1998–99 Ottawa Senators season

1998–99 Ottawa Senators
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	2nd Eastern
1998–99 record	44–23–15
Home record	22–11–8
Road record	22–12–7
Goals for	239
Goals against	179
Team information
General manager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Alexei Yashin
Alternate captains	Daniel Alfredsson Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre
Average attendance	17,219 per game (705,990 total)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexei Yashin (44)
Assists	Alexei Yashin (50)
Points	Alexei Yashin (94)
Penalty minutes	Vaclav Prospal (58)
Plus/minus	Magnus Arvedson (+33)
Wins	Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt (22)
Goals against average	Ron Tugnutt (1.79)
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The 1998–99 Ottawa Senators season was the seventh season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). In this season the team cracked the 100 point barrier, as they finished with 103 points, and won the Northeast Division for the first time in club history.

Senators Head Coach Jacques Martin won the Jack Adams Trophy for the first time in his career and in Senators history, while Alexei Yashin, who was named team captain prior to the season, was a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy after his 94-point season. His 94 points obliterated the club record of 79, which Yashin himself set in the 1993–94 season.

Goaltenders Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt split duties throughout the season, with each winning 22 games, sharing the team record for goaltender victories in a season, while Tugnutt's 1.79 goals against average (GAA) was an NHL low.

The Senators great regular season success did not continue to the playoffs, as the Buffalo Sabres, led by Dominik Hasek, swept the Senators out of the playoffs in four games, ending the Senators' season in the first round for the second time in three seasons.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Northeast Division

R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	2	Ottawa Senators	82	44	23	15	239	179	892	103
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	30	7	268	231	1095	97
3	6	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	214	181	1182	91
4	7	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	28	17	207	175	1561	91
5	11	Montreal Canadiens	82	32	39	11	184	209	1299	75

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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.

Eastern Conference^[2]

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[]

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance
1	W	October 10, 1998	4–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	1–0–0	16,061
2	W	October 11, 1998	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	2–0–0	15,812
3	W	October 17, 1998	3–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	3–0–0	18,500
4	L	October 21, 1998	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	3–1–0	19,784
5	L	October 22, 1998	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	3–2–0	14,293
6	L	October 24, 1998	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	3–3–0	14,428
7	W	October 29, 1998	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	4–3–0	15,738
8	W	October 31, 1998	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	5–3–0	17,653
9	W	November 1, 1998	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	6–3–0	19,442
10	L	November 5, 1998	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	6–4–0	13,686
11	L	November 7, 1998	5–8	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	6–5–0	15,221
12	T	November 10, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	6–5–1	15,904
13	T	November 12, 1998	1–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	6–5–2	14,680
14	L	November 14, 1998	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	6–6–2	15,726
15	T	November 15, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	6–6–3	15,906
16	W	November 20, 1998	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	7–6–3	19,740
17	W	November 21, 1998	4–1	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	8–6–3	17,154
18	W	November 23, 1998	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	9–6–3	15,330
19	W	November 26, 1998	4–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	10–6–3	14,607
20	L	November 28, 1998	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	10–7–3	15,726
21	W	December 1, 1998	3–1	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	11–7–3	13,902
22	W	December 3, 1998	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	12–7–3	15,351
23	L	December 5, 1998	1–2	New York Rangers (1998–99)	12–8–3	18,500
24	W	December 8, 1998	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	13–8–3	10,587
25	L	December 9, 1998	5–6	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	13–9–3	16,994
26	L	December 12, 1998	0–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	13–10–3	16,480
27	L	December 17, 1998	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	13–11–3	13,646
28	W	December 18, 1998	5–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	14–11–3	15,124
29	L	December 20, 1998	2–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	14–12–3	17,581
30	W	December 23, 1998	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	15–12–3	18,500
31	L	December 26, 1998	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	15–13–3	16,226
32	T	December 28, 1998	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	15–13–4	18,500
33	W	December 30, 1998	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	16–13–4	18,595
34	W	January 1, 1999	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	17–13–4	19,740
35	W	January 2, 1999	6–0	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	18–13–4	18,037
36	T	January 4, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	18–13–5	5,655
37	W	January 6, 1999	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	19–13–5	19,983
38	W	January 8, 1999	5–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	20–13–5	16,174
39	W	January 10, 1999	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	21–13–5	18,500
40	W	January 11, 1999	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	22–13–5	14,402
41	W	January 14, 1999	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	23–13–5	18,037
42	T	January 16, 1999	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	23–13–6	18,500
43	L	January 18, 1999	0–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	23–14–6	17,858
44	W	January 19, 1999	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	24–14–6	18,200
45	W	January 21, 1999	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	25–14–6	15,806
46	L	January 26, 1999	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	25–15–6	15,891
47	W	January 30, 1999	9–2	New York Islanders (1998–99)	26–15–6	18,221
48	W	February 1, 1999	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	27–15–6	16,019
49	T	February 3, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	27–15–7	14,487
50	W	February 6, 1999	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	28–15–7	16,498
51	T	February 9, 1999	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	28–15–8	17,079
52	L	February 11, 1999	1–3	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	28–16–8	16,355
53	W	February 13, 1999	2–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	29–16–8	18,500
54	W	February 15, 1999	6–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	30–16–8	16,787
55	W	February 18, 1999	2–0	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	31–16–8	18,500
56	W	February 20, 1999	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	32–16–8	18,500
57	L	February 23, 1999	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	32–17–8	14,336
58	W	February 25, 1999	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	33–17–8	18,500
59	L	February 27, 1999	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	33–18–8	21,273
60	W	March 2, 1999	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	34–18–8	9,283
61	W	March 4, 1999	5–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	35–18–8	19,658
62	W	March 6, 1999	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	36–18–8	18,500
63	W	March 8, 1999	9–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	37–18–8	17,838
64	W	March 10, 1999	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	38–18–8	18,200
65	L	March 13, 1999	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	38–19–8	17,483
66	L	March 15, 1999	0–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	38–20–8	12,640
67	T	March 17, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	38–20–9	16,026
68	W	March 19, 1999	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	39–20–9	16,928
69	W	March 20, 1999	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	40–20–9	19,736
70	L	March 24, 1999	0–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	40–21–9	18,500
71	T	March 26, 1999	1–1 OT	San Jose Sharks (1998–99)	40–21–10	18,283
72	W	March 27, 1999	7–3	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	41–21–10	11,491
73	W	March 30, 1999	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	42–21–10	16,470
74	T	April 1, 1999	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	42–21–11	18,500
75	W	April 3, 1999	6–4	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	43–21–11	18,829
76	T	April 5, 1999	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	43–21–12	11,326
77	L	April 7, 1999	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	43–22–12	18,800
78	W	April 8, 1999	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	44–22–12	18,500
79	T	April 10, 1999	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	44–22–13	18,500
80	L	April 12, 1999	0–2	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	44–23–13	17,996
81	T	April 15, 1999	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1998–99)	44–23–14	18,500
82	T	April 17, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	44–23–15	10,981

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Playoffs[]

The Ottawa Senators ended the 1998–99 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Buffalo Sabres[]

Buffalo wins series 4–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Attendance
1	April 21	Buffalo	2 – 1	Ottawa	0 – 1	18,500
2	April 23	Buffalo	3 – 2	Ottawa	0 – 2	18,500
3	April 25	Ottawa	0 – 3	Buffalo	0 – 3	18,595
4	April 27	Ottawa	3 – 4	Buffalo	0 – 4	18,595

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alexei Yashin	C	82	44	50	94	54	16	19	0	5
Shawn McEachern	RW	77	31	25	56	46	8	7	0	4
Andreas Dackell	RW	77	15	35	50	30	9	6	0	3
Magnus Arvedson	LW	80	21	26	47	50	33	0	4	6
Andreas Johansson	C	69	21	16	37	34	1	7	0	6
Vaclav Prospal	C	79	10	26	36	58	8	2	0	3
Jason York	D	79	4	31	35	48	17	2	0	0
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	58	11	22	33	14	8	3	0	5
Radek Bonk	C	81	16	16	32	48	15	0	1	6
Marian Hossa	RW	60	15	15	30	37	18	1	0	2
Wade Redden	D	72	8	21	29	54	7	3	0	1
Igor Kravchuk	D	79	4	21	25	32	14	3	0	0
Sami Salo	D	61	7	12	19	24	20	2	0	1
Shaun Van Allen	C	79	6	11	17	30	3	0	1	0
Bruce Gardiner	RW	59	4	8	12	43	6	0	0	1
Janne Laukkanen	D	50	1	11	12	40	18	0	0	0
Patrick Traverse	D	46	1	9	10	22	12	0	0	0
Lance Pitlick	D	50	3	6	9	33	7	0	0	0
Steve Martins	C	36	4	3	7	10	4	1	0	1
David Oliver	RW	17	2	5	7	4	1	0	0	0
Chris Murray	RW	38	1	6	7	65	-2	0	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	34	3	3	6	32	-5	2	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	13	3	2	5	10	2	1	0	0
Bill Berg	LW	44	2	2	4	28	4	0	0	0
Nelson Emerson	RW	3	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Damian Rhodes	G	45	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0
Stephen Leach	RW	9	0	2	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Stanislav Neckar	D	3	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Vyacheslav Butsayev	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Phil Crowe	LW	8	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
John Gruden	D	13	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Yves Sarault	LW	11	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Radim Bicanek	D	7	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Damian Rhodes	2480	45	22	13	7	101	2.44	3	1060	959	.905
Ron Tugnutt	2508	43	22	10	8	75	1.79	3	1005	930	.925
Team:	4988	82	44	23	15	176	2.12	6	2065	1889	.915

Playoffs[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nelson Emerson	RW	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	4	1	2	3	4	-1	1	0	0
Wade Redden	D	4	1	2	3	2	-1	1	0	0
Shawn McEachern	RW	4	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0
Jason York	D	4	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Marian Hossa	RW	4	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Magnus Arvedson	LW	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Andreas Dackell	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Bill Berg	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Radek Bonk	C	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Gardiner	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Andreas Johansson	C	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Igor Kravchuk	D	4	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Janne Laukkanen	D	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lance Pitlick	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vaclav Prospal	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Damian Rhodes	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sami Salo	D	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shaun Van Allen	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Alexei Yashin	C	4	0	0	0	10	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Damian Rhodes	150	2	0	2	6	2.40	0	65	59	.908
Ron Tugnutt	118	2	0	2	6	3.05	0	41	35	.854
Team:	268	4	0	4	12	2.69	0	106	94	.887

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Awards and records[]

• Jack Adams Award – Jacques Martin
• Molson Cup – Alexei Yashin
• NHL Second All-Star Team – Alexei Yashin

Transactions[]

Trades[]

June 27, 1998	To San Jose Sharks Ottawa's eighth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft	To Ottawa Senators San Jose's eighth-round pick 1998 Entry Draft (Sergei Verenikin)
August 21, 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Justin Hocking	To Ottawa Senators Brian Felsner
November 27, 1998	To New York Rangers Stan Neckar	To Ottawa Senators Bill Berg New York's second-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Simon Lajeunesse)
March 8, 1999	To Florida Panthers Ottawa's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (later traded)	To Ottawa Senators Vyacheslav Butsayev
March 12, 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Radim Bicanek	To Ottawa Senators Chicago's sixth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft (Martin Prusek)
March 19, 1999	To New York Islanders future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Chris Luongo
March 12, 1999	To Chicago Blackhawks Ottawa's fourth-round pick 1999 Entry Draft ()	To Ottawa Senators Ted Donato
March 23, 1999	To New York Islanders Chris Murray	To Ottawa Senators Nelson Emerson

Waivers[]

No waiver transactions.

Free agents[]

Player Former team David Oliver Houston Aeros (IHL) John Gruden Detroit Vipers (IHL) Steve Martins Carolina Hurricanes John Emmons Michigan K-Wings (IHL) Andreas Johansson Pittsburgh Penguins Steve Leach Carolina Hurricanes Brad Shaw Detroit Vipers (IHL) Andre Roy Boston Bruins

Player New team Derek Armstrong New York Rangers Scott Ferguson Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Pat Falloon Edmonton Oilers Randy Cunneyworth Buffalo Sabres Sergei Zholtok Montreal Canadiens Steve Leach Phoenix Coyotes

Expansion draft[]

June 26, 1998

To Nashville Predators Denny Lambert

Source: Ottawa Senators 2008–09 Media Guide. Ottawa Senators. 2008. p. 188.

Roster[]

1998-99 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Damian Rhodes  31 – Ron Tugnutt		Defencemen 2 – Lance Pitlick  3 – Patrick Traverse  4 – Chris Phillips  5 – Sami Salo  6 – Wade Redden  – A 23 – Radim Bicanek  24 – John Gruden  24 – Stanislav Neckar  27 – Janne Laukkanen  29 – Igor Kravchuk  33 – Jason York		Wingers 7 – Nelson Emerson  9 – Bill Berg  10 – Andreas Dackell  11 – Daniel Alfredsson  – A 12 – David Oliver  15 – Shawn McEachern  17 – Chris Murray  18 – Marian Hossa  20 – Magnus Arvedson  25 – Bruce Gardiner  26 – Phil Crowe  28 – Ted Donato  28 – Stephen Leach  37 – Yves Sarault		Centres 7 – Vyacheslav Butsayev  13 – Vaclav Prospal  14 – Radek Bonk  16 – Steve Martins  19 – Alexei Yashin  – C 21 – Andreas Johansson  22 – Shaun Van Allen  GM: Rick Dudley Coach: Jacques Martin

Sources:

• "NHL.com – Player Search". NHL. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

Draft picks[]

Ottawa's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Mathieu Chouinard	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2	44	Mike Fisher	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	58	Chris Bala	United States	Harvard University (NCAA)
3	74	Julien Vauclair	Switzerland	HC Lugano (Switzerland)
4	101	Petr Schastlivy	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
5	130	Gavin McLeod	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	161	Chris Neil	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
7	188	Michel Periard	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
8	223	Sergei Verenikin	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
9	246	Rastislav Pavlikovsky	Slovakia	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)

Farm teams[]

• Detroit Vipers (International Hockey League)

See also[]

• 1998–99 NHL Season

References[]