehoe, Germany
8	Bob Dollas	D	L	34	1983	Montreal, Quebec
47	Maxim Galanov	D	L	25	1993	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
4	Kevin Hatcher	D	R	32	1984	Detroit, Michigan
38	Jan Hrdina	C	R	23	1995	Hradec, Czech Republic
46	Victor Ignatjev	D	R	29	1992	Riga, Latvia
68	Jaromir Jagr (C)	RW	L	27	1990	Kladno, Czech Republic
11	Darius Kasparaitis	D	L	26	1992	Elektrėnai, Lithuania
48	Chris Kelleher	D	L	24	1993	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Danny Kesa	RW	R	27	1991	Vancouver, British Columbia
27	Alex Kovalev	RW	L	26	1991	Togliatti, Russia
20	Robert Lang	C	R	28	1990	Teplice, Czech Republic
18	Patrick Lebeau	LW	L	29	1989	St. Jerome, Quebec
37	Kip Miller	C	L	30	1987	Lansing, Michigan
24	Ian Moran	D	R	26	1990	Cleveland, Ohio
95	Aleksey Morozov	RW	L	22	1995	Moscow, Russia
0	Boris Protsenko	RW	R	20	1996	Kiev, Ukraine
18	Ryan Savoia	C	R	26	Undrafted	Thorold, Ontario
Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Jeff Serowik	D	R	32	1985	Manchester, New Hampshire
46	Pavel Skrbek	D	R	20	1996	Kladno, Czech Republic
1	Peter Skudra	G	L	26	Undrafted	Riga, Latvia
71	Jiri Slegr	D	L	28	1990	Jihlava, Czech Republic
Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Martin Sonnenberg	LW	L	21	Undrafted	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
82	Martin Straka	C	L	26	1992	Plzeň, Czech Republic
9	German Titov	C	L	33	1993	Moscow, Russia
5	Brad Werenka	D	L	30	1987	Two Hills, Alberta
6	Neil Wilkinson	D	R	31	1986	Selkirk, Manitoba
29	Tyler Wright	C	R	26	1991	Kamsac, Saskatchewan

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.^[9]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	23	Milan Kraft	Center	Czech Republic	Keramika Plzeň (Czech)
2	54	Alexander Zevakhin	Right Wing	Russia	CSKA Moskow (RSL)
3	80^[a]	David Cameron	Center	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	110	Scott Myers	Goaltender	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5	134^[b]	Rob Scuderi	Defense	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
6	169	Jan Fadrny	Center	Czech Republic	Slavia Praha (Czech)
7	196	Joel Scherban	Center	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	224	Mika Lehto	Goaltender	Finland	Assat (SM-liiga)
9	244^[c]	Toby Petersen	Center	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
9	254	Matt Hussey	Center	United States	Avon Old Farms (USHS-CN)

Draft notes^[10]

^a The Colorado Avalanche's third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 28, 1997, trade that sent Francois Leroux to the Avalanche in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of an August 12, 1997, trade that sent Jiri Slegr to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^b The Buffalo Sabres' fifth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 24, 1997, trade that sent Jason Woolley to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a March 18, 1997, trade that sent Josef Beranek to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Craig Muni.

Farm teams

The American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch finished last overall in the standings with a record of 18-50-9-3.

References

^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html
^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
^ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

Bibliography

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
"1998–99 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1999.html

[FOOTNOTEDinger2011155-2] Dinger 2011, p. 155.

[3] "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[4] "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[5] "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[6] "1998–1999 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[7] "1998–1999 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[8] "Hockey Transactions Search Results". ProSportsTransactions. Retrieved September 14, 2012.

[9] "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

[10] "1998 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

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