1998–99 St. Louis Blues season
1998–99 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 5th Western |
1998–99 record | 37–32–13 |
Home record | 18–17–6 |
Road record | 19–15–7 |
Goals for | 237 |
Goals against | 209 |
Team information | |
General manager | Larry Pleau |
Coach | Joel Quenneville |
Captain | Chris Pronger |
Arena | Kiel Center |
Average attendance | 18,276 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Worcester IceCats Peoria Rivermen |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Pavol Demitra (37) |
Assists | Pavol Demitra (52) |
Points | Pavol Demitra (89) |
Penalty minutes | Tony Twist (149) |
Plus/minus | Al MacInnis (+33) |
Wins | Grant Fuhr (16) |
Goals against average | Jamie McLennan (2.38) |
The 1998–99 St. Louis Blues season was the team's 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite the loss of Brett Hull during the preceding off-season, the Blues made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th-straight season after finishing in second place with a record of 37–32–13.
Off-season
[edit]Realignment came, as the NHL went from four to six divisions. Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay and Washington were grouped in the Eastern Conference's new Southeast Division and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton and Vancouver moved into the new Northwest Division in the Western Conference.
Regular season
[edit]The Blues made the playoffs for the 20th straight season by finishing in 2nd place with a record of 37–32–13. Al MacInnis won the Norris trophy as the best defenceman in the NHL, while Pavol Demitra scored 37 goals. In the playoffs, the Blues initially trailed the Phoenix Coyotes 3 games to 1. The Blues rallied and took the series in 7 games. However, in the second round, the Blues were knocked off again by the Dallas Stars led by Brett Hull in 6 games. Hull would go on to score the Stanley Cup clinching goal for the Stars.
The Blues tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 301. They also tied the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.[1]
Season standings
[edit]R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 1202 | 93 |
2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 1308 | 87 |
3 | 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 1807 | 70 |
4 | 12 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 1420 | 63 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
[edit]Regular season
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October: 4–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–1)
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November: 5–3–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 1–2–2)
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December: 3–5–4 (home: 3–2–1; road: 0–3–3)
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January: 6–7–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–5–0)
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February: 7–6–1 (home: 2–6–1; road: 5–0–0)
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March: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
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April: 6–1–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–0–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Phoenix Coyotes: Blues win 4–3
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Dallas Stars: Stars win 4–2
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Legend:
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Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 82 | 37 | 52 | 89 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 |
77 | Pierre Turgeon | C | 67 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
2 | Al MacInnis | D | 82 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 33 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 20 |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 75 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
44 | Chris Pronger | D | 67 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 113 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 28 |
33 | Scott Pellerin | LW | 80 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
22 | Craig Conroy | C | 69 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 6 |
32 | Mike Eastwood | C | 82 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
25 | Pascal Rheaume | C | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
27 | Terry Yake | C | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 14 |
10 | Jim Campbell | RW | 55 | 4 | 21 | 25 | −8 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Michel Picard | LW | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
56 | Lubos Bartecko | LW | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
26 | Michal Handzus | C | 66 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −9 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
7 | Ricard Persson | D | 54 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 17 |
14 | Geoff Courtnall | LW | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 10 |
39 | Kelly Chase | RW | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Marty Reasoner | C | 22 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −3 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
18 | Tony Twist | LW | 63 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
6 | Jamie Rivers | D | 76 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −3 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
5 | Todd Gill‡ | D | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Blair Atcheynum† | RW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
36 | Bryan Helmer† | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Jeff Finley† | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
4 | Marc Bergevin | D | 52 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −14 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Chris McAlpine | D | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −10 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Jim Carey† | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
42 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Grant Fuhr | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
55 | Jochen Hecht | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
1 | Brent Johnson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
29 | Jamie McLennan | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
9 | Tyson Nash | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
30 | Rich Parent | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
20 | Rudy Poeschek | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Brad Shaw† | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Grant Fuhr | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 827 | 89 | 2.44 | .892 | 2 | 2193 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 305 | 31 | 2.35 | .898 | 1 | 790 |
29 | Jamie McLennan | 33 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 640 | 70 | 2.38 | .891 | 3 | 1763 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 37 |
30 | Rich Parent | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 193 | 22 | 2.54 | .886 | 1 | 519 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Brent Johnson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 10 | 2.10 | .921 | 0 | 286 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Jim Carey† | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 13 | 3.86 | .829 | 0 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Al MacInnis | [5] |
NHL First All-Star Team | Al MacInnis (Defense) | [6] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Pavol Demitra | [7] |
Al MacInnis[a] | |||
Chris Pronger |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | Grant Fuhr | April 1, 1999 | [9] |
600th assist | Pierre Turgeon | April 14, 1999 |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]St. Louis's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 24 | Christian Backman | ![]() |
Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden) |
2 | 41 | Maxym Linnik | ![]() |
St. Thomas Stars (GOJHL) |
3 | 83 | Matt Walker | ![]() |
Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
6 | 157 | Brad Voth | ![]() |
Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
6 | 170 | Andrei Troschinsky | ![]() |
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) |
7 | 197 | Brad Twordik | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
8 | 225 | Yevgeni Pastukh | ![]() |
Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
9 | 255 | John Pohl | ![]() |
University of Minnesota (CCHA) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "St. Louis Blues 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- "1998-99 St. Louis Blues Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- 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 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "James Norris Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "N.H.L. : LAST NIGHT; Boston Tightens Hold On Eighth Playoff Spot". The New York Times. April 2, 1999. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
Grant Fuhr got his 25th career shutout as St. Louis defeated visiting Tampa
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.