1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division4th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
1998–99 record19–54–9
Home record12–25–4
Road record7–29–5
Goals for179
Goals against292
Team information
CoachJacques Demers
CaptainRob Zamuner
ArenaIce Palace
Team leaders
GoalsWendel Clark (28)
AssistsDarcy Tucker (22)
PointsDarcy Tucker (43)
Penalty minutesDarcy Tucker (176)
Plus/minusAndrei Skopintsev (+1)
WinsCorey Schwab (8)
Goals against averageCorey Schwab (3.52)

The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason[]

NHL Draft[]

Tampa Bay'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 1 Vincent Lecavalier  Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3 64 Brad Richards  Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
3 72 Dmitri Afanasenkov  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
4 92 Eric Beaudoin  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
5 121 Curtis Rich  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6 146 Sergei Kuznetsov  Russia Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl (Russia)
7 174 Brett Allan  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 194 Oak Hewer  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
8 221 Daniel Hulak  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9 229 Chris Lyness  Canada Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

Regular season[]

The Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.[1]

All-Star Game[]

The logo for the All-Star Game.

The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky's last All-Star Game.

Season standings[]

Southeast Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
1 3 Carolina Hurricanes 82 34 30 18 210 202 1158 86
2 9 Florida Panthers 82 30 34 18 210 228 1522 78
3 12 Washington Capitals 82 31 45 6 200 218 1381 68
4 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 19 54 9 179 292 1316 47

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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


Game log[]

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

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Playoffs[]

For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Darcy Tucker RW 82 21 22 43 176 -34 8 2 3
Wendel Clark LW/D 65 28 14 42 35 -25 11 0 2
Stephane Richer RW 64 12 21 33 22 -10 3 2 1
Vincent Lecavalier C 82 13 15 28 23 -19 2 0 2
Chris Gratton C 52 7 19 26 102 -20 1 0 1
Benoit Hogue C 62 11 14 25 50 -12 2 0 3
Craig Janney C 38 4 18 22 10 -13 2 0 0
Pavel Kubina D 68 9 12 21 80 -33 3 1 1
Rob Zamuner LW 58 8 11 19 24 -15 1 1 2
Alex Selivanov RW 43 6 13 19 18 -8 1 0 0
Cory Cross D 67 2 16 18 92 -25 0 0 0
Jassen Cullimore D 78 5 12 17 81 -22 1 1 1
Petr Svoboda D 34 1 16 17 53 -4 0 0 0
Alexandre Daigle C 32 6 6 12 2 -12 3 0 0
Sandy McCarthy RW 67 5 7 12 135 -22 1 0 0
Mikael Renberg RW 20 4 8 12 4 -2 2 0 0
Mike Sillinger C 54 8 2 10 28 -20 0 2 0
Daymond Langkow C 22 4 6 10 15 0 1 0 1
Michael Nylander C 24 2 7 9 6 -10 0 0 0
David Wilkie D 46 1 7 8 69 -19 0 0 0
Robert Petrovicky C 28 3 4 7 6 -8 0 0 0
Mike McBain D 37 0 6 6 14 -11 0 0 0
Mikael Andersson LW 40 2 3 5 4 -8 0 0 0
Kjell Samuelsson D 46 1 4 5 38 -6 0 0 0
Colin Forbes C 14 3 1 4 10 -5 0 1 0
Steve Kelly C 34 1 3 4 27 -15 0 0 1
Corey Schwab G 40 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Karl Dykhuis D 33 2 1 3 18 -21 0 0 0
Brent Peterson LW 20 2 1 3 0 -2 0 0 0
Drew Bannister D 21 1 2 3 24 -4 0 0 0
Michal Sykora D 10 1 2 3 0 -7 0 0 1
Jason Bonsignore C 23 0 3 3 8 -4 0 0 0
Sergey Gusev D 14 0 3 3 10 -8 0 0 0
Andrei Nazarov LW 26 2 0 2 43 -5 0 0 0
Enrico Ciccone D 16 1 1 2 24 -1 0 0 0
Paul Mara D 1 1 1 2 0 -3 1 0 0
Andrei Skopintsev D 19 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 0
Karel Betik D 3 0 2 2 2 -3 0 0 0
Sami Helenius D 4 1 0 1 15 -3 0 1 0
Daren Puppa G 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Corey Spring RW 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Ysebaert C 10 0 1 1 2 -5 0 0 0
Zac Bierk G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Cullen C 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Xavier Delisle C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Hodson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Larocque D 5 0 0 0 16 -4 0 0 0
Bill Ranford G 32 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Derek Wilkinson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Corey Schwab 2146 40 8 25 3 126 3.52 0 1153 1027 .891
Daren Puppa 691 13 5 6 1 33 2.87 2 350 317 .906
Bill Ranford 1568 32 3 18 3 102 3.90 1 858 756 .881
Kevin Hodson 238 5 2 1 1 11 2.77 0 118 107 .907
Derek Wilkinson 253 5 1 3 1 13 3.08 0 128 115 .898
Zac Bierk 59 1 0 1 0 2 2.03 0 21 19 .905
Team: 4955 82 19 54 9 287 3.48 3 2628 2341 .891

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

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.
  • LightningHockey Database
  1. ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
  3. ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. ^ "1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. ^ "1998-99 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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