1998–99 San Jose Sharks season

1998–99 San Jose Sharks
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	7th Western
1998–99 record	31–33–18
Goals for	196
Goals against	191
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Owen Nolan
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' eighth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Under second-year head coach Darryl Sutter, the Sharks reached the playoffs for a second consecutive season. While the team won three fewer games than it had during the prior season, it became the first in franchise history to score more goals (196) than it allowed (191).

During the campaign, general manager Dean Lombardi continued to add to the Sharks' roster. During the 1998 preseason, both goaltender Steve Shields and All-Star defenseman Gary Suter were acquired from the Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, in exchange for low-level draft picks and prospects. While neither played a major role during the 1998–99 season, both would make key contributions to the Sharks' success the following season. Indeed, Lombardi's most notable addition was that of veteran forward Vincent Damphousse. Damphousse, acquired in a midseason trade with the Montreal Canadiens, would experience immediate success in San Jose; he would ultimately remain with the Sharks until the conclusion of the 2003–04 season. The 1998–99 season also saw the continued development of several highly-touted prospects. Most notably, the campaign saw second-year forwards Patrick Marleau and Marco Sturm emerge as consistent scoring threats. Additionally, the season also saw the debut of promising young defenseman (and future NHL All-Star) Scott Hannan. These players, along with established forward Jeff Friesen and defenseman Mike Rathje, would drive much of the team's success over the following five years.

Despite their losing record, the Sharks reached the postseason for a second consecutive season. In the first round of the 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Sharks were matched against the Northwest Division champion Colorado Avalanche. Due to the Columbine High School Massacre, the first two games of the series were played in San Jose; the heavily favored Avalanche won both. As had been the case one year prior, the Sharks won their next two games in Denver to even the series at two games apiece. The Avalanche responded by routing the Sharks in Game Five to take a 3–2 series lead. The Sharks managed to push the Avalanche to overtime in Game Six; a goal by Colorado rookie Milan Hejduk, however, spelled the end of the Sharks' season. As of the 2017–18 NHL season, the 1998–99 San Jose Sharks (along with the 1998–99 Edmonton Oilers) are the last team to have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a losing record.

Off-season[]

Forward Owen Nolan is named team captain.

Regular season[]

The Sharks tied the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.^[1]

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

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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.

Western Conference^[3]

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	T	October 9, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	0–0–1
2	L	October 10, 1998	3–5	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	0–1–1
3	L	October 18, 1998	0–3	Boston Bruins (1998–99)	0–2–1
4	L	October 20, 1998	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	0–3–1
5	T	October 22, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	0–3–2
6	L	October 24, 1998	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	0–4–2
7	L	October 28, 1998	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	0–5–2
8	L	October 29, 1998	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	0–6–2
9	W	October 31, 1998	6–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	1–6–2
10	W	November 4, 1998	4–0	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	2–6–2
11	T	November 6, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	2–6–3
12	T	November 7, 1998	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	2–6–4
13	L	November 10, 1998	2–4	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	2–7–4
14	W	November 12, 1998	3–0	Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	3–7–4
15	W	November 18, 1998	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	4–7–4
16	L	November 20, 1998	1–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	4–8–4
17	T	November 21, 1998	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1998–99)	4–8–5
18	L	November 23, 1998	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	4–9–5
19	L	November 25, 1998	0–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1998–99)	4–10–5
20	W	November 27, 1998	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	5–10–5
21	L	November 29, 1998	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	5–11–5
22	L	December 2, 1998	0–3	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	5–12–5
23	T	December 4, 1998	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	5–12–6
24	L	December 6, 1998	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	5–13–6
25	T	December 9, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1998–99)	5–13–7
26	L	December 10, 1998	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	5–14–7
27	W	December 12, 1998	2–1	Washington Capitals (1998–99)	6–14–7
28	L	December 15, 1998	0–1	New York Islanders (1998–99)	6–15–7
29	W	December 17, 1998	3–1	Nashville Predators (1998–99)	7–15–7
30	W	December 19, 1998	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	8–15–7
31	W	December 23, 1998	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	9–15–7
32	W	December 26, 1998	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	10–15–7
33	T	December 28, 1998	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1998–99)	10–15–8
34	L	December 30, 1998	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	10–16–8
35	W	January 2, 1999	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1998–99)	11–16–8
36	L	January 4, 1999	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1998–99)	11–17–8
37	T	January 5, 1999	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	11–17–9
38	W	January 7, 1999	4–3	@ Nashville Predators (1998–99)	12–17–9
39	T	January 9, 1999	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	12–17–10
40	W	January 11, 1999	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	13–17–10
41	L	January 13, 1999	1–2	Dallas Stars (1998–99)	13–18–10
42	W	January 15, 1999	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1998–99)	14–18–10
43	T	January 16, 1999	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1998–99)	14–18–11
44	W	January 18, 1999	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1998–99)	15–18–11
45	T	January 21, 1999	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	15–18–12
46	L	January 26, 1999	0–3	St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	15–19–12
47	L	January 30, 1999	0–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	15–20–12
48	W	February 1, 1999	5–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	16–20–12
49	L	February 4, 1999	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	16–21–12
50	L	February 6, 1999	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	16–22–12
51	W	February 8, 1999	3–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	17–22–12
52	W	February 10, 1999	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	18–22–12
53	W	February 11, 1999	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1998–99)	19–22–12
54	W	February 13, 1999	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1998–99)	20–22–12
55	T	February 15, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1998–99)	20–22–13
56	L	February 17, 1999	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	20–23–13
57	L	February 19, 1999	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1998–99)	20–24–13
58	L	February 20, 1999	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1998–99)	20–25–13
59	T	February 24, 1999	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	20–25–14
60	L	February 26, 1999	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	20–26–14
61	L	February 27, 1999	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	20–27–14
62	W	March 1, 1999	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1998–99)	21–27–14
63	W	March 3, 1999	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	22–27–14
64	L	March 6, 1999	0–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1998–99)	22–28–14
65	W	March 9, 1999	4–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	23–28–14
66	W	March 12, 1999	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1998–99)	24–28–14
67	W	March 13, 1999	3–2	Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	25–28–14
68	W	March 17, 1999	4–2	Florida Panthers (1998–99)	26–28–14
69	T	March 20, 1999	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1998–99)	26–28–15
70	T	March 22, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1998–99)	26–28–16
71	W	March 24, 1999	8–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1998–99)	27–28–16
72	T	March 26, 1999	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1998–99)	27–28–17
73	L	March 28, 1999	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	27–29–17
74	L	March 31, 1999	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1998–99)	27–30–17
75	W	April 2, 1999	7–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	28–30–17
76	W	April 3, 1999	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1998–99)	29–30–17
77	W	April 6, 1999	1–0	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1998–99)	30–30–17
78	L	April 8, 1999	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	30–31–17
79	W	April 9, 1999	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	31–31–17
80	L	April 12, 1999	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1998–99)	31–32–17
81	L	April 16, 1999	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1998–99)	31–33–17
82	T	April 17, 1999	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99)	31–33–18

Playoffs[]

Round 1 vs. Colorado[]

April 24	Colorado Avalanche		3–1		San Jose Sharks	San Jose Arena	Recap
Joe Sakic (1) – pp – 16:16		First period			No scoring
Sandis Ozolinsh (1) – pp – 14:39		Second period			No scoring
Joe Sakic (2) – 02:26		Third period			14:05 – pp – Jeff Friesen (1)
Patrick Roy 42 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 28 saves / 31 shots

April 26	Colorado Avalanche		2–1	OT	San Jose Sharks	San Jose Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Adam Foote (1) – pp – 14:20		Third period			03:02 – Vincent Damphousse (1)
Milan Hejduk (1) 07:53		First overtime period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots

April 28	San Jose Sharks		4–2		Colorado Avalanche	McNichols Sports Arena	Recap
Mike Ricci (1) – pp – 15:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			06:08 – Peter Forsberg (1)
Marco Sturm (1) – 09:52 Marco Sturm (2) – 13:08 Owen Nolan (1) – en – 19:21		Third period			18:09 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (1)
Mike Vernon 34 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 29 saves / 32 shots

April 30	San Jose Sharks		7–3		Colorado Avalanche	McNichols Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:27 – Adam Deadmarsh (2)
Tony Granato (1) – 09:38 Bill Houlder (1) – pp – 10:06 Patrick Marleau (1) – pp – 18:01		Second period			04:53 – Adam Foote (2) 15:35 – Milan Hejduk (2)
Alexander Korolyuk (1) – 01:54 Vincent Damphousse (2) – sh – 04:17 Mike Ricci (2) – 08:55 Vincent Damphousse (3) – sh – 12:01		Third period			No scoring
Mike Vernon 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 19 saves / 25 shots Craig Billington 5 saves / 6 shots

May 1	San Jose Sharks		2–6		Colorado Avalanche	McNichols Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			04:31 – pp – Peter Forsberg (2)
No scoring		Second period			11:15 – pp – Theoren Fleury (1) 12:55 – Joe Sakic (3) 13:44 – Claude Lemieux (1) 19:58 – pp – Adam Deadmarsh (3)
Patrick Marleau (2) – pp – 04:35 Bill Houlder (2) – pp – 19:36		Third period			08:27 – Theoren Fleury (2)
Steve Shields 30 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 29 saves / 31 shots

May 3	Colorado Avalanche		3–2	OT	San Jose Sharks	San Jose Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Theoren Fleury (3) – 12:52		Second period			16:29 – pp – Bill Houlder (3)
Sandis Ozolinsh (2) – pp – 13:29		Third period			11:51 – Jeff Friesen (2)
Milan Hejduk (3) – 13:12		First overtime period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 27 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Vernon 30 saves / 33 shots

Colorado won series 4–2

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Jeff Friesen LW 78 22 35 57 42 3 10 1 3 Joe Murphy RW 76 25 23 48 73 10 7 0 2 Patrick Marleau C 81 21 24 45 24 10 4 0 4 Owen Nolan RW 78 19 26 45 129 16 6 2 3 Mike Ricci C 82 13 26 39 68 1 2 1 2 Marco Sturm LW 78 16 22 38 52 7 3 2 3 Bill Houlder D 76 9 23 32 40 8 7 0 5 Alexander Korolyuk LW 55 12 18 30 26 3 2 0 0 Stephane Matteau LW 68 8 15 23 73 2 0 0 0 Jeff Norton D 69 4 18 22 42 2 2 0 1 Ron Stern RW 78 7 9 16 158 -3 1 0 2 Dave Lowry LW 61 6 9 15 24 -5 2 0 0 Mike Rathje D 82 5 9 14 36 15 2 0 1 Murray Craven LW 43 4 10 14 18 -3 0 1 1 Vincent Damphousse C 12 7 6 13 4 3 3 0 1 Marcus Ragnarsson D 74 0 13 13 66 7 0 0 0 Tony Granato RW 35 6 6 12 54 4 0 1 1 Bob Rouse D 70 0 11 11 44 0 0 0 0 Ron Sutter C 59 3 6 9 40 -8 0 0 1 Bryan Marchment D 59 2 6 8 101 -7 0 0 0 Andrei Zyuzin D 25 3 1 4 38 5 2 0 0 Steve Guolla C 14 2 2 4 6 3 0 0 1 Andy Sutton D 31 0 3 3 65 -4 0 0 0 Jarrod Skalde C 17 1 1 2 4 -6 0 0 0 Scott Hannan D 5 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Bernie Nicholls C 10 0 2 2 4 -4 0 0 0 Brantt Myhres RW 30 1 0 1 116 -2 0 0 0 Jamie Baker C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Shawn Burr LW/C 18 0 1 1 29 -3 0 0 0 Alex Hicks LW 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 37 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Mike Craig RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Sean Gauthier G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shawn Heins D 5 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 Gary Suter D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Vernon G 49 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Mike Vernon 2831 49 16 22 10 107 2.27 4 1200 1093 .911 Steve Shields 2162 37 15 11 8 80 2.22 4 1011 931 .921 Sean Gauthier 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000 Team: 4996 82 31 33 18 187 2.25 8 2213 2026 .915

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Jeff Norton D 6 0 7 7 10 5 0 0 0 Vincent Damphousse C 6 3 2 5 6 1 0 2 0 Mike Ricci C 6 2 3 5 10 1 1 0 0 Jeff Friesen LW 6 2 2 4 14 -1 1 0 0 Marco Sturm LW 6 2 2 4 4 1 0 0 1 Alexander Korolyuk LW 6 1 3 4 2 -3 0 0 1 Bill Houlder D 6 3 0 3 4 2 3 0 0 Patrick Marleau C 6 2 1 3 4 -1 2 0 0 Joe Murphy RW 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 Tony Granato RW 6 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 0 Owen Nolan RW 6 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 Marcus Ragnarsson D 6 0 1 1 6 -4 0 0 0 Mike Vernon G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Lowry LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Marchment D 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Stephane Matteau LW 5 0 0 0 6 -3 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 6 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0 Bob Rouse D 6 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Stern RW 6 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Ron Sutter C 6 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Mike 321 5 2 3 13 2.43 0 172 159 .924 Steve Shields 60 1 0 1 6 6.00 0 36 30 .833 Team: 381 6 2 4 19 2.99 0 208 189 .909

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Awards and records[]

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Transactions[]

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Draft picks[]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	3	Brad Stuart	Defence	Canada	Regina Pats
2	29	Jonathan Cheechoo	Right Wing	Canada	Belleville Bulls
3	65	Eric Laplante	Left Wing	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads
4	98	Rob Davison	Defence	Canada	North Bay Centennials
4	104	Miroslav Zalesak	Right Wing	Slovakia	HC Plastika Nitra
5	127	Brandon Coalter	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals
5	145	Mikael Samuelsson	Right Wing	Sweden	Sodertalje SK
7	185	Robert Mulick	Defence	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
8	212	Jim Fahey	Defence	Canada	Catholic Memorial H.S.

Farm teams[]

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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.
• "1998–99 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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